Ice Palace Carnival Becomes Urban Spectacle and Fire King Clash
Thousands gathered in Rice Park and downtown streets for a lavish Ice Palace arrival led by the Ice King Dr. Murphy. Processions, themed clubs, and a Fire King assault lit up the city with 40 000 spectators and 25 000 to 30 000 inside the palace grounds. The clash featured mortars and bombs, towers ablaze, and a weeklong armistice precede another storming scheduled for Thursday night.
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Ice King
Dr. Murphy
Rice Park
Ice Palace
King Borealis
Yonder Palace
Murray
Rice
Clark
Columbia
Elgin
Central Park
Palace Grounds
Capt. Bean
Fire King
Bean
Robert Street
Polaris
Quiet and tranquillity urged for Rev Dr McGlynn recovery
A friend warns that without quiet the clergyman’s recovery from his present prostration may be doubtful. Archbishop Corrigan’s note to St Stephen’s parish committee notes that soldiers seldom question a general’s orders and stresses obedience within the church.
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Rome
Dr. McGlynn
St Stephen's Church
McGlynn
Corrigan
St. Stephen's Parish
Abandoned Military Reservations Survey Planned for Appraisal
The Interior Department orders the General Land Office to survey and plat all abandoned military reservations now under Interior custody. The 709000 acre block includes top agricultural lands across multiple states and territories with sales to follow after appraisals. Reservations listed include Camp Goodwin, Camp Crittenden, Fort Verde, Fort Yuma, Fort Randall, and many others across Arizona to Wyoming.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
General Land Office
Interior Department
Camp Goodwin
Camp Crittenden
Old Camp Grant
Timber Reservation
Fort Verde
Fort Whipple
Arizona
Fort Bidwell
Fort Cady
Fort Independence
Fort Yuma
California
Camp On White River
Fort Sedgwick
Fort Lyon
Old Fort Lewis
Colorado
Fort Randall
Fort Rice
Dakota
Camp Three Forks
Fort Cour d’Alene
Idaho
Fort Dodge
Fort Wallace
Kansas
Lousiana
Camp Wilkins
Michigan
Island
Missouri River
Missouri
Fort Ellis
Montana
Fort Hartcuff
Fort McPherson
Camp Sheridan
Nebraska
Fort Butler
Fort Craig
New Mexico
Fort Halleck
Fort McDermitt
Nevada
Fort Cameron
Fort Crittenden
Fort Thornburg
Rush Lake Valley Reservation
Utah
Fort Steilacoom
Washington Territory
Coal Reservation
Fort Bridges
Fort Fetterman
Fort Sanders
Fort Fred Steele
Wyoming
Indian appropriation bill funds Minnesota Dakota tribes
The bill lists allocations for Sioux and Chippewa groups in Minnesota and Dakota. Minnesota funds total 47 666.66 for Chippewas of the Mississippi Pillagers Red Lake Pembina Ottertail and related bands. Dakota allocations include 1 318 506 for Sioux treaties, 60 000 Yankton Sioux, 30 000 Arickarees Gross Ventres Mandans, 7 000 Turtle Mountain Chippewas, 6 000 Lake Traverse Sioux, 6 000 Devils Lake Sioux, and 5 000 incidental service expenses.
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Minnesota
Dakota
Mississippi
Red Lake
Pembina
Lake Traverse
Devils Lake
Indian Service
Train hold up near Gordon Texas leaves coaches stranded
Two masked armed men boarded the eastbound Texas and Pacific Saban at a Gordon TX station about 60 miles west of Fort Worth. They forced the engineer and fireman forward to a high trestle before stopping the train. The robbers looted the express car and mail car, stealing an estimated 2000 to 15000 dollars and about twenty eight registered packages. Passengers were unharmed and no clues to the robbers were found.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Texas& Pacific Saban
Gordon
Pacific Express
Illinois bill funds monument to Gen Logan in Chicago
The Illinois house passed a bill appropriating fifty thousand dollars for a monument to Gen. Logan to be erected in Chicago. Also reported: boiler explosion at a Vincennes saw mill killed Norris and two sons plus William Macfee. Postmasters confirmed in several states and various stock sales at the Tilden estate auction. Disturbances in White Plains murder, St Paul banquet, Cincinnati diocesan election, and large locomotives shipped for Northern Pacific. Also notes on Father McGlynn letter, Mary Anderson London tour manager, Canadian-US tensions, and postmaster commissions in several states.
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Illinois
Gen. Logan
Chicago
Vincennes
Ind
Jackson Norris
Norris
William Macfee
M. Sullivan
Marshall
Minn
J.J. French
Sparta
Wis
R. McGregor
River Falls
J. Zillier
Sheboygan
S. L. Harvey
Centreville
Iowa
F. W. Motie
Odebolt
G. W. Allen
Sturgeon Bay
G. W. Carleton
Deer Lodge
Mont
G. G. McNamara
Port Townsend
M. G. Briggs
Dodgeville
Peck
Humbolt
D. A. Phelps
Sanborn
Samuel J. Tilden
American Horse Exchange
N.Y
Jersey
Senator Colquitt
Georgia
Logan
William F. Mead
White Plains
N. Y
Croix River
St. Paul
Maxfield
McGill
Ames
Cincinati
W. R. Huntington
Grace Church
New York
Huntington
United States
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Cascade
Northern Pacific Railroad
Rome
Father McGlynn
Holy See
Michael Gunn
Dublin Gaiety Theater
Mary Anderson
London
Dakota
Mandan
J. Hager
Lakeport
L. Kaklee
Beulah
W. L. Keech
Crown
Elizabeth J. Lewis
Minnesota
Deer Creek
E. R. Keplinger
Silver Creek
J. H. Whitney
Wangs
C. N. Lien
Montana
Alzada
F. King
Wisconsin
Chelsea
A. Gibbs
Hayward Castle Mystery Tangles Diamonds and a Maid
In a London scene at Hayward castle a string of thefts unsettles the house. Lady Hayward and Lord Hayward suspect a guest or their maid Taylor, but a Scotland Yard detective reveals the culprit is Taylor in disguise as a maid. The ruse ends with her arrest and a revelation of her true identity.
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Lady Hayward
Hayward Castle
Lord Hayward
London
Paris
Taylor
Vernon
France
Italy
Rome
Rose Mannering
Hayward
Scotland Yard
Lady Event
Miss Collette
Cecilia
Mr. Hawk
Ford
Lord
John
Americans encounter two Scottish hostages in Abbottsford tale
A Cincinnati writer recalls an amusing Scotland trip with two well dressed American youths who joined a ride to Abbottsford. The Illinois pair quizzed the narrator about Sir Walter Scott while planning to ship Norman stallions to Illinois and browsing guide books for later reading.
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Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Scotland
Abbey Gate Hotel
Melrose
Abbottsford
Jim
Jimmie
James
Mr. Scott
Sir Walter
Edinburgh
Ilinois
Scott
United States
France
Illinois
England
Europe
Powderly and Hayes in a Portrait of Grit and Flare
The New York Sun sketches General Master Workman Powderly as a tense impulsive figure who would throw a pistol if he could but smokes and quivs with fear of firearms. It praises Hayes for extraordinary bravery after a car accident, lifting his damaged arm to continue work and later mastering telegraphy with the left hand.
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The
New York Sun
Master Workman Powderly
Etolid
Bailey
Terry
S. Hayes
Turner
Barry
Powderly
Ana
Hayes
Rahway
Meat and canned goods health scares spark period debate
The text discusses claims that meat fish or fruit in tins injures health and notes Pittssburg amid a period of canned fruit poison fears. It argues scare campaigns may be driven by self interest and recalls English butchers once discrediting American beef for a time.
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Pittsburg
England
Dreaded medical letter sparks clash with English doctors
A former Royal Navy surgeon writes to defend Warner's safe cure for kidney disease urging public use after failed regular treatments. Colleges threaten discipline for unapproved claims, while patients continue to seek relief and report recovery.
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van. Ep. Rossow
M. D
Royal Navy
England
London
Engand
India
South America
Great Britain
Bright
Warner
Tam
College of Surgeons and Queen's College
Treasury Architect Reports Minneapolis Public Buildings Status
The supervising architect to Congress outlines Minneapolis public buildings funding. Total appropriation amounts to 425000 dollars with 92514.56 paid for the site and 239317.67 expended on construction, leaving 89167.75 available.
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Supervising Architect of
The
Treasury
Congress
Minneapolis
Hefty Objection Over Fees In May Estate Accounting
John K. C. Iscos Son & Co. failed Louis May estate with $2.98 million accounted and $148 thousand fees. Mrs. Hetty H. R. Green, creditor owed $250 thousand, objects to large assignee fees and seeks to reopen the accounting.
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John K. C. Iscos
Washington Letter: Amy Lee Narrowly Escaped Hanging
The next Congress will include General W. H. F. Lee of the Alexandria district, son of Robert E. Lee. He was captured during the Gettysburg campaign and held at Fortress Monroe. A Union officer facing execution prompted orders from Confederate headquarters to spare the man, and Amy Lee recalls the episode with officers from Fortress Monroe.
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Washington
W. H. F. Lee
Robert FE. Lee
Amy” Lee
Alexandria
Representative Barbour
Gettysburg
Fortress
Monroe
General Butler
Lee
Richmond
Butler
Fortress Monroe
The Queen's Jubilee Projects and Local Proposals
A survey of Jubilee plans across towns from drainage systems to parks and baths. Examples include Bridgewater with a park and statue, Brighton with a glass roofed winter garden, and a town proposing wooden pavement. Also notes miscellaneous items like medical remedies and Idaho senate protest over territorial changes.
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London Figaro
Sidney Smith
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Texas
London World
Newport
Albany Evening Journal
Mother Hubbard
Bellevue Avenue
Belmont
Regent
Govnor
Dawes
Black Hills
St. Jacobs
Terre Haute
Gross
St. Vincent's Hospital
Baltimore
Senate
Poland
Panhandle
S. &. Merrill
Milwaukee
Lloyd
Ohio
Allen
Foster
Pierce
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y
Mrs. Logan
Hood
Lowell
Cr. Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Masa
Denver, Col
Clifford
O. D. Daniels
Canada
Andrew Benson
Fountain
Filmore County
O. D. Hicks
Chas. Bonne
Gaylord
Sibley County
Wm. Dretelike
Pacific Railroads
Piso
Lyon
Mensman
Caswell, Hazare & Co
Proprietora
Cyricuna
Dove Axp ‘Wemical Co
Boston
Harp Cincinnak
A- Ann “i
Paul Times
Marsh
Quincy, Mich
Star Novelty Company
Brooklyn
P.O Vickery
Augusta
Maine
C. M. Sites & Co
Washington, D. C
A. P. Lacey
Paten
de. J. Stepeens
Lebanon
Chile
J. O. Bryant’s College
Buffalo
J.B. Root & Co
Rockford, Ill
H.W. Buckbee
Mammoth Seed Farms
Ford Seed Farm
J.a.sherman
Broadway
F. Wilson
Wilson Bros
Easton
W. C. Payne
Marshalltown
Laws
E. Roth & Bro
New OX
Ford, Penn
H. Woodbury
N. Pearl St
Albany
Standard Silverware CO
Mass
John 4
Salzer
Procter & Gamble
Tutt
W.J. Blair
Danville, Va
Tufts
A. M. Dauphin
Philadelphia
Pinkham
Lynn
Ferry
D.M. Ferry & CO
D. M. Ferry &Co
Ing
M. Ferry
Detroit
Mich
Proctor
W. W. Astor
Japan
P. Benzamisx
Koni Oy
Esterbrook
Esterbrook Steel Pen CO
Camden
N. J
John St
Allen’s
America
ST. Paul, Minn
Horne’ Truss
Ot Ieetree
Horne
Wabash Ave
Teinmann
Steinmans
Dixon, Til
Galileri
Montgomery Ward & CO
Wabash Avenue
Parbees
Aflomatie
DR. Pardee
aJoy
DR. T. Felix Gouraud
L. A. Sayer
Gouraud
Fred. T. Hopkins
Bond St. N
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