Wild Weather And Noted Events Across Regions
Six weeks of severe storms across Eastern Oregon and Washington Territory caused heavy stock losses with cattle horses and sheep including widespread fatalities from exposure. Reports also mention numerous missing persons presumed dead, a deadly winter, and notable deaths and crimes across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Oregon
Washington Territory
Crook County
Klamath County
Cascades
Minnesota sugar industry leaders discuss amber cane progress
Officers and experts from Minnesota and Wisconsin gather to review amber cane sugar developments. Dr E D Porter reports on Minnesota syrup, Prof Henry notes Wisconsin output, and Capt Blakely predicts overcoming adverse effects. Seth Kenney's Morristown operation cited with strong profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Sias
Rochester
F. G. Gould
Excelsior
M. Cutler
Sumpter
E. H. S&s. Dart
Owatonna
G. W. Fuller
Litchfield
S. D. Hillman
Minneapolis
J. ¥. Grimes
J. S. Harris
la Crescent
J. M. Underwood
Lake City
Wyman Elliot
Ditus Day
Farmington
M. Pierce
Blakely
Presid
Porter
Isct
R. Blakely
St Paul
Titus Day
E. D. Porter
R. Salty Titus Day
Seth H. Kenney
J. F. Porter
Thenee
Minnesota
Wiley
New Orleans
Union
South
Henry
Agricultural Department
State University of Wisconsin
C. L. Smith
Seth Kenney
Morristown
Kenny
Knight Whipple
Man Slaying Trial Ends With Four Year Prison Term
J J Jacobs is found guilty of manslaughter in the fourth degree for the killing of Blair in Owatonna. Blair, a grocery clerk, was threatened during a confrontation last fall at Fairds. Jacobs struck him with a tent stake causing a fatal head wound. Blair died the next day. Trial led by County Attorney Sawyer with Amos Coggswell and Judge Buckham presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota Horticultural Society
St. Paul
Comestic
Minnesota
Northwest
Russell Blakeley
The
Amber Cane Association
Capt. Blakeey
J. 8. Harms
la Crescent
Truman M. Smith
Horticultural Society
Turner
Cuthbert
Concord
Delaware
Harris
Jamesville
Reil
C. C. Smith
Col Stevens
Prof
Porter
C. K. Brimhall
Ramsey County
Bardiel
Charles Downing
United States
Downing
J. S. Harris
Tuttle
Baraboo
Sias
Rochester
Brett
Proctor
Grant Swaar
J. Harris
Wis
Moscow
Manitoba
Dakota
E. S H. Dartt
Owatonna
Iowa Horticultural Society
Dartt
Iowa
Oliver Gibbs, Jr
New Orleans
Gibbs
Mr. Gibbs
J. T. Grimes
Treaster
Gen. Jennison
Guv. Rubbard
F. G. Gould
California
Ohio
J. J. Jacobs
John L Blair
Buckham
Blair
Jacobs
Sawyer
Amos Coggswell
Buckman
Edward Lamb
Seagate
Mr. Lamb
Hisvork
Pacific
el Paraiso
Ledyarl
London
New York
Grandes Dames
Epward Lams
Madelon
Darky jumper on locomotive ends in tragedy
Detroit Post recounts a Baltimore and Ohio locomotive incident where a Black worker known for leaping from trains at forty miles per hour suffered a fatal fall. Eyewitnesses questioned coroner and jury actions while the engineer described the dangerous routine and the man’s final, perilous jump resulting in a broken leg and injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
Baltimore & Ohio
Round House
Dorky
Baltimore
Darky
Dar
Detroit Post
The Power of Music at Tennessee Battle Lines
A Washington Star story recalls a Civil War night near Lookout Mountain where Union and Confederate troops paused firing to hear a federal band play old tunes. The melodies of Hail Columbia Dixie Star Spangled Banner Bonnie Blue Flag Home Sweet Home stirred all, drawing tears and shared reverence across lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Bragg
Chattanooga
Columbia
Dixie’s Land
Lookout Mountain
Mission Ridge
Earth
The
Tennessee
A Dangerous Love Scene in a Desert Town
Edward Lamb and Madelon Soulsby drift through a winter inferno of affection and restraint in a rough frontier town. A letter, a hidden desire, and a revelation in a hotel reading room unfold amid social gossip, class tensions, and a powerful county magnate.
The Baroness Coutts at the Lyceum Theatre
A London letter describes the Lyceum visit with Miss Terry’s sister Mrs Lewis in a box sharing company with her children. Baroness Burdett Coutts sits next, aged but active, modest dress and a festooned overdress drawing critique for lack of dignity and a top knot fashion flaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyceum
London
Miss Terry
Lewis
Terry
Baroness Burdett-Coutts
England
America
Retiring Of Officers Moore And Sweethammer Noted
Lieut. Col. O. H. Moore of the Seventeenth Infantry and Capt. Charles Sweethammer of the Fifteenth Infantry recently passed the retiring board of Leavesworth and will be retired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. H. Moore
Seventeenth Infantry
Charles Sweethammer
Fifteenth Infantry
Board of
Leavesworth
Wyoming Arrives in New York From Liverpool
The steamer Wyoming docked in New York yesterday after sailing from Liverpool. Among the passengers were four persons described as well adapted for nautical and domestic service, though the text is garbled and some names or details are unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
New York
Liverpool
A Song of the Future by Sidney Lanier
A lyric urging swift passage toward theFuture with bold images of Ark of hopes and dreams. The speaker longs to outrun the present waste as a dove of faith and love soars toward a drying sea and new buds bring tidings of what is to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell
Minneapolis
Pst
House
McCulloch
Sidney Lanier
Arcott Mystery Told In a Cedar Cedars Tale Of Vengeance
In Arcott a northern New York hamlet of two hundred, a mill collapses during a spring freshet revealing a vanished man. Winders Forney, blamed by locals for the Bodine murder, is confronted by Stephen Arcott. Forney confesses to nothing, is jailed, and ultimately found dead in his cell, leaving a single unresolved mystery tied to a thicket of cedar and snow.
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Arcott
Adirondacks
Herkimer County
New York
Sacondaga
Stephen Arcott
Norton
Cedars
Arcott’s Mill
Old Stephen
Pete Jacobs
Pete
Winders Porney
Winders Forney
Tey
Virginia
Arcott Cemetery
James Bodine
The
Forney
Bar of Justice
Arkansaw Traveler
Fifth Avenue Dwellers Reveal Wealthy Glamour and Toll
From the Boston Herald the piece profiles Fifth Avenue residents in New York, contrasting old money hosts with newly rich families. It notes lavish living, social dissipation, strain, and hidden troubles behind mansions, including jaded mornings, indolent evenings, and frequent divorces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Boston Herald
Fifth Avenue Meansions
New York
Fifth Avenue
Avenue
Geological Changes and the Decay of Naiba Mountain
The article notes that Earth’s surface continually changes due to internal and external forces. It cites sudden volcanic rises in Fujivama and Jorullo, and a 1881 lake-formed volcanic hill, but reports a distinct case near Algiers where Naiba Mountain slowly sinks, forming a deep surrounding excavation without volcanic activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fujivama
Jorullo
Mexico
Hopango
San Salvador
Algiers
Naiba
Hudson
Daniel Webster's Last Speech in the Senate
Ben Perley Poore reports Webster's final Senate address praising Washington and the desire to place Washington's farewell address in the National Library. The piece recounts an anecdote about medals once owned by Washington and Webster's reverence for the "Expounder of the Constitution" along with Webster's enduring New England loyalty and national service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Perley Poore
Boston
Webster
Senate
Henry Clay
Washington
Ashland
Mr. Webster
Kentucky
Congress
Paris
Gates
Knox
Franklin
New England
Daniel Webster
A Better Plan for Removing Grease Spots
A plan to remove grease spots using spirit of wine and friction with a hanc then powder removes grease completely. The note adds ink stain removal from book leaves with oxalic acid in water and furniture spot cleaning with camphor spirit, details that not all schoolboys or housemaids know.
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Dr. Carver
Samuel Kintz
Shroudsburg
Harvey D. Parker
G. D. B. Glidden
Navy
Mobile Bay
Mary Griffith
Gen Grant
Batavia
Lord Tennyson
Prince Albert Victor
Captain Bankhead
Philippi
W. Va
Bill
Kemper County
Miss
Jeff Davis
Beauvoir
Clinton G. Wells
Galveston Cotton Exchange
Gen. Merritt
Gen. Angur
Department of the Missouri
Senator Gorman
Maryland
Lachlan C. Dallas
Salineville
Harvard
Alumni Association
Winnipeg
St. Peter
Minn
San Francisco
Hong Kong
Mary Garrett
John W. Garrett
Tigerville
Pennington County
Butler
Baiger Mills
Whitey Arms Company
Whitneyville Conn
W. D. Cottell
Brainerd
Col. Sleeper
Dr. Pierce
Worcester
Mass
House of Correction
Leopold Hardike
Marshfield
Cleveland
Seth Franklin
Knight
J. H. Hardin
Lee County Republican
Fort Madison
Rock Island
M. J. Pottinger
Stiles
Common Pleas Court
Louisville
Wilkins, Post & Co
Iron Bridge Builders
Atlanta
Representative Hill
Ilinois
Popular Branch of
Senator Morton
A. J. Kniffen
East Saginaw, Mich
Andrew T. Wampler
A J. Wampler Jr
Martinsville
Ind
Mrs. Grant
Mr. Vanderbilt
Gen. Grant
Earl Cairna
Lord Garmoyle
Miss Fortescue
Latters
Carlow
D. A. Barrows
D. A. Barrows & Co
Galena, NL
Mississippi
Clinton
Arlington
Sioux City
St. Leonard
Lord
Tong Sing
Greely
Newark
N. J
Chamberlain
London Board of Trade
Canal Street
N. Y
T. Craig Field
Andrews
Can
Lord Garnoyle
Burnaby
C. E. Andrews & Co
Milwaukee
Miss Whitshed
Col Burpaby
Hersel
Supreme Bench
Pape
L. B. Vilas
Eau Claire
Col. Vilas
D. Hastings, Jr
Green Bay
U. Pinney
Madison
Hastings
Pinney
Vilas
Sevierville
Sevier County
Tenn
Willis Graham
Pollie
Elam Camp
Wilson
Grant County
David W. Reed
Waukon
M. Jesmer
Clarke
F. M. Frazier
Lost Nation
Addie Epps
Petro
D. Pickering
Yarmouth
F. Broom
Woodstock
J. H. Cavanaugh
Dak
Bellaire W. Va
Central Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Quincy Station
John Heslop
Clark
Sam Burke
Bayard
Gov. Crittenden
Alfred Sheldon
Sheldon
Kansas City
Blue Springs Company
Freeman’s Journal
Ireland
Duester
Deuster
Massachusetts Senate
Thayer
Commonwealth
Flandreau, Dak
Ith
Fulda
Woonsocket
Helena
Mont
Committee On Safety
Montana
Parnell
Windsor Castle
Pioneer Press
Lieut. Greely
Franklin Bay
Gordon
Khartoum
Charles Chaille Long
Sailor's Creek
Richmond
Keifer
Westminster Hall
House of Commons
Tower
Curtin
Pennsylvania
House of Foreign Relations Committee
John Bull
Anc Eae
Ochiltree
Texas
Jones
Nevada
Marcey
Senator Coke
Senator Vest
Coke
West
Senator Edmunds
James Chrystie
Minnesota State Horticultural Society
Louisby
Ledyard
Miss Sonleby
Warrith
Lamb
Miss Soulsby
Trevel
Lamba
Orlando
the Baroness Coutts
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