Minnesota Farmers Alliance delegates meet in St Paul
Nearly five hundred delegates gather for Minnesota Farmers Alliance in St Paul. Day one features speeches by Donnelly and Merriam. resolutions call for Austrian voting, cheaper fuel, railroad reform, open markets, currency expansion, anti usury laws, and prohibition. Officers elected amid factional maneuvering. Donnelly supports Hall for president. new platform urges direct election of senators, rail fairness, and anti beer tax.
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State Alliance
St. Paul
Minnesota Farmer’s Alliance
Donnelly
Merriam
Minnesota
Great West
Alliance
United States
J. Donnehy
Committee On Insurance
J. J. Furlong
Farmers’ Alliance
Ignatius Donnelly
Canning
Rt. J. Hall
Stearns County
G. W. Sprague
Prosper
Hall
John Diamond
W. J. Bodkin
Henry Fry
George W. Sprague
Iis
Nanaiber
Ceee
BOD Petames Oe
Aay
LGU
RJ. Hall
Holzhay Shot Ends Prisoner Reign of Terror in Marquette
Reimund Holzhay, a convicted train robber and murderer serving life at the branch prison in Marquette, attempted to seize a fellow convict and threatened two wardens with a knife. Deputy Warden Hawley, aided by Warden Tompkins, shot Holzhay in the right hand, destroying four fingers and the knuckles, leaving only the thumb. The incident halted further violence as Holzhay sat unconscious and whispers of regret spread through the city. Meservoy, the other convict endangered, credits the warden’s coolness and skill for his survival.
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Marquette, Mich
Reimund Holzhay
Tompkins
Holzhay
Hawley
Polliser
Suty Warden Hawley
Meservoy
Messervay
Jackson
Meservey
Meservay
Mr. Tompkins
Summary of Northwestern Week in Minnesota Headlines
Minnesota reports include Imperial Mill planning a 300000 bushel capacity at Duluth, Higgins Wildcat company formed in Duluth for land dealings, Adrian residents pushing a first class flouring mill, and St Paul Chamber of Commerce raising 100000 for locating manufactories. Other items note Shakopee altar gift, Big Stone Plow works fire loss, West Point cadet alcohol case, Hinckley accident death, Pipestone fortification plan for Indian school, Sioux massacre reunion talk, Windom fire insurance, Worthington ice incident injuries, Duluth suicide attempt, Norway leprosy study, Lake Pepin ice house, August Groth murder suicide, Dora death in woods, Glyndon school resignation, Austin bigamy, Rochester hospital retirements, Granite Falls farm purchase, Washburn train wreck, Boyd double suicide, Eau Claire venue abuse of process.
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Minnesota
Imperial Mill Company
Duuth
Higgins Wildcat Company
Duluth
Adrian
St. Paul Chamber of Commerce
St. Mark's
Shakopee
N. Majerus
Ortonville
E. L. Butts
West Point
Charles Carroll
Hinckley
Pennsylvania
Pipestone
Fortress
St. Peter
Minnesota Mounted Rangers
Windom
John Nolan
Worthington
John Eby
Nora O'Neill
James Moore
State Board of Health
Christian Gronwald
Norway
Lakeview
Lake Pepin
August Groth
Stillwater
Bertha
Groth
Germany
Fred Uhrenhut
Dora
Squire
Riley
Austin
H. B. Roe
Roe
Trenton
Jord
A. H. Kerr
Rochester
Kerr
Hospital For the Insane
Stewart
Second Hospital
Walter Kerr
New York City
Harry Kerr
Chicago
Moore
Merriam Park
Jacob Swenson
Granite Falls
Montevideo
Alliance Urges Legal Challenge Over Road Vacation
The alliance denounces the road vacation as a legal violation and calls on the state attorney general to initiate proceedings. It also urges lawmakers to secure a law aiding Red River settlers in Marshall Kittson Polk counties regarding odd-numbered land sections claimed by the railways, proposing land swaps if needed.
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Alliance
Congress
Red River
Marshall, Kittson
Polk
St. Paul
Chicago Ready to Back World Fair with Cash Boost
A Chicago delegation led by Lyman J. Gage and Marvin Hughitt told House subcommittee members Hitt Springer and Candier that the city can fund the fair. They pledged 5 million dollars on hand and a further 5 million either in cash or bonds, challenging Eastern reports that Chicago cannot finance the event. Hitt says the bill proceeding will cover only government exhibit and customs house costs.
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Wasurxctoux
Chicago
New York
Lyman J. Gage
First National Bank
Marvin Hughitt
Chicago & Northwestern
R. R. Cable
Rock Island Road
Edwin Walker
Otto Young
W.j.onahan
Hitt, Springer
Candier
Hitt
House
Heavy business failure in Lewis Iowa linked to Dunn & Co
The J M Dunn & Co store in Lewis Iowa closed under a 2500 chattel mortgage to German American Savings Bank and a 6500 attachment by First National Bank. Dunn was a trusted agent of Eastern capitalists and a major stockholder in Le Mars Water and Light, with a 6000 water works system last year. He is thought to be in Canada now. Most home claims are secured.
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Lewis
Iowa
J. M. Dunn & Co
Dakota Coment
Canada
Lead Miners Strike Vast Galena Deposit Near Luck
Thomas Geag and Thomas Meehan, veteran miners, sunk a shaft on the Randall farm southwest of Luck and exposed a monumental galena ledge. A sheet over thirty feet high and fourteen inches thick appears, with lower layers twelve to fourteen inches thick. Neben estimates of over 1,000,000 pounds of galena in sight, and a three day yield near 100,000 pounds. Value at $22 per thousand is about $25,000 in sight.
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Dupogve
Thomas Geag
Thomas Meehan
Randall Farm
Crows as Weather Prophets On an Island
Jere Hill, a recluse on the island, believes crows predict weather with accuracy. He claims the birds steer to sheltered valleys before cold east storms and migrate to the river’s east side before west or northwest sleet or snow. Hill says crows signal colder weather by moving to warmer waters and that he relies on their behavior over official forecasts.
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Jere Hill
New York Tribune
Hill
Signal Service
Papto
Lowa Bluffs
Cut-O Lake
Name Change for Mandt Company and Local Fires and Deaths
The Mandt Manufacturing Company of Stoughton will rename to the Stoughton Wagon Company. Langdon Bros. butter tub factory at Baraboo burned, loss $2000 with no insurance. H. E. Adams, longtime St. Paul railway conductor, dies at Fond du Lac. Latham Sholes, inventor of the typewriter, dies in Milwaukee at 71. Assemblyman David Vaughan dies at 68 in Burns. Mrs. Springler becomes violently insane from grippe while visiting Dartford. brakeman Fred Rudolph injured seriously on the Lake Shore road at Manitowoc. Frank J. Waldo seeks divorce. Mrs. Waldo denies desertion. Railway survey engineers predict trains between Chippewa Falls and Ashland before next winter. Nels Johnson dies on a train near Chippewa Falls. suspected accidental poisoning. Racine family nearly asphyxiated by coal gas. all recover. A. Roevine’s house burns at Ashland. wife and two children inside, nothing saved. loss $1000, insurance small. A LaCrosse woman buys wood and buck saws for tramps. saws stolen, wood taken, a tramp frightens a woman and steals her watch. Duane Green, missing from Hebron, is not traced. friends doubt recovery alive. August Schuster examination postponed at Baraboo due to Rose Sackman’s condition.
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Mandt Manufacturing Company
Stoughton
Stoughton Wagon Company
Langdon Bros
Baraboo
H. E. Adams
St. Paul
Fon du Lac
Latham Sholes
Milwaukee
Sholes
Wisconsin
David Vaughan
la Crosse County
Burns
Springler
la Grippe
Dartford
Fred Rudolph
Lake Shore Road
Manitowoc
Frank J. Waldo
Chicago
Oshkosh
Chippewa Falls
Ashland
Nels Johnson
Philips
Carl Hanson
Racine
A. Roevine
Roevine
LaCrosse
Duane Green
Hebron
August Schuster
Rose Sackman
North Dakota bills move fair to Grand Forks and more
North Dakota legislation moves a bill to locate the state fair at Grand Forks. Other items report a family breakup, an insane asylum commitment, a coal delivery price at Mandan, remarks by Senator Pierce in Detroit, a fire destroying Hilleboro mill and elevator, embezzlement case against FE Flynn, a capture of Louis Hughes, a youth case in Grand Forks, newspaper resistance to lottery, dam projects, and details of a rail journey and a blind pig raid in Hatton with subsequent arrests and an inquest conclusion.
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North Dakota
Grand Forks
Mandan
Gilbert A. Pierce
Detroit
Custer County
Louis Hughes
van Gilder
Hill City
Dawes County
Neb
Plowing and seeding progress in Black Hills counties
The article notes continued plowing and seeding in wheat across Black Hills counties since late January with seeding nearly finished. It covers diverse items from local meetings, freak accidents, legal actions, and historical relics plan.
Land and events across South Dakota counties and tales of divorce
Seaby Delano Chouteau Rinehart Martin Wagner and Ziebach counties describe a strip of land across the state excluding Washington and Shannon as unceded. A O U W plans seed grain support for former members funded by small member assessments. Stanley County's history recalls the Bees and Sioux battles and nearby Fort Pierre battle sites. a Lead City divorce case reveals a fortune teller's fraud leading to a desertion plea and divorce.
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Seaby
Delano
Chouteau
Rinehart
Martin, Wagner
Ziebach
Washington
Shannon
A. O. U. W. Order
South Dakota
United States
Stanley
Fort Pierre
Herald
Iowa items span crimes births and curiosities in Des Moines area
The Des Moines boot and shoe store burglary spree. a Davenport girl’s tobacco habit and uproar. Charley Ross found robbing a clothes line in Davenport. Mary Koln driven insane by religious excitement and sent to Independence asylum. youths jailed for snowball assault. Parkersburg feud ends with a stab wound. G A R backs hospital in Cedar Rapids. oats weighed with hidden stones. a Meriden boy wounded by a crochet hook. body of William Cross found in the Mississippi at Kensburg. Iowa praised for fine horses and vast shipments east.
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Charley Ross
Davenport
Mary Koln
Cherokee
Independence Asylum
Muscatine
Jake Freeland
Sam McFarland
Parkersburg
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque County
James Lichtenberger
Meriden
William Cross
Mississippi
Kensburg
Iowa
Union
Jackson County
Martin
Ottumwa
Neal
Jones
Council Biuffs
Joe Shellenberger
Father Clarkson
Agricultural Department
Des Moines Register
Andubon County
Peiffer
Rock Island Company
Dubuque
Guy
Boies
Walker
New York
Plymouth County
Greensboro
N.C
Sandford Kirkpatrick
Ottumqwa
Kirkpatrick
Bentley
le Grand
Marshall County
Charles Borie
Independence
Illinois
Self Shaving Versus Barbering Sparks City Debate
A Newark Sun report from Gilsey House notes Senator Ingalls advocating self shaving and cites public reaction. The piece argues self shaving preserves natural appearance and criticizes barbers for greasy smells, ointment, and altering a man's look, suggesting self shaving keeps men looking wholesome.
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Ingalls
Gilsey House
Newark
Nickel scheme in St Paul gum machine panic warned
A St Paul street scene describes a gamin seeking buck shot to load a gun imitation scam. A gun shop proprietor notes the boy has no firearms and quips about collusion in the nickel slot scheme that could trigger a financial panic as gum machines adapt to nickels and pennies.
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St. Paul Gamin
St. Paul
A Party of Ghost-Finders Non plussed
In Alexander New York a reputed haunted house has unsettled locals after a murder occurred there twenty years ago. Four respectable residents investigated recently hearing moans groans and shrieks from reportedly empty rooms. A town watch was begun to unravel the mystery.
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Alexander
N. Y
Miscellaneous 19th Century Notices and Advertisements
A collage of quotations and anecdotes includes Miss Willard praising Susan B. Anthony on her 70th birthday, a whiff of humorous critique of seraphs, ads for Dr Bull's Cough Syrup and Salvation Oil, a Cleveland family poisoned by sausage, Dobbin's Electric Soap claims, and theft reports from Washington and Kansas City.
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Miss Willard
Susan Bb. Anthony
Susan
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription for women’s ailments
A scheming display of medical patter promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a vegetable tonic for overworked and nervous women. It touts benefits from improved sleep to relief of hysteria and womb ailments, promises a money back guarantee, and directs readers to send ten cents for an illustrated treatise from Worwp's Dispensary Mexican Assoc at 663 Main Street, Buffalo.
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Worwp
Main Street
Buffalo
Bishop Grafton Story Emerges From Fond du Lac Diocese
A vivid tale centers on Bishop Grafton within the Fond du Lac diocese as local church events and leadership are highlighted. The piece underscores church affairs, community reactions, and the bishop’s role in ongoing spiritual guidance.
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Grafton
Diocese of
Fond du
Rustic bench gum memory from a garden scene
In a Drake's Magazine vignette a couple strolls to a garden bench where a proposal occurred last night. The young man recalls, she asks for a moment, and she reveals she hid her gum on the bench to retrieve later, implying a playful memory attached to the spot.
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George
Drake
Annie Besant to Visit New York in Kansan Inquiry
Annie Besant, English socialist editor of the labor paper Kite and sister-in-law to Walter Besant, heads to New York to study how women rule operates in Kansag. The tall, thin, sad-eyed figure is noted for her pluck and recent libel case involvement.
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Annie Besant
New York
The
Kite
Walter Besant
Kansag
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