Live Stock Trade Growth at St Paul Yards Seen Promising
At a St Paul Chamber of Commerce meeting Mr. A B Stickney of the Chicago St Paul Kansas City railroad presented data on the Union Stock Yards at South St Paul. From 1888 to 1889 cattle calves hogs horses and sheep receipts grew markedly with hogs showing a notable decline only due to Missouri shipments in 1888. If current trends continue hog receipts may reach about 406000 this year while cattle and calf totals show strong gains.
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Commerce
City of
St.aal
Chamber of Commerce
Live Stock Association of
Montana
Union Stock
South St. Paul
Missouri
Kansas City
Cee Cnenenessinennie
Tege Inc
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Dakota
Kaneax City
Stock Yards Company
Booth St. Paul
Chicago
Texas
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Prof. MacLain
State Agricultural Farm
Tas
Rae
Tere
Eee
A.B
Thomas Cochran, Jr
Immigration in Speaks on Castle Garden Farce and New Immigrant Reality
A joint House and Senate immigration hearing in Washington heard Rep. Owen report from New York on Castle Garden as a farce. He said Italian bankers lure natives for 90 dollar tickets, ship them to boarding houses then to contract labor with padrone take 25 cents of pay, while a rapid shift to Italian and Hungarian workers degrades overall immigration quality.
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Washington
House
Senate
Owen
Lehrbach
Stump
New York
Castle Garden
M Street
Italy
America
Naples
New York City
Lehrback
Alderman and Central Committee Man Arrested for Election Frauds
James McAbee and City Central Committeeman Michael J Corcoran were indicted on charges of complicity in election frauds in the Twenty fourth ward. Also named were restaurant waiters dock laborers and others called their tools Walter Horn John Dingwall William H Mitchell James Lynch Stephen Collins Capt White and divers persons unknown. The scheme involved repeaters voting for citizens counted as stay at homes who appeared at the polls. McAbee and Corcoran surrendered with bonds of 15000 each and deny guilt. Six repeaters are said to have turned state evidence with a motive to win the city council seat McAbee had secured after the election.
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Central Committee
Carcase
Special Aid
James McAbee
City Central
Michael J. Corcoran
McAbee
Corcoran
Walter Horn
John Dingwall
William H. Mitchell
James Lynch
Stephen Collins
Capt. White
Essrs
Grinnell
Givin Bonds
Oratorical Contest in Lixcotx Nebraska Held
The interstate oratorical contest of North western states occurred tonight with a large crowd. Plagiarism allegations against Ferguson sparked protests for his withdrawal which the state association demanded. he claimed illness and did not appear. B H Timberlake of Minnesota praised Lincoln. Crittenden of Missouri faced judge objections over Confederate service. First place went to S. W. Naylor of Washburn College Topeka Kansas. second to A C Douglass of Monmouth College Illinois.
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Lixcotx
Neb
Northwestern
Ferguson
Nebraska
State Association
Interstate Association
B. H. Timberlake
Minnesota
Abraham Lincoln
Indiana
Expy
Crittenden
Missouri
J. M. Marquette
Burlington Railway
W. Naylor
Washburn College
Topeka
Kan
A. C. Douglass
Monmouth College
Ill
Pettigrew Attacks Eastern Attitude on Tariffs and West
Washington special dispatch reports Senator Pettigrew returning from New York angry at Eastern policy. He blasts high tariffs on manufactured goods while calling for tariffs on Western farm products, criticizes river and harbor legislation, and accuses the East of delaying public improvements and favoring navy wasteful projects.
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Washington
Senator Pettigrew
New York
Government Land Office
Surveyor General
West
Missouri
Butler Club Dinner Highlights Butler Union Alliance Talk
About 100 attendees at Parker's heard Gen. Butler discuss the Farmers’ Alliance and its political implications. North Dakota notes include state bond sales, postmaster nominations, a G A R encampment, and a wheat cultivation experiment.
Northwest Notes Toll Diphtheria Deaths and Fires Across Minnesota
August Stephens of Elgin reports suicides and fatalities from diphtheria in Otter Tail and Winning. fires destroy the Archer house at Mazeppa and Mrs. Bierman’s Northfield residence. Gold prospecting near Cannon River and a St Paul whisky distillery sale are noted amid storms, thefts, and crop updates across multiple counties.
South Dakota News In Brief A Hy ... Hyde County Postmistress Missing
A Hyde county postmistress Mrs Stricker is alleged to be short in accounts and has disappeared. Other items note a white crane shot near Ree Heights, a Eureka resident dying from burns, militia gear arrivals, a sunstroke related asylum transfer, baptisms at Crow Creek agency, a lecture tour by Mrs Wallace descended from Gen Lew Wallace, a Rosefield man warned by whitecaps and fleeing, a farmer losing a forest to a night thief, an Aberdeen voter bound over for May term, and Mrs Hannah Sullivan of Newcastle reaching 110 with extensive family ties and long health.
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Stricker
Hyde County
Ree Heights
Beaver
Eureka
South Dakota
Frank Gosslee
Faulkton
Yankton Asylum
Bad Moccasin
Crow Creek
Wallace
Lew Wallace
Peter Kalacious
Rosefield
Duhamel
Letcher
D. E. Patterson
Aberdeen
Columbia
Hannah Sullivan
Newcastle
Black Hills
Ireland
America
Wisconsin Items From West Superior To Milwaukee and Beyond
Reports from West Superior describe the death of 60 year old John Oakley struck by a train. Dan Smith of Merrill faces desertion charges after being found at Almont Michigan. Isaac Stephenson seeks 15000 dollars to spur 50000 dollar hotel investment in the city. Milwaukee messengers Nicoll and Eisen robbed at an Eau Claire hotel forfeiting 43 and 15 dollars. Hixton Mills plans a 1500 bushel potato starch plant. Hondo, Oshkosh man, presumed drowned but found to have left home after a family quarrel. Jack Richards tried to break into Potter store Hurley. clerk Ed Potter shot intruder died. Charles Rapley of Cameron accused of bigamy with a 17 year old. first wife absent in Nebraska. Cameron owner flees arrest. Ice buyers in Milwaukee study factory costs. a 100000 dollar plant could produce ice at nine cents per 100 pounds. Milwaukee Officer Halsey injured while stopping a runaway horse. The Freeman house at Black River Falls closed by lessee Mason. owner Freeman will not vacate furniture. N G Grant of East Wrightstown tapped 340 maples this year producing about 850 pounds sugar. Fourteen years ago he tapped 500 trees yielding 145 pounds.
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August Stephens
Elgin
St Paul
Whisky Trust
Otter Tail County
St. Paul
John Peterson
Neil Cashman
Martin F. Fredrickson
Big Stone County
Clinton
Cannon River
Red Wing
Peter Hansen
Brainerd
Washington
Oregon
Charles Johnson
Plainview
Henry Heise
Fall Creek
Winning
Fergus Falls
Minnesota
E. L. Ford & Co
Mazeppa
Charlies Brandenburg
Faribault
Banderburg
Goodhue County
M. E
Wyman
LaCrosse County
Milwaukee Road
Rockland
Austin
Carlson
William Cheshire
Mankato
South Bend
Jackson Sentinel
Rice
John Oakley
West Superior
Wie
Dan Smith
Merrill
Almont
Mich
Isaac Stephenson
Milwaukee
Nicoll and
Eisen
Eau Claire
Hixton Mills
Jackson County
Hondo
Jack Richards
Potter
Hurley
Ed. Potter
Charles Rapley
Cameron
Nebraska
Halsey
Ranaway
Freeman
Black River Falls
Lesee
D. F. Mason
Mr. Freeman
Saloon fines paid as Clinton records heavy penalties
Clinton saloonkeepers are fined 20 dollars plus costs 24.85 monthly with over forty already paying. The column also reports a boy falling thirty five feet from a wind mill breaking his wrist, beatings in St Joseph, a Dubuque boy’s eye injury from powder, a Wisconsin couple’s death, bigamy case dismissals, prowler activity in Keokuk, a missing Grinnell youth, farm fire losses and a strange artesian well seed sprouting into a tiny tree in Washington.
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Clinton
Robert McDonald
Waverly
Thomas McGowan
St. Joseph
Dubuque
Walsh
Mies Murray
Odd Dead-Head Tricks and a Tiger Tale Recited
A Cincinnati Times-Star excerpt recounts a railroad conductor’s warnings about dead-head pass frauds and a vivid anecdote of a book agent who blamed a missing ticket on luck and rainy mud. Also shared is a New York Tribune memory of Lady Dufferin’s tiger tale and a hunter who deduced a tiger’s presence by tracks.
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Cincinnati Times-Star
New York City
Golden Gate
Dangers of Spontaneous Combustion in Household and Industrial Goods
The article warns that materials like oily rags paint canvas and oily clothing can ignite spontaneously when confined or heated. It notes cotton wool and wet iron filings heat quickly, rusting iron can generate heat, and iron pipe rust near wood may cause fires in winter as heated systems oxidize.
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Toronto
A Hustling Farmer
Aroostook farmer P. R. Penny, badly injured in a Minnesota mill shaft accident twenty years ago, cleared 100 acres of land in Aroostook. In 1889 he raised 4,100 bushels of potatoes from twenty-three acres, with eight acres still in standing trees as of the fourth day of May of that year.
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P. R. Penny
Minnesota
Aroostook
Woods
Presque Isle Star-Hearald
Experiments On Tight Lacing With Monkey Subjects
An English medical commission conducted experiments on female monkeys to study the effects of tight lacing. Monkeys wore plaster pants jackets to mimic stays and tight waist bandaging to imitate throat cords. Several died and all suffered serious injuries from the treatment.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Pearls Burned By Queen Victoria Mystery
A Ladies' Home Journal tale recounts how three royal pearl necklaces were secretly burned when Victoria used tissue to wipe her pen and discarded the tissue into the fire. The pearls, worth a fortune, vanished without trace, leaving courtiers puzzled.
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Victoria
London
Ladies’ Home Journal
Clever New York Diamond Smuggling Ruse Foiled
A New York diamond merchant used hidden flooring in ship state rooms to hide gems during Europe trips. Detectives uncovered the scheme when a return voyage pattern revealed the conspirators occupying the same state rooms, allowing diamonds to be swapped mid transit. No officers were aboard departing vessels.
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New York
Europe
How Names Grow in Congo and Oregon History
The article explains how names evolved in the Congo where white people are called Batendele, a Congo version of Stanley, and compares it to how Northwest Coast Indians used Boston men for whites due to ships from Boston. It notes the linguistic prefixes and historical naming habits.
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Congo
Stanley
Northwest Coast
Boston
Oregon Coast
Boston Transcript
Salvation Oil Promises Pain Relief From Blood Poison
In chronic neuralgia rheumatism or gout a certain acid poisons the blood and Salvation Oil should be used. This pain destroyer will dissolve the poison circulating in the blood and bring relief when others fail. Price 25 cents. The piece notes Zululand news via cable and mentions Dr Bull's Cough Syrup for the next season.
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Salvation
Zululand
All Foods for Planted Must Be Soluble
A note emphasizes that all nutrients added to plants must be soluble to be absorbed by roots. It warns that insoluble compounds are ineffective, urging gardeners to choose water soluble fertilizers and adjust soil chemistry for optimal uptake.
Rheumatism Warned Against By Bitters Remedy
An 19th century ad warns that rheumatism worsens if neglected and touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a professional remedy. It claims the tonic relieves rheumatic pain, chills and fever, dyspepsia, and liver complaints, noting unchecked rheumatism can last a lifetime or harm the heart.
Farmer Seeks Lifelong Paper For Cure Claim
A farmer enters the editor’s office with two dollars and a plea to send the paper for life. He says his daughter was sick with consumption-like symptoms but recovered after using Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. The ad asserts the medicine cures female disorders and obstructions, guaranteed with a money back offer.
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Main Street
Bufalo
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