RAILROAD SCHEMES AND NORTHERN PACIFIC DRIVE
Emperor William opening day notes a tougher Northern Pacific stance under Henry Villard toward rivals like Manitoba Canadian Pacific. Plans discuss paralleling Manitoba lines, extending Manitoba routes, and shifting eastward power toward Chicago to a seaboard end. Talks in Quebec hint at land grants and shorter routes, with mayor Langelier and Premier Mercier involved. Deserter issues at Jefferson Barracks include reforms to food and discipline as Col. Bernard takes command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Villard
Northern Pacific
Manitoba
Red River Valley
Helena
Canadian Northwest
McNaught
New York
Vr. Villara
Wisconsin Central
Chicago
Pacific
Villard
St. Paul
Seaboard
Chicaro
Quenec
T. F. Oakes
Quebec
Mercier
Europe
St. Lawrence
Grand Trunk
Ontario
Grand Trunk Railway
Gaspe
Gulf of la Lawrence
Canadian Pacific
Temiscouata
Riviere du Loup
Edmundston
N. B
Langelier
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Cae
T. Avery
Emperor William Speech Opens Reichstag Focused on Peace
The Reichstag opened with Herr von Boetticher reading the emperor's throne speech. It pledges peace at home and abroad, fuller army training, and budget increases for army and navy. A bill to readjust military law and broader naval expenditures are outlined as the next steps.
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East Africa
Reichstag
Zanzibar
Europe
Report on Jefferson Barracks inquiry disputes sensational charges
Washington report: army court of inquiry finds charges of cruelty exaggerated. Food and rations adequate though coffee and sugar misused by messes. some mismanagement noted. Offenses by non commissioned officers in gambling and taking wages partially substantiated. harsh treatment largely refuted.
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Washrneton
Army Court of Inquiry
Jefferson Barracks
Proctor
Ebstein
Slave trading in Zanzibar exposed by British capital
Letters from Zanzibar report public slave markets in the streets with slaves displayed for sale and placards showing prices. Arabs run the trade, aided by a London capital firm believed to control profits and bribed officials. receipts are posted publicly and authorities show little interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Zanzibar
Anti-Slavery Society
England
Five Negroes Burn a House and Threaten Baby in Alabama
Special dispatch from Lafayette reports a brutal crime in Tallapoosa County. Five black men forced Mrs. Smith from her home while Albert Smith and his children were away, looted the house, then set it on fire. They then harmed the infant by tossing it toward knives and fled, leaving the mother with a near-dead baby and a burning home. Three of the assailants had been captured by press time.
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Brembeuam
Ala
Lafayette
Tallapoosa
Albert Smith
H. E. Robinson
William Platte Robinson
Lake City
Stockholm
Durand Wis
Robinson
Windom
Calvin Rank
L. J. Robinson
Rank
Blabon
St. Paul House
H. Richardson
Mayor Beatty
John L. Kuiskern
Sauk Rapids
Little Rock Lake
St. Cloud
Man from Montana Dies After Morphine Suicide
Burrs Montana 24 year old John L Billings formerly of Brooklyn, in town two years, died by self administered morphine after stealing a bottle from a drug store. He had been in a dissipated life, forged checks, and fear of consequences cited as motive. A coroner’s inquest returned a verdict based on the facts.
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Montana
Burrs
Mont
John L Billings
Brooklyn
Pueblo
Denver
Faro Bank
Minneapolis
Pence Opera House
John Kozel
Brookings
H. Benson
Gilchrist
R. W. Ashton
Pipestone
Eva L. Hubbard
Los Angeles
Cal
Leavitt
Marshall
Gardinere
Jury at Last in Cronin Case After Seven Weeks
A complete jury was secured in the Cronin case after seven weeks of impaneling. Since Aug. 30, 1,091 jurors were summoned with 927 excused for cause. The defense used 97 of 175 peremptory challenges. the state 78. At swearing, Beggs had three challenges left, the state twenty-two.
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Cutcaco
Cronin
McConnell
Drainage Commission
Beggs
Death of a Seventeen Year Old in Neenale
Willis Williams aged seventeen, son of E. T. Williams and traveling salesman for Bergstrom Bros. & Co. stove foundry, drank strychnine thinking it quinine and died within fifteen minutes in Neenale Wisconsin.
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Neenale
Wis
Willis Williams
E. T. Williams
Bergstrom Bros. & Co
Minnesota Cullings
A roundup of Minnesota items reports Capt. S. J. Truax injured while hunting and Mille Lacs Indians signing a settlement treaty. St Paul weighs a winter ice palace with city funding. Faribault carnival spotlights sixty young businesswomen. A series of fires, burglaries, and accidents touch several towns including Lake City Windom Mankato and Stillwater. Police and court notes conclude with a murder verdict and missing person inquiry.
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Pipestone
Presbyterian College
Mille Lacs
St. Paul
Faribault
Frank H. Benton
Lake City
Crookston
Farmer Bulletin Notes on Seeds Fences and Farming Habits
A collection of practical farming pointers from Prairie Farmer and allied sources. Topics include thrift and saving habits for youth, cooperative starch factories, value of grass and water, proper fences and barns, seed selection for strawberries and frost reports, fox deterrence by trick device, cow fodder preferences, potato bug and tomato pest notes, poultry fattening regimes with milk and oatmeal, coop cleanliness, and pre-slaughter fasting for better meat.
Household Tips and Frugal Living Reminders From A Roaring Age Column
Practical hints cover food prep vanity care and home remedies from peeling potatoes to making vinegar pie and orange trims. Advice on stains cosmetics tooth powder and shoe care alongside domestic crafts and simple fixes for moths sand bags and willow furniture.
Comic Fragments and Jests From Everyday Life
A collage of jokes, quips, and brief humorous vignettes. The items touch on everyday scenes, misheard lines, and light irony, including family banter, shop talk, trains, and misadventures with language and objects.
German military strength in midwar expansion assessed
The text outlines Germanys total armed forces under a new law. It cites 500 550 thousand active troops with reserves pushing totals toward 1 050 thousand. Landwehr and supplementary reserves add up to 3 800 000 men and possibly 6 500 000 if wider mobilization occurs. The reference ends noting Borennys forces on the Borenny flank.
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Germany
Landwehr
Borenny
Mrs Gladstone Lauded as Model Wife and Health Support
A historical profile praises Mrs Gladstone, wife of William Ewart Gladstone, noting her long marriage since 1839 to Sir Stephen Glynne’s daughter. It highlights her health care for the Prime Minister, family roles, and charitable work while detailing her children’s positions and marriages.
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William Ewart Gladstone
Stephen Glynns
Gladstone
No Sham About Her at the Isles of Shoals
A Boston Courier note recounts a lecturer at the Isles of Shoals who claimed Japanese are self restrained and do not expletives while being unfamiliar with kissing. Audience reactions split by gender with a young woman remarking she prefers a country that kiss and cuss.
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Ise of
Shoals
Boston Courier
Dictionary Reading as a Gentleman’s Challenge
A Chester county physician finished reading the dictionary in seventeen years and six months. The piece notes the lack of action and romance makes it unsuitable for popular circulating libraries, with sentimental young ladies seldom requesting it.
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Chester County
Norristown Herald
Health in the French Army Morbidity Declines
Official report notes mortality drop from twelve to eight per thousand in the past year. From 1875 to 1887 typhoid cases reached 14,648 with 21,116 deaths, while improved water supply in barracks reduced disease. Smallpox cases fell from 1,042 to 242, mainly among recruits, evidencing vaccination value.
Face of the Grieved Editor at a Party
A wise observer notes a solemn editor in the corner, heavy with unknown grief, praised by Miss Shrewd who quietly identifies him as a humorous paper editor. The exchange unfolds at a party, revealing a contrast between outward mood and profession.
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Erudite
Miss Shrewd
Synery
Plan to preserve Bridal Veil Falls area faces land grant proposal
A scheme to dam the stream feeding Bridal Veil falls in Yosemite valley prompts a proposal for the federal government to cede land to California. The aim is to preserve the area as a park and prevent vandalism.
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Bridal Veil Falls
Yosemite Valley
California
Family stuffing tale becomes Fourth of July joke
The Lewiston Journal recalls a humorous family incident in which a mother packed a large basket for two river trip companions. Rain forced a return home after they drained the breakfast and dinner layers, leaving the heart breakfast untouched until the end. The tale highlights hearty appetites and playful bragging.
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Maine
Lewiston Journal
Five Elephants and a Persian Gift
Story about Hon. Fred Winston of Chicago who served briefly at the Persian court. He is met by the shah’s chamberlain outside Tehran who presents four elephants, then returns to present five more elephants at the palace. Winston recalls paying $100 for the extra elephant and jokes about escaping a bad scrape.
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Fred Winston
Chicago
United States
Tehran
Winston
St. Louis Republic
Off Went the Millinery at Star Theater
A Buffalo Star theater incident describes a sequence of hat removals. A girl in front refused, the lady behind asked her to lift her hat, the girl complied, and the first lady then removed her own hat. Moments later a man asked the third lady to remove her hat, and she did as well.
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William
Buffalo Courier
Star Theater
No. 3
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Emperor William
Woodward
Edstein
Col. Bernard
Minnesota
S. J. Truax
Red Wing
Austin
E. P. Crosscup
David Gooley
Murphy
Anoka
Mary Roupe
John Schmidt
Waseca
McGregor
Prairie du Chien
Lake Pepin
Booge Packing Company
J. L
W.R. Merriam
H. D. Booge
A. H. Wilder
G. W. Knox
F. M. Spook
Freeman E. Kreck
Aitken
Knox’s
Spook
Kreck
Dora Dumeland
Mankato
Bradley’s Crossing
Stillwater
Schule
Dakota
H. W. Beecher
Dr. Hoskins
Massachusetts
Carman
New Yorker
Sharpless
Cumberland
Bubach
Paris
Nature
Pennsylvania
Terre Haute Express
Teamster
Howells
Johny
Johnny
Tommy
Willie
Kentucky
Washington Capital
Boringbroke
Ogleboy
Canesawagy
Mrs. Gladstone
Romise
India
Church of England
Florida
Colorado
Dr. Pierce
Envy
Legion
Allen
Oregon
Oregon Immigration Board
Portland
Cincinnati
Hood
Joan L. McMurray
Notary Public
Ravenswood
W. Va
C. I. Hood & CO
Lowell
Mass
J. D.hess
Minu
Twe
Pennsylvania Hospital For the Insane
Castoria
Jacobs O
Mark
Charles A. Vogeler CO
Baltimore
Mad
Tutt
Murray St
Carter Medicine CO
Allens
Appisow
A. J. Hileman
Appisos
Cottom
The
Somerset Herald
AsTori
Traly
H. C. Mooney
R. I
Alleen
Burrill H. Is
ELY Bros
Warren St.n
Puarte
Empyreal Pub. House
Taxst
Pune
Caton
Boston
Legmann Atentse Sendfor
America
J.P. Allen
Arcade Ethanest
Ming
Theodore Holla
Chadwick
Bo Hie
Phila
Australia
H. Toomes
Alex T. Loup & Co
Lakeside Bldg
Ill
the Chemical Co
Cinsizanti Ohio
Ingraham
M.D
Amsterdam
N. Y
D. R. Dicre
the CO 4
Loomis & Nyman
Tiffin
Ohio
Seanaleeurell Ie
Woodward & CO
Corn Exchange
Board of Trade of
Duluth
Chamber of Commerce
Montgomery Ward & CO
Michigan Avenue
N. W.N.U
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