Minnesota Cullings A Busy Year Across Counties
Duluth's car works operate at full capacity. August port collections at St Paul reached 15000. Rochester hosts a successful Southern Minnesota fair. Faribault woolen mill sustained 6000 fire loss. Windom opens new opera house on the 16th. English syndicate buys Hamm Banholzer Stahlman breweries in St Paul. Rochester board banquets Gov Merriam and officials. House near Havannah struck by lightning killing a child. Otter Tail farm fire destroys thrashing outfit and 450 bushels wheat. Labor rioters in Duluth to face trial. Richmond death from accidental shooting at 35. St Cloud house thefts and a suicide in Lewiston cell. Southeast Minnesota society grows. Dugan awarded 4040 damages. Moan collapses from paralysis in Winona. Eastern Minnesota railway terminal at Duluth to finish by October. Marshall county death in old well. Guardians sue over dog bite in Fon telac. Dodge Centre store robbed. similar losses on railroad towns. Dutch Row killed on rail near Minneapolis. Purcell flax money stolen. suspect Conway arrested. Purcell burglary yields 310 in trousers. Central Minnesota Fair gains financially. 1000 gift supports association. Lambert Lenz committed to insane asylum after religious distress. Attorney Reynolds sues over publication claim. Civil war gun from the Sherman era shown at a reunion and linked to several fatalities.
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Duluth
St. Paul
Minnesota
Rochester
Faribault
C. H. Klemer
Windom
Hamm, Banholzer & Stahlman Breweries
Board of Trade of
Merriam
Owens Long
Havannah
H. C. Melby
Otter Tail County
Frank Lommel
Richmond
St. Cloud
Henry Kater
Peter Shepherd
Lewiston
Farm and orchard notes from the Dakota plains
Farmers receive tips on feeding thrifty pigs, driving horses, and preserving grain. Reports show strong wheat and crops in the Black Hills, with advice on fire-breaks and seed purity. Iowa dairy practices, sheep trends in Spink county, and milking stools are discussed alongside weather and fertilizer impacts on crops.
Horse Drawn Reaper Chokes, Dies Near Clinton New Jersey
A horse pulling a reaper near Clinton New Jersey collapsed after about two hours of work and died five minutes later. Examination showed the back of the tongue filled with wheat beard, with beards also protruding through the windpipe, leading to belief the animal choked to death.
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Clinton
N. J
Behring Sea Troubles Article Set for Reprint
Foreman Mr Clugston halts press flaws by ordering the Behring Sea troubles piece to be left in the forms. He demands the head Choice Religious Miscellany be placed over the reprint to satisfy readers.
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Chicago Tribune
Clugston
Joodleville Yelper
Mr. Clugston
Practical Household Remedies and Fashion Notes
A long tipsy column offers home remedies from lemon juice for lemonade and eye care with cold tea, plus rice flour mucilage and linseed poultice. It covers fabric care, dye setting, starching silks, and fashion notes on ribbons, bonnets, and tea gowns with color trends and Paris bonnets.
Night on the Sleeper Prompts Tales of Old West Roads
Passengers recount frontier adventures from the Pacific coast to Virginia City in a moonlit sleeper car. An old Forty-niner narrates a brutal clash with natives on the isthmus while another miner recalls highway legend and a bank telegraph scam that nearly cost them their gold and safety on the Sonoran desert route.
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Pacific Coast
New York
San Francisco
Jack the Sailor Faces Demise of the Seafaring Life
Commodore Ramsey warns the race of American seamen is dying out as steam power expands. The Boston Daily Globe notes few vessels left to sail and crews, many Scandinavians, shift from sails to engines, leaving sailors unused and no longer rising aloft.
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Commodore Ramsey
Boston Daily Globe
England
Jack
Atar
Cherub
Pearl Oyster and Pearl Formation Across Asian Coasts
The piece explains how pearl oysters in southern Asian coasts produce pearls when an irritant enters the shell. It notes mother of pearl lining the shell and mentions gems fashioned by human intervention, with references to historical budgetary notes.
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Asia
Diyers
New York’s World Fair Funds and Grant Monument Promise
The piece questions why New York does not raise the remaining funds it pledged for General Grant’s monument, noting that the appeal is less about immediate benefits and more about future gains for Gotham.
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New York
General Grant
Gotham
Thieves Plot to Rob and Kidnap Following Stage Hold Up
The narrative describes robbers planning murder and ransom, splitting to flank the narrator and Antoine. The ruse collapses when the plan is uncovered, and the pair escape after the bandits exchange contraband and depart. They reach Altar and later Tucson with Antoine, who defends the idea of honor among thieves.
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Antoine
Altar
Cobb
Tucson
The Arizona Kicker Stirs Town After Postmaster Spat
The Arizona Kicker notes Wanamaker refused to appoint a local postmaster, voices angry calls for reform, and vows to press the issue. It mocks rivals, reports a staged accident near Crook House, and mentions Col Keho Jones defending his integrity while promoting Kentucky Hemp No. 6 rope.
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Wanamaker's
Nero
Kentucky Hemp Company, Limited
Through the Whirlpool Walter Campbell Survives Niagara Rapids
Walter C. Campbell of Youngstown New York completed a perilous trip through Niagara gorge rapids. He rode a cork lifelike suit downriver in a boat aided by paddling and swimming, was capsized but rescued, and reached shore with his father James F. Campbell among the first to greet him.
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W.C. Campbell
Niagara Rapids
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Walter C. Campbell
Youngstown
Niagara Gorge
Campbell
Old Maid of the Mist Landing
Battery
Seya
James F. Campbell
Charges Placed Against Santa Monica Soldiers Home Management
The Grand Army committee reports the Santa Monica National Soldiers' Home misfed veterans inadequately, employed civilians, and shows incompetence by the quartermaster and commissary sergeants. A formal demand for action will be sent to the national board of directors. The report also cites governor responsibility for the conditions. In Rome, Premier Crispi recovers from an assault by Caporale, after being struck with a sharpened stone. Caporale was seized by a priest.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Grand Army Committee
National Soldiers’ Home
Santa Monica
National Board of Directors
Asgayit Pooy Crisp
Rome
Crispi
Capora’i
Caporali
Caporali Gumerento
Signor Sispion
Montgomery Ward 4 CO
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Development of the mind in infancy from Preyer’s observations
H W Brown summarizes Prof. Preyer on infant intellect and senses. Sensibility to light touch temperature smell and taste present at birth while hearing arises by day three or four. Pain and pleasure appear after two months. Speech emerges in the second year as cognitive powers develop. The first year shows thought before words. By age two speech nearly complete.
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Ohio
H.W. Brown
Preyer
Appetite and reforming habits across ancient and modern peoples
The piece argues against overreacting to minor appetite loss and promotes temperate, regular activity. It cites Scientific American examples of ancient soldiers and laborers thriving on simple diets and steady work, including Roman roads builders, Spanish peasants, Smyrna porters, and rice eaters, to illustrate endurance without excess.
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Scientific American
Tailor Refuses Blackmail Over Sewing Machine
In Hong Kong a tailor faced intimidation from foes of the sewing machine who demanded 30 taels as compensation for using the "foreign devil" invention. After threats, the deputation withdrawn and a later demand led to a chopper threat but no serious injury.
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Hong Kong
China
Buxton Well Dressing Celebration Rejoices In June
The ancient Buxton custom of well dressing occurs in the third week of June each year. Fountains are adorned with clay boards and flowers forming a mosaic. The town brightens with flags bunting arches banners and music as morris dancers revive old English pageantry.
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Buxton
Nephew of Averill dies in Cheyenne amid suspected poisoning
The nephew of Averill, linked to the earlier lynching of Cattle Kate, died suddenly in Cheyenne Wyoming. The coroner reports evidence pointing to poisoning as the cause.
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Averill
Kate
Cheyenne
Wyo
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St. Paul and Duluth Railway Company
Frank D. Moan
Winona
Eastern Minnesota Railway
Albert Clover
G. W. Clover
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Fontenac
Guardian
Litem
H. Schert
E. E. Abbott
Dodge Centre
Kasson
Chatfield
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Louis Row
Coon Creek
Minneapolis
Martin Purcell
William Conway
Conway
Purcell
N. P. Clarke
Central Minnesota Fair Association
Lambert Lenz
Melrose
J. W. Reynolds
Herman
Republican State Central Committee
H. F. Sanford
Elbow Lake
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Herman Enterprise
Fairmont
St. Charles
L. M. Olson
National Stockman
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Peter Hoffman
Miner County
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M. W. Cook
Iowa
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Quien Sabe
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Henry Starr
Decatur Ill
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Chas Allss
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Colburn’s
Northwestern Constivatory of Music
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