London Fire Destroys 150 Warehouses in 1897 Loss
The Weekly Banner notes a late London fire that destroyed 150 warehouses with an estimated damage of 25 million dollars. Marion lodge of Elks in Indiana suspended for initiating Bob Fitzsimmons. Delaware Supreme Court rules women cannot practice law in the state. Turre criticized for brutality in football. Mormon Elders active in Ohio with attempts to organize in Cincinnati. Jack Cun to run for Congress in Kentucky's Eighth district. Commentary on Boss Reed referenced.
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London
Supreme Court of Delaware
Ohio
Cincinnati
Jack Cun
Kentucky
Reed
Bryan Credited With Ohio Campaign Surge
Democrats in Washington credit Mr. Bryan for the strong showing of the party in Ohio. The remark is repeated that if the entire Ohio campaign had matched his closing speeches, the Democrats might have carried the state ticket and defeated Boss Hanna.
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Washington
Mr. Bryan
Ohio
Bryan
Boss Hanna
Bellville Times Warns Against Hay From Alvin Region
The Bellville Times cautions that hay from the Alvin country risks horse stock loss due to a fatal coast country disease likely caused by ergot or smut on grass. It advises avoiding feeding horses hay shipped from that section of the state.
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Bellville Times
Alvin
Coast
Political races in West Texas see Sayers rise
A West Texas editor notes Attorney General Crane seemed certain to win the governorship months ago, but Joe Sayers gains strength through a House record and broad support in Mc Lennan County. The county hosts many influential Democrats backing Sayers as a duel unfolds with Crane with no clear winner yet.
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West Texas Times
Crane
Joe Sayers
Congress
McLennan County
Tax burdened masses and cotton prices under McKinley era
The Taylor Tribune laments high taxes and tariff costs on farmers, noting a cotton bale selling for 25 dollars yielding 125 dollars in manufactured goods under the Dingley tariff. It compares government expenditures to cotton bale values and questions national prosperity amid rising costs and tariffs.
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Taylor Tribune
McKinley
Milk to Champagne by Electric Process Stuns Country Crowd
In Washington County a drummer at a country store recounts a belief that electricity can convert milk into champagne. The tale prompts mock astonishment from listeners, with jokes about dairy, friction, and a magical science breakthrough.
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Washington Country
Allus
The One Horse Farmer
A humorous sketch alleging the farmer wakes before day, delays work, and seeks a two dollar hog while mismanaging tools, cattle, and farms. It mocks his excuses, miserliness, and stubborn pride through a catalog of petty antics and misfortunes.
Odd Fellows A Giant Panorama Of Ritual And Progress
The Independent Statesman cites Odd Fellowship as essential to public life with 63 lodges in Nova Scotia, 5062 members, 387 relieved, and funds totaling 54 543.63 paid 26 665.63 receipts 27 972.16. It notes 1823 initiations, two verses of Hail Columbia sung, A J Drexel lodge in Philadelphia initiating 18 candidates, and sessions in Indiana's hall of representatives. It adds lines on ritual, three member classes, and relief work with San Francisco handling 275 cases totaling 8 977.
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Odd Fellowship
Independent Statesman
Nova Scotia
Columbia
A. J. Drexel Lodge
Philadelphia
Grand Lodge
Hall of Representatives
Indiana
Daniel de Foe
Society of Odd Fellows
General Relief Committee of
San Francisco
Farmers split hog meat and lard methods in inquiry
The Kyle Star-Vindicator reports a question about farming practices dividing farmers who buy meat and lard for own use and do their own grunt ing from those who raise hogs to supply meat and lard. The inquiry asks which class farmers belong to.
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Kyle Star-Vindicator
Little Banners and Global Facts Recap
The excerpt lists Bermudas onion exports exceeding 17 million annually and a 1800 mile macadam road in India. It notes lunatics discovering inventions, opium from untripe fruit of the white poppy, and London producing about 65,000 tons of refuse yearly. It cites 125 Church of England bishops, infant schools in New Lanark 1815 and in England 1818, human strength decaying at 36, more Italian theaters per capita, and C W Kendrick of Louisiana named counsel to Monterey.
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Bermudas
India
London
Church of England
New Lanark
Scotland
England
Botany expert touts Johnson grass eradication method
Sherman Texas botanist J B Kine argues Johnson grass can be killed in three years. He notes the plant reproduces from root and seed and recommends cutting before seed maturity and planting in cotton to hoe out the infestation.
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J. B. Kine
Sherman
Texas
Klondike Horrors Rise as Hundreds Seek Escape
Granbury News reports worsening suffering in the Klondike with arrivals in Juneau, robberies of supplies en route to Dawson City, and widespread typhoid fever and pneumonia. Many fall ill, mortality soars, famine looms, and crime runs rampant as travelers face Arctic cold and lack of care.
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Klondike
Juneau
Granbury News
Dawson City
Dawson
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the Weekly Banner
John G. Rankin
Brenham
Marion Lodge of Elks of Indiana
Bob Fitzsimmons
Turre
ODD Fellows
Italy
C. W. Kendrick
Louisiana
Monterey
F. W. Schuerenberg
West Sandy Street
Brendan
I. Nowakowsky
Chas. W. Lemm
I. Nowakowsky & Co
Louis Korff
Clemon
Korff & Clemons, Butchers
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