Week's News Record of a Turbulent Era
A chaotic weekly summary reports a nitroglycerin blast near Finlay Ohio killing John Duran and shattering a meat market in McAlester I T while a head on freight collision near Youngstown leaves four dead three injured. Topeka mayor Parker is assaulted by Blanche Boise for city vice. a Chicago counterfeiting raid uncovers bogus coins and equipment. multiple homicides and gas deaths in Chicago are noted. an anarchist confession ties to McKinley’s assassination. Fort Scott jail break prompts capture of four women.
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John Duran
Hercules Torpedo Company
Finlay
Ohio
Peter Ivey
South McAlester
I. T
Ivey
Youngstown
Pittsburg
Youngstown and
Ashtabula
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne
Chicago Road
Parker
Topeka
Kan
Blanche Boise
Carrie Nation
Miss Boise
United States Secret Service
Case Street
Chicago
Janes Towner
Wrungnren
Jacob Stemnman
Waupon
Czolgosz
McKinley
Enna Goldman
Fort Scott
Birdie McCarty
Peter Shefley
Hammond
Shetler
Charles Snyder
Fuca
Ennaheh murder case and diverse trials reported
Brief items note Ennaheh Cine NC Tamoen Wiens convicted for Nettie Cropsey murder with hanging slated Apo 25 and Neev Rath bone Reeves jailed for fraud. Hungary ex-prime minister Roloman Tiszi died in Budapest. Other short notes cover prison arson attempts, horse-tail purchase laws, a Chicago packing firm death, a Kansas murder convict’s relative, a train wreck in Virginia, a stock farm fire in New Jersey, a large donation to Harvard, and a Kentucky seminary fire.
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Ennaheh Cine
Tamoen Wiens
Nettie Cropsey
Unidentified man dies from starvation in New York street
A starving unidentified man collapsed and died on a New York street. The day’s news also reports a $300000 fire at Hardman Peck and Co piano plant in the city and multiple other disasters and incidents across New Jersey and New England.
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New York
Hardman, Peck & Co
Terry McGovern
Senator Tillman
Worcester
Mass
McGovern
Georgetown
D. C
Edward Green
Hetty Green
America
Bellows Falls
William B. Leeds
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Henry Hilton
Otter Rocks
Bellhaven
Conn
Edwin Farley
Astor House
Thomas E. Burns
Newark
N. J
American Refining and Crucible Company
Calcutta Manufacturing Company
Crystal Lead and Chemical
DANS
A. H. McCaster
Fidelity Trust Company of
Second National
German National
State Banking Company
Forty-eighth Street
Eighth Avenue
Brooklyn
Louis Yrematie
Carlo Cenato
Castor
Way
Angelo Montellido
Frank Conger
St. Marks Avenue
Detroit
Oresa Stewart Conger
Hamburg
N. Y
Western Missouri Supreme Court case and assorted national items
Western Missouri Supreme Court upheld the right of labu. menu to enforce boycott. Santos-Dhimont visited St Tews to select a fair site for a balloon shed tied to the girstup contests. The trial of Daniel Bowers for the murder of Wright Gillamato Bowing Green resulted in a not guilty verdict. Other items include labor strife at Zion City, a fire at Columbus Ohio fertilizer warehouse, and various obituaries, accidents, and legal actions across the nation.
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Missouri Supreme Court
Labu
Menu
Santos-Dhimont Wall
St Tews
Girstup
Daniel Bowers
Wright Gillamato
Bowing Green
Bryan
Pew
Oto Parmersy Fertilizer Company
Columbus
Ohio
C H Labelle
Salt Lake City
Granville Lowther
McPherson
Aston
Chicago
Bank Folds in Americus After Quiet Run
The People's Bank of Americus Georgia closed after a week of quiet run. Capital $50,000. creditors due about $30,000. President Simmons says assets will offset liabilities. In Louisville a federal grand jury indictment accuses a railroad of undercharging for corn carload shipments violating interstate commerce law. Kentucky reports include a Lyons Lexing ton school fire killing all but eight of 287 confined, cost $100,000 with eight buildings. two investment firms placed in receivership. and a Covington town hall restraining order dispute over damages with Rebecca J. Bellenby. Continuous municipal disruption noted due to sheriff action and restraining orders.
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Cheyenne Wyo
Deese Orang
Unom Pacific
Joseph Zane
Boston
Southern Railroad
Coresville
Peter F Collier
Collier's Magazine
Eatontown
George Smith
James Smith
The
Smith Academy
Persis Smith
St Louis
Harvard University
Ashland Penile Seminary
Versailles
Ed Cameron
Lonxville
State Institution For the Deaf and Dumb
Jackson
Miss
W.T Nugent
Louisville
Wathiam I. Breese
First National Bank of
Asheville
NOC
William Cilley
Burlington
Vermont
People’s Bank of
Americus
Simmons
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Federal Grand Jury
Interstate Commerce Law
State School of Reform
Lexington
Central Mutual and
Industrial Mutual Investment Companies
Lexington, Ky
Central Covington
Sheri McInerey
Rebecca J. Bellenby
Covington
Danes ratify treaty selling Danish West Indies to U S
In a committee of the whole and executive session the tlandsthing voted to ratify the sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States. Debates in the House include a row over John Dillon and a note on recent Irish Nationalist activity. Nearby, revolutions, uprisings, and diplomatic shifts ripple through Europe and the Caribbean.
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Tlandsthing
Madrid Gazette
Boliver
Juan Grieg
Margarita
Asuncion
Vienna
Habsburg
Arpad
Pola
Trieste
London
Edward
Lukban
Guevarra
Samar
Ben
Smith
United States
Saumur
Diverse 19th Century News Mix From Ballots to Battles
Grover Cleveland’s sixty fifth birthday noted as many events unfold. Miners press for eight hour day while wine committee recognition is debated by operators. Crowninshield named rear admiral. Senate session ends without protest. Will of aunt Harriett Clapp elevates Lew Dockstader’s wealth in Chicago probate. Dominion and Marconi reach wireless station agreement at Cape Breton. Gen Miles opposes Root army plan. vows resignation if passed. West Point lieutenant, wounded in the Philippines, returns after heroics. Hull mob targets Hangman Radcliffe amid Saloon dispute over Lacroix murder case. McEwan faces violence after saloon confrontation.
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Grover Cleveland
Anthracite Miners’ Convention
Dem
OS Crowninshield
United States Navy
Senate
Lew Dockstader
Harriett Clapp
Chicago
William Marconi
Cape Breton
Miles
West Point
Philippines
Radcliffe
Hull
Ont Lle
Stanislaw Lacroix
McEwan
M‘head
Labor Strife Eases as Trade Figures Show Stable Outlook
The Pall Mall Gazette notes widespread labor calm outside Massachusetts with freight handlers and unions less disruptive. Iron and steel demand remains strong for spring with July deliveries expected, while pig iron output and steel bar purchases rise as farmers and manufacturers prepare for April price changes.
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Boston
New York
Massachusetts
Ht. G. Dun & Co
Midwest and Great Lakes Markets Report Prices Across Commodities
A sweeping market summary lists cattle hogs sheep and cash grains across major cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo and New York. It records price ranges for meat and grain such as No 2 wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and potatoes with varied bids from shipping to common to prime grades.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Ste
New York
Fire Hits Business Section in Gypsum City Reo
A blaze at a business district location in Gypsum City Reo caused estimated damages around ten thousand dollars. The fire department reported no injuries and launched an investigation into the cause.
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Gypsum City
Reo
Great Salt Lake Facts From Four-Track News
The Great Salt Lake is described as buoyant for swimmers, with water that supports even inexperienced divers. It spans ninety miles by forty, framed by the Wasatch peaks, and features numerous grassy islets. Boats must be specially built as standard craft would sit too high and top heavy on the briny lake, which lies nearly a mile above sea level.
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Great Salt_Lake
Great Salt Lake
Wasatch Range
Great Balt Lake
A Very Strong Letter About Dodd's Kidney Pills
T Payne of Farge Wisconsin writes about four weeks of severe back pain. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills for four boxes the pain leaves and he believes one box is worth five dollars of doctor’s medicine. He credits the remedy with remarkable improvement.
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Farge
T. Payne
Dodd
Hall's Catard Cure Promoted by Toledo Company
A tramp claims writer's cramp and notes being denied work as a cripple. The ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio, promising cure with a blood-borne constitutional remedy and offering a hundred dollar reward for any failure to cure.
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New York Weekly
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Pe A Gee EY & CO
Q& R
All in the Name, A Society Quip in Dialogue
A witty exchange contrasts a crying social climber with a father who ran a haberdashery and a gents’ furnishing shop. The dialogue centers on social status and parental trade, highlighting class pretensions in a sly, period tone.
Kemp's Balsam Promises Quick Cough Relief Sample Bottles
Coughing leads to consumption asserts Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at once and urges readers to visit their druggist for a free sample bottle. Available in 25 and 1 cent sizes. Delays are dangerous and immediate action is urged. The prose also interlaces miscellaneous quotes about poetry and vanity as unrelated reflections.
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Kemp
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News Sblisher
Illino!s
Hasina Court
Neev Rathbone
Reeves
Postal Service
Roloman Tiszi
Hungary
Aberal Party
Budapest
TR Pavenegro
Cansieta
Koscigske Misso
Prion
Gov Bechham
Wentacky
Verard
Dushku
Meade
Swift Packing Company
Oklahoma
William Budwin
Atchison Kan
Kias Bister
Ream
Baldwins
Massacusets Sear of
John Young
Mount Holly
N.Y
Washington Hunter
Liverside
Young
Hunter
Janus Ho Tasrchid
SuMty
Oberliny College
Petes
Appleton Wisteria
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Peracas Carent
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Florence
McCoy
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Kent
Colorado
Paul Bortz
Cleveland
Auburn
Ellen Carey
St Joouis
Marion
Teane Reeder
Mary Marhes
Stewart
Dopie
Janestow
Noy
Harry A. Garfield
Eveland
Garfield
Air Service
William A’ Rodenberg
Reese Evans
A. A. Smith
Purdy Station
New
Zion City
John Alexander Dowie
Usia
Marshall Field
Fairfield
Wash
Palouse
Hancock County
Whitesale
Cata
Lake Erie
City of Detroit
Detroit and
City of
Niles
Pennsylvania
Harvey L. Wheelock
Jerome Wheelock
Henry F. Harris
Steubenville
John Salvador
Michael Uboski
la Belle
James M. Troutt
Charles IL. Fair
Theresa Ocrichs
Virginia Fair Vanderbilt
Wing
United States Circuit Court
Martin F. Gray
Painesville
American Baptist Home Mission Society
American Baptist Publication Society
Supreme Court of Texas
Jast
Colles PF Huntington
Aanesville
ME Crisswell
Muskingum College
Crisewell
James
Tloyd Kramer
Lebanon
Mark Hoy
Chamberlin
Missour River
Chamberlain
American
Ashind
Souteern
Citee
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Teun
Butler
Atlantic
Kansas
Facin
Pall Mall Gazette
Guy Council
Sinicen
Joe
Lambeth Water Works
Old Joe
St. Jacobs
St. Jacobs Oil
Vee Markets
Nove
Lady Vanity
Our Lady Vanity
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