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Newspaper

Brookhaven Leader

Location

Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1889

Page

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Global and Local News Tidbits From Around the World

A stream of brief items reports Rixpurk & Co selling to an English syndicate for 5.04, a Swiss landslide, a Michigan scientist’s death in Ann Arbor, and a rush to the White House. Other notes include a Cuba sugar factory fire, navy name rejections, Parkersburg horse accident, Winnipeg political charges, Ireland governance talks, Polish squatters in St Paul, Yale theology resignation, a Ky farmer ambush, Tahiti royal marriage, Twiggs swords dispute, and a Tennessee auditor appointment.

Tragic school room shooting in Washington

A Washington public school room witness a deadly spree as Dowald C. Allen killed his wife, a respected third grade teacher, then shot himself. Police came, children were sheltered, mother and father dead. Allen had a history of drunkenness and domestic strife.

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New Marshal for Kansas Richard L Walker Appointed

Richard L Walker was appointed United States Marshal for the district of Kansas to succeed Marshal Jones amid misconduct charges. The president and attorney general delayed Jones resignation and suspended action against Marshal Needles pending further evidence. Walker, a Montgomery County native with long local service, was born in 1845 and held multiple public posts including sheriff and mayor. The piece also covers an inquest into Washington Irving Bishop's death and pension claims from the Samos disaster, plus a frontier bank robbery pursuit in New Mexico with a wounded bandit and two arrested accomplices.

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Alaskan disaster and strange rapid transit project in one column

The steamship Alaskan foundered near the Columbia bar after a fierce gale and heavy sea. Forty four men were aboard with many unaccounted for as lifeboats and rafts launched under calm orders while rescuers searched for survivors. Also noted is a bold early scheme for airless rapid mail and passenger transport between New York and Boston, claiming speeds up to 230 miles per hour and a demonstration in Boston.

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Treatment Of Manure For Safer, Thorough Composting

A Rural New Yorker column explains best practices for manure management including thorough soaking, level piles, layered sprinkler watering, and regular trampling to form stable heaps. It covers water access, use of wells or tanks, and cautions about timing with rain, heating versus composting, and field plowing in spring.

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Knives and Forks Care Tips for Household Use

An experienced housekeeper shares method to clean and store knives and forks. Soak blades down, avoid water on handles, wash with warm soap suds, dry thoroughly, and polish. Use bath brick or potato juice for steel blades, and keep tools in a flannel lined box to prevent tarnish and moisture damage.

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