Surreal Deeds and Odd Notes In Buffalo Center Gazette
An assortment of quirky items from The Tribune pages including sayings on honesty, failure, and life. Notes mention a monkey farm in Florida, talk of currency reform, a Sioux named Wd Hog studying civilization in New York, and a New York magistrate case about supporting a wife. The piece closes by asking if this is the new man.
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the Tribune
Foster & Davlin, Publishers
Buffalo Center
Iowa
Wd Hog
New York
Cherokee freedmen to receive strip money shares soon
Four thousand four hundred seventy freedmen of the Cherokee nation will shortly be paid their portions of the strip money. They are erecting a pay house for disbursement and a hotel to entertain visitors. The event is slated as one of the territory’s most notable gatherings.
Indictment of a Squire Sparks Shelbyville Wedding Feud
In Shelbyville Indiana last week the minister free magistrate who joined Charles Comlin and Daisy Johnson was challenged after the ceremony. Squire Thomas Kenton saluted Mrs Comlin, prompting Comlin to strike the squire in the eye and refuse payment. Laurie Kenton faces a doctor bill and a $5 note dispute.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Charles Comlin
Daisy Johnson
Squire Thomas Kenton
Comlin
Laurie Kenton
Clergyman’s pulpit claim on wealth and honest earning
A clergyman declares no man earns a million dollars honestly, but notes exceptions. He cites bricklayers vs high value service to vast interests, where a few years of exceptional work yielded over a million dollars. He argues some bankers and highwaymen also amass great fortunes through their endeavors.
Fisheries Commissioner Brice Reports Record Shad and Lobster Egg Output
The annual report notes Brice reports at least 48 million shad eggs collected and 83 thousand six hundred fry planted into Atlantic Gulf streams. Lobster fry output reached 97 million, up from 72 million. Shad egg increases and potential 2 billion-dollar legislation could boost river stations and outputs. other lines mention copper imports flooding France and civil unrest in Lyons and Marseilles.
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Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries ‘Brice
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic
Brice
New England
Buazard's Bay
Supreme court rules special charter cities exempt from tax law
The Iowa Supreme Court ruling declares the moulet tax law inapplicable to cities with special charters. Justice Granger dissents, arguing the law intended to cover all cities, including those with special charters. Cities named include Dubuque Keokuk Winters et Cedar Rapids Davenport Farmington and Camanche. Cedar Rapids faces the greatest impact as Davenport Duluere and Keokuk still observe the tax.
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Drs Morsis
Phe Moulet
Supreme Court
Justice Granger
Dubuque
Keokuk
Winterset
Cedar Rapids
Glenwood
Davenport
Farmington
Camanche
Clinton County
Duluere
Tragedy as man dies from falling tree near Fonr Dopex
Werbert Chapler, about 25, was killed instantly while chopping timber south of town when a large tree fell and crushed his skull. He leaves a wife and child. Nearby, a cannel coal find near McCallsburg challenges state supplies, and Arthur Courtney faces five grand larceny indictments with hired hand Earhart in Marion township.
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Fonr Dopex
Werbert Chapler
McCallsburg
McCattanure
Pennsylvania
Courtney
Ma. Preasant
Arthur Courtney
Marion Township
Earhart
Reward Offered for Naval Biscousses Murder Suspect
Gov Drake offers 600 reward for arrest and delivery to authorities of Frank Noval, believed to have killed Silward Murray at Walford. The case centers on a February 11 shooting, with officials seeking the alleged assailant.
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Drake
Frank Noval
Silward Murray
Walford
Weston Arrested for Passing Bogus Coin in Feb
Tom Weston has been arrested for passing counterfeit money. Since his arrest two alleged associates have disappeared and are believed located in Missouri, where they will be arrested.
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Myrshc
Tom Weston
Missouri
Ottumwa Fire Damages Store and Factory Seizures
A large fire at Plan ing's shoe store and Wallister Bros cigars factory in Ottumwa caused $12,000 in losses for shoes cigars and tobacco and $7,000 in structural damage. The blaze, origin undetermined, was insured.
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Ottumwa
Orroswa
Planing
Wallister Bros
Cigue
Pully
Murder Verdict in First Degree in Eckerlebe Case
In Cristox on February 11 the Eckerlebe trial ended after one hour forty minutes with a verdict of murder in the first degree and a death sentence recommended. Defense lawyers filed a motion for a new trial immediately. In Leeds a bank receiver was appointed for Commercial Savings Bank amid claims of stock shares and trust funds. In Oskatoosa the McIntyre Bros and Wilson Dry Goods firm failed with liabilities around 30,000 and assets near 40,000. Centerville closed saloons following an injunction, Judge Sloan ruling signatures on consent statements invalid.
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Eckerlebe
Cristox
Chris. Eckerlebe
Mina Keil
Leeds
Brous City
W. C. Frost
Commercial Savings Bank
Corn Exchange National Bank
Tiinton Milling Company
Oskatoosa
Fev
McIntyre Bros
Wilson Dry Goods Company
McIntyre-Peek Dry Goods Company
Rock Island
Centerville
Sloan
Iowa Condensed News Highlights From Des Moines to Atlantic
Mayor McVicar urges budget cuts in Des Moines. Frank Novals, linked to the Walford murder, bought a ticket to Council Bluffs after a fire. A jury in Lions City convicted William Young of first degree murder for the Coon poker room killing. life sentence anticipated, appeal planned. Fire at Shell Rock destroyed four buildings, origin unknown, losses near $6,000. Ottumwa reports Arthur Courtney farm used to stash stolen goods. Cerro Gordo farmer W. A. Lichtenwalter, stockholder in a failed Nora Springs bank, hanged himself fearing ruin. Cedar Rapids jury awards Miss Stephanie $5,000 in breach case against Lefebures. A 27-year-old near Pocahontas extracted a corn sprout from a child's nostril with a hairpin. Des Moines Whitechapel residents plot grand jury testimony on police treatment. Atlantic: bank president Joseph Yetzer, serving five years, is described as a cripple from rheumatism and frail, hopes for hospital confinement.
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McVicar
Des Moines
Frank Novals
Walford
Iowa City
Council Bluffs
Lions City
William Young
George Elliott
Coon
Young
Shell Rock
H. D. Wilson
Ottumwa
Arthur Courtney
Mt. Pleasant
W. A. Lichtenwalter
Cerro Gordo County
Nora Springs
Minnesota
Stephanie
Lefebvre
Cedar Rapids
Lefebures
Lefebure
Pairias
Abe Woods
Pocahontas
Whitechapel
Bill Weaver
Whitechaapel
Atlantic Dispatch
Joseph Yetzer
Broken
Atlantic Bank
Fort Madison
Cass County
Greece forces and British notes spark Crete crisis
Greek royal decree dispatches warships to Crete and prepares reinforcements amid a standoff with Turkey. Dispatches report Allied powers weighing Greece action, with British officials warning of grave consequences. Wars of Crete risk escalation as Greece asserts intervention rights.
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Athens
Oficial Gazette
Crete
Loxper
Canea
Avarys
Fiotila
Prince George
Lexpos
Pall Mall Gazette
Great Britain
Marquis of Salisbury
Times
Turkey
Europe
Gomez Scorns Weyler Threats In Cuban Reform Talks
In Mavaya on February 9 General Weyler failed to arrange a secret interview with General Gomez over Cuban reforms. Marcus Garcia resigned his mission after Gomez allegedly threatened to hang him for treachery. Gomez refused to meet General Westernby in any case. Separate dispatches from Pinay del Rio report a clash between Spanish coast guard and Cuban escorts. eighteen Spaniards and seven Cubans killed, plus a major explosion near Havana. Other items cover a request from beet sugar growers asking for farming information and a note on the Bradley Martin ball at the Waldorf attracting wide social attention.
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Weyler
Gomez
Santa Clara
Marcus Garcia
Garcia
Sancti Spiritus
Westernyon
Jacksonville
Fla
Pinay del Rio
Petoris
Havana
Ibis
Fernandez
Court Overrules Rehearing in Pearl Bryan Murder Case
The court of appeals overruled the petition for a rehearing in the Scott Jackson and Alonzo Walling murder case. They were sentenced to be hanged for the Pearl Bryan killing.
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Roth
Prasgrort
Court of Appeals
Scott Jackson
Alonzo Walling
Pearl Bryan
Frail pope and rail robbery in brief notices
A pope recovery follows a severe cerebral attack aided by ether. In Arizona, a westbound Santa Fe train was robbed, a messenger shot one robber dead while others escaped with registered items. The steamer Three Friends was seized for piracy connected to a Motchkiss gun firing on a Spanish boat near the San Juan River. London reports England will fund Nile expedition costs, Paris warns of a French response, and Russia and Prussia may press Britain to leave Egypt. An avalanche near Engadin buries five men and seven horses. Louisiana faces widespread hunger with 30,000 residents at risk and relief funds already spent for corn and provisions.
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Ariz
Summer
Jacksonville
Fla
San Juan
London Dispatch
House of Commons
Michael Hicks-Geard
Exchequer
Eglish
Nile
Dongola
England
Egypt
France
Great Britain
Britain
Russia
Pranea
Young Vest
Kerne
Switzerland
Ilenia
Duvestlath
Engadid
Louisiana
Shreveport
Congressional and Senate Actions in Late Feb Session
Washington reports detail regular Senate work on district and immigration bills, executive sessions, and the Nicaragua canal debate. The House advanced the District of Columbia appropriation, immigration provisions, and post office funding while senators debated arbitration treaties and the Clayton-Bulwer pact.
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Washington
Thurston
Nicaragua
Tate
Cogswell
Massachusetts
House
District of Columbia
Texsownk
Great Beitein
Morgan
Fed
Tillman
McKinley
Bryan
Hobart
Sewall
Watsor
Cuba
Favorable features. Rail collapse boosts labor demand
Bradstreet notes a favorable business week with 200000 tons of steel rails sold as the pool collapses, boosting mills for months. Print cloth prices rise after 710000 pieces are sold from stocks, and several metal and industrial plants resume in the east and mid states. Steel billets drop five dollars a ton while rails fall only $2, signaling further price cuts or pool breakup and likely rail exports and broader iron and steel demand.
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New York
Bradstreat
East
Middle States
Patent for blotter bath and absorbent composition
Iowa Patent Office reports Drs Mores and Cantrel of Des Moines allowed a patent for a blotter bath and absorbent composition with a pan having a transverse partition a flat topped absorbent in the pan a metal cover and heavy absorbent filling designed to overlay the absorbent the cover and end compartments. Also notes free information on patents. Mentions suspended tuberculosis law in Connecticut a destructive gray wolf in Montana and a Tacoma farm visit awkward rheumatism cure from salted peels.
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Peb
F. Lh. Paiybank
I. N. Cantrel
Des Moines
Tuowas
Ann J
Ranru Onwra
Solicitors of Patenta
Connecticut
Montana
Tacoma
Wash
Puget Sound
Wheatbrook
Maine
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