Through Car Service Expands East Toledo Area
Daily Train No 13 runs from Toledo to Monroeville and Norwalk with connecting Philadelphia System links. The road opens through from Toledo to Bowerston aligning with through service to Cambridge Marietta and Pittsburgh. Generals Woodford and Hall announce enhanced schedules and connections to Akron Youngstown Chicago and more via Pennsylvanian routes.
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Toledo
Monroeville
Norwalk
Bowerston
Pennsylvania
Cambridge
Marietta
Akron
Youngstown
Pittsburgh
Chicago
D. Woodford
James M. Hall
Gen
Pass
Pamely Foils a Swindler in Bluff City Farm Scrape
In a Missouri prairie tale Pamely, a fifteen year old girl living with her degenerate grandfather Hy Todbeater, resists a con man Jim Carroll and a scheming buyer Captain Colby. Lead ore hoax exposure ends the sale and exposes Hy and Carroll’s plot.
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Missouri Prairie
Pamely
Bluff City
Duck Hawkins’ Farm
Todbeater
Hy Todbeater
Palace Hotel
Sta
Blutt City
Theo
Duck Hawkins
Jim Carroll
Hiy Todbeater
Granddaddy
Mr. Carroll
Daddy
Montana
Gran
Captain Cobby
Colby
Captain Colby
Grand Daddy
New Life Through Books and Newsprint in Bluff City
A fragment from a vintage tale depicts Miss Colby pursuing a new life through reading. Hy Todbeater returns transformed, praising a railroad boom near Bluff City. The excerpt notes a Montana setback and a moral compass guarded by a wood-shed reminder.
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Colby
Pamely
Lan
Bluff City
Duck Hawkins
Montana
Hy Todbeater
Herbert Hall Winslow
Dusting A Room Requires Time and Care
A Boston Budget note explains dusting a room demands patience and thorough method. It advocates damp dusting for most surfaces, warns against overuse of feather dusters, and highlights handling of mirrors curtains sutures blinds and piano. It also recounts a Cincinnati engineer suspended for deafness then reinstated after a doctor rode the locomotive.
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Serim
Boston
Cincinnati
Bloody clash in Louisiana ends with many killed
In New Ibert Louisiana a race riot erupts after white residents force armed black communities from Freetown. An ensuing battle results in eight black deaths inside a house and several more outside with reports of additional casualties. Local whites defend order as the violence spreads.
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New Ibert
Freetown
Hr. Nora
E. P. Smith
Smith
Self-extinguishing candle promises hourly burn
A new candle extinguishes itself after one hour using a tiny tin extinguisher fixed in the wax by wires. It works until removed, after which the candle can burn another hour. The note ends with a remark that calls the modern widow's cruise a voyage for a husband.
Queen's Irish Gift Sparks Criticism Across Press
London Aug 17 The Queen's gift of 50 to the Irish Constabulary fund provokes sharp comment in Liberal and Nationalist papers. Critics say the act signals sympathy with authorities who dispossess Irish peasants amid daily evictions, while supporters argue it could bolster loyalty among Irish subjects. The dispatch also reports the Thingvalla Geiser collision with 118 dead, detailing the captain's account and the rescue of survivors near Halifax.
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London
Irish Constabulary Fund
Ireland
Thingvilla
Halifax
New York
Geiser
A. Mortensen &Co
Chicago
Thingvalla
Lamb
Thingwalla
Web
Moller
Exar
Ill
Sable Island
John H. Johnson
Miilwauker
Wis
J. Gustavsen
Child
Grantsburg
Hilda Solberg
Ellen Seehus
Chicago Skandinaven
Terrific storm devastates parts of Eastern Canada causing deaths
A thunder storm swept Eastern Ontario and Quebec Thursday night destroying hundreds of houses and barns. Dozens killed including Captain Louis Sauve and his family in St. Louis de Gonzague, and St Pierre Lorimer in St. Louis des Saurel. Hotels burned and churches struck as towns report fatalities and destitution. Damages are estimated above 1.5 million dollars with additional deaths near Valley Field Beauharnois County.
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Canada
Montkean
Can
Ontario
Quebec
St. Louis
de Gonzague
Louis Sauve
Sauve
St.nnce George
Lorimer
St. Hyacinthe
Chaudiere
Smith’s Falls
Valley Field
Beauharnois County
Massacre in Morocco as Rebels Slay 200 Imperial Troops
In Tanghern on August 17 the Emperor sent Prince Muley with 200 cavalry to negotiate with rebels. An ambush led to a massacre of the escort, the rebels seeking revenge for the killing of delegates on a peace mission and the Emperor’s pledge of safe conduct.
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Tanghern
Muley
Econdue
Three Schrane Children Die in Detroit Fire
In Detroit on August 18 Frank 10 Philip 7 and Theresa 5 Schrane children of a Greenfield farmer were left alone while parents went to market. They played with matches, started a fire in the home and Philip and Theresa were burned to death.
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Detroit
Mich
Frank
Philip
Theresa Schrane
Greenfield
Theresa
Admiral Luce Ordered to Port au Prince
Secretary Whitney orders Admiral Luce commanding the South Atlantic squadron to sail the Galena to Port au Prince where a man of war is needed amid the prevailing martial law conditions.
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Luce
Port Au Prince
Washington
Whitney
South Atlantic
Galena
Sons of Veterans Elect Officers in National Commandery
The National Commandery of the Sons of Veterans elected officers at Wuereting West Virginia on August 18. Commander-in-Chief is George R. Abbott of Illinois. Lieutenant-General E. H. Milhan of Minnesota. Major-General John Hinckley of Massachusetts. Council-in-Chief G. B. Smith of Connecticut W. E. Bundy of Ohio R. L. Obenstein of Missouri and C. B. Cooke of Dakota.
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Sons of Veterans
Wuereting
W. Va
The
George R. Abbott
Illinois
E. H. Milhan
Minnesota
John Hinckley
Massachusetts
G. B. Smith
Connecticut
W. E. Bundy
Ohio
R. L. Obenstein
Missouri
C. B. Cooke
Dakota
Execution Report From Pocatello Jail Yard
Alexander Woods, an African American man, was hanged in the jail yard at the town in August 1887 after attempting to see his wife in Pocatello Idaho in May.
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Bulackrootr
Alexander Woods
Pocatello
Idaho
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers marks 25th anniversary
Detroit report notes the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers held a Friday celebration for the twenty-fifth anniversary. More than two thousand members attended, including Chief Arthur and W. R. Robinson of Vincennes Indiana, the order’s first chief and originator of the brotherhood idea.
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Detroit
Mich
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Arthur and
W. R. Robinson
Vincennes
Ind
Miss Ellison Killed by Train at Shawmont Tracks
Miss Matilda P. Ellison book-keeper at Kirkbride's hospital, struck and killed instantly by the locomotive of a Pennsylvania railroad train near Shawmont station while crossing the tracks in this city.
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Matilda P. Ellison
Kirkbride’s Hospital
Pennsylvania Railroad
Shawmont Station
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Cambridge Herald
Cambridge, Guernsey CO
X. W. Mathews
S. Heade
Hutchison Block
Notary Public
Eee
C. Steele
Mayth
Fred, L. Rosemond
J.M. Bushfield
Rainey
Court House
S. A. Dickson
Rose
Troette & Tannehill
Cosgrave
Main Street
W. D. Craic
Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public
Washington, Guernsey County
B. Taylor
R. T. Scott
Taylor & Scott, Attorneys-At-Law
New
Taylor Block
Physicians and Surgeons
WM. T. Ramsey
M. D
Providence Hospital
National Medical Dispensary
Washington, D.C
Hutchinson's Block
Joseph Morton
Eagle Hotel
BE. S. Herring
Brown
George McCleary
Arcade Hotel
WW. A. Gill
Exchange Hotel
Orner Market
WM. Kirk
Mar
Zanesvelle, Ohio
Thompson
Crow
Parters
Mill Street
Wm. Geizey & Son
Ary
WW. Lippincott
Beecher House
Broadway
South Streets
Quaker City
Washington, Ohio
William Smith
Prop
Police
United States
Richard K. Fox
Franklin Square
John Harris, JR
Vail’s
Hart T.& Co
Portland
Maine
Sue Weed
S. S. Carnes, Proprietor OF
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Main
Joe
Cambridge, O
Boots and Shoes
West Main St
John Moss
City Hall
Steubenville Street
William Ogier
Public Square
Davis Block
E. McCollum
South End Mill Street
Cambride
James G. Johnston
West Cambridge
Bellaire, Zanesville & Cincinnati Railway
Zanesville
Chandlersville
Cumberland
Belle Valley
Caldwell
Sarahsville
Summerfield Woodsfield
Captina
Bellaire
Saee
Tee
Woodsfield
Summerfield
Caldwellelle Valley
Chandlersyville
H. Burgoon
Kee
Man
C.D. McLeod
Atra
Uper
M. P.m
M. Hobart
Wheeling & Lake Erie R. R
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Fremont
Clyde
Bellevue
Wellington Creston
Orrville
Massillon
Valley Junction
New Cumberland
Sherrodsville
Leesville
Canal
Dover
New Comerstown
Macksburg Marietta
A.m
T. Am. i
Huron Division
North Ward
Milan
Friese Landing
Huron
Ar. Ly
A. m
P. m
I Ly
Macksburg
m./a
Renee
Louisiana
Victoria
Constabulary Fund
Ocean Horror
Morocco
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