Jacksons Quest For A Bride Ends In Family Feud And Love
A tall, blue eyed suitor from Bush Creek courts three Grady sisters Ellen Anne and Maria while Major Grady keeps the hounds and the guns loaded. Jackson hatches a plan with Bulger to win Maria by proving his love through a staged fit. Maria comforts him and the pair wed after a year despite jealous rivals and comic chaos in the Grady clan.
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Jackson Moore
Jackson
Bush Creek
Squire Moore
Grady
Ellen
Anne
Maria
Ole Major
Lcuizy Stringfellow
Jack Robinson
Flat Rock
Bulger
Gradys
Dan Ter
Miss Grady
Romerlus
Romerius
M. C. Williams
Drake's Magazine
Fall Colts Raise Stronger Draft Horses in Wisconsin
A Wisconsin breeder argues fall foaling offers benefits for draft horses. He notes mares stay fit for spring work, better summer feed, and healthier foals, with strong growth and early pasture access. He suggests raising many mares to foal in fall to improve farm work and horse quality without excluding spring foals.
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Wisconsin
John M
Inventor and rustler trade barbs over cyclone indicator
An invented contraption called a du plex indicator is mocked as useless by a Kansas rustler who argues it would alert a buyer too early to secure property deeds before an eastern capitalist arrives. The exchange, via Puck, critiques novelty devices and streetwise skepticism.
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Eureka
Kansas
Puck
Head of the Firm Discourages Applicant in a Funny Exchange
The head mocks a job applicant who cannot read or write and questions his life work. The applicant reveals he worked in Lermont’s stables and the scene shifts to discussing Raceland for the Monmouth Cup.
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Lermont
Puck
Encouraging Convalescence of Young Mr Wylls Wylls
The scene notes Mr Earl Marquand de Wylls Wylls making progress after illness. He has regained strength enough to smoke a cigarette and enjoy a few snipes, signaling a hopeful recovery as reported by Harper’s Bazaar.
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Shandygaff
Flunky
Earl Marquand de Wylls Wylls
Mr. Wylls Wylls
Han
Harper’s Bazar
An Unpoetical Lover
A fragment describes Augustus frantically clawing at his collar while a companion laments the clingy embrace. He grouses that a wad of chewing gum dropped down his neck, adding a humorous moment to a domestic scene from the Arcole Record.
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Augustus
Arcole
Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Monument Corner Stone Laid
The corner stone of Indiana’s soldiers and sailors monument was laid in Indianapolis with President Harrison present. Crowds estimated at 40,000 filled Circle Park as 4,000 marchers processed to the site and the stone was set amid Grand Army rituals and a Star Spangled Banner salute.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Harrison
Ind
United States
Circle Park
Grand Army of the Republic
Dick Buckle
Oran Perry
Denny
Hovey
Miller
Rusk
Halford
Woman's Relief Corps
Charles M. Travis
Indiana Department
Grand Army
Loyal Legion
Sons of Veterans and Woman's
Travis
Sons of Veterans
Zelda Seguin-Wallace
Reief Corps
Treasury of
Shatrd
Union
Tomlinson Mall
Soldiers and Sailors of
George Langsdale
Green Castle
Indianapoli
Indiana Soldiers’ and Sailor's Monument Association
Bruno Schmitz
Berlin
Victor Emanuel
Italy
Wreck on new Knoxville railway kills three and injures forty-one
A wreck on the Knoxville Cumberland Gap and Louisville railroad at Flat Gap creek twenty two miles from Knoxville killed three men and injured forty one. The accident marred the opening excursion for Knoxville officials and business leaders. Efforts to reach medical aid were delayed until late afternoon as rain intensified the scene.
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Tennessee
Knoxville
Tenn
Knoxville, Cumberland Gap
Louisville
Flat Gap Creek
New Road
Board of Public Works
Chamber of Commerce
May
George Andrews
East Tennessee
T. Powers
East Tennessee Fire Insurance Company
Alexander Reeder
Alexander A. Arthur
Isham Young
R. J. Cook
U. S. Grant University
West
Ingersoll
Maybrick sentence commuted to life in penal servitude
The Home Secretary commuted Mrs. Maybrick’s sentence from execution to life in penal servitude after medical testimony debated whether poison in Mr. Maybrick’s stomach caused death. No further appeals will be heard. The decision drew broad public satisfaction and praise for Mr. Matthews.
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Matthews
Maybrick
Wealthy Canton financier Jacob Miller dies at 65
Canton Ohio records Jacob Miller, a major investor in Aultman firms in Canton and Akron and in Akron iron works, died of paralysis on Thursday at age 65. His life was insured for 189000 dollars.
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Canton, O
Jacob Miller
Aultman & Co
Canton
Aultman, Miller & Co
Akron
Mrs Vanderbilt Hosts Extraordinary Barn Party at Newport
Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt held a barn party at Newport Rhode Island featuring stalls turned into dining rooms and a dance floor. The decor used garden vegetables and flowers with oak leaves laurel and pumpkins while an improvised electric plant lit upstairs and downstairs.
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W. K. Vanderbilt
Newport
R. I
R. L
William K. Vanderbilt
Casino
Official Programme for G A R En campment Milwaukee Aug 22
Milwaukee prepares for the G A R encampment with a goal of $30,000 in a fund, $250,000 raised already, and arrival of the Allegheny bag gage. The program includes campfires, parades, receptions for Woman's Relief Corps, addresses by Governor Heard and Mayor Brown, and a visit by General Sherman. Reunions, concerts, and sessions run through the week with multiple dignitaries attending. In Cincinnati and Chicago notices, Axtell the famed trotter shatters records with a 2 14 mile at Washington Park amid offers of $100,000 or more for the colt.
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Milwaukee
Allegheny
Grand Army
Chapman
Sons of Veterans
Turner Hall
Warner
Grand Army and Sons of Veterans
Woman's Relief Corps
West Side
Weissert
Turner Hill
Immanuel Church
Sherman
Cincinnati
Society of the Army of the Tennessee
Army of the Cumberland
Chattanooga
Axtell
Chicago
Chcago
Washington Park
Maxy Cobb
Phallas
Cleveland
Lexington
Guy
Earl McGregor
McGregor
John W. Conley
C. W. Williams
Williams
Colonel Conley
William L
Lou
Mambrino Boy
Stout
Dubuque
World's Fair Efforts Gain Congressional Support for Chicago
The World's Fair Executive Committee reports over 100 members of Congress have pledged to back Chicago's bid. Chicago Mayor Cregier urges a special Illinois Legislature session to secure the 1892 World's Fair. Milwaukee delegation vows state and city support. A Milwaukee industrial fair opened with Chicago officials present. A high speed wreck near Big Flats injures riders and burns cars.
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Congress
Chicago
Cregier
CarcaGco
Committee
Fifer
Illinois
Matthews
Garden City
Brown
Heard
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Northern Pacific Directors Approve $160 Million Consolidation Mortgage
The Northern Pacific directors unanimously approve Henry Villard’s plan for a $160 million consolidation mortgage on the system. A special meeting of preferred stockholders is set for October 17 to act. Chairman Harris says $20 million of bonds will fund equipment and terminals at Tacoma and Superior. $140 million will refinance existing bonds and obligations.
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New York
Northern Pacific Company
Henry Villard
Harris
Tacoma
Superior
Northern Pacific
Three Men Die in West Virginia Rail Collision
A Baltimore and Ohio wreck near Petroleum and Silver Run tunnel east of Parkersburg kills three engineers and firemen, with many injuries among passengers. Telegraph orders conflicting led to the crash as trains collided on a curve.
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West Virginia
Petroleum
W. Va
Baltimore & Ohio
Silver Run
Parkersburg
Flannagan
James Layman
Alexander Bailey
Cephas Rowland
Grafton
John Fletcher
Fletcher
Smithereens
J. A. Hunter
George Douglass
Epileptic Attacks In Ghent Hospital Incurables Ward
An epileptic patient under treatment at Ghent Hospital for Incurables escaped at night with a razor and attacked patients in beds. Twenty four people were severely cut but no deaths reported.
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Brussels
Ghent
No state can be more destitute than that of a person who
The passage offers a series of maxims on human nature and behavior. It contrasts true character with pretension, notes luck in actions, warns about vanity and snobbery, and links mood to health and outlook. It urges cheerful demeanor to aid invalids and cautions that hope and despair can spread.
Quartet of Woman Slayers Hanged at Tombs in New York
Four condemned murderers Patrick Packenham Jack Lewis colored James Nolan and Ferdinand Carolin were hanged at the Tombs in two paired executions. The article details the executions the priests attendants the final moments and the confessions of guilt. It also lists the crimes including Packenham killing his wife in 1888 Lewis killing Alice Jackson Nolan shooting Emma Buck and Carolin murdering his wife Bridget in 1888.
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New York City
New York
Patrick Packenham
Jack Lewis
James Nolan
Ferdinand Carolin
Tombs Prison
Packenham
Nolan
Franklin Street
Carolin
Lewis
Leonard Street
Father Prendergast
Father Gelinas
Father van Rensellaer
Atkinson
Tombs
New Orleans
Margaret
West Twenty-seventh Street
Alice Jackson
West Third Street
Emma Buck
Second Avenue
Bridget
Stanton’ Street
Commission’s success linked to 3 million acres opened in Minnesota
Washington reports that the Chippewa Indian Commission may unlock about 3,000,000 acres in Minnesota. The panel can also secure relinquishment of parts of Red Lake and White Earth reservations for allotment, totaling an estimated 12,250,000 acres. President must approve the agreement before it takes effect.
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Washington
Chippewa Indian Commission
Minnesota
Red Lake
White Earth
Wright held for murder in first degree in Frankfort
Coroner Donovan testified as the Wright examination closed. Charles T. Wright is committed without bail for murder in the first degree. The defense waived examination. A change of venue is being sought and the next court term opens in November.
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Frankfort
Mich
Wright
Donovan
Thurber
Charles T. Wright
Cholera Ravages Bagdad and Bassorah
Cholera in virulent form rages in Bagdad and Bassarah with strict quarantines and a military cordon surrounding each city.
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Constantinople
Bagdad
Bassarah
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