Debs Named President by Chicago Labor Congress
A cyclone swept Marshall and Nemaha counties Kansas Sunday evening causing death and destruction over a large area. In Seneca one third of the residence district was destroyed with five killed and fifteen injured. Frankfort suffered heavy damage, western town area blown apart with numerous injuries. Other towns challenged by the storm and widespread country damage reported.
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Marshall
Nemaha
Kansas
Seneca
Frankfort
Marshall County
Washington Letter on Senate, Canals and McKinley Vote
Special Correspondent reports a Republican steering deadlock will push delays until June and a veto fight over the river and harbor bill. The Mahon Nicaragua canal bill moves forward with a bond plan, while Morrill chairs a bipartisan probe. McKinley support grows amid political maneuvering, and Klickitat county wheat may reach about one million bushels as yellow fever rises in Havana.
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Washscox
D. C
Senate
Cleveland
McKinley
Supreme Council of the
Washington
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Canal Company
U.S
Engineer Department of the Army
Morrill
Finance Committee
Carlisle
Williams
Cuba
Havana
Gen. Lee
Wiliams
Supreme Court rules on apportionment law for next election
The Supreme Court decision settles the 1885 apportionment act, ending further litigation. Justices McCabe Howard Hackney concur, Jordan writes a separate concurrence. The ruling holds 1885 as the sole valid apportionment law, with questions about potential government paralysis if overturned. Dissenting views by Judge Monks oppose the majority.
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Supreme Court
McCabe
Hackney
Howard
Jordan
Fesler
Monks
General Grosvenor's Final Bulletin on McKinley Delegates
General Grosvenor issues his last bulletin noting McKinley’s consolidation of delegates across 29 states and territories. He cites 915 delegates total with four in Arizona New Mexico and Oklahoma awaiting convention action. States with solid or majority McKinley delegations include Alabama Arkansas California Connecticut Arizona Florida Georgia Indiana Kansas Maryland Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Nebraska New Jersey North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oregon South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming and the territories. McKinley followers are projected to control these states when seats are settled.
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Grosvenor
Washington
Indianapolis Journal
St. Louis
McKinley
Wyoming
West Virginia
North Carolina
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Cliavis
Indiana
Kansas
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
New Jersey
North Dakota
Ohio
Oregon
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Vermont
Virginia
Wisconsin
Committee On
Argonne
Pennsylvania
South
New York
Preventing Chinch Bug Ravages in Dry Weather
James Troop, Horticulturist, explains the chinch bug threat under continued dry conditions. He debunks myths about a virus and notes fungus treatments largely fail except in wet weather. The recommended defense is a barrier method: deep dust strips, double furrows, steep banks, log brushing, and coal tar to trap and destroy the bugs.
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Chancler Snow
University of Kansas
James Troop
Forged Checks Arrests Stir Indiana Towns
Fort Wayne dispatch to the Indianapolis Journal reports Ella S. Armstrong, about eighteen, arrested by Detective Cooling on a Richmond, Indiana warrant for forgery. She confessed after noon, saying guardian Samuel I. Innis mishandled funds from an eight thousand dollar estate and that she forged and cashed checks in Rushville and other cities including Connersville New Castle Muncie Cambridge City and Bosville.
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Fort Wayne
Indianapolis Journal
Ella S. Armstrong
Cooling
Richmond
Ind
Samuel I. Innis
Rushville
Connersville
New Castle
Muncie
Cambrige City
Bushville
Puritan Policy Unveiled by Montpelier Mayor
Montpelier’s mayor announces a sweeping puritan policy during his tenure. The move signals strict civic rules and cultural expectations for residents, aiming to shape public conduct and Town life under his administration.
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Montpelier
Spring thoughts and odd records bloom in prints
In spring a young man's fancy turns to DeWitt's Little Early Risers for liver cleansing and blood purification. Signor Camillo Bancia in Italy sets a 46 hour recital record with no check, while Mr Napoleon Bird of Stockport dares rivals to a 50 hour challenge. An advertisement seeks trustworthy gentlemen to travel in Indiana for a steady job paying 780 salary plus expenses, with references and a stamped self addressed envelope to The Dominion Company in Chicago.
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Italy
Camillo Bancia
Napoleon Bird
Stockport
Indiana
the Dominion Company
Omaha
Chicago
Discounted Cash Prices Cited by A. W. Newsom
A. W. Newsom advertises a five percent cash discount on all goods except rubber boots and shoes. The offer claims a dollar buys ninety-five cents worth of merchandise, highlighting exceptionally low prices for maximum value.
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A. W. Newsom
Rich Gold Discoveries At Cripple Creek Promising
Daily findings of rich bullion in Cripple Creek Colorado and other districts push 1896 production toward a record two hundred million dollars. Cripple Creek alone yields over a million monthly as mining stocks rise and many pay substantial dividends. Jolly I. Tattman & Co. offers free details and a book on speculation in stocks grains and cotton from their Broadway office.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Jolly I. Tattman & Co
Broadway
New York
Prudential Gold Mining Co
Big Four to St Louis for National Republican Convention
The Big Four plan luxurious travel to St Louis for the June 16 1896 National Republican Convention. Through Wagner Sleeping Car and Dining Car service will link New York Boston Buffalo Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati Indianapolis Washington and eastern cities with direct trains via Grand Central and Cincinnati connecting to Southern lines. Trains arrive in St Louis via the Merchants Bridge.
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St. Louis
New York
Boston
Buffalo
Cleveland
Columbus
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Washington
Grand Central Station
Central Union Station
Merchants’ Bridge
E. O. McCormick
D. B. Martix
Megr
G. P
T. A. Cincinnati
Big Four Proclaims Superior Chicago Terminal Service
The Big Four promotes its Chicago facilities as best for delegates to the National Democratic Convention on July 7 1896. It highlights direct through service from Cincinnati Louisville Indianapolis to Chicago with parlor cars sleeping cars dining cars and private compartments. Regular stops include Hyde Park near the Coliseum and stations at Thirty-ninth and Twenty-second Streets.
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Chicago
Best Terminal
Coliseum
Superior
Central Union Station
Cincinnati
Louisville
Indianapolis
Twelfth Street
Lake Front
Auditorium
Hyde Park
Thirty-ninth Street
Twenty-second Street
FE. O. McCormick
D. B. Martin
Mgr
Commissioner’s Sale of Real Estate in Court 725
The commissioner will privately sell after May 29 1896 the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 21 township 15 north range 9 east and the south half of the northeast quarter with 28 acres off the west end total about 92 acres. Terms require one third cash, one third in nine months, one third in eighteen months, interest six percent, secured by mortgage. Tina Edn Hill, Commissioner.
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OTICE
Bush Circuit Court
Rebecca Peters
Catharine McCarty
Renal
Aaid
Tina Edn. Hill
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Carthage
Chicago Labor Congress
Eugene V. Debs
Congress
Gov. McKinley
Klickitat County
Ward
East Side
Main St
MW. F. Lovett
Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station
DeWitt
Coffin & Co
Henley & Guin
Attys
Stinger & Stone
Sherwin-Williams
Coffin's Drug Store
W. W. Wade
Horseshoer
UVL
W.W. W. Wade
East Street
Co. R. Butler
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