Buffalo Strikemen Defy Lehigh Valley Train Blockade
In Boerato on August 15, striking Buffalo switchmen halted a Lehigh Valley train by pulling pins and brakes. Police and sheriff’s posse faced taunts as strikers refused to move livestock or freight bound for New York. Militia called while trains on other lines stayed idle. no major violence reported by 11 p.m. Stocks and markets in New York showed slight gains with copper and petroleum firm.
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Lehigh
Lake Shore
New York
Erie & Lehieh
West Hore
Union
Philadelphia
Reading
East Buffalo
Speciola
Beck
Buffalo
Chokto Waga Varda
Wattie Marketa
New Yor
Lake
Domentio
Tio
Straits
Governmenta
Pacific
Atchison
Canada Pacific
Canada Southern
Central Pacific
Burlington
Delaware Lackawanna & Western
Denver & Rio Grande
Hiie
Kansas & Texas
Louisville & Nashville
Michigan Uentral
Missouri Pacific
Northern Pacific
Northwestern
New York Central
Oregon Improvement
Oregon Navigation
Pacific Mail
Rio Grande Western
Terminal
Rock Inland
Milwaukee & &J. Paul
Bt. Paul & Omaha
Texas Pacifico
Union Pacific
Oregon Short Line
Fargo Express
Western Union
American Cotton Oil
Lead Trust
Crroano
Aue
Texas
Government pays gold to meet silver treasury notes demand
Heidelbach Uekelheimer & Co. tendered 1,000,000 in treasury notes backed by silver purchases and demanded 1,000,000 in gold for shipment to Germany, a move seen as pressuring a crisis. Treasurer Roberts stated the administration will pay all obligations in gold, with the free gold balance at 112,000,000.
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Treasury
New York
Heidelbach, Uekelheimer & Co
Germany
Roberts
Borden Case Sparks Boardman Family Statements
Fast Rives Mass August 15. City official Marabel Hilliard says press criticisms misstate facts from the inquest and that the case rests on circumstantial evidence. Lizzie Borden remains free pending full understanding of circumstances. A Bord en family member defends the honor of the Bordens and says no family impediment will hamper police investigation. The claim that 15,000,000 of Borden money will be used to balk authorities is false and ill advised.
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Fast Rives
Mass
Marabel Hilliard
Preas
Borden
Lizzie Borden
Bordens
Four men fatally clash at party convention in Magune
A brawl erupted at the Populinte Pepper party convention in Magune near San Antonio on August 15 as Caleb Garrett and Jobo Peoples fought Davis and Burton Brown. Pistols, knives, and blows left two dead and two mortally wounded with no chance of recovery.
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San Antonio
Tex
Our the People's Party
Magune
Caleb Garrett
Jobo Peoples
Davis
Burton Brown
Two Ill Child Cases Improve After Cholera Remedy
Mr. John Cook of Pilot Vermillion county Illinois reports severe and dangerous bloody flux attacks in two children, a ten year old boy and a girl. A doctor treated them for a week then improved soon after using Chamberlain's Cholera Remedy.
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John Cook
Pilot
Vermillion County
Ilinom
Chamberlain
Carnegie Steel and Amalgamated Association Standoff Persists
The dispute between Carnegie Steel and the Amalgamated Association continued with no new developments. Carnegie officials remain silent on Frick s whereabouts, though rumors place him abroad possibly Scotland to see Andrew Carnegie. Secretary Lovejoy says Frick will be at the Pittsburgh office again Monday.
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Carnegie Steel Company
Amalgamated Association
Carnegie Company
Frick
Europe
Scotland
Andrew Carnegie
Lovejoy
Pittsburg
Missing banker Gilman tied to $300,000 misappropriation
Boston reports reveal James E. Gilman of the bankruptcy grain firm Gilman Cheney & Co misappropriated no less than $300,000. Investigators note a lifestyle change and a possible female influence while he held high business and social standing.
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Boston
James E. Gilman
Gilman, Cheney & Co
St Columbus School for Boys Dedicated in Ottawa Ill
Bishop John J. Spalding led the dedication of St Columbus school for boys in Ottawa Illinois at 1:30 pm. Catholic societies totaling over a hundred assisted, and the U.S. flag was raised over the building, the first dedicated in Illinois under the stars and stripes. Bishop Alding assisted by Dean Keating and Father McShane of Chicago.
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Ottawa
Ill
St. Columbus
John J. Spalding
Peoria
United States
Alding
Dean Keating
Father McShane
Chicago
Chilean Congress Approves Baltimore Sailor Indemnity
Acting Secretary Atlee received a cable from Minister Evan in Santiago reporting the Chilean chamber of deputies unanimously appropriated 75000 as indemnity to the sailors of the US steamship Baltimore and approved the treaty settling US citizens claims against Chile.
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Washington
Atlee
Evan
Santiago
Chilean
Chamber of Deputies
United States
Baltimore
Chile
Independent candidate announces for Tennessee governorship
Joe P. Buchanan declares as an independent candidate for governor of Tennessee. The report notes other items including the death of Col. Henry Clay Natt in Boston at age 59, geologist J Schowerorn's glacial discovery in Idaho, and mentions on literary women, jelly making tips, and pay equity for women.
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Joe P. Buchanan
Tennessee
Col
Henry Clay Natt
Atlantic & Vavish Railroad Company
Boston
J. Schowerorn
Ioabo
Idaho
Shoup
Allcock porous plaster promoted for back pain relief
Marion Harland cites Eve's Daughters urging use of Allcock s porous plaster for backache. It recommends keeping it over the seat of uneasiness for days or weeks and renewing the worn patch as needed. The advice frames the plaster as a comforter with tonic qualities and notes its support when the back bears weight.
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Marion Harland
Eve
Oasis of Omaha Welcomes Shriners in Grand Parade
Three thousand Shriners march through Omaha greeted by 20 000 spectators. Brigg reviews parade from Paxton balcony. Mayor Bemis tolerates key to city. Imperial council reports debt free treasury 16 571 422 and notes 62 temples and 22 789 nobles nationwide.
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Omana
Order of Mystic Shriners
Oassis
Omaha
Tluatrious Potenate Brigg
Bemis
Imperial Council
Potenate Briggs
Briges
David Kalakua
Sandwich Islands
Wm. J. Florence
Tewik Mohammed Pasha
Egypt
Cholera Fears Drive Shah to Elburz and City Exile
Aug 15 report from Srna notes Tehran under cholera siege with 300 daily deaths and city closures. The shah relocates to Elburz while missionaries aid at the hospital and most residents flee. cholera also rages in Tabriz with hundreds daily deaths.
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Srna
Teheran
Elburz
Tabriz
Kidney ailments and bitters urged as remedy
Physicians warn that kidney and bladder diseases progress to fatal end if unchecked. The article promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a diuretic and tonic to arouse inactive kidneys and expel impurities linked to rheumatism and dropsy, plus claims it aids malaria constipation liver trouble nervousness and dyspepsia. Cheyenne Dairy advertises home delivery of milk and cream.
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Prichtel
The Banner Limited and Other Panoramic Rail Routes
Rail brochure lists Pullman and Wagoner sleeping cars and palace dinners on the Banner Limited from St. Louis to Chicago. It adds Niagara Falls Limited service to New York, Kansas City to Toledo, and Chicago to Niagara Falls schedules with various departure and arrival times. M. Eampson, Coms Agent, Denver office shown.
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Pullman and Wagoner
Palace
the Banner Limited
St. Louis
Chicago
Boston
Kansas City
Toledo
Niagara Falls Limited
Niagara Fall
New York
Niagara Walls
Bt. Louis Flyer
St. Louia
Denver
Louis
We Load The Railways Competition Across Lines
In a busy period railroads including Chicago Union Pacific and Northwest Arm chart routes and times. Officials report on depots and vestibules with delays kept to a minimum and smooth connections along major river corridors.
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Chicago
Union Pacific
Northwestern Line
Polon
Simple Army Ration Becomes Banquet Through Shared Stew
A wartime reminiscence from the New York Sun recounts four soldiers in a tent making a hearty meal from scarce supplies. They combined potatoes, onions, salt pork, and hardtack in a single saucepan while four men watched and eventually declared the stew done. The tale ends with one man saying the memory still amuses him.
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Mr. Staybolt
New York Sun
Rest cure signs and underwater photography in era notes
The article warns that overwork and prolonged attention harm health, signaling with early dyspepsia irritability and sleep loss. It cautions a rest cure is effective but warns against exceeding limits. It also notes a 1883 Naples submarine observatory allowing underwater photography with a glass floor chamber and electric lighting.
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Cassel
Signor Toselli
Naples
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