Horrible sight as mother and daughter die in each other’s arms
New York report details a double suicide by laudanum and razor in a Bleeker Street home. Mrs Melvina Payne and daughter Anna died after weeks of decline, leaving letters to Miss H A Weed Dean Fureno and relatives, with funds for funeral expenses and a wish to be buried together. Separately, George Brinski, a Polish sailor who claimed to have served as Grover Cleveland’s substitute, dies in the Soldier’s Home.
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New York
Hamman
Fla
Weed
Weat
Twelfth Street
Thurlow Weed
Paynes
H. A. Weed
Dean Fureno
Albany
James A. Burns
Bleeker Street Savings Bank
Bowery
Henry Martin
Seely Avenue
Cleveland
M. Talbot
Willoughby
Lake County
Julia A. Ent
Chateauguay
Franklin County
Payne
East Side
Bath
N. Y
George Brinski
Grover Cleveland
Here
Ele
Buffalo
George Will Take to the Stump
Henry George outlines plans after Syracuse convention to wage a winning campaign and campaign across New York. He notes the fight will stir two parties in the state and says he now intends to travel the state speaking once his affairs are settled. He regrets the exclusion of socialists whom he counts as friends.
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George
New York
Henry George
Syracuse
Baseball Scores From City League Playoff Night
The clumsy transcript lists scattered box scores with teams like Boston, Washington, Pittsburgh, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and Cincinnati. Multiple games show uneven results such as Boston 3 Washington 4 and Brooklyn 0 Cincinnati 1, along with disaster-era city league fragments.
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Prrisnana
Pittsburg
Chicago
Boston
Washington
Indianapolib
Iodievapitas Detroita Paladelpna
Philadelphia
New York
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Cleveann
Cleveland
Metropolitana
Louisville
Baltimore
St. Louis
Athletics
Express Messenger Arrested in Idaho Bank Robbery Case
Benneth Rappress, an express messenger from Vocareno Idaho, was arrested on suspicion of involvement in a $10000 robbery in transit from Omaha National Bank to Clark and Larabies Bank in Butte. He traveled from Green River to Pocatello and had made one trip since the robbery. He protests his innocence.
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Vocareno
Idaho
Benneth
Omaha National Bank
Clark & Larabies Bank
Butte
Bennet
Green River
Pocatello
Cattle Market Report With Mixed Prices and Totals
Market notes show cattle and sheep receipts, steady to firm prices. Beef and mutton quotes include terms like 8,000 head volumes, price ranges from about 1.15 to 5.55 per unit, with regional listings for Nebraska, Western and Texans.
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Nebraska Hall
Fort Snelling Marksman Leads in Army Shoot
Windy Fort Snelling day sees highest scores in department shoot with Lieut Avery of Fort Shaw Montana topping both stages. In team results the Third Infantry and Twenty-fifth Infantry show strong totals while Avery’s 175 of 200 leads the individual. Later the Pioneer Press badge goes to Avery with 170 of 200, he a West Point graduate of 1873. Editors Meeting Postponed to September 13 after transport arrangements finalized.
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Fort Snelling
Sr. Paws
Old Fifteenth Infantry
Firat Cavalry
Wentieth Infantry
Stanley reports natives flee and return at Gambuya voyage
Ex explorer Stanley writes from Gambuya near Aruwima rapids on June 19 that natives evacuated on the expedition’s arrival due to steamboat whistle fear, later returned friendly and promised to aid with provisions. They warned of higher rapids making further river progress impossible.
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Lospon
Stanley
Gambuya
Aruwima
Knights of Labor Grants Charter for PA Railroad Assemblies
Philadelphia August 20 The general executive board of the Knights of Labor grants a national charter to assemblies of Pennsylvania Railroad company employees. Organizing them into a national trade district assembly will proceed rapidly. Other railroad systems are expected to imitate this move, forming a grand coalition to advance mutual interests.
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Philadelphia
The
Knights of Labor
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Death of Eminent Author John Palgrave Simpson
Telegraphic items report the death of John Palgrave Simpson in London. Other briefs note a steady Chicago wheat market with futures prices, a weekly bank reserve decrease of $67,050, and excess reserves at $4,265,675. Governor Adams proclaims an expanded quarantine in Colorado on Illinois cattle bar those from Cook County. Laggard wins the Great Omnibus stakes at Monmouth Park with Fiorenzi second and Hanover third, Time 2:44.
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John Palgrave Simpson
London
Chicago
Adams
Colorado
Cook County
Laggard
Monmouth Park
Fiorenzi
Hanover
Prisoners Arrive in New Steel Cells at County Jail
A list of named prisoners transferred to new steel cells at Carr county jail includes Jones burglar Dan Bogan alias McCoy Texas fugitive and killer Guno Le Roy home thief Brennan Evertts murderer Rice Fort Laramie Phil Watson alleged to have aided murder Gunn Patterson Wilbur captured at Keat Falls Montana by Deputy Ben Smalley Sterry horse thief. They are now settled with irons removed and ample exercise in the corridor.
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Jones
Crook
Dan Bogan
McCoy
Texas
Chas
Guno
Lask
le Roy
Brennan
Inter Ocean Hotel
Evertts
Quartette
Rice
Fort Laramie
Phil Watson
Black Bros Dime Show Heads to Cheyenne for Week
The Black Bros Dime Show, now at Tenth and Curtis streets, draws large audiences. Miss Jennie Dair performs the iron jaw act while ponies and other feats mingle with skilled entertainers. The troupe opens at the old circus grounds in Cheyenne for one week starting next Monday.
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Black Bros
Denver Evening Telegram
Tenth and
Curtis Streets
Meears
Jennie Dair
Indy
Cheyenne
Land Purchase for Hospital Use Scars Main and Centre Streets
Rev Father Mitegerald acting for the Sisters of Charity has acquired from the Union Pacific Railway a forty acre tract for hospital use. The land lies at the site of Selphur Spring and runs from Centre to Front with a width crossing from Main to Centre streets, cutting off the upper end of Main and Centre avenues.
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Mitegerald
Sisters of Charity
Union Pacific Railway Company
Ton Acros
Selphur Spring
Will Stand By Him Uphold Rev Staunton In Douglas
Douglas Wyoming Aug report defends Rev Staunton amid church split. Letters from Brooklyn clergy and local ministers claim he is an able pastor unfairly attacked after a bitter presbytery trial. Community insists on standing by Staunton against home mission withdrawal and factional pressure.
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Wyo
Cheyenne Sun
Congregational Church
H. W. Rankin
Dr. Kirkwood
Synod of Colorado
Kirkwood
Rankin
Lr. Kirkwood
Mr. Staunton
der. Kirkwood
Staunton
Mr. Field
Home Mission
Boulder
Brooklyn
Drs.Talmage
Spear
Carpenter
Staunfi
Dr. Didaltn
Reuson
Saul
Mir
Chamberlain
Corerrareon
Shane
Brookkiyg
B. Staunton
Brooklyn Presbytery
Wood
de Wirt Tarnaur
Curyenne
R. KE. Freno
Presbyterian Church
Afl
Wyoming
Frew
Cheyenne
Wye
Field
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Pratt
Cheyenne National Bank
Hunter & West
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Denver, Colo
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Willis Vandevanter
Potter & Vandevanter
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Gibson Clark
Davidson & Clark
United States Land Office
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Fred W. Ransom
Oliver
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Mathews
Cho Mee
Histeonth
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Central Avenue
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Commis
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Hanaw
J. F. Jenkins
Sixteenth St
Real Estate Agency
National Bank Building
Lcotzt
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Dyer’s Hotel
M. Sachs
Prop
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Oattie Receipts
Denver
National Editorial Association
Missouri River
Labor Matters
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Trevor
Pinkerton
Detective Corps
Walter Scott
Dr. Taylor
Dean Eno
C. H. Tayron
Rom Dr. Spear
Benjamin Stauntons
Brotnein
Presbytery
T. Spear
the Stock Growers’ Nations Bank
Cheyenne, Wyoming
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Free Horn
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J. W. Collins
G. L. Beard
Interest Ltd
East
Europe
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KH. Addoms
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Herman Haas
Hollingworth & Tiger
Kalamasco
Mock Island
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Thames
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