Poor Tom James Dies After Dallas Exhibition
In Dallas Texas on February 15 Jake Kilrain William Muldoon and Mike Cleary staged a sparring night. Tom James a 22 year old local fighter collapsed after a blow to the neck from Bazenia and died despite doctors efforts. Bazenia fled and police detained Kilrain and Muldoon as investigations began.
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Dallas
Tex
Jake Kilrain
William Muldoon
Mike Cleary
Fort Worth
Kilrain
Muldoon
Cleary
Opera House
Queensbury
Ed Score
Tom Monighan
Monighan
Mitchell
Dallas Athletic Association
Tom James
Pazenia
Bazenia
James
Charley Mitchell
Fenton
Kansas City
Louis Bazenia
Cincinnati
Youree
Mystery Fires Plague Missouri Town of Marceline
Marceline Missouri has endured a week of arson fires with extensive damage. A first blaze caused about 20 thousand dollars in losses and uncovered a dead body in a physician's office. Soon after more structures burned including a roller mill with twenty five thousand dollars of wheat and twenty thousand dollar mill value. Large rewards have been offered for the incendiaries.
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Missouri
Marceline
B. F. White
Fred J. Schuff
Body of Hiram Sawtelle Found Near East Lebanon Maine
The body of Hiram Sawtelle, naked except for socks, was found in woods near East Lebanon, Maine, at 11 15 p m Thursday night with a bullet wound in the heart and decapitation. His brother Isaac B Sawtelle is jailed on murder charges. Mrs Sawtelle, en route from Boston with an officer, believes she can identify the body by ankle shoe marks from low-cut shoes.
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East Rochestrer
N. H
Hiram Sawtelle
East
Lebanon
Isaac B. Sawtelle
Boston
New Fever Line Quarantine Map for Texas and Kansas
The government establishes a new quarantine line for splenic and Texas fever starting at Kansas southeast corner, running west to No-Man's-Land, south to Cottle County Texas, and west along the 34th parallel to Bailey County. It bans all Indian Territory and most of Texas except the Panhandle north of the 54th parallel.
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Chicago
Drovers’ Journal
Colonel Pierson
Bureau of Animal Industry
Kansas
No-Man’s-Land
Cottle County
Texas
Bailey County
Indian Territory
Panhandle
Two Pension Bills Pass Senate in Washington
Two pension measures cleared the Senate on Friday. One repeals the July 1874 filing deadline for disability pensions of state militiamen on duty. The other allows the oath in pension or bounty cases to be taken before any oath-administering officer for general purposes.
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Waasuhington
Senate
Miss Susanna Warfield Dies at Groveland Farm
Miss Susanna Warfield oldest Carroll County resident dies at her home Groveland near Sykesville in her ninety fifth year. The Grand Inaugural March played at Harrison inauguration forty eight years ago was composed by Miss Warfield.
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Susanna Warfield
Baltimmorre
Carroll County
Groveland
Sykesville
William Henry Harrison
Warfield
New Queensware Store Announces Early Sale Event
The North Side shop run by Misses L Campbell and BE Campbell says new goods arrive daily and a late next week sale will spotlight a line of new items for ladies.
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Queensware
L. and
BE. Campbell
The Doctor of Alcantara Opera At City Hall
Tickets go on sale at Beasley and William’s drug store for the Doctor of Alcantara presented by the Ceillicothe Choral Society at city hall on Monday and Tuesday evenings February 17th and 18th Reserved seats cost 35 cents Take them while they are available Committee 19610t
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Beasley & William’s
Ceillicothe Choral Society
City Hall
Rubber goods sale ad by Jouns & Son
Women urged to buy rubber items at 25 cents per pair in a compact sale notice from D and Wtf Jouns and Son.
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D&w
Tf Jouns & Son
Hutchinson implicated brokers in extended board of trade fraud
A Chicago market tale centers on Bert King and Stoner and a conspiracy to defraud B. P. Hutchinson of thousands. Immunity offers anchor the witness back to Montreal as investigators press a wider brokers ring.
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Curiaco
Bert” King
Board of Trade
B. P. Hutchinson
Chicago
Montreal
King
Mr. Hutchinson
Stoner
W. P. Dickerson
Hutchinson
Clearing House
The Ladies Appeal Crusade in Lathrop Missouri
About 100 women from Lathrop and nearby gathered at Mrs. J B Strickey and issued a manifesto urging women nationwide to support temperance. They recount persuading saloonkeepers to abandon whisky trade, claiming local dives were closed by peaceful, united action, and call for continued effort against unlicensed saloons.
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Lathropp
Lathrop and
Strickey
United States
Lathrop
Ground Him to Death in Freight Train Accident
Godfrey Burrow, a Bohemian resident near Table Rock, Nebraska, attempted to crawl under a moving freight train and was ground to death when the locomotive started yesterday.
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Pawnee City
Neb
Godfrey Burrow
Table Rock
Free Trial Bottles Boost Trade at Drug Store
N J Swetland and Co offer 50 free trial bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption claiming it cures coughs colds asthma bronchitis croup and throat and lung diseases. Free trial bottles available with large sizes at $1 each and every bottle is warranted.
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N J Swetland & Co
Dr. King
N J Swetland & Co’s
Mwanga's Great Victory Ends Ugandan Succession Fight
Mwanga aided by unknown Europeans defeats King Kalema at Uganda's capital. Major clash leaves Kalema annihilated. a dhow blown up with twelve Arab chiefs and 200 fighting slaves perishing. only three Arabs escape. Victims linked to Zanzibar nobility. possible aid from Jackson's and Gedge's caravans remains unconfirmed.
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Mwanga
Zanzibar
Uganda
Kalema
Jackson
Gedge
Mother Not Fit in Custody Case at St Joseph
In St Joseph Missouri on February 15 Judge Ramey dismissed the proceedings brought by John P Hoopers divorced wife to gain possession of their child at her request. Hooper claimed the mother was unfit and that he became the defendant to shield the child from the mother's shame. The child attends school at the convent here. The parents of the mother are wealthy and have sent presents that were returned.
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St. Joseph
John P. Hooper
Heroic Old Man Saves Drunken Woodsman at Glidden Depot
In Glidden Wisconsin yesterday a drunken woodsman lay across a track as a train pulled out. An unnamed elderly man on the platform jumped onto the track and rolled the man aside but was struck by the engine and thrown into a snowbank. He suffered serious injuries but may survive.
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Ashland
Wis
Glidden
Kansas Appointments Fill Supreme Court Commission Posts
Governor Humphrey names Benjamin F. Simpson of Topeka George S Greene of Manhattan and J C Strong of Larned as Supreme Court Commissioners their three year terms begin March 1. He also appoints Judge Samuel C Parks of Winfield to the State Board of Pardons.
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Kansas
Torreka
Kan
Humphrey
Benjamin F. Simpson
Topeka
George S Greene
Manhattan
J. C. Strong
Larned
Supreme Court
Samuel C. Parks
Winfield
State Board of Pardons
Deputy Sheriff Kills Man in Farm Dispute
Arkansas City Kan Feb 15 Deputy Sheriff Lige Turner went to David Merydiths farm near Dexter to levy on livestock for a judgment. A quarrel occurred and Turner says Merydith threatened to shoot him. Turner then shot and killed Merydith and surrendered afterward.
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Arkansas City
Kan
Lige Turner
David Merydith
Dexter
Merydith
Turner
Bishop OConnor Dying in Pirrspuran Hospital
Right Rev. Bishop O'Connor of the Omaha diocese is brought from St. Augustine Florida in a dying condition and at Mercy Hospital has little hope of recovery after months of serious illness. Also reports say the University at Toronto has burned down causing about 500000 dollars in losses with 164000 insured.
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O'Connor
Pirrspuran
Omaha
St. Augustine
Fla
Mercy Hospital
SHILOHS CONSUMPTION CURE Sold By Swetland & Co
Local notice says Rev G H Thayer of Bourbon Indiana credits Shilohs Consumption Cure with saving his and his wife’s lives. The product is offered for sale by N J Swetland & Co.
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Gho H. Thayer
Bourbon
Ind
Mysel
Shiloh
N. J. Swetland & CO
For Rent Downey House Hotel Possession First of March
FOR RENT One hotel Downey House will give possession the first of March H WALLBRUNN d tf.
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Downey House
Tf H. Wallbrunn
Gents, examine our $2 warranted shoes sale
A local advertisement touts $2 warranted shoes in all styles from Jouns & Son. The notice highlights durable construction and broad selection for men, inviting shoppers to inspect stock and purchase at the shop.
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D&w
Tf Jouns & Son
Roller Flour Patents Stir Millers and Oil Trust Clash
Bradstreet’s notes modest gains in general trade with pockets of improvement in groceries and iron markets. It cites railroad earnings rising in January and stock levels, while warning of wheat and corn movement and steady silver demand. A U S Circuit ruling limits roller mill patent claims, freeing many mills. New York judges move to restrain the cotton oil trust amid accusations of mismanagement and self enrichment.
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New York
Bradstreet
San Francisco
Kansas City
Omaha
Cincinnati
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
India
Rocky Mountains
Bessemer
United States
Cascado
United States Circuit Court
Blodgett
Consolidated Roller Mill Company
Brown
Michigan Circuit Court
Indianapolis
Gresham
Consolidated Company
W. D. Gray
Milwaukee
A. H. Odell
N. Bierkholz
Barnhard & Leas Manufacturing Company
Moline
Cotton Oil Trust
Lacombe
William Wall
Stock Exchange
Wall
Senate Passes Sixty Bills Including Soldier Relief
Washington February fifteenth. The Senate finished the morning hour by considering calendar bills and passed sixty measures. Notable enactments include relief for soldiers and sailors who used assumed names and a limit on interstate spread of contagious diseases. An executive session followed and the Senate adjourned. The House debated new rules, adopting them by a party vote of 161 to 145, then adjourned.
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Congress
Washington
Senate
House
End of the Navassa Trials Convicts in Rioting Case
James Tasker B Woodford and Norman Wooster pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the Navassa rioting case. The batch now reads three murder in the first degree, fourteen manslaughter and twenty three riot convictions. Sentences set for next week with potential US Supreme Court review on jurisdiction over Navassa island. Budding Orators Kansas contest winners announced at State University chapel with Washburn Baker and State University placing.
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Navassa
Baltimmorre
James Tasker
B. Woodford
Norman Wooster
United States Supreme Court
United States
Lawrence
Kan
Kansas Oratorical Association
The
State University
S. W. Naylor
Washburn College
E. W. Hill
Baker University
Harvey F. M. Bear
Shilohs Cure Ad Promises Croup Relief
An old advertisement for Shilohs Cure claims immediate relief for croup whooping cough and bronchitis and is offered for sale by N J Swetland and Co.
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Shiloh
N. J. Swetland & CO
Children’s suits from Carpenter and Starkey’s line
The shop offers the best and most extensive display of boys and children's suits in the city at Carpenter & Starkey's 263 tf.
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Carpenter & Starkey’s
Eight room house for rent by Samuel Shook
Eight room house offered for rent suitable for one or two families. Apply to Samuel Shook at 262dtf.
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Samuel Shook
Telegraphic Briefs: Failures, Assassination, Bribery and Rail News
A compilation notes Milton E Page of Chicago failing for 15000, Brown Brothers & Co of Baltimore liabilities 100000, deputy marshal W R Saunders assassinated in Florida, Senate paying 2500 back fees to Harrison’s law firm, Thomas Fee arrested in Missouri for murder, Joe King leaves Boston with backer’s property, O’Neill Mills in Nebraska burned with 50000 loss, Emin Pasha uneasy after Stanley, Denver plots kidnapping ex-Senator Tabor for 50000 ransom, Robert Garrett missing from country seat, Denver saloons under state and city jurisdiction, Missouri Central Railroad receiver sought, Cheyenne youth shoots himself after failed love, cyclone near Carroll Parish injures property and livestock, Myrick brakeman Holladay killed, Mitchell Indiana train crash kills engineer and fireman, call for national colored business convention, French tariffs on Indian corn and rice products, Paymaster-General Rochester retires after eight years.
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W. R. Saunders
Gadsden County
Fla
Senate
Harrison
Thomas Fee
Ozark Mountains
William Thorp
Holt County
Joe King
Boston
John Joyce
O'Neill
Neb
Emin Pasha
Bagamoyo
Stanley
Denver
Col
Tabor
Robert Garrett
Colorado Supreme Court
Farmers’ Loan & Trust Company of
New York
Missouri Central Railroad Company
Eugene Callaghan
Cheyenne
Wyo
Carroll
Myrick
Holladay
Monon
Mitchell
Ind
United States
Washington
French Council of Agriculture
William B. Rochester
Advent preacher Byron Alverson arrested on grave charge
Rev. Byron Alverson, an Advent preacher living about eight miles northeast of Albany Missouri, was arrested last night on a terrible charge brought by his daughter. He is nearly sixty and had previously borne an excellent character.
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Albany, Mo
Byron Alverson
Financial notes cover money rates and grain markets across centers
New York money on call ranges 3 4 percent with last loan 3 percent. Sterling and exchange rates steady. Kansas City corn and wheat higher while cattle and hogs mixed. St Louis and Chicago notes show varied grain prices. New York and Chicago bids on futures and spot markets recorded for wheat corn oats and pork.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Boston
Exchange
Chicago
New York Exchange
T. Louis Exchange
Kansas
St. Louis
Fancy Elgin Creamery
Western Steam
Elgin
Western Dairy
Western Creamery
Western
Still In Business Warns Customers After Fire
Wilson Bros. announce they remain in business after the Browning House fire and invite orders left at their stable or the Union House, promising prompt train service for any calls.
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Wilson Bros
Browning
Union
New Livingston County Fair Directors Elected Amid Light Vote
The Livingston County Agricultural and Mechanical Society elected new directors after a light voter turnout of 44 shares from 103. The slate excluded several longtime directors, including Geo Milbank and James M. Davis, while John W. Graves and M. P. Gilchrist faced clashes as the election unfolded. The new board includes J. M. Girdner, B. B. Peck, E. L. Treadway, J. Postlewait, J. C. Waters, Wm. Marlow, H. Bushnell, P. Wait, and W. H. Mansur, with Dr. Waters and Mr. Bushnell noted as prominent county figures.
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Geo. Milbank
Cer
James M. Davis
Col. C. A. Adams
W. R. Jones
Blue Mound
M. P. Gilchrist
le Grande French Au Revoir
Directory
Rue State
John W. Graves
Gilchrist
Graves
J. M. Girdner
B. B. Peck
E. L. Treadway
J. Postlewait
J.C. Waters
Wm. Marlow
H. Bushnell
P. Wait
W. H. Mansur
A. Mianelle
Sic Sane
Somes
Bold Daylight Robbery Near Gravesville
A man followed a girl home from town at noon and snatched her purse with a wood saw in hand. The girl raised alarm and pursuers chased the suspect, who threw the purse downstreet. He is said to live in Gravesville and may face capture if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos
McNally
Gravesville
Estray Notice Recorded by Justice of the Peace
Estray taken up by W T posted before R G Arnopp J P Wheeling township Livingston county on February 4 1890 describes a light red yearling steer unmarked valued 12 50 and a dark red heifer aged one with white belly and tail end missing valued 8 50 total 21 00. A true copy from stray book.
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W. T
R. G. Are
Wheeling Township
Livingston County
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