Dynamite attack wounds Sage office. several killed
In New York 71 Broadway a dynamite blast wrecked Russell Sage’s private office. Sage was injured and several people including a young woman typewriter and three others died. A suspect demanded 1.5 million dollars and the bomber died in the explosion.
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Russell Sage
MR. Sage
New York
Broadway
Washingtone Connor
Benjamin Morton
Fee
Mr. x. Sages
Postmaster General Pushes Frugal Postal Reforms
The annual report advocates reduced postage and expanded Rural Free Delivery, Postal Telegraph and Savings System. It notes lottery mail decline and rising postal efficiency, urges one-cent letters, three-cent phones, ten-cent telegraph, and broader postal districts. It also backs postal savings and increased railway post office service, with emphasis on rural benefits and universal public access.
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Washington
Postmaster General
Congress
Wanamaker
San Francisco
Pacific Coast States
Chicago
Mr. Wanamaker
Postwaster General
The Post Office Deficit and Future Plans Discussed
The passage analyzes postal revenue shortfalls and proposed postage changes. It contrasts 1861 revenue and expenditure with later figures showing expanded post offices, longer mail routes, and growing costs. It argues for careful reforms and notes the post office as a shared national institution needing thoughtful modernization.
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Post Office Department
Austria lifts pork import ban amid US trade signals
Across a bundle of 19th century brief items the report notes Austria's removal of pork import prohibition, misused funds in Stafford County Kansas, bankruptcies in Missouri and New York, famine relief drives in Russia, a juvenile reform move in Sullivan Illinois, and other scattered local events including crimes, drownings, and international diplomacy efforts.
Fire kills two children as mother lunges to save
In Shelby county near Shelby, a mother left her two children at home to visit a neighbor. A blaze broke out, the children were badly burned, one died during rescue while the mother and another child were seriously burned attempting to save them. The incident occurred Thursday morning as Perlah by Fire in Denver reported Mrs. George Martin and her seven-year-old son endured injuries.
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Russia
Newton Grant
Sullivan
Reform School
Geis & Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Frank Palmer
Tremaine
Fort Sully
S. C
Bonham
Tex
David & Butter
Nation
Nashville
Tenn
D. Weil
Cedar Falls
James W. McKinney
Cairo
Kansas City
Kan
Elizabeth Dodge
Camarincotta
August Magnusson
Manistee
Mich
Sir Julan Pauncefyte
United States
St. Paul
Mion
J. E. Ingham
Admiralty
Portsmouth
Limi O
Penver
Perlah
Lina
Clarence Kitts
Shelby
Denver
Col
George Martin
Miners Back at Work as District Recovers
In Brazil and adjacent districts miners resume work at Crawford Coal and Nickel Plate mines. Seventy tons of coal daily. Nellie mine also toiling. Brazil Block miners idle. Other local incidents include embezzled child case in Indianapolis and a series of accidents and fires across Indiana and neighboring states.
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Braz
Ind
Dec
Crawford Coal Company
Nickel Plate
Jackson Coal & Mining Company
Hadleytown
Otter Creek Coal Company
Brazil Block Company
Death after a Lafayette visit by An.sil Brown
Ansil Brown of Stockwell died on his return home from Lafayette after a day of business. He was 24 and died with the reins in his hands as his buggy neared his home. A local acquaintance saw him alive about a mile from his home, and his family later found him dead at the house. Indiana horticulturists meet details follow.
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Sivemm
Mr. Sage
Crriage
Shacuim
Hu Ling
Brune
Woticek
Wilson
W. T. Wileson
Russell Sage
Ceorge Gould
George Gould
Manhattan
Gould
Indianapolis
Ind
Gov
Chase
Lafayette
Ansil Brown
Stockwell
Five Workmen Slain at Briquette Factory Fire
In Beria y near Halle a briquette factory blast explored Thursday left five workers dead and several injured. Six of the injured are in critical condition as crews battled to control the situation and rescue others.
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Beriay
Kupperhamer
Halle
Ing
Grain and Wheat Prices and Market Notes
Market bulletin from CHICAGO reports mixed grain revisions and patent prices for spring and winter wheat, with No 4 and No 2 Yellow and White varieties showing varying bids. Cash and futures activity described as moderately active to weak, with December and May futures quoted and prices listed for several grade categories and standards.
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Chicago
Nors
Barlay
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