Grover Cleveland Endorsed for Fourth Term by McLean
John R. McLean backs Grover Cleveland for the Democratic nomination in a long Enquirer editorial. The piece praises Cleveland as a proven leader and argues he offers the best chance to win key states like New York New Jersey Connecticut and Indiana. It questions whether any other man could unite the party and secure victory.
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Grover Cleveland
John R. Clean
Cincinnati
John R. McLean
Sage
Princeton
McLean
Europe
The
Enquirer
Cleveland
Jose
Col
Bryan
Booker Washington
New York
Keller
McKinley
Republican Party
Rabk
Ant
South
New Jersey
Connecticut
Indiana
Brazen Assassin Feud Terrorizes Kentucky County
News from Kentucky reports an assassin has spread fear across a county, leaving residents cowed as authorities scramble to glean details amid scarce information and widespread unease. Public fear grows while detectives pursue leads.
Reward Offered For Breathitt County Assassin
Governor Beckham offered a $500 reward for the apprehension and conviction of the unknown assassin who killed J. B. Marcum in Breathitt county. The attack heightened fear as feudists and terrorized residents consider exile or flight while authorities warn against illegal vigilantism. Breathing tensions reflect a bölstered feud between the Marcum and Cockrell factions and a possible probe into a Sunday night meeting at a "blind tiger" three miles from Jackson.
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Age
Lexington
Jackson
James B. Marcum
James Marcum
Brearhitt County
Jim Cockrell
Breathitt County
J. B. Marcum
Marcum
Edward Strong
Beckham
Hurst
Marenum
Cockrell
Frankfort
Leckham
Quarantine Clouds Massillon Wedding Plot in Newcomerstown
Charles Norman was sent back from Newcomerstown due to smallpox restrictions while Otis Norman quietly wed Miss Lillie Huff there. The couple returned to Massillon by train, while authorities question how they entered the quarantined town.
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Newcomerstown
Massillon
Charles Norman
Norman
Otis
Lillie Huff
Dr Lorenz Performs Notable Clubfoot Surgeries at Charity
New Orleans May 7 at the American Medical Association convention Dr Lorenz demonstrated operations on two severely deformed clubfeet at Charity Hospital. He worked over an hour restoring feet to normal appearance and claimed the cures would be permanent after four months. A large audience watched as many deformed children were brought in but he was too fatigued to operate further.
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New Orleans
American Medical Association
Lorenz
Charity Hospital
Boston Piano Co Meets On Success And Expansion
The Boston Piano company directors met this week as Treasurer Martins report showed six months of operations cleared expenses. A dividend on preferred stock was declared and a reserve fund balance was set. Plans begin to enlarge the plant with a larger machine room and a new warehouse. Output is one piano and three organs daily.
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Boston Piano Company
Martin
Wreck of Gloriana Leaves Fifteen Dead Near White Point
Telegraph report from Canse Maine details the loss of 15 of 18 crew aboard the American fishing schooner Gloriana in dense fog and heavy seas off Whalecove near White Point ledges. The vessel struck on rocks, boats were crushed, and three survivors endured a night on the cliffs before rescue. wheat and grains prices are listed in Chicago.
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Canse
N. S
Whalecove
White Point Ledges
Sable Island
Canso
Stoddart
Derk
Death Beat in Hard Race
Australian brewer J T Toohey died after a desperate struggle against death in Chicago on May 7 He aimed to reach San Francisco to see his son and wired him to meet in San Francisco before the voyage across the Atlantic That message arrived just before his death and his son replied I beat you here When will you arrive The family then prepared to continue the journey but Toohey could not survive.
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Roosevelt
Cleveland
Bryan
Middle West
East
Chicago
J. T. Toohey
Toohey
England
Australia
San Francisco
Atlantic
Sioux Indians want pitcher Tish to join team
Livard star Carl Tish, famed twirler, received offer from Sioux Indian team manager to finish the season with them. They seek one or two good paleface pitchers and offered $45 a month plus expenses. He declined, preferring not to be labeled by strangers as an auburn haired red man. Also a May 7 cable from Adjutant General Corbin notes Baden-Powell’s claim on American cavalry criticisms as untrue.
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Carl Tish
Mr. Tish
Spaniards recount imagined naval chase of Santiago
An American tourist in Madrid reads a Spanish historian’s spoof of the Santiago battle. The piece claims Spanish ships charged the Yankee fleet, sent about twenty vessels to the bottom, and forced the rest to flee. It jokes that exhausted Spanish officers signaled retreat and that bells rang across Spain for three days. It notes a rumor that Senor Sampson’s ships escaped, unverified.
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Santiago
Madrid
Spain
Senor Sampson
Water cure used on patients at Topeka asylum
Miss Knox testified before the legislative investigation committee that the water cure was commonly used on refractory patients at the Topeka asylum for the insane. She said the practice occurred during Governor Stanley's first term and was ordered by Miss Houston, an attendant in her ward.
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Topeka
Kan
Topeka Asylum
Miss Knox
Legislative Investigation Committee
Knox
Stanley
Miss Houston
Tunnel Cave-In Traps Fifteen Workmen in Virginia
A Norfolk and Western tunnel at Begleston Virginia collapsed burying fifteen workers. Eight bodies have been recovered. The incident is reported by Vymiph to The Age dated Huntington May 7.
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Vymiph
Huntington
Begleston
Norfolk and Western
Brother of Agatha Reichlin Feels Intuitively He Faced Murderer
The brother of Agatha Reichlin says he is certain he has seen her killer and has urged police after a streetcar sighting. Police seek a link to Frank Kennedy of Sandusky in the Reichlin murder case. Father Walser left Lorain for rest and will return to the area, with Knights of Columbus offering a $10 reward for the arrest and conviction.
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Agatha Reichlin
Age
Lorain
Cassimir Reichlin
Agatha
Reichlin
Frank Kennedy
Sandusky (O
Miss Reichlin
Avon
Here
Father Walser
Boniface Russ
Charles Reichlin
Wil
Agatha Reichhlin
Knights of Columbus
The Lizard Baseball Team Becomes The Fountains
The Lizard club is dissolved and the squad will be known as The Fountains after a Thursday deal with Sam Ashman and Fountain Dry Goods. The Fountain store will supply new suits bearing The Fountains and the team will meet all comers on the diamond representing the local Fountain Dry Goods store.
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Lizard
Jienceforth
Fountains
Sam Ashman
Fountain Dry Goods Company
Fountain Dry Goods Store
Fountain
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St. Louis
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DR. Lorenz
Boston Piano CC
New York World
the Age
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Tish
St. Pro
Corbin
Baden-Powell
Letlett
Strange
Priest
Ment
Kansas Hospital
Father Waller
Nansparre
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