Remembering Alexander Shepperd who beautified Washington
The piece recalls Alexander Shepperd as a long-missed figure who laid out and shaped the national capital, praising his original plan for Washington as unequaled. It contrasts his work with Jeffersonian views, notes public gratitude toward Hamilton, and reflects on monumental projects like tunnels and city defenses.
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Iapeelal Conmepoucance Ko
New York
Alexander Shepperd
Washington
Lave
Globe
United States
War Department
Naval Départment
Whitehouse
Cedar Swamp
Jefferson
Marshill
Sudclety
Washineton
Alex- Asses Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
Aaron Burr
Lili
Dall
Bronx
Craton
Hudson
DEDICATED NEW BUILDING West Lafayette College
The fall term opened with the dedication of a new West Lafayette College building. The chapel overflowed as President Wells presided. Rev Dr Fisher of Coshocton delivered a earnest address praising higher education and the college’s progress. Several ministers and Professor Thomas spoke. Miss MacFarland and others performed in an elaborate musical program. The freshmen class swelled to a record size.
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West Lafayette College
Wells
Fisher
Coshocton
West
East Oaty conference reports new churches and parsonages
At Cambridge session presiding elder Hitler Oliver of Ulfrichsville district announced three new churches dedicated this year, nine in six years, and three new parsonages. The conference old soldiers held a reunion Thursday evening with Rev Dr Toland speaking on “How We Prepared for a March,” drawing clear applause from a large audience.
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East Oaty
Cambridge
Hitler Oliver
Ulfrichsville
Toland
Principal Discharges After White-Black Kiss Incident
In Bellaire Ohio the fifth ward school principal J O Deafenbaugh resigned after an investigation found he forced white girls to kiss several colored girls to settle a quarrel. In New York City the Annie Pulitzer murder case was solved as her nude body was found in the Morris canal. A suspect Hoover Young, last seen in a cheap restaurant, fled city after the body was kept under a sink. Dublin Ireland William Redmond was summoned to provide recognizances for good behavior. A French steamer sank a Lisbon harbor steamer Thames with nine deaths. Elijah Woodruff, born 1802 in Watertown, Conn., celebrated his 100th birthday in Toledo with a park ceremony.
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Bellaire
J. O. Deafenbaugh
Fifth Ward
Deafenbaugh
New York
Annie Pulitzer
Morris Canal
Jersey City
West Fifty-eighth Street
Captain Titus
Detective Bureau
Hoover Young
Titus
Yung
Chicago
Hoboken Crusader
Toledo
Elijah Woodruff
Navarre Park
Mr. Woodruff
Watertown
Conn
Executions and disasters span several states
At Camden New Jersey Lafayette Graft was executed for murder. Three firemen were killed and 25 horses burned in a New York livery fire. Peter Hernia hung at Hackensack New Jersey for murder. In Fuarda Portugal clashes left workers dead. Rhoades Carmen Buggy of Marshalltown Iowa assigned liabilities 212263 assets 266568. Four injured James Farley fatally in a Philadelphia and Reading freight wreck at Sunbury Pennsylvania.
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Camden
N. J
Lafayette
New York
Peter Hernia
Hackensack
Fuarda
Portugal
Rhoades Carmen Buggy Company
Marshalltown
Iowa
James Farley
Philadelphia
Reading
Suebury
Birmingham Tragedy At Shiloh Negro Baptist Church
About 80 people died and many were injured in a stampede at the Shiloh Negro Baptist Church in Birmingham Alabama. Booker T Washington had just finished his address when a fight over seating sparked a rush for exits. Dense crowds, improvised fire alarms, and a 15 foot drop to a stairwell helped trap victims, many suffocating beneath the crush.
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Birmingham
Ala
Shiloh
Booker T. Washington
National Convention of
Desi
Booker Washington
Judge Bulleu
Baltimore
Ballou
McGovern Corbett bout off by Southern Athletic Club
Louisville officials suspend the featherweight title fight after a court injunction. promoter Robert Gray states tickets worth 380000 will be redeemed. the club faces about 5000 in losses. Kentucky injunction upheld and the bout moved from Louisville.
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Southern Athletic Club
Louisville
Robert ©. Gray
Southern Club
Terry McGovern
Young Corbett
Gray
Frankfort
Emmett Field
Jefferson Circuit Court
McGovern-Corbett
James D. White
Court of Appeals
Kentucky
Mot At Mead Car Ride During Hudson Valley Strike
Glens Falls New York September 19 the twentieth day of the Hudson Valley Street railway strike saw a deputy sheriffs militia manned car depart from the power house with nonunion crew. Jeers from bystanders followed as the car moved north toward Fort Edward and Sandy Hill where a crowd gathered. A false fire alarm drew the hose cart to the rails and was left standing while the hose was moved onto the track. The car continued and was demolished the hose cart. District Attorney Pratt read the riot act to the crowd and they dispersed after a time.
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Mead
Glens Falls
N. Y
Hudson Valley Street Railway
Fort Edward
Sandy Hill
Pratt
Emigration of Jews from Roumania grows. many refuse farm labor
In Bucharest on September 19, reports say 4000 Jews have left Roumania in three months. A group of 360 heads for Canada and the United States while others depart daily from major towns. Emigrants cite lack of work, yet Jews largely refuse to take farm labor, costing the country millions paid abroad for Bulgarian labor over the past three years.
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Bucharest
Roumania
Canada
United States
Mission of the Padilla in Central America amid naval moves
The City of Para reports Padilla, an insurgent gunboat, fitting out at Corinto to intercept the Colombian steamer Jesse Banning. Officers say Padilla is a formidable craft manned by Americans and Germans with four rapid fire guns.
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San Francisco
Para
Padila
Corinto
Jesse Banning
Padilla
Ade Impostor Confuses Read Think With George Ade Incident
The humorist George Ade and his advance man Pyne attend the opening of The Sultan of Sulu in St Louis. A man in the audience claimed to be Ade, misidentifying an elderly box spectator with Ade’s features. Ade, clean shaven, watched the mistaken exchange unfold until the act ended.
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Bat
PC. Pyne
George Ade
Contes House
Manasas City
Mr. Payne
Sulu
Willis Wood
St. Louis
Kansas City Sur
Ade
Chicago
Poisoned by weed on plane aids boy’s recovery
A year old boy was poisoned by some weed on a plane. He survived after neighbor DeWitt's White Hawel Salve was applied, with initial improvement in two days. Hazel Salve claimed to cure piles but warned of counterfeits. Sold at local drug stores Condoc ton and Ferguson's and E Anderson's stores.
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Wille
Dibble
Caty
Taita
DeWitt
DewWite
Salu
E. Anderson
Condocton
Allen's Foot-Rase and Kemp's Balsam Remedies Ad Copy
An advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Rase for foot pain and comfort in worn shoes and also markets Kemp's Balsam as a throat and lung remedy for grippe. The copy urges readers to buy now, noting trial packages and drugstore availability with prices and locations. It features old fashioned spelling and claims of curing or preventing discomfort.
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Allen
Enor
Adaress
Arlen
Chosted
Roy
N.Y
Soc
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