Rush for Land Opens Sioux Reservation in South Dakota
President proclaims Sioux Reservation lands open with offices at Pierre and Chamberlain. Settlers rush to claim bottom lands and uplands amid guards and falling timber. Judges and lawyers anticipate complex title questions as filings begin and squatters’ rights apply until surveys are completed.
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South Dakota
Pierre and Chamberlain
Indiana
Great Sioux
Patel
American Island
Farm Island
Niobrara Island
United States
Enid
Chamberlain
Bronx
Tsesa
Caynona
Morris
Minn
West Virginia
Sernowombley
Charles Buford
Henry LaClocke
Fire Devastates Marshwood Village Block Killing Four
In Marshwood Peon a fire caused by drunken revelers gutted a block owned by Moosic Coal Company. Four Moes died. ten houses were destroyed. Poles gathered for a celebration. kerosene lamp toppled. People escaped in nightwear. two children and Mrs Strauss perished. Rescue efforts ongoing. company provided temporary relief.
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Marshwood
Peon
Moosic Coal Company
Pulaski
Joseph Breauss
Mike Switz
Alli
Apie
Gentile ticket wins Salt Lake City Council election
After an intense election Gentiles gain control of Salt Lake City Municipal Council for the first time. Mayor George B. Scott and other Gentile officials win clear majorities, while the rest of the Gentile slate includes fifteen council members. An editorial calls February 1, 189, an epoch in Utah history and notes a political shift away from Mormon power.
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Salt Lake City
George_B. Scott
Louis Yams
B. Walden
R. Clute
J. M. Young
C. C. Goodwin
Salt Lake City Tribune
Utah
Vast World News From A Distant Era
A collage of 19th century incidents: elected leaders in Augusta and Boston conventions, New Jersey finances, ship rescues, factory fires, and industrial accidents. Poignant notes include a San Francisco wife disguising as a boy in New York, Washington political maneuvers, labor fund plans, and a wave of global incidents from Canada to Cuba and Europe.
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New York
Canada
Dobton
Gexenat Joux D. AppEnson
Augusta Mo
Department of Mano
New Jersey
Grand Army of the Republic
Massachusetts
Boston
Supreme Court
Association of the Bar
City of
Thanomore
Trenton
N. J
Brooklyn
Spencer Street
Bsanor Rice
Amelia Vallancourt
Tremont and Suffolk Company
Lowell
Bross
Rochester
Chapin
Alaska
Sarret
Mount Carmel
Philadelpha
Reading Coal and Iron Company
Blairsville
Penn
Charles E. Barr
Afr
Bierney
Pittsburg
ANOR
Hill
New York Leigielature
Harrisburg
Towboat Port Eads sinks near Memphis during dense fog
The Port Eads of St Louis and Mississippi Valley Transportation Co. sank at 7 am near a sunken bridge two miles below Memphis after colliding with a sunken pier. About forty crew were aboard. ten crews were hospitalized with cuts and bruises while others were cared for ashore. The vessel carried barges and fuel for New Orleans from Cairo.
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Nelson Davis
St. Louis and Mississippi Vatly Transportation Company
Memphis
Gover Parsons
Dro i
Port Eads
New Orleans
Cairo
Shey
Tennessee
Ivory
United States
Tragic skating accident on Binnewater Lake near Kingston
Four children of Jacob E. Slater perished after ice broke while skating on Binnewater Lake, Waterkill Valley line near Kingston. Mother ran to aid, both she and another man fell through ice, drowning along with the children as crowds gathered at the shore to assist in the rescue effort.
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Waterkill Valley
Kingston
N.Y
Jacob ER. Slater
Fran Uc
Gots
Ars Sintov
Rev tour writes of a foremost nineteenth century dramatist
The piece notes Rev tour as a leading nineteenth century dramatist, cites Cerille as seeing him as highly original, and mentions various theater anecdotes. It references Link Reeve living in London at seventy with a silenced voice, a peacock superstition on stage, Wilgox Bannerr offered $100 to perform The Silver King but refused for Sabbath reasons, and other musical and theatrical figures connected to the era. It also mentions a colored actress Vinton Davis debuting in Washington in 1684 and plans for a London concert conducted by Dr. Joachim to support birth-house funds for Beethoven.
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Rev Tour
Cerille
Atlaay
Link Reeve
Livg
London
Wilgox Bannerr
Ty Yiont
Vinton Davis
Baltimore
Washington
Bay Bee
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Tyinsbean
Joachin
Wixydow
Boston
Ibsen
Great Mine Disaster Rocks Abersychn Col liery
London dispatch reports a severe explosion at Abersy chin colliery in Monmouthshire trapping about 300 miners. By afternoon rescue efforts freed many, but up to 4 pm forty bodies were recovered and the death toll was rising. Gas ignition triggered the blast amid flooding from adjacent pits. Rescue crews faced suffocating smoke, mutliated bodies, and uncertain recoveries. The latest count put the dead at fifty with many others still missing or severely burned.
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Lisbon
Melbourne
Sneservice
Victoria
Salamanca
Geneval
Cuba
Abersydmr-Eng
Duke of
Orleans
Paris
France
Syrestos
Paince Augustus
Saxe-Coburg
Dom Pedro
Brazil
Gratz
Styria
L. Camennia
Spyridion Vaglano
Falmouth
England
Canpinal Pscer
Poeumona
Rome
London
Abersychin
Monmouthshire
Kas
Newsmix of global notes and industry facts
A digest of varied items notes various topics from trust formations among tie edge tool makers to Japan edit against deal ing, French and Belgian coal outputs, Turkish navy launches, Chinese and American trade moves, and a Wyoming like census in Berlin. It mentions a census of Americans in Berlin at 4000, Mormon voter oath rulings in Idaho, and a Paris Exhibition shift to Edinburgh.
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Japan
Ciba
Chicago
TRE Supreme Court
Idaho
Berlin
Northwest Territories
Europe
Corx
Russia
Constantinople
Africa
Lowny
Msssissippi
Paris
Edinburgh
Servia
Timok
Widdinand-Couln
Brussels
France
Germany
England
Belgium
United States Senate Compittee
Gray
Mlcpherson
Wade Hampton
South Carolina
Notable Figures and Anxious Rumors Across Lands
A wide array of 19th century figures appear in a jumble of facts and gossip. General Suenmas is seventy. Senator Hawley plays violin daily. King Leopold’s jubilee, Cardinal Newman’s vigor at eighty eight. GlapsTone runs six secretaries. King’s income cited as one million. various nobles and statesmen noted with ages, health hints, and travels. Vanderbilt and Rockefeller referenced with wealth and statues. The mix includes royal visits, tours of Europe, and rare anecdotes on figures from Bennett to Tracy and Astor.
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W. T. Suenmas
Hawley
Amn. Glapstone
King
Grover Cleveland
Cmtrr
Conriss
North Dakota
GorMas
Leopold
Aot Linge
Belgium
Cardinal Newman
Ngalla
Senate
McCoin
Princeton
Rouen
J. Bunpette
Tracy
Queen Victoria
Italy
FenDin Ann
Bulgari
London Journal
Alabama
Hartford
Mark Twain
Harriet Bendher Stowe
Proyex Antitus
Duke of Connaught
Hhis Wifo
Ganadia City
Dominion
Biut
Christopher Columbus
Wabre Hampton
Khan
Khiva
Emin
Bokehara
Europe
England
Russia
Blomo
Stan
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Owl Company
Joan Jaron Astor
Broadway
Germany
Berg
Bgf
Senate debates on education and territorial government Oklahoma
In the Senate a debate on expanding committees rooms and the national educational bill continues as Mr Blair advocates broader support. A joint resolution congratulates Brazil on adopting a republican government while a bill provides a temporary government for Oklahoma and funds for Mississippi River improvements.
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Senate
Sp Dax
Blair
Sherman
Committee On Foreign Relations
States of America
Brazil
Oklahoma
Gibson
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Natchez
Vicksburg
Memphia
Edmunds
Hoat
Joklatoma
National Zoological Park
Albany
Thomas J. Morgan
Toof Ai Agricultural Commission
Mr. Ingalls
Potomac River
Washington Monument Grounds
Fray Magdalena Fouts Celebrates 104th Birthday at Vienna Home
Aging Neighbors and relatives across the United States are noted for long lifespans. Fray Magdalena Fouts marks her 104th Christmas at her Vienna residence, while others such as Daniel Barititt born 1753 in Harrisburg and still living at 0, and Charles King of Middletown Massachusetts nearing a century, illustrate a wave of centenarian notices. The report lists multiple families with ages from 101 to 115, including Mrs. Anetonie Osmandeen 110 in Chamberlain California and Mrs. Mary Munhall 103 in Braddock Pennsylvania. It recounts extended families, farm life, and vigorous health in old age.
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Fray Magdalena Fouts
Vienna
Daniel Barititt
Harrisburg
Feon
Fay Eot
Charles King
Middletown
Mass
Anetonie Osmandeen
Chamberlain
Cak
Mary Munhall
Braddock
Penn
Mary Pancoast
Elizabeth
N. J
Jacob Miller
Leanfield
William Foster
Burlington
D. C
Lin
Tenover
George Shillaber
San Francisco
Ling
William Rixer
Richmond
Margaret Arnold
Elizebeth Bichard
Thynn County
John Bakley
Dakota
Eight Hour Movement and Labor Strife Across Nations
The report notes thousands employed in mills and ice harvests, Chicago postal workers backing an eight hour day, Massachusetts Labor Federation planning a Boston convention in March, and opposition by mill owners. It cites a nickel plated eight hour badge by the AFL, missing funds from a Kansas City union official, and competing coalitions amid Pittsburgh and Allegheny County labor tensions.
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South
Micai Gay
Grand Rapids
Hinson River
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Massiclusetts Funoration of Labor
Boston
American
Federation of Labor
Eigar
Cunistopuen Wood
Switchmen'’s Union No
Hs Osgive Mihatig Igkintry
San Francisco
Tukne
Shefield
Ala
Wd Auriga Ciant
London
Volga
Rui
Ton—O'plonk
The
Enory
Lugo
Bex
Moses Bor
Dedham
Mass
Boston and Providence Railroad
Bost
DIX
New York
Philadelphia
Treantry Burkline
Waallington
Brooklyn Bridge
Vast Early 1900s News Tidbits From Across U S and Territories
Numerous incidents fill the page from fires in Lunenburg Massachusetts and Machiasport Maine to drownings near Carrollton Louisiana. Reports of Sioux Reservation openings in South Dakota trigger mass land claims while fires destroy blocks in Morris Minnesota. Legislative moves touch Idaho statehood and pensions for Civil War veterans as diplomats, judges and postmasters see appointments.
Massacre on Wichita Prairie Spurs Four Deaths
Two cowboys discover a stripped wagon and four murdered travelers near Wichita Kansas. A man and woman about fifty, a young woman about twenty, and a boy lie shot in the head or chest. signs point to robbery as the motive. The bodies show the killings occurred about ten days earlier. Purcell officials investigate the grisly scene.
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Wichita
Kan
James Corner
Thomas Heimps
Leeney
Ben
Purcell
Anaennae
Post Office Postal Prizes Twelve Gold Medals for 1590
The General Superintendent of the Postal Department awards twelve gold medals to top railway postal clerks for best general record of cards distributed by routes or counties. One medal per division plus a twelfth for overall excellence in distributing cards with speed and accuracy. Committees in each division will select medalists. the higher official will designate the twelfth medal recipient.
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Ordor Nodi
Postorites
Orion LA
Hie Galeri
Floods devastate Oregon and Washington bridges and railroads
Heavy rains and snowmelt flood Oregon and Washington. Portland faced submersion with travel tamed to small boats. Bridges on the Willamette and Columbia rivers were swept away, rail communication south and east of Portland cut for days. Salems 1000 foot wagon bridge vanished, logs and lumber lost, totals exceed 3000000 dollars in damage.
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Oregon
Washington
Portland
Oret
Willamette River
Salem
Ore
Willamette
Columbia
Tacoma
Arab Slave Raids and Ivory Exchange Spark Fear
A colonial-era account describes Arab and Manyema slave raids, outlining tactics of encirclement, village devastation, and hostage ivory redemption. It notes repeated attacks, use of stockades, and eventual alliance with captors by rescued natives turned guides. Also mentions Lincolnshire rats, New Zealand weasels, and Chesapeake oyster bed depletion affecting Baltimore packers.
Kemp's Balsam Featured As Throat And Lung Cure
Advert shows daily demand for Kemp's Balsam for coughs colds bronchitis asthma and consumption. Promoted as standard remedy with guarantee and satisfaction. Price 4c and 1 trial size free. Also note about Susan B Anthony donation of 500 to woman suffrage supporters.
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Yaton Stanfond Hn
Susan BL Anthony
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Bend
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