Notable 1900s Philadelphia and Pennsylvania News Roundup
A masked group looted Joseph Gates in White Township, forcing a $1000 payout before fleeing amid shots. In Allegheny City, Leo Brigel aged 13 blinded a girl and burned two others with mortar. A Red Ash mine rock fall near Wilkes-Barre killed two. Eastern Pennsylvania cholera alarm grows. Astoria diphtheria epidemic. Window-glass firms weigh closure due to dull trade. Tomas Scrocey jailed two years and fined for obscene books. Adam Hay Freen marries Mary Giman. groom 54. McCaffrey defeats Mitchell after four rounds in New York amid heavy crowd.
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Joseph Gates
White Township
Allegheny City
Leo Brigel
Tue Black
Red Ash
Wilkesbarre
Pennsylvania
Astoria
L. L
Tomas M. Scrocey
Philadelphia
Adam Hay Freen
Mary G Iman
Moving headlines from a crowded 19th century bulletin
Summary of diverse events across multiple states. West Day Brothers & Co. assigns just before seizure by U S marshal. Blanden Co flour mill in Fort Dodge destroyed by fire with large losses. In Clinton a cannon explosion kills one and wounds two. Smallpox spreads near Brookings D T. Third Presbyterian Church in Chicago destroyed by fire with major loss. Portland shippers favor Union Pacific over Northern Pacific due to bad faith. Dacey murder case: new trial denied. sentenced to hang Nov 21. Troy Indiana: wife and two sons murder accused. one son lynched. Calumet and Hecla mine revival after smoke cleared. Butler hanged at Columbia City Ind for wife murder. bid for respite fails. Dakota M E Conference rejects admission without prohibition clause. Glanders found at Vincennes Iowa. Indianapolis Rev J M Robinson found dead in sleeping car. Wreck attempt on Santa Fe line. rewards offered. Railroads plan Chicago to San Francisco fast freight. Cincinnati Hospital elevator accident kills two. Cincinnati banker S S Davis assigns liabilities 60000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Day Brothers & Co
Peoria
United States
Jones
L. Blanden & Co
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Clinton
Ohio
Brookings
D. T
Third Presbyterian Church
Ashland
Ogden Avenues
Cage
Porland
Ore
Union Pacific Road
Northern Pacific Ae
James Dacey
Gaynor
Woodstock
Wilson
Troy
Ind
Hendershot
Calumet
Hecla
Michigan
Charles W. Butler
Columbia City
Dakota Methodist Episcopal Conference
Vincennes
J. M. Robinson
Indianapolis
Neak Florence
Kan
Santa Fe
Atlantic and Pacific
St. Louis
San Francisco
Atchison, Topeka
Chicago
Kansas City
Cincinnati Hospital
Davis
Cincinnati
Deaths and crimes ripple through Gulf Coast region
Gulf Coast Herald editor J A Buckner was found dead near Tarpon Springs after a quarrel with his mistress who fled with a man of color. Buckner pursued and disappeared. Baltimore billiardist Louis G Sharer fatally struck by a train at a street crossing. Liberty Virginia saw twenty one business buildings burn for a loss of one hundred thousand dollars. West Virginia governor commuted Charles Spurlock’s life sentence for a Lincoln County gang murder. Hill brothers were lynched last spring. Easton Michigan Rev Dr A W Lightbourne resigned after church rebuke for circus attendance and heads to New York to pursue journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Buckner
Gulf Coast Herald
Tarpon Springs
Fla
Buckner
Louis G. Sharer
Baltimore
Liberty
West Virginia
Charles Spurlock
Lincoln County
Alvin Wood
Hill Brothers
A. W. Lightbourne
M. E
Easton
New York
Supreme Court docket 1025 cases tops balance with last year
The Supreme Court met last Monday with 1025 cases on the docket, 54 fewer than the same period last year. The General Land Office reports $11,540,993 in public land sale receipts for the fiscal year. The commissioner favors withdrawing distinctive timber lands from sale or entry until appraisal.
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United States Supreme Court
The
General Land Office
Democratic and Independent Republican Nominations in Several States
Presidential party activity across districts as Adams declines Massachusetts Democrats nominate Weston Howland and Charles L. Mitchell in Second Connecticut. William Everett leads Independent Republicans in Massachusetts with other districts choosing Power and Ballantine. In Charleston a Logan reception turns hostile when a heckler challenges him, prompting a sharp exchange. The Drummers National Committee orders state conventions, as Mulhattan begins a campaign tour to the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Quincy Adams
Congress
Massachusetts
Wm. Everett
Weston Howland
Charles L. Mitchell
Connecticut
John Power
J. G. Ballantine
Tennessee
Charleston
W. Va
Gen. Logan
Hinton
West
Illinois
Logan
Drummers’ National Committee
Louisville
Mulhattan
Providence Wins National League Title. Metropolitan Leads American Association
The Providence Club clinched the National League pennant with 83 wins, followed by Boston 72, Buffalo 63, Chicago 62, New York 59, Philadelphia 39, Cleveland 34, and Detroit 22. In the American Association the Metropolitan Club leads with 65, tied by Louisville and Cincinnati 63, Columbus 62, St. Louis 59, Baltimore 54, Athletic 52, Toledo 41, Brooklyn 37, Pittsburgh 31, Indianapolis 31, and Virginia 20. A portion of Quebec Parliament buildings was blown up with dynamite twice on the same day, at noon and about 3 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Boston
Buffalo
Chica
New York
Philadelphia
Jeveland
Detroit
Metropolitan Club
American Association
Metropolitan
Louisville
Cincinnati
Columbus
St. Louis
Baltimore
Athletic
Toledo
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Indianapolis
Virginia
Quebec
Quebec Parliament Building Explosion Reward Offered
The blast at the new Parliament building in Quebec damaged a wall corner stone and injured two men. Irish dynamiters and French workers are accused, with a $4,500 reward for convictions. Clearing house exchanges last week totaled $740,757,352, down $64,243,803 from the prior week and 33.2 percent versus 1883.
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Quebec
Turbulent World News Summary from British- Turkish Affairs
A Turkish mail caravan from Bagdad was attacked near Ismid with three escorts killed and 300000 dollars in government bullion stolen. Britain plans forceful action against the Boers beyond Transvaal borders as 8000 troops are dispatched. A severe typhoon devastates Yokohama and Tokyo with 3000 houses ruined and heavy casualties. Premier Ferry warns of retaliation against England over French interests. Lord Salisbury attacks Gladstone’s redistribution plan in Kalso.
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Bagdad
Ismid
Birmingham O
Berlin
Ismarck
Yokohama
Tokio
Ferry
France
England
New Guinea
Transvaal
Africa
Tonquin
Madirof
Merawe
Col
Stewart
M. Hemon
Ande M
Monarcha Unione
Lord Salisbury
Kalso
Gladstone
Two States Ohio and West Virginia Vote Governing the 1884 Election
Ohio returns show a strong Republican lead with estimates of 10,000 to 20,000 in favor as McKinley and other Republicans gain across districts. West Virginia appears to lean Democratic with partial counts indicating Democratic advantages in key counties and cities, though statewide results remain unsettled.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Columbus
Maine
Butler
Mercer
Monroe
Lickie
W. D. Hill
Congress
Butterworth
Cincinnati
Brown
A.C. Thompson
Lawrence
William McKinley
Canton
McKinley
Hurd
Rome
Foran
Cleveland
Sinks
Dayton
Hamilton County
Defiance County
Defiance City
Montgomery County
Akron
Robinson
Newman
Summit County
Stark County
Paige
Wheeling
Harrion County
Maxwell
Brook County
Wilson
Summers County
Charlestoon
Malden
National Democratic Committee
National Republican Committee
Items of Interest and Worldly Wit from Dailies
A collage of quips and anecdotes from multiple papers. Jokes about marriage, inference and social mores mingle with satirical lines on Puritans, politicking and daily life. Notable items reference the Newman Independent Waterloo Observer Philadelphia Call and others in brief, in a witty vintage tone.
October crop reports show drought hit cotton hardest
Washington reports describe drought across Ohio Valley and Atlantic/Gulf states reducing yields. Wheat yields exceed last year by about 100 million bushels while corn is nearly matured. Cotton condition drops from 82.5 to 74.7 due to drought, with state averages listed and a projected base yield of 0.36 bale per acre.
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Iana
Texas
South Carolina
Ohio Valley
Atlantic
Gulf States
Vermont
Feee
Middle States
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
North Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Tennessee
Dakota grain and produce exhibit travels from Union Depot
A product car loaded with Dakota grown grain vegetables and fruit arrived at Union Depot. The passenger coach features shelves and oil painted scenes of Dakota harvests. Exhibits include giant beets pumpkins squash corn and potatoes from Yankton Brown County and Elk Point among others. A wheat oats and flax display, Sioux Falls granite, and a miniature locomotive made entirely of Dakota grains also accompanied the train.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Union
Dakota
South Dakota
Lincoln
Yankton
Bon Homme
St. Paul
Chicago
Detroit
Buffalo
Elk Point
Union County
Sioux Falls
O. V. Knowles
Karam
Lincoln County
Timothy
Union Depot
Wm. Sibben
Aberdeen
Boy shoots girl and then kills himself in Lancaster
Lawrence L. Cauley of Philadelphia, 15, shot Mamie Benson, 14, in Lancaster after persistent love notes and threats. He then fatally shot himself amid claims he left Lancaster in June for the city. The girl was wounded nonfatally by the initial shot.
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Lancaster
Lawrence L. Cauley
Philadelphia
Mamie Benson
Cauley
Lancaster Watch Factory
Lancaster Ly
Merits and memoranda mix in scattered obituary notes
M Renan completes his history of the Jewish people and a Siamese government medal is awarded to Tur Winchester Arms. A rural obituary mentions a man who saved money and the two main causes of death in the country are discussed as mental strain among youth and moral immorality. The Societe Franklin, named after Benjamin Franklin, distributes its annual prizes amidst a crowd of pension applicants including Pil im Crazylous and others with unusual names.
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M. Renan
Tur Winchester Arms Sementase
Mer
Care
Specimens of High and Low Living in London Bowels
The essay contrasts lavish Delmonico style dining with London's frugal meals. It tours the City’s 8 pm to midnight hot beef, pease pudding, and fish shops serving cheap sustenance to 100,000 families, noting prices from a penny to nine pence. It compares London’s cheap eats with New York’s starvation risk for 25 cents, praising plaice and whelks as affordable yet nourishing options for the poor.
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Per- Delmonico
Guip
Mansion House
London
England
Plaice
New York
Brooklyn
Comfort of the Woman to Small Things
A reflective piece argues that daily housework can hold dignity and joy when done with purpose. It praises cooking baking sewing washing and child care as noble labor that sustains family health and moral order, while noting famed women also valued such tasks.
A Woman's Work Is a Brick in the Wall of Life
A Minneapolis Tribune quotation extols the value of every woman's work. It compares society to a grand edifice and says each person, seen or unseen, must faithfully perform duties at home and in public. Thoughtless routine kills spirit. even humble tasks hold meaning.
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Dou
Ruis
Minneapolis Tribune
Record of Hot Summers Across Centuries
A chronicle lists extreme heat events from 627 to 1846 in Europe, noting droughts and scorched vegetation across France, Germany, Italy, Scotland, and beyond. It cites rivers drying, crops failing, disease, and mass fatalities linked to heat waves, with centuries of record highs and subsequent hardships.
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France
Germany
Rhine
Alsace
Italy
Bela
Lourie
Seine
Scotland
Bologna
Lorraine
Paris
Travel note on Russia's beauty and religion
Dr Schaf describes Russia as monotonous alongside the Urals and Caucasus but notes St. Petersburg and Moscow hold riches and grand churches. He highlights the Winter Palace Hermitage Peterhof Kremlin churches including St Isaac's Kazan and the Redeemer, and portrays devout practice with icon veneration and liturgical drama.
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Russia
Ural Mountains
Caucasus
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Warsaw
Kiel
Odessa
Winter Palace
Peterhof
Kremlin
St. Isaac's
Nicholas I
Rome
Church of
Dr. Schaf
New York Observer
Crisis of Roumanian Jewry Mirrors historic repression
The Cleveland Voice reports a renewed Jewish crisis in Roumania as authorities implement harsh laws that strip livelihoods, forcing thousands into wanderer status. Emigration flows head toward America but U.S. limits block intake while Berlin treaty tensions press Roumania to honor treaty clauses. Germany’s influence looms large. Naturalized as a foreign policy concern with European and American repercussions.
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Roumania
Europe
England
Germany
America
United States
Briody
Galicia
Berlin
Austria
Cane
Charles
Hohenzollern
Georgetown and Washington Era Tales of Trade and Capital
The excerpt recalls Georgetown as a bustling Atlantic port after the revolution, with New England merchants and family ties to Ipswich. It notes tobacco and other goods shipped to Europe, wagons and six-horse dray teams, and large government land deals that made Georgetown briefly prosperous as the capital moved to Washington. It mentions Washington's visits, L Enfant’s plan, and a quip about wealth tied to the capital’s location and a married widow Custis.
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New England
Allen Hy
Ipswich
Francis Dodge
Georgetown
Europe
Pennsylvania
United States
Washington
Philadelphia
L’enfant
Daniel Burns
Custis
Distant Hills Trick Denver Outsiders in Colorado Air
An English pair misjudge Colorado distances, walking eight miles toward hills they deem four miles away. They reach a four foot irrigation ditch and presume it a river wide, debating crossing as the air fools their sight and tests their patience.
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Colorado
Denver
Bean
Knight and Baron’s Daughter In A Midnight Exchange
The exchange between a weary knight and the Baron's daughter unfolds in a moonlit castle as a clock marks 1 a m then 1 15 am. The knight jokes about being like an angel while she quips she might resemble an old flint lock musket. The portcullis falls and the castle sleeps.
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Pittsburgh Times
I Can't Understand The Mormon Question
Hairbang laments the long standing Mormon issue and questions how a man can want more than one wife while Mrs. Hair watches intently in a Pittsburgh Chronicle-style overheard exchange.
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Hairbang
Mrs. Hair
Mr. Hairbang
Stan
Dwarf Trees in China and Cultural Notes
Dwarf trees in China are curious forestry quirks. The article cites miniature oaks, chestnuts, pines and cedars grown in flower pots, with methods to prune roots and control growth. Also remarks on how books accompany life, urging constant learning as life fills with data.
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China
Philadelphia Press
Cure for worst supture promised without knife
The notice advertises a guaranteed permanent cure for the worst cases of supture using a new method with no knife. It requests two letters for references and a pamphlet from World’s Sensury Medical Association in Bufalo, N Y. A distracted warning from New Orleans Peayen and a passage on drafts and catarrh notes Ely's Cream Balm as a remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World's Sensury Medical Association
Bufalo, N. Y
Ely
Compound extract touted as cure for multiple ailments
An advertisement extols Dr Prences Compound Extract of Smart Weed with French Brandy Jamaica gin ger camphor water as a cure for diarrhea cholera morbus dysentery bloody flux colic and to treat colds fevers and inflammatory attacks. It denounces gossiping women and promotes Purexiy Asa Birrens as a non beverage medicine. It claims to purify blood and aid liver kidneys stomach and bowels. Cerboline hair restorer is praised as the best ever used.
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Bull
John Bull
Millville
N. J
C. Dougherty
David Kennedy
Kennedy
Carrie Key
Sergeant Key
N.J. Regt
Maraeum Fetanion
P. C. Ballou
Monkton
Wells, Richardson & CO
Furlington
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Cepar Rapros
Newman Independent
Waterloo Observer
Philadelphia Call
Wry
New York Dial
Burravo Biv
Lowell Courier
Keokuk News
Agricultural
Washington Telegram
Milwaukee
Societe Franklin
Popular ii
Benjamin Franklin
Pilim Crazylous
Torment Twist
Christian Bible
John Drinkee Reason Twuig
D. Slatecipher
Tar
Cleveland Voice
Tuene
Hezlttt
Turman
New Orleans
Peayen
Aurorn
Hawkey
Dra. Starkey & Palen
Girard Street
Philadelia
Isaac Thompson
Wells
Tintin Mae
H. M. Alexander
Fannettsburgh, Pus
Horsford
Pierce
Sizer
Oote
Caswel, Hazard & Co
Proprietors
Cragg-sta
Tueman
Chicago Eye
Heston Journal
William Hall
Wm. Hall
New York City
Eel Ueien
Grand Central Depot
Grand Union
Geo. E. Brown & Co
Aurora
Tfl
Louvaine
Susie Clay
Tryolia
L. B. White
North Granville
N. Y
Athlophoros Co
Wall &T
Tue Vourah Bert Co
Marshall, Mich
Bert
Lydia E. Pinkham
Nyald
Pier Herwge
Celeera
Hayfever
Kisostow & Co
Anion
Eng oOth Gia
Suili
Smith
Omco
Mala St
Prickly Ash Bitters CO
Kidder's
Dbase
Jeremiah Wright
Marion County
Allen
DigGers
Bowling Green
Voa
Wa. A. Granam & Co
Druegista
Zanesville
Mathias Freeman
Ev Rybody
Alene Lang
Cleveland Bay
Iglesea
Exmoor
Holland
Seton
Montgomery Ward & & CO
Wabash Avenue
Viason & Hamlin
Gary American Organs
the. Mason & Hamiin Organ and Piano Co
Mont St
E. 14Th St
Wabash Av
Kimberly
Brudgeport
Care Co Hartford
Lear Eitae A
Kingeron & Co
Sen
LaSalle St
Adwoo Falls
St.paul “Red Wing
Albert Lea
Ft.How
Chicaco
Rock Island & Pacific R’y
Pacific
Blue Island
Auburn
Joliet
Seneca
Ottawa
la Salle
Geneseo
Moline
Rock Island
Davenport
Muscatine
Keokuk
Knoxville
Oskaloosa
Pairfield
Des Moines
West Liberty
Iowa City
Avoca
Audubon
Harlan
Guthrie Center
Council Bluffs
Gallatin
Trenton
Cameron
Leavenworth
Atchison
Pullman
Missouri River
Minneapolis
Albert Sea
Kankakee
Newport
R. R. ‘Cable
T & Gen'l
E. ST. John, Gen'l T’k’t & Pass
R Ag’t
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