Train to California to Start November 1 1902
Announcement of a new Daily Limited train to California by the Hook Island System and Southern Pacific Company via the El Paso Short Line set for November 1 1902. Open competition to the public with no fees. Also real estate listings near Normal school business lots and acreage by L. J. Prion and Tribune Store ad notices.
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California
Hook Island System
Southern Pacific Company
Elpaso
Tno
Sebastain
Rock Island System
Chicago
L. J. Prion
Bucks for Sale at Twin Bridges Ranch
A choice lot of Young Shropshire Bucks and Cottswold Grades offered for sale. Visual inspection available at the ranch near Twin Bridges. Telephone 19.
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Twin Bridges
Irish Convention Adopts Resolutions on English Rule
Boston hosts the United Irish League first convention with Bourke Cockran and John Finerty as leaders. John Dillon and Michael Davitt urge American support, appeal for public justice in Britain, and outline Ireland’s 110,000 members. Botha and Boers mentioned in Davitt's remarks. A separate note reports a triple murder in New York as William C. Turner kills Mallard and Hamilton then himself in a law office over a $5,000 dispute.
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Boston
United Irish League
Bourke Cockran
Cockran
John F. Finerty
Chicago
John Dillon
Michael Davitt
Ireland
England
America
League
Scotland
Wales
Davitt
Botha
Pardeburg
South Africa
New York
William C. Turner
Climax Bottling Company
W. J. Mallard
Robert Hamilton
Turner
Cantor, Adams & McIntyre
Wall Street
Mallard
Hamilton
Pardon of Sidewheel Dawson Aims at Political Payback
A former inmate, Sidewheel Dawson, narrates a violent past ending in a controversial self defense verdict. He describes his jail term cut from twenty to five years after a pardon granted by Governor Van Ahren following Dawson’s dramatic rescue of a young woman during a gas leak incident. The tale unfolds with Dawson’s boast and his unlikely political leverage.
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Mr. Dawson
Prue
Levee
van Ahren
Dawson
Particu
Maggsy Kelly
Van
Mr. Kelly
Snapper Griffin
Bayside
James van Ahren
Lfe
Muggsy
Griffin
Murderer of Hicks Family Executed Same Day in Texas
Jim Buchanan, a Black man, was tried in Nacogdoches after a guilty plea, and hanged within hours. Militia protected him as townspeople reacted with violence including telegraph cuts and rail sabotage while a speedy trial proceeded. The court set a death date of November 17, but execution occurred immediately in the jail yard.
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Hicks
Nacogdoches
Tex
Jim Buchanan
Buchanan
Spradley
Spracley
Irish Members Raise Trouble in the Commons
Irish nationalists crowded question time in the House of Commons challenging the Irish secretary Wyndham over the imprisonment of Irish members. Wyndham answered calmly while derisive cries rose, the speaker silencing disruptions as William O Brien’s adjournment motion on Police Sergeant Sullivan's case was rejected.
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House of Commons
London
Wyndham
William O’brien
Sullivan
America
In Memory of the Dead Observed at W C T U Session
A memorial service for deceased members marked the fourth day of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union convention in Portland Maine. Reports from superintendents were given and resolutions prompted earnest debate. A pro prohibition endorsement was reaffirmed and a home protection resolution passed with an amendment affirming shared responsibility for the home’s beauty purity happiness and sanctity.
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Portland
National
Women’s Christian Temperance Union Convention
Committee On
Sherwell Goes On Trial For Murder In Evansville
Wilber S. Sherwell, a former policeman, faces murder charges in Evansville circuit court for the killings of Lena Renner Georgia Bailey and Fannie Butler. The Bailey case opened first with testimony about a night ride with Mrs. Bailey on November 15 and her subsequent disappearance. Witnesses described the discovery of a body near the city.
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Sherwell
Evansville
Ind
Wilber S. Sherwell
Lena Renner
Georgia Bailey
Fannie Butler
Bailey
Marshal Killed in Negro Riot at Blossom Texas
Blossom Texas October 20 City Marshal Ben Hill was killed during a negro festival last night while attempting to quell a riot. Three negroes were also shot in the unrest. The violent confrontation involved gang members and fighting spilled into the streets as authorities struggled to restore order.
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Blossom
Tex
Ben Hill
Quella
Mob Executes Charles Young By Fire In Arkansas Jail
A mob in Forest City Arkansas seized Charles Young after he was accused of attacking and killing Mrs Ed Lewis a white woman. They forced open the jail dragged him away tied him to a stake and burned him. The crowd then hunted another suspect in the Lewis murder.
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Williams
Young
Lewis
Discarded Lover Shoots California Venus Then Ends Life
Marian Nolan once crowned the most perfectly formed woman in California in a beauty contest near 1893 is shot by Edward Marschutz at her San Francisco home after a quarrel and he shoots himself. The couple had a long troubled love affair.
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San Francisco
Marian Nolan
Pacific Coast
California
Edward Marschutz
Marschutz
Miss Nolan
Chicago
National Live Stock Association Elects New Officers
At Pittsburg on October 20 the National Live Stock association elected J. B. Douds of Chicago as president G W Baker of Chicago as secretary and W F Wiley of Sioux City as treasurer The meeting also debated livestock census with plans to urge Congress to commission a new national count of cattle and other stock.
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National Association
J. B. Douds
Chicago
Pittsburg
National Live Stock Association
G. W. Baker
W. F. Wiley
Sioux City
United States
Congress
Pudding Dilemma At Luncheon Described
A child Willie notices his mother has no pudding and asks to swap with Elsie. Mamma, sharing, distributes the treat between Willie and Elsie, prompting Willie to request Elsie’s portion so he can enjoy his own. The scene depicts family sharing and a tender moment at the luncheon table.
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Mamma
Willie
Elsie
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Feligtaa Dit
Byuk Fang Go Sal
Tribune
Max Lauterbach
W. George & CO
East
Mercury Street
Butte, Mont
Dillon
Strauss Bros
Mont
Perry Davis
Painkiley
United
Irish League
Dilton
Azo
P. 1
Talmadge
Russia
Cornhill Magazine
F C. DeWitt & Co
Central Poarinnay
Ely
Vin de Giadiona Co
Des Moines
Iowa
City Drug Store
Bedrock, Salmon & Gibbonsville Stage Co
A. S. Mall
Salmon City Shoupe
Gibbonsville
Ida
Leesburg
Blackbird
Forney
Yellow Jacket
Silvercreek
Prairie Basin
Challia
Salmon River
Red Rock
Care Stage Co
F. W. Vogler
Gen. Mgr
Stockmen's Directory
Philip Lovell
Sida
Ea Chin
Bea
Sen
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