Local Official Listings and Church Notices
A Boone Iowa political slate lists A J Holmes Myron Underwood Myron Underwood etc for various county roles. The document also records church services Sunday prayers and Sunday school times with pastors listed for multiple denominations and local lodge and cemetery society officers.
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Congreshman
A. J. Holmes
Boone
Biate
Eldora
W. A. P. Eberhart
Union
E. W. Crockett
Alden
W. J. Moir
Chas. Hoelisher
Grant
J.B. King
National Solons Digest of Senate and House Proceedings
A digest of sessions from March 8 to March 13 detailing debates on silver coinage and civil service reform, river and railway bills, and the death of Senator Miller of California. Reports cover Eads lobbying remarks, Duskin and Porter cases, and continued activity on Indian appropriation and land grant bills. Funeral rites for Miller noted in Washington.
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Wasnincrox City
Senate
House
State of the Union
Funston
Kansas
Lanham
Texas
Xaffoon
Kentucky
McCreary
Rowell
Illinois
Poole
Arkansas
Lefevre
Ohio
Millard
New York
Wassreton City
Bishop Bowman
St Louis
Knights of Labor
Hennepin Canal
Vance
Committee On Civil Service Reform
Bowen
Stanford
California
Miller
Belmont
Bennett
North Carolina
Henley
Union Pacific Railway
Washmcrox City
Capt Eads
Logan
Riddleberger
Mississippi
Alton
Tils
Edmunds
Colorado Desert
Eldridge
Washincton City
Blackburn
Eas
Eads
Gen
Committee On Rules
Davis
Pugh
Duskin
Northern Pacific
United States
Washiinton City
Jones
Nevada
National Bimetallic Association
Fitz John Porter
Iowa
Wilson
Parker
Weaver
Oklahoma
Wasziscron Crrr
Kenna
West Virginia
Caswell
Wisconsin
Treasury
States
Nebraska
Congress
Springer
Committee On
Gen. Hencock
Washineton City
Edmunds on the Prerogative in Duskin Case Debate
Senator Edmunds spoke to a large audience on the Duskin case, arguing the senate must see papers held by the president and attorney general as custodians of official records. He cited Thurman and Bayard era precedents, praised Thurman, and used linguistic quirks to illustrate arguments before the Senate. A separate report notes a planned nomination of ex Senator B. E. Bruce of Mississippi to the civil service commission, and a list of postmaster and other confirmations by the Senate in secret sessions.
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Washington Orix
Edmunds
Vermont
Senate
Duskin
Allan G. Thurman
Messiah Bayard
Garland
Lamar
Senate Judiciary Committee
Utah
Thurman
Judiciary Committee
Wasuixeron Cirr
B. E. Bruce
Mississippi
Civil Service Commission
Dorman B. Eaton
Matthews
Moonshiners Swept Up in Tennessee Revenue Raids
Two revenue raiders led by Col. E. E. Tansil and Col. J. M. Hughes spent March in Putnam Overton Jackson and Pickett counties. They seized thirty five moonshiners, destroyed twenty four distilleries, 401 fermenting tubs, 17700 gallons of beer, 190 gallons of wine, sixty gallons of whiskey, thirty bushels of malt, and forty bunkels of meal, hoping to break the wildcat business.
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Nasuviiex
Tenn
E. E. Tansil
J. M. Hughes
Putnam
Overton
Jackson
Pickett
Bloody express robbery cripples messenger on rail
Joliet Illinois March 12 a bold and bloody train robbery on the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific west bound express between Joliet and Morris left messenger Kellogg Nichols dead with his throat cut from ear to ear. The robbers looted the safe of about twenty to twenty five thousand dollars while checks and valuables were scattered on the car floor. A posse from Joliet and Morris pursues the culprits as public anger boils. a five thousand dollar reward is offered and ten thousand for all involved. Nichols, a Chicago resident and long time United States Express employee, is mourned.
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Joliet
Ila
Illinois
Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific
Morris
Kellogg Nichols
Nichols
Ita
Here
Messenger Nichols
Reitz
Murray
Messenger
United States Express Company
Wagner
Rock Island Company
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company
A. Kimball
Melloy Graham Case Opens Anew In Missouri Trial
Springfield dispatch says Mia Melloy and Cora Les Graham appeared hopeful as the trial resumes with expectations that Graham faces complicity charges and Molloy may be charged as an accessory. Only eight witnesses testified. Brumley remains at large after leaving with a horse. Graham dictations to a Bible clue narrative are noted but not central to the day’s testimony.
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Springfield
Melloy-Graham
Mia Melloy
Cora Les Graham
Birs. Molloy
Sarah Graham
Brumley
Molloy
Arkansas
Graham
Ecclesiastes
St Louis Strike Skews Traffic As Rail Officials Forecast Freight
In St Louis on March 15 the strike remained largely unchanged with no freight moving and trains idle while officials predicted freight service would resume Monday. Strikers stated they would not run freight and engineers and firemen reportedly support the strike. State Labor Commissioner Kochtitzky arrived Saturday night from Jefferson City.
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St. Louis
Kochtitzky
Jeifemou
Bad Railway Accident Near Marshal Mich Leads to Fatal Injuries
A Michigan and Ohio railway wreck six miles south of Marshal Michigan Friday night left many passengers hurt. The rear coach plunged down an embankment after a defective rail. Injuries include broken wrists internal injuries for John Hurd of Bridgeport Conn and serious head wounds for W W Eppstein of Toledo. Mrs C G Cooper of Unstead Mich suffered fatal hip crush injuries. Several others including Mrs Woolcott and N L Brockway were injured. The two Shaeffer children from Alle gan Mich are among the gravely injured with skull fractures and imminent danger.
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Torino
Ohio
Michi& Ohio
Marshal
Nich
John Hurd
Bridgeport
Conn
W. W. Eppstein
Toledo
CP. Chook
Brooklyn
Mich
CG. Cooper
Woolcott
Jonesville
N.L. Brockway
Johnsville
M. Shaeffer
Michigan & Ohio
Allegan
William Rundel
Tecumseh
Three Archer outlaws lynched at White River bridge
In Shoalis Indiana on March 12 the Archer outlaws were executed by unknown assailants after a vigilante lynching. They shot themselves into White River beneath the bridge, then dispersed. Sheriff Padgett alerted the court house. funerals promise to be private with only families attending.
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Shoais
Ind
White River
Padgett
Court
Statues for the Tilinola State House in Illinois case heard
In Sprincrizto Illinois on March 13 Hon D T Littler sought a injunction against state house commissioners to stop placing statues of eight prominent living citizens on the state house corbels. The final hearing before Judge Fudge Creighton of Sangamon circuit court concluded with the matter under advisement after arguments by Littler and Senator Hamilton.
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Sprincrizto
Ill
State House
D. T. Littler
Fudge Creighton
Sangamon Circuit Court
Littler
Hamilton
Rex Parade Thrills New Orleans Crowds
His Majesty Rex led an annual parade in New Orleans drawing large crowds. Enthusiasm surged from the levee landing to the parade route as tens of thousands filled streets, with observers estimated from 25,000 to 50,000 visitors and about half the city’s population along the line. The crowd turnout remained strong throughout.
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Rex
New Orleans
New Oraceans
Joan B.gougn
Jast
Joan B. Gousent
A. G. Ne’ Ee
Baba
Clark Bt
Obicego
United States Marshal Takes Charge of Texas Pacific Property
United States Marshal Reagan, by order of Judge Pardee, assumed control of the Texas Pacific property in this district and warned others against interference. Railroad shops reopened with few strikers reporting for duty as receivership faces resistance. Marshal Cabal and ten deputies in Bonham began operations to resume traffic.
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Marsham
Tex
United States
Reagan
Pardee
Texas Pacific
Wheeler
GaxLvesTon
Bonham
Cabal
Notable Deaths Sweep Through Political World
The observed death toll includes ex senator Jerome B. Chaffee of Colorado, born 1835, who died of acute meningitis near Westchester. He was a mining operator and legislator, noted for opposing the Union Pacific railroad during his Senate term, and later retired from public life. Also reported: Bowyer, postmaster of Omyry, Ill., a former state legislator and Civil War surgeon general, died at 6 in-morning.
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Jerome B. Chaffee
Purdy’s Station
Westchester County
Niagara County
New York
Colorado
Omyry
Bowyer
Eleventh
Missouri Infantry
St. Louis
Philadelphia
B. H. Brewster
Brewster
Mary Bleecker Seymour
Horatio Seymour
Roscoe Conkling
Fires Blaze Across Murphysboro And More New From March
Fire in Murphysboro Illinois destroys three business houses with about 15000 dollars in loss. Berlin firms circulate thalers coined in Switzerland and France. Arthur L Mackaye granted divorce from Maud Miller Mackaye McCormick, Joaquin Miller’s daughter. Rhinebeck New York hosts weight guessing for a famed fat hog. Indiana gas experiments probe underground existence. Oregon East Portland man fatally shoots wife then himself. Hard silver dollars issued in the past week. Wisconsin congressman elect swears oath Monday. Springfield hosts torfmen breeders meeting. Pioneer furnace manager James A Root killed by a train. Syracuse stores damaged by fire. Rex leads New Orleans carnival at the Exposition building.
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Murphysboro
Ilx
Berlin
Switzerland
France
Arthur L. Mackaye
Maud Miller-Mackaye-McCormick
Joaquin Miller
Rhinebeck
Indiana
Depot Hotel
East Portland
Ora
Charles Burgess
Emms Bimons
Minta
Thomas R. Hada
Fifth
Wisconsin
Springfield
Ill
James A. Root
Pioneer Furnace
Negaunee
Mich
Benjamin Brothers
Kenyon & Potter
Syracuse
N. Y
New Orleans
Rex
Charles V
Spain
Exposition Building
Poisoning at County Poor-House By Paris Green In Coffee
In Lesanox, March 12, over 100 poor-house inmates drank coffee laced with Paris green. One lunatic dumped a two-pound Paris green package into the boiler. Dr. Weiss reports thirty expected to die. nearly 100 patients are ill but improving by March 18 with fifty could have died without the excess poison. A German tramp is suspected in the act.
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Allison
Yate
Phi Beta Kappa
Claflin, Allison & Co
Boston
James Eels
Lane Theological Seminary
Cincinnati
Supreme Court
Des Moines
Iowa
Seton Hall Seminary
South Orange
N. J
Emma French
Toledo
Albany
N. Y
Troy
John W. Oliver
Order of Sons of Temperance
Yonkers Statesman
Gen. Devereaux
Gcc & I
Cleveland
Col & N
Texas
Lesanox
Weiss
Seepaxox
Almshouse
Frelinghuysen
Popular movement to exonerate 1851 Ashland triple murder suspects
In Ashland Kentucky on March 10 a reexamination by detectives and philanthropists seeks to prove Neal Craft and Elis innocence in the Christmas Eve 1851 murders that sparked a lynching and massive postcrime killings. Investigators argue the trio were not responsible, citing new theories and the involvement of respected town residents. Arrests are anticipated once evidence is reviewed.
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Ashlamd
Neal
Craft
Elis
Wll
Lous
Loy
Commodity and Livestock Quotations Across Markets
Oceanic report shows March 1 quotations for wheat corn oats and Park futures in Cuiiaco with notable shifts. Livestock bids sink from early activity to lower packer demand with hogs cattle and sheep outlined, while dairy butter eggs potatoes poultry and apples quote varied prices in New York market.
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Cuiiaco
Board of Trade
Mar
Dune
He Cnton Stock Yards
Solower
Steesers
N. Tiv &. Ce Ag
Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral Praised by Readers
Letters from Mrs. E G Edgerly of Connell Bluffs and John I Stoddard of Petersburg praise Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral as a reliable remedy for croup whooping cough and throat lung illnesses. Edgerly notes thirty years of home use with trusted outcomes for all ages. Stoddard states no medicine equals it for respiratory afflictions.
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Ayer
E.G. Edgerly
Connell Bluffs
Jaws
John i. Stoddard
Petersburg
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Endorsed by Readers Across States
Letters from Mrs. L. E. Herman of Jersey City and others praise Ayer's Cherry Pectoral as a reliable remedy for throat and lung diseases in children and adults. They claim it cures croup quick cold relief and bronchitis, deeming it a household necessity and absolute cure in stated cases.
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L. E. Herman
Mercer St
Jersey City
Ayer
B. T. Johnson
W. H. Stickler
Terre Haute
Ind
E. M. Breckenridge
Brainerd
Brainerd, Minn
Adeline Patti Hissed Off Stage at Valencia Opera
Madame Patti faced a hostile reception in Valencia on Friday as La Traviata began with a problematic duet. She left the stage, changed costumes, and departed the theatre escorted to her hotel amid a crowd shouting and jeering.
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Valencia
Mme. Adeline Patti
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Official Directory
J. B. Hadley Marshal
W. L. Barnes
Redgedesg
J. F. Hardin
MM. B Cavnon
Panter
W. H. Slingerland
Consheeation AL
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Cuasrar
McClure
Sanan Merrnoorst
J. Limke
Sundsyxonoolat
N. Sarar, Recorder
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Jostice Row
M. W
Parsrow
Wwe
Moon Strange Brothers
Jorsthan Bpsmerer
Evergreen
Knights of Phythias
Ellaworth Beall
Fam Johns
R. Edgington, Jr
Masonic Hall
Bell D. Mies
W. M
James ¥. Walker
Mra
Li’ L. Scott
Myra. Allen Meader
Mins Sadie Meader
L. P. Bowes
L. Sergent
Sentinel
Public Square
Court House
Essie Hulbert
the Cemetery Society
D. G. Meader
Turner Forker
A .H Eastman
0. McK. Duren
J. E. King
Berton
Reimer
King
Hiders
Morse A
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Riby Mos
South Side
Denes
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M. Underwood M.D
Offee
Young
U.F & Pillsbury
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Osice
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Gldora
Lowsa
F. Beers
O ¢ Law
Port Henry
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Burling
Bardin
Leslie
Leslie E. Keeley
New Seardy & Co
Culcage
OUR
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Capitol
The
Loyal Legion
Senate Chamber
Diplomatic Corps
Dr. Leonard
St Paul's Episcopal Church
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Pacific Coast
Buck
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Washington
G. E. Finney
Columbus
Adolph Engleman
Belleville
J. B. Bennet
Worthington
Minn
J. H. Evens
Wabasha
J. H. Koop
Brainard
Joseph Edelbroch
St. Cloud
T. P. Naughlin
Munston
Wis
Dan Dalton
Cauvusvs
House of Representatives
Daniel J. Dalton
Hamilton County
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Illinois Knights of Labor
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Phelps, Dodge & Palmer
C. H. Fargo & Co
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W. N. Whiteley
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Amos Whiteley
William N
Champion City Times
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Bis
Getsonferestes
Missouri Pacffic Company
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Uncle Sam
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Mishawaka
Los Angeles
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Stowe
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Yarmouth
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Towner County
Dakota
American Congress of Churches
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Kate Chase Sprague
Paris
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Indianapolis
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Price Baking Powder CO
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Lowell
Glass
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Champion & Bak
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Monufacec Co
Quincy, Iil
Madame Patti
U.S
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DR. Ward &Co
Louisiana, Mo
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Murray St
Express
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Wm. G. Henderson
P.O. Box
F Street
Washington, D. 5
U. 8 Patent Office
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Lllinois
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Milwaukee & St. Paul
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