Chicago Retail Leaders Seethe Over Unseasonable Weather
A Chicago business authority warns that abnormal weather costs State Street dry goods shops millions. Cool springs and summers curb downtown shopper traffic and deter unnecessary purchases, reducing quarterly profits. Merchants note many sales shift to impulsive purchases triggered by displays rather than planned needs.
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Chicago
Xelox
Enormetta Aun
State Street
Chengo
Jose
Notable Ohio, Oklahoma, and national figures in a political panorama
The item surveys Ohio lawyer and Cleveland figure Clarke, Hanna’s opponent, and ex-Georgia politician Mrs. Davis, with details on Rogers era. It notes Gov. Ferguson of Oklahoma pursuing a nonpartisan public service, Choate as London’s dean of diplomats, and a high-profile ethics case involving former Binghamton mayor Green. Also mentions London’s planned women’s news panel and a Santa Fe incident and a French bubonic outbreak in Marseille.
Chicago Mayor Harrison Denounces Graft in City Hall
Chicago mayor Robert A. Harrison blasts graft claims, declaring the City Hall rife with corruption. He vows to fire suspects and says he has eighteen months left to act amid broad accusations and political tensions.
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Harrison Soya
Harrison
Chicago
City official questions on corruption and civil service
The speaker claims municipal service is hamstrung by lack of guiltproof. Mayor Harrigan is accused of withholding public understanding of widespread corruption in city departments to avoid accountability. He argues suspicions are not proof and cites difficulty in obtaining evidence under civil service laws.
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Harrigan
Thea Police Department
Baseball rumors and matchups spark 19th century speculations
Inview recounts umpire Silk O Loughlin flourishing in curent games while Mike Dorgan’s Giants offspring plays in Denver. Garter battles Gus Rublin in Philadelphia as Corbett and Fitzsimmons loom for a future bout. Keeler foresees a strong American League season and Adrian Annon tips Jajule as top diamond talent. Budding talks link Gardner to Fitzsimmons with a Yosemite Club bout in California. details hint at broader boxing plans.
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Silk" O'Loughlin
Earview
Mike Dorgan
New York Giants
Denver
Yeid
Garter
Brooklyn
Gus Rublin
Philadelphia
Jim Corbett
Fitzsimmons
Jong
Litly Keeler
New York
Adrian G. Annon
Jajule
Ql Anse
Mins Wagner
Wittsburge
Bob Pittsiimmons
George Greidner
President Rodanvelt Defends Govt Employee Rights
President Rodanvelt announced at the White House that the government must govern by law and treat all workers equally regardless of union membership. He rejected discriminating against Miller and urged focus on the legal relation between government and its employees, not personal affiliations or creed. Yellow fever intensifies on the Mexican border with 37 cases in Laredo, 16 confirmed by the marine hospital service, and a second detention camp established at Cactus near the Inter national and Great Northern line.
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Syad
United States
Cnars
Moti
Lhat
Miller
Thia
Laredo
Texas
Marine Hosplal Service
Cactus
International
Great Northern
Chicago
Express
Senate Committee On Transportation
Union National Bank of Chicago
Credit Mobilier
Ensa
Hartford
Conn
da Salle
Fort St. Lous
la Balle
Memphis
Logan
Oxlesby
Pallura
Henry Clews & Co
Wall Street
Banking House
Howe & Macey
New Yorks
Ridiculous Partes and Global Quirks Parade in Turmoil
A mosaic of satirical outlooks touches on Turkey, Beiruts echoes, and the world’s oddities. Figures like Lipton and May Goelet surface in playful comment as observers mock diplomacy, war talk, and global foibles while pulp headlines drift through jokes about diplomacy, expeditions, and chronic crises.
Tornado Toll Hits Minnesota Town and Wisconsin Regions
A violent tornado swept St. Charles Minnesota destroying most of the town and killing seven people with twenty eight injured. Across Wisconsin and nearby states, storms caused fatalities and widespread property damage including the loss of farms, churches, and power lines as crews battled fires and wreckage.
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St. Charles
Wienota
Minny
Minnesota
Iowa
Stephen Matter
St. Cloud
Minn
Thei
du- Mith
Inurder
Masaba Range
Independent theater planned in Indianapolis spreads $500000
Notes report a $500,000 independent theater to be erected in Indianapolis, a $380,000 contract let for work in Fanetton City, Kun. and details on university boarding for students. Also mentions a hanging in Wilkes-Barre over a murder and a Navy funding projection for 1905.
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Indianapolis
Hich
Fanetton City
Kun
Missouri University
Furalyi
Peter Lenalisky
Wilkesuutre
Thet County
Anthony Bounick
Ming
Congress
Movady
Navy
Wilson
Lunes County
Weather Summary Reports Mixed Crop Conditions Across Regions
The northward weekly weather summary notes generally favorable temperatures for late September, with cool nights harming certain Atlantic and Gulf areas. Frosts occurred mainly north of the Missouri Valley but caused little damage. Rain was sparse across much of the country east of the Rockies, while drought persisted in the Ohio Valley and parts of the central and western gulf states. Corn states saw favorable maturing conditions despite frosts, with less than 20 percent of Iowa’s crop unmatured. Harvests advance in many regions, including the Pacific coast, while cotton open and picked rapidly in the south amid drought and cool nights reducing quality. Corn, wheat, and tobacco reports indicate variable but overall favorable progress with some regional deterioration in central and western belts.
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Hureau
Atlantic
Gulf
Miesourt
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi Valley
Lake Region
Atlattin States
New England
Iowa
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Ixansna. A
North Pacific
Georgia
Kentucky
Tennessee
British Ambassador Sir Michael Herbert Dies in Switzerland
Sir Michael Herbert the British ambassador to the United States died in Tavos Platz Switzerland from quick consumption. He began diplomacy in 1870 in Paris and served in Washington The Hague Constantinople and Rome. He became ambassador to the United States after Lord Pauncefote’s death and was married to Miss Louisa Wilson, linking him to the Vanderbilt Ogden and Astor families.
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United States
Switzerland
Michael Herbert
Tavos Platz
Washington
Swlea
Sr Michael Hor MW Merwe
Bet
Paris
Hague
Constantinople
Rome
Parle
Sie
Monson
Lord Pauncefote
Michael
Mubasandor
Slr
Mies Lolin Wilson
Richard Wilson
New York
Herbert
Vanderbilt
Ogdonfi Goelot
Astor
Great Chicago Pageant and Industrial Parade
Chicago residents packed the elevated loop Tuesday night for a centennial pageant celebrating the city’s growth and industrial pride. The three hour parade showcased novel floats, drew vast crowds, and left the loop district glowing with red fire as Theodore Roosevelt Jr and cousin George Roosevelt returned from a Black Forest hunting trip. Destitute miners reportedly sought horse steps to escape starvation.
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Chicago
Turriven Steont
Mightgan Avenue
Mirket Street
Jarkgon Boulevard
Loop
Pheodore Roosevelt, Jr
George Roosevelt
Fifty Years Ago in The Weekly Historian Item
A fragment from the Weekly Historian notes a ship Annis Jane from Liverpool failing near Barra Inland with 848 of 450 passengers perishing, a Cincinnati counterfeiters raid exposing wealthy suspects, US bonds redeemed, Wall Street money tight, grain prices rising, San Francisco immigration surge, and California Oregon Indians on the warpath with white fatalities.
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Annis Jane
Liverpool
Ava Delyen
Barra
Cincinnati
United States
Treasury Department
Groat Denand
Wallaheot
San Francisco
California
Oregon
Forty Years Ago in Civil War Charts and Early US News
A survey of Civil War maneuvers near Chattanooga and the Potomac plus executive moves. Gen Rosecrans holds a safe post near Chattanooga while Gen Thomas secures the main army. Meade’s forces cross the Potomac. McCook faces dispatches over Chickamauga. Lincoln suspends habeas corpus as Chicago records panic, banks fall, and a yellow fever outbreak troubles Memphis.
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Rosecrana
Chattanooga
Thomas
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Missouri
Marshall
Robert TE. Teo
Washington, D. C
Richmond
Steute Ft
Gyrus W.field
Ireland
Newfoundland
Yancoln
Chicago
Barnalde
East Tennessee
Knoxgills
Twenty Years Ago News Highlights and Oddities
A retrospective roundup notes customs receipts at Chleace reaching 4,969,112 with a rise over 1,600,000 in a year. The Brooklyn Bridge cable car line opens to the public. Reports of persecution of Jews in western Hungary. Eye See defeats St Julian at Pleatswood Park in three straight heats. The bones of Guiteau are moved from the army museum in Washington. Panama Canal superintendent submits four vapors to Wrench company predicting completion in 1888. James G. Birnie says he will not seek the presidency in 1884. The Greess Navy Department says Greely’s Arctic expedition will not be sent before 1884.
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Chleace
Brooklyn Bridge
Westain
Hunghey
Day Eye
St Julian
Pleatswood Park
Guiteau
Garfeld
Ten Years Ago Settlers Seek Free Lands in Cherokee Strip Truce
A decade ago about thirty thousand settlers began a truce of twenty three inches to secure free lands in the Cherokee strip. Congress debates between representatives Morac of Massachusetts and Pith fan of Ajinola. A cigarette stub fire caused one million dollars in damage at St Joseph Missouri. Tornado damages Bloomington Oklahoma residence of Mrs Sarah Garter injuring a woman and her eldest daughter. Oklahoma militia will not join Fort Riley maneuvers due to equipment shortages.
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Cherokee Strip
Morac
Massachusetts
Pith Fan
Ajinola
National Congress
Bt. Joseph
Renater Gorman
United States Senate
Bloomington
Oklahoma
Sarah Garter
Fort Riley
Kas
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Ferguson
Joseph H. Choate
London
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Count Deym
Austria- Hungary
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Beavers
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Krimer
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Waerstuw
M. Fishu
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Marcellies
France
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Breathitt
Sam
Peter
Dunville
Canada
Thomas Lipton
Goelet Ia
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Iwalgt
Admiral Cotton
Danville
Salvation Army
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Tifa
Christiana
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Woraya
Tornado
Link
ST. Charles, Minn
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Reformed
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Raelne
Tsa
Carl Larson
Lve
Thomas Garroth
Trempenieau
Barahoo
Thal
Almond Killl
Sheridan
Wis
Lake Michigan
Hilo L. Lincksey
Green Falatd
Davelve
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Gondrich
Wish Creek
Stow
Neponnet
Hovsee
Charles ‘Turnbull
Thomas Murphy
Peter Johnson
Bureau
Stark
Henty
Martinsville
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Hghtalig
Peavey
Johm Slough
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