Two Elective Posts Given to Western Delegates
At Kimball Hall the Citizens' Industrial Association of America elected David M. Parry of Indianapolis as president. Parry controls the executive committee, with ten appointees to be named, shaping the new body as an employers' association. Delegates debated broadening to include Citizens' Alliance members, resolving in a compromise.
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Indianapolis
Chicago
Citizens’ Industrial Association of America
Employers’ Association
Citizens’ Alliance
Kimball Hall
David M. Parry
Parry
National Manufacturers’ Association
Asop
Citizens’ Alliances
J. C. Craig
Colorado State
Denver
E. M. McCreary
Detroit
National Electrical Contractors’ Association
Evansville
Craig
E. N. Chadwick
Brooklyn
Holle
New York
Saunders
Mr. Parry
Frederick Wrob
Chicago Employers’ Association
America
Iron workers strike implications across major cities
President Buchanan backs peaceful settlement while Parks faction pushes ahead. Notifications go to locals where Iron league contracts exist. The strike would directly affect about 10,000 iron workers and could impact 100,000 to 150,000 more across New York Boston Philadelphia Pittsburgh Chicago St Louis Cleveland and Cincinnati.
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Buchanan
Parks
New York
Iron League
Boston
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Baston
Chicago
St. Louis
Cleveland
Cincinnati
International Executive Committee
Grain dealer John Brodie vanishes leaving 350000 debts
Valparaiso Indiana October 30 John Brodie ex postmaster and leading local grain dealer disappeared after signing over all property to his stepdaughter leaving 350 000 in debts mainly to farmers He is believed to have fled to Canada and has lived in Valparaiso for twenty five years and was active in Democratic politics.
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John Brodie
Valparaiso
Ind
Canada
Unveil Monument to Lincoln in Pana Illinois
The bronze statue honoring Union soldiers and sailors was unveiled at Rosemond Grove Cemetery by Capt. and Mrs. John W. Kitchell. Charles J. Milligan of Chicago created the statue. Benson Wood Illinois G A R department commander delivered the principal address, followed by Ben F. Caldwell and Capt. J. W. Kitchell. More than 3,000 attended.
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Pana
Ill
Abraham Lincoln
Rosemond Grove Cemetery
Bank Teller Out on Bonds
Eldora Iowa Oct 30 6 E Soule under indictment for embezzlement of 35000 from Home Savings Bank of Iowa Falls where he was teller has secured bonds. Friends who reside at Iowa Falls furnished the security.
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Eldora
Iowa
Soule
Home Savings Bank of
Iowa Falls
Western League Troubles Hit St. Joseph Franchise
St. Joseph owner J. H. Van Brunt says Kansas City and Milwaukee may drop from the Western league next season and questions whether St. Joseph will want to stay with the circuit.
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St. Joseph
Kansas City
Milwaukee
J. H. van Brunt
Despotic Rule Brings Cholera Under Kabul Camp Plan
An outbreak of cholera in Kabul led the ameer to move troops to high ground and ban fresh vegetables fruit and unboiled water. Penalties for disobedience were death, with rationed food provided to the poor to ensure compliance while cholera raged. The pestilence was stamped out.
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Kabul
Ameer
Frost Breaks Four Hundred Moscow Phone Wires
Frost strands Moscow as four hundred telephone wires snap in intense cold isolating the city from outside communication. Residents report extensive outages and reduced service across urban districts. City authorities assess repairs and emergency lines to restore connectivity.
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Moscow
Electric Light on canal opens new navigable era
Detroit October 31. For the first time the ship canal between Montreal and Sorel in Canada was illuminated by electricity on October 30. The canal is now navigable as during the day.
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Canal
Detroit
Mich
Montreal
Sorel
Canada
Post as Consul Appoints Webster of New York
In a distant dispatch Webster of New York has been appointed to a consul post in Washington Det. 81 William Henry Harrison is referenced. The note indicates a government appointment involving an expected diplomatic position.
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Washington
William Henry Harrison
Webster
New York
Oue
Conciliatory Pledge From Eleanor Lawrence 1903
The excerpt records Eleanor Lawrence vowing to be agreeable to employers and others. She commits to avoid cards and dancing outside her profession, to carry a prayer book, and to live so her father can say good things, dated January 9 1903.
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Eleanor Lawrence
Letter Arrives From Buffalo at New York Post Office
A letter mailed in Buffalo has been received at a New York post office directed to a specific recipient. The communication confirms delivery within the urban postal network and reflects routine mail handling.
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Buffalo
New York
Letter Arrives For City Bootblock in New York
A New York City bootblock near City Hall Park, known for his missing leg, is questioned by a letter-carrier who asks for his name Joseph North. The postman confirms the letter should be delivered to him.
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Joseph North
Young Black Preacher James L Washington Debuts in Boston
James L. Washington, a four year old preacher and son of a jubilee songster, appeared at Ebenezer Baptist in Boston with his blind father. Born in 1888 at Big Rock Arkansas, he began ministry at age four and has since followed it. He reportedly can name and read any scripture and recite 531 chapters from the Bible.
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James L. Washington
Boston
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Boston Globe
Big Rock
Ark
Diagram of footprints of trotters and pacers
A diagram illustration shows the footprints of trotters and pacers. The image highlights gait differences and track positioning for harness racing horses, aiding identification of stride patterns and footfalls.
Students Tramp to College From New York Homes
Two Amherst College freshmen, Vernon S. Clark of Binghamton and Robert C. Powell of Poughkeepsie New York, made a long foot trip to begin the college year. They traveled the distance along country roads and survived on meals offered by farmers along the way.
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Amherst College
Vernon
S. Clark
Robert C., Powell
Binghamton
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Amherst
Twenty four children claimed by Indiana father
John Sawyer of Daviess county Indiana is said to be father of twenty four children. He has been married multiple times with the second marriage to his first wife’s sister. His son Fred married and, after the death of his first wife, married her sister.
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John Sawyer
Daviess County
Indiana
Fred
Hidden Thames Well Uncovered During Cellar Work
An organized search failed but a dull mason breaking through a dungeon floor uncovered a historic well sixty feet deep with thirty feet of spring water. The find revealed a secret corridor used by officers to eavesdrop on captives and linked to old prison entrances.
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Thames
Key Is a Monster Weighing Nearly Two Pounds Rellic of Old French Prison
A historical note describes a massive key weighing almost two pounds once used as a relic from an old French prison. The item is presented as a curiosity illustrating past lock and key craft.
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Rellic
Old
Giant Civil War Era Key Found in Maine Man’s Possession
A Bangor veteran owns a one pound thirteen ounce giant key picked up near Morganzia Bend Louisiana, once used on a French built prison for enslaved people. Locksmiths say it fit a two foot square oak lock. no iron lock traces were found.
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Bangor
Maine
Morganzia Bend
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
United States
Bangor Commercial
Remarkable Apple Cluster in Auburn Man's Office
Arista Webber of Auburn Maine preserves a branch of an apple tree with 99 apples on it. The fruits are small, natural pinkish with bloom, and packed so tightly there is no room for another. From a distance they resemble peaches.
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Arista Webber
Auburn
The Blessing of Toll in a Fragmented Verse
Fragmentary verse reflects a meditation on tolls and fate. The speaker blesses the toll and its necessity while contrasting burdens and obstructions overcome by divine pushing. The text reads as a poetic meditation on duty and perseverance.
Flying machine shows Colorado inventor’s winged design
Spaulding drafts a patent for a birdlike flying machine with a human figure, large green eyes, feathered wings arranged like real plumage, and a tail for steering. The model and caption appear in the Patent Office showcase amid other entries, with questions about whether it ever flew.
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Spaulding
Colorado
Mr. Ireland
The Toilet of a Mandarin Described in a Book
A historian notes a Chinese mandarin sleeps with clothes on and uses a detailed routine after waking. He cleans teeth with a mug and tongue scraper, rinses in a courtyard copper basin, and completes undress and dress with a ritual rag, drawers, silk leggings, and a robe.
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China
Small but Brainy Michael Hemmelrath of Little Rock
Michael Hemmelrath, thirty four inches tall and weighing about forty pounds, is advertising manager for a Little Rock business. At twenty years old he is the oldest of twelve children. A younger brother acts as coachman while he travels with a goat team and wears a Prince Albert coat and silk hat.
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Michael Hemmelrath
Little Rock
Ark
United States
Prince “Albert
Henry
Hemmelrath
Squash tale sent from Stoington to Bangor paper
A quirky squash story from Roy B. Fifield of Stoington Maine appears in a Bangor newspaper. The note describes a squash anecdote and hints at local curiosity about squash exploits.
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Roy
B. Fifield
Stoington
Nostradamus Predicted Pope Leo XII Death by Comet
The New York Herald notes admirers cite Nostradamus quatrains claiming a twentieth century pope would die the day a star or hairy comet vanished from the sky. French occultist Douchet argues Nostradamus had a comet in mind, linking it to the Borelli comet's disappearance on Pope Leo XII's death day.
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Nostradamus
Leo XII
M. Henri Dowchet
M. Douchet
Borelli
Marseilles
Pope Leo
New York Herald
Boer and British Artillery Testimony Highlights Boer Firepower
General Butler testified to a British war commission about Boer artillery. He cited a superior foreign intercepting recoil system and described a Boer gun firing at extreme range. A shell created a deep ground hole that killed a native observer. he doubted any gun could fire two shells into the same hole.
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Butler
British War Commission
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Juss Eleanag Lawatre
City Hall Park
New York City
Trotter
John
Pacer
Parker
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