Dress Goods Sale at Half Price by Geo Wyman Co
During November Geo Wyman & Co offers a large stock of black and colored dress goods in short lengths remnants and full pieces at half price. Lot 1 features black and colored dress goods worth 1 to 2 dollars a yard at 75 cents. Lot 2 offers 75 cent to 1.50 dollar yard goods at 50 cents. Lot 3 includes 50 cent to 25 cent goods. Also cut lengths of colored broadcloths and venetians at 75 cents a yard. A golden opportunity to buy dress goods.
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Geo, Wyman & Co
Paroled convict returned to prison for revolver threat
Michigan City Michael O Connell a convict paroled a month ago to work on a LaPorte county farm near Union Mills was sent back to prison for violating his parole. He became drunk at Union Mills and terrorized the village by flour ishing a revolver. O Connell was sent up from Cass county in September 1897 for grand larceny.
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Michigan City
Michael O’connell
Union Mills
LaPorte County
O’connell
Cass County
Fragmented notes on deaths, legal action, and local sports
Incomplete report mentions cattle deaths possibly from poison linked to smut on red corn. Notes a Hunt on event with sister Ella Reese and sister Mrs. James Snyder. A separate item: judge considers a dispute over $10,000 in dues and tax credits. Fairmount Academy wins 15 to 0 against Gas City Owl. A Valparaiso item notes Henry Colgrove of Otage aged 48 reported dead by sewing mishap.
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Fairmount
Fairmount Acade
Gas City Owl
Gas City
Convicts Battle Guards In Kansas Prison Break
Captain Trelford led guards in a running battle at Bazar seven miles from Cottonwood Falls and captured three mutineers after they ran out of ammunition. One convict was wounded but talkative, and two men who captured Sheriff Cool earlier were identified among the escapees.
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Topeka
Leavenworth, Kas
Trelford
Bazar
Cottonwood Falls
Kas
Metz. Mo
Federal Penitentiary
Gilbert Mullins
Sol Southerland
Fred Robinson
Southerland
Mullins and
Sheriff Cool
Explosion at Liberty Chemical injures four girls and man
A gas cylinder exploded on the first floor of the Liberty Chemical building at Fifteenth and Cumberland streets in Philadelphia. Four girls Miss A. M. Grebe Miss Anna Grebe Miss Kate Drexler and Miss Stella Mack and engineer Edward Weyandt were injured. The building was wrecked and losses are pegged at about $50,000.
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Philadelphia
Liberty Chemical Company
Fifteenth Street
Cumberland Street
A. M. Grebe
Anna Grebe
Kate Drexler
Stella Mack
Edward Weyandt
Weyandt
Arctic Brings Nome Voyage with 118 Passengers and Gold
The steam schooner Arctic under Captain Erickson arrived from Nome with 118 passengers and 250000 dollars in gold. It was the last boat but one from the northern port and carried many leading businessmen. Arctic reports meeting the Ralph D. Long at Dutch Harbor after privations. The Long was to follow to Seattle the next day.
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Nome
Seattle
Wash
Arctic
Erickson
Ralph D. Long
Dutch Harbor
Long
Tragic Embezzlement Fallout Ends in Carbolic Acid Death
William Simpson a Zinsmeister Bros. salesman in Louisville faced $1,000 shortage allegations in a law office. As his employer and lawyer stood nearby, Simpson drank carbolic acid and died within fifteen minutes. Investigations trace the shortage to two men named by Simpson as potential settlers.
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Tvoison
Louisville
William Simpson
Zinsmeister Bros
Kohn, Baird & Spindle
Zinsmeister
New Albany
Simpson
Hunters Reported Killed in Wisconsin Deer Hunt
Unconfirmed reports say two hunters were killed by stray bullets during deer hunting in Bayfield and Douglas counties. One man died near Mason in Bayfield county, the other near Superior Junction in Douglas county. more than 3,500 hunters are in Ashland county woods and more casualties are feared.
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Ashland
Wis
Bayfield
Douglas
Mason
Superior Junction
Ashland County
Contempt in Chicago American case ends with jail terms
Judge Haneey orders Andrew M. Lawrence and H. S. Canfield jailed for forty and thirty days for contempt of court linked to quo warranto proceedings against Peoples Gas. Others including S. S. Carvalho and John C. Hammond are discharged. Hearst and others remain subject to future proceedings. The Hearst Chicago American case is taken under advisement.
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Chicago
Haneey
Hearst
Chicago American
Andrew M. Lawrence
H. S. Canfield
S. S. Carvalho
Hearst Publications
New York
San Francisco
John C. Hammond
Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company
Deneen
William R. Hearst
Homer Davenport
Clare A. Briggs
gale on british coast with wrecks and snowstorms
London reports violent winds and snow for coasts of the United Kingdom. A fierce channel gale drives mountainous seas with several vessels signaling distress near Dover while lifeboats struggle to reach them. The Cato collided with Loch Vennachar and foundered with crew saved. Snow begins in the lake district as wrecks occur on Sunderland coast.
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London
United Kingdom
Dover
Admiralty
Channel
Cato
Bennett
Melbourne
Thames
Lake District
Westmoreland Hills
Sunderland
Dollar Worth Forty Five in Colombia Exchange
News from Colombia reports the paper currency has reached record highs with one U S dollar worth 45 bolivares in Bogota and 48 in department money. Barranquilla merchants expect further depreciation and convert cash to coffee and other goods.
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Colon
Colombia
United States
Bogota
Barranquilla
Comrades Decline Aid for Molineux Son Trial
In Brooklyn, veterans of the One Hundred and Fifty-ninth New York Volunteers heard General E L Molineux decline financial help offered indirectly for the second trial of his son Roland B Molineux. He thanked them but could not accept the support.
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New York
E. L. Molineux
Roland B. Molineux
One Hundred and Fifty-ninth
New York Volunteers
Brooklyn Borough Hall
Roosevelt to occupy Oyster Bay villa next summer
President Roosevelt and his family will use Sagamore Hill in Oyster Bay next summer while renovations continue. He inspected improvements during a brief visit to vote, telling former friends they will see more of him next season.
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Oyster Bay
New York
L. I
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Ballymorebranch of United Irish League reads apologies
In Ballymore County Sligo the United Irish League committee read letters of apology from people seen speaking to a car driver who ferried for the police and served unpopular individuals. Two others offered verbal apologies for similar offenses at the Dublin meeting.
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Dublin
Ballymore
County Sligo
United Irish League
Iowa Dairymen Hold Annual Convention in Dubuque
The Iowa State Dairymen's Association opened its annual convention in Dubuque with about 400 delegates. Officials expect about 800 attendees over the next two days as creamery men from across the country attend, replacing the national convention this year.
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Iowa Dairymen
Dubuque
Iowa
Iowa State Dairymen’s Association
Fugitive Negro Captured in Des Moines
Des Moines police arrest a colored man believed to be "Bessie" Francis the Missouri fugitive sought at Independence. Officers say the suspect fits the description and are confident of the identification.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Bessie”’ Francis
Independence
Unclear Montana Arrest Suspect in Great Northern Express Robbery
Reports from May Not Be Longabaigh Montana indicate sheriffs doubt the identity of a man arrested in St Louis for the Great Northern Express robbery near Wagner last July.
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Longabaigh
Helens
Mont
Montana
St. ‘Louis
Wagner
Isthmian canal plans and Gulf Coast shipyards outlined
The Isthmian Canal Commission plans for a Nicaragua route report to the President, while Gulf Coast Ship Building and Dry Dock announces Mobile Bay and New Orleans plants. The Alabama company outlines shipyards, furnaces, coal depots, and dock operations with isthmian canal construction cited as likely.
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Washington, D. C
Isthmian Canal Commission
Admiral Walker
Nicaragua
Panama
New York
New York and Southern
Gulf Coast Ship Building and Dry Dock Company
Alabama
Mobile Bay
Ala
New Orleans
Mobile
Gulf Coast Company
Gulf
Newport News
Heart size up in Jeffries Ruhlin duel
Dr Clinton reports both Jeffries and Ruhlin have enlarged or bicycle hearts after medical examination in San Francisco. He notes thickened walls from hard training and a slowed pulse, common in athletes under violent exertion.
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San Francisco
Cal
Clinton
Jeffries
Ruhlin
Buildings Rented for Fair Site at Washington University
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company has secured 110 acres of Washington University grounds and the university's fine buildings west of Forest Park for fair use. The buildings total $900,000 in cost. The university administration building will serve as the exposition administration building while other structures host congresses education exhibits and athletic events.
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St. Louis
Baptism Narrowly Misses Fatal Outcome in Thorntown
Miss Minnie Codington of near Thorntown Ind nearly drowned during baptism by a Christian church minister. Bystanders and the minister pulled her from the water and physicians revived her after two hours of effort.
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Thorntown
Ind
Minnie Codington
Christian Church
Bank of Plymouth Robbery Shocks Des Moines
Des Moines report says Bank of Plymouth in Iowa was dynamited last night. The safe vault and building were badly wrecked. About fifteen hundred dollars was taken before the robbers escaped unseen. This marks the seventh Iowa bank robbery in a month.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Bank of
Plymouth
Zelaya Re-elected President in Nicaragua Vote
In Managua on November 13 general elections concluded peacefully with General Santos J. Zelaya winning a large majority and securing another term as president of Nicaragua.
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Zelaya
Managua
Nicaragua
General Santos J. Zelaya
Fiske Denounces Theatrical Trust At New York Club
Mrs Minnie Madern Fiske discusses the oppressive monopoly she calls the theatrical trust before a New York club. Artist Henry Hasbrouck is confined in Middletown state hospital after an incident. Louisville prisoner Newell Rathbun reveals a plot to swindle an insurance company. A body sent to Rathbun's home in Little Rock is identified as a tramp from Evansville. Bulgarian government demands ransom for Miss Stone to be paid on Turkish soil and the prisoner delivered there.
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Minnie Madern Fiske
New York
Theatrical Trust
Enterprise
Henry Hasbrouck
State Hospital
Middletown
N. Y
Newell C. Rathbun
Louisville
To. Swindle Insurance Company
Rathbun
Little Rock
Boers Claim 17000 on Warpath as Ammonition Is Hidden
Brussels report cites A Boerveldt cornet claiming 17,000 Boers remain active and that ammunition is concealed near Zoutspanberg and in Bechuanaland. The envoy says the British cannot vanquish the Boers and will yield South Africa, as they did the United States.
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Brussels
A. Boerveldt Cornet
Zoutspanberg
Bechuanaland
South Africa
United States
Kitchener Reports De Wet Located in Orange River Colony
Lord Kitchener's Pretoria dispatch notes Gen. De Wet in the northeast Orange River colony. He reports Boer forces assembling under De Wet and British operations to disperse them. Boer losses since Nov 4 tally 63 killed 105 wounded 104 captured 45 surrendered.
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Kitchener
de Wet
London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Orange River Colony
Divorce Mills Grind In Chicago Rumors Of Quick Separations
Grace Snell Coffin Walker Coffin wins third divorce from her husband within weeks of marriage. Actress Elizabeth Stuart Sturgis seeks divorce after alleged abuse by her real estate dealer husband. Sophonisba Harrison Eastman granted divorce. her brother is city mayor. George Horton seeks divorce over religious controversy and sues a board of trade man for damages.
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Chicago
Grace Snell-Coffin-Coffin-Walker-Coffin
Elizabeth Stuart Sturgis
Sophonisba Harrison Eastman
George Horton
Anthony
Greece
Board of Trade
Maclay to Revise His History If Schley Is Exonerated
Edgar Stanton Maclay author of A History of the United States Navy, still a clerk at Brooklyn Navy Yard, plans revisions to his work pending the court decision on Admiral Schley. He says he will remove material he deems detrimental if Schley is exonerated and cleared of discredit.
Independent Biscuit Makers Form National Association
Fifty independent concerns organize against the National Biscuit Company forming the Biscuit and Cracker Manufacturers' Association of the United States. H. B. Grubbs of St. Louis named president with J. W. Callahan of New York as secretary and George A. Ward of Pittsburgh as treasurer. Harry Fox of Chicago elected vice president.
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Biscuit Trust
Cincinnati
National Biscuit Company
Biscuit and Cracker Manufacturers’ Association of the
United States
H. B. Grubbs
St. Louis
J. W. Callahan
New York
George A. Ward
Pittsburg
Harry Fox
Chicago
Explosion in Coal Field Kills Three Miners
Three men Thomas Sykes Sam Davis and William Wood were killed in Bluefield West Virginia when a spark ignited powder in a keg as they opened it. The incident occurred November 18 in the coal field.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Thomas Sykes
Sam. Davis
William Woodson
Satisfaction Guaranteed Hustler Advertises at Local Store
A shortened classified style notice offers guaranteed satisfaction or no pay. It promotes a fast selling hustler with orders to be left at Hostettler and Lehman’s hardware store, signed by I. G. Lehman.
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Hostettler & Lehman
I. G. Lehman
Forest fires threaten towns across Missouri and Arkansas
Fires sweep toward Red Bud and Alto Pass Illinois as smoke covers regions near Poplar Bluff Missouri and Sedgwick Arkansas. Farmers battle blazes along Black creek and Richland creek bottoms while Culver Lumber plant in Sedgwick reports a fire consuming several thousand feet of lumber. Deer and wolves flee north amid extreme heat and wind.
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St. Louis
Red Bud
Alto Pass
Ill
Popular Bluff
Sedgwick
Ark
Black Creek
Richland Creek
Poplar Bluff
Sedgwick, aArk
Culver Lumber and Manufacturing Company
Two Men Sentenced to Hangs in Missouri and Kansas City
In Jefferson City on November 13 the Supreme Court sentenced Albert Garth to be hanged in Kansas City and Joshua L Craft to be hanged in Jefferson City on December 20. Garth, a Black man, killed Minnie Woods. Craft, a Missouri penitentiary escapee, shot and killed Herman Spieker who tried to arrest him.
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Jefferson City
Supreme Court
Albert Garth
Kansas City
Joshua L. Craft
Garth
Minnie Woods
Craft
Missouri Penitentiary
Herman Spieker
Bank Robbers Loot Trenton Vault in Midnight Heist
A special to the Banner reports robbers blew open the Trenton Kentucky bank vault with nitroglycerin at 1 am, stealing a post office deposit box containing about 3800 dollars. The safe was bored and charged with several holes, but doors remained intact and the thieves escaped on a handcar.
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Kentucky
Nashville
Tenn
Trenton
New Revolt Against Castro in Trinidad Port Carabobo
Port of Spain Trinidad Nov 13 General Juan Petrie has led another revolt against President Castro. The uprising centers at Carabobo with Petrie joined by several notable Venezuelans.
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Castro
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Juan Petrie
Carabobo
Pietrie
Henry Clay McDowell Named to Succe ed Position
Henry Clay McDowell has been named to a successor role in Washington on November 13. Details remain limited as the announcement proceeds.
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Henry Clay ‘McDowell
Washington
Henry: Clay McDowell
Sas Uate
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Geo. Wyman & Go
South Bend, Ind
Glenco
Harrison Township
Trabash
Ella Reese
Hunton
James Snyder
Ben O
Reese
Ben
Billsboro
Roberts
H. Davis
C. L. Howe
Thomas Goff
Valparaiso
Henry Colgrove
Achorsé
Leavenworth
Lawrence Lewis
Quenemo
Lewis
Newspaper
South Main ST
Elkhart Food Company
Elkhart, Ind
Elkhart County
Ofice Deros
Pigeon St
Fiele
Cornet
R. M. Johnson
J. D. Osborne
Johnson & Osborne
Elkhart
Indiana
U.s.flag
St.Joseph Valley Bank
Main St
Indians National Bank
Singer Mfg. Co. Calonor
D. E. Weaver
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