Dress Goods Sale At Half Price From Geo Wyman Co
Nov read sale by Geo Wyman & Co offers large stock of black and colored dress goods in short lengths remnants and full pieces at reduced rates. Lot 1 features black and colored goods worth 1 to 2 dollars per yard at 75 cents. Lot 2 includes 75 cent to 1.50 dollar yard goods at 50 cents. Cut lengths of broad cloths and venetians also 75 cents yard, plus printed French flannels at 37 1/4 cents per yard. Significant bargain for dress fabrics.
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Geo, Wyman & Co
Convict Returned to Prison for Union Mills Incident
Michigan City inmate Michael O Connell, paroled a month earlier to work on a LaPorte county farm near Union Mills, was sent back to prison for violating parole by getting drunk and terrorizing the village with a revolver. He was originally from Cass county, sentenced in September 1897 for grand larceny.
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Michigan City
Michael O’connell
Union Mills
LaPorte County
O’connell
Cass County
Quarantine Bites Glenco Village as Smallpox Spreads
The Glenco settlement in Harrison township records thirty four smallpox cases with all homes quarantined and no outside contact. Guards protect the quarantine while one death is reported and farmers in surrounding areas assist in enforcing rules.
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Washington
Glenco
Harrison Township
Farmers Report Horses Cattle Dying From Red Corn Smut
Franklin Frequent reports death of horses cattle and other stock fed with new corn suspecting poisoning from smut on red corn. Farmers note corn quality is generally inferior.
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Franklin
Wabash Meets Elder Sister After Long Separation
Wabash and Miss Ella Reese of Huntington meet her seventy year old sister Abrs James Snyder in Benton Ohio for the first time. The sister was away when the younger was born and Miss Reese left last night for Benton.
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Wabash
Ella Reese
Huntington
Abrs
James Snyder
Benton, O
Reese
Benton
Judge Takes Matter Under Advisement On Goff Estate Taxes
In Dillsboro Judge Roberts reviews a case where executors BLH Davis and C L Howe seek to stop a $10,000 tax collection and urge the county auditor and treasurer to credit state paid taxes.
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Dillsboro
Roberts
Blh. Davis
Thomas Goff
Fairmount Academy Team Secures Decisive Victory
The Fairmount Academy team earned a decisive win. Details are sparse with fragments indicating an upcoming event on Saturday the fifth. Unknown opponent or location.
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Fairmount
Academy
Ovieste
Owl
Mutineers Captured After Kansas Prison Revolt
Captain Trelford led guards in a chase and battle at Bazar seven miles from Cottonwood Falls, recapturing three escaped convicts Mullins Southerland and Robinson after a running fight. One convict wounded but able to talk, others captured as authorities plan to bring them back to the federal prison.
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Leavenworth
Kas
Trelford
Bazar
Cottonwood Falls
Meiz
Federal Penitentiary
Captain Trelford
Gilbert Mullins
Sol Southerland
Fred Robinson
Southerland
Gas Cylinder Explosion Wrecks Liberty Chemical Building
A gas cylinder exploded on the first floor of the Liberty Chemical Co. building at Fifteenth and Cumberland streets in Philadelphia injuring four girls Miss A. M. Grebe Miss Anna Grebe Miss Kate Drexler and Miss Stella Mack and man Edward Weyandt the engineer who was badly hurt The building was wrecked and losses are estimated at 50000 dollars
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Hart
Philadelphia
Liberty Chemical Company
Fifteenth Street
Cumberland Street
A. M. Grebe
Anna Grebe
Kate Drexler
Stella Mack
Edward Weyandt
Weyandt
Arctic Brings 118 Passengers and 250000 in Gold to Seattle
The steam schooner Arctic under Captain Erickson arrived from Nome with 118 passengers and 250000 dollars in gold. She left Nome as the last boat but one and carried many prominent businessmen. The Long was seen at Dutch Harbor and expected to reach Seattle following the Arctic. passengers endured privations during the voyage.
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Nome
Seattle
Wash
Arctic
Erickson
Ralph D. Long
Dutch Harbor
Long
Short $1,000 Takes Poison in Office
William Simpson a salesman for Zinsmeister Bros. wholesale grocers killed himself with carbolic acid in the law office of Kohn Baird and Spindle after being confronted with a $1000 shortage. His employer and the lawyer were nearby as Zinsmeister telephoned to New Albany where Simpson lived to seek settlement from two men he named. He died within fifteen minutes.
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Louisville
William Simpson
Zinsmeister Bros
Kohn, Baird & Spindle
Zinsmeister
New Albany
Simpson
Hunters Reported Killed in Bayfield and Douglas Counties
Fragmentary notes indicate two men, while hunting deer in Bayfield and Douglas counties, were reportedly killed though details remain unconfirmed.
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Ashland
Wig
Bayfield
Douglas
Hearst Chicago American Officials Sentenced in Contempt Case
Hearst Chicago American editor Lawrence and supervisor Canfield were jailed for contempt for blocking a quo warranto case against Peoples Gas. Carvalho Hammond were discharged after pleading no responsibility for publication. Hearst, Davenport, and Briggs not brought before the sheriff. case pending.
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Hearst
M. ‘Lawrence
Sue Canfield
Ss. Carvalho
New York
San Francisco
Chicago
John C. Hammond
Chicago American
Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company
Deneen
William R. Hearst
Homer Davenport
Clare A. Briggs
Gale Rages Along British Coast with Multiple Vessels in Distress
Violent winds rain and snow sweep UK coasts as a fierce gale batters the Channel. Six vessels near Dover signal distress while lifeboats struggle to reach them. A rocket outfit is sent to South Foreland where an admiralty vessel is on rocks. Loch Vennachar founders after collision with Cato. crew saved. Snow begins in the Lake District. wrecks reported on Sunderland coast.
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London
United Kingdom
Channel
Dover
Admiralty
Cato
Bennett
Melbourne
Thames
Lake District
Westmoreland Hills
Sunderland
Isthmian Canal Hints at Nicaragua Route Favor in Report
The isthmian canal commission met in Washington with Admiral Walker presiding and planned to present a report to the President favoring the Nicaragua route. Meanwhile Gulf Coast Ship Building and Dry Dock plans emerged to build large plants at Mobile Bay and New Orleans, leveraging dockage, ships, and coal depots, with isthmian canal construction viewed as probable.
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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
Dollar Worth Forty-Five in Colombia Exchange
News from Dollar Worth Forty-Five reports the exchange rate in Colombia rising to a U S dollar equal to 45 bolivars in Bogota and 48 in department currency. Merchants in Barranquilla expect further depreciation and hoard as little cash as possible, converting money into coffee and other goods.
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Colon
Colombia
United States
Bogota
Barrenquilla
Heart of Each Man Weak
Dr Clinton reports both Jeffries and Ruhlin show enlarged hearts from intense training. After examining Ruhlin, he states both boxers have thickened heart walls and slower pulses, describing them as bicycle hearts common in hard athletes.
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San Francisco
Cal
Clinton
Jeffries
Ruhlin
Boers Hit Back with 17000 on the Warpath
A Boer veldt cornet in Brussels claims 17,000 Boers remain active on the warpath with hidden ammunition near Zoutspanberg and in Bechuanaland. He predicts the British cannot vanquish the Boers and will withdraw from South Africa.
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Brussels
Zoutspanberg
Bechuanaland
South Africa
United States
Veteran group meeting rejects aid for Molineux son trial
In Brooklyn Borough Hall the Veteran Association of the One Hundred Fifty-ninth New York Volunteers heard General E L Molineux decline indirect financial help offered for the second trial of his son Roland B Molineux. He thanked the comrades for their kindness but said he could not accept the aid.
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New York
E. L. Molineux
Roland B. Molineux
One Hundred and Fifty-ninth
New York Volunteers
Brooklyn Borough Hall
President Roosevelt to spend next summer at Oyster Bay villa
President Roosevelt and family will occupy their country villa on Sagamore Hill in Oyster Bay next summer. The house is undergoing renovations and improvements. Roosevelt, on a flying trip to Oyster Bay to vote, inspected the work and told friends they would see more of him next summer.
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Lawrence Lewis
Quenemo
Lewis
Oyster Bay
New York
L. IL
Rooosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Roosevelt
Ballymore branch reads apologies at United Irish League meeting
Dublin reports that the Ballymore branch of the United Irish League read letters of apology from people seen speaking to a car driver who ferried for the police and favored individuals. Two others apologized verbally for similar offenses at the meeting.
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Dublin
Ballymore
County Sligo
United Irish League
Lake State Dairymen Open Annual Convention in Dubuque
Iowa. Dairymen in Session. Dubuque, Iowa, Nov. 18. The annual convention of the Iowa State Dairymen's Association opened with about 400 delegates in attendance. On Wednesday and Thursday, there will be fully twice that many. This meeting takes the place of the national convention, and prominent creamery men from across the country are here.
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Iowa
Dairrymen
Dubuque
Iowa State Dairymen’s Association
Buildings Rented for Fair at Washington University Grounds
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company has secured 110 acres of Washington University grounds and its nearly finished buildings west of Forest Park for the fair. The buildings cost 900000 dollars and the university administration building will serve as the exposition administration. Other structures will host congresses education exhibits and athletic events.
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St. Louis
Baptism Rescue Ends Near Tragic Drowning Incident
Miss Minnie Codington of Thorntown Indiana nearly drowned during baptism when she slipped from a minister's grasp. Bystanders and the minister aided by physicians restored her consciousness after two hours of effort.
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Thorntown
Ind
Minnie Codington
Christian Church
Bank of Plymouth Bank Robbery in Des Moines
Robbers dynamited the Bank of Plymouth in Des Moines Iowa last night wrecking the safe vault and building and taking fifteen hundred dollars. The crew escaped leaving no trace. It is the seventh bank robbery of this type in Iowa within a month.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Bank
Plymouth
Zelaya Re-elected President in Nicaragua
The Nicaraguan presidential election concluded peacefully in Managua on November 13. General Santos J. Zelaya was re-elected by a large vote set to govern the country.
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Zelaya
Managua
Nicaragua
General Santos J. Zelaya
Kitchener Locates De Wet As Boers Withdraw
Lord Kitchener reports from Pretoria that Gen. De Wet is in the northeastern Orange River colony as British forces move to disperse Boer forces. He records Boer casualties since November 4 of 63 killed 105 wounded 104 captured and 45 surrendered.
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Kitchener
de Wet
London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Orange River Colony
Divorce Millis Grind In Chicago Courts
Grace Snell Coffin Coffin Walker Coffin secures her third divorce from her third husband within days of their marriage. Actress Elizabeth Stuart Sturgis seeks divorce from a real estate dealer who allegedly assaulted her in bed. Sophonisba Harrison Eastman, sister of a city mayor, is granted a divorce from newspaper man George Horton. Horton sues a board of trade member for 100000 dollars.
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Millis
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 Cleared
Edgar Stanton Maclay, author of A History of the United States Navy and a Brooklyn Navy Yard clerk, says he will revise his book after the court decision on Admiral Schley. If Schley is exonerated, he will remove the portion of the third volume deemed detrimental and publish promptly.
Fugitive Negro Captured in Des Moines
Des Moines police arrest a colored man believed to be Francis “Bogsie”, the negro wanted in Independence, Missouri. Police state he fits the description and they are confident they have the right man.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Francis
Independence
Minnie Madern Fiske Denounces Theatrical Trust
Mrs Minnie Madern Fiske addresses a New York club denouncing the theatrical trust as an oppressive monopoly and foe to enterprise. Artist Henry Hasbrouck becomes insane and is confined in the state hospital at Middletown.
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Minnie Madern Fiske
New York
Theatrical Trust
Enterprise
Henry
Hasbrouck
State’ Hospital
Middletown
Independent biscuit makers form national association
Cincinnati reports fifty independent concerns organizing against the National Biscuit Company. H B Grubbs of St Louis is elected president with SAW Callahan of New York as secretary and George A Ward of Pittsburgh as treasurer. Harry Fox of Chicago is named among vice presidents.
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Biscuit. Trust
Cincinnati
The
National Biscuit
the. Biscuit
Cracker ’ Manufacturers” Association
Harry
Fox of
Chicago
Wanted Salesman and Collector for Singer Mfg Co
Wanted salesman and collector for Singer Manufacturing Company Calon. Address D B Weaver M S Elkhart Indiana. Public notice seeking engagement with local firm for collections and sales. Assistant details provide a contact for application and inquiry.
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Singer Mfg. Co. Calon
D. B. Weaver
Ind
Three Men Torn Apart by Explosion at Shack
A blast ripped through a shack killing three men who were blown clear and fatally torn to pieces. Investigators awaited reports on the cause and any additional injuries.
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mTles
Peril From Forest Fires Sweeping Toward Towns
Forest fires rage near Red Bud Alto Pass and Poplar Bluff threatening homes and orchards. Dense smoke covers the region as townsfolk and farmers battle flames within a half mile of Alto Pass and Deer, wolves, and other game flee northward. Culver Lumber plant in Sedgwick Arkansas reported burning with several thousand feet of lumber.
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St. Louis
Red Bud
Alto Pass
Ill
Popular Bluff
Sedgwick
Ark
Black Creek
Richland Creek
Poplar Bluff
Sedgwick, uArk
Culver Lumber and Manufacturing Company
Two Men Sentenced to Death in Separate Missouri Executions
Jefferson City Mo Nov 13 The Supreme court has sentenced Albert Garth to be hanged in Kansas City and Joshua L Craft to be hanged in Jefferson City both on Dec 20 Garth a negro killed Minnie Woods Craft a Missouri penitentiary convict who escaped years ago and killed Herman Spieker who attempted 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 Robbery in Trenton Kentucky Stuns Town
A special to the Banner reports masked robbers blew open the Trenton bank vault with nitroglycerin at 1 a m and stole a post office deposit box containing about 300 dollars. The safe was bored and several holes exploded but doors held. The bandits escaped on a handcar.
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Kentucky
Nashville
Tenn
Trenton
New Revolt Against Castro Reported in Port Spain
Fragmentary text notes a revolt against Castro involving Spain and Trinidad with General Juan Petrie referenced as raising some force. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR.
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Castro
Spain
Trinidad
Juan Petrie Has
Rais
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Geo. Wyman & Cor
South Bend, Ind
Topeka
Sheri
Sheriff
Mullins
Sheriff Cool
Elkhart Food Company
South Main ST
Elkhart,nd
Elkhart County
Deros N. Weaver
Pigeon St
Fiele
Cornet
R. M. Johnson
J. D. Osborne
Johnson & Osborne
Elkhart
Indiana
U.S. Flag
St.Joseph Valley Bank
Indiana National Bank
Hostettler
Lehman’s
I. G. Lehman
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