Iowa News Items Highlight Robbery and Storm Damage
Station agent Newton Whitte more was chloroformed and robbed of 200 dollars at the Milwaukee depot. A severe Creston rainstorm shattered a house by lightning and flooded tracks west of Prescott. The Chariton District camp meeting runs August 16 to 26 at Davis City with a 1500 seat tabernacle.
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Newton
Whittemore
Milwaukee
Creston
C. D. Haney
Prescott
Chariton District
Davis City
F. M. Gobble Company
Clinton
Capital Stock
J. K. Sweney Company
Death of General Sheridan Overshadows Senate Fisheries Treaty Work
The Senate adjourned after resolutions on the death of General P. H. Sheridan and a pension bill for Mrs. Sheridan were adopted. Congress then pressed hearings and votes on the fisheries treaty, Chinese labor restrictions, and various exposts, with House and Senate notices and committees naming actions through Aug. 10.
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Edmunds
Senate
P. H. Sheridan
United States
Farwell
Committee On Pensions
Sheridan
Vance
Lawley
Gen. Sheridan
Hawley
Manderson
McCullum
Stewart
Hampton
Gibson
Gray
Washington
Committee On Finance
Sherman
China
Evarts
Committee On Manufactures
Wastmeron
Palmer
Portage Lake and Improvement Company
Committee On Commerce
Mitchell
Secretary of the Interior
Guilford-Miller
Washineton
Fort Berthold
Dakota
Arrest of Mrs Brown in Cerro Gordo Poisoning Case
The famous Cerro Gordo poisoning case culminates with the arrest of Mrs. H. E. Brown on charges of mingling poison in her husband Hiram E. Brown’s food. The record notes admissible testimony from Hiram, suspicions over letters, and damning evidence including alleged purchases of poisons and prior hostile conduct.
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Brown
Cerro Gordo County
H. E. Brown
Hiram E. Brown
Walter E
Geo. Vermilya
Mason City
A. H. Cummings
Barrington
Illinois
Langworthy
Iowa
Bessie Miller
Bessie Lake
Hiram
Peterson
The Kansas War Dispatches in Stevens County
Governor Martin’s troops arrived in Hugotown to restore order and disarm residents with limited weapon finds. Similar actions occurred at Woodsdale with comparable results. On Monday, U S Marshal arrested Sam Robinson J B Chamberlain and six others for transfer to Topeka for trial.
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Martin
Stevens County
Hugotown
Woodsdale
United States
Sam Robinson
J. B. Chamberlain
Topeka
General Sheridan Dies Suddenly in Nonquitt Mass
General Philip Sheridan dies at Nonquitt Mass on August 5 from heart failure after a day of normal activity. Mrs Sheridan and doctors were at his bedside. President Cleveland orders half mast and Congress notified. Funeral arrangements are handled by Gen Schofield under presidential direction.
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General Sheridan
Nonquitt
Mass
Sheridan
O’reilley
Matthews
Marian
Justinian
Cleveland
Gen. Sheridan
Executive Departments
Washington
D. L. Lamont
Senate
House of Representatives
Gen. Schofield
Eclectic World News Touts Oddities and Law Shifts
A kaleidoscope of notes from the era reports turtle canneries on Florida’s coast, rare birds in Illinois, revived seaside glamour, illuminated London omnibuses, English court rulings on lost tickets, medical curiosities, and strange crimes from West Virginia to Vienna.
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Galena
London
Woodbush
Dunbar
England
Kiev
Russia
Yellow Springs
Ohio
Memphis
Min
Germany
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Aml
Steel Pens Rise in U S Industry as Pens Enter Good Demand
Industry notes how the United States now produces most steel pens locally with several factories and skilled labor. Imported steel remains limited to high priced pens while American makers use fine machinery and female workers to cut, temper, and finish strips from rolled steel, with prices from 25 cents to $4 per gross.
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United States
THE CHATTANOOGA FIRE AT GRIFFIS BLOCK
A fire in the Griffis Caldwell block in Chattanooga Tenn destroyed the business block and several stores. The total loss for buildings and stocks is about 400000 with 170000 insured. At least ten dead and four wounded. many bodies recovered or buried in the ruins.
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Griffis- Caldwell
Cattanooga
Tenn
Beitzer & Bro
Baltimore Clothing House
Spelton & Howard's
J. B. McMillan
Ed. Kreuger
Bold Missouri robbery reported between Jefferson City and St Louis
A bold robbery occurred on the Missouri Pacific line between Jefferson City and St Louis on August 4, with $17,000 stolen. Detectives investigate after a suspicious man on the highway dropped a large package near Washington Missouri containing mail robbery plunder. Two farmers witnessed the incident and aided the inquiry.
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Jefferson City
St. Louis
Washington
Missouri
Riot Breaks Out Between Train Lines at Lincoln Picnic
A small riot erupted in Lincoln when an excursion train of about thirty cars, carrying several hundred picnickers from Omaha, was redirected to Burlington tracks. Brotherhood supporters resisted the switch, revolvers were drawn, shots fired, one man grazing thigh and another ankle shattered. No arrests reported and wounded identities unknown.
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London Cubs
Rexbury
Mass
Montery Bay
Mr. Toofunny
Toofunny
Joe
West Virginia
Wheeling
Sacramento
Cal
Catahoula Parish
Louisiana
German State Railways
Bangor
Michael Schmidt
Alser
Vienna
Army Corps
Lincoln
Neb
Burlington
Omaha
Brotherhood
Union Pacific
Dubuque Bank President Injured in Farm Accident
Hon William G Stewart president of the Dubuque County Bank suffered severe injuries when a barn door was blown shut by wind at his farm near Dubuque. He was found bleeding and unconscious. doctors and family responded. His age raises fears for his recovery and potential fatal outcome.
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E. B. Manning
Greenfield
Manning
Chariton
Edward Manning
Keosauqua
G. W. Tool
Tool
Mr. Tool
Mr. Manning
van Buren County
Calvin Manning
Ottumwa
E. B
Anamosa Penitentiary
Boys’ Reform School
Eldora
Mitchellville School
Wm. G. Stewart
Dubuque
A Successful Petroleum Engine Demonstrated in London
Messrs Priest man Bros of Hull report a new petroleum engine using air vaporized oil inside a vaporizer heated by exhaust and ignited by electric spark. The system consumes ordinary petroleum with complete combustion and costs about halfpenny per horsepower hour. The engine is simple, autonomous, and suitable where steam or coal are unavailable.
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Messrs. Priestman Bros
Hull
London
Queen Victoria Street
Ingenious Farm Machine Aims to Aid Livestock Transit
Miss Geneva Armstrong of Western New York has patented a cattle feeding machine for trains and hopes for adoption in livestock transport. The article also notes Krupp builds a 130 ton gun for the Italian Sardegna, and provides population and facility counts from Russia’s 1885 official report along with Cunard’s Etruria record Atlantic crossing.
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Geneva Armstrong
New York
Krupp’s
Russia
Cunard
Etruria
Queenstown
Sandy Hook
Umbria
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