Railway Officials Named in Chicago Assignment
E St John assistant general manager Chicago and E A Holbrook general ticket and passenger agent Chicago are identified in the listing of senior railway staff assignments.
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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1887
Page
1
Drowning of Moninger Brothers Shocks Local Farm Area
Two Moninger brothers Frank aged 17 and John 26 of seven miles west of Marshalltown drowned in the Iowa river June 30 after the younger one went too deep and the elder tried to rescue him. A list of agricultural troubles and legal notices follow including barley hay shortages, railway crossings costs, and a sheriff’s report on crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
John
D. M. Moninger
Marshalltown
Iowa River
Samuel Flanders
Burlington
Iowa
First Iowa Cavalry
Greene County
Christian Church
Jefferson
Lucas
Eddie Johnson
Cedar Falls
Ware
la Porte
George Claudy
Spring Lake
Mississippi
McGregor
Cedar Rapids
Harrisburg
Executive Pardons Rules and Niagara Fatal Cable Walk
The notice lists procedures for pardon and clemency applications including grounds, official attestations, endorsements, and publication requirements. It also reports the death of Niagara Falls local celebrity Steve Peer after a dangerous cable walk, with details of the search and presumed cause.
Multiple Fires and Crimes Dominate National News Pulse
Fire destroyed Parker's furniture store at West Stevenstown New Hampshire and a major blaze in Elizabethtown burned the Bank and Messenger office with losses around one hundred thousand dollars. A Wabash official A A Talmadge died in Peru Indiana from Bright's disease and dysentery. Knights of Labor local assemblies report a three fourths vote adopting a new constitution. Rochester and Rochester area strikes flare with 10000 workers affected. A stage attack near Santa Ana ends with two bandits hanged. Rail accidents claim lives and injuries. Harvard and Yale commencement exercises reveal degrees and honors. Financial troubles strike Standard Paper Company Milwaukee with garnishmental assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker
West Stevenstown
N. H
A. A. Talmadge
Wabash Railway
Peru
Ind
Bright
Knights of Labor
Trades Assemblies
Marshfield
Wis
Cook County
Jamieson
Lynn
Elizabethtown
Bank of Elizabethtown
Messenger
Louisville
William F. Smith
Grand Trunk Railway
New York
Sparks
Associated Press
Thos. Sturgis
Union Cattle Company
Land Office
Secretary of the Interior
Spark
Saraci
Santa Ana
Sonora
Rochester
N. Y
Baltimore & Ohio
John Jennings
Davis
Harding County
Louisville & Nashville
Portsmouth
Ohio
South Shore
W. J. Williams
Jerauld
Dakota
Alpena
Hodin
Maxwell
New Mexico
Harvard
August Berning
Pullman
Washington Territory
Concordia
Roshester
Brockfort
McNeil
Austin
Texas
Standard Paper Company of
Milwaukee
J. E. Friend
Wisconsin Fire and Marine Insurance Company Bank
Prince Albert Victor Visits Ireland Amid Mixed Reception
The article reports Prince Albert Victor and Prince George of Wales arriving in Kingston Ireland on June 26 and being welcomed with enthusiasm. It notes a June 28 Dublin Phoenix Park review, with a crowd that hissed and cheered. It covers international notes on Ireland, Turkey, France, and Russian movements, plus local violence against a water bailiff near Bundoran and NI church-state matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Albert Victor
Wales
Phoenix Park
Dublin
Rome
Ireland
Monsignor
Priscip Gualdi
George Otto Trevelyan
Gladstonites
Reunion
France
Turkey
England
Kars
Bundoran
County Galway
Persico
Gauldi
Vatician
Manning
Walsh
London Chronicle
Vienna
Belgrade
Milan
Servia
Maurice Healy
Parneliites
Albert Victor
George
Kingston
Towr
Corporation Council
St. Petersburg
Inferno at Chicago Union Stock Yards Wipes Out Pork Plant
A massive fire at the Chicago Packing and Provision Company ruins four buildings at the Union Stock Yards. Losses total about 1.25 million dollars with 19 million pounds of short ribs damaged and 600 hogs cremated. Firefighters faced lethal fumes and collapsing walls as five workers died or were wounded and hundreds of employees faced unemployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Stock Yards
Chicago Packing and Provision Company
Armour
Chicago Company
Baker
Elliott
Pellmell
Thos. Murphy
Border smudglers clash near Piedras Negros eighteen miles
A late night dispatch from Eagle Pass reports a sanguinary battle between river guards and smugglers fifteen miles below Piedras Negros in Mexico. Twenty five guards and twenty armed smugglers with twenty pack mules fought as reinforcements were sent and two parties skirmished toward the river. One guard was killed and the smugglers’ losses are not yet known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Eagle Pass
Piedras Negros
Mexico
Rio Grande
Western freight consolidation ends Iowa Minnesota Dakota alliance
A meeting of general managers from Chicago to Council Bluffs led to abolishing the Iowa Minnesota and Dakota freight association and unifying western and northwestern traffic under a single organization. Tariffs rules and rate notices will be published, with changes limited to the chairman’s prior notice ten days ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicaco
Rock Island & Pacific R
Chicago
Northwest
Rock Island
Joliet
Ottawa
la Salle
Peoria
Geneseo
Moline
Illinois
Davenport
Muscatine
Washington
Fairfield
Ottumwa
Oskaloosa
West Liberty
Iowra City
Des Moines
Indianola
Winterset
Atlantic
Knoxville
Audubon
Harlan
Guthrie Centre
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Gallatin
Trenton
St. Joseph
Cameron
Kansas City
Missouri
Leavenworth
Atchison
Kansas
Albert Lea
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Minnesota
Watertown
Dakota
Great Rock Island
Missouri River
Ullman Palace
Joseph
Cmcaco
Minnesota and
Dakota Freight Association
Western
Northwestern
Paul
Father
Omaha
Quips and Quotes from a Gilded Age Column
A collage of quips from various papers on labor, luck, youth business, dinner customs, and social observations. Highlights include Vermont land turning into a rich quarry, humorous lines about roasts and fowls, and thoughts on manners, politics, and baseball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
National Weekly
Texas
Whitehall Times
Boston Commercial Bulletin
Arkansaw
Origans Picayune
Oil City
Circus Parade Amuses Atchison Crowd In Morning Stroll
A narrator recounts a small town circus visit with drums piccolo notes and animals. Spectators observe a limber woman knotting herself in rope acts and a performer swallowing cotton and exhaling smoke. The clown entertains with aging jokes from ancient times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses
Atchison Globe
Panther Kills Muldoon’s Panther Attack at Remote Cabin
Frank Muldoon found a panther in his cabin three miles above Vance W T after a night away. The animal carried a bacon side, returned that evening, and tore boards from the back. Muldoon shot the panther through the neck when it showed its head from a hole, killing it after it had mauled the interior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Muldoon
Vance
W. T
Muldoon
Panther
Toledo
A Very Sacred Oath in French Courts
In Marseille a cab driver swore to testimony without a Bible or crucifix. He raised his hand to Heaven and proclaimed I swear it by the ashes of my poor sister who died of the cholera. A colorful remark on oath taking in a cholera era trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Fallls
Steve Peer
Blondin
Niagara
Peer
John Gillespie
Pretzer
Arkansaw
San Francisco
Umbagog
Androscoggin
Umbago
Rorham Mountaineer
Maurseilles
Monsieur le Juge
Silent pairs puzzle readers with careful chatter
A fragment recalls people who sit together in silence, then reveal a twist that the two are expert checker players. The dialogue hints at a sober, observant crowd watching quiet pairs and guessing hidden skills rather than romantic ties.
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Western Freights
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