Murders and mysteries surround McMenimon patricide case
New revelations claim the Mary McMenimon case was orchestrated by her brothers and sister to seize their father's property. A full confession reportedly shows Mary acted to shield relatives, while other town news covers fires, drownings, burglaries, and local business ventures across Iowa.
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McMenimon Patricide
Muscatine
Mary
Jornal
Murcatine
John McMennion
Distillers Meet in Chicago Oppose Prohibition Push
A Chicago conference of distillers and wholesale and retail liquor dealers formed the National Ditter s and Liquor Dealers Association to advocate national organization and oppose prohibition as a personal liberty issue. Representatives from Minnesota Iowa Nebraska Wisconsin Michigan Illinois Indiana Ohio Missouri and New York attended. Next meeting set for Milwaukee.
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Iowa
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Missouri
New York
Pero Liberty League
National Ditters’ and Liquor Dealers’ Association
Milwaukee
The Career of a Chicago Millionaire in Public View
A Chicago millionaire Potter Palmer rose from Oneida Illinois country store to wealth through pluck after the war. He rebuilt amid ruins, erecting a rough shanty and signaling laborers with urgency, then plans a grand residence near Lincoln Park. The piece notes Palmer’s prudent judgment and early resilience. The Diamond Dyes promise to renew old dresses for 10 cents.
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Bost
Potter Palmer
Lincoln Park
Mob Lynches Two Men Near Belton Texas
An organized mob of about one hundred took Sam Holton and Jim Keys from jail near Belton Texas. They were carried to an oak and lynched. Holton faced multiple charges but was never convicted while Keys faced aggravated assault charges.
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Jim Keys
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Keys
Jane
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Down House
Orpington
England
Erasmus Arwin
Botanic Garden
Robert Waring Darwin
Royal Society
Josiah Wedgwood
Charles Robert Darwin
Shrewsbury
Grammar
Place
Samuel Butler
Litchfield
Coventry
University of Edinburgh
Christ’s College
Cambridge
Edinburgh
Plinian Society
Tribune Job Printing House Ad
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Irish land reform call to end landlordism in Manchester meeting
Michael Davitt urged Irishmen to remove landlordism as a condition to peace and warned police and military protection would be needed for landlords. He called for alliance with English reformers only after abolishing landlord power and attacked the secret movement. Reports cover Dublin, Glasgow arrest in Phoenix Park murders and British politics on coercion acts.
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Manchester
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Dulin Castle
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Canada
McCarthy
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Bth
Dillon
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Kilkenny
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