New Discovery Cures Coughs and Lung Ailments
Annie E. testimony praises a Philadelphia remedy, Dr New Discovery, for chest pain and cough relief after other treatments failed. The product, claimed to cure lung troubles and throat chest issues, sold at 50 cents and 1 dollar with a trial at George P. Clarke's drug store. Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets promise a cold one day with no cure no pay.
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Annie E
Springer
Philadelphia
Ing
King
George PD
Clarke’s
OSCE
Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
Montreal
Ser
Week's History Boiled Down Telegraph News Briefs
A concise review of the week’s notable events. Foreign crimes and domestic incidents are summarized in brief, timely items highlighting significant happenings across nations and the United States.
Chinese leaders face penalties after Boxer uprising amid peace talks
Chinese commissioners admit guilt in besieging legations and seek reparation terms with foreign troop withdrawals once peace treaties are signed. France backs the Open Door and others may follow. Cabinet member Kang Pi dies from illness and Gov Yu Hsien dies by own hand as punishment for aiding Boxers. A Belgian correspondent cites 15000 Chinese massacred by Russians along the Amur. Prince Tuan and ten other officials face death per allied ministers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
France
America
Kang Pi
Yu Hsien
Amur
Prince Tuan
Philippine duty ends as volunteers sail home November first
The volunteer army will begin returning from the Philippines on November 1. In Luzon near Looe two U.S. soldiers died and four were wounded in a battle. C. M. Cotterman, assistant superintendent of the railway mail service based in San Francesco, has been chosen as director general of posts in the Philippine islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
United States
Looe
Luzon
C. M. Cotterman
Railway Mail Service
San Francesco
Philippine Islands
General Ascarraga Forms Spanish Cabinet
General Ascarraga has completed the formation of a Spanish cabinet. Crown Prince Gustav opened the storthing as regent of Sweden and Norway, and his son took the oath of fidelity to the constitution. Intense enthusiasm supported the government at Toulouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ascarraga
Margaret Foulke
Champ de Mars
Gustav
Sweden
Norway
Storthing
Wilhelmina
Duke Henry of
Meckleberg-Schwerin
Transvaal
Naples
Hamburg
Redvers Buller
Cape Town
London
South Africa
Prince Christian Victor
Pretoria
Waldeck-Rousseau
France
Toulouse
Campaign Notes and Political Maneuvers Amid 1896 Races
Ex-President Cleveland denies announcing support for McKinley as Democrats plan Bryan’s Chicago finale. Beckham approves Kentucky election bill after extra session. Both parties target Illinois Cook County to end campaign. Goebelite opponents guard a fair vote in Kentucky. Altgeld denounces Crafts and backs Lehmann.
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Cleveland
McKinley
Bryan
Chicago
Beckham
Kentucky
Ilinois
Cook County
Altgeld
Clayton E. Crafts
Frank Lehmann
Bank defalcation and a web of crimes across states
The report lists a bank defalcation of 700000 by Charles L Alvord who vanished while authorities pursue him in New York. Across states, four Paterson men face murder charges in a mill girl killing. nitroglycerin was used but no loot taken in Oregon vault attack. multiple suicides and a lynching are noted along with embezzlement convictions, arson arrests, and a mother who killed her three children before taking her own life.
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First National Bank of
New York
Charles L. Alvord
Paterson
N. J
First National Bank
Legrande
Ore
Della Ackers
North Judson
Ind
Willian Hulse
Girard
Owen O'Neill
Schelb
J. M. M-Konight
German National Bank of
Louisville
Brumm
Charlotte
Mich
Molly Finger
Georgia
Joe Chest
Bristol
North Carolina
Corenlius A. Alford, Jr
We First National Bank of
Prison Keeper Killed by Prisoners in Boston
New York inmate Hugh McGovern, keeper of a New York City prison, was killed in Boston by two Black prisoners who tried to escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boston
Hugh McGovern
New York City
Rail and business notes from the era spill into a broad update
The court at Springfield overruled Emerson Chamberlain’s heirs and confirmed the Peoria Decatur Evansville railroad sale. Burlington docks thirty freight engines. bankruptcy petition filed by Alameda wine producer Altshul with assets of 104042 and liabilities 100773. Publications suspend in Assumption Illinois and Middlesboro strike ends. Lumber firm near Champion buys pine near Ashland. Sherwood begins bankruptcy in Duluth. Steel prices drop to five shillings. Shenango plant sold to New York Trust. Laughlin Nail considers wire nail factory in Martin's Ferry. Humprey Spelter receiver sought in Marion Indiana. Grain rates to rise 1 cent Buffalo to New York after Nov. 1. Anthracite miners back at work. Vanderbilt Gould fight for Union Pacific control may settle. Several fatal accidents occur across Wisconsin Indiana Michigan and Illinois. elevator, cyclone, and train wrecks reported.
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United States Court of Appeals
Springfield
Ills
Emerson Chamberlain
New York Trust Company
Shenango Valley Electric Light Company
Pennsylvania
Martin’s Ferry
Laughlin Nail Company
Marion
Ind
Humphrey Spelter Company
Upland
New York
Buffalo
Vanderbilt
Gould
Union Pacific
Obituary notices of notable religious and academic figures
Rev John Wesley founder of Methodism dies in Detroit at 182. A W Merrill editor of Prairie du Chien Courier dies at Prairie du Chien Wisconsin. Professor May Muller dies at Oxford University. S S Benjamin retired capitalist dies at Windsor Ontario. David Giddings pioneer of the Great Lakes region dies at Sheboygan Falls Wisconsin aged 94. Rev Henry Carey Shuttleworth professor at Kings College dies in London.
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John Wesley
Wesley
Detroit
A. W. Merrill
Prairie du Chien Courier
Prairie du Chien
Wis
May Muller
Oxford University
S. S. Benjamin
Windsor
Ont
David Giddings
Great Lakes
Sheboygan Falls
Henry Carey Shuttleworth
Kings College
London
Fire Destroys Buildings in Detroit and Midwest
A three story brick building in Detroit occupied by Meyer Jacobson a junk dealer burned down. Falling walls killed Lieutenant Regenstine a fireman. In Grand Ridge Illinois a fire did 25000 dollars of damage destroying Porter and Hooks general store and Lewis drug store. Dunavant Kansas was partially destroyed by fire with the business portion listed as a total loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Meyer Jacobson
Regenstine
Grand Ridge
Porter & Hook
Lewis’ Drug Store
Dunavant
Kas
Hereford cattle auction opens at Kansas City show
Five days of sale begin at the annual fat stock show with 250 head of blooded Hereford cattle to be disposed of. Other items include updates on Robert Buchanan health and various church and social notices from Worcester and Terre Haute.
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Kansas City
Robert Buchanan
London
Unitarian Institute
Worcester
Mass
Sisters of Providence
United States
St. Mary’s of the Woods
Terre Haute
Ind
George C. Stone
St. Paul
Duluth
Minn
Chicago
Sims Reeves
Worthing
England
Coliseum
Emmetsburg suit over Des Moines dentist wife names in park incident
A $10,000 damages lawsuit was filed by Mrs. Cora T. Perkins against an Emmetsburg newspaper over a July report of Arnold's park summer resort gambling trouble. The article described two men and two unknown women, with one woman identified as Mrs. Dr. Perkins of Des Moines, as the basis of the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Emmetsburg
Cora T. Perkins
E. R. Perkins
Des Moines
Arnold’s Park
Democrat
Dr. Perkins
Murder Case Ends in Life Term for Lorenzo Stevens
Lorenzo Stevens is convicted of murdering Samuel Livingston in Sioux City Iowa and sentenced to life in Elk Point Dakota after a week long trial. Livingston, 50, pursued Stevens' daughter 20, prompting a fatal June 15 shooting in an opera house with Judge Jones presiding. The verdict prompted a sorrowful scene as Stevens' wife and six children mourned.
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Sioux City
Lorenzo Stevens
Samuel Livingston
Elk Point
Livingston
Stevens
Opera House
Jones
Sioux Falls
TWO CENTS HIS UNDOING
Jacob Ziegler a wealthy farmer of Williams township Calhoun county was bound over to the United States grand jury on a charge of violating internal revenue laws. He had ordered strawberry plants from Fred Chapman who failed to deliver and did not call until July. Chapman then charged Ziegler with failing to affix a revenue stamp to the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Ila
Jacob Ziegler
Williams Township
Calhoun County
United States Grand Jury
Ziegler
Internal Revenue Laws
Fred Chapman
Chapman
Zeigler
Young Woman Confined After Fatal Family Shooting
Lena Bouts, a Sioux City resident, is committed to the Yankton insane hospital after fatally shooting her father near Rapid City a year ago, with her younger brother also implicated. She has long suffered cruelty from her father, and now imagines his face, having passed through care, reform school, and evacuation to a stable foster home in the interim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Lena
South Dakota State Insane Hospital
Yankton
Rapid City
Reform School
Iowa Epworth League Keeps Annual Convention Plan
Des Moines Iowa October 29. Acting on the constitution committee’s recommendation the Iowa Epworth League voted to retain annual state conventions. Elected for the coming year were Fred L Montgomery Fayette president and C B Roberts Adel secretary. The convention closed last night.
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Des Moines
Committee On Constitution
Iowa Epworth League
Fred L. Montgomery
Fayette
C. B. Roberts
Adel
Sherwood Files Bankruptcy in Duluth Real Estate Firm
William O. Sherwood senior partner of W. C. Sherwood & Co. begins bankruptcy proceedings in Duluth Iowa with liabilities of 403001.44 and assets about 143401.47. He has long been a leading local real estate figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
William O. Sherwood
W. C. Sherwood & Co
Sherwood
Chicago man falls from hotel window in Iowa death
C H Brown of Chicago, while intoxicated, plunged from a second story hotel window in Sioux City on Saturday. He struck the brick pavement, his skull crushed and brain ruptured, dying soon after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
C. H. Brown
Chicago
Panther terrors near Savanna scare Illinois farmers
Clinton Iowa reports a full grown panther roaming near Savanna Illinois. Farmers describe sightings and losses of pigs ducks and calves prompting talk of organizing a hunting party to curb the threat.
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Clinton
Savanna
Ills
Registration closes in Sioux City hits new high
Sioux City Iowa on October 20 reports the third day of registration with 6690 voters listed. This surpasses the same period in 1896 by 1000 and exceeds that year’s total registration by 200.
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Sioux City
Illinois Central Plans Sioux City Chicago Passenger Service
Sioux City Iowa October 27 The Illinois Central plans to establish a Sioux City Chicago passenger service independent of the Omaha Chicago route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
The
Illinos Central
Colonel Anderson a Missouri stumpers famed for audacious wit
A story recounts Colonel George W. Anderson stumping for Greeley and Brown in southwest Missouri. An audience member taunts him about Brown buttering a Yale dinner watermelon, and Anderson replies with a sharp retort proving his skill as a rough diamond of debate praised by Champ Clark in the Saturday Evening Post.
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Brown
George W. Anderson
Greeley
Missouri
Colonel Anderson
Governor Brown
Yale
Anderson
Danton
Champ Clark
Saturday Evening Post
Village Legends of Joan of Arc House and Red Rock Naming
The Domremy shrine of Joan of Arc is revered and locals pray by the birth home. An Englishman failed to buy it in 1887, and Girardin refused, prompting a Legion of Honor cross from the king. In New York, Red Rock earned its name by painting a nearby boulder red, turning the spot into a spring festival with a big picnic.
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Joan of Arc
Domremy
Girardin
France
Legion of Honor
Ref Rock
N. Y
Red Rock
Big Rock
New York Sun
Pins Through Time From France To English Mills
The article traces pinmaking history from Catherine’s era to 1812. It notes an 1543 act restricting pin sale to double headed pins, and describes materials brass and iron with brass surfaces. It cites John Tilsby starting Gloucestershire pinmaking, Stroud reputation, Bristol and Birmingham centers, a 1775 Carolina prize, and wartime prices. It ends with pin sizes from 8% inches to a gilt entomologists pin weighing about an ounce.
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Catherine
France
England
John Tilsby
Gloucestershire
Stroud
Priemakers
Bristol
Birmingham
Carolina
Rule of the road applies to saddle horses too says Coleridge
Law Notes highlights a lucid ruling in Turley against Thomas 8 C. and P. 108 34 BE. C. L. 312 where Sir John Taylor Coleridge states there is no doubt the rule of the road applies to saddle horses as well as carriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Taylor Coleridge
Turley
Thomas
BE. C. L
Smile that slipped from a child’s face
A London Answers note recounts little Bessie punished for misbehavior who moves to the room’s far end crying. Her mother turns to see repentance, but Bessie uses the chance to make faces at her, explaining through tears that she was trying to smile but her face slipped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie
London
Moonlit Exchange Ends With a Whimsical Refusal
A playful scene unfolds under moonlight where a woman teases a man about his desire for sweets. He concedes the compliment but notes the doctor forbids him sweets, a line delivered as the moon hides behind a cloud in a brief Philadelphia Record moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Astronomer Links Jupiter to Earth’s Ancient Past
An astronomer states Jupiter is in the state Earth held 34 million years ago. Those who recall events 84 million years ago will grasp the implication of this comparison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jupiter
Man Walks Mile With Minimal Movement Says Chicago News
Chicago News reports a man traversed a full mile while moving only a few feet, describing an unusual walking event that drew curiosity. The piece highlights the odd endurance feat and the minimal body movement involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
Cock Shooting Tactics For Tall Corn Beginners
The piece urges readers to shoot quickly at glimpsed birds in corn rows, noting patterning and lightning-quick placement of the gun. It contrasts expert rapid action with novice hesitation, claiming no royal road to success and that steady experience counts more than perfect sighting.
Impressive looks shaped Trumbull’s legal career
The piece recalls Jonathan Trumbull’s journey from Connecticut to Illinois and Belleville where he rose as a leading lawyer. It notes his courtly, persuasive manner and a famed forefinger gesture that swayed juries, with Governor Reynolds praising his commanding presence in closing arguments.
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Trumbull
Connecticut
Jonathan Trumbull
Georgia
Illinois
Utter West
Belleville
St. Clair County
Egypt
Tie
Reynolds
Chicago Tribune
Fifth Avenue Photographer Seeks Hairdresser Mixup
A New York Times anecdote tells of a Fifth Avenue photographer who enjoyed an amusing incident. A woman sought the building’s best photographer and a hairdresser in one, asking if the studio carried a hairdresser’s establishment. The elevator man claimed the photographer was in the right place, noting no hairdresser existed in the building, leaving the woman to realize she had mistaken the premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
Enty
New York Times
Perhaps you can direct me to the counter
A Philadelphia Press item quotes a woman asking to be directed to the proper department counter with a pompous air, while a nervous floorwalker responds in clipped phrases guiding her to the next aisle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Han’k
Nex
Philadelphia Press
The Wicked Little Germ
The Indianapolis Journal notes microbes attack victims when fatigued, a warning against overwork and exhaustion. The piece frames illness as a sneaky adversary exploiting fatigue, urging awareness of health risks and the need to rest.
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Indianapolis Journal
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Walker
Fairfield
Iowa
Bradstreet
Pri
Eo. W. Schoenhut
Eldora, Iowa
Prince of Hair Growers
Sterling Remedy Company
U.S
C. A. Snow & Co
U. 8
Patent Office
Washington
Vin de Cinchona Co
Bradshaw & Thoma
General Foreign News
William Jacobs
Marshall
Eddie Diedrich
Mary Rupp
Gustav Prandtke
Lake Shore
South Bend
George Mulcaster
Arthur Anderson
Murphysboro
Rochester
Detroit, Rochester
Romeo and Lake Orion Electric
Griffith
H. G. Petty
B. Kennedy
C. H. Gunn
Mississippi
New Orleans
Central Railroad
Rising City
Neb
G. L. Flannagan
Iowa City
Thomas Jasper
Chicago & Alton
Drummond
Northern Pacific
Livingstone
Mont
Tarrant & Co
Monadnock
Wichita
John S. Moor
Odds and
Iowa State
Panther
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