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Fort Smith Elevator

Location

Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1887

Page

2

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Fragmentary OCR reads as a local notice about a fort or route, with unclear stakes and dates. Names and places are unreadable, leaving only hints of a legal or property related action.

Fragmentary notes on 4 1 and pipe 2 event dates

Unclear OCR text cites a date 4 1 and a possible pipe event or paper reference with mentions of WW and Peay. Readable entities are scarce. no clear people or organizations emerge to anchor a proper summary.

Piochsbiror Mod Deployed Status Report

An entry notes a mod deployment in progress with references to a system official and ongoing work. It mentions deployment status and a brief update on the current stage of the modification and related oversight.

Fragmentary sports note with unclear details

A garbled OCR fragment mentions a game or event with names Spey and Pye and a score or action but lacks readable context or definitive facts. No clear date, teams, or outcome can be established from the text.

Beavenworth editor convicted by private attorney

Anthone editor of the Beavenworth papers faced conviction in a case connected to his efforts to evade a private attorney. Details remain unclear due to damaged text, but the event centers on legal action involving the editor and counsel.

Anthone Beavenworth Oas

Unclear OCR item on Sherman case over Canada harms

Fragmentary note mentions alleged violations and a person named Sherman with references to Canada and America. Details are unreadable and no clear event or outcome is present.

Unclear fragment hints at local incident in David City

An incomplete OCR fragment references David City Nebraska and Sangaroon County Illinois officers and an investigation. The text is garbled with no clear event, date, or names to confirm.

Whitman Charged With Forgery After Large Embezzlement

Whitman a book-keeper for a Chicago telephone company is arrested on forgery charges and for absconding with 820000 of his employer fund. The case highlights a major internal theft investigation at the firm.

Whitman Chicago

Cleveland Likely To Seek Second Term Despite Criticism

Fragmentary note suggests Cleveland may run again while foes admit his administration was faultless. Ambiguity leaves question of political stability and party support in doubt as supporters push for continuity.

Cleveland Feen Upoh

Man Schlimmer in New Jersey Kills Wife After Rejection

A man named Schlimmer in New Jersey fatally shot his wife last Monday after she refused to stay with him. The victim is described as a 15 year old woman.

Schlimmer New Jersey Bat

Frigid Day Passes Amid Hot Springs Incorporation Notices

A fragment notes a day so cold that Little Rock papers include several notices about Hot Springs incorporation ventures. The item hints at corporate activity and local governance in Arkansas.

Littl Rock Hot Springs

Bank Failure Hits Vanworth Savings Bank

The Citizens report the Savings Bank of Vanworth Kansas has failed with liabilities around 87000 dollars and assets insufficient to cover losses.

Citizens’ “Savings Bank Vanworth Kansas

Bank of Philadelphia faces patent issue? unclear text

Fragmentary OCR text mentions a bank and legal or corporate terms but lacks coherent action or identifiable facts, making a precise summary impossible with the given snippets.

Pension Off Daily Reveals Fortunate Recipients

A fragment notes a daily pension list highlighting those deemed fortunate to receive a grant from Sam's bounty. It mentions Ed Palay Pairchild and a tribute that remains unsatisfied, indicating incomplete or disputed allocations.

Rene Niche Sam Ed Palay Pairchild

Republicans Condemn Cleveland Over Pension Vetoes

The Ohie Republicans condemn President Cleveland for vetoing 123 pensions but dodge noting the 136 pensions he signed in earlier action.

Cleveland

unidentified text fragment about a murder case

fragmentary OCR note references a murder of a woman and a suspect named Wilshire. mentions a person dying by blowing out his own brain and unclear details.

Reading PS Train Disaster Report

A train incident near Reading Pennsylvania caused extensive damage with losses estimated at 160000. The wreckage disrupted tracks and embankments with debris and flooding reported in affected sections.

Reading

Unclear family ties spark political dispute in era of unions

Fragmentary OCR reveals a feud between Jasper Blackburn of the Rock Republican lineage and Jesse Harper, linked to a labor union party. The exchange shows unresolved accusations and a stalled reply from Harper.

Jasper Blackburn Diale Rock Republiain Jesse Uarper Jesse Jasper

Duel Fatalities Near Greenwood in Close Range Shotgun Fight

Two men died in a duel near Greenwood Michigan last week. The distance was about ten feet and each man fired a shotgun at contact range. Both fighters collapsed immediately after the shots, dead.

Greenwood Migs Teva

Platform of the bio republicans outlined in odd phrasing

The platform is described as emphasizing protection pensions and Lireus shirts with the aim of becoming a complete instrument of its kind. It calls for a condemnation of the administration for imprisoning the Salt IS on fate thieves.

Bio Republicans Pringdadly Lireus

City Council Passes Cleveland Visit Invite in Springheld

A resolution inviting President Cleveland to visit Springheld, introduced by an alderman, wins endorsement from all Republican members. The record notes potential political dynamics and local attention to the visit.

Cleveland Springheld Dani

Tolliver gang vows vengeance as Kentucky troops prepared

In Rowan county Kentucky trouble flares again as the Tolliver gang swears vengeance for their leader’s death. The governor has troops in readiness to deploy to the scene if peace officers request aid.

Rowan County Tolliver Gang Kentucky

Ohio convention backs Sherman for president and Foraker for governor

The Ohio convention chose John Sherman for the presidency after a hard fought battle using persuasion and pressure. At the same time Foraker was nominated for governor. A separate report accuses a Reverend William Thomas Abbott West of luring and murdering a Miss Sumie Beek in Chesterton Indiana to hide a crime, with West believed concealed in Canada.

John Sherman Ohio Foraker St. Louis Willian Thomas Abbott Weat Sumie Beek Chesterton Ind West Cannada

DemubsWoes and Local Turmoil Highlight Press Union and Politics

The article notes mugwumps and the New York Sun discord in the Democratic Camp with Sun losing to Butler. It reports Hardin County terror from expulsion orders, eight killings, and State impotence. It mentions Reed’s attempted suicide, Prohibition jokes, J K Jones views, and Kentucky election results showing Buckner lead.

St. Louis Kentucky Gen Buckner

Ardent Arkansas items span deaths, boom towns, and rail plans

State papers report a boom in Russellville and carpenters needed at Koreka Springs, with farming, mining ore assays, and canning factory activity. several deaths and accidents are noted along with a Confederate reunion near Senter and public school construction at Rogers. Local curiosities and public notices pepper the summary.

Koreka Springs Tobe Democrat Russellville Ilig Canor Scout County John Works Wanchita Mount Nebo Yell County White County Clarkaville Colored Journal Helena Felix Robuson Tlelena Nero Howard Jon. Crowder Conway County Hebbing Mr. Craft Prairie Grove Richard Monroe B. F. Holmes Sevier County Senter Springdale Churchill Searcy Orme Crawford County Texas J. Ad. McCullough Washington County James O’donnell Neor Judsonia Jonn Warram Alma Rogers Arkansas Sturgis Bradley County Tula Fulton Hempstead Nashville John Brooks A. W. Miller Pike County Little Rock Hot Sprouse Cleveland Benton Saline County Mices Morriston B. H. Greathouse Hollandburg Music Company Lite Rock Capital Stock Lake Dick Jefferson County EU Evans Alex Scott Deemee Metal Weted &L

In Case Hempstead v Howard County Judgment Shown

A court in Howard County hears a case against Hempstead County for 4701 dollars 93 cents to cover a portion of Hempstead's debt. The suit is slated for appeal to the supreme court. Separately a Jacksonport murder case involves Lemuel Bord found hanged and his wife suspected. the husband jailed then killed by a mounted patrol.

Matthew Booker Helena Josiah R. Hardin Statler Jacob Williams Barks Samel Weaver Vesta Clark Tritt Shoat Creek John J. . Peldergrass Sub Rosa Abraham Muistder Lowell Wo. KR Pilkinton Mountain View Jobo HK. Wright Berryville Caleb Hickman Jasper Jona M. Bailey Shiloh John Clark Mutbary Hempstead Va Howard County Howard Cirscuit Hempstead Hlempstead Supreme Court Lemuel Bord Jacksonport Yiarks Wiolenes Dempstead Rifles 4Thh Arkansas Infantry Washington Tempstead Washington Telegraph Beto Cosiway Dan Wo Frnes

Cher okee Nation election marks close, Mayes leads

The Cher okee Nation held a fierce general election Monday with Rabbi Bapeh leading the National party and Jon Mayes heading the Downing faction. Early returns from Carew, Carneiive, Delaware, and Sequo yah-which indicate Mayes winning chief in SOT and Coeweeseuewee, with Going Snake also leaning Mayes and Gary potentially securing core districts.

Rabbi Bapeh National Party Downing Party Jon Mayes Carew Carneiive Delaware Sequoyah Mayes Sot Coeweeseuewee

Notable Figures and Controversies Span National Figures

A fragmentary report references Mose Clarris urging Cleveland to avoid Hot Springs and recalls a fourteen member committee. it also details a Navy officer’s account of prohibition era incidents and charges of peculation at Natchez, plus a Moscow Gazette obituary of M. Katha and notes on Jathoff's rise in Russia.

Mherbisa Peahnah Sl Mose Clarris Pexas Los: Springs Cleveland Mose Moses M. Katha Moscow Taougo Wet Jathoff Russia Jourghan Bavt

Railroad Extension Promised to Fort Smith

Capt Jack Weed returned Sunday on the St Louis train where Hinckley said the plans for extending the railroad from this point to Fort Smith were satisfactory and led to expectations of crews and work within two weeks. The committee and public are praised for liberal support and the promise of a coal region corridor through the Southwest is celebrated with gratitude and a prayer for mercy on those who faltered.

Texarkana Jack Weed Sundsy St. Louis Hinckley Fort Smith

Freedmen Citizenship Meeting and Local Notices

Union Agency Muscouri reports the Freedmen citizenship committee for the Choctaw Nation will hold its final session at Tushka Boma Indian Territory starting September 1, 187, lasting up to 30 days. Also includes scattered items: Prohibition rhetoric, editorials from Texarkana Independent and Minnesota Tribune, a legal notice about TENNY MARTIN & ANDERSON moving offices in Fort Smith, and advertisements for Studebaker wagons at 60 dollars, strayed pony reward, and misaddressed notices from local firms.

Muscouri B.t Tushkaboma Indian Territory Roxr U.S. Indian Agent Studebaker Wagon Manufactory Bengel & Fohulte Fort Smith

Local notes and travels across towns and springs in week reports

The passage lists names, places, and routine updates about residents and events in multiple locales. It mentions Bly Ane Wilteons Honkings and a trip to Abissouni with several individuals and a public notice of travel plans. The text mixes names, places like Cape WUD and Rareka Springs, and references to absences, visits, and social occasions.

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