Local notes from Delphos and Fort Wayne area
Local items include J A Noble visiting Delphos. Daughters of Isabella meeting at Ella Summers 47 Douglass Ave. R C Bell travels to Philadelphia and New Orleans for R T McDonald. Rev J F Delaney improving. J E Garwood heading to Manitoba to work for White Sewing Machine. Fort Wayne events include YWCA talk by M H Taylor. Bob a Link ball planned Nov 21. council to discuss telephone franchise. change in Pennsylvania schedule speculation. Frank A Newhaus to wed Elizabeth Bowser at Academic Station. Kyle Music link noted.
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J. A. Noble
Bass Foundry and Machine Works
Delphos
Isabella
Ella Summers
Douglass Avenue
R. C. Bell
Philadelphia
New Orleans
R. T. McDonald
J. F. Delaney
J. E. Garwood
Huntington
Mendota
Ill
White Sewing Machine Company
Working Girls’ Union
Jim Corbett
Bob Fitzsimmons
A. I. Shock
West Main Street
Johnson
Kel River
Bob A’ Link
Saengerbund
Strodel
St. Joe River
Pennsylvania
Vanderbilts
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Academic Station
Frank A. Newhaus
Elizabeth Bowser
John Bowser
Father Touhey
Academy Church
Newhaus
Kyle Music Company
Fixing the Natives in Central Africa Tale
A traveler recalls a plan to intimidate African natives by placing a revolver on the ground and reciting a mix of weather talk and Longfellow poetry. The natives, misunderstanding the words but fearing punishment, show obedience while the servant deserts he recounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Africa
The Condor Immense Fighter and Bold Hunter Tale
A traveler recalls watching condors in the Andes their immense strength and tenacity. The bird tears meat with beak and claws then rests after a banquet, resisting nearby humans. An attempted capture ends with a hatchet blow to kill the bird.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andes
Batteris
Minnie Maddern Fiske Stars In The Queen Of Liars Play
Minnie Maddern Fiske returns to the stage tonight in The Queen of Liars an adaptation from Daudet and others. The performance draws praise for Fiske’s sympathetic naturalistic portrayal equaling Duse in finesse and detail. The piece centers on a Becky Sharp like heroine reputedly immoral yet human and pardoned by viewers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Maddern Fiske
Alphonse Daudet
Leon Henrique
Harrison Gray
Fiske
Becky Sharp
Thackeray
Becky
Audet
Minnie Maddern-Fiske
Daudet
Duse
New York
Minnie Munddern-Fiske
Wetress
Mrs
Boston
Brady
Johnson
New York City
William Gillett
Gillette
Wilkinson
Maonic Temple
Cock crowing contests and bird prizes in Egium France
A report on cock crowing competitions in Egium France notes Belgian champions and a record holder from a village near teraing with a 337 crowing tally. Other birds show success with hours of work and prizes, including a Paris bird winning eight contests and $400. Mentions of English and Belgian birds, travel offers, and local business notes follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egium
France
Fai
Sun
Teraing
Anther
Bard
Bea
Paris
Marriage Licenses Granted for Four Couples
Henry J. Daseler wed Louise Boise and Frederick Schoertf married Mary E. Schlatter as license records show two additional unions in the same listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Daseler
Louise Boise
Frederick ‘Schoertf
Mary E. Schlatter
Wreck, Fire, and Poisoned Food Feats Across Cities
Wreck on the Pittsburg Cincin nati Cannon Ball near Wheeling Elm Grove leaves two dead and many injured with several to die. A baby and a woman killed amid wreckage as surgeons treat some eighty wounded in a mass casualty scene. A separate tenement fire in New York described with horror features. Lake steamer crew disabled by poisonous soda in food.
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West Virginia
Texas
New York
Lake
Wheeling
W. Va
Elm Grove
Pittsburg
Cincinnati Express
Wheeling Creek
Miranda Hare
Kittanning
Lawrence Bartley
Wheeling and Elm Grove
Ella Vance
C. J. Garvey
Marietta
W. N. Rose
Chicago
Michael J. Mahoney
McKeesport
F. W. Gilbart
Sharpsburg
Wm. Richardson
James W. Foster
Beaver Falls
W. J. Chapman
West Bridgewater
P. R. Rahm
Philadelphia
Louis Schubert
W. O. Hawley
Allegheny
Dixon
Maud Vance
Malone
Lejine
Anthony McTighe
Fire Horror at New York Sweatshop Building
A blaze on November 4 at 1 a m destroyed the six story brick structure at 7 Pelham street owned by Weil & Meyer. Three bodies were found charred in the ruins and a man who jumped to escape the flames died later of a fractured skull at Governeur hospital. Morris Dirschauer and Isaac Penson are named among the dead. watchman Jacob Shapiro was identified by relatives. The fire, of unknown origin on the second floor, caused a dramatic panic as residents fled, with five alarms and extensive losses among workers and watchmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pelham Street
Weil & Meyer
Governeur Hospital
Jacob Shapiro
Isaac Penson
Morris Dirschauer
No. 7
Dirschauer
Governour Hospital
Samuel Ischowitz
Ischowitz
Sise
Poisoned by bad soda on steamer Sakie Shepard
The Sakie Shepard drifted on Lake Huron with one dead and crew suffering severe poisoning after breakfast pancakes made from spoiled sods. Dennis Smith is named dead. The engineer reached his post later and port was finally reached.
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Port Huron
Mich
Sakie Shepard
Lake Huron
Dennis Smith
One Man Instantly Killed in Multiple Rail Accidents
Reports from Malden and Dallas chronicle two rail disasters. In Malden a Boston and Maine clash near Edgeworth station killed brakeman John Flaherty instantly and left crews and passengers injured. In Waxahachie a Missouri Kansas and Texas wreck injured many, killed engineer Mike Murphy, with coaches derailed.
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Malden
Mass
Navy
Boston and Maine Railway
Hdgeworth Station
John Flaherty
Boston
DaLlas
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Waxahachie
Mike Murphy
Tom Bell
Hill County
Hill Ready for the Conflict
President Hill says the A R U committee lacks company ties and are not employes of the Great Northern. He claims no strike is likely and the road has notified stations that interviewers are outsiders. A Montana dispatch says trouble would be on the main line east of Minot, not Montana. Local railroad men decline to join a strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Pau
Great Northern
Hill
Butte
Mont
Montana
Minot
A. BR. U
St. Paul
Desperate double killing rocks Blackberry Creek area
News from Pike county reports a fatal fight near Campbell's store on Blackberry creek after a quarrel between Thomas Hardin and Jonathan Brookenship. Henry Hardin killed in defense of his father as the elder Hardin fell, and the younger fled. two farmers dead in a domestic conflict.
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Whitesburg
Pike County
Campbell
Blackberry Creek
Thomas Hardin
Henry Hardin
Jonathan Brookenship
Hardin, Sr
Young Harding
Young Hardin
Brookenship
Child Labor in Illinois Troublemaker for Violators
A Chicago special legislative committee, formed after the extra session of the thirty-ninth general assembly, met at the state factory inspector's office to thoroughly investigate child labor abuses. Findings indicate violations are mainly in Chicago and vicinity, with the wealthiest employers singled out in reported cases. College football results across multiple venues are also listed, including Princeton 12 over Harvard 4 and Michigan 42 over Oberlin 0.
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Chicaggo
Chicago
Illinois
Thirty-Ninth General Assembly
Princeton
Harvard
Lawrence
Kas
Iowa
Kansas
West Point
Yale
Hanover
N. H
Boston
Dartmouth
Ambherst
Williams
Ann Arbor
Mich
Oberlin
Michigan
Wisconsin
Strike at Lenz and Harmony Mines Demands Pay Rise
One hundred fifty miners at the Lenz and Harmony mines on the Louisville Evansville and St. Louis railroad ten to twelve miles east of East St. Louis strike for a two cent per ton wage increase. The mines are controlled by Crown Coal and Tow Company of St. Louis.
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St. Louis
Lenz and Harmony
Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis
East St. Louis
Crown Coal and Tow
Pany
Great Fight Finally Off in Arkansas
In Little Rock on November 4 the famed bout between Bob Fitzsimmons and James J. Corbett collapsed after promoter Julian failed to raise the $10,000 side bet Brady demanded. The governor dropped suits on promise of no more attempts in the state. Chancellor Martin kept the injunction with potential jail time for violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Bob Fitzsimmons
Corbett
Hot Springs
Memphis
Fitzsimmons
Martin Julian
Martin
Julian
Brady
Bar on Wilkes sells for 25000 in Kentucky sale
Colonel RG Stoner of Paris Kentucky sells the great trotting sire Baron Wilkes 2 18 to Thayer Boston for 25000. Also notes Dickinson Hardware in Little Rock failing with 250000 assets 150000 liabilities.
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RG. Stoner
Paris
Thayer
Boston
Wilkes
Dickinson Hardware Company
Little Rock
William L. Stagg
Post D. Travelers’ Protective Association
Springfield
Ills
Altgeld
Ilinois
Frances Willard
Chicago
Evanston
Illinois Law Department
Gustav Pabst
Margaret Mather
H. D. Stanley
van Buren and
Clark Streets
Harrison
Union League Club
Election campaign closes as ballots loom across states
CuicaGco Nov. 4 Ballots will fall in thirteen states tomorrow with few local contests. Democrats and Republicans claim varied gains in Ohio New York Kentucky Nebraska Maryland Utah Iowa and more. Predictions differ, parties tout leads, and key contests include New Yorks full legislature and a U S senate successor in Hills seat.
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CuicaGco
Ohio
Western Union
New York
Hills
United States Senate
New York City
Tammany
Kentucky
Nebraska
Gorman
Maryland
Utah
Iowa
Jackson
Babb
Allison
No Warships on the Lakes Confirmed by President
President Cleveland approves Secretary Herbert's decision to reject the Detroit Dry Dock bid for a lake gun boat. The 1817 U S Great Lakes treaty prohibits vessel construction on the lakes, and changes since then do not justify ignoring it. The report covers other brief items from Washington, Nebraska, Crow Creek, and Wisconsin river water concerns.
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Washington
Lakes
Herbert
Don Dickinson
Detroit Dry Dock Company
Detroit
United States
Great Britain
Great Lakes
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M. H. Taylor
Fort Wayne Association
Thomas F. Butler
Pennsylvania Company
Wellsville, O
City
James Summers
Douglas Avenue
Hunter
Nickel Plate Road
P. A. Randall
Tenn
Tras-Poar
Omaha
The
Bee
Arcadia
Cleveland
Oak Ridge
Green Spring
Helen Langdorf
Patton Street
Laungdorf
Faribault
Minneapolis
Walcott
M. KE. Sheffield
Raintuck
Rockefeller
Chicago University
F. J. Gates
John D. Rockefeller
Special Legislative Committee
Mexico
Pachuca
Texacapa
Mollango
Hc Square
Guadaloupe
Nicolas Hernandez
Martin Santiago
Jose Manuel
Casper Hernandez
Juan Tomas
Juan Tomas, Jr
Maria Juana
Maria Magdalena
Maria Concepcion
Alguayciles
Texcapa
Indiana
Upper
Lochren
Lincoln
Neb
Waverly
Vining
Hurpur
St. Stephan
Crow Creek Reservation
Highmore
Kate Drexel
Eo Cleveland
John W. Cadman
Clevelands
Huddleston
Cadman
Green Bay
Fox River Valley Manufacturers
Congress
Portage
Manchester
George. W. Pepper
Ireland
Shamrock Literary Club
Prof
Jouhey
Trish Piper
MSS
J. Haverly
Fort Wayne Steam Laundry
W. B. Phillips
Telephone
Gregm Portis
Washington Boulevard
Geller
W. F. Geller
Temple Theatre
Queen OF Liars
Meyer's Hat Store
Calhoun Street
Reguutar
Emple Theatre
Meyer's
Miller
HVT & OO
Calhoun ST
Daily Times- Post
Ewa
Wm. Meyer & Bro
Calhoun
J. O. Caswell
Hotel Rich
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