Great Fire in Rhode Island three mills burn in Warren
A blaze in Warren Rhode Island destroyed three cotton mills two warehouses and a lumber yard with losses estimated at 1.125 million dollars. Fire departments from Bristol Fall River and Providence fought the flames as town residents feared for homes and tenements. Eight hundred fifty workers were displaced as the mills stood ruined by midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren, R. 1
New England
Warren Manufacturing Company
Bristol
Fall River
Providence
James
Sea Island
R. A. Martin
Episcopal Deputies Revert Propositions At Convention
In Minneapolis the house of deputies reversed two key proposals from the revision report. They defeated a motion to call the church Protestant Episcopal and retained the existing name General Convention rather than General Synod. The session focused on constitution revision with mixed progress and broad reversals of the revision commission’s aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal
Minneapolis
House of Deputies
Episcopal Convention
Church
Protestant Episcopal
Revision Commission
General Convention
General Synod
Hinshaw Sees Verdict as Unjust in Danville Case
Rev. Hinshaw, awaiting sentencing, calls the verdict unjust and an innocent man condemned. Defense plans a motion for a new trial and an appeal to the supreme court, with potential pardon during the lengthy process. He laments the impact on his aging parents and notes the life sentence will begin after disposition of the motion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Mr. Hinshaw
Hadley
Supreme Court
Hinshaw
Aterin
Came Home Only to Die End of a Man Who Deserted His Family
Aaron Swain, exiled for 32 years, returned to Kokomo and died after a paralysis attack at his daughter Mrs. George W Conner’s home. He claimed another wife and California family. his wife had remarried after decades apart. In Indianapolis, Thomas Taggart and Preston C Trusler forecast tight party contest next Tuesday with divergent majorities estimated.
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Brown County
Anderson
Spencer
Rushville
Joseph Kirkwood
Giffin’s
John Jarrett
Kokomo
Aaron Swain
George W. Conner
O'Aaron Swain
Mechanicsburg
Henry County
California
Swain
Indianapolis
Thomas Taggart
Preston C. Trusler
Good Citizens Congratulate Culberson Action
In Indianapolis on October 4 the Good Citizens’ League of Indiana sent a telegram to Governor Culberson and Texas legislators praising their move to suppress the Corbett Kitzinmmons fight, noting the convention’s support and approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Citizens
Culberson
Indianapolis
Good Citizens’ League of Indiana
Texas
Corbett
Coffin Brothers Conspiracy Verdict In Indianapolis Case
In Indianapolis the jury finds Francis Coffin guilty and Percival Coffin not guilty in the National Bank conspiracy case. Francis congratulates his brother after the verdict. This is the second trial for aiding and abetting President Haughey to wreck the bank. motion for a new trial was filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indianapolis National Bank
Francis
Percival Coffin
Francis Coffin
Percival
Haughey
Absconding Assistant Cashier Steals From Bank
Mount Vernon officials announce Albert Wade, an assistant cashier at the First National Bank, absconded with 13 000 during the dinner hour, taking bank funds while others were away. The total loss is expected to exceed 13 000 as exact figures are still being determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
First National Bank
Albert Wade
Wade
Man dragged to death by horse near Elizaville
Henry Snodgrass traveling from Elwood to Missouri stopped to water his horses near Elizaville eight miles north of Lebanon. After removing a bridle the horse startled and pulled him under the wheels. He died soon after. His wife and four small children were in the wagon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Henry Snodgrass
Elwood
Missouri
Elizaville
Here
Knights of Labor clash over glass workers strike in Anderson
President Mold of district assembly No. 12 arrives from Pittsburg to battle local assembly No. 300 IX of the Knights of Labor for Skilled Glass Workers. The latter refused a sympathy strike two weeks ago, prompting threats to boycott glass from Pittsburg and Indiana factories.
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Anderson
Mold
District Assembly No
Knights of Labor
Glass Workers’ Union
Pittsburg
Local Assembly No
Indiana
Mad dog bites several people in Greensburg
A mad dog ran amuck in Greensburg on October 4 biting several persons. Bryant Beson, a large muscular man, attempted to kill the dog and was bitten. The dog remains at large as several residents continue to search for it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Bryant Beson
Races at Terre Haute Track Winners Surpass Records
Terre Haute races feature Fitz Royal winning the 2:85 trot with a best 2:1814, Star Pointer taking the 2:10 pace with 2:0414 best, and Baron Rovers securing the 2:17 trot with 2:12 best time.
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Terre Haute
Fitz Royal
Star Pointer
Baron Rovers
Notable 1900s Telegram Snippets Across Crimes and Advances
Father Dominick Wagner confesses to kidnaping Maud Steidel in St. Joseph Missouri and seeks to flee with the girl. Harvard chemistry instructor Elliott F. Rogers found dead in a laboratory, suspected self-inflicted. Kenosha Wisconsin arson trial verdicts: George Perrin and Barney Bloch guilty. Louis Jacobson acquitted. Isaac Bassett ill in Washington. Wisconsin Methodist conference votes to admit women. Lt James B. Cavanaugh to lead Northwestern division engineering works. September salaries paid to public school staff totaling 371217.30. Damascus reports French consul attacked by Turkish mob. At Sittersville West Virginia a gambling house is burned. gambler’s wife fatally injured leaping from a second-story window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominick Wagner
St. Joseph
Maud Steidel
Damascus
Chicago and Northwestern train crash claims life in Wisconsin
In Manrowoc Wisconsin on October 4 a drunken driver rear ended a train causing injuries to two bystanders and killing A. T. Weblin who died after being thrown thirty feet. The driver was arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manrrowoc
Wis
Chicago and Northwestern
A. T. Weblin
Markets Tumble Amid Wide Reuters Summary From New York to Chicago
New York reports show money easy at 14 1 2 percent with mercantile paper at 4 1 4 to 5 1 2 percent, sterling steady. Chicago Board of Trade quotes Wheat Corn Oats Park Lard and Produce with mixed gains and losses. cattle and hogs see large receipts and varied prices at the Union Stock Yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Prine Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
United States
Chicago
Board of Trade
Islge
C. Park
Ghicago
A Noble Word for the Indian From Bishop Whipple
Bishop Whipple of Montana speaks highly of Native Americans describing them as a noble wild people. He notes their belief in the Great Spirit and a future life, their hospitality, honesty, and bravery. He recalls Civil War era massacres and praises Christian Indians for warning whites and saving lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop Whipple
Montana
Minnesota
Barbers Linked to Disease Risks and Shared Towels
A historical warning cites barber shops as vectors for cholera like illnesses. It argues microbes thrive in cut skin, barber brushes, and shared towels, claiming dandruff and scabies spread through routines in cheap shops.
Married life adds humor in a courtship tip tale
In a playful exchange Solved by Nature debates how to address a mother in law. Inswim seeks etiquette advice from Soibear who recalls his own early missteps and a clever workaround. The counsel ends with a humorous twist as the speaker claims to have naturally progressed to calling her Grandmother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inswim
Soibear
Seal Skin Prices Soar As Fur Stocks Dwindle
The piece notes seal fur has become extremely costly as catches shrink and extinction fears rise. Wealthy shoppers face limited supply while seal fur shifts to trims and collars instead of full garments, with heated debate over fashion versus rarity.
Mail Volumes Across Continents In Late Nineteenth Century
An 1890s comparison notes the US population at 70 million versus Europe at 380 million. It cites US railway mail handling 10,777,875,040 pieces in 1895 and Europe around 9,237,000,000 in 1888, with Russia omitted, estimating today total mail about 11 billion, roughly equal to the US railway mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Europe
Mulhall
Russia
European postal costs and U S growth in letters in 1893
The Berne bureau reports European expenses for post and telegraph at 185 million dollars, with nine nations using post offices alone at 25 million. Europe handled 11 billion pieces for 210 million, while the United States managed a similar quantity for 85 million, aided by universal rural delivery in Europe and its rapid rise in U S letters over thirty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berne International Bureau
Europe
United States
United States Post Office Department
Germany
China Civil Service Exam Burdens Reign Amid Corruption
The Saturday Review describes China’s competitive examination system as a vast bureaucracy shaped by tests, connections, and bribery. Thousands compete for slim chances, facing harsh confinement and sparse meals, with success tied to influence.
Texas educates the Negroes in eight colleges
Texas runs about eight academies and colleges for higher education of Afro-Americans with most institutions led and taught by Black administrators and teachers. Tillotson in Austin is white-led and Missionary Association funded, Bishop College in Marshall has a white president and mixed faculty. These schools, spread across the state, are transforming the race and the state, though they remain many and varied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Tillotson
Austin
American Missionary Association
Bishop College
Marshall
South
Cubans Use Dynamite in Mountain Battle
The Cuban rebels employ dynamite against Spanish forces in the ongoing revolution. In a recent clash near Ramon de las Yaguas, they mined holes and detonated them as Spanish regiments passed. The first blast killed a Spanish lieutenant and thirteen soldiers, causing panic and desertions. Additional explosions heightened morale for the insurgents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Ramon de Las Yaguas
Mail Box Robbers Nabbed After Confession
A member of a six man gang confesses to a two year mail box robbery spree that netted about $25 000. All but one have been arrested and the crew used a universal key to access city boxes to steal letters containing money or checks and forge endorsements to cash them. They are now in Harmo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hmbo
Ipswim Prompt Sparks Question About Addressing In-Law
A reader asks how to properly address an imother-in-law and seeks guidance on respectful terms. The exchange shows curiosity about etiquette and social norms in family introductions.
Dodoon Fur Article Describes Fall Seal Without Trimming
The fragment notes a fur called dodoon used for collars cuffs and lapels. It describes a fall seal finished without trimming as the best form. The piece emphasizes quality and authenticity in fur presentation.
Wit and debt jests in old newspaper quotes
A collage of humorous quotes about business, debt collectors, and public figures from Dallas News Philadelphia Record Harrisburg Patriot Puck and others. It includes scenes of bill notices, creditors, and witty exchanges illustrating attitudes toward money and debt in historical press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Ducketts, Jr
Puck
Notable Snippets From Public Life and Royal Gaiety
An Ohio man starts a nickel subscription for Mark Twain. Congressman Heatwole of Minnesota is touted as the next House’s handsomest member. The Duke of York sold stamps to Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild for 280000 dollars. Florence Nightingale and Jean Ingelow reach 75 this year. Sarah Bernhardt gifted gorillas Paul and Virginia to Jardin des Plantes. Rev. Elijah Kellogg, 85, preaches in Harpswell Maine and farms. Lucie Ball and Mabel Butler become first women deputy internal revenue collectors in Brooklyn. Little King Alfonso grows up and charms bishops at a billiards game. He sent a letter to the pope written by himself, but his mother corrected his spelling.
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Ohio
Mark Twain
Heatwole
Minnesota
House of Representatives
Duke of York
Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild
Florence Nightingale
Jean Ingelow
Sarah Bernhardt
Paul
Virginia
Jardin Des Plantes
Elijah Kellogg
Spartacus
Harpswell
Maine
Uncle Sam
Brooklyn
Lucie Ball
Mabel Butler
Alfonso
The Cowboy Peer and His American Countess
The Earl of Shannon known as the cowboy peer chose Frances Beddy of Philadelphia as his countess. After his father’s 1890 death a search through the U S and Canada failed to locate him. He spent years roving in the United States and Ireland with cattle punching and later wood chopping at Castle Martyr in County Cork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl of
Shannon
Frances Beddy
Philadelphia
Ireland
Minnesota
United States
Canada
Castle Martyr
County Cork
Man Who Won’t Wear Pants Draws Local Ridicule
In Orangeburg New York Ferdinand Helmke a tall 20 year old refuses trousers and wears skirts learned in childhood. He has drawn ridicule for years yet continues to wear skirts, though he works on his father’s farm and plays local baseball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orangeburg
N. Y
Ferdinand Helmke
Helmke
Bushels of Rings Lost at the Seashore
A Atlantic coast habitue notes many bathers lose rings by diving into surf. He says rings slip off in water and vanish in sands, citing Atlantic City beaches where sifting would yield gold and precious stones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Land of personal crisis reports in Swiss statistics
Switzerland with a population of 3,000,000 reports an average of 650 personal crises annually. Denmark and Saxony are noted as having a more extensive use of the right to die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Denmark
Saxony
Personal Crisis Reports Highlight 8,000,000 Ar PoE G6icides
A fragment outlines a statistic regarding annual casualties from unspecified causes. The terse note points to a scale of eight million in a country or region denoted by POE and G6icides, with minimal context or details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Coin's Financial School and Sequel Advertised Prices
W H Harvey promotes Coin's Financial School in paper and cloth editions with 50 cent and 1 00 price points and notes a sequel Coin's Financial School Continued and Coin Up To Dare bound together for 1 00. The text claims the books simplify finance for readers and urges readers to study the materials. Timkes-Post Fort Wayne handles orders and review copies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coin’s Financial School
W. H. Harvey
Carr
Corn
Financia School
Chicago
Corin’s
Financial School
United States
Dare
Timkes-Post
Fort. Wayne
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Rhode Island
Rev
Wulley of
Wourner
Parkersburg
W. Va
Sisterville
Albert Barton
Barton
New York Financial
Chicago Grain and Produce
China
Saturday Review
Ipswim
SolShear
Dallas News
Philadelphia Record
Rochester Union and Advertiser
Dan
Richmond Dispatch
Persin
Ca Bros & Klee
Park Place
Hurchst
Guin
Aera
Hamiton National Bank
Hawilton National Bank
Charles McCulloch
John Mohr, JR
Cazhiar
J.C. Peltier
Undertaker
Embalmer
West Wayne St
Telephone
Fort Wayne, Ind
Pennsylvania Station
Pennsylvania Lines
Wayne, Ind
Ickelp
Chicago Express
DeParr
A. W. Johnston
Z Intendent
B. F. Horner
Cleveland
O. M
West Cates
Ft. Wayne
Gincinnati
Louisville
Lake Erie & Western Railroads
Fort Wayne
Connersville
New Castle
EL 8
Philley
Ft. W
L. Reilroad
F Daly
HC Parker
Ind
New York and
Boston Limited
Toledo Express
Atlantic Express
Lafayette Accom‘n
Sune
Pacific Express
Kansas City Express
Lafayette Accom'n
St. Louis Limited
Tatacna Pote
BOF
Fe Patter
New York Palace
Rand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
Grand Rapids
North
Richmond
Cincinnati
Dninund
Cincinnat
Grand Rapide
Harvey-Laughlin
Simes-Posi
Fort Wayne, Inc
Times-Post
East Berry Street
Turts- Post
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