Debs and Howard clash over bonds amid a Chicago strike
Reports from Chicago and surrounding areas detail the American Railway Union leaders led by Debs and Howard facing jail threats as strikes surge. Officials claim evidence of arson by General Managers' men and discuss bail, while Pullman workers resume some duties and others stay out.
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Garcaco
Howard
American Railway Union
Chicago
General Managers Association
Pinkerton
The
Debs
Attorney Argo
Jaws
W. W. Erwin
W. A. Shoemaker
St. Paul
Gregory
Clarence S. Darrow
Senator George Proposes Eight-Hour Work Day Amendment
Washington July 18 Senator George introduces a joint resolution to amend the constitution to define eight hours as a legal workday for manual labor. The measure limits work to forty eight hours per week in mining manufacturing public work or transportation other than watercraft with exceptions during emergencies.
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Washinaton
George
Unfortunate Officer Aids Woman Sent to Warsaw
Last Tuesday a neatly dressed young woman arrived by train from Warsaw on the Pennsylvania line. She sought care as she was about to be confined and told officers she had no money and was married. Warsaw authorities sent her back, and she cried in the waiting room before a ticket was obtained for her return. The Kosciuszko county actions drew sharp reproach as inhuman and contemptible. Also found a baby boy in a basket at 53 Charles street with a note to Altenaus. The Altenaus initially refused custody, then changed their minds and three more applicants sought the infant.
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Pennsylvania Road
Warsaw
Paul
Calhoun Street
Dixon
Incer Paul
Fort Wayne
Brackenridge
Kosciusk
Vachon
Charles Street
Man Webber Hurt In East Wayne Street Racing Crash
A late night racing crash on east Wayne Street left Webber with severe head and shoulder injuries after four rigs collided between University and Comparet. Two shopmen from Bass shop were thrown, one man and a woman injured. most racers fled before police arrival. David Miller, father of J B Miller, was badly hurt in a separate runaway near the state line. Doctors say recovery unlikely.
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East Wayne Street
Bass Shop
Webber
Lilly
David Miller
J. B. Miller
Monroeville
State Line
Connelly and Kauffman
Funeral disturbance as revived man returns home
In San Diego on July 18 Washington Erving, nephew of a famous author, appeared to die at Escondido. During the funeral service the casket was opened and a knocking from inside startled mourners. The lid was removed, Erving sat up dazed, then recovered and was taken home.
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San Diego
Cal
Washington Erving
Escondido
Irving
Tragic Child Hangs Self in West Virginia Care Note
Nellie Kenne a nine year old in Beanshaw West Virginia hung herself after being kept home from school to tend two babies. She was found dead by her mother. In Hemmeter West Virginia Mrs Truman Milles reports her infant children found dead after a horse incident.
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Beanshaw
W.va
Sulu
Nellie Kenne
Infant Attacked by Horse Under Shade of Tree
An eight months old babe resting beneath a tree was mauled by a horse on the return. The animal gnawed the infant, causing life threatening injuries. The mother collapses in grief and appears to be losing her wits from distress.
Barefoot Kansan Hugh Cameron Runs Unconventional Congress Campaign
Kansas maverick Hugh Cameron announces a footwear free campaign for Congress in nine counties. With his mule and hermit life he vows to visit homes, persuade voters against party labels, and campaign nakedly to win support. Cameron Bluff near Lawrence remains his unusual home base.
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Union
Hugh Cameron
Jim Lane
Congress
Lawrence
Kaw River
Cameron Bluff
Second
Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
Washington
Cameron
Pennsylvania
Breckinridge for Russian minister chosen by Cleveland
Washington reports Clifton Q Breckinridge of Arkansas has accepted the post as United States minister to Russia with President Cleveland sending the nomination to the Senate. Breckinridge, a Kentuckian by birth, has Served in Congress twelve years and has been closely tied to tariff debates while acting as Wilsons deputy during illness. He will remain in Congress until tariffs settle and then take the Russia post.
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Congess
Tari Courie
Mr. Breckinridge
White House
Wilson
Breckinridge
Cleveland
Arkansas
Severn
Mexico
Congress
Declared Off Strikes and Trotting Derby At Groove Point
Nine week labor stoppage ends as 400 workers return to Tube Works in Me Keasport under guard. Derby day at Groove Point draws a large crowd for a rich pacing stake with ten starters. Dancourt narrowly wins heat races amid lineup of Silicon Margrave Nemoline and others. Debs dispatches questioned as radical readjustment of capital relations discussed.
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the Nations
Mondey
Cobepuiie
Dernoor
Foen Deys
Taesan
Groove Point
Reck
Waa
Silicon
Margrave
Dancourt
Nemoline
Wisuial
Hickok
Wilton
Maloney
Ambassador
Dickerson
Debs
Torres Tasco
Curly Tagged Wereport and Cattle Breeding Notes
A mosaic of mid 19th century agricultural notes discusses Hesiod VT as a prize winner, horse and cow breeding comparisons, and fly management. It covers fly protection for horses, tansy washes, kerosene emulsions for ticks, and methods to work mares with foals including halter breaking and field routines.
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Dreeder’s Gazette
Hesiod
Tiesiod
Rosa Bonhenr
Iesiad
Texas
Fashion Drives Horse Prices in Local Market Trends
A farmer prioritizes a stylish carriage horse over practical draft stock as fashion dictates value. Buyers expect a smooth harness horse around 15 to 16 hands and strong knee action, with money mainly made from fashionable individuals. For drafts, Percheron, Clydesdale, and Shire breeders claim superiority, while well matched carriage pairs fetch $400 to $500 per pair.
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Shire
Sunshade for Horses and Foal Care Tips
A Rural New Yorker reader proposes a straw hat sunshade for horses to prevent sunstroke, noting a wide brim and wet sponge inside. The piece urges manufacturing horse head shading devices and highlights humane treatment for animals, then shifts to foal constipation and recommended castor oil and warm water injections for safe bowel evacuation.
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New Yorker
Soundness and breeding urged for livestock and sheep
The text warns against breeding ewes before one year old to ensure productive progeny and emphasizes keeping flock stock near home to identify capable rams. It cites Colonel F P D Corburn on hogs with bad feet as a major defect from fat-focused breeding and notes John Gould praising pasture exercise for dairy cows to promote health and productivity.
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FP. D. Coburn
John Gould
Hly's Dream Balm touted for radical nasal cure
An advertisement extols nonirritating remedies for nasal mucous membrane diseases and dismisses deushen powders and astringents as harmful. It claims many patients achieved radical permanent cures with Hly's Dream Balm and notes druggists stock it. A testimonial from J E Hare of Trenton Texas praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy for quick relief and cure in a diarrhoea case, with bottle sizes 25 and 50 cents.
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Hly
Chamberlain
J. E. Hare
Trenton
Tex
Body of John Witt Found in Cave Near Chilhowie
Bristol July 21 John Witt of this city had been missing for a month. The body was located in a cave near Chilhowie Virginia with the abdomen cut open and the cavity filled with stones. The discovery confirms murder as the cause of death.
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Bristol
Tenn
John Witt
Witt
Chilhowie
Fenn
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