Famine in India Report on Punjab Canal Work and Camp Welfare
A Reuters AP dispatch from Shyrum Punjab dated January 23, 1897 describes theRhylum canal relief effort with 28 000 workers, including 12 000 non workers. Camps are clean. prices soar for grain. Workers sing while laboring. nurses care for infants and deserted babies. Officials assign relief slips listing names castes wages and sections.
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Shyrum
Punjab
Associated Press
Associated ‘Press
Etricken
India
Rhylum Canal
Marriage Dead Fall for Him in Huntington
Huntington ind Jan 23 John T Hiler a Chicago songwriter met Miss Jessie Anderson and urged marriage after joking about obtaining a license. Miss Anderson stopped the plan, noting Hiler’s four prior marriages and multiple ex-wives in Appleton Cedar Rapids Bloomington Chicago. Separately Galesville Wis city hall plans fund raising opera seating through public balls with Baraboo orchestra drawing dancers and spectators to fund the auditorium.
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Huntington
Ind
John T. ‘Hiler
Chicago
Jessie Anderson
Miss Anderson
Hiler
Appleton
Wis
Cedar Rapids
Bloomington
Ill
Galesville
Gound
Baraboo
Senator Williams In Cuba Studying McKinley Situation
Alumbus Jan 23 Senator Silas J Williams of Alliance is in Cuba to study the situation for McKinley. He resides in McKinley s county.
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Alumbus
Silas J. @Williams
Alliance
Cuba
McKinley
Dun in a Hopeful Temper
R G Dun and Co reports improved business but lower prices across sectors. Production rising while consumption lags, wages steady, and loans cautious. Wheat and corn fall modestly, cotton unchanged. woolen demand weak but slowly improving with late season. Weekly U S failures rise to 409, railroads earn 9,737,724 in mid January, down from last year.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Raven of Trade
United States
Canada
Principal Transitions of the Legislature of the Badger State
Madison Wis Jan 23 Mr Hall s anti pass resolution sparked the first debate of the session before being laid on the table Bills to amend the banking laws of 1895 were introduced in both houses Baxter in the senate and Davidson in the assembly The bank examiner becomes a deputy to the state treasurer and the chief clerk in the examiner s office gains deputy powers Also examiner reports become bi annual In the senate Timme resolution to investigate state departments was amended and adopted with Timme and Whelan named as senate members The only notable bill is Davidson s to bar money from use in elections.
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Madison
Wis
Hall
Assembly
Scofield
Baxter
Senate
Davidson
Hach
Timme
Whelan
Killed While Warning Negroes Near Black Jack Tenn
In Russellville Kentucky 82 year old Jodie Conn, son of Charles Conn a wealthy county farmer, was killed near Black Jack Tennessee while guiding about thirty others to warn a group of African Americans to leave the country. A shot from an upstairs window struck Conn as the crowd parted, and he died before help could reach him. Reports say the warned negro had been stealing from nearby farmers. Also from London a report says famine in Rhodesia has driven native women to beg food from Bulawayo officials. In Oakland California Nellie Curran 23 failed to summon help after her father ingested poison during a personal crisis and woke to his death.
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Russellville
Jodie Conn
Charles Conn
Black Jack
Tenn
Conn
London
Capetown
Daily Mail
Rhodesia
Bulawayo
Oakland
Cal
Nellie Curran
Turbulent Spanish theatre scene prompts Cuba clash
Telegrams report Spaniards in Cuba clashing over a theatre act in which an American company performer waves a Cuban flag and cries Cuba Libre. Other items note a death by blood poisoning from moistening a letter seal, plans for a nail factory in Valparaiso, a 10 000 ton armored warship purchase negotiation in Argentina, and several obituaries. Also listed: artless extracts on U S government savings deposits in Canada, a Mingo Junction fire, and other brief notes.
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Cuba
Helen Murgrave
Cameron Township
Valparaiso
Mingo Junction
Greenfield
Ind
Morgan Chandler
Pierre
Ss. D
Paul Narcell
Wichita
Kas
William Starr
Klinger Lake
A. N. Mandigo
Settlement reached in Union Pacific foreclosure bid
New York and Washington report a settlement with the government via a reorganization committee. A minimum bid of just over 46 million dollars is guaranteed to cover the government claim and sinking fund, with 4.5 million earnest money deposited. Kuhn Loeb & Co. provide essential funds. The sale will be public to capture any higher bids up to the full claim.
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New York
Union Pacific Reorganization Committee
Union Pacific
Kansas Pacific
Union Pacific Sinking Fund
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Harmon
Washington
Union Pacific Railroads
Union Pacific Railway Company
Bills to be filed in St Louis for Union Pacific foreclosure
In several western states federal bills in equity prepared by the attorney general and special counsel will be presented to Judge Sanborn in St Louis to foreclose and sell Union Pacific property under government and first mortgage liens. Separate Kansas Pacific lien foreclosures are planned in Missouri and Kansas. Government directors urged prompt action to realize the subsidy bond amounts, with bids likely higher and cash safeguards totaling at least 45.75 million. The Central Pacific plan remains undecided.
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George Hoadley
St. Louis
Sanborn
Iowa
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Kansas Pacific
Missouri
Kansas
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
Foreclosure Threat Looms Over Regional Rail Lines
Indianapolis reports the Louisville New Albany and Chicago road faces foreclosure soon, with Bedford Bloomington and Orleans West Baden French Lick lines to be absorbed into the Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville system. Judie Woods court opens the case by Farmers Loan and Trust of New York against the New Monon, likely leading to a sale decree. The existing management may buy the road for first mortgage bondholders. In Springfield, directors elected for the Chicago Peoria and St. Louis Railway include Charles S. Bosworth and Henry W. Putnam alongside Charles Moyer and Charles Fean.
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Indianapolis
Louisville
New Albany
Chicago
Bedford
Bloomington
Orleans
West Baden
French Lick
Judie Woods
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
New York
New Monon
Springfield, Ills
Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railway Company
Charles S. Bosworth
Springfield
Flenry W. Putnam
Charles Moyer
Charles Fean
Coast Defense Convention Ends In Call For War Readiness
The South Atlantic and Gulf States Coast Defense and Improvement convention finished its work in Tampa on Jan 23. A permanent National Coast Defense association was formed with officers including General Horace Porter as president and Colonel James A. Frye as secretary. A national committee was appointed and a long series of resolutions urged immediate action to prepare for war, demanding army reforms, annual militia funding, Springfield rifles for states, expanded militia training, better coastal garrisons, and rapid modernization of coastal defenses.
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Tampa
Pla
South Atlantic
Gulf States
Goeast
National Coast Defense Association
Horace Porter
New York
James A. Frye
Massachusetts
John BR. Gordon
Georgia
Lew Wallace
Indiana
A. K. McClure
Pennsylvania
R.A. Alger
Michigan
M St. DeYoung
California
Willam Miller
Floridan
John C. Repes
T. G. Defrees
A. D.wetherell
Tillinois
Congress
Isue Springfield Rifles
Indiana grand jury indicts man for wife killing
Anderson Indiana January 28 the grand jury returned an indictment against Barney Van Hoorbecke charging him with killing his wife. The sheriff pursued the defendant who is under arrest at Green Bay Wisconsin Miss Mattie Pritz who lived with the family and first pointed suspicion has been arrested as an accessory She recalls her story but denies intimidation and the sheriff and coroner report she spoke freely and swore to the truth in an affidavit
Law bill lets voters miss work on election day
Jefferson City Mo Jan 23 Representative Bohart of Clinton county introduced in the house a bill granting any qualified voter four hours off from work on election day with full pay between poll hours. The measure also imposes charter forfeiture on firms or corporations that attempt to influence results by distributing literature or other means.
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Jefferson City
Bohart
Clinton County
Arkansas Senate Advances Qualified Elector Bill
The Arkansas state senate passed a bill by Senator Witt to require that only qualified electors may hold any position within the gift of the legislature. The women’s vote securing efforts at hearings is cited as driving the action.
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Little Rock
Arkansas State Senate
Witt
Arkansas
Senate
Dixon Defeats Murphy For Featherweight Title
New York January 23 George Dixon world champion featherweight defeated Australian Billy Murphy of Cincinnati in six rounds at the Broadway Athletic Club last night.
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New York
George Dixon
Billy’ Murphy
Cincinnati
Broadway Athletic Club
Ohio Bars Lloyds from Doing Business
Columbus reports state Superintendent of Insurance Matthews barred the Lloyds insurance companies from operating in Ohio yesterday. The action marks a notable regulatory move affecting insurer access and market competition within the state.
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Columbus
Matthews
Lloyds Insurance Companies
Ohio
Secretary Francis Leaves for St Louis After Mother's Illness
Washington Jan 23 Secretary Francis departed for St Louis due to his mother’s illness. He was summoned away by family health concerns affecting his travel plans and duties.
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Francis
St. Louis
Washington
Weather indications for twenty four hours
The forecast lists conditions for several regions. Trolinna and Waois expect fair weather with northerly winds and colder temperatures in the south. Michigan should see snow turning to clearing skies, much colder with northwest winds. Wisconsin looks for fair weather, possible local snow this evening with continued cold northerly winds. Iowa anticipates increasing cloudiness with likely snow in western areas and cold northerly winds.
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Washington
Trolinna
Waois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
No Woman Should Be A Burden, Say Health Rules
A pamphlet extols women healing through Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription claiming it cures weakness and disease of the female organs. It urges self care and cites testimonials, then promotes Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser as an authoritative home medical guide available for stamps from the World's Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo, N Y.
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Dennis H. Connelly
Hsg
Clear Water
Wright Co
Minn
Pierce
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo
N. Y
California Owl Ranches Feasibility For Digestive Aids
A southern California baby-brown owl, five weeks old, consumes half its body weight in raw beef per meal and eats three square meals daily without dyspepsia. A physician suggests digestive enzymes from owls could rival pig pepsin, potentially creating a large California market and possible owl ranches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Boston
Birthday Banter From London Tit-Bits
Siat Time and Miss Sharpe I celebrate birthdays with playful boasts in London Tit-Bits. The exchange notes a twenty fourth and a first birthday, framed as light society banter from a period paper.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Promises Pain Relief
The advert touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as best for oats bruises sores ulcers and other skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. It claims a 25 cent price per box and per sale by Emmert & Burrell. The second item notes the estate of Vaturino once a famed Mazeppa residence in Ukraine has fallen into ruin.
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Bucklen
Arnica
Emmert & Burrell
Vaturino
Mazeppa
Ukraine
Merchants back Chamberlain remedies and curiosities
Perry and Cameron of Flushing Michigan praise Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the best cough medicine they have sold and recommend it to customers. Emmert and Burrell, druggists, offer it at 25 and 50 cents per bottle. A daguerreotype of the first live gorilla in Europe shown at London Zoo. a chest pain balm method with Chamberlain's Pain Balm is advised for quick relief. Emmert and Burrell sell both remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry & Cameron
Flushing
Michigan
Emmert & Burrell
Chamberlain
Tax Notice for Sewer and Paying Taxes
The city issues tax notices with six percent interest on unpaid sewer and tax amounts. Taxes must be paid to avoid extra interest. Office in Fry's Block, Room 8, 9 am to 3 pm. Saturday evenings 7 to 9. T. D. OsBORNE, City Collector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fry’s Block
T. D. Osborne
City Collecor
Tax Collector Opens Office For Freeport Taxes 1896
James Manson, Tax Collector, announces an office at the rear of the First National Bank to collect Freeport town taxes for 1896. W D Scott, specialist, will attend Brewater House each Monday from 2 to 8 p m for tax payments.
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First National Bank
Freeport
James Manson
W. D. Scott
Brewater House
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van Hoorbecke
Kybosh
Dixon
Lloyds
Europe
Wombwell
London Zoological Society
Germania Opera House
A. Herbst and CO
Dearborn St
Pozzoni
Gail Gordon
Eagle Brand Condensed Milk
Appli
N.Y
Rhotographers
Ottage
Court House
Physicians and Surgeons
Omca
Ofice
Stephenson County
Oscar Talor
Jorn
Frick
D. S. Brewster
Notary Public
Dakota
Iown
Bear River Valley
Wareham
E. Wareham
Freeport, Tl
W. Suiin
B. BF
Thomas
Smith & Thomas
Illinois
ST. Paul
Minneapolis
Western Railway
A. G. Fitz
Brewster Hoare
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