Assassination in Weherin Ends Premier Mirza Ali Aqghan Khan
In Weherin on September 2 Mirza Ali Aqghan Khan premier and interior minister was shot and killed as he left the national council. Two soldiers died and an assemblyman was wounded in the same attack. One assassin died by self inflicted action another was captured and a third escaped. The murder heightens fear of chaos and increases insecurity across the country.
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Weherin
Mirza Ali Aqghan Khan
Interior
National Council
Miran Ali Asghat Kian
Tan
Robert 8. Lee
Gettysburg
Burnaide
Fredericksburg
Carl Schure
Stonewall Jackson
Chancellorsville
Sherman
Lee
Jackson
Grant
Wellington
Napoleon
Ebenezer Scrooke
Marley
Stephen Girard
River Styx
Whart
Pennsylvania
Tr. J. Barnardo
Foundling Asylums
God's Vineyard
London
Exeter Hall
Bill
God’s Vineyard
Louis Klopsch
Sermon on Labor Day Calls Donors to Share Prosperity
A Los Angeles Labor Day sermon urges the wealthy to use surplus wealth to aid parents, teachers, employers, employees, and vulnerable youths. It cites Stephen Girard and battlefield leadership to argue for gratitude, adoption, and generous support of the young, the sick, and the aged.
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Los Angeles
Cal
East
Jerusalem
Herod
Italy
Syria
Christ
Hfe
Lfe
De Witt’s Early Risers Pills Sold by Wim Jungkunz
De Witt’s Little Early Risers pills marketed as helpful for anyone needing a remedy. Sold by Wim F Jungkunz at 85 Stephenson Street.
Daily Journal Delivery Offer for Citywide Ne a Week
The Daily Journal announces delivery to every city area for a weekly rate of Ne a week. The notice emphasizes convenience and broad service coverage for residents and businesses.
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the Daily Journal
De Witt’s Kidney Pills Sold at Stephenson Street Store
Take De Witt's Kidney and Blad der Pills for backache weak kidneys and bladder inflammation. Sold by Wm. F. Jungkianz at 05 Stephenson Street.
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Wm. F. Jungkianz
Stephenson Street
Odd Indiana grave where body was buried above ground in tar
Cass County records reveal John Connor of Adams township ordered his body placed in a coffin filled with pitch and buried above ground to frighten off the devil. Dr. B Z Powell found the mound near Hoovers crossing on a walnut knoll, with a cut stone tomb later built around the tar filled coffin. Connor was born in 1780.
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Cass County Historical Society
Indiana
John Connor
Adams Township
B. Z. Powell
Hoovers Crossing
Connor
Satan
Logansport Dispatch
Indianapolis Star
Ex-convict Guerin Attacks Brixton Solitary Confinement
A London Vanity Fair article relays Guerin’s testimony criticizing Brixton prison for solitary confinement and dire prison conditions. He claims thirteen and a half months in near isolation drove him toward insanity while awaiting extradition.
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Devil’s Island
Guerin
Devil's Island
Brixton
Faust
England
Christendom
London
Vanity Fair
Natural Fog Horn At Farallones And The Sea
Erosion carved a granite rock at the Farallones creating a sea driven air hole that powered a fog horn sounding during fog and high tide. The ear splitting blast warned ships until a steam siren replaced the wind hole after a ship grounded.
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Farallones
Sean
Europe’s Nursery of Vice Quote Sparks City Debate
A London Weekly quotes Father Bernard Vaughan calling European capitals nurseries of vice, prompting readers to weigh moral concerns. The issue appears amid a reader ad section touting Ely’s Cream Balm for nasal catarrh and warning against cocaine and mercury remedies. The Journal notes home delivery in New York for 10 cents a week.
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Europe
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Rome
Bernard Vaughan
London
Cagsell
Ely
Ely Bros
New York
East Bound Time Tables and Train Equipment Summary
R R Time Tables Co and N W R R east bound schedules list Lv Freeport at 6 45 am Ar Chicago 9 65 am daily except Sunday. No 202 420 am 1243 afte. East bound trains include No 200 buffet parlor car No 202 coach train No 204 straight parlor car No 206 cafe parlor car No 211 Sunday only buffet parlor car. Westbound No 201 coach train No 203 cafe parlor car No 205 buffet parlor car No 207 straight parlor car Sunday only No 209 and No 312 buffet car service. Train connections include No 3c at Rockford for Beloit Janesville Milwaukee Madison and north and northwest. Belvidere for Sycamore DeKalb all points east and west. Train No 204 connects at Rockford for Beloit Janesville Harvard Madison. Train No 206 connects at Belvidere for Sycamore DeKalb Spring Valley all west to Pacific coast.
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Tralin
Rockford
Lolt
Janesville
Milwaukee
Madison
Belvidere
Sycamore
DeKalb
Beloit
Harvard
Spring Valley
East Hoan Trive Train Schedule Fragments
Rail timetable fragment shows departures and arrivals for passenger and freight cars. Mentions Freeport Mt Carroll Forreston and daily service with Sunday exception, but many details are garbled. Indicates trains from C M and St P R R and connections at Co B Q R.
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People's Column
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Stephenson Bt
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Henney, Bugey Co
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Red Aron
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Ivor
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Chicago
Ill
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RSALE
Stearns & Zipf
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Wm. O.wright & Co
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John Hen
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Davis
L. B. Markel
Oak St
J. Edmund &Jeffen
Exik Bt
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H. J. Porter
B.F. Brubaker
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Park Ave
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Float
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Jove Barron
Cherry St. S
Wolf
Douglas Avenue
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Brown & Bhower
Wear of Court House
Sumer
Ida Huenkemeier
Pleasant Street
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M. B. Marvin
H. Journal
Knot Freeport
Rorent
Wyandotte
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Purnace, Gas and Bath
County Clerk's Office
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Modurn Improvements
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bWacres
Joe Barron
Cherry St
Majestic ‘Theatre
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Philadelphia
Girard College
Stephen
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WM. F. Jungh
Uneeda Biscuit
Onal Biscuit Company
Ilinois
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H. H. Antrim
R. G. Shumway
Henry FS Rruer
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State Bank
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W.H. Areage
W. Hoefer
Dr. Stealy
Fred Borman
By. H. Waneh
Henry Baier
Homer F. Aspinwall
Savings Department
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Collmann
D. F. Graham
Collman
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Sohul
D. Schua
First National Bank
Vm. Right
A. Spiawe Gushier
J. M. Clark
John Burrell
Toeepy Emmert
C. H. Slog
M. V. B. Elson
H. S. Webster
Ju. Z Farwell
Second National Bank
Illinois
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L. J Farwell
Reuben Siegfried
J. FF. Falr
J. N. Galloway
Schaeffer
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Union Loan & Building Association
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C. J. Wells
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Attorneys AT Law
W. N. Cronkrite
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Freeport, M
R. BP, Eckert
Freeport, Illinois
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Anaciger
Chivage and
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Wrt
Det Journal
Tae City
C. A. Ruthe
Douglas Ave
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Frisbie & Haney
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