Repeal Usury Law Strains New York Traders
The Kiernan act, seen to harm legitimate merchants by favoring brokers in the money market, went into effect months ago and is blamed for recent business failures and potential mercantile exodus from the state.
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Kiernan
New York
Knickerbocker Leo Company
Booth Bay
Peter Cooper
Cooper Union
Edward Cooper
Alam
Wewitt
House of
Philadelphia
Boston
Tewksbury
Woburn
Caruniittes
Tragedies and turmoil dot a wide frontier report
A revived Western report notes Wisconsin Central sale to Henry Villwch involving Northern Pacific and a Chicago route as a land link from Oregon to Chicago. Fowler Brothers of Kansas City issue a temperance order for all workers and visitors. A farmer in Delaware County Iowa kills his wife and two sons then dies by suicide. A Chicago constable is fatally shot by a drunk saloon keeper amid wife beating charges. Riots, mock funerals, gold prospectors in Utah and Colorado, and Packer’s Lake City trial mark a chaotic spread. Destructive weather, fires, and epidemics ripple through Minnesota, California, Arkansas, Tennessee, and beyond with multiple deaths and arrests.
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Wisconsin Central Railroad
Henry Villwch
Northern Pacific Railroad
Chicago
Tortland
Ore
Fowler Brothers
Kansas City
Burnville
Delaware County
Iowa
Charles Bmnith
Mooney
Sinalgios
Utah
Lake City
SL Taide
Paria
Cito
Nenwal
Horta
Til
Stovdsy
Wittels
Dhigelsteess
Cuedirinti
Cuerdas MT
Teownig
Hooper
Basir
Mexico
Wloyieng
Judge Lilley sues Dorsey over ten thousand in claims
The Washington case alleges Dorsey made an ursadit at William M. Crockett’s house in Wytheville Virginia. A jail escape, a shooting spree, and a fatality are described. Stillwell E Russell, former U S Marshal for the Western District of Texas, faces two years in federal prison. A star route conspiracy trial nears its end with testimony shifting to rebuttal. Eleven drowned when a boat sank on the Chattahoochee near Fort Gaines. The Treasury Commission reviews the Architver Hil charges in the Vista case as claims total substantial sums with many allowed.
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Barnwell County
Charleston
Img
Hitherworth
Canton
Kissiniee
Hla
MacDermott
Chicot County
Ark
N. W. Monroe
Halifax County
John
Embert August
Vicksburg
Migs
Robert Massey
Fort Smith, Arky
Edwin PD. Clark
Carrollton
Miss. Jones FB. Robinson
William Adair
Sam Walker
Columbia, & C
Whiston
N. C
Ust ‘Uemernsee
Grant County
Daniel Pratt
Norristown
Tenn
Utah
Chattanooga
White Oak
South
Arkansas
Mississippi River
Portsmouth
Texas
Lilley
Dorsey
William M. Crockett
Wytheville
Stillwell HE Russell
United States
Wester District
Tritter
Layer
Washington
Political miscellany shapes pivotal House and state shifts
The report surveys recent political maneuvers across states and parties, noting Speaker candidates like Tolman and Randall, prohibition efforts in Ohio and Connecticut, Georgia governor nominee McDaniel, and assorted legislative and court actions. It details indictments of corruption, presidential prospects, and international tensions while listing notable public figures and economic data.
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Michigan
Dowell
Willi
Tolman
Indiana
Hhnkel
Mn Randall
Carlixte
Ohio
Giavinnati Journal
Libel Trial Over MacLean Scripps Case Draws Detroit Interest
The Detroit Telegram reports the libel trial of Donald MacLean against James J. Scripps chief editor of the Leeming News. MacLean, university professor, accuses Scripps of publishing a sensational article accusing him of improper intimacy with Mrs. Emily Wardle. The trial covers alibi claims, alleged letters from G L Brewton to Wardle, and expert testimony. The jury returns a verdict for MacLean awarding $24,000 after days of testimony and legal arguments.
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Donald MacLean
James J. Scrippa
Leemag Mocs
Michian University
Scripps
Leening News
Emily Wardle
Tilsov
Ont
Miebean
Chase
MacLean
Pacraads
Kuitor Scripps Son
Kempps
Profesor
Abel
Scrippa
Mra. Wardle
Leonard House
Ann Arbor
Brewton Jerver
Brewton
Tilemburg
Gut
Sulin I
Wellcom
Singsten
Daly
Tom KE
Prof
A. J. Brenton
Mra Wardie
Wardle
Tre Wardle
Lerhugland
London
Prof. MacLean
Dofense
Loth
Elivographit Peres
Dudge Chipman
Op. To
Phedntiff
Hiwe
Betroli
Aging Citizens and Centenarians in a Fragmented Record
Fragmentary obituary notes reference Susan Durer an aged woman in Brooklyn, a Walton county centenarian, Ellen Deen Guam in Louisville, and others with ages and genealogies. The text mixes ages, places, and partial names, mentioning a male prisoner, a cook, and a Robert Gilsbn in Macon county, plus scattered lines about descendants, marriages, and survival counts without coherent narrative.
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Susan Durer
Brooklyn
Etisun Durpen
Walton County
Sis
Ellen Deen Guam
Louisville
Palbot County
Iethera
Kun Lucas
John Green
Tle
Trent
Mierida
Kroon
Macon County
Robert Gilsbn
Washington
Tirteen
Besed Ouayia
Gur
Jong
Wild and odd curiosities hit headlines in strange tales
A garbled regional roundup reports a Danish seller in York Pennsylvania. a Georgia man with many wives. a Milwaukee egg with a dime. a Wisconsin boy given whisky and dying. river wine in Kentucky. a rubber overcoat pocketbook with cash in Illinois. found gold in a Pennsylvania barrel. a stopped clock tied to a wedding gift. a Reading farmer parading his daughters in breach of promise actions. a wartburg man’s fatal sleep plan. a Kentucky man killed by a falling tree limb while opossum hunting.
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Isis
York
Josue "Shomesen
Himmens? Gap
Vlankinten House
Mwaukee
Richmond
Shippingport
Sherman
Oranes Ciewr
Catawisse
Louglay Ollinger
Minera
Agane
Reading
Handseimer
Samuel Boott
Wartburg
Venn
Warren County
Smith
Abely Extor
Unclear fragmentary crime note from New Bedford scene
Fragmented OCR text mentions a dinner table scene in New Bedford and references an elderly Athens Missouri resident, opiate use, a death in Waterbury Connecticut, and a believed superstitious belief about bad luck. details are garbled and date/place names are uncertain.
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New Bedford
Batty Togwen
Athens
Tiaboeone
Tragic Romance at South Wales Mine Fates Young Bride and Lover
An oldSouth Wales mine tale recounts a fatal shaft accident. A worker finds a deceased well to do man in the cage, while the miner’s daughter, betrothed to the deceased, collapses into mania. The couple’s secret marriage and their doomed liaison drive the tragedy as the engine room fix delays and a fence endangers the living.
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South Wales
Davy Bevan
Ler
Obnoxious guest asks to roam fields among cattle
A country household tale recalls a nobby swell from abroad, flaunting high manners and requesting permission to step into a field with cattle. The housekeeper replies with a curt, rustic quip about weeds, reflecting local wit and social friction.
Fragmented Courtroom Exchange Sparks Contempt Warning
The excerpt shows a lawyer addressing a female witness and threatening contempt. The witness responds with defiance claiming just motive for her actions. The passage reflects dated attitudes on gender and law and includes a quoted line about the worth of women and a remark on Gladstone.
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Supreme Court of Mississippi
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Tves, Beecher & Co
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Greenwood Rolling Mill Company
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Ellis & Krauss
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Myansville
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