Fragmented Illinois travel notes and oddities in Midwest life
A scrambled column from an Illinois paper mixes travel glimpses in Ohio and Indiana with odd anecdotes. It cites Oscar Wilde’s American profiles, a Washington Monument note, a freight car incident near Alliance, unusual rescues, a pension question, and scattered local curiosities about food, theater, and gambling schemes. The piece blends vignettes of regional characters, strange happenings, and social commentary with sporadic quotes and references to places like Newark, Canton, and Columbus.
A curious harvest tale and a railway marriage twist
A farmer rejects planting grain to avoid market risks, while a comic sermon about David and Goliath satirically unfolds. A country woman and traveling salesman chase a late church wedding, finally tying the knot in the railroad station’s ladies’ room with an ordinary preacher.
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Omaha
The Gruesome Death Shaving Scheme Unmasked
A barber recounts a macabre scam begun five years earlier in Cincinnati offering special attention to corpses. He describes charging for corpse shaving, hiring, and extortion schemes that collapsed after a rival impersonator shaved a corpse’s nose. The tale includes threats, blackmail, and a Texas sting reference.
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Barher
Ohio
Cincinnati
Krauss
Tineke
Ani
Bowton Fost
Illinois News Roundup from Bloomington to Chicago
Illinois items report Tur Through Mart新 a new society pauper at Bloomington. Iowa? No. Mentions diverse topics from HaWAII’s colored population to intermeal revenue in Peoria, a Peoria beating incident, a fatal wall collapse in Lemont, Sabbath curbs in Peoria, and rail rate regulation landmark Supreme Court decision upholding railroad commission power. Includes Quiny reunions, Joliet and Chester prisons, and various local happenings across the state.
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Bloomington
Haiwais
DSM
Intermel
Peoria
JoNaThan WonoaMart
Eupeh Noble
Lis Noisy Supreme Court
United States
Gilmain
New York
Wareland
State Board Assessment Of Interstate Railroad Property
The statement presents the assessment of railroad property in the state by the State Board of Equalization for 1882. It lists values and boundaries used for calculating taxes on mileage and equipment, reflecting how property located outside the state may be treated for tax purposes.
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Thinetsthillery
Milroad
Twingis
State Board of Equalization
Ynape Anil
Baosama
Beard
Erin, Tank
Nancot Company
Bano Belleville
Carendetet
Eait Bawlesville Mini
Chicaga
EAT T
Rail Ailene
Lowe
Jay Labia
Eumer
Nort
Mid Western
ALOU
Mid West
Tnd
Dan Olney
Chio
Pa O' Ra
Pultan Co
A Uulge
Ei Osha Fulton Co
Carbondale
Rte da
Cohn E Ae
Jacksony
Aid
Kankakee
Seneca
de Livke Shore
Amada Voulsville
Chi
Tiowlsvilly
Nashville
Vamuad
Otaity Lontaville
Ivanavile
Tak
Moline
Southeastern
Ohio
Mississippi
Peoria
Decatur
Peorimann Parmaineton
Pekin
Peoria A
St. Lois
Alton
Br. Louis
Caivas
St. Louis
Tronis
Mate Au Thayn
Terre Bante
Milian Apulis
St. 1
Barbed Wire Patent Case Sheds Light on Royalty Rulings
Chicago Galvanized Wire Fence Co sued Washburne Moon in a landmark barbed wire patent dispute. Judge Gardner overviewed settlements with Haish and others, detailing royalty terms, tonnage quotas, and the legality of licenses. The ruling limits relief for infringement claims and clarifies license structure.
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Chicago Tribune
Gardner
Chicago
Washburn & Moon Manufacturing Company
Drummold
Blodgett
We Knwyn
Lihat
Tsa
Washburne& Moon Company
Jacob Haish
Haish
Murder and Robbery at Wisconsin Bank in Wanpara
A banker, H. C. Mead, was shot through the window of his Wanpara Wisconsin bank office during a robbery. Assailants entered after breaching the wire screen, firearms were fired, and several thousand dollars in currency and valuables were taken. Mead died from gunshot wounds after sustaining extensive injuries. The attack occurred as he slept in the rear sleeping room of the one story wooden bank building. investigators described the blunt force and gunfire used, with a substantial cash haul reported before the assailants fled.
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Wapaca
Wis
Wie
Uniniewa
Bank
Vande Robbeal
H.C. Mead
Wanpara
Wangpaen
Mead
Kopetid Baweka
Ann
Dagresk
Tony
Adenck
Stephiat
Alnost
Wes
Thik
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Finnes Committee
Burrill
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John Dean Oxton
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Boidiere’ Monument
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Alftorney
Galena Avenue
Stephenson Street
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J. R. Wacner
Munn’s Bulning
W. Acolt Agney
Lasalle, & m
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Inois Central Railroad
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