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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1893
Page
3
A garbled reminiscence in an old issue recalls a boyhood by the prairie and city life. The speaker notes a mother’s voice fading and a longing for frontier days, with scattered phrases about nature, home, and distant Chicago.
A courtroom exchange centers on charges of neglect and indifference, with Drummond and the judge clashing over the condition of a property. The debate touches on community standards and the duty to improve conditions before neighbors.
A traveling pair visits a Mississippi River plantation amid postwar tensions. Courtland discusses slave-era master figures and Reconstruction with Miss Sally Dows, then visits her husband’s plantation to inspect new reforms and a northern investment proposal.
Twenty thousand men in Ohio are idle as miners strike for a five cent per ton wage increase. No trouble is reported and a friendly feeling is noted. President John Nugent of the coal company is not cited as taking action.
Six masked men believed to be Starr gang members halted a southbound MK&T passenger train near Pryor Creek at 8:30 PM Tuesday. They forced crew at gunpoint and looted the express car while passengers feared for their lives. About $3,000 or more in cash and valuables were taken, and the robbers fled into darkness firing shots. President Martin of the Kansas City Pittsburgh Gulf was aboard. Also note: State’s Attorney Kern pursues cases as court calendar is cleared. William H. B. Tascott’s murder indictment from 1883 remains in effect.
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