Desperate Battle Ends in Deputy Slaying Near Memphis
Memphis scene report describes Deputy Sheriff W H Lucy killed by Aaron Norfleet during a larceny arrest ten miles east of the city. Norfleet wounded Deputies Ray and O Neill with a shotgun before being killed after a ten-shot exchange, the officers firing as Norfleet fled into darkness.
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Memphis
W.H. Lucy
Germantown
Aaron
Norfleet
Min
Lucy
Ray
O'Neill
Southern farmer should grow corn meats and fruits for profit
The article argues that the Southern farmer can produce corn meats and fruits cheaper than any other group and should diversify to boost soil fertility and profits. It notes hogs can be raised profitably at 40 cents a pound live weight while market prices at 8 cents justify growing hogs as a money crop.
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Raleigh
N. C
Progressive Farmer and Gazette
Railway rate blanket reshapes western freight costs
The piece explains how eastern and midwest rail rates to the Pacific coast were equalized by 1894, blending rail and water competition. It notes how lines from the west kept higher inland rates, while Seattle and Spokane routes show fares tied to distance but with uniform first class charges, illustrating Scribners’ analysis of rate policy.
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Pacific Coast
Atlantic Ocean
New York City
Atlantic
Pittsburg
Buffalo
New York
Atlantic Seaboard
Middle West
Chicago
United States
Missouri River
East
Seattle
Wash
St. Paul
Minn
Spokane
Scribners
Appointment of Mr Reid Whitford as Special Agent for Charleston Manufacturing Statistics
Mr Reid Whitford has been appointed special agent by Chief Special Agent Isaac Foster to secure manufacturing statistics for Charleston and surrounding counties for the new census reports. Whitford, formerly with the United States engineer department, ran the Georgetown office for years and is well known in Charleston.
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Reid Whitford
Isaac Foster
Charleston
Whitford
United States Engineer Department
Georgetown
Post
Italian boy dies from Messina quake injuries
Charles Barbara eighteen year old Italian boy died in New York from injuries suffered in the Messina earthquake. He lived with his widowed mother and sister. During the shocks he fell from a second story window. He saved his mother before dying. his sister was killed. The mother and son later emigrated to this country.
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New York
Messina
Charles Barbara
Barbara
Luis
Beef Trust Indicted for Conspiracy in Meat Supply
New York reports the Beef Trust of six packing companies and twenty-one packers faces a New Jersey grand jury indictment for conspiring to limit meat and poultry supply. Penalties include up to three years in prison or a $1,000 fine. Extradition issues loom for defendants.
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Cing
Hudson County
New Jersey
Jersey City
Pierre Garven
Cannot Break In There to Heaven Gate Poem
Frank Stanton narrates a laboring tale of hunger and aspiration as a character seeks heaven but is denied entry. The speaker laments limited worldly power and the guard at the pearly gates, while references to the meat trust and economic struggle anchor the verse in a historical grievance. The piece blends dialect and allegory.
Rapid Travel Records By Wager And Steamship Link
A London to San Francisco wager ride completed in two hours and thirty five minutes under ten days was achieved using the Mauretania to New York the 20th Century Limited to Chicago and the Overland Limited to San Francisco. A Lima Peru passenger sped to London via Lima to Panama railroad connections then a Mauretania steamship, aiming for a 19 day total if the sea voyage holds.
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Jules Verne
London
San Francisco
New York
Chicago
Lima
Peru
Panama
Mauretania
England
Scientific American
Nelson outlooks rematch with Wolgast after Thompson fight
Battling Nelson declared in Ogden that after a April San Francisco bout with Cyclone Johnny Thompson he will return for a rematch with Al Wolgast. He offered a side bet of 5000 dollars and a further 5000 dollar wager that Wolgast cannot stop him within twenty rounds.
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Ogden
Utah
Cyclone Johnny Thompson
San Francisco
al Wolgast
Nelson
Chicago
The Everlasting Rat Pest Threats Nations Rats
The article urges constant war on the rat pest citing annual country losses of 100 million dollars. It notes prolific breeding with females yielding up to ten young per litter and three to five litters per season. Slow poison formula using barytes and cornmeal is proposed along with traps cats and rat terriers as control measures.
Gonrad Gomes Home Wounded Talks of War
Brigadier General Gabriel P. Conrad of the provisional Nicaraguan army arrived in New Orleans from Bluefields aboard the Marietta de Giorgio. He will rest at New Iberia, La., until healing, then return to join General Estrada. He predicts Estrada victory within weeks and notes his promotion for bravery.
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New Orleans
Gabriel P. Conrad
Provisional Army of Nicaragua
Marietta de Giorgio
Bluefields
New Iberia
Nicaragua
Estrada
Madrz
Conrad
Managua
Estrada Army
Cardui praised by Mrs. Etta A. Smith in Goldsboro
A Goldsboro reader credits Cardui with curing neuralgia around the heart and relief from pain in the side head and limbs. The testimonial urges other women to take Cardui as a tonic for illness and prevention, noting pharmacists stock it and requests for a 64 page Chatanooga guide.
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Goldsboro, N. C
Etta A. Smith
Cardui
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad From Early Drug Label
A historical advertisement promises one hundred dollars for catarrh cure through Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo. It cites testimonials from Walding Kinnan Marvin and urges purchase by doctors and customers with a price of 76 cents per bottle.
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F.J Cheney & CO
Toledo
Amraemody
Draggiate
Hall
Notable Conference Advances South Carolina Public Health
A inaugural conference in Columbia gathered leaders from across the state to map a general program for health education and administration. A tentative outline by S C Mitchell J W Babcock and W E Gonzales proposed a state health machinery with broad public cooperation, a historic step in U S health history.
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South Carolina
South
North
S. C. Mitchell
University of South Carolina
J. W. Babcock
The
State Hospital For the Insane
W. E. Gonzales
State
Foley's Honey and Tar Cited for Child Colds and Croup
A Greem Bay Wisconsin parent reports using Foley's Honey and Tar for two children since infancy. He claims the remedy prevents colds and croup and can be given without a struggle. The testimonial notes widespread user endorsement and suggests relief from broncho and pneumonia symptoms.
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Foley
W.C. Ornatein
Greem Bay
Wis
Oley
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Manufacturing Statistics
American Beef Trust
Trust of the
Embra
National Packing Co
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
Morris & Co
Hammond Packing& Co
C. H. Hammond & Company
J. Ogden Armour
A. Watson Armour
Louis F. Swift
Edward F. Swift
Charles H. Swift
Edward Morris
Ira Morris
Arthur Meeker
de Meat Trust
Frank Stanton
Gonrad Gomes
Galantra
Goldsboro
Cardus
Adviersy
Ieee
Columbia
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