Dried Beef Poisoning Sickness Hits Momence Illinois
Mixty residents of Momence Illinois fall ill after eating dried beef sold by Rice Butcher Supply Company. Victims report severe cramps vomiting and purging with one death, Mrs. Shrouts, amid findings of worms visible under microscope. Authorities and doctors investigate. Rice claims beef was freshly dried and fresh each week.
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Momence
Kankakeg
Ill
Hoag
Rice’ Butcher and Supply Company
Chicago
Avery
Shronts
Ndt
H. Worcester
Ed Gibeault
Billie Looker
L. Burton
A. Culver
Shrouts
Board of Health
Isaac A. Rice
Rice Butcher Supply Company
Hoag & Scrawlin
A Queer Malady Ends Davenport Merchant Life
Davenport July 14. A remarkable brain disease felled James Croak a well known Davenport merchant. He first fainted in April 1884 then suffered progressive blindness and deafness with facial twitching and numbness. A postmortem found a hard brain tumor two and a half by two inches, no skull injury or clear cause.
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Davenport
James Croak
Croak
Crook
Mr. Croak
Anodynes
Restoring Lands to Entry in Washington Territory
Land Commissioner Sparks affirms right of entry under Public Land laws and US Supreme Court holdings for lands withdrawn for railroad indemnity. If upheld, millions of acres could return to entry under Homestead and related laws. The ruling responds to a Northern Pacific land claim questioned after a road line change placed land in indemnity units.
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Washieton
Sparks
Supreme Court of the United States
General Land Office
Secretary of the Interior
Walla Walla
Washington Territory
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Fatal Tonic mix ends in tragedy in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on Friday night Ezekiel H Beattey gave his wife a tonic she was taking for nerves then drank the same mixture after she complained of its odor. Both began vomiting and a doctor found battery fluid in their drinks. Mrs Beattey died Sunday night and her husband remains in a dangerous condition.
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Philadelphia
Ezekiel H. Beattey
Montgomery County
Singer Company
Bloomington
Patrick Reynolds
Chicago
Criminal Court
Cook County
Shepard
Stephen A. Douglas
University of Chicago
Martin Claypool
Dalson Township
Clark County
Morris
Grundy County
William Stadler
Frank Kerr
Press Bentley
Bentley
Kerr
Oglesby
Henry Crews
Jackson County
Crews
Winstead Davie
Jonesborough
Union County
Anna
William Wyatt
Mount Sterling
Brown County
Wyatt
Fish and game bills set bans on nets and wardens
The documents outline a Fish bill restricting nets to six by six inches and seasonal limits, dam fishways, and penalties for chemical use and brook trout catches. The Game bill creates three Game Wardens appointed by the Governor to enforce laws on game, proscribing seizures, fines, and proceeds shared with wardens and schools.
Summer and Fall Butter Packing Methods
Directions for preserving summer and fall butter for winter use. Emphasizes fresh butter, cool storage, air tight packaging, and brine treatments. Recommends white oak pails or firkins soaked in brine, packing near the top, and rolling home butter in muslin with brine and salt. Some makers add sugar and saltpeter to brine.
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L. B. Arnold
Stockman
Transportation officials listed in internal memorandum
A.V. H. Carpenter, Gen. Pass. and Ticket Agent, and H. Wzafford, Assistant General Passes Agent, are named in an internal memo detailing transit division assignments. The note appears to outline roles and responsibilities for ticketing and passenger services.
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Pana
Christian County
John Q. Tygett
Tygett
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Saybrook
McLean County
Peur
Chicaco
Rock Island & Pacific R’y
Great Central Cine
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Peoria
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Kansas
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Missouri River
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United States
Canada
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T & Glen
Chicac
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and ST. Paul
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Uiicago
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Mitchell
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Neapolis
Calmar
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Prilman
Hilway
RER & BT
Paul
Merrill
A.V. H. Carpenter
Gen
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Atti Tral Yas
Neenah and
Menasha
Shkosh
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Stevens Pot
Mily Milwa Auke
Fa Nekineed Neenah and
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Jas
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