The Henry Times notes and river life reflections
A long, mixed-item column covers a Chilliothe cantata Esther performance and praise for Mrs Fyffe and others, local river news, steam boat topics, and a denial of a Peoria wreck report. It highlights Queen Esther staging, crowd reactions, and upcoming excursions on the Illinois River. The piece also mentions boat improvements, fishing, and local praise for Steamboat Rex anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Jonas Smautenien Toring
Fora
Frank Fyffe
W.H. Et
Latha Locke
David “Pelaish
Lobmiller
Frances i Iracld
Fr Finn
Arba Lay
James
Parsley
James M-Powers
Wallaces
W. T. Law
Esther
Worley
Abe
Bev Lloyd
Mordecai
Iwa
Fyffe
Anna Burt Jenks
Siegen
Brewer
Yaeger
Republican
Chicago
St.Louis
St Louis
St-Joseph’s
Peoria
Locktender McCune
Leo
Inter Ocean
Pera
Depot Chronicle Notes On Local Shipments And Personnel
Nicholson & Co report a car of LaSalle coal received yesterday and grain shipments to Chicago from Henry Hilevator Co and Nicholson & Co. J A Melick & Co sent 25 cases of eggs. Townsend & Smith a car of hogs. Horses shipped by Peterson & Biers averaged over 1900 pounds. Wagons haul grain to the depot elevator, corn selling at 20c. A new passenger conductor named Bension replaces Johnson during a California trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholson & Co
LaSalle
Henry Hilevator,Co
Chicago
George Nicholson & Co
Nicholson & Burdett
J. A. Melick & Co
Townsend & Smith
Henry Yaeger
L. F Clover
Otto Fiedler
Peterson & Biers
Henry
Bradford
Johnson
Bension
Mr Johnson
California
Ite
Memorial Sunday Observance At Opera House
Memorial Sunday observance crowded the New Opera House with G A R Post 94 and W R No 2 leading veterans and civic figures. The program featured quartet songs, scripture, a memorial discourse, and the audience sang America as dignitaries and ministers honored fallen soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. R. Post No 94
Art. A. L. Gilpin
Lizzie Young
1Lth
Illinois Infantry
Lincoln
Grant
Logan
Latha Locke
Mra W. Eagleston
Mra
David McLeish
Mamie Locke
J. T. Campbell
Geo Lloyd
Hammond
Lloyd
G. H. Rowe
Paul
Timothy
Miss Kellogg
America
Rev McLeish
Hood's Sarsaparilla Ad Claims Health Benefits
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a family medicine used by neighborhoods. It promises strength health vitality and vigor and claims the remedy acts easily and promptly on the liver and bowels relieving low headache.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Proceedings of the Special Session on Cuban Belligerency
Senator Foraker reported on correspondence between Secretary Olney and the Spanish foreign minister about offering good offices to secure peace in Cuba while Spain keeps sovereignty. The Senate debated belligerency for Cuban insurgents, with a bill setting pay for noncommissioned officers and a joint resolution recognizing belligerency passing 41 to 14. The House adopted a $50,000 relief appropriation for American citizens. Democrats pressed for Morgan’s belligerency resolution. Republicans argued negotiations for Cuban independence were underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Foraker
Senate
Olney
Spain
Cuba
Benator Foraker
Con‘aula
Sezalon
Mth
House
Hift
avtich_ware
Multitude of 19th Century Crises Reported Across U S
The item lists bank failures in Cripple Creek and Logansport, a fire in Jersey City with $100000 loss, a Mississippi flood report, an aerograph test in Cleveland, a Boston bank teller missing with $20000, and lightning deaths near Redfield. It notes societal events from a Baptist society meeting in Pittsburgh to AP banquet in Chicago, plus creditors’ closures and a Vanderbilt statue unveiling.
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State Bank of
Cripple Creek
Gov. Black
New York
Jersey City
N. J
Memphis
Gulf
Arkansas
Minaisaip
Louisiana
Twire
Cleveland
Albert W. King
Boylston National Bank
Boston
Augustus Mudge
Redfield
Thomas Biddle
White Oak Creek
Tenn
American Baptist Home Missionary Society
Pittsburgh
Randolph County
Beverly
W. Va
Third National Bank of New York
One Hundred and Ninth
General Assembly of
The
Presbyterian Church
Esgle_Lake
Ind
McKinley
Nashville Exposition
Michigan
Treasury
Stephen Girard
Girard College
Philadelphia
Col
E. B. Gray
Madison
Eau Claire
Wis
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Commodore
Vanderbilt Unit 6
Lenn
Black
Richard T. Grant
Ue United States
Various 19th Century Misfortunes and Scandals Span Nation
Summary of wide range of incidents including bank failures in Logansport and Orleans, a murder and suicide in Pittsburgh, a woman found guilty of murder in St. Louis, thefts in Cincinnati, a fire destroying a Negro-gide school in Anlaton, consolidations of Kansas City banks, a drowning record attempt in Stockton, and long list of deaths, floods, storms, and labor strikes across the United States with political and social upheaval.
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Texas
Asplin Creek
Wash
Johnson
State National Bank
Logansport
Ind
First National Bank of
Orleans
Neb
Fleisher
Pittsburgh
Paul Waters
St. Louis
Lillian Waddell
George Hobson
Cincinnati
Calhoun
Havana
Ruis
Ruix
Label Daniels
Blanche Sutherland
Rossland
Daniels
Barber Memorial School For
Anlaton
Als
National Bank of Commerce
Kansas City
Metropolitan ‘National Bank
William Tarr
Lexington
Stockton
Cal
Jackson
Terrall
I. T
John D. Rockefeller
Clévéland
President Johnson
Indianapolis
William Jones
R. W. Stewart
Lindale
Tex
Tyler
Christchurch
Georgia
John Wesley
Savannah
Frank Quinn
Charles Coates
James Coates
Charles
Albert Bree
Richard M. Scruggs
New York
Europe
Baltimore
Borton
Cleveland
Louisville
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Chicago
Washington
American Flint Glass Workers’ Union
Pao
Earle King and McCormack Pass Away In Western and Federal Roles
The obituary notice reports United States Senator Joseph H. Earle dying at his Greenville, D C residence at age 50. It notes Gen Horatio King former postmaster general in Buchanan’s era dying in Washington at 86. Gen James B R McCormack dies at Bonne Terre Missouri aged 78. recalls his 1806 election to office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Joseph H. Earle
Greenville
D. C
Horatio King
Buchanan
Washington
James BR. McCormack
Bonne Terre
McCormack
Ontario woman dies after failed drowning attempt
Mrs Thomas Haseell, accused of attempting to drown her five children in a Brentford Ontario cistern, strangled herself to death in custody. The incident follows a report the woman was believed to be insane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruste Ein
Thomas Haseell
Brentford
Ont
Inzani
Cincinnat
The
Enquirer
Pomeroy
Saya
Diana Vandling
Gon Biles
Greek and Turkish peace talks and indemnity dispute
Dispatches report distrust in Athens toward the sultan’s peace aims. Indemnity amounts are said to be reduced to eight million pounds with cash and Russia payments. Crete favors union with Greece, while Greece contemplates leadership changes amid ongoing negotiations in Constantinople and Thessaly.
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Athens
Edhem Pashs
Thessaly
Greece
Turkey
London
Standard
Constantinople
T In
Russia
Athena
Edhbem Pasha
Richard May de
Daily Mail
Rome
M. Ralli
M. Katapano
Pharsalus
Germany
Denver Deluge Strikes During Monday Storm
Denver endured a severe afternoon storm that produced lightning and hail. Two approaching storms caused near-zero visibility and suspended traffic. Lightning struck East Denver High School causing panic and fainting among several students, though building damage was slight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver, Cok
Denver
East Denver High School
McLaurin Nominated to Senate Seat in South Carolina
Collected items report Gov Ellerbe appointing John L McLaurin to fill the late Senator Earle’s vacancy. Biographical notes trace McLaurin’s birth May 9 1860 at Red Bluff and his career from South Carolina attorney general to congressman as a Democrat. Also recaps a Cincinnati murder incident and the National Board of Trade stance on cycle exhibitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLaurin
South Carolina
Columbia
D. C
Ellerbe
John L. MaLaurin
Earle
John Loundes McLaurin
Red Bluff
Bennettaville
Bethel Military Academy
Warrentown
Swarthmore College
Philadelphia
Caronlina Military Institute
University
Virginia
General Assembly
EB. J. Sawyer
Washington
New York
National Board of Trade of Cycle Manufacturers
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