Weather Crop Bulletin and Notes Across States
A week described as generally favorable with cold pockets and excess rains in parts. Wheat and spring grains progressing. corn damaged by pests in some regions while oats and barley harvests begin in southern areas. Tobacco improving in Kentucky and Maryland. frost and cool weather noted in the Dakotas Minnesota Wisconsin and Nebraska. State summaries detail conditions in Illinois Iowa Wisconsin Michigan Kansas Minnesota Missouri Mississippi and others along with current events notes on Parachute Paylor and local incidents.
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Chicago
Willis T.dfoore
Missouri
Mississippi
Gulf States
Texas
Colton
Louis‘Iva
Arkansas
Tennessee
Georgia
Dakotas
Nebraskas
Minnesota
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Tlinois
Fmst
Maryland
Wisconsin
Oazern
Tesalla
Raina
Michigan
Illinois Moves Lincoln Monument To State Custody
The Illinois Legislature approved transferring the Lincoln monument from the Monument Association to the state. The act funds monument repairs, pays four custodians, and creates a custodian lodge. Gov, Treasurer, and Superintendent of Public Instruction become trustees for care of the monument. The piece recalls dedication on October 15, 1874, with remarks by Richard J. Oglesby and a poem by James Judson Lord, and details the monument’s design and site including crypts, memorial walk, and statue of Lincoln with fasces, the proclamation of emancipation, and a bronze incus plaque. A shooting incident involving Toland and Pettigrew is briefly noted.
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Ilinois
Monument Association
Mint
Public Instruction
Ife
Richard J. Oglesby
Grant
James Judson Lord
Larkin G. Afende
Florence
Italy
Oak Ridge Gomerary
Weddle
Linegan
Thomaa
Tad
Chicago
Inty
Lincobr
Lux Sone
Weel
Joy Turned to Woh and Other Tragedies of the Holiday
A nationwide holiday celebration caused multiple fatalities and injuries from toy pistols crackers and small fireworks. Chicago records five deaths and thirty three injuries while incidents in Indiana Illinois Alabama and Missouri, including a soldier killed by a premature cannon discharge and a girl killed by a foul ball, mark the toll.
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Usuc
Gomamerce
Chicago
Ind
John Haupt
Oljattilterrman
Hinckley
Peter Anderson
Syerr
Kangiey
Mozener
St. Louis
Eddie Laumann
Willie Strathman
Milwaukee & Cannon
Lawyer O O Cottle Missing Before New York Grand Jury
O O Cottle, the lawyer who was kidnapped from his office, failed to appear before a Grand Jury at Tralf nto, New York to give evidence toward indicting George Allen Tamerrand of being his abductors.
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O. O. Cottle
Ki Nape
Tarlfnto
N.Y
Toha GC. Tamerrand
George Alien
Anqwee
Bristol Bridge Collapse Injures Dozens As Crowd Rushes River
A bridge at Bristol collapsed during a St Terese all race causing a crowd to plunge, about thirty feet, into the river. Farmers and townsfolk rushed to aid the injured as surgeons arrived and every house became a makeshift hospital with over thirty-five injured noted, many gravely.
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Griatol
Bristol
Pridge
Williz
Uae Vail
Dare Tors Unul
Novel and literary notes from the era of Crockett and Meredith
A survey of recent books and authors. Mentioned are R. D. Crockett’s Highland exile novel Lochinvar, Mrs Ward’s Marveliz in its twelfth London edition, a forthcoming Poems of the Day and Year by Frederick Tennyson, Owen Rhoscomb’s pirate tale The Jewel of nys Galen, and a sensational Second Empire history by Imbert de Saint Amand. Commentary includes Anne Thackeray Ritchie’s praise of Mrs Burton Harrison’s Sweet Bells Out of Time, Eugene Field on OC. D. Gibson, and a London letter on Mr George Meredith’s self-regard and public reception, plus debate on Astor and the New York press.
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R. Crockett
Holland
Lochinvar
Eugene Field
OC. D. Gibson
Imbert de Saint Amand
France
Eugenie
Gorge Meredith
London
New York
Astor
Pat Mall
Asters
London News
Yun
Old Dairyman Seeks Hidden Gold Mine Tale
McNair recounts a rancher who buried cash in a fruit can near a prepen field. Pigs dug up the site scattering coins. the man recovered some but most disappeared. He and Alx and Wox then pursued the fortune, transforming a tall tale into a local anecdote about unlikely wealth.
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Alinin
Gene Curiosi Fiens
Penlama
Veal
McNair
Atyter
Scientist Warns of Starcosperkihiea in Pork
Professor John Mirlels writes in Scientific American 67 about a pirisite named Starcosperkihiea found in Neakaf hogs. He warns millions may harbor it, though it is supposedly harmless until fully cooked.
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Alwaya
John Mirlels
Scientific American
Nightmares of Haunting Hushed Graveyards
In a troubling tale from Ware Viare, rumors spread of spectral figures haunting graveyards at night. Villagers report eerie echoes and ghostly sightings as unseen presences disturb resting graves and unsettled townsfolk.
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Ware
Viare
Sean
A& Span
Inn
Discharges of 2000 English Solders for Bad Conduct
The article notes yearly discharge of about two thousand English soldiers for misbehavior. It reflects on discipline and the consequences of poor conduct within the army.
TAX REFORM STUDIES An Open Field
Open call for taxation articles with emphasis that landowners benefit from improvements through increased land values. Readers urged to send well written, concise submissions to 10 Lock Street Buffalo N Y.
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Buffalo
Tax Discrimination Against Property Owners Revealed
The News presents figures showing biased assessments in taxation, with large properties underassessed and small ones overassessed. It cites a 44.25 percent average of assessed to true value, contradicting official claims of 68 percent, and notes a city club investigation into inequities pending more figures from reform sources.
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Asery
Rally
Danaste
Belengestate
Xemtlis
Tiwax
City Club
Platform for Politeat Piety-Lank and Equal Rights Demanded
A long manifesto argues government should secure equal rights and abolish taxes on money and banks, favoring public ownership of roads and utilities, a single land tax, and universal suffrage. It criticizes indirect taxes as unfair to the poor and outlines demands for monetary reform and tax justice in New York.
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United States
New York City
New York
Pera
Matthew Marshall
Monimtien
Taiay
Lana
Howe
Wight
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