Mob Attacks Court House in Ohio After Dolby Trial
A violent mob at Washington Court House Ohio clashed with militia during William Dolby's trial for assaulting Mary C Boyd. Three killed and about a dozen wounded as troops repelled attackers. Dolby later sentenced to twenty years. Continued disturbances drew troops from Columbus and nearby counties.
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Washington Court House
Ohio
William Dolby
Dolby
Mary C. Boyd
Parrott
Sherif Cook
Inc
Gov. McKinley
Columbus
Col. Coit
Court House
Carl
Almnsé
Henry Kirk
Derby
Grand Jury
Wisoner
Cook Weud
Ugarts Fira
Irenda Tra
Choeinnali
Cohwatine
Chillicothe
Fire scare at Irish meeting ends with acid device discovery
A Lenox Lyceum event in New York was disrupted when a man carrying a green umbrella triggered a fire alarm and smoke. Patrolman Lilley halted the blaze while a recovered device inside the umbrella tube contained a white liquid believed nitric acid, with macintosh remnants attached.
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New York
Edward Blake
Procenium Arch
J.iey
Blake
Lilley
Mac Holt
European Wheat Harvest Watch Crashes Through Estimates
The forthcoming report from the statistical department outlines Europe’s crop status for October. It cites an estimated wheat harvest of 1 410 000 Winchester bushels with regular consumption at 1 504 000 000 bushels, detailing country by country production and consumption figures across the United Kingdom France Germany Spain Austria Hungary Russia Turkey Belgium Denmark and other nations.
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Great Britain
France
Toumania
Germany
Hungary
Austria
Russia
Europa
Europe
Svaricuttoral Departat
Bo Apain
Pfagal
Austria-Hungary
Ruberia
Tuursia
Balgium
Hoard
Denmark
ALBOC
Feeding Wheat Declared Profitable for Farm Animals in Kansas
Kansas State Board of Agriculture reports wheat feeding is profitable compared with corn at current prices. Survey of 1,000 growers and dairymen notes 4,050,023 bushels fed from winter and spring wheat in Kansas, with 50 counties showing wheat superior for hog fattening even with waste.
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Kansas Board of Agriculture
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Solery
Keangaa
Cormat
Ivangas
Governors Hopefuls Face Off in Gubernatorial Contest
The piece profiles Ernest Cady a Democrat ally of Lieut. Gov. in Connecticut and Frederick T. Greenhalge a Massachusetts Republican candidate. It notes Cady’s background as a freemason sailor and industrialist with ties to Pratt & Cady and Greenhalge’s English birth early schooling Harvard education and public service, while adding a note on William Vance jailed for twenty years at St Joseph Missouri for attempted murder now claimed innocent.
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Bean
Wigh Hwonora
Ernest Cady
Connecticus
Frea Mason
Blartford
Stafford
Polland County
Pratt & Cady
Dartrd
Cady
Ivan EL Morris
Massachusetts
Frederick T. Greenhalge
England
Tsrarly
United States
Lowell
Mays
Tarvard Col_tene
FT. Grerntalge
Jie
Roue of Representatives
William Vance
St. Joseph, Mo
War in the East Deepens with Foreign Powers’ Inaction
The piece argues European powers hesitate to intervene in the China Japan war due to mutual rivalries and conflicting interests. Britain seeks a swift end to protect commerce, while Germany Russia France and Austria resist meddling. Italy supports Britain but remains unreliable. Russia backs expansion in Manchuria, mobilizes troops near Vladivostok, and plans to assert influence on the Pacific. Japan presses advances toward Pekin, while China flounders under internal division and a failing navy and army.
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China
Japan
Great Britain
Germany
Russia
England
Kusela
Pacific
Josnou
Siberia
Vladivostock
Atikulak
Amur
Hussia
Goring
Huesia
Carea
Japanese
India
Afghanistan
Lince
Cling
Pekin
Moukden
Alanchiria
Gulf of Pechilt
Yaluiver
Pure Spirits From Molasses Experiment in Omaha
A new method converts molasses from sugar beet production into a glucose like substance suitable for distilling. The Omaha trial signals a potential major industry, promising higher profits for sugar manufacturers by turning a previous waste product into commercial alcohol.
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Omaha
Neb
Death and Trials Stir New Jersey Over Christian Science
A Riverton death prompts a New Jersey case where a Christian Scientist faces charges for alleged medical neglect. The trial tests state law on faith healing practices and could shape future enforcement. If convicted, the case may influence Christian Science procedures nationwide.
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New Jersey
Riverton
N. E
Traval
Snowno
Christ
United States
Sadie Bell
Sadie
Bessie T. Glenn
Mrs. Glenn
Adie
Glenna
Glenn
New Jeremy Town
J. Alvs
Christian Science
Denny Jr and Beardsley Compete in Kentucky Race
George Denny Jr Republican candidate for Congress in Kentucky’s agrarian district has long served as Garrard County judge and chaired the Republican State Central Committee. Beardsley, a former Connecticut legislator and Bridgeport official, is also featured among leading gubernatorial prospects.
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George Denny, Jr
George Denny,Jr
Py Agpiand
Kentucky
Dsanny Jag Hash
Garrars Cronen Nnxny
Chicago
Judza Denny
Jarek Morris
Beardaley
Demscratia
Beardsies
Bri Tework
Ifat
R Reardiley
Pra
Uridge
Teig
France presses Madagascar ultimatum amid protectorate push
France seeks control of the northeast coast including the island’s best harbor and the northern peninsula. The envoy Myre de Vilers delivers an ultimatum demanding concessions only with French approval. Tensions rise as France aims to dominate Madagascar, straining Franco English relations.
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France
Talani
Cnige
Madaagascar
Myra de Vilers
England
M. Jo Myre
Madagascar
Tragic Indiana And Kentucky Accidents And Sentences
A farmer Derv was killed by a train near Vincennes Indiana. Jamea Seward died after a barb-wire collision in Columbus Indiana. Mrs Many Atgurs of Anderson died from apoplexy while driving a buggy. In Kentucky a murder case at Owingsville led to seven years seven months for Inoage Deatly and six years nine months for Lee Heatly as accessories.
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Derv
Vincennes
Ind
Tri Noval
Salect
Tasianapolis
Olertid
Long Prand
T. Eh
Marshall Caputy
Columbus
Jamea Seward
Many Atgurs
Anderson
Inoage Deatly
Lee Heatly
Mart Cline
Owingsville
Inside a Flour Mill A Detailed View of Wheat Processing
A grain of wheat passes from a high spout into interlaced rollers grinding away the bran and coating. The bran is separated and ground through five reels to create middlings then purified by air to yield patent flour. The germ is split off as the life part and finally flour is packed in barrels or sacks for market.
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Baralor
Honorary Degrons and Odd College Tales
A miscellany of 19th century opinions on honorary degrees, including jokes about doctors of laws and music, a tale of a horse winning a degree, and a wary stance on women and marriage. The piece notes humor in college honors and social attitudes toward marriage and shooting at rain.
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Boston Watchman
Peters
Lafayette
Baron Sterhoen
Marquis
Doemischion
Tandel
Oxford
Val
Blockhead
Mayle
Kentucky Judge Recovers From Sciatic Rheumatism After Pink Pills
Prominent Hentuckian Hom Join NM Rise of Louisa Lawrence County, late Circuit Judge of the Sixteenth Judicial District, suffered years with sciatic rheumatism. He nearly lost use of his legs, but after using Williams Pink Pills for Pale People his health improved dramatically. Physicians had failed, and the Covington Post vouched for the cure. The pills are claimed to aid locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, neuralgia, rheumatism, and various blood and female health issues.
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Kentucky
Judge Rice
Wiliams
Lumber mill accident at Orange Texas injures foreman
A sawmill incident in Orange Texas injures William Litchfield foreman when a flying spring snaps a wound in his neck and a hard lump forms on his arm. Doctors remove a wire like circle from under the skin after examining the wound and swelling.
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Orange
Texas
William Litchfield
Litchfield
Adapted to the Climate Rice Paper Industry in Florida
The rice paper trea, a Chinese invention, has been successfully grown in Florida and shows promise as an American industry. A small tree reaches under fifteen feet with a three to five inch trunk, yielding large soft canes whose pith is pressed into thin sheets for paper. Chinese workers handcraft the paper, but machinery may follow to speed production.
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United States
China
Florida
Rica
Voltaire’s Early Precocity and Growth in Questioning
The passage recalls Voltaire as a youth always eager for instruction, habitually asking questions. Despreaux rebuked his probing with harsh impatience, and Voltaire later abandoned this habit. He reportedly welcomed a Geneva resident’s provocative idea of the interrogating bailiff, claiming he knew nothing of what would be asked and wished to be informed first.
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Tsia
Voltaire
Despreaux
Geneva
Saved by a Shriek of a French Actress
A French actress famed for shrieks was seized by two highwaymen in a country lane. She recovered and bellowed her cry for her child, startling the attackers who fled believing they faced a raving maniac. No child was found.
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