Empire State Nominees Meet in Convention for Governor
Raw OCR text reports nomination of J. Sloat Fassett for Governor John Wo Vrooman for Lieutenant Governor and other state offices including ex Senator BBC Grrr for Secretary of State Arthur C. Wade Comptroller Ira M. Hedges Treasurer W A Sutherland Attorney General Verplanc Colvin State Engineer and Surveyor. Convention praised unity and vigor with platform praising Harrison administration McKinley tariff and silver coin policies.
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Tinchester
XNI
Fassett
John Wo Vrooman
BBC Grrr
Arhour C. Wade
Ira M. Hedges
W. A. Sutherland
Verplancé Colvin
New York
Heidelberg University
Dietrich
Renate
Noon
Brooklyn
Senate
Harrison
National Republican Committee
Issa
Warniy
Jate
Navy
Treasury
Nicaragua
Amercan
Russia
Tagislatares
Legisti Shen
Massive quake devastates San Salvador and surrounding towns
A cable from San Salvador dated September 9 reports a powerful earthquake destroying millions of dollars in property and killing many. Entire towns along the coast and inland areas like Analánte, Cumesugua, Coputepeque, Penta Tecin, and Masubuel are described as wiped out or severely damaged, with panic driving residents to open country. Reports note clouds of dust, collapsing walls, and widespread ruin as aftershocks and long tremors continue to be felt.
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Ban
New York
San Salvador
San Savader
Leary
Mteesky
Analanito
Pedro
Mad Lover’s Crime Shocks Bloomingston Man Kills Then Dies
Dr Charles E Ballard of Saylinvak Illinois and Miss Niertha Ison formerly of Bakerity Oregon were involved in a sensational crime. Ballard secured a marriage license this morning then tried to induce Ison to elope. After visiting her again he returned with a revolver and shot Ison in the parlor, killing her. He then fled to the garden and shot himself, dying moments later.
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Musa
Ballard
Jeave
Chicago
Mies Ison
Pallard
Ler
Two Awful Deaths From Farm Thresher and Fork
In Lima Septia a threshing machine incident on John Cole’s farm near Celina left James Lewis dead after being crushed by the cylinder following a confrontation with Tom Johnson who had cut his hand. Frank Lewis fatally stabbed Johnson with a pitchfork in a panic, and James Lewis was arrested.
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Lima
Septia
Sear Celina
James Lewis
Tom Johnson
John Cole
Lewis
Johnson
Frank Lewis
James
St Frankfort
Eli Lucas
William Bellmeyer
Lucas
Bellmeyer
William Johnson
Charles P. Ege
E.L. Maguire
Philadelphia Keystone Bank
D. A. McDougall
Major Connelly
North Carolina
Locomotive Explosion Kills Three on Long Island Rail
In Oyster Bay a boiler blast on a Long Island railroad locomotive instantly killed engineer Donaldson fireman Wickinson and brakeman Mahoney. Donaldson was hurled about 500 feet and mangled, others were badly mutilated. Parts of the wreckage flew 1,000 feet. Conductor Jones was fatally scalded amid the tremendous shock felt for miles.
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Brooklyn
Long Island
Oyster Bay
Donaldson
Wickinson
Mahoney
Jones
Ex-convict steals from sweetheart then vanishes
Dayton reports a welldediated ex convict named Maetzel freed from Columbus Penitentiary burglarized Ea Gray's home after a clandestine meeting. He pried a door lock, ransacked the house taking 1500 dollars in papers, 75 cash, 14 valuables, and nearly all clothing. authorities expect arrest for burglary as the couple may have fled to Kentucky and wed. Judge Wheeler in Vermont rules Chinese immigrants may be able to return to Canada, undermining Exclusion Act. A WV train crash near Buckhheonan mountain kills 76 cattle and fireman Ramsburg. England's August arrivals show 14,028 Europeans landing. 517 depart for America, vs 9,415 and 8,027 in 1898.
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Dayton
Linus Maetzel
Columbus
Ea Gray
Gray
Jimmy
Kentucky
Mote Ag
CAPITAL AND LALOR DOINGS OF INTEREST TO WORKERS
The Lake Erie and Western strike is off as workers resume. A 75 diggers strike at Forest coal mines near Massalion, Ohio ended after a breaker was not removed. Ravenns G plans a 150 worker match factory. Globe City Carbon works moved from Cleveland to an unspecified location. Watt Mining Car Wheel foundry strike in Barnesville ends with company terms accepted. British trade signals slower exports, with 400,000 pounds of 11,000 pounds textile losses tied to cotton goods to the East. Frosts hit Galesburg and nearby, corn and crops damaged. Neillaville Wisconsin reports killed crops.
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Lake Erie and
Western
Forest Coal Mines
Massalion
Ravenns
Globe City Carbon Company
Cleveland
Ihe
Watt Mining Car Wheel Company
Barnesville
Tragic Jewish Family In Russia Sparks Despair and Suicide
Berlin reports a horrific tragedy as Kaplan, a Jew driven from Russia, shoots his wife and five children before killing himself. He leaves a note citing family misery. Other Russian notes mention harvest failures, famine, disappearances blamed on cannibalism, and peasant crises amid religious tensions.
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Kaplan
Rusia
Russia
Bessarabia
Multiple Disasters Reported Across Continents
A sweeping list of ills and events across regions includes a fire destroying nine houses in Guben with two parsons dead and many livestock killed. Mexico grants 12 year tax exemptions for capital investments. a Russia riot leaves seventeen dead and many wounded. Paris drowns after thunder storms flooding streets. two men drown in a sewer. locusts at Nanking gates. 48 injured in a Spanish rail collision. New Zealand grants women residential suffrage. Palestine attacks banished Jewish arrivals. Irish crops fail. Fiji wrecked off Warnambool with 13 drowned. a French train collision at Mareuil kills 14. Silesian bread shortages spark child labor cries. North Wales crepe damage from gale. Treves pilgrims number 45000 daily. a Paris family total suicide. Grimsby smack wrecked near Iceland with 12 drowned. Mexico tariff cuts. UK Trades Union Congress backs eight hour day. cholera threatens Europe from Aleppo. Russian refugees flood Aleppo. Jules Grevy dies.
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Malkon
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House of Representatives
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Flance
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Holst
Alps
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Wales
Treves
London
Grimsby
Iceland
British Trades Union Congress
New Castle
Englnd
Est
Aleppo
Europe
Persian Gulf
Jules Grevy
French Republic
Washington Notes and Tragedies Across the Nation
The report covers diplomatic steps with Chile, civil service exam anxieties, a suicide after fear of failure, a double murder by a mother, an eagle attack on a Chippewa child, a fatal train wreck in Clay City, a young boy’s death from alcohol, a severe sawmill accident in Paris, and a newspaper editor’s death in New York.
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Chile
Mary M.sills
Minneapolis
Washington
Civil Service
Keystone Cul lings Farmers Endure Drought and Locusts
Beaver county crops suffer through drought and grasshopper plagues. Meadows brown, springs dwindle, and fields show widespread damage. Other items detail a fatal jailer fall, arson, suicides, robberies, accidental injuries, and a flood of misfortune across Pennsylvania towns.
Receivership hits Fast Shore furniture plant and debt woes
Late news reports the Fast Shore furniture factory passing into a receiver's hands yesterday morning with liabilities around 70000 dollars and assets near 100000. The item catalogs a string of violent incidents, fires, and crimes across several states, noting deaths, murders, robberies, and wrecks with limited detail.
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Fast Shore Furniture
Manistee
Mica
Magnolia
Ark
Five Die From Contaminated Well Water Near Dundee
Five people died and about twenty five others sickened in Dundee area after drinking water from a well on the Gilson farm near Deeried. The well ran low during a two week drought with muddy taste. Three Gilson children and two farm hands died. causal link to water noted.
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Dundee
Mich
Gilson
Deeried
Paris Storm Kills Farmers and Floods Gardens
A severe storm and water-spout in the Paris area cause widespread damage to market gardens and vineyards. In Stains a farmer and laborer die from lightning. in Clamart a peasant and his wife are killed and a daughter blinded. Paris sewers drive rats into homes. Scientists claim Eiffel Tower disturbs electricity and worsened climate.
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France
Paris
Stains
Clamart
Eiffel Tower
Double Tragedy: Two Girls Murdered in Nashville Fire
In Livingston on Sunday night William Smith’s family left children aged seventeen and nineteen alone. A man entered the house, killed the two sisters, and set the home ablaze before fleeing. The blaze consumed the structure as authorities begin investigations.
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Nashville
Tenn
Livingston
William Smith
Trampe
Smultet
Condition of Crops Weather Bulletin Report
Washington DC September 3 The Weather Bureau reports crop conditions across states noting cooler than normal temperatures and generally favorable growing conditions. Corn ripening slowed by cool spells with frost risk in some areas though damage minimal. potato blight increases in New York while hops suffer moisture impact. Pennsylvania reports excellent corn but needs sun. buckwheat large. tobacco cutting ongoing. Maryland reports rain injury to peaches potatoes and tobacco with need for sunshine. Kentucky crops generally beneficial with corn promising largest yields, Ohio and Illinois note slow corn maturation. Michigan cool delaying gains. Indiana reports corn ripening slowly but in excellent condition. Full seeding in progress across several states.
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Williamsport
Peter Bullhead
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Gettysburg
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Meade Duncan
Ninevah
Harry Gibson
Jeannetec
Mollie Mangold
Longalley
Allegheny
Dunpenry
Jondsoroute
Oak County
Edward Pratt
Rolfe
Jacob Hardin
Dunar
Martin Chimmerhorn
State Line
Grand Army
Pennsylvania
New York
M. G. Brown
Heronia
R. L. Martin
Pairchance
Hiscoke Works
Cooley
Lancaster County
William Ackerman
John Ayers
Samuel Ayers
Stewartsville
New Larimer
Jacob Small
Jeannette
Johnstown
Parker
Ford City
Henry Jackson
McKeesport
Washington
Saranday Nomandie
Southwest
Lyda Brady
Brady
State Weather Service
Theresa Orr
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Bellevue
Linisville
Greensburg
Katie O'Connor
Lancaster
New Castle
George Gibson
Lafayette Leno
Shepaugy Township
J. Frank Lawrence
Keystone National Bank
Philadelphia
Charles R. Edge
E. L. Maguire
Fostal
J. C. Cannon, Jr
Big Shanty
McKean
J. E. Chrisler
G. W. Maxwell
Fisher
Clarion County
W. L. Stroup
H. Anderson
Oleona
Potter County
B. Alson
J. Buchanan
Woodrow
Washington County
W. G. Jones
B.S. Kepler
Aiken
McKean County
M. E. Huff
O. G. Debo
Fisherville
Dauphin County
P. Klinger
Nether Providence
Deaware County
Washington, D.C
Weather Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin
Colorado
New Jersey
Maryland
Kentucky
Ohio
Michigan
Condition of Business Shows Widespread Improvement Across Regions
Dan & Co.'s weekly Review of Trade reports improvement in most sections with some crop-related price effects in the South. West grain injuries from late-week frosts may impact trade. wheat and corn supplies surge elsewhere. Chicago money tightness minimal. major industries and iron coal markets firm. Wool sales in Boston rise. weekly failures total 217 US and Canada. Ancient Finn myth adds distant cultural note.
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E.G. Dan & Co
Review of Trade
Alabama
New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Chicago
Fall River
Boston
United States
Canada
Markets Pitriburne Butter Creamery Elgin and cereal prices
Markets list prices across regions including Butter Creamery Elgin and New Ohio full cream cheese. Egg and poultry quotes show live chickens turkeys per pair and per dozen, with corn oats wheat flour and seeds prices. Livestock report notes cattle and sheep ranges from East Liberty Pittsburg Stock Yards, prime and common lambs and spring lambs values.
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Elgin
Ohio
New York
Espana
Dawson
Cincinnati
Cesen Ee
A Human Magnet from Lewiston Charms City Reporters
A Lewiston man Oscar Whitman aged thirty six lives with wife and daughter at 76 College street. He demonstrates a purported magnetic power by lifting a table and moving objects with fingertip contact while bystanders, including local men, attempt to resist but are drawn across the room. He explains the power as a current from shoulders to fingers dipping in cold water afterward. The feature notes his ordinary appearance and work at Gay Woodman & Co and recalls his childhood signs of the ability.
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Lewiston
Oscar F. Whitmar
College Street
Gazette
Whitman
Beiut
Mr. Whitman
Mr. Bradbury
Cntre
Gay, Woodman & Co
Auborn
Fragmented humor and aphorisms in an aged column
A garbled collection of quips and quotes on women, manners, love, and society. The piece includes jokes about engaged couples, fashion, politeness, and a note on Arabian Nights highlighting old linguistic scholarship.
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