Vicious Bull Killed After Spectator Field Slaughter
Four hundred witnesses saw a dangerous Durham bull killed in New Jersey after farmer John Gyke sold it to butcher G. Straub. George Boise restrained the animal on a rope, then Straub and helpers delivered an ax blow after the bull gashed attackers. Johnson may die from injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Gyke
New Brunswick
N. J
G. Straab
Straab
George Boise
Boise
Straub
Mear
Peter John
Johnson
An Englishwoman's love letters excerpted for readers
An anonymous collection of extracts from discussions of An Englishwoman's love letters and from the letters themselves. Readings trace lovers turning from friends to heartsick partners, with intimate lines about separation, longing, and suffering after a beloved's loss. The tone preserves period sensibility and literary intrigue.
True to False Husband Divorce Story in Cambridge
Mrs George Howard of New York declares she will not sue for divorce from her husband George Howard known as a bigamist. She praises him as a superb husband for ten years and says she protected him, explaining she discovered his marriage only in January after arriving in Cambridge.
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Cambridge
Mass
George Howard
New York
George
Miss Hawkes
Pee
Public works laborers set to receive twenty cent wage
Fr iday afternoon the house passed a bill mandating a minimum wage of 20 cents for laborers on all public work. The measure covers contractors handling sewer and street sidewalk improvements with penalties for nonpayment.
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House
Indiana Senate backs immediate ouster for sheriff in prisoner surrender
A Minneapolis Times summary notes Indiana lawmakers approve a bill to instantly remove any sheriff who surrenders a prisoner to a mob. If the House and governor sign, a southern Indiana sheriff faces a precarious job as the measure becomes law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
X Emole
House
Minneapolis
How to Tell the Genuine Laxative Signature
An OCR fragment discusses authenticating a laxative product by verifying the signature of E. W. Grove on the bottle or label. The note hints at identifying genuine items and avoiding counterfeit versions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.’ W.grove
Indiana Home for Inebriates Endorsed by State Medical Society
The state medical society's inebriety committee endorsed a bill to establish a home for inebriates, backed by about 1,200 physicians. The measure would allocate $100,000 to create the institution, with confirmed inebriates confined six months to two years and subjected to a treatment plan to cure the habit. No location or real estate interest yet. petitions seek the law and transfer of liquor license funds to the home.
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Intebriety Committee
The
State Medical Society
State’ Society
Long Hunt for Father Brings Pair in New York Reunion
In Wilkes-Barre on February 2 C S White found his father Samuel Richmond White of Morris New York after 51 years apart. The 78 year old father had left Wisconsin when the son was four and both families drifted apart during war and remarriages. They discovered each other last week after weeks of searching. A reunion is planned.
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Morris
White
Samuel Richmond White
New York State
Energetic Titan of Africa Described in World’s Work
An intimate study of Cliff Rhodes by Ewart Scott Grogan, detailing his relentless method during telegraph work in Africa. Rhodes instructs, plans, and drives a crew across vast distances, to complete a project by August 25 after seven and a half months of nonstop effort, illustrating his towering career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clcif
Africa
Gulf
Democratic resignation in Harris's satire on the party
In a February World’s Work piece by Joel Chandler Harris, Billy Sanders mocks the Democratic Party urging a return to principles and leadership. He critiques internal strife, urges honest self-examination, and laments resistance to change while affirming stubborn habits and simple comforts.
City Ice Dealers Fear Winter Shortage
Ice dealers warn no natural ice has been put up this winter and February weather is treacherous. If real ice dries up, artificial ice makers will be crowded to meet demand, a water ice dealer said Friday.
Liquor Question Sparks Prohibition Debate in Senate
A batch of new senators sworn in at the high school senate Friday debated a prohibition bill. Fairbanks urged passage calling liquor a blot on the country and warned ink would spread if not stopped. Beveridge and Pritchard also spoke, with Pritchard likening Beveridge to a quiet Mrs Nation of the senate.
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Senate
Beveridge
James Gipe
Senator Fairbanks
John White
Fairbanks
Country
Pritchard
Earl Pritchard
Mrs. Nation
To Prevent the Grip Laxative Expansion
A historical concise note describes a remedy with Bromo-Quinine marketed to prevent grip related distress. The brief item lists a laxative product claiming to reduce expansion symptoms and discomfort, reflecting period health ad language.
Heaters in City Fire Engines Urgently Needed
Residents tell THE SUN that the fire department lacks heaters to keep water hot for steam. Chief Barrett notes heaters are scarce with only three engines equipped, forcing delays and hotter flames as engines struggle to raise steam before reaching fires. Gas burners could help, but many homes lack gas lines and some gas has been shut off.
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Fire Insurance Bureau
W. Washington St
Madison Ave
Barrett
John Marshall Day Observed Nationwide on Feb 4
Washington marks the 100th anniversary of Chief Justice John Marshall taking his seat. McKinley and cabinet attend the Washington exercises with Congress joint committee, Fuller presiding, Wayne McVeigh delivering the oration, and a banquet planned by the local bar at the Arlington.
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McKinley
Cabinet
Washington
Marshall
Virginia
Supreme Court of the
United States
American Bar Association
Wm. Wirt Howe
New Orleans
America
John Marshal
House of Representatives
Congress
Fuller
Wayne McVeagh
Bar Association
Arlington
John Marshall
John Adams
Great Tribunal
Effort to Bar Christian Scientists Resumes in Albany
In Albany on February 2 the Bell bill to bar Christian scientists from practicing medicine is set to resume next week. Some scientists deny germs can be dangerous in their treatment. A doctor plans to have a scientist drink typhoid germs to prove safety.
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Albany
N. Y
Brother Stanislaus Ill In Parish School Line
An elderly neighbor reports Brother Stanislaus head of a Catholic parochial school was ill this week. A family member revealed to her husband that "Santa Claus" has left the hospital, causing confusion as she had long known the brother by the nickname.
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Stanislaus
Santa Claus
Little Chilaten
Bustled Prince Files Bankruptcy Petition
Prince Auersperg son of Austria’s late prime minister and a Bayonne City Hospital physician files for bankruptcy reporting liabilities of 290,729 dollars. Most debts were incurred abroad while studying. He came to the United States six years ago and married Florence Hazzard in 1899. He has no assets.
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New York
Prince Auersperg
Austria
Bayonne City Hospital
Florence Hazzard
E. C. Haggard
Four Hundred Business Girls Pledge Abstinence in New Jersey
In Trenton on February 2 four hundred members of the Business girls association, a workers group, signed a pledge not to marry or associate with any man who drinks intoxicants. The pledge commits abstinence from wine beer and cider and vows not to marry a man to reform him.
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Trenton
N. J
Business Girls’ Association
Koehne Home Burns In County Incident
Word arrives of a fire at the Koehne residence bearing severe damage to the home of Charles Koehne, noted father in the county. Utility lines and nearby structures reported unaffected as fire crews battled the blaze, with investigations to determine cause ongoing.
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Charles Koehne
Inet
Pyramid Pile Cure Credited With Ten-Year Test
An advertising narrative extols Pyramid Pile Cure as a proven remedy, citing long tenure and word of mouth acclaim. It features a testimonial from James Creeden of North Michigan, describing eight to nine years of anal itching and piles resolved by the suppository treatment, sold nationwide for 50 cents per package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Creeden
North
Michigan
Manistee
United States
Canada
Can Cost Be Told Before Work Is Done
Myron King of the Assessment Bureau argues that assessments cannot be made until work completes. Mayor Taggart proposes pre contracting assessments to reveal costs upfront, but King says this is not practicable without exact upfront cost estimates from the city engineer.
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Myron King
Assessment Bureau
Taggart
May Postpone Fight In Cincinnati Injunction Case
Judge Hollis ter sets the hearing on the injunction against the Saengerfest fight for Tuesday. Either side wins, the case will be rushed to the supreme court. Judge Wilson notes a possible two week postponement to allow court action.
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Cincinnati
Hollister
Supreme Court
Wilson
Legislative Snap Shots and Senate Quiet in Indiana
Gov Durbin spent a weekend in Anderson while Sen Gregor serves as Carthage’s village doctor and lone senate physician. Sen Barlow backs an anti lynching bill and plans to run for Hendricks sheriff. Democrats show little interest in apportionment bills as Ball and Dausmann observe, and a senator noted his churchgoing habit contrasted with a burlesque visit, joking about paying $2.30 to leave after the show.
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Gov
Durbin
Anderson
Gregor
Carthage
Senate
Barlow
Hendricks County
Ball
Dausmann
City Life Roundup: Drunkenness, rabbits and a boy’s politics
In city brief news Bessie Anderson a jail inmate is freed on Thursday morning but faces six dollars in costs for drunkenness and loitering. Geo Rosemyer and John Lurber are arrested for shooting within city limits with nearby rabbit hunting near residences. Lurber receives suspended sentence while Rosemyer pays one dollar and costs. Senator Stillwell’s seven year old son is described as a secret Republican while the senator remains a Democrat. A Senate committee issues a call for written charges about the Industrial school for girls and women’s prison, signed by two reputable citizens.
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Bessie Anderson
Geo
Rosemyer
John Lurber
Lurber
Stillwell
Senate Investigating Committee
Industrial School For Girls and Woman's Prison
Senate Chamber
Food in Mexico and a Grape-Nuts trial tale
A Mexico City resident, Paul T. Gadsden, writes that he and his family could not live well on native food. He describes improving health after using Grape-Nuts, recalling how relatives thrived on it in the United States and deciding to test it in Mexico.
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Mexico
Paul T. Gadsden
Rocery
Local Grocer Advertises Wide Range of Staples
The Standard Tea and Grocery Co lists sugar at 33 cents per pound and light California fruits at various prices. They feature apricots, evaporated fruit, peaches, pears, lard, bacon, honey, syrup, flour, corn, and Star Tobacco with prices noted for each item.
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California
Acorn
Herkimer County
New York
Jones
Originators Mammoth Cut Price Stores Listed
Northwest corner Wash and New Jersey describes Branch 151 N Delaware near Ohio Branch 445 W Washington near West Branch 338 Indiana Ave near Senate 1F CUT PRICES PRICE STORES G Branch U6 Shelby St near Fountain Square Branch 759 Mass Ave near Noble Old phone 1616 1 ring New phone 2230 private exchange L A Jackson Prop
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Mammoth
Northwest Corner Wash
New Jersey
Delaware
Ohio
Washington St
West
Indiana Ave
Senate
PRICE
Shelby St
Fountain _ square
Mass.ave
Noble
New
L. A
Jackson, Prop
American National Bank in Lombard Block Opens Monday
The American National Bank will open Monday at 9 a m in the Lombard block. Stockholders met Saturday. the bank boasts a light, mahogany and Italian marble interior with new-money handling, women customers department, and an armor-plate vault in the safety deposit area claimed to be mob proof requiring an 18-inch gun for any heist.
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American National Bank
Santiago
Indianapolis
New York
Pittsburg
Powers backs Day for American association job
President P T Powers of the Eastern league favors Boston figure John B Day for the American association presidency. Temporary president Watkins retorts that the association will select its own man, noting he has not considered Day and the committee’s role is to find an available candidate for the association to act on.
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P. T. Powers
Eastern League
American Association
League
John B. Day
Boston
Watkins
Association
Queen's Eight Cream Horses Open the Procession
Crowds hushed as the queen's eight cream horses in magnificent harness pulled the coffin train through Paddington at 1:30 p.m. All saloons, restaurants and stores closed. Evening newspapers did not publish on this big news day.
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Paddington Station
Oil Magnate Archbold Gifts 400000 to Syracuse University
John D. Archbold Standard Oil magnate donated 400000 to Syracuse University on the condition that an equal sum be raised from other sources. The pledge was announced Friday night at a New York dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil
Syracuse University
Fire Ravages Abercrombie and Beatrice Business Districts
A portion of Abercrombie North Dakota was destroyed by fire. Eleven business houses are in ruins with losses estimated from 80 000 to 100 000 dollars. Reed Fros Co of Cleveland Ohio burned out on Friday. Beatrice Nebraska also reported a Friday fire causing about 30 000 dollars in damage.
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Abercrombie
N. D
Reed Fros, & Co
Cleveland
Beatrice
Neb
Interstate Stockyards Market Prices Report
Interstate Stockyards at Indianapolis reports light cattle receipts and steady to mixed prices. Good to choice steers bring 2.22 to 2.50 per hundredweight, feeders 3.25 to 4.25, cows 1.00 to 3.25, veals 5.00 to 6.60, and bulls 2.00 to 3.00. hogs 5.20 to 5.40. sheep lambs 3.25 to 5.40. stockers 2.00 to 3.00 per 100 pounds.
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Interstate
Indianapolis
Lecce Ce Cdes
Venee
Union Stockyards
Sasviavsace
California
Jersey
Michigan
Elmira
Cattle market reports at Union Stock Yards Indianapolis
February cattle receipts total 1,100 with fair to good quotations across classes. Good to prime steers 1250 lb range about 4.40 to 5.60. cows and calves listed with various price bands. hogs and pigs also noted with mixed packing demand and weights.
Auction catalog snippet for livestock pricing
Fragmentary livestock market notes show prices for choice sheep common to medium, stockers and feeding sheep, and bucks per hundred pounds with per price ranges. No clear date or seller listed.
Wheat and corn price list with inspections notes
The bulletin shows Wheat steady with No 2 red prices and milling freight details, New corn prices for multiple white and mixed grades, Oats and Hay steady with timothy prices, and inspections reporting Wheat rejected at 1 car and a total 21 cars for various corn grades.
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Timothy
Wholesale price list highlights varied farm and goods rates
The page catalogs prices for poultry, cheese, butter, eggs, feathers, beeswax, wool, rabbits, hides, tallow, and wholesale accounts for candies, nuts, fruits, oysters, beans, coal, drugs, textiles, and groceries. It notes per pound rates for turkey hens at 7 cents, young toms 6, eggs at 16 cents a dozen, cheese and butter quotes, and extensive fabric and flour price markers across multiple brands and regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Block High-Scoring Mystery Row Unfolds Monday
A fragmentary report hints at a Monday event at Block High School with unclear scores and participants. The garbled text references a low or negative value and a potential game or activity, but details remain unreadable.
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Constitution
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Pepperell R
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Allen
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Staples
American Indigo
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Hamilton Fancy
Merimac
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Simpson's
Simpson
Edwards
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Slater
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Java
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Gilded Santos
Prime Santos
Aroesa
Lion
Caracas
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Gates
Columbia
Empire A
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Golden
Windsor
Ridgewood
Dr. Pierce
J. W. McGregor
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