Hunt Kills Hundreds of Wild Horses in Utah Area
In Kanab Utah on October 11 hundreds of wild horses stampeded over hills as mounted ranchmen pursued them with fast horses and firearms. An Istang hunt began with about forty riders, aiming to dispose of about 1,190 mustangs over several days. The herd, linked to the Mountain Meadows massacre victims, had multiplied and depleted ranges, prompting a large destruction drive.
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Kanab
Utah
Mountain Meadows
Elevator Narrow Escape Reported By State House Visitors
Two morning paper journalists faced a dangerous ascent in a state house elevator on a Wednesday evening. The car bucked from the third floor toward the top, then descended and bounced before the operator took over. A safety vat and air compressor mitigated the risk. Joaquin Miller once visited the house during a legislature session, while James Whitcomb Riley and Charles E. Wilson recounted an elevator test. Riley dryly asked if the egg used in the test was hard boiled.
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State House
Joaquin Miller
James Whitcomb Riley
Charles E. Wilson
House
Senate
Mr. Wilson
Wilson
Riley
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets for Children and Adults
An advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as safe for all ages, noting benefits for digestion in adults and pronounced effects in poor appetite and growth in children. Testimonies from Mrs. G. H. Crossley and a Buffalo mother claim life-saving results for infants, with dosage guidance and pricing.
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Stuart
G. H. Crossley
Washingtonst
Woboken
New Jersey
Hire Co
W. T. De'thlope
Henry Karis
Erie Co
N. Y
Weaver not liable for wife's Wanamaker purchases
In Rochester a county court jury ruled Simon J Weaver is not liable for items bought by his wife from John Wanamaker Philadelphia including a comb valued at three dollars for a servant girl. Judge Sutherland instructed the jury to exclude the purchase as a binding act on the husband. The verdict found no cause for action for extravagance and the wife faced an indictment for forging Weaver’s name on Shank paper totalling ten thousand dollars.
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Rochester
N. Y
Simon J. ‘Weaver
John Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Weaver
Qwanamaker
Sutherland
Wana
Shea
London Press Attacks General Buller Over Ladysmith
London papers condemn General Buller after his luncheon remarks suggesting he advised General White to surrender Ladysmith. Critics call for his resignation at Aldershot. Analysts warn a scandal akin to the Schley controversy may follow.
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London
Sir Redvers -Buller
White
Ladysmith
St. James
Aldershot
Schley
Rankin commits suicide amid grief over wife in Chicago
Chicago reports George Rankin, a wealthy Board of Trade man, died by self-inflicted gunshot Friday morning. Grief over his wife's death is cited as the presumed cause. The item also runs various advertisements for Hood's Sarsaparilla, uprights pianos at Baldwin's, a Cincinnati return fare, and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething babies.
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Chicago
George Rankin
Swealthy Board of Trade
Awful college girls do a little hazing
West Virginia University students subjected a freshman to brutal hazing on Thursday night. They forced her to sing, then stripped her shoes and stockings, exposing her feet to a mortar bed that peeled skin from her feet and legs.
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Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University
Electric Juice Mystery Blown Gas Sparks Hit Local Man
Early Friday gas escaped from a defective stop cock beside J. W. Moore & Son grocery at 2911 W Washington. J Riley on N Delaware St near Washington suffered burns but continued work after dressing. No fire. investigators dispute ignition source, noting heavy streetcar current on gas pipes and occasional shocks in city.
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J. W. Moore & Son
Washington St
J. Riley
N. Delaware St
Washington
Farson's New Creed Emphasizes Holiness and Sinless Perfection
Chicago reports Duke M. Farson, a wealthy lay preacher who spent about $100,000 on Methodist church works, will retire from the Methodist church to found a new sect and church centered on holiness and mankind's ability to reach sinlessness.
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Chicago
Duke M. Farson
Methodist Church
Farson
Bargains in Upright Pianos at Baldwins and Train Excursions
A 1901 advertisement highlights bargains on upright pianos at Baldwins and an out of town excursion rail rate of $1.00. The notice lists routes from Lake Erie and Western R R to Ft Wayne Celina and Way Stations, with a Sunday departure details and a $1.25 rate from St Marys to Lima via Indianapolis at 6:30 a.m.
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Lake Erie & Western R. R
Wayne
Ind
Celina
Lima
Indianapolis
Power case trial opens after denied continuance
Georgetown Kentucky October 11 Judge Cantril refused continuance in the Calteb Powers case and the trial has begun with day and night sessions planned to finish in the remaining 13 days of the term. In Woodburn Indiana October 11 John Small 50 wealthy farmer killed himself with carbolic acid after years of ill health.
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Georgetown
Cantril
Calteb Powers
Woodburn
Ind
John Small
Fire causes $75,000 damage to two St. Louis plants
Fire last night damaged the Cereal Sugar Company and the St. Louis Candy Company plants, estimating losses at $75,000. The report notes no immunity to heat and references Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Ver. The article fragment mentions Nature's rem iness and the bowel tonic, leaving several lines unclear.
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ST. Louis
Cereal Sugar Company
St. Louis Candy Company
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Equitable Credit System
Ising A Gold Medal
Smoke Consumer
United States
Terai
KBS
Bunee
Kentucky
Sil
Balliwin
Muncie
Midland Railroad
Brazil
New Traction
Tipton
Central Traction
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Chamberlain
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Aurora
Vonnegut
Hutchinson’s
Albert Hutchinson
E. Washington St
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Green
Vories
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Gregg System
Tife
Indianapolisusiness University
E. J. Heeb
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BAVGL
Dacr Es Sloan Drug CO
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