Banner cornfield of the world in Cairo Illinois yields 609000 bushels
South of Ava Illinois a 6000 acre field of corn stands 15 feet high and spans a continuous sea of gold. An Illinois entrepreneur drained Big Lake via a 25 foot channel creating a vast tract now yielding about 100 bushels per acre. Two additional lakes were included, forming canals and more fertile land, yet this single field is claimed to produce 609000 bushels this year.
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Cairo
Ava
Ilinois
Kinkaid
Illinois
Springfield
United States
Big Lake
Whitney Gilbreth
Mr. Gibreth
Big Jake
Death of Cornelius Vanderbilt Report Alters Timeline
No physician attended Vanderbilt at death. Senator Depew released a differing account, stating he died of cerebral hemorrhage after waking Tuesday morning. Vanderbilt left Newport Monday to direct a board meeting, fell ill after 5 am, with Mrs. Vanderbilt and household present. directors vow a Thursday meeting. A Yokohama cable to Alfred Vanderbilt, abroad, confirms the news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cornelius S Vanderbilt
Senator Depew
Mr. Vanderbilt
Mr. Vandérbilt
Vanderbilt Lines
Yokohama
Japan
Alfred
Alfred Vanderbilt
Blood Poisoning From a Kiss in St Louis
Miss Lizzie King a 27 year old seamstress of 1608 Priest Street suffers blood poisoning after a kiss left a scratch on her left cheek. Dr Kearney of the city dispensary reports the infection well defined and life in great danger though there is some hope of recovery. The kiss occurred at her home Friday night with a friend Krieger of Carondelet.
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ST. Louis
Lizzie King
Kearney
Miss King
Krieger
Carondelet
Young stenographer and boy held for forgery in New York
Louisa Bretch, 18, and William Brown, 14, are jailed after forging checks totaling 167 dollars in a law office. Bretch admits signing her employer’s name. Brown cashes the checks and says he split the proceeds with her though he claims no profit. He says the money went to a craps game during their idle hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Louisa Bretch
Wilami Ter
Brown
James P. Philips
Miss Bretch
Famine Threat Looms in Transvaal Rand District
The Pall Mall Gazette reports on Sept 12 that food prices and essentials rise at alarming rates in the Rand district. Residents remaining in Pretoria and Johannesburg face looming famine as shortages worsen.
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Indon
Pall -Mall Gazette
Rand
Pretoria
Johannesburg
Fatal Plague Claims 2000 Lives in Niu ae Chwang
Hong Kong dispatch reports 2000 deaths from bubonic plague in Niu ae Chwang with accompanying outbreaks of cholera infant dysentery and diarrhoea. The only safe plan urged is to keep Fowler's Ex tea of Wild Strawberry on hand.
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Niuae Chwang
Hong Kong
Wang
Philadelphia Plan Endorsed by Amsterdam Bond Vote
A dispatch from Holland to the Philadelphia committee reports that at Amsterdam a bond representation of 5.5 million favored the Philadelphia plan with all but 265 thousand voting for it. The minority backed the New York plan, and two more million bonds for Holland are expected. Germany France and England are not included.
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New York
Wrallst
Holland
Philadelphia
Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf Reorganization Committee
Amsterdam
Germany
France
England
Cabinet Sets Record With Three Hours Session
Washington September 13 The cabinet set a record by staying in session nearly three hours Tuesday Absent were Secretaries Hay Long and Wilson The meeting largely covered minor Cuba and Porto Rico affairs.
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Washington
Hay
Long
Wilson
Cuba
Porto Rico
Two Men Killed in Cumberland Valley Railroad Accident
Harrisburg September 13 Two men were killed and six injured when a carload of steel overturned on the Cumberland Valley railroad near Newville. The two men were crushed beneath the load.
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Harrisburg
Cumberland Valley
Newville
Scalding incident in Hillsboro ends in arrest
Hillsboro Ohio Sept 12 Sarah Smith 44 was arrested at East Danville for throwing scalding water on Pearl Mefford 17 Tuesday Mefford in critical condition and hospitalized authorities said
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Hillsboro
Sarah Smith
East Danville
Pearl Mefford
Miss Mefford
More Ammunition Arrives for Treneval Forces
Lorenzo Marquez reports that a further consignment of 3 547 cases of ammunition has arrived here for the Trenevaal. Delagoa Bay September 13.
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Lorenzo
Marquez
Delagoa Bay
Four claimants file for Klondike estate of William Sutton
Four women claim to be Wm Sutton's wife in Seattle on September 12. Donna Bruce Sutton Josephine Sutton Hanna Sutton of Chicago and L L Sutton of Ottawa pursue the wealthy Klondiker's estate. In Tennessee an earth eruption near Livingston belches stone and ash with no odor reported. A rescue on a Philadelphia bridge sees Italian worker Kromoski save an armless man from an oncoming train.
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Seattle
Wash
McCook
Dawson
Wm. Sutton
Sutton
Donna Bruce Sutton
Josephine Sutton
Hanna Sutton
Chicago
L. L. Sutton
Ottawa
Tennessee
Knoxville, Tenn
Overton County
Livingston
Philadelphia
George Chambers
Gladwyn
Crow Hill
Chambers
Antietam
Kromoski
Peary Relief Ship Diana Returns From Arctic Cruise
The Diana arrived at Sydney on September 13 bringing Peary relief reports. She left Peary August 28 with a healthy party, ample provisions, and dogs for two years. The voyage covered over 5,000 miles north of Cape York, and the ship carried Greeley’s records and Peary expedition papers.
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Sydney
C. B
Peary
Diana
Utah
Cape York
Greeley
North Greenland
Tah
Emory Attacks Standard Oil Before Industrial Commission
Louis B E Emory of Bradford Pa resumes testimony railing at Standard Oil and accusing rebates from railroads of fostering trusts. He claims railroads’ favored treatment enabled Standard Oil’s growth and vows proof of contracts dating from 1874 to present.
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Washington
Louis BE. Emory
Bradford
Industrial Commission
Standard Oil Company
Mgr
Emory
Standard
Duke of Orleans Family Fray Reaches Royal Scorn
Paris dispatch notes the duke of Orleans faces royal disfavor over Dreyfus stance. The Journal claims the English royal family skipped a Chartres kin’s wedding. Belgium warns Orleans not to halt there and Italy’s King Humbert bars his nephew from greeting the French pretender.
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Paris
Duke of Orleans
Dreyfus
Chartres
Belgium
Orleans
Humbert
Duke of
Aosta
Italy
Yellow Fever Victims Reported in Cuba
Gen Brooke reports three yellow fever fatalities in Havana Cuba during the current outbreak. The victims named are Private F E William of Company BG Second Artillery, J H Keegan a civilian employee, and Henry Lunsford a civilian employee.
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Washington, Sey
Brooke
Cuba
Havana
F. E. William
Second Artillery
J. H. Keegan
Henry Lunsford
Rail unions meet in St Louis and Washington pow wow
Wire notes report Brotherhood of railway car men session in St. Louis and Improved Order of Red Men holding a pow wow in Washington. Kansas City Board of Trade adopts resolutions condemning the Dreyfus verdict. Mrs. Wm Astor leaves New York for Hamburg due to failing health. Mrs. Mark Hanna claims her husband gains no relief for rheumatism from European baths. A sudden croup attack may require Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil.
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Brotherhood of Railway Car
St. Louis
Improved Order of Red
Washington
Kansas City Board of Trade
Dreyfus
Wm. Astor
New York
Hamburg
Mark Hanna
Europe
Teething Syrup Ad and Harness Sale Notice
An O14 Nurse for Children. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething should be used for children. It soothes the child softens the gums relieves wind colic and is the best remedy for diarrhoe. Twenty five cents a bottle selling out harness and trunks. Wm. Vanderpool 22 S. Meridian st.
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Wm. Vanderpool
S. Meridian St
Sewing Machines Offered at Pfleger Store
Pfleger at 332 E Washington St offers sewing machines for all models with no agents involved. Shop emphasizes breadth of selection and direct purchasing from the store.
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Washington-st.- Jos
Pfleger
Full Meal for 10 Daily Business Lunch Offer
A local restaurant advertises a daily business lunch from 10 a m to 2 p m and a ladies lunch on the second floor at Ormonde 16 W Pearl St. Also touts DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve with a testimonial from Conrad Stange of Pierz Minnesota praising its healing. Cautions against counterfeit products and notes availability at all druggists.
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Ormonde
W. Pearlst
DeWitt
Isazel
Conrad Stange
Pierz
Minn
Indiana Coal Report Highlights Rich Indiana Field
State geologist Blatchley releases a 1573 page coal focused annual report by assistant Dr. George H. Ashley. It details geology, origin, and extent of Indiana coal, production history since 1765, bed thickness up to ten feet, county by county analysis, and cost structure from mine to buyer. It notes over 35,000 coal exposures visited and compares coal heating with artificial gas prospects.
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Blatchley
George H. Ashley
Cornell
Branner
Stanford University
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Col. Croghan
Robert Fulton
Orleans
Fountain
Vermillion
Parke
Knox County
Sullivan
Pike County
Vincennes
Clay County
Indianapolis
Notice of liquor license application in Indianapolis ward four
Calvin Carson gives notice to voters of the Fourth ward Center township Marion county Indiana that he will apply at the October term 1899 to the Board of County Commissioners for a license to sell spiritous vinous malt and other intoxicating liquors in less than five gallon quantities with on premise drinking. The business location is 952 Walnut street first floor in a two story frame building Tot 6 in Block 5 Fatout's subdivision City of Indianapolis Center township Marion county Indiana ward 4.
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Fourth Ward
Center Township
Marion County
Indiana
Board of
County Commissioners
Walnut St
Fatout
Commissioner's
Indianapolis
Calvin Carson
Seventh Ward
E. Court St
Square 57
Bk. Court St
Edward E. Creasey
Tenth Ward
Louisiana St
Andrew Boll
Fifteenth Ward
Board of Commissioners
State of Indiana
Meridian St
McCarty
S. Meridian Sr
John Wolliffer
Voters approve sale license for 7th ward Indianapolis premise
Voters of the Seventh ward in Center town license the sale of spiritous, vinous and malt liquors in a first floor room facing north on E Court Street. The premises occupy the middle third of Lot 8 in Square 57, City of Indianapolis, Center Township, Marion County. Address listed as 115 E Court St, Ward 7. Edward E. Creasey.
Digestant US: DeWitt Digestant for Digestion Aids
Digestant digests foods and aids natural digestion, claiming instant relief and permanent cure for dyspepsia indigestion heartburn flatulence sour stomach nausea sick headache gastralgia cramps and other stomach issues. Prepared by E C DeWitt Co Chicago, available at all druggists.
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E. C. DeWitt &Co
Chicago
Liquor Sale Permit Sought for Ward Ten Business
Andrew Boll petitions to sell liquor at his Center Township business located at No 6 W Louisiana St on a first floor room facing south in a four story brick building on Lot No 6 square 87 in Indianapolis Marion County Indiana. The request covers premises near the October term of the township. Ward Ten voters and city officials are noted in the filing.
Liquor license sought in center ward Indianapolis 1899
Voters of the Fifteenth ward Center township announce an application to the Marion county Board of Commissioners at the October term 1899 for a license to sell intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons in a room facing west on Meridian street. The same room would host a pool table and bowling alley as part of the establishment run by John Wollifier.
Voters seek license for intoxicating liquor in Center town Indiana
Andrew Kress requests an October 1899 license to sell intoxicating alcoholic beverages in small quantities at his Washington street room in Crane and Wasson subdivision Ri enour second addition along with a pool table privilege. The notice targets the Eighth ward Center town voters at the town’s October term.
Notice of liquor license in Center Township Indiana
Dereby owner W J Thomas announces an application to the Marion county Board of Commissioners at the October term 15399 for a license to sell intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premises drinking and pool table privileges. The business is at No 14 Malott ave in a first floor room fronting south in a two story brick building, part of lot 35 Alvord subdivision Fletcher addition City of Indianapolis Center township Marion county Indiana.
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Dereby
Center Lownship
Marion County
Indiana
Board of Commissioners
State of
Malottave
Alvord
E. T
W. J. Thomas
Railroad Time Card At Union Station From Era
Time schedule details show rail lines and train types with codes S sleeper P parlor C chair 2 dining. Entries list Peru and Toledo ex and Mall and express with times and fares including 6.00 and 2.40 in a historic timetable layout.
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Union Railway Station
Lake Erie & Western R
Toledo
Mid City
Peru
Monon Route Ticket Office Listings and Fares
Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville Railway Monon Route fares and offices show Chicago night express 12.53 93.20, Chicago fast mail 7.00, Chicago ex 11.50 2.49, Chicago vestibule 11.50, plus a mention of MOMON ACC and Stevens with 410.00 and 4.00 amounts.
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Chicago
Indianapolis & Louisville
Washington St
Chicago Fast Mail
ID & W
Chicago Vestibule
Stevens
Pennsylvania
Ihnois
Washington Sts
Logansport
Columbus, Ind. & Louis
Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
Washington
Cal. Ind
Richmond and
Columbus
Piqua and
Rich
Richmond
Ind
Souls
Vernon and
Madison
Martinsville & Vincennes Ates
Dayton and
Xenia
Pittsburg
East
Loganspor
Knightstown
Baltimore and
Wash
Dayton
Spring
Springfield
Columbus, Ind
Columbus Ind
Louis
Martinsville
Winteenee
Philadelphia & N
Xenia Steeretes
Ind & Louis
Haute
St .L
West
T. Haute
St. L. & West
St L & West
Haute & Casey
Haute & St L Fast
Wees
St L
Martinsville Ace
Cincinnati
Hamilton
St. Cincinnati
Detroit
Cin
Trayton
Dayton Lim
Toledo
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Star Mine
Newberg
Warrick County
Vanderbilt
K. C
Ashley
Florida
Sahib
DR. Ashley
Eighth Ward
Washingtont
Crane & Wasson
Andrew Kress
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