Big Game Preserve Proposed Across West
A major plan, driven by a Colorado man for English nobles, aims to establish a vast private hunting park west of the Missouri. It would stock buffalo, bear, deer, antelope and elk and attract Prince of Wales and Duke of Connaught with initial funding in the millions. Colonel Cody originated the idea while in England and the proposal gains international interest.
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Denver
Colorado
England
Missouri River
Prince of Wales
Duke of Connaught
Col
Cody
Buadato Dill
Ineland
Murder in Chinatown Stuns San Francisco
Huey Wing a Christian Mongolian is shot in the back by Li duing a professional highbinder near Stock ton and Washington Street. Wing had previously rescued a young Chinese girl from a brothel and taken her to the mission home. The Highbinder Society vowed vengeance, and the attack occurred near the new police station in Chinatown.
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San Francisco
Chinatown
Huey Wing
Washington Street
Stockton
Li Duing
Mission
Highbinder Society
Wing
Lung
Toey
Chiknatown
Feuding barnyard cock earns farm fame in fierce battles
A farmer longs for his game cock which and an Alderney bull contend for control of the barnyard. The bull tries to stamp the cock to death but the bird defeats him, knocking out an eye. Earlier the same cock killed seven geese eleven turkeys and three roosters in a single day. The owner placed the bird with an old sow but the cock crushed her eyes too and crowed. The three year old bird is prized above all on the farm.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Henderson
Williams
San Antonio
Tex
Arkansas Pass Railroad
Recviver McNamara
Master In Chancery
Ausrix
Texas
Hogg
Charles I. Bonner
Tyler
Ihis
Bonner
CoLvimins
S.C
Mixicu
Gainesville
Kemmie Wilkes Fight Ends Without Draw After Ten
Resulting from a ten round bout, the Kemmie Wilkes match did not end in a draw. Officials scorecards and a clear winner emerged after the final bell.
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Minnraronis
Kemmie- Wilkes
Union strike drives granite firms to hire non union workers
Across the East reports note granite manufacturers choosing non union labor after failing to reach an accord with striking workers. Other items describe disasters including a dynamite blast in Kensinato x Pa that killed J K Turner and Emma Scheffer, a suicide in Lama Ohio, a fall from a scaffold injuring two men in Cleveland, a mine gas explosion near Macanaque na, and an umbrella company incorporation in New York City with eight million capital.
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Boston
Kensinatox
J. K.turner
Turner
Emma Scheffer
Lama
Ohio
Sarah Warde
Albert Gestwags
Cleveland
Weddell House
Charles Stady i
George Jedwards
Jeannot
Winkisnarre
Macanaueua Reollfery
Miuan
Aunuasly
N. Y
United States
New York City
Pennsylvania
Johnstown
Devastating fire roars through Oil City region
Chaos grips the region as a massive conflagration rages through Oil City and surrounding towns. At least 150 lives are feared lost with nearly 100 bodies recovered. property losses run into millions, with Titusville $1,150,000 and Oil City similarly hit. Pittsburg Plate Glass Works at Creighton Station sustains $50,000 damage on a $200,000 plant, likely closing for a month and idling 1,000 workers. The plant will be rebuilt as quickly as possible.
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Oil City
Titusville
Corry
Meadville
Pittspureg
Pittsburg
J. B. Ford & Co
Creighton Station
Dooley murder case verdict and details from Prescott
The Dooley case in Corning ends after five hours of deliberation with a first degree murder verdict and a hanging penalty. The 16 year old killer claimed his aunt abused him, but physicians noted prior criminal assault by a maniacal motive, and the scene showed brutal violence with the victims tied and the killer dining after the killings.
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Lucinda Coons
Latle
Nellie
Prescott
Dooley
Joseph Fish
Jerry Lrimbley
Trumbley
Fish
Brunswick Callendar
Trumley
Bish
Trambley
Tish
PueEnto
Colo
Bank of Pueblo
Jed Rohrer
A. J. McQuaid
Lenton
Moses ‘Taylor
Fletcher Foster
Taylor
Foster
Rio Visit
Cal
Stetherington
Nutherington
Cuscando
WL U. Gunehan
Treland
Pope Leo
Fire in Birkenberg mine near Pribram Bohemia claims many lives
Foreign Jottings report a massive blaze at Birkenberg silver mine in Bohemia cutting miners off. Rescue teams recovered twenty-five bodies with many injured, while the list of missing reportedly rose to about 200. The explosion, likely caused by a reckless miner with a naked light amid toxic gas, sparked a large crowd outside the shaft.
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Pracum
Birkenberg
Prizbram
Bohemia
Jack Slavin
Australia
Frank Slavin
Jackson
Don Riordan
Pacific
England
House of Commons
Wilson
Home Secretary
London
Calcutta
Sir Hugo
Memorial Week Unveils High War Monuments Across States
A week of monument unveilings honors Civil War heroes with ceremonies at Gettysburg and in Richmond Lenox and Rochester. The High Water Mark statue at Gettysburg towers over a 43 foot granite shaft with bronze cavalry infantry artillery and navy figures. Monuments at Richmond Farmington and Lenox remember Gen John Paterson and Gen A P Hill.
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lMigh-Waunter- Mark
Gettysburg
Washington
Wellington
Blucher
Arnold Winkelried
Richmond
A. P. Hill
Lenox
Mass
Gen. Paterson
Rochester
Hall
Harrow
Longstreet
Cavalry
Artillery
Navy
Munckisy
Muskegon
Mich
Charles II
Hackley
Rhode Island
Infantry
Hill Monument
Gen
W. H. Palmer
Harry Heth
Hill
James A. Walker
Wytheville
Elkins
Frederick Douglass
Farmington
Sons of Veterans
Fulton County
Brown
Grand Army
Cemetery Ridge
Monument Association
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Michigan
Minnesota
Paterson
Thomas Egleston
John Paterson
Yale
Lexington
Saratoga
Sending Flowers by Telegraph Creates New York to World Service
A New York florist service allows sending bouquets to friends in distant cities by wire. Customers choose flowers on Broadway, the order is wired to an agent abroad, the giver’s name is attached, and delivery occurs within hours in cities like Vienna or San Francisco.
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New York
Vienna
Broadway
Europe
America
San Francisco
Matching Teeth and a Sugar Beet Grower
The article notes dentist challenges in matching false teeth to natural teeth using factory rings with twenty five sample teeth varying from white to olive. It then profiles Richard Gird as a leading sugar beet grower around Chino California with 50 000 acres, 4 000 in beets this year, under contract to supply beets for a local factory and plans for 6 000 acres next year and the year after.
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Richard Gird
Chino
Cal
Iowa Convict Labor Dispute Reaches Fort Madison
Iowa executive council members Governor Boles Auditor Lyons Secretary McFarland and Treasurer Beeson traveled to Fort Madison to pursue a settlement with convict labor contractors. Leases renewed for one year may require ten year terms, while firms resist shorter terms. If unresolved, convicts could be idle and state funds strained. 100 convicts leased to Fort Madison Chair Company 125 to Huiskamp Bros shoe makers and 0 to Iowa Farming Tool Company. The state earns 50 cents daily per convict. The council intends a direct investigation to force a resolution.
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Fort Madison
Executive Council of
Iowa
Executive Council
Huiskamp Bros
Iowa Farming ‘Lool Company
Bain Welds to the Grand Fury Case Sparks Bail Shock
The preliminary examination of Wm. Bain closed quickly in Independence as a dozen witnesses testified to violence used to force a girl along the route. Ed Cavanaugh of Vinton and Wm. Cur ran of Vinton reported the assault while Blanchard Orrin and Warvey Hradley described gagging and resistance. The defense sought elopement, but the court set bail at 1500 dollars, prompting surprise and anger among spectators.
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Bain
Wm. Bain
Independence
Ed Cavanaugh
Vinton
W. Curran
Blanchard Orrin
Warvey Hradley
Jessie
Defaulter Lane's Wanderings and Local Crime
Ex-Treasurer 8. W. Lane of Centerville fled January 5 after failing to turn over office and facing $15,000 bond issues. He returned with claims of hardship as brothers and friends arranged a settlement. other items note a fraud case linked to Odd Fellows, a man killed by lightning near Ipswith, a Burlington public bath incident, a suicide attempt by Fren MeENsLING near Alden, and Fort Dodge saloon fines after a large summer harvest.
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Clark Lane
Mr. Lane
Heo
Central America
Fren Meensling
Alden
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Buffalo Bill
Chicago
Harley
A. A
Stulpyne
Westurn Pater
Rochestoil
Grettysburg
Lenox, Mass
J. NR. Saari
Fort Dodge
Smith
Dayton
Austin
Smaith
Isaac Tomas
Ipswith
Mr. Thomas
Froeuk
Waite
Burlington, Charles
Wenner
Ilo
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