The Regster leaping party and frontier debate
At a Fort Washington leap year party men wore bloomers and bishop sleeves. A banquet discussed "The Future of the Horse" with consensus that it would arrive. In Wyoming a woman runs for governor. if she fails she could be governess without opposition. Chicago ramsellers clash with beer can, while saloon keeper and growler quarrel may yield more bread and butter.
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Fort Washington
Wis
Wyoming
Chicago
Poison Window The St. Louis druggist praised as philanthropist
A St. Louis pharmacist earns notoriety for keeping a window display entirely of poisons, a display that locals regard as a form of strange philanthropy and public service.
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St. Louis
Rhodes Eyes Wink Noted For Peculiar Glance
A commentary notes Cecil Rhodes' eyes as notably prone to winking, highlighting this peculiar trait as his most striking feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Rhodes
Susan B Anthony Travels to California For Constitutional Change
Susan B Anthony travels to California to press for striking the word male from the state constitution. Sister Leise argues to keep the term but would prefix the syllable fe to oppose the move.
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Susan B. Anthony
California
Susan
Leise
Eastern method of castigating a son in law
A Perry O. T. attacked a young man who had become his son-in-law by thrashing him without parental consent. The assailant was struck in the head with a wooden stick by the new relative and killed instantly, a sensational tale reflecting sensational press journalism.
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Perry O. T
Mar ion groom forged notes to fund honey moon furniture
Louis Sheller of near Marion Illinois forged notes to pay for wedding furniture. His arrest sparked a dramatic scene as his wife Mrs Sheller pleaded with onlookers to lynch him, condemning the act during the jail confrontation.
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Louis Sheller
Marion
Ill
Louie
Notable Chicago council rhetoric cited by Buckingham McCarthy
The excerpt praises McCarthy for a vivid council chamber call to action in Chicago. It contrasts his fiery stockyard tone with historical orators like Henry Webster Burke Cicero and Demosthenes, implying his speech stood out for forceful clarity.
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Council
Chicago
Buckingham McCarthy
Henry
Webster
Burke
Cicero
Demosthenes
Kansas
Rail taxes debated as over 5 year rise questioned
The text argues railroads face doubled taxes recently but questions the prior level and whether other groups faced similar increases. It notes farmers in Michigan report a 50 percent rise and Illinois seeing strong tax growth, urging examination of actual property values to judge fairness.
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Michigan
Ilinois
Spanish Gunboat Fires On American Schooner
A World wire reports the American schooner William Todd of Calais Maine was fired on and boarded by a Spanish gunboat 6x miles south of the island of Pines after signaling with a shot across her bow. The Spanish officer claimed contraband duties but found no illegal cargo and departed. The Todd's captain had not lodged a formal complaint.
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New York
Kingston
Jamaica
Sys
William Todd
Calais
Maine
Mobile
Alabama
Ahe
Island of Pines
Todd
Fusion Temptation Moves Texas to Topple Democrats
In Austin a proposed fusion between the Populists and Republicans aims to place Populist electors with Republican state officers on one ticket to defeat the Democrats. A Populist leader and an American Press contact describe growing support among both parties, driven by dismal state election returns.
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Austin
Texas
Bishop Potter Honored by Cambridge University
Bishop Potter has been invited to serve as select preacher for Cambridge University during May 1897. This marks a historic first for an American bishop or priest to receive this Cambridge appointment, noting his Doctor of Laws from Cambridge and Doctor of Divinity from Oxford among his credentials.
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New York
Potter
Cambridge University
England
Great England
Oxford
Great Britain
Bishop Potter
Cambridge
Clyde River Reaches Highest Level Since 1865
Eastern flood scene in Lyons New York with the Clyde River at its highest mark since 1865 and rising a foot per hour. Widespread damage reported as the Scott Malting mill floods and the first floor of the Standard Oil station fills. Access limited to boat travel, cutting off Franklin Fordham and Almer streets.
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Lvons
N. Y
Clyde
Scott
Standard Oil Company
Franklin, Fordham
Almer
Supreme Court Rules Against Discrimination In Short Haul Rates
The Supreme Court today affirmed, in part, the Interstate Commerce Commission v Cincinnati New Orleans Texas Pacific Georgia case. It holds that railroads may not grant through shipments special rates to favored parties, upholding the long and short haul provision and clarifying the Commission’s power to fix maximum interstate rates. The dispute arose from buggies shipped from Cincinnati to Social Circle and Augusta, with Georgia and Texas Pacific lines contesting the pricing structure.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Fifth
Boklng
Shiras
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cincinnati
Ohio
Augusta
Georgia
Georgia Railway
Social Circle
Atlanta
Texas Pacific
Atlantic & Western Roads
Georgia Road
Georgia Company
Baltimore
North Atlantic Sealing Fleet Reports Large Catch
The Newfoundland arrives with about 30 000 seals caught from Labrador and nearby vessels. Labrador reports 16 000, Walrus 12 000, Leopard 8 000, Kite 10 000 seals. Several ships have not been heard. opening season described as the worst in years due to the Newfoundland needing port for leaks.
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St. Johns
N. F
Newfoundland
Labrador
Vanguard
Greenland
Panther
Neptune
Diana
Ranger
Windsor
Oxford Wing the Boat Racer
Oxford won the fifty third boat race against Cambridge by about a third of a length in Putney England on March 20. The victory gives Oxford thirty wins to Cambridge twenty two in the series with seven consecutive wins for Oxford.
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Putney
England
Oxford
Cambridge
Cambride
Lake distance noted as about four and a half miles
A brief item records a lake distance of roughly four and a half miles, noting the measurement in readable terms without extra context or embellishment.
Government Troops Repel Yaqui Attack Near Village
Reports from Hermosillo say Captain Yata leads a government detachment to clash with Yaqui forces in the mountainous region near a village. Government troops win the engagement with twenty Yaqui fatalities and several wounded. Preparations begin for a large troop concentration to subdue the Indian country after a vigorous campaign.
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Hermosillo
Mexico
Yata
Reserve figures reveal bond funding gaps in secret ledger
The report from Washington details the reserve as of today with the peak balance noted. It lists bond proceeds totaling 10,000,071 dollars, including 8,528.50 for principal and 1,969.66 for premiums, leaving about 1,000,000 under Circular Carlile.
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Washington, D. C
Carlile
Eeeta's Pibusters Arrive in San Francisco March 3
The Bareclay Golden steamer arrives as Eeeta’s officers deny claims of wife abuse. Chief Officer Pring cites that Casin and his men landed ashore first and fought as Salvadoreans surrounded the farmhouse. The troopers fled as Casin’s force was backed by fifty men.
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San Francisco
Cala
Eeeta
Vemuels
Feet
Cusinere
Panam
Casin
Ted
Plan for Practical Abolition of Slavery in Africa
Mr Heli Chat lain, noted African explorer missionary and philologist, is in New York presenting a plan under the Phil-African Liberator league. The scheme aims to found refuges and settlements for emancipated slaves in Africa, funded by land concessions from England France Portugal or Congo state.
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New York
Heli Chatlain
Africa
England
France
Portugal
Drunken Indian Causes Stampede at March Horse Dance
At a March 30 dance in Perry, Oklahoma, an intoxicated Indian rode a horse into the hall causing a stampede that injured several young women. A brawl broke out as about a dozen men tried to eject him, with Carl Bradley and others hurt. One young woman was fatally injured when the horse fell.
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Perry
Carl Bradley
Will Hoops
Sim Pershall
Ladiew Mitchell
Mo Nettle Pershall
Lena Kischer
Methodist Workers Gain Admittance to Conference
Methodist workers in Colorado and women from the Colorado Methodist church secured admission to the international conference in Cleveland Ohio in May. Rev F Cranston of Cincinnati said he can count sufficient votes in the dioceses to support the proposition when the conference convenes. Rev Earl Cranston of the Methodist Publishing Board in Cincinnati commented on the matter.
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Colorado Methodist
The
Method Church
Cleveland
Ohio
F. Cranston
Cincinnati
Denver
Cranston
Earl Cranston
Civeinnath
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Regster
Lamar
Eeeta’s
Pibusters
S Frank
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