Jews of the West report from Huerfano and Denver unions
A wide range of items from Colorado and beyond are summarized. Reports include political stumping by Jenkins of Cheyenne, Denver bank reviews, equality efforts by Denver women, a minister resigning in Colorado Springs, a calamitous railroad incident, grain and coal shipments, mining accidents, labor strikes, and regional weather impacts. The fragmentary notes mention rail disruption, a fatal car crash, a governor or church figure, and ongoing national events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huerfano
Jenkins
Cheyenne
Cole
Denver
Midland Railway
Lead
Sena
Ser
Jakeesdo
State Normal School
Christorado Springs
Arthur Moore
Supen
Carpen
State Capitol
Pers
Holdiwood
Jenient Eest Silvertog
Sar
Solomon Mountain
Tim
Raf
Merrill
Baggs
Escape from jail near Az ev Metico rocks traders’ killer
A Saraja Indian murderer who killed a Trader last April escaped from jail Sunday evening near Az ev Metico. Buck Horse’s band aided the breakout over several days, with some prisoners talking and allegedly helping pry doors. guards are on alert to recapture. Incarcerated inmates were knocked out bricks and irons loosened to free Milton and a carpenter, while others escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Azev Metico
Joe
Tod
Milton
Wyoming Plea for Oil Fields and Wildlife Protection
A Cheyenne letter describes distress over oil field expansion and animal destruction in the Big Piney region. The author accuses Indians of causing hunting losses and deterring immigration, urging action to protect game and sustain industry. The letter argues for restraint and responsible development amid frontier pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Piney Plains
Telegraph Tournament Decision Records and Recipients
The report lists message receivers and time blocks for the New England telegraph event. Names include J. t., Frank F. Murphy, N. ese, and J. Postal among others. Entities mentioned span Postal Telegraph Company, American Press Association, Boston Globe, and Western Union with placements across first to fourth in several categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Telegraph Ment
G. Postal Telegraph Company
J. T
American Press Association
Frank F. Murphy
Postal
N.ese
John Postal Telegraph Company
Key
Boston Globe
J. B. Western Union
Vigilant Beats Valkyrie To Retain American Cup
The Vigilant defeats Lord Dunraven's Valkyrie in three straight races, keeping the American Cup for another year. The last race on Friday under favorable wind saw the Vigilant overtake the Valkyrie after sail changes and a damaged spinnaker, with crowds cheering as both boats competed fiercely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vigiant
Vigilant
Lord Dunraven
Valkyrie
Terrible collision in Michigan claims twelve lives
A rear end collision at Jackson Michigan on the 13th killed twelve and injured twenty one when an eastbound excursion train failed to stop, telescoping the rear car of a standing train. Defective air brakes caused the wreck as hundreds rallied to aid victims and the dead were moved to the morgue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Central Railroad
Jackson
Michigan
Chicago
Jesus
Tommy
Cincinnati Discoverer’s Cure Claims Global Steps
The Cincinnati discoverer of Amick cure for consumption has sparked worldwide interest. Dr C Howard Strong of Cape Town will carry medicines for sixty patients home after a week’s study. Delegates from Cuba and Venezuela secured supplies, while Dr Arthur Jordan in St George island uses Amick aid to fight consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Vole
Pete
C. Howard Strong
Cape Town
South Africa
New York
Joaquin Cuenas
Cuba
Pan- American Medical Congress
Arnick
Venezuela
Fav-Or
Alaska
Arthur Jordan
St. George
Amick
Tropics
World WCTU Congress opens in Chicago with large turnout
The world’s Woman’s Christian Temperance Union opened at Chicago’s Art Palace on the 16th with unprecedented attendance. Notables on the rostrum included Lady Henry Somerset, Miss De Breen, Mrs Sakurai, Mrs Love, Mrs Williams, Dr Bushnell, Susan B. Anthony, and Saralda Wallace. Messages of welcome came from Bonney and other leaders as committees were formed and reports read. Archbishop Ireland and Comstock addressed the gathering with strong encouragement to the congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Art Palace
Washington Hall
Henry Somerset
London
de Breen
France
Sakurai
Japan
M. M. Love
Australia
Ella B. M. Williams
Canada
Bushnell
Susan B. Anthony
Saralda Wallace
M. B. Carse
Miss Willard
England
Lady Somerset
Bonney
Josiah Strong
Potter Palmer
Charles Henrotin
Williams
Ackerman
Australasia
Merriweather
Tennessee
Archbishop Ireland
Anthony Comstock
Bishop McGoldrick
Duluth
Fire wrecks Brush Electric Works and Maryland Penitentiary
A violent gale and rain last Friday night set the Brush Electric Works in Baltimore ablaze from electric wires and the fire spread to the nearby city jail and Maryland penitentiary. Six hundred inmates panicked, some injured, as smoke and flames raged. Two prisoners died, many hospitalized. jail and plant losses total about 150000. Weather damage soars toward a half million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Clark
Oakland
Nots
South Atlantic
Charleston
Chicago
Union Pacific
Ascitic
Pinses
Jacob Astor
North River
Great Britain
Stanford
Ohio Synod of the
Presbyterian Church
Preserved Smith
Lane Seminary
English
Marie Henrietta
Congregations Board of Foreign Missions
Worcester
Massachusetts
Louisiana
Arizona
Texas
San Antonio
Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio Railway Company
Woecken
Long Point
Lake Superior
Mtb
Valparaiso
Amelia Rokas
Francis E. Egan
Croom
Patrick Egan
United States
Atlantic
Great Lakes
National Reserve of the Treasury
Bill Dalton
Bill Doolin
Texas Newcomb
Stillwater
Oklahoma
Guthrie
San Francisco
Southern Pacific Company
Boyden Bros
Cherokee Strip
Enid
Maryland
Brush Electric Works
City
Maryland Penitentiary
Religious girdle to encircle earth in 1900th year
A Pittsburg headquarters outlines a non sectarian plan to hold a series of religious conventions starting in San Francisco then Bombay Jerusalem Cairo Rome and London with a final New York meeting. Estimated cost under 1000 dollars per participant and about 1000 people expected to join, with several weeks between events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
San Francisco
Bombay
India
Jerusalem
Cairo
Rome
London
New York
Mining Assessments Suspended For One Year
Congressman Bell's bill passed the House to suspend the annual labor requirement on mining claims for 1893. Locators must file a notice of good faith intent to hold and work the claim by December 31, 1893, to secure benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell
House
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
United States
Dispensary Act Deemed Unconstitutional by Circuit Court
In Columbia South Carolina Judge Hudson quashed indictments against individuals charged with selling liquor. He ruled the dispensary act unconstitutional beyond the legislature’s authority to transfer liquor traffic rights to government, not a valid police power or prohibitory basis. The decision sends the case to the South Carolina Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
South Carolina
Hudson
Supreme Court
Mean Printer Lynch Defies Saturday Night Duty
A tale of printer Lynch who resists Saturday work, quitting the Chicago newsroom to join the Plumbers' Gazette. The piece portrays his stubbornness and clashes with foremen and union pride, highlighting the era’s pressroom tensions and oddballs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynch
Chicago Tribune
John Jacky O'Brien
Mr. Lynch
Plumbers’ Gazette
Not If She Knew It She Remembered the Trouble to Get a Husband
A widow rejects a solicitor’s offer after a rail accident victim’s settlement figures are discussed. She recalls chasing her future husband for ten years, then ten more, and even using a shotgun to marry him. The solicitor concedes she deserves full compensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colli
Saved by a Narrow Margin in a Dry Wisconsin Tale
A fragment from a Chicago Record item contrasts a comical lodge scene with Absalom and Mrs. Rambo as they discuss bedtime and travel time. A second vignette from Indiana Astronomy features a couple admiring the moon and a playful exchange about being the man in the moon due to its distance of over 1.09 million miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Absalom
Mrs. Rambo
Chicago
Editor’s Demands Block Poets at Office Door
A witty exchange records a clerk and a poet bargaining for a look at the editor. The office boy offers access in exchange for a dime, predicting the poet will not have time after. The vignette captures streetwise humor of newsroom life and clocked authority in a compact gag.
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Office Boy
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Los Angeles
New Mexco
Wyoming
America
W. C. T. U. Congress
Nas
Indiana
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