Telegraphic Brevities Sparked by Global Events
An array of brief notices reports personal crises in Montana, a death in Italy, a World chess win by Pillsbury in Hastings, a San Francisco trial, Cuban politics, a Samoan dispute, Mora claim payments, rail speed tests, and political party activity including a Birmingham free silver convention call.
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Montana
William Henry Hurlbut
Italy
Bland
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
San Francisco
Seana Altgeld
Ilinois
Springfield
Legislative
Peru
Pillsbury
Hastings
England
Philadelphia
Wilson
Apia
United States
Washington
Baltimore & Ohie
Baltimore
Gilbert
Hanford
Oakes, Payne
Rouse
United States Court For
Northern District of Washington
Seattle
Brayton Ives
Northern Pacific
Madrid
Maragua
Conde de Vendito
Spain
Colorado News Roundup Shows Temperance, Theft and Tragedy
Reports from Colorado cover Salvation Army meetings in Boulder, temperance rallies led by Francis Murphy, and a cattle thief in the northeast. A fatal Santa Fe train accident involves Michael Collins from Pueblo. Weather glows with growing crops, while drought tightens water supply and harvests in San Luis Valley.
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Helen Gould
Inco
Cox
Salvation Army
Boulder
Francis Murphy
Preston
Denver
Carlisle
Charles Adam
A. K. Chamberlin
Crippi Creek
Anax
Secretary of State
Cripple Creek
Freythey and Tallon
Butte
Montana
Burns
Campbell
Dwyer
O'Neill
Michael Collins
Pueblo
Colorado
Santa Fe
Thatcher Station
la Junta
Thatcher
Collins
San Luis Valley
North Central
San Los
Earthquake Felt in Montane Butte and Helena Regions
A slight earthquake struck Butte at 12:25 and lasted six seconds with no damage. Helena reported a severe shock causing hotel withdrawals and excitement. Great Falls also felt a severe tremor at about 12:20, waking residents statewide.
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Montane
Butte
Mont
Helena
Great Falls
Steamship NorMannia Sighted in Distress After Engine Failure
The steamer Nor mannia, expected to arrive, was sighted by the North German Lloyd steamer Wittekind on September 1 in lat 21 30 north long 30 west. She was proceeding with only one engine as repairs were made on the other. The nature of the injuries was not explained.
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New York
Normannia
Wittekind
Cambridge Athletes Prepare for Great Contest
The Cambridge team trains in favorable weather with a cool breeze in the city. Captain Heron states training is open to spectators at the field unless crowds hinder play. Diet remains unregulated with some team members drinking ale and smoking. some endure no changes the day before the contest.
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Captain Heron
Seld
Americas
Captain Horan
Nebraska State Money Seeks Recovery From Capital National Bank
In Omaha on September 5 the State Treasurer filed suit to recover 736,361.53 from the Capital National Bank of Lincoln after its failure. The amount came as a deposit certificate from the retiring treasurer. A prior jury deadlock led to new action against the bank’s receiver for interest. A 15 percent dividend was declared, about 51,000 of which is held by Receiver Hayden pending court outcome.
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Boston
Ely
O’brien-Walcott
Birmingham
Alabama
Samuel Adams
People’s Party
R. F. Kolb
D. S. Troy
Montgomery
Omaha
Neb
United States Circuit Court
Bartley
Meus Cn Bestain
Cars Vie National Bank
Cap- National Bank of Lincoln
Capital National Bank
Hayden
Nations Drug Associations End Denver Convention With Loop Tour
Members of the Nations Wholesale Druggists Association and the National Proprietary Association paused business in Denver to take a vacation. About two hundred attendees and their families set out this morning for a Loop trip after gathering at Union Depot. Most left by 9 o'clock and only a few remained. they plan to return to the city this evening.
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Denver
Nations Wholesale Druccists’ Association
National Proprietary Association
Loop
Union Depot
Moonlit bicycle pair draw crowd on Columbus Avenue
A man and a woman on bicycles rode fast along Columbus Avenue in evening moonlight. The man wore a sweater and the woman a bloomers outfit with a nondescript cap. Observers marveled at their disguise and audacious riding as clubs and riders filled the street.
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Columbus Avenue
Thoman
Boston Herald
Temporary Nirvana in a Rural Portrait of Uncle Billy
A rural scene centers on Uncle Billy and a transient hired man who travels from California via Panama. The two men clash and fuse in a quiet test of wandering identity as Billy reveals long memories and a dream of transforming his property. Nirvana settles as the wanderer and Billy confront a shared stillness.
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Uncle Billy
Europe
Billy
Uncle
Terie
Colles
Californa
Panama
Breaz
Usecle
Harel the Wanderer
Man
Wanderer
Labor Dept Reports June Textile Employment Shifts
Labor department data show improvement in June with fewer union workers unemployed. Across 284 textile mills nearly 66,000 women were employed, 87 percent in mills, while some sectors like silk and hosiery show different trends and overtime pressures persist in woolen and worsted trades.
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Labor Department of the Trade
Jane
Bank cashier Lask arrested for embezzlement at Long Beach
A. J. Lask, cashier of the National Bank of Wichita Kansas, is arrested at Long Beach on charges of embezzling about $30,000. He fled after a previous escape on August 10 and fled again.
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Lask
Dows
A. J. Lask
Tional Bank of Wichita
Ksn
Long Beach
Portland
Ore
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W. A. Harris
Linwood
Murray
Harris
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Cambridge
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