Illlinois Stat 4H IVS and a Chicago murder spree
A Chicago physician, Dr. Flavius M. Wilder, was shot and killed by Joh Redman at Redmonds home after being summoned to treat illness. Annie Hansen, tied to a baby farm in Chicago, is arrested for manslaughter amid reports of extensive baby traffic and six babies taken in five months with five dead found nearby. The blast of a boiler in the Warren Springer building kills four men and injures two. Numerous other brief items follow, including drownings, suicides, avalanches of accidents, and local notices across Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flavius M. Wilder
Chicago
Joh Redman
Redmond
Wilder
Annie Hansen
Warren Springer
Patrick Rogers
Arthur Hall
Edward Bush
John Lee
James Wiggins
Henry Q@swald
Meacham
Freeport
Alfred Hall
Lawreate Leigh
Ramsey
State Bank of
Chrisman
James Charles
Omaha
Hietel Brewster
John Baur
Elizabeth
First Presbyterian Church
Minenk
D. R. Alexander & Co
Decatur
Jacksonville
Halsted
Chicago & Alton
Archer Avenue
la Harpe
Micsky Gobin
Chandlersville
Sarah Bebb
Bebb
Ohio
Rockford
Charles Crittendorf
Derrida
Harry Baldwin
Mendon
Gilford
Conn
Minnie Riddle
Olmstead
Cairo
Lon Wanters
Emmet
Thomas Odell
Oakland Park
John Kelly
Warren
Henry Martin Groves
Wabash Township
Marshall
Clark County
Oliver Davis
Danville
Abraham Lincoln
David Davis
Daniel Randall
Knox County
Galesburg
John R. Thomas
St. Clair County
Belleville
Grass
Nokomis
Pana
John Cain
Indianapolis
Martin Moran
Thomas D. Skinner
D. D
McCormick Seminary
Charles Gradley
Fairbury
H. C. Plimpton
Joliet
August Koshinski
Chilean Ultimatum Demands Apology for Baltimore Outrage
A Jan 18 dispatch reports the Harrison administration plans two formal demands on Chile. The first seeks an apology for Minister Matte’s offensive letter and reparations for the Baltimore sailors attack. The second demands restitution, including regret, punishment of offenders, and indemnity to victims’ families. Congress debated coast defenses amid the Chile crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Matta
Wasuthevon
Jat
Harrison
Chili
Evan
Pereira
Montt
Egan
Blaine
Baltimore
Santiago
Europe
Washington
Valparaiso
Remy
Congress
Judge Advocate Remy
Dolph
Ore
Murderer Dr. Wilder Shot by Blacksmith Redmond in Chicago
Dr. Flavius M. Wilder was shot and killed at a Chicago boarding house by John Redmond, a powerful blacksmith. Redmond, famed for his missing daughter Annie Tessie Redmond since 1887, surrendered at Twenty-second Street station and was jailed at Cottage Grove avenue. The case ties to Redmond’s suspected insanity and his wife’s alleged infidelity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folin Redmond Kiba de. Wilder
Chicago
Probality Trane Te
Annie Redmond
CmexGo
Flavius M. Wilder
Wabasigavenue
John Redmond
South Park Avenue
Redmond
Dr. Wilder
Twenty-second Street
Cottage Grove Avenue
Dudge Prendergast
Kankakee
Annie Tessie Redimont
Thomas Gurley
Wabash Avenue
Twentieth Street
Cardinal Manning Dies in London at 86
The venerable Cardinal Henry Edward Manning died in London at 8 20 this morning. Born in 1800, he rose from Anglican rector to archbishop and Catholic convert. His life spanned key religious shifts, including his role in Oxford and later leadership of the Oblates of St Charles. The death closes a long era in British church history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bresties
Lonxpox
Cardinal Manning
Henry Edward Manning
London
Bank of England
Henry
Oxford
Newnan
Gorham
Manning
Oblates of
St. Charles
Winster
Pune
Loss of Life in Namehow Steamer Disaster Off Cupri Point
Hong Kong reports 414 drowned when the Namehow foundered off Cupri Point after a shaft break allowed water to flood the shaft alley and engine room. The Meifoo says the ship sank rapidly despite attempts to abandon ship, with all hands lost. Includes other late telegraphic items about fires in London, a Drury township grip, and a Kentucky congressman slated for a dedication speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China Seas
Western Canada emerge as farming heart of the Dominion
The northwest region opens vast farming diversity with Manitoba and Assiniboia leading in harvests. Alberta boosts cattle exports while Saskatchewan opens new homestead lands via two railways. Eastern Canadians sell out to join Western lands as spies report favorable prospects and Winnipeg rises in prominence.
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Minnesota
Manitoba
Assiniboia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Europe
Hudson's Bay Posts
Northwest
Canada
Lake Superior
Dominion
Winnipeg
First Wisconsin woman ordained in Congregational ministry
A historical note cites Mrs Maneaver R Evrier as the first and only Wisconsin Congregationalist woman ordained. The piece also reveals translator J Wenner as a pseudonym for Elizabeth Birstenbinder and mentions the rise of traveling saleswomen, the Ladies Own Tea association in London, and England’s Mary Beauclerk as a leading stenographer, with voting privileges for women limited to Iceland Pitcairn Islands and Isle of Man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maneaver R. Evrier
Wisconsin
J. Wenner
Elizabeth Birstenbinder
Tory
London
England
Mary Beauclerk
Iceland
Pitcairn Islands
Isle of Man
Reuoyanp Kipiine Engaged To Be Married Sister Of Writer
The article notes Reuoyanp Kipiine is engaged to marry Wolcott Bales tier’s sister, the young American novelist who died at Dresden. It mentions the author’s fables read for over 2,000 years, and his birth 620 years before Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuoyanp Kipiine
Wolcott Balestier
Dresden
Sor
Christ
Ile
Samos
Greece
Antuonio Dauper
Mars
Pension systems and cultural dress bans noted abroad
Denmark and Germany have established pension schemes for elderly workers. The sultan of Constantinople bans Turkish women from wearing French dress in public streets. Madagascar's people work twenty-five days a year, leaving most time idle. Reanpia, England hosts George Palmer’s Biscuitopolis factory employing five thousand. New Zealanders note reduced beef demand as Hiense flesh declines. At Waipawa Hawke’s Bay a sale of twenty-nine horses yielded two hundred dollars, many under two dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denmark
Germany
Tum Sultan
Constantinople
Madagascar
Reanpia
Eng
Biscuitopolis
George Palmer
New Zealand
Waipawa
Hawke's Bay
Fragmentary OCR notes on language, press history, and figures
A garbled set of notes claims English language is ninety seven per cent Anglo Saxon. It cites the first Russian newspaper in 1700 with Peter the Great editing proofs. Also mentions Prof. Kuewes of Leyden dying at sixty three as a biblical critic. The text ends with a broken Whittier anecdote about a farmer and a volume of Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter the Great
Kuewes
Leyden
Uolland
Whittier
Phila
Kirst Rete
Reward offer and medical ads flood page with cures
A fragment laden page shows a reward offer for catarrh cures and multiple patent medicine and household ads. Included are claims for Hall's Catarrh Cure and Ely's Cream Balm, plus testimonials and various unrelated notices. The clutter includes promotional lines, weathered quotes, and a brief local note about Lane's Family Medicine moving.
The Ladies Promote Safe Syrup of Figs Use
An ad style column extols Syrup of Figs as a pleasant safe laxative for women. It warns buyers to seek the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product near the bottom of the package label. The piece also mocks sensational humor and notes about theater tours and dentist offices in a collage of quotations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
California Pig Syrup Co
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Illinois
William Graham
Graham & Sons
Graham
Canal Commissioners
Illinois Canal Commissioners
Ilinois and
Michigan Canal
St. Pat. Minn
South Dakota
Helgrade
Mont
Spirit
St. Vincent
Fergus Falls
St. Paul
Huron
Madison
Crawfordsville
Ind
N. Check
Keencastle
Rosa Evans
Greenscastle
Nelile Hanley
City Club Burlesque Company
Lowdon, Din
Rock Istase
Drury Township
Breckinridge
Chenco
W. G. I. Breckinridge
Kentucky
Slye
Wrial
St. Louis
Arletbert Slye
Adillins Express
Lewis County
Clayton
Defaule
the Makers OF Books
Hall
Cutsny & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Whoesale Druggists
Mall
Washington Star
Yue Nest
Ely
Dr. Harter Medicine Co
Dox
Waton County Standard
Hale
Pike
Columbus Post
Lane
Elmira Gaselle
Catecoe Creamery
Baeves
Frank Hale
de Witt
Ouse
Lewiston
Tontine
Brunswick
Boschee
Harter Medicine CO
St. Louis, Mey
Murat
Joan
Puck
Binghamton
Drake
Boston Post
Chicago Times
van Pelt
Herald
Ivory
J. A. Wironer
Slatington
Swift
J. D. Rains
Marthaville
Swift Specific Company
Atlanta, GA
Ivers & Pond Piano Co
Boston
Oflorida
Cincinnati
Augusrtine
Tennessee
Virginia
Georgie Hiway
U.S
Southern Foxpress
B. W. Wrenn
Gen’ Pyreneer Act
Knoxville
Tenn
Reid
Sylvan Remedy CO
Peoria
Sil
Lavir
W. L. Douglas
Tlemen
Ladie Lars
W. I. Dou
Douglas
W.L. Douglas
Bockt
Paris
W. Baker & Cons
W. Baker & CO
Dorchester
Mass
Sitairetrs
Hamil
Bane
Millereon
SUIS
Binghamton, NY
M. Rumely CO
Laporte
VIDCO
Keystone Bisc
Ersavir
Keyston
Hoek Falls
OSS & O
Toleds
O.w.f.sutder
AMI
Eath’s
Lldy
Althmatic Fein
P. Horola Hayes
Bas -Blo
M.Y
Hington, D
DR. Tapt
Meg Sepesey
Asthraa Fuath
Taft
Rochester
Inv
Colamar
Bright Enturs Iipks
Lemaine’s
Little Ferry
Pharsandia
Advite Frevey Wel Drove & Co
Philadelphia
J.stephens
Lebanon
Qhior
Rouse
ST. Berhares
Trak, Cor the
Whiting
Apvehatio
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