Political currents and personalities in a murky campaign
A sprawling 19th century style political draft surveys figures such as Bryan Nad Bevan Tom Watson and McKinley with polemical asides. It notes unions Debs and Debs era figures while predicting a Republican majority in the next House and hints at Illinois and national political maneuvering.
Tempest Rages Across Savannah as Death Toll Rises
A ferocious hurricane lashed Savannah and Georgia coast causing extensive destruction. Reports list eleven dead in Savannah and losses across Cedar Keys, Lake Butler, Gainesville, High Springs, Newberry, and surrounding counties. The storm damaged ships, rail lines, and hundreds of buildings, with financial losses estimated in the millions and many towns ravaged.
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Mia
Nancy Mora
Prank Olmstead
David Jones
High Springs
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Jane Morris
Sallie Nobles
Steve Mason
George Johnson
Savannah
J. W. Wallae Johnston
Ky Murray
Robert Turner
Mary Wareing
Eliza Letty
Fannie McPall
Ruby Willame
Julie Jacknon
Tran
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W. F. Thompson
Ab Farnham
Lee
James Smith
Roddy Pritchard
Ben West
Joseph Hamilton
John Wilson
John Sheehan
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Governor Safford
Beach & Miller Line
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Teapest Havoc Prived In the Keystone State
Lancaster October reports describe a widespread cyclonic storm across counties with extensive property losses. The Pennsylvania Railroad bridge at Columbia collapsed, destroying twenty seven spans and causing massive damage though no lives were lost. Temple Station furnace ruin buried five workers, killing Edward Kiewitler and Samuel Trout with others injured.
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Edward Kiewitler
Samuel Trout
Natalie
Illinois Melange of the Week Happenings at State Fair and Local Notes
The Illinois Melange reports the forty third annual state fair closed with perfect weather and record attendance on Saturday. Exhibits were fourfold larger, improved barns were erected, and receipts lagged due to early week rain. Highlights include Christian Endeavor and Bicycle Day with debates against Midway shows, numerous bicycle races, and state convention actions on reform legislation.
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Dixon
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Central Baptist Church
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Young Men's Christian Association
Representative Hall
Altgeld
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Tain
China
Connecticut
London Board of Trade
British Railways
Fragmented World News Roundup in September 1896
A wide assortment of notes and items from the week include missing executives at the American Wringer in New York, bank notices in Sandusky to accept Canadian silver at a 20 percent discount, marriages and deaths in Europe and the U.S., a proposed mausoleum project in Greenwood Cemetery, accidents and legal notices, and health and weather updates across several cities with various local incidents and societal observances.
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Sandusky
Ohio
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John K. Gentry
Readville
Alexander Salvint
Florence
Italy
John W. Mackag
Greenwood Cemetery
Gains in Republican strength in Connecticut elections
Hartford report notes a clear Republican gain in town elections held across Connecticut except in Hartford New Haven Bridgeport Ansonia Derby and Naugatuck. In towns with gold and silver Democratic tickets gold forces prevailed, weather hindered turnout, and leaders sought high voting to gauge November majorities. Washington issued on pardon denials for Irving Pulze, stressing embezzlement by postmasters draws strict penalties. Richard Musser, prominent Mississippi Valley lumberman aged 75, died of heart failure at Muscatine La.
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Bridgeport
Ansonia
Derby
Naugatuck
Connecticut
Ovens Washington
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Illinois
Glen Ellyn
Ill
Muscatine
Richard Musser
Mississippi Valley
Canadian Pacific Telegraphers Strike Grows More Serious
Ottawa reports the Pacific telegraph strike widening as Montreal and Ottawa section workers join, leaving keys and wires tampered at two sites. A $1000 reward is posted for tampering evidence while government seeks a company statement. The company warns workers to return by yesterday evening or risk replacement.
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National Congress of Mothers to Meet in Washington
A national congress of mothers is proposed for February 1597 in Washington. Initiated at Chautauqua meetings in 1895, the project aims to unite mothers for organized effort on home welfare. It will address moral physical and mental training of children and methods to elevate character to curb crime and reduce jails.
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Cardinal Gibbons Sued Over Church Ejection Case
The city court of Baltimore hears two damage suits against Cardinal Gibbons by Vincent Kabot and his wife for personal injuries after Mrs Kabot was ejected from the Polish Holy Rosary Catholic church. The Kabots accuse an usher of striking and shoving Mrs Kabot and turning her over to police, claiming the cardinal authored the trouble due to church factional disputes.
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Visit to the Indiana Describes the Splendid New Battleship
New York and Pittsburg Dispatch report on board the Indiana, detailing modern shipbuilding, Pennsylvania steel and mines, vast armament, and the crew of 500 sailors and 80 officers. The piece contrasts old naval life with the high tech era, notes training, libraries, and daily labor aboard the battleship.
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Bob" Evans
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Cooper
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Pittsburg Dispatch
Executive Mansion refitted for Cleveland era in U S history
The White House is being refurnished in anticipation of a March occupancy by either McKinley or Bryan. East room panels and carpet finish, corridors and state rooms updated, with the president’s room receiving pale greens and creams and a national color shield. Other rooms, carpets, and woodwork to be refreshed. house to be in top order in about a month.
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