Died in the Insane Asylum in Illinois
Illinois news details the death of Thomas Nevin at the southern asylum in Anna after a life sentence for murdering Samuel L B Curry, a St. Clair county farmer and his niece's husband. The report traces related robberies, assaults, and other crimes across several towns, with multiple deaths and incidents noted.
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Thomas Nevin
Samuel LB. Curry
St. Clair County
Southern Illinois Insane Asylum
Anna
Nevin
Nevina
Daring Adventurer Capt Andrews Sets Sea Voyage
Capt William A Andrews famed for daring Atlantic small-boat feats sails from New York at 4 30 PM July 20 toward Palos Spain in a fourteen foot craft he vows will cross the ocean. He has previously sailed the Nautilus Mermaid and Dark Secret and plans to log a day by day record en route while hoping to join Columbus at the start point and later exhibit at the Chicago World Fair.
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William A. Andrews
Atlantic
Land's End
England
America
New York
New York Hierald
Capt. Andrews
Atlantic City
Palos
Spain
Andrews
Columbus
Great Ocean
Chicago
Prominent County Citizen Pays Life Savings at Bank
An ex-legislator and 24 year justice of the peace, visiting Independence, counted eighteen hundred dollars in cash from his pocket. He said he had stored his savings in a clock for thirty years, finding it too bulky and seeking a bank with bond support to secure his funds, then left relieved.
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Independence
American Booker
Eclipses, papers, leagues and ancient masks in brief
The article surveys plans for the April 14 1893 total solar eclipse and notes Sacrpara or similar land could yield coarse paper. It mentions an anti cancer league in Paris and that opium smoking may be less harmful to Chinese. It cites advances in photography of a rifle bullet and ancient gold masks found in a 5000 year old Mycenaean tomb. A potato weighs twenty six ounces 4s 9d at Gastana Ohio.
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Tnevuau
Paris
Enouisy
Myceum
Schliemann
Notorious Virginia Murderer Hall Executed at Wise Court House
Norton Virginia September report details the execution of the Kentucky desperado known as Little Tall Hall. He faced 8,000 onlookers, refused food, drank whisky, and delivered a final speech as guards thwarted any rescue attempt. Official record cites multiple murders, with Hall admitting five or more, including the shooting of Special Policeman Enos B. Hylton in Norton while Hylton held a prisoner.
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Virginia
Norton
Talt Mall
Kentucky
Wise Court House
Hall
Father Luckie
Nall
Little Tall Hall
Enos B. Hylton
Iylton
Iall
Hylton
Des Moines State House Destroyed by Fire
The old brick state house south of the new capitol burned Thursday afternoon. The fire started in the senate chamber in the northeast corner of the rickety building, built in 1856 and occupied in 1887. It housed fifteen general assemblies, witnessed wartime legislation, governors' inaugurations, and events like the capture of Anditer Brown, before being vacated eight years ago and slated for demolition for a soldiers' monument.
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Anditer Brown
Iowa
Oldest locomotive engineer George Vernon dies at 86
George Vernon likely the world’s oldest locomotive engineer died at his Bordentown New Jersey home. He began on the Newcastle Delaware road in 1881 and later became a Pennsylvania Railroad foreman of engineers with headquarters in Bordentown, reporting for duty daily until shortly before his death. A second report from Philadelphia notes a Reading railroad accident at Laurel Station killed two boys, James Powers and John Duffy, and badly injured two others, Thomas Powers and Carret Dollard, as an express train struck them on the track. The incident occurred Thursday night near Philadelphia.
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Cass County Sunday School Association
Virginia
John T. Beggs
Chicago
Consolidated
Thomson-Houston
Brush Electric Companies
Rockford
Columbus
Alonzo Wright
Ramsay
August Houffe
Bloomington
Milan
Central Illinois
Pratt County Fair Grounds
Monticello
Emily Slaskin
Moses Connor
James Connor
Ashland
Chicago & Alton
Champaign
New African Methodist Church
Pulaski County
Brice
Smith
E. Nill
Sacramento
Cal
H. S. Towse
Rockbridge
William Bell
Council Hill
Garver
Cerro Gordo
Hiram Buck
Illinois Methodist Conference
Decatur
Frank Barnes
Fairbury
Charles Mote
Gov
Fifer
Theodore Sewell
Chester
Sam May
Chenoa
Trenton
Anton Tragesser
P. A. Kemper
Mattoon
Gov. Fifer
Patrick Downey
Reform School
Peter Hoefford
Ottawa
John Kennedy
Lake Forest
Thomas Brennan
Heman G. Powers
Evanston
Moline
William Ullman
Powers
The
Illinois Trust and Savings Bank
Nely Christophersen
John Trower
Quincy
Lena Reulexa
William Clarke
Monmouth
Mr. Clarke
Rock Island County
Camden
New Yorks
George Vernon
Bordentown
N. J
Vernon
Newcastle
Del
Pennsylvania Road
Philadelphia
Reading
Laurel Station
James Powers
Thomas Powers
John Duffy
Carret Dollard
Adversity and Resolve in Victorian Verse Fragments
A collage of clipped lines venerates resilience amid adversity. Poems by Mary Morrison, Mary T. Higginson, and Caroline W. Latimer celebrate inner strength, moral duty, and spiritual striving, paired with brief notices on science and health claims and comedic quips from periodicals.
Low Rates to the West for Harvest Excursions
The Chicago Great Western and North Western railways announce two low rate Harvest Excursions to the West in August and September. Departures from Chicago on August 1 and September 27 with round trips to mountain states for one fare. Tickets valid for return within 20 days. Details at coupon ticket agents or Chicago & North Western Railway.
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North Western Line
Great West and
Northwest
Chicago
Mountain Iowa
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Idaho
Montana
A. Thrall
Chicago & North- Western Railway
Chicago, Hook Island & Pacific Railway
Sevastian, G
P. A
Ill
Little Things and a Cure Alluded in Ad Copy
Reflective quotes on small causes of great effects and a mock lesson on vigilance. The text interrupts with an advertisement for Reid's German Cough and Kidney Cure from Sylvan Remedy Co of Peoria Illinois, urging readers to buy and follow directions for instant relief. The piece blends moralizing reflections with a patent medicine pitch.
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Reid
Sylvan Remedy CO
Peoria
Iil
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Illinois State News
Okanville
Henry Klaume
Charles Mach
Pach & Hottes
Mascoutah
Thomas Wilson
Adeline Miller
Bellville
Palmer
Tuscola
Ephraim Dressback
Monte
Bunko
David Whitsell
Danville
Dressback
Dr. Jenkins
Hamburg
Swinburne Island
Gravesend
Talmadge
Moravia
Shiele
Jenkins
Health Board
Byron
Normannia
Southampton
Wyman
Associated Press
Maritime Exchange
Berwin
Imperial Board of Health
Altona
Schleswig
Lueneberg
Charlottenburg
Berlin
Sr. Peterspune
Russia
St. Petersburg
Russian Empire
Gastana
Talton Hall
Des Moines
Mary Morrison
Mary T. Higginson
Christian Union
Ruckert
Caroline W. Latimer
AL Electropoise CO
Monroe Street
MermodJaccard Building
St. Louis
Boston Transcript
Binghaton
Chlifren
Wes
Boston Courier
Denis Manown
McVicker’s Theater
Taber
Ingomar
Boston Bulletin
E B. Wantuans, & Co
Say
Druggista, the
Mile
Harper’s Bazar
Peorie
Hale
Yar
Pike
Tur Shoemaker
Lier
Beecham
Tinkar
Washington
D. C
Monon
Cincinnati
Chesapeake & Ohio
Department of State of Illinois
Dearborn Station
Gordonsville
Richmond
Lynchburg
Appomattox
Potomac River
Old Point Comfort
Battlefiels
F. J. Renn
Clark St
Mercery
Binghamton
York
Ted
Western Creamery
Omaha
James Pyle
W. J. Douging
W. L. Douglas
Neill
W. L. Dourvins
Sapolio
Ae W. Baker & CO
W. Baker &Co
Dorchester
Mass
Brown Bros. Co
A. WN. Kellogg Newspaper CO
Dearborn St
Piso
Hazeltine
Warren, Pa
Flor
Er Ars
MAM Egle
Mana Buette
Lyon & Healy
Monnor St
Corvaen
Cate
A.W. Kentoce
Newsraren Co
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