Parade Cheer for Commander Lawler at GAR Encampment
Louisville crowds of half a million watched the reenactment as ex Confederates joined the cheering for Commander in Chief Lawler. The parade, led by the Louisville Legion and Columbia Post of Chicago, moved on time along a two mile route with ample police, while heat caused several prostrations and injuries.
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Lawler
Louisville
G. A. RK
Louisville Legion
Columbia Post
Chicago
Council of Administration
Indiana
Tr Nois
Ohio
Ind
D. B Henderson
Iowa
Corporal Tanner
J. J. Henderson
W. W. Dudley
W. R K. Holloway
Indianapolis
Frank Palmer
John M. Harlan
Washington
Campbell
Sexton
H. 5. Clare
Mattoon
E. A. Blodgett
H. H. McDowell
Pontiac
McPherson
Illinois
Music Hall
Georgia
Henry Watterson
Louisville Courier Journal
Citizens Committee
CF. Nordstrom
Tenth
United States Cavalry
Nordstrom
Belknap
Department of Missouri
William KR. Gill
Department of the Potomac
Henry B. Owen
Philadelphia Old Guard
Gerthart
Pittsburg
A.J. Dixon
Dayton
E. Herbert
Springfeld
Mass
Locisvite
GAR
St Paul
I. N. Walker
Woman's Relief Corps
Ladin
Veterans week events and speeches at old Kentucky bar
The Indies week featured large crowds at the old Kentucky bar bene with events at Mestobatt Phenix Sworden and National park. Speakers included Grenweale Gordon Buckner JW Burke Coane M Clay Senster Burrows and Cofenels MOD. Veterans planned further travel to Atlante exposition Chattanooga and Chickamimage battlefield while Clark injunction was decided and Woman's Relief Corps activities proceeded. Mrs Catherine Hirst of Kentucky was elected president and Mrs Elizabeth A Turner of Massachusetts led the Woman's Relief Corps auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aesaton Tertay
Kentucky Barbene
Mestobatt
Phenix Sworden
National Park
Grenweale Gordon
Buckner
Burke
Coane M Clay
Senster Burrows
Cofenels
Wickerham
Samuel McKee
Ilc
Russell
Jobo 2
Woman's Relief Corps
Catherine Hirst
Kentucky
Waenan's
Heliof Corps
Elizabeth A Turner
Massa Sorte
Kentucky Battery Explosion Kills Seven In Louisville
A caisson explosion near Broadway and Third Street in Louisville during Grand Army celebrations killed seven militiamen and injured two others. The blast tore bodies and limbs apart amid mangled debris as onlookers watched historical services paused. The cause remains under investigation and the incident cast a pall over the city’s fireworks display.
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Louieville
Aoslason
Kentucky Artillery
Kentucky
Rotinaen
Peivete Charles Deathon
Charles Woods
McBride
Matching
Howard Irwin
William Adams Fedlomel
Fred Cohn
William Holle
Calason
No Howae
Herman
Phoenix Hill
Castronon
Colin
Hobbs
Louisville
Grand Army
Loutaville
Lewisving
Defender Wins Americas Cup After Tough Series
New York Sept 1 The International series between Defender and Val kyrie for the America's Cup ends with Defender securing the cup after a clean final race. Earlier races saw a disputed finish and a walkover as Lord Dunraven withdrew Val kyrie amid weather and interference concerns.
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Dunraven
New York
Lord Dunraven
Condition of the Odd Fellows report from Sovereign Grand Lodge
The secretary's report at Atlantic City lists totals for 44 grand lodges 50 grand encampments 10 748 subordinate lodges 2 10 encampment rebe kah lodges 427 a gain of 885 lodge initiations 4445 encampment initiations 1407 total lodge members 790 79 percent encampment monitors 14830 Rebekah members 226140 total relief paid 9120811 98 total receipts 4275700 04 covering inaugurations from 1980 to 1804 noting initiations 2 012545 total relief 67 , 28 670 47 and receipts 176 756 202 60. The note mentions Lincoln quotation controversy and Henry Wilson attribution.
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Sovereign Grand Lodge
Atlantic City
N. J
LO_O. F
Rebekah
Mome
North America
Germany
Denmark
Switzerland
Australia
Prairie State Fire After Burlington and Quincy Wreck
The Chiva go Burlington and Quincy railroad sustained a severe derailment near Alton as a westbound train split. A water tank caused the front car to rise while the rear car toppled, releasing twelve cars of naphthe that exploded. Dozens injured, including fireman Samuel Welch who died. nearby property scorched, track warped, telegraph poles down, and widespread ruin.
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Galeshng
Ile
Chivago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Alton
Thomas Craver
Mes Craver
Suniel Welch
Roda
Los
Carl Ja
Spring Valley loot case goes to higher courts venture
The Spring Valley Coms company seeks $14,880 for store looting damages during last year’s strikes. A Cenit court jury in Illinois ruled the company must adhere to law rather than city rules, marking the first case of its kind in the state. Other suits in Spring Valley and nearby towns may follow due to similar turmoil.
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Exton
Princeton
Spring Valley Coms Company
Ths
Spring Valley
Cnae
Ladd
Coal Company
Throngs Gather as National Park Dedication Draws Tens of Thousands
Chattanooga prepares for a large park dedication with expected crowds of 45 000 or more arriving from cities like Atlanta St Louis Cincinnati Louisville Chicago and other hubs. Officials brace for high traffic and commuters plan to bring vehicles to shuttle visitors from rail lines while police enforce fair pricing and locals wear white ribbons for information aid.
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Tennessee
Chattalooua
California
Wanda
Veternne
Great National Park
Lewkent Mountain
Mission Ride
Rowville
Snodgrass Hil
United States
Cleveland
Tilmois
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Wisconsin
Ochs
Atlanta
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Louisville
Chicago
Assenger
Chattanooga
Linis
National Park
Critic says whisky concession harms Atlanta Exposition
J K Johnson secretary of the Atlanta exposition commission for colored people writes an open letter protesting a concession for cheap whisky in the negroes building. He warns crowds could lead to trouble, urging the colored press to advise their people to stay away.
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J. K. Johnson
District of Columbia
Atlanta
Johnson
Washington
Rumor of Creighton's Liberty and Queen's Status
In San Francisco on September 18 Charles Creighton, former attorney general under Queen Liliuokalani, claims an unconditional pardon and return to Hawaii supported by a Honolulu document signed by Francis Hatch. He asserts Liliuokalani was pardoned on September 5 and may be free, awaiting further confirmation from the Rio Janeiro arrival. Five Chicago rescue workers and firemen injured in separate incidents. Global annual silver production estimated at about $214 million.
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Lynchburg
Lawyer's Station
Joseph Callahan
Rusthburyg
Campbell County
Southern Railway
Henry Wilson
Washington
William B. Nott
Massachusetts
Lincoln
Gettysburg
San Francisco
Charles Creighton
Wawati
Liliuokalani
Hawaii
Honolulu
Australia
Francis Hatch
Sayngs
Hawaiian Islands
Creighton
Rio Janeiro
Uberty
Chicago
Chcago
Philip Greenhoff
Philip Peppin
William Reddick
Michael Canty
John J. Doyle
Tuesdy
Cotherthun
Sydney
China
Seal Rock
New South Waites
National Irrigation Congress
Albuquerque
N. M
Cleveland
W. l. May
Omaha
Fish and Fisheries
Marshall MacDonald
Stevner Iona
Edinburgh
London
Society of the Army of the Tennessee
Clocknath
New York State
Charles R. Althouse
National Bank
Sellersville
Pas
Markets Briefs Across Foreign and U.S. Trading Hubs
In New York on Sept 16 money markets ease with rates near 2 1/4 percent while sterling demand stays heavy. Chicago grain and produce quotes show Sept wheat at 0.84, December corn near 0.78, and oats around 0.101 for Sept. Live stock at Chicago yards sees hogs and cattle trading mixed, with a large intake of stock and prices varying by class. Milwaukee wheat and corn futures list minor movements, while St Louis and Toledo columns reflect scattered cash price activity across grains and livestock.
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New York
Prine Mercantile Paper
Sterling Exchange
Bankers’ Billy
Board of Trade Today
Chicago
History of a Week World News Recap of Sept 1 to Sept 17
A sprawling digest reports on a Denver undertaker's assistant wounding Mrs Kuhn and fatally shooting himself. It notes delayed execution in Cherokee Bi, water pit vandalism in Omaha, trolley damage, a Huntington dynamite blast, a Kentucky man’s suicide, moves of American Nut Company to Waukegan, and Meade in Atchison located in New York. Also mentions Jane Addams, Waterloo veterans, curfew in Winona, and Stanley’s Africa trip with many varied items across dates and places.
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William Rose
Denver
Philip Kuhn
Jensonay
Wea
Yestering
Agpionic Court
Kloothetty
Onaha
Street Railway Company
George Clough
Huntington
Meade
Atchison, Kan
New York
William Peplow
Wellington
Bogland
Pringe Ferdi Sand
Boston
Pensions as vested rights vs test case
Commander in chief Walker of the G A R plans to press a federal suit to decide if pensions are vested rights. He aims to file as soon as council review ends, with steps to consult administration and rush the suit. The piece also notes Leo XIII’s memory and a Washington Star item on a silent practice piano.
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Walker
Indianapolis
Inchief Walker
G A. R
Sald
Council of Administration
Electric Cars Prove Freight Hauling Feasible On New Haven Line
Tests by New Haven officials on the Boston Transcript report electric motor cars hauling freight on the New York New Haven and Hartford line. Motor cars 2503 and 2500 pulled up to 954 tons across 30 cars, with speed demonstrations reaching 72 miles per hour. President Clark praised results and signaled future suburban electric traffic toward Boston within two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Nantasket Yard
Pemberton
Clark
New Haven Railroad
South Shore
Boston
Boston Transcript
Race Distinctions Penal Offense In Florida
A new Florida law effective Sept 1 makes it a penal offense for any person or organization to run any school in the state where white and Black students are taught or housed in the same building or class by the same teacher. The measure targets coeducation of races, with officials predicting constitutional challenges and possible fines and imprisonment for violators.
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Florida
American Missionary Association of Congregational Churches
Orange Park
Fla
W. N. Sheats
The
Freedman's Aid and Southern Education Society
Haiti
Jamaica
Mexico
South
Ohio
North
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Inga
Miles
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the Lanark Gazette
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Death
Carson Haplosson
ODD Fellows
Prairie State
News OF Illinois
Telegraph
Ove Kealers
CAN Loot Company
AD Lib
Pullman-Oglesby Pagagement
Felicite Oglesby
Richard Oglesby
George M. Pullman, Jr
Miss Oglesby
Florence Pullman
Long Branch
Pullman
Pulltan Cottage
Oglesby
Elkhart
Mr Pullan
Springfield
Ill
Thirty-ninth General Assembly
Boengamon County
D. H. Harts
Jacksonville
Ills
W. H. Webster
Dilingis
State Board of Mine Examiners
J M Browning
Daquoin
B. Deshon
Murphysboro
Peoria
Act
East St Louis
Altgeld
Mlinois
Isa Jackson
Peoria, Ills
Thane Eilott
Fairbury
South Carollna
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Robert Aldrice
South Carolina
Vincennes
Ed Lankford
Blain Williamson
Sandborn
Lankford
Cresvon
Po Sears
Adair County
Harry Carver
Quinlan
Badenoch
Fitzpatrick
Patrick Quinlan
Holmes
Quinlans
George Drinkwater
Chicago Board of Trade
Joan Belz
Atchison
Kan
Henry M. Bates
Coldwater
Thomas O'Neill
Chicago Key
Samuel Wakefield
Charles H. Hall
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Brooklyn
Albbert T. Spencer
Waukegan
Queen Lil
New York Financial
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Milwaukee Grain
Milwaukee
Toledo
Thomas C. Butterly
West Point
Nevada
Willian & Wiamb
Bosy
W. B. Wilson
J. K B. Pettit
Maningham
England
Will Caldwell
Osceola
Ark
Caldwell
Henry M. Stanley
British Northwest Territory
Keir Hardie
Central America
Ife
Honduras
Louisa Goins
Nashville
Columbia
Bumner
Jennie Steel
Montizuma
Lecksider
Southern Kansas Railroad
Curtis
O. T
R. P. Searle
Gotham
Vine and
Water Streets
Congress of the
National Prison Association
Mora
Spain
United State
Uncle Sam
Firmenich Manufacturing Company of
Marshalltown
Orbunina
Benevento
Italy
Brindisi
Rome
Holy Father
Leo
Washington Star
Chas. P. Miller
J. S. Cole & Co
Stephenson St
Freeport, Ill
Lanark
Rowland
A. Wolf
the Exchange Bank
Lanark, Ill
Amos Wolf
Notary Public
D.C. Busell
Pres
W. J. Peanck
Cash
First National Bank Capital
Direetors
U. Negeman
CO. Kinkade
KR. Chisholm
J. Sept Suively
I. KK. Flaunts
C.W. Middlekauff
Morey
la Ost N Drog St
Lanaik
Postom
W. T
Foster's Drug Store
Mt. Carroll
Levi T. Bray
Justice of the Peace
Heal Estate
City Drug Store
J. T. Jacobs
Lanark News Room
West Side
Ily
Alwage
Hon
T. I. Packard
Lane
Tani
Peter Horner
H. Reid Staley
J. TR. Snively
Ontario Veterinary College
Toronto
Selriner's
Baw
Ivanhoe Camp
WLA
F. Hall S. Gaur
V. C. Lamrtive
Rock Creek Lodge
Rhodes
Beety L. T. Bray
T. Jacons
SIN
T. S. Quincey
Star Accident Company
St.p
Chicago and
Council Bluffs
Div
City
St. Paul
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Chica
Ata A
Raucine
Racine and
Milwaukee _ Preeport
Rock Island
Mont Clare
M. M. Olin
Burlington
Savanna
Funday
Sao
Wroughton
Milledgeville Station
Sundam
W. l. Koert
St. Louis Republic
Charles P. Dobson
Dobson
Doakson
Maeyelist
Hornets
Charles Orelog
East Marion
N.Y
Egbert Gritthig
Pennsylvania
First National Bank
Wm. Strickler
Euotanate
Cornish & CO
Washington, N.J
BIG Pofits
Saunvestens
Wake Lake
Thomas & CO
P, the Great
Lenicki
Dineane
Royal Medicine CO
Watuch Ave
J. H W. Alleaioxa
Mint UK
Harrison & Co
Columbus
U. S
Jackson
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