Landlord murders five children then ends own life
From Breaslau dated August 21 a city landlord killed his five children by hanging and then committed suicide. Other items report Chinese talks with Germany over rifles, murders in Buffalo, and various international incidents with dates through August 21.
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Breaslau
London
Standard
Hong Kong
Germany
Buffalo
Darry
Charles Miller
Nelson Adiss
West Valley
Times
Tonquin
Constantinople
Florian
Salomiea
Madad
Txwe Alfonso
William
Gareiany
Marquis Delyigue
Kenfau
Copenhagen
Princess of Wales
Liverpool
James MccDermott
Hara
McDermott
Cork
Featherstone
Chicago Prosuce Market Flour Wheat and Pork Prices Aug 21 1881
Market summary from Carraco Chicago notes quiet steady grains and meats. Flour and rye lists show varied quotations with futures and near term months. Pork and bulk meats demand steady with cash and near term prices cited.
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Chicago
Carraco
Winker
Lin
Auguste
Yao
Okctober
Gavaniser Lds
Lek
Talian Creamery
Stock Market Report Fragment from Lavon August 21
Fragmentary stock market notes show cattle receipts and shipments stalled at Lavon. Prices for various categories range with exports described as mostly unsaleable. medical and Texas line items noted.
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Lavon
Texas
Whisky and lynching threats stain Aug. 21 dispatches
A laborer George Hypfield of Maryville Kansas died after a railroad accident while intoxicated. Reports from Cleveland deny cholera in Akron. In Addington a drunken white man killed a negro. lynching threats accompany the case. Heald’s firm faces an attachment in Philadelphia. Reading railroad laborers were discharged after a Sunday work dispute. New York exported a large amount of domestic produce, with Liverpool and London as top destinations, totaling over 8.3 million dollars for the week.
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Lynchburg
Addington
Bridgeman
Edwin Hawkins
Hawkins
Philadelphia
Reading Railroad
New York
Liverpool
London
Rufus Hatch's Party Telegrams Report Broad Welcome
A Rufus Hatch telegram from Farco Dax dated August 20 notes foreign reporters from London and Paris expressing pleasure with the progress of the new road. Dispatches say the section is improving and cities along the line plan large preparations for the opening. In Harrisburg on August 21 Col Geo E Deneal shot a Black man named River dead after an intruder entered his home. Deneal and his wife were awakened.
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Detroit
Mich
J Im Kennedy
Birmingham
Boston
Wright, Wester & Co
Paris
the Times
Tryon
Japan
France
China
Shanghai
New York
Northern Pacific Railroad
Rufus Hatch
Farco
Dax
London
Telegraph, Post, and Times
Paris Figaro
Harrisburg
Geo. E. Deneal
House
State Senate of
Virginia
River
Deneal
Inter State temperance encampment planned near Kansas City
Temperance groups from Kansas and Missouri schedule an encampment at Miriam Park from September 3 to 10. Missouri Prohibition league led by Dr Brooks will run the September 6 program. WUTU of Kansas plans a license versus prohibition discussion on September 7, drawing Southern Kansas interest.
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Fort Scott
Kansas
Temperance
Missouri
Marriam Park
Kansas City
Prohibition League of Missouri
Dr Brooks
WUTU
Osage City Contract Let For Osage Railroad Extension
At Lyndon a directors meeting approved the contract to O Holden of Chicago to build the Ottawa Osage City Council Grove railroad. The line will extend Missouri Pacific between Ottawa and Council Grove, passing through a rich Osage County coal region and linking to St Louis interests. Holden says construction can start once bonds are voted along the route.
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Osage City
Ottawa
Osage County
Holden
St Louis
Police Judge Arrested After Fatal Freight Car Incident
Dodge City Kansas August 21 Gav Boyd intoxicated fell on railroad tracks last night a freight car crushed him dying at ten this morning Police judge R B Burns arrested on charge of collecting illegal fees while in office complaint by Major Gridan governor staff warrant sworn by Luke Short judge released on high
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Dodge City
Kas
Gav. Boyd
R. EB. Burns
Maj. Gridan
Governor's Staf
Luke Short
Hig
War veteran Brown dies in Washington and other notes
Reports from Washington detail the death of Captain Calvin W. Brown, a veteran who served in the second Kentucky infantry and Hancock's corps, with battles at Chickamauga and Stone River. Other items include a Pensacola naval yard inquiry into yellow fever, a fatal Ohio yard collision, and Wall Street broker troubles amid warnings of larger liabilities.
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Washington
Calvin W. Brown
Cincinnati
Second
Kentucky Infantry
Hancock's Corps
Chickamauga
Stone River
Pensacola Navy Yard
Navy Department
Pensacola
Governor seeks to halt prize fight activity in Missouri
August 21 report from Kansas City notes Governor Critterden sent a letter to Marshal Murphy urging action to stop Slade and Mitchell from training for a prize fight, warning of felony charges and possible penitentiary punishment. Slade is in Independence Missouri while Mitchell is in Kansas. Also, forged drafts purportedly from the First National Bank of Omaha are in circulation in New York.
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Kansas City
Jefferson City
Critterden
Marshal Murphy
Slade
Mitchell
Wallace
Slades
Independence
Kansas
New York
Kouitz Brothers
First National Bank of Omaha
Neb
Kouitz Bros
Foreign Socialists Rally Sparks Palace Scare
Vienna authorities guard the area near the imperial summer residence at Laxemburg nine miles from the city after virulent socialist pamphlets attacking Emperor Francis Joseph are found. Similar leaflets circulate at Lower Austrian resorts, prompting police vigilance.
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Vienna
Francis Joseph
Imperial Summer Palace
Luxemberg
Rudolph
Prince Imperial
Austria-Hungary
Lower Austria
Dublin
Earl Spencer
Cork
Alexandria
Egypt
The Telegraphers Fire in Chicago Causes Massive Loss
A five story building at Lasalle and Washington burned from the fifth floor amid quick fire department response. Western Union lost about 915,000 with building damage near 930,000 plus 130,000 insurance. Banks and offices moved operations to nearby quarters as reconstruction plans began immediately.
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Chicago
Lasalle and
Washington Streets
Western Union Telegraph Company
Union National Bank
International Bank
Associated Press
Western Union
Amanzafrnias
Washington Street
Mutual Union Company
Western Union Company
Mutual Union
Telegraph Company
Times
Market Report Notable Prices and Trading Notes
New York money market reports abundant speculation around 242 percent with dull exchange and various merchant paper rates. Kansas City produce market shows mixed commodity prices, shipments, and cash sales with no clear trend, while eggs, butter, and meats display weak to unsettled pricing amid shifting futures and local demand patterns.
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York
New York
Deat
Dimand
Kansas City
Wien
Ieocu Pia
Gepsuer
Helle
BMC
Kansas
IgatGe
Couras
Icalic
Tabana
Colorado
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Willi
A. K. Kahnweiler & Bros
Massachusetts Street
Lawrence
Winthrop Street
Post Office
Euarantes
John Daly
Wells
Marynville
George Hypfield
Cleveland
Ohio
Akron
Groundleas
Hoston
Heald
Merrill & Heald
P Harvey & Co
Justice Cook
Washington Notes
Struthers
Pittsburg
Lake Erie
Hazleton
Youngstown
Samuel Tross
Louis Rentz
Wm. Johnson
Chase Walsh
Wall Street
Scott i& Knight
The
Stock Exchange
Scott & Knight
Knight
EC Knight
Reading Railway Company
Danver & Reading
Jas. F. Paul
St. Louis
Jas. C. Churchill
Western Anthracite Coal Company
Mary
Morgan Street
Hams
Shea
Lalor Commission
Senate
Richard Powers
Seamen’s Union
George G Black
Black
the Telegraphers
Nleinberg
King Clothier
Kansas City Exposition
Bulletings
Icaer Brace
America
Lcat
Peoria
Kansans
Ft. Scott
Vniton Depot
Orrand Avenue
Preolum Jlyts
Duaress
J. Payne
Kersey
Wesstkeh
Market Report
Indira
Lunia
Auzt
IPA
Ted
HEUL
Shieber
Butlimeetiv
Hutsiow
HACUS
Tabsar
Labu
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