Educational rally at the Corners in Black Jack
A May 17, 1882 letter reports a large audience at the Corners schoolhouse for an educational rally led by M A O'Neil as chair and speakers Dinsmoor Thacher and Judge Howard. The event drew many ladies and praised Anne McCurdy for decorations. The item also notes local improvements, depot plans, water works talks, hotel questions, and social events in Cedar Junction and nearby areas.
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Carcenary
M. A. O'Neil
A. Stonebraker
Dinsmoor
O. Thacher
Judge Howard
Mies Anne McCurdy
Persea
John Charlton
Theo
Gardner
Benedict
Journal
Col
H. L Moore
Albuquerque
N. M
California
Omsha
Great Lakea
Chatauqua
Alex. Rankin
Mary B. Patterson
Hiram
Ohio
Alexander Rankin
Lawrence
Patterson
Keller
Harvey Keller
Register of Deeds
Franklin County
W.R Williams
Kaness
Lawrence 1
England
Elizabeth
Thacher
Unitarian Church
Shipherd Face at Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing
Shipherd appeared before the foreign relations committee with a bag of documents and a fifty page statement and refused to produce papers or evidence about enforcing a Peruvian claim. The panel discharged him pending further notification and will call Ex-assistant Secretary Robert R. Pett in a secret session tomorrow. Meanwhile, Wisconsin reports a beef famine risk due to corn scarcity, a Hancock man kills his wife and himself, and Wheat and corn acreage rise in Northern Dakota with favorable weather.
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Vacatxetox
Peru
United States
Shepherd
Shipherd
Robert R. Pett
Wisconsin
Curiaco
Oshkesh
Wis
Hancock, Mich
Anton Schwarper
St. Paul
Dakota
Red River Valley
Mississippi
Red Rivers
North Dakotas
Northern Pacific
Red River
Davis's Lake
Minnesota
Weather bulletin for upper Missouri valley May 17
By telegraph from Wasatsaton Washington May 17 indicating warmer conditions for the upper Missouri valley with partly cloudy skies and local rains. Southeasterly winds, stationary or higher barometer, and lower pressure in some areas.
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Wasatsaton
D.C
Missouri Valley
Fires hit court house in Fraxxum Kr May night
A second arson attempt in three weeks destroyed most of the brick circuit court building while clerks records largely saved. The 18 000 structure stood fifteen years as a town ornament. In France a separate blaze in Marcilly left eighty four homes gone and six hundred fifty people homeless.
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Court House
Circuit Court
France
Pants
Marcilly
Southerst Crop Prospects From May Reports
Crop reports from May 8 to 15 confirm a heavy fruit crop across the state with yields expected large in all quarters. Wheat and corn have suffered damage in areas hit by record sprees along the Fo Sauuth railroad line.
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Rex
Cesendy
Trescott sails on Lackawana to Washington
From Natunal Capital and dispatches in this May 17 posting, Trescott is reported sailing on the Lackawana on the 13th and likely to carry his dispatches about the outcome of a special mission to Washington. Also noted are immigration totals, naval committee actions on Chief Engineer Melville, and various local notices.
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Leia Chemical
Tennessee Street
Warren
Opera House
Wasnixaron
Thos Wing
Illinois
Register of the Land Office
Rescott
A. T
Benjamin E. Robinson
Fairbury
Don G. Stephenson
Mt. Vernon
Ohio
Illiam Tice
Independence
Kan
NRW
Naval Committee
Melville
Chandler
Delong
Ingalls
Philadelphia
L. Cevlyn
Congress
War Department
Apmens
Andersson
Clay Centre
Liverrooy
National Line
New York
Senate Action and Local Homicide Reports May 17
Summary of Senate activity including Cameron adverse report on a naval officer and a land bill debate. House actions cover bank charter extension and Choctaw lands routes. Local news from St. Louis reports a twelve-year-old shot and killed an eleven-year-old by a classmate. Other items note murder conviction in Bay City and deaths.
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Joseph Ledwith
Chicago and Alton
Sag Bridge
Ledwith
BRE
RIM
D. L. Moody
England
House
Committee On Indian Affairs
Senate
St. Louis
San Francisco
March
Maine
Buckner
Missouri
Hazelton
Wisconsin
Committee On Elections
Laws
Wheeler
Alabama
Commissioners of Agriculture
California
Florida
Kirksville
A. L. McDonald
Willie Quintal
McDonald
Young Quintal
Garfield's Working Girl's Home Opens In Loxton
Lowell United States minister opened the Garfield home for working girls on the Trixon road with a luncheon attended by the Countess of Jersey Lord Kinnard William H. Gladstone and Conor Spencer. He pledged fifty pounds and noted Peabody buildings in London as precedent.
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Regiana
Garfield
Loxton
Lowell
United States
Trixon Road
Countess of Jersey
Lord Kinnard
William H. Gladstone
Conor Spencer
Garfired
Peabody
London
Spurgeon
Lord Salisbury
Lord Cargus
William Merting
Freiport
Cavendish
Burke
Antther
Joe Neuer
Louis Produce Market and St Louis Stock Market Report
The report shows dull price action across commodities with wheat and flour lower while eggs and butter hold weak. Cattle receipts at St Louis May 17 list strong demand for good quality beef with steady hogs and firm packer yields. calf and sheep quotes vary with scarce supply and cautious buyers.
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Louis
Laura
Bey August Bor
KYR- Uigher
Jork- Luwly
ST. Louis
St. Louiis
iRan
Chicago Produce Market Curcagdo May 17
Chicago produce market listing prices and activity across grains and dairy. Notes on corn oats wheat and butter demand with cash and futures quotes, market tones, and July through September contracts.
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Chicago
Chicago Market Report Shows Mixed Hogs and Cattle
May 17 market summary notes hog receipts 24 000 and shipments 2 04, with weak general demand. Cattle receipts 6060 and mixed quality, prices ranging from low to good, hogs steady to weak, sheep steady to strong with varied consignments.
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Chicago
Uricago
DOE
Letair
Folz
Notice of Dog Tax Compliance in Lawrence City
Notice to dog owners in the city of Lawrence to acquire and display checks as required by ordinance. City Clerk City Marshal and police officials will issue the checks. failure to comply leads to prosecution. May 18 1682 May 18 162.
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Lawrence
Has
Ll'prrsoxs
Rey Ping
Cily
Kao
Marea
Risdin
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State of Indiana
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Pinconning
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