THAT STRIKE AT CHICAGO STOCK YARDS ENDS AS MILLIONAIRE PACKERS MOVE TO TEN HOUR PLAN
Curcago Nov 11 The packing house strike ends with an announced return to work on ten hour days under packers terms. Knights of Labor officials dispute any end and say arbitration or recognition of eight hours pay remains unresolved. Militia guards remained on duty and clashes with strikers were reported earlier near Ashland Bridge.
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Curcaco
Nelson Morris
Ashland Bridge
Secu
McMillin
Campa
McMillan
Packers Association
WuHenkens
Curcago
Barry
Carlisle
Boston
Knights of Labor
Packingtown
Messrs
Carleton
Powderly
Chicago
J. C. Hately
Barry and
Knights of Labor General
Ee Oether
Explosion at Ship & Co cigar-box factory sinks rear wall
Terrible blast at Henry H. Ship & Co. cigar box factory in Paravenia Pa injures many as the rear wall collapses. The three story brick building with sheds in back houses planing mill and 55 women on third floor pasting linings. Fire and debris trap workers. several rescued, one girl Carrie Bruner 18 reported missing. Firelight hampers flames. building largely destroyed.
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Paraveniata
Henry H. Ship & Co
Randolph Street
Hames
Carrie Bruner
Murder Confession Fuels Lynching Fears Near Dalton
Cuatlaxcoca reports continued uproar over the murder of an unknown woman near Dalton. Two men, Charles Patton and Will Hallman, confessed to the crime, the victim remains unnamed and buried in Potter's Field. Threats of lynching persist as the case unfolds.
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Cuatlaxcoca
Dalton
Charles Patton
Will Hallman
Potter’s Field
Treasury circular on prepayment of public debt interest
Treasury announces payment of December 1 1886 interest on funded loan of 1891 without rebate at the Treasury and subtreasuries in Washington and elsewhere. Registered interest checks to be forwarded. full rebates for four percent consols due January 1 1897. further interest rebates for registered stock after December 1 1886 with power of attorney. Experiments in sugar making report yields from Louisiana cane with improved sugar per ton and higher quality.
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Secretary of Treasury
United States
Treasury
Washington
D. C
Department of Agriculture
Butter Cheese and Eggs Convention Report in 1900s
At Curcaco on November 12, James Anderson of New York, chairing the committee on preserving packing and transporting eggs, urged packing in cases over barrels though New York's demand favors barrels for resale value. The preservation section doubted any perfect method to prolong life until such a breakthrough. Boston’s Mr. Boles noted dealers favor cases over barrels.
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National Butter, Egg and Cheese Association
James Anderson
New York
Boles
Boston
A Wife Murderer Hanged in Illinois
William Stubblefield Wilson, accused wife killer, was hanged privately at Jonesboro Illinois this afternoon. He had fled a January crime scene when returning home to find neighbors cutting wood for his large family. His wife, mother of seven children and expecting one, had long suffered his abuse and neglect before the fatal pistol shot ending her life.
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St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Wm. Stubblefield Wilson
Jonesboro
Ill
Wilson
Staggard
A Shrewd Prisoner
In St. Louis on November 12 guards finding lumps of opium in fine cut tobacco sent to Clarence Marion, a year long petit larceny prisoner. Marion admitted he was an opium fiend and had been receiving the drug from outside friends, but the opium was not returned to him.
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St. Louis
Clarence Marion
Siegmund
Marion
Farmers Alliance Resumes Deliberations At Catcaco
The national farmers alliance resumed its deliberations at Catcaco on November 12 with President Streeter presiding. A resolutions report outlined a policy while the chair and delegates discussed it. The session included a talk on railroad traffic by Geo F Hadley who critiqued railroad rates. A Wisconsin delegate extolled farmer blessings in his state, followed by similar remarks from others.
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Catcaco
National Farmers Alliance
Streeter
Committee On Resolutions
Geo. F. Hadley
Wisconsin
Ins
Waco Forester Arrest Sparks Local Sensation
N. J. Walker of Waco was arrested on forgery charges and gave bond to answer. Once a well regarded sewing machine agent, he recently secured a divorce decree and was reportedly seeking a license to wed a local woman when served. The arrest shocks the community.
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Waco
Tex
N. J. Walker
Massive San Francisco Rally Demands Lynching of Murderer
A huge Me tropolitan hall audience angrily denounces the murder of Mamie Kelly. They march to the county jail seeking to pull the accused Alex Gundenson from confinement. Police repel mob attempts as 10,000 gather. at 10 p.m. the crowd’s frenzy eases.
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San Francisco
Metropolitan Hall
Mamie Kelly
Alex Guldenson
Kemp's Suppositories At Lels Drug Store Promote Cure For Piles
Tonight and tomorrow night and each day this week at Lels drug store Kemp's Suppositories are advertised as the most successful treatment for piles. Old sufferers gain relief at once and a permanent cure follows after use. Price 50c.
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Lels
Kemp
Lincoln as a Plutarchian portrait of unity within character
Atlantic Monthly argues that Abraham Lincoln embodies a Plutarchian unity of outward expression and inward spirit. It lauds his genuine manhood, originality, and directness, noting how his life reflects a noble type of American manhood and a new public man for his era.
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Plutarch
Cato
Regulus
Jean Valjean
Sir Galahad
Plutarchian
Lincoln
Mr. Lowell
Enuineness
Boybon
Dr. Johnson
Boswell
Tallerand
Pitt
Mirabeau
Hether
Lincula
Atlantic Monthly
Thebaws Regalia from Mandalay on Display in London
A large exhibit from Mandalay shows gold objects and royal regalia in the Indian and Colonial Exhibition. The collection includes two thin gold plates with lacquer, jeweled rings, clothing items with spangle embroidery, and an enormous umbrella. The robe of state weighs heavy with leather or cardboard backing and metal figurines, while two pagodas of gilded lattice and glass stand in the gardens.
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Barmah
Mandalay
Ceylon
London Standard
Sleep Walking Demands Medical Counsel For Sufferers
A Lancet excerpt argues sleep walking can reach dangerous outcomes and the asleep brain requires medical supervision. It notes low injury rates but cites a fatal case from a fall through an open window. The piece urges practitioners to study cases and provide ongoing medical scrutiny to prevent progression toward madness.
Vinegar Sharpness Explained by Salts Not Eels
George Adams in 1747 debunks the belief that eel tails on the tongue cause vinegar’s sharpness. He asserts the sourest vinegars lack eels and that pungency derives from the pointed acids and salts floating in the liquid.
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George Adams
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Kas
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Grand
Richard Roe
Fort Scott
Tak
Witey Chemist
Farmers Alliance
Abraham Lincoln
Thebaw
M. Husband
P.O. Box
Porren Drvo Ann Createau Co
Ilenggists
Potter Deng and Chemical Co
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Bute
Sanford
Prive
Potter Drug & Chemical,Co
Seid
Gen. P. Howell & Co
Dewepaper
Spruce Street
Déelm
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Ciara
Be and Sarinere
The
Stadiger Co
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Philadephia
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