Mourning at a Farm After Fatal Shooting in Missouri and Illinois
A sequence of tragic events unfolds from a farm near Johnson City Missouri to nearby Illinois as Bancom is shot by John Berry after a dispute over alleged improprieties. The case centers on accusations, a failed fight, and Berry’s subsequent fatal act. Bancom leaves a wife and two children, and the community mourns.
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J.D. Bancom
Johm Berry
Johnson City
Bancom
Berry
Mrs. Berry
Eradie
Jerry
Berry's
Jahmson City
Dbancom
St. Clair Gazette Extra
Bantam
Sangamon County
Jordon
Isral
Canan
John the Tiaptist
Ando
Lake of Aspsalta
Dead Sea
Sodom and
Gomorrah
Jordan
Sodom
Gom-eorrah
Toil and Youth Praise in an Ode to Labor's Worth
Mary H Krook of Crawfordsville Indiana wrote this ten year old poem at age thirteen celebrating rural labor. It extols children gathering hay fruit seaweed and shells and cherishes the dignity of toil as the seed of future leaders and national greatness.
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Mary H. Krook
Crawfordsville
Ind
America
Beecher debate sparks trainyard chaos and punches
A Detroit Free Press account describes a traveling canvasser asking passengers to vote on Beecher, provoking heated reactions. A sleeping man drops a guilty ballot, a boy dodges the topic, and a furious passenger beats the canvasser. The scene ends with the canvasser recovering and reflecting on the altercation. The piece closes noting The Duke of Edinburgh is a musical composer with works soon to be played publicly.
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Lake Shore
Detroit
Beecher
Bob
Detroit Free Press
Edenburgh
Tigers and zebra shipped to Vermont menagerie include rogue tiger in rail car
An August shipment from the Hoppodrome carried two tigers and a zebra to Vermont. One tiger escaped its box during the night and prowled the car until Lingard secured it with Hecht’s help. A sleeping traveler, mistaken for a stowaway, awoke to the roaming predator and endured a terrifying night.
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Ordencburg
Hoppodrome
Vermont
St. Albans
Lingard
Hecht
River Jordan and biblical echoes noted in Mississippi wheat tale
The article muses on the Jordan River’s origins and biblical events, then shifts to Mississippi reports. In Tate County Mr Brown yields 47 bushels 3 pecks per acre on 20 acres, Sanders predicts 24 bushels per acre, both well above county average of 16. Wheat optimism spurs new flouring mills as a Virginia store endures a lightning strike and a hole in its roof.
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Mississipi
Brown
Tate County
Sanders
Tate
Parson Brownlow Salutes Jolson’s Honest Statesmanship
Parson Brownlow lauds ex President Jolson in his Mixsville paper citing unflinching integrity. He recalls Jolson’s half century in public life, refusal of ill gotten gains, frugality, and consistent policy as reasons for broad mass support and earned public trust.
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Parson Brownlow
Jolson
Mioxville
Tle
United States Senate
Pennsylvania
Alta Vela Teles
Tito
Morrissy Described in Portrait by Townsend and Others
The Milwaukee Sentinel reprints a lengthy character sketch of Morrissy, praising his drive and physique while noting his complexity. It recalls his boxing fame, political forays, and domestic virtues, comparing him to a docile giant and pondering his place in American life.
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George Alfred Townsend
Suelo
Hyer
Poole
Sullivan
Teenan
America
Ieenan
England
Morrisy
Rome
Heenan
Ife
Congress
Death of Mrs Emeline Free Young wife of Brigham Young
The Salt Lake Herald notes the death on the 17th of Mrs Emeline Free Young wife of Brigham Young. The obituary praises her gentle strength Christian faith and devotion as a mother wife and sister. It recalls her lifelong dedication to mental culture and spiritual conversation and mentions she leaves nine children. The tribute closes with condolence to the family.
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The
Salt Lake Herald
Emeline Free Young
Brigham Young
Cristian
Cnarvorrs L Gopne
Curious interracial romance tale in Galveston News
The Galveston News reports a rumor of an impending marriage between a Chinese man Hap Sing and a 16 year old American girl, with delays caused by hot weather and a comic exchange about temperature. The piece also notes a South Bend Register party and a quip about jail for borrowing money.
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Galveston
Gulf
Hamilton murder case stirs pursuit of McGeehan killers
Suburban column reports detectives in Hamilton have pursued leads for two weeks in the Tom McGeehan case. A key witness who claimed to know the weapon and payment details did not file an affidavit, while a telegram from Cincinnati claimed the arrest of a suspect in Laporte Indiana. Relatives of McGeehan fear an indictment but doubt a conviction without new testimony and may seek a change of venue.
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Iamilton
Tom McGehan
Hamilton
Cincinnati
Laporte
Indiana
Salamanca
Atlantic & Great Western
McGeehan
Butler County
AfcGehan
Brother Oveil's Prosperity and Oddities From a Philadelphia Column
A mixed column alleges Orvil L. Grant profits from trading and military posts via a presidential brother scheme in the Indian Territory. It rounds to humorous vignettes about suitors, marriages, pranks, dialect jokes, and oddities from Chicago to Hartford, with quips on wealth and romance.
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Orvil L. Grant
Indian Territory
A. Bismarck
Dakota Ter
O. L. Grant
Indiana
Presidential Brothers
O. TL. Grant
Fort Peck
Cheyenne Agency
Standing Rock
Berthold
Fort Stevenson
O.T
Grant
Ulysses
Republican politics and wheat prices in crisis
The piece argues price gains in wheat and other crops do not guarantee broad prosperity. It questions efforts by Republicans to claim glory from rising grain costs, noting that good harvests sustain their power while adverse weather or crop losses would undermine overall prosperity.
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Republican Party
Remarkable Whitneyville Cat Fisher Near Lake Whitney
A seven to eight year old cat in Whitneyville Connecticut hunts fish in Lake Whitney waters reaching thigh depth. It captures small fish and eels with the largest eel about twenty inches long. Recently the cat cornered and pushed ashore a three pound fish, marking its greatest feat.
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Whitneyville
Conn
Lake Whitney
Indian Baptisms and Tensions Near Corinne on Central Pacific
In Corinne near the Central Pacific line a large number of Indians from the snakes Bannocks and related tribes gathered. About a thousand were recently baptized into the Mormon church. They armed with ammunition claim a tract called Begpy river has been granted as a reservation and drive away others from the west side, reportedly.
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Corinne
Central Pacific
Ling
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