Fragmented Missouri letter and curiosities from the era
A jumble of notes covers religious critique in India and England, a U.S. flag on a ship not intended to provoke joy, a Kentucky widower elopes with a young girl pursued by his many children, a larceny case over a pocketbook, weather and life-saving imagery, Wisconsin moves to curb second cousin marriages, and society gossip about lovers and gate swinging.
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England
United States
Harropssure, Ky
Wbger
Wisconsin
Milwaukee Firebug Seen As Blazes Sweep City
A man matching the firebug described is seen near the Inbusch Bros store and later at Wadhams Oil and Grease, with fires at Meineicke toy factory and Mendel Smith Co. linked. Detectives pursue the suspect as Milwaukee endures gale winds, crowds, and widespread alarms. The mayor vows more fire apparatus.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Inbusch Bros
Broadway
Wadhams Oil and Grease Company
East Water Street
A. Meineicke & Sons
Wadhams
Inbusch
Mendel, Smith & Co
Somers
Whipped by Masked Men in Georgia Feud
From Carrollton Georgia reports describe a night raid by masked assailants on Alabama line homes. Two women were assaulted and several men beaten amid a feud linked to a Benford White property dispute. Seven of eleven alleged participants arrested, Sam Bowen gravely injured.
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Georgia
Atlasta
Carrollton
Alabama
Sam Bowen
Benford
White
Benfords
Mr. White
Ashley Replies To Arthur In Michigan Rail Row
General JH W Ashley of the Toledo and Northern Michigan line answers Arthur on locomotive engineers pay and duties. He states freight enginemen earn 1 to 60 a month with time and a half after fourteen hours and notes few passenger workers. He claims Michigan roads pay higher rates than most, except Michigan Central. He details seven passenger men, two staying, eight to twelve hours daily.
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Ann Arbor
Icents Aahour
Michigan
Michigan Central
Eacn
Arthur
Firemen Kill Fire in Colorado Warehouse Incident
Firemen battled a blaze in a Colorado warehouse reported around March 5. Authorities described the fire as intense with efforts focused on preventing spread to adjacent buildings. No further casualties or causes released in initial dispatch.
Influenza Deaths Rise Sharply In New York City
In New York on March 27 1893 health officials note rising grip and influenza deaths. Over ten weeks only thirteen influenza and grip fatalities were recorded, with eleven in the week to March 5 and nine in the seven-week span. The last four days show twelve more grip deaths, alongside pneumonia bronchitis and related illnesses.
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New York
Train Wreck Near Arnesecystle After Culvert Collapse
A passenger train on the Flint River division of the Flint and Pere Marquette rails derailed near Arnesecystle Michigan on March 7. Five cars including freight cars and a passenger coach left the track after a rotten culvert gave way. ten to twelve passengers in the two coaches sustained injuries, none serious, while the engine remained on the rails.
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Genrseeyie
Mich
Perce
Flint River
Flint
Pere Marquette
Arnesecystle
Deserted by Its Mother Woman leaves Chicago child at depot
Describes Miss May Johnson escorting a two year old left with trunk check at Polk Street Station Chicago before she brought the child to East St. Louis. The mother who deserted the child did not return, prompting the transfer of custody amid the march notes from Terre Watre Missouri and related items.
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Terre Watre
Inn
Miss May Johnson
East St. Louis
Chicago
Polk Street
Miss Johnson
Miss.Johnson
Riot by masked armed men terrorizes Ga town
CannoLirox March 7 riot leaves elderly victims terrorized as eleven masked men assault residents. A woman nearly killed and an old man collapsed. by night, fear grips the village as bystanders refuse to intervene. In Montana Heroes Herena trembles after a 30 second earthquake shock with no damage reported. Vera Ave trial ends with guilty verdict and two year penitentiary term for theft. defense to request new trial.
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CannoLirox
Montana
Herena
Mont
Exom
Vera Ave Trinlat Coats
Ether Death After Operation Attributed to Ether
Col Elliott Fitch Shepard editor of the Mail and Express died at his home after ether was administered by Dr Charles McBurney and Dr J W McLane during a planned examination for bladder stone. Born 1843 at Jamestown New York, he aided in organizing troops in the Civil War era and founded the New York State Bar Association. He purchased the Mail and Express in 1885 and sparked wide public notice by publishing the Bible verse by verse at the top of his editorial pages.
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New York
Col
Elliott Fitch Shepard
The
Mail and Express
West Fifty-second Street
Charles McBurney
J. W. McLane
Col. Shepard
McLane
Jamestown
Chattauqua County
N. Y
University of the City of New York
New York City
Edwin D. Morgan
Elmira
New York Regiment
Shepard Rifles
Ile
New York State Bar Association
Isis
New York Mail and Express
William H. Vanderbilt
Thomsbands
Shepard
Corn and Wheat Harvests per Person, Dodge Claims
Wasutxatus March 7. Statistician Dodge of the Department of Agriculture asserts the United States eats 200 million bushels of corn and 306 million bushels of wheat yearly. He estimates total production at 1.5 billion bushels of corn and 600 million of wheat, amounts he frames as ten bushels of wheat and thirty of corn per person, noting recent crops near average. He warns the figures are approximate and notes the period’s crops.
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Wasutxatus
Dodge
Department of Agriculence
Cotton strike ends as spinners accept wage cut
Maxchesten March 27. An agreement ends the real cotton strike with spinners accepting a seven pence per pound wage reduction. Masters plan to start their swindles Monday and end a long fight in the cotton trade. Thousands of mill hands were out of work during the five months of conflict. Lisconn March 27. The veteran league of the People's party, thirty old soldiers, organized to oppose the local G A R, which endorses the Republican city ticket. The movement aims for pure clean government in city, state and nation without Grand Army dictation.
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Maxchesten
G. A. BR
Politica
Lisconn
Neb
Veteran League of the People’s Party
Want Villard to Resign and Northern Pacific Stock Selloff
New York March 27 The Herald reports Villard abandoned plans to sell St Paul and Northern Pacific stock to fund Northern Pacific debt. He has been pressed to surrender Northern Pacific stock held by North American to secure retirement. Emvonta Kan March 27 Major CG Wilcox of the Eighteenth Tennessee died in Greenville Tennessee. he led a noted raider operation and had long resided in the state.
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Villard
New York
the Herald
St. Paul & Northern Pacific
Northern Pacific Railroad
Martolanne
Northern Pacific
North American
Korgus
Emvonta
Kan
CG. C. Wilcox
Greenville
Tenn
John H
Aines
Babe Hawkins Seeks Blood Over Novel About Hoosier Bandits
Indiana desperado Babe Hawkins hunts for Lawson the author of The Hoosier Bandits, a novel that enraged him by recounting his lynching foe and a past shooting. Hawkins, armed and dangerous, has vowed vengeance, will sue the Chicago publisher, and confront the author in court.
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Indiana
Suevs House
Ind
Babe” Hawkins
Chicago
Lawson
Charley Hawkins
Babe
Don
Bruce
Alf Isaacs
John Chambers
Hawkins
Volume of trade remains strong with steady demand
R G Dun and Co reports volume of trade well maintained with better manufacturing employment and rising demand. Treasury gold gains despite $500,000 weekly exports. money markets tight due to slow collections. General Chicago trade is good with fair collections, though western points suffer from bad roads. declines in wool, corn, dressed beef, hose, cheese, barley, seeds, and oats. Wheat receipts up 125 percent from last year. rye up 60 percent. sheep and hides up 15 percent.
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Dunn's Weekly Review
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Treasury
Chicago
Indiana Exhibit to ship goods for Chicago fair
Indiana's Exhibit at the Pair Inpiaxarotis will ship agricultural and mine products to Chicago in April and send fine art pictures. The oil exhibit leaves from Whiting refinery in Lake County. Jars for oil display have been sent to the refinery station by Commissioner Havens.
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Indiana
Inpiaxarotis
Ind
Chicago
Commission
Whiting
Lake County
Havens
Nitro glycerine runaway in Kunawayo harms none
W W Walters drove a wagon carrying nearly 100 quarts of nitro glycerine when horses freaked and cans spilled in the street. Walters was thrown from the wagon as he tried to stop them. The glycerine's frozen state saved many lives during the panic.
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Mecsere
Ind
Martel
W. W. Walters
Walters
Breach of Promise suit in Indiana pits youth against elder tycoon
In Indianapolis the $20,000 damage suit of Miss Lyde Tulen, 23, vs Alexander Killion, 75, a $200,000 man, moves in Daviess Circuit Court. She alleges a marriage promise after three months of courting, while he instead wed another. Some poems by the old man are admitted in evidence.
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Sace
Indianapolis
Ind
Lyde Tulen
Alexander Killion
Daviess
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