Silver Find in Wisconsin and Counterfeit Ring Busted
United States Marshal Craig and Edward Duncan with wife arrested near Parnell City for passing counterfeit silver half dollars and 1886 dollars. The case exposes a Nodaway County ring with roots to Omaha, a plant cited, and a plea for penitentiary years. In Wisconsin a rich silver find near West Superior draws mining fever, ore assays claim over 204 ounces per ton, with Tonkin as the reporting miner guiding exploration in a rugged seven to fifteen mile zone around the city.
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St. Joseph
Edward Duncan
Parnell City
Commissioner Beach
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McCarrty
Nodaway County
Omaha
Wisconsin
Eilver
West Superior
Wis
Ora
W. C G. Tonkin
Vada
Nils
Hilla
Lunge Bedlo
Revolt prisoner execution on Mexican side of Rio Grande
The report describes the killing of political prisoners by soldiers near the Rio Grande City area in Texas. A nephew of Julion Flores, deemed a revolutionary, was hanged from a tree, while Felippe Sinas, another Garza faction member, was seized and transported with guards. Mexican authorities defend the killings as lawful actions against escape attempts, noting hundreds executed in Mexico over two years.
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Rio Grande City
Jullon Flores
Tiaft Waa
Victoria
Felippe Sinas
Garza
Mexico
Lynch Law at Omaha Mob Hangs Girl Then Release
A chaotic mob in Omaha attacked police with weapons and hoses as fear spread that five year old Liz Yates had died after an assault by Joe Coe. The crowd tore up rails to batter gates and lynch the victim, but she survived. Police were overwhelmed and later restoration of order returned.
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Omaha
Liz
Sie Yates
Joe Coe
God
Business Improving Despite Low Prices and Slow Collections
R G Dun & Co reports weekly trade review indicating gradual improvement across the West and South with eastern centers showing some uplift. Despite low prices and narrow profit margins, trade volume is larger than ever, though some sectors lag and collections are uneven. Failures rise but mainly from ongoing commercial strain since last year's foreign disaster.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Review of
Chinese Still Coming Into Canada Through the United States Route
Canadian customs records show a steady rise in Chinese arrivals into British Columbia from China. From June 1, 1890, to June 16, 1901, 2,687 entered via regular channel, with 950 per capita on standing. 2,107 certificates granted to leave and return, 1,101 returned, and 2,410 passed through en route to China or the United States, signaling continued cross-border flow.
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United States
Canada
British Columbia
China
Dominion
Washington
Cannda
Mayore ss Mayors Resignation Crisis In Kilown
Turmoil grips Kilown Kansas as voters petition Iowa Mayor Paxton to resign. Prohibition foes clash with business interests and saloon destroy orders triggered by deputy marshals. An attorney contests the mayor’s authority while citizens push for change amid a volatile political standstill.
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Uxlocks
Baloond
Kilown
Kun
Indy
Paxton
Waxton
Iquor
Kent
Kiows
Sirs. Paxton
Dakota Wheat Saved and Cool Weather Restores Hope
Weather and farming notes describe three days of sun and wind reviving the Northwestern harvest. Cool conditions slowed wheat growth and machines, but promised grain quality with a sweating process. In Fargo and along the Northern Pacific main line, local coaches may resume work. wider political notes report National Republican Committee timing discussions and a proposed convention window.
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Northern Pacific
Fargo
Southwestern
Minnesota
North Wakoto
GC. A. Moreton
Fargo Expork
North Dakota
Fragmentary Political Prisoner Plea Hinted in Text
Fragmentary OCR text references a prisoner seeking political influence for a possible pardon after years of confinement. The lines are garbled but suggest a plea tied to political action and long detention. No clear names, places, dates, or organizations are readable in this excerpt.
Rainmaker Melbourne Seeks Water via Cultivated Acre Deal
Melbourne, famed rainmaker, promises to supply all water for crops in western Kansas next summer at 10 cents per cultivated acre. Lawyers doubtless see irrigation law potential as forty counties may issue bonds under the act. In 1889 over 2,000,000 acres remained under cultivation in these forty counties.
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Korena
Melbourne
Goodland
Kan
Wnder
Loft
Condemned Man Neal Hanged After Crime Near Omaha
Ed Neal, alias unknown, was hanged for the February 1889 murder of Mr and Mrs Allan Jones near Omaha. He confessed on the gallows that robbery motivated the crime but refused to reveal his true name, leaving his identity and prior life undisclosed despite efforts.
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Crimea
Fd Neal
Allan Jones
Omaha
Neal
Whole Family Stricken by Diphtheria in Kent County
A Kent County farm family suffers a diphtheria outbreak as five children die in a week and the mother dies soon after. Farmer William Hawmond, overwhelmed, buries his children and tends to his terminally ill wife with no easy relief, amid an epidemic in Brantonayilie.
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Kent County
Col
William
Hawmond
Dodge Named President of Army of the Tennessee Society
Grenville M. Dodge of Council Bluffs has been chosen as President of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, succeeding the late General William Tecumseh Sherman. He becomes the third President, chosen for his staunch regard by veterans who honor Sherman’s memory.
Fire and ruin sweep Georgia and New York warehouses
About 1,500 bales of cotton burned at Hawkinsville Georgia in a Lone Star warehouse causing losses over 840000. Moffatt mills near Dalhousie New York buried 1,500,000 feet of timber with losses of 25000. A freight train wreck near Ridgewood New Jersey injured several, with deaths on the way to hospital.
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McCormick & Tridges
Lone Star
Moffatt’s Mills
Dalhousie
N.Y
Erie
Ridgewood
N. J
Petersau
Waldwick
Kloker
Grand Rapids track meet crowns titles as Nelson loses lead
In wet chilly conditions at Grand Rapids Michigan the crowd saw Nelson win the first race in 2.1 seconds while Allerton surged past to take the next three events with times of 1:43, 1:18, and 2:21.84. Town relief efforts shift to aid famine victims amid rising concern over discrimination.
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Isking
Saybird
Nelson
Grand “Rapids
Mich
Allerton
Nod
St.’ Feteraburg
Parnell Death Casts Shock Across England and Ireland
Charles Stewart Parnell died at Brighton after a severe cold weakened by weeks of illness. He and Mrs Parnell faced rapid decline as physicians urged rest. The death alters Irish politics, possibly uniting Home Rule factions, while triggering national grief and questions about leadership and strategy ahead of elections.
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Brighton
Aymany
London
Balmateda
Boulanger
Charles Btewart Farnest
Varnell
Suicida
Ireland
Despie
Great Britain
Parnell
Neary
James
Public Opinion on General Boulanger Death Echoes Across Papers
Newspapers react to General Boulanger’s death with mixed judgments. Editorials discuss his career, intentions, and the impact on France while U.S. papers comment on related political figures and events, including Grover Cleveland’s family news and British Parliament issues. Strong entities include General Boulanger, Balmaceda, France, and various U.S. papers.
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