Tragic double murder shocks Marshfield area near Bhueyville
In Iowa, on the night of the 21st, farmer Verba's barn burned and two women, Mrs. Joseph Novotny and Mrs. Joha Louvar, were attacked by farmhand Martin Soukup with an ax. Soukup, drunk, was captured after a struggle and held at a schoolhouse before being moved to Iowa City amid fears of lynching. Both women survived but were gravely injured. Novotny is about 40 with a large family, Louvar about 42 with two children. Soukup, 50, a former resident of Bisheyville, had been struck by lightning years earlier and was not considered dangerous except when intoxicated.
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Wari Moly
Iowa
Bhueyville
Verba
Joseph Novotny
Joha*Louvar
Martin Soukup
Soukup
Iowa City
Soakup
Bisneyville
Pisrebare
Jacob Schmidt
Penn Avenue
Mugwomp
Chicago
Johnny
Taxus
von Huelen
Royal Theater of Prussia
Berlin
Rubenstein
Huelgen
Nero
Ags
Rmers
von Huelsen
Rubinstein
Jacoss
James Harlan
Louisville
Pauwert
J. Howaza
Stuckert
N. 6Th Street
Philadelphia
Anya
The Farquhar? Leaiay Triumphs Over New York Musical Union
Justice Potter of New York ruled for Theodore Thomas in a dispute with the Musical Union over non union oboe players. By laws barring a non union oboe from joining after six months in the country were found a restraint of trade and void. A perpetual injunction blocked enforcement of those laws.
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New
Nnceeaury
Chomuu
Ito
Ita
Io Company
Justha Potter
Thomas
Plains
Notable Local and National Accidents and Murders Reported
A string of incidents is recorded including a fatal football injury in Carlisle Pa. and a Dickinson College student's death. A government clerk in Washington killed himself after threats. Fires destroy sawmills, a malt house, and a Chicago lumber yard with heavy losses. A mob hangs arson suspects in Alabama. Sheridan elected Loyal Legion commander. The Glouster schooner Gen Li Smith is listed lost. A prison fire damages the Columbus facility and wheat shops.
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Lefor
Minnie Roeschware
Mt Chicago
Pickens County
Ala
Philadelphia
Phil. Sheridan
Loyal Legion
Hancork
Li. Smith
Grand Ledge
Mich
Panitentiary
Embezzlement case in Houston and multiple flood
Janxa A P Whittier pleaded guilty to embezzling 100000 from the Harriet Reed estate in Houston on the 20th. A wealthy farmer named Whit e r was killed by a gate in Bagmnaw Michigan. A Toronto drug house was banned on the 20th. The total losses cited include 100000. The twenty third annual convention for the Brotherhood at Locomotive Engineers opened in New York on the 20th. A fire in Cincinnati damaged Nottingham Manufacturing Company buildings, losses 60000. Fires near Dunreith damaged hay timber and houses. Timber stone logo valued at 1000000. Four men drowned near Louis on the 19th in a boating accident. Edward F Hall, a Wall Street broker, died by suicide at age 45 in New York on the 10th. King Bros Co, cotton dealers in Cincinnati, failed for 50000 on the 18th. Oakland Illinois nearly destroyed by a village wide fire on the 18th. twenty business places wiped out. total losses over 500000 with 100000 insurance. Salisbury Maryland on the 17th fire destroyed fourteen business houses including the opera house. losses total 1000000.
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Harriet D. Reed
Hoston
Whiter
Ior
Bagmnaw
Mich
Scott & Co
Toronto
Ont
Brotherhood
New York
Cincinmtti
Nottingham Manufacturing Company
Dunreith
D. I
Frank Seebold
Phillip Lube
Phillip Deffon
William Kaufman
Louis
Edward F. Hall
Wall Street
King Bros. & Co
Cincinnati
Oakland
Ill
Salisbury
Andrew Johnson
Eof
la Crosse
Goring
John Howell
Oath of
San Claire
Coykad Torser
Yeeiding
Fao Claire
Weile
Walnut Streets
Milwaukee
Johanna Omon
Tom Cedar Street
Bturgeon Bay
Honwea
Pioneers’ Lumber Company
Hau Claire
T. W. Warvey & Co
Chicago
Garde
Michard Jacben
Philip Winterweber
Charles Long
Cobblows County
Winterweber
Long
Dodgeville
Eau Claire
Chippewa
Glidden
Mississippi River
Mayon Keyes
Madison
Common Council
Third Lake Shore
Illinois Central Extension
J. A. Nixx
Dubuque, Ta
American Life Association of
Minnneapolis
Dodgewile
Dietrict Attoreny J. P.smelzer
Juetice of the Peace
Jones
Abie Roseeil
Thos. Hines
Stillwater
Dfinz
Holgegon
Boms
Eli Mound
Dells Improvement Company
Tts
Eru Claire
Asason
Eich
Cererasusaone
Cexanres
Cais
Hagi
Lancaster
Joseph Hile
Gar
William B. Smith
Waa
Wanted to Reach Stanford at Washington in Panic Scene
A deranged man, claiming to seek the presidency of a new university, threatened to kill the Stanford family at their home in Farague Square Washington after shouting insults. He claimed to be a Princeton applicant and escaped from an insane asylum. An officer ordered him away. he resisted and drew a revolver, babbling of blood.
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Washington
Farragué Square
Stanford
Princeton College
Leland Stanford University
California
Wan
Elizabeth’s
Promibition Tariff Aims to Ban German Goods in France
French press applauds government move to curb foreign wares by marking them as French fabrics. M. Lockroy argues the measure will suppress forged Wade Marke goods, but experts warn it could ban German merchandise entirely. If Germany is barred, manufacturers may seek Italian Belgian or Russian markets, while the Frankfort treaty limits prohibitive tariffs and could trigger a Bismarckian shift.
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France
Bag
M. Lockroy
Twins
Star of Commerce
Goode
Germany
Frankort
Prince Bismarck
Bribery Plot Figures Nabbed in City Bribery Case
Jake Hiarp and associates including James A Richmond ex Broadway Surface Rail way headJames Fosbay ex Broadway Sev enth Avenue Railroad head and Thomsa B Kerr were arrested on magistrate warrants issued by Judge Cowing to prevent flight before grand jury actions. Inspector Byrnes arrested Sharp at breakfast. all released on 50000 bail each. Trial date pending.
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Jake Hiarp
Tle
Arceal
New York
Jacob Harp
Janes A. Richmond
Broadway Surface Railway
James Fosbay
Broadway & Seventh Avenue Railroad Company
Thomsa B. Kerr
Cowing
Sharp
Byrnes
Novel boycott targets Cincinnati card firm and police
The Cincinnati Police Commissioner Robert Morgan of Moran and Co. faces a gambler backlash as play card makers are hit by a boycott. Gamblers send circulars to gambling houses nationwide claiming to have cut the firm’s business by more than half and vow further action.
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Ginduoatl Gambinrs Revengs
Themaelven On
Robert Morgan
Cincinnati
Ruesell, Moran & Co
Gamlers
Colored Clergyman Fights Restaurant Ban in Chicago Battle
The Rev Simon P Smith a colored Congregational preacher from Knoxvilla attended the Cantion National Conference in Chicago. He filed a suit on the 22d seeking 5000 against Robert J Mossip a restaurant keeper and head waiter James Hughes for refusing service due to his color after he walked in and ordered.
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Joan Snes
Chicago
Simon P. Smith
Knoxvilla
Robert J. Mossip
James Hughes
Smith
Emperor William in declining health amid private reports
Reliable private advices from Baden state Emperor William remains gravely ill with daily syncope attacks and prolonged drowsiness. He has been semi comatose for twenty hours and doctors could not rouse him. The condition is aggravated by chronic bladder discharge and may not allow life to be preserved beyond a few months. Tex Mormons and Baptists in Hamilton, Alabama engage in heated religious discussions with joint debates two to three times weekly.
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Baden
William Aa
Tex
Mystery clears in Haddock murder case at Sioux City
Reports tie a key suspect known as Bismarck Kosmitakis to the Haddock shooting. He confessed in Des Moines to aiding a saloon plot and identified Arensdorf and Paters as the gunmen who killed Haddock, with other witnesses naming Gauder and Treiber in the sequence of events.
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Bizmarck
Frisoner
Haddock
Deniouen
Sioux City
Hi 2
Kosmitaki
Bismarck
San Francisco
Des Moinés
Larabes
Athorp
Leavitt
Arensdorf
Kosmitakisapa
John Areesdorf
Barry Paters
Georges Treiber
Theme
Bama
Ito Greiber
Gauder
Charley
Steamboat Charley
Water Street
Columbia
Henry Potara
Gandar
Gander
Iim
Chinese Applicant Denied U S Naturalization Here
Judge Prendergast of the county court in Chicago refused May Abbes a Chinese laundryman’s petition for naturalization. He cited the 1875 naturalization law as decisive against Chinese eligibility and advised obtaining legal counsel for a future hearing.
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United States
Prendergast
Chicago
Abbes
Moy
Supreme Court of
New York City
Prendergaet
May
Alaim
Sawyer
Circuit Court of California
Choate
United States Court of New York
Moran
Criminal Court
Cook County
Turkish Gov seeks delay as sobranje meets
Dispatch from Vienna notes Gadban Effendi presenting a nota to the regency asking the sobranje meeting be postponed citing Russia’s disapproval of recent elections. Pro-Russian circles claim the Czar struck a deal with the Porte to safeguard Sultanate territory and permit troop movements in Bulgaria and Rumelia. Austrian officials fear mobilization on the Bulgarian frontier as Sobranje set for October 27 and a £400,000 London loan is being arranged.
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Vienna
Neve Freje Presse
Bofiaguying
Gadban Effendi
Russia
Safa
London
Irish National League President Narrowly Escapes Train Disaster
President Fitzgerald of the Irish National League survives a wreck on the Nebraska & Colorado division near Fairfield Nebraska eight miles southwest. A construction train derailed plunging twenty five feet down a embankment. Five men were killed outright and several others injured. Victims include Robert H. Marvin Dewens George Berke J Logis Daniel O Conn or Weston and Robert Collins England. The contractor in charge also sustained minor injuries.
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President Fitzgerald
Irish National League
Nebraska & Colorado
Hurlingston & Missouri River
Kanewa
Fairfield
Neb
Reobert H. Marvin
Dewens
George Berke
J. Logis
Daniel O'Connor
Weston
Robert Collins
England
John Fitzgerald
Knights
Knights of Labor Parade in Philadelphia Draws 80,000
A vast Knights of Labor procession in Philadelphia honored the dale to the Richmond convention, with 80,000 in line and a mass meeting at the Academy of Music. Local leaders spoke as political notes mention New Jersey Greenbackers renominating Erastus Potter for governor and ongoing ministerial postings.
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Philadelphia
Knights of Labor
Richmond
Academy of Music
European Education of Girls and Vienna Custom Teaching Ladies
A Buffalo Courier correspondence notes Vienna’s system for educating girls until age 15 then placing them in pantry and kitchen duties for one to two years. The aim is self sufficiency and appreciation of value before homemaking. Austrian women are described as affectionate wives and witty companions, among Europe’s most beautiful.
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Beta
Diggrave
Buffalo Courier
Vienna
Europe
Wen
Wisconsin State News Highlights Wisconsin Fire and Robbery News
Numerous Wisconsin items describe fires destroying farmhouses and contents with losses around in the thousands, logs measured from chippewa for timber, deaths from lightning, thefts foiled by a parrot, and arrests for illicit activity. Other notes cover stock sales, court actions, and local incidents across Eau Claire Manitowoc and Madison areas.
Fractured Tale of Crime and Mercy on the California Trail
A robber evades capture after a failed horse theft between Stockton and Bonners, pursuing escape toward San Francisco. A mercy-reading mother’s letter to her son halts a lynching, moving the would-be executioners to release him. the scene ends with the stranger’s quiet departure and the camp’s somber reflection.
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Cor
Bowton Commercial Bulletin
Stockton
Boners
Etolan
San Francisco
Arkansas
Parauvit
Atranger
Hoyle
Arkunmun
Poweosa
California
Reare
BOE NOW! WG AND LEXDDING In this late world
A fragmented note mentions money and a person named Reba in a late world context. Details are unclear, with no specific dates or organizations clearly established. Further readable facts do not reveal a complete event or outcome.
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Reba
Feomale sources and odd notes blur in collage
A patchwork of early 20th century clippings runs through the page. Items cited include Jewish employment in Amsterdam, diamond trade figures, a mushroom party, tobacco shipments, fruit trades in Oregon, and odd local anecdotes from Mississippi to New Hampshire. The piece also mentions a mayoral race in Key West and a strange mix of humorous notes and stray quotes.
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Amsterdam
Ava
Newport
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Travelers’ Protective Association
Winchester
Santa Clara County
Cal
Moneghan
Amar
Key West
Pla
Montana
Mam
Adair Got
la Nouvalle Revua
Heam
Warrenton
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Marshfield Times
Marshfield, Wie
Thomar & Nortch
Duumla Thagady
Ricrusy
Carlidle
Harry Goarxiaon
Dickinson College
Robert W. Alston
Government Service
Thia
Kia Roakout
Kia
Bob Alston
Atlanta
W. S. South
Cheboyzan
Miah
Bath
Davis
Watkins
N.Y
Francis Tucker
Franklin Stamp Mills
Hancock
McGowan
Syracuse
N. Y
City
Peking
Hong Kong
North Adama
Mags
Logansport
Ind
Indianapolis
Fira
Dublin
Jacoba’ Lumber Yard
John
Kerr
Gardon
W.%. Kerr
Garonimo
San Antonio
Hill
Tanford
Houdlers
Empraom William
Bila Dunduos
Tory
Falas Dulla
Greenbackers
New Jersey
Erastus Potter
Oram
P Simckie Cox
Aucosmor
Cox
Department of State
Vermont
Senate
George F. Edmounds
W. H. H. Bingham
House
Edrards
Bingham
Coax
Tammanyites
W. F. Spinola
Boston
Salém
Endicott
John Gatsher
Leagvn
Elizabeth
Shaiz
Grand Central Depot
Holter
Ela Vator
Grand Union Hotel
J. Pi Newman
Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church
Siecai
Irisansiarerraaiere Lad
Assay
Desa Patna
Sa.b
CarLe
Coleg Stee
BTS
Seiree Gand & Fe Sb
Duccie
As — Epcos
Sahapanay
Fidaud
Man Speiny
Basuser
Jeberoas
Chalce Dale
York
Hanes
Onsin
Lake Court de Orville
Black Earth Knitting Company
Home
Tur
Ashland
Flanders
Peprides
Largeraeve
University of Ghent
Dé Leon
Wlozida
John Mandeville
Malabar
Barggraeve
Moses Montefiore
Parr
Thomas Damme
Pater Torton
Pariah Repister
Hig
Saxony
Paat
Legation
China
Banda
Bramroan
Palo Aio
Eitiet
Saas
Boe
Vicksburg
Miss
Kaen
Republic
Avasseer
Aurora
Matt
Burberry
Baxter
Avouxa
Sacramento
B.D. Craze
Higgunum
Conn
Bess
Pratt Minee
Birmingham
Manitoba
Unela ‘Am
Court of Quarter Sessions
Newerk
Frederick Williams
Vliad
William Paul
Keen
Willams
Beneiles
Theraup
Sac Celeste
Thar
Amy Victorius Patosm
Tar
The
Intel
Potman
Tanee Rennes Pinbey
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