Crop outlook report shows nationwide wheat scarcity
The first Miller's National association crop report cites 3,000 correspondents detailing winter and spring wheat conditions. It notes a widespread milling shortage, with Iowa and Nebraska counties reporting rising acreage but high demand, and mills requiring nearly the entire regional crop despite a reputed surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller's Natio Association
Iowa
Carroll
Mitchell
Nebraska
Cotton warehouse collapse in Baltimore kills several
A five story Hooper & Sons cotton goods building on South Clay Street collapsed after a riverfront ground settlement. At least eight people killed or missing, including cashier Mortimer Linthicum, with many injured. Rescue work continued as gas from broken pipes hindered efforts.
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Baltimore Caeatsa
Rooper
South Clay Street
W. E. Hooper & Sons
Dugdale & Long
Benjamin Greenwood
McLea & Hook
McLea
Greenwood
Hook
Mortimer H. Linthicum
Hooper & Co
Wm. H. Corkran
Moulton
Nash Martin
City Hospital
Coming Convention Changes At Chicago Hall
A joint Republican sub committee and local arrangements group met in Chicago to plan hall changes for the convention. They will remove 2 200 seats 350 near the stage and add a nine inch high stage with press tables for 300, plus 1 600 seats for delegates and alternates and a passageway between groups. Pickets and doorkeepers will bar outsiders. The hall will hold 7 000 for the public including 1 000 gallery seats. They note mischief by building directors who added a 100 seat platform on the west fly. Contesting delegates may be admitted if credentials allow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Republican National Committee
Ie Bomeren
New
Committee On Credentials
Devoured by animals in Autauga County tragedy
Henry Carson and his daughter Kitty lived in a remote Autauga County home where Kitty vanished three weeks earlier. The father found her upper body devoured by wild animals in a swamp after following bear tracks. Evidence suggests she became trapped and suffered a brutal struggle before death. The father may be insane from grief.
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Henry Carson
Kitty
Autauga County
Carson
Murphy
Careen
Western North Carolina
Mr. Carson
Miss Kitty
Transcontinental Rates Set After Chicago Meeting
Commissioned circulars by George W. Ristine announce new rail fares effective June 1. Clergy travel between Missouri River points and San Francisco lists 69 dollars with several multi city routes priced from 63 10 to 65 dollars. Press travelers see 70 to 73 dollars on key routes and charity fares show 50 dollars second class and 30 dollars on some segments.
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George W. Ristine
Chicago
Transcontinental Association
Missouri River Points
San Francisco
St. Louis
Cairo
Columbus
Little Rock
New Orleans
Galveston
St. Paul
Portland
Missouri River Nnts
Unclear Fare Notices for Immigrants and Travelers
The text outlines various rail and baggage rates between Missouri River points, St Louis, San Francisco, St Paul, and Portland. It mentions special rates for sailors, naval officials, railway employees, and children under 12, along with exemptions, ticket validity, and exceptions for dead head corpse transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
San Franciso
Missouri River
San Francisco
St. Paul
Portland
Memy
Navy
St. Paat
St.Louis
The Negro Swinging: William Brown Executed for Axe Murder
William Brown, a colored man, was executed at Belleville Illinois on the 30th for killing and mutilating peddler Levigne near Cahokia on February 26. He pleaded guilty at trial and his wife Mary Brown is indicted as an accomplice. Brown spoke briefly before the scaffold and Jackson, a second man, was mentioned but not indicted.
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William Brown
Belleville
Ill
Brown
Levigne
Cahokia
Lavigne
Mary Brown
Ropregit
Jackson
Senorine Wreck Off Grand Banks Claims Many Lives
A French brig Senorine ran ashore at Grand Banks in fog and sank with 53 passengers and 9 crew dead. Officers abandoned passengers as a boat with 20 people swamped. Panic and disarray followed as rescuers failed to regain control and most aboard perished. Only about 20 were saved.
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Grand Banks
St. Johns
N. F
Hazard Objects to Union Pacific Claim in Credit Mobilier Case
Rowland G Hazard files an answer in Philadelphia circuit court denying the $1,299,365 Union Pacific judgment as justly due. He says Union Pacific has an interest in the Massachusetts suit to recover $1,000,000 and argues Credit Mobilier is not insolvent. Hazard favors removing Oliver Ames from receivership in favor of a Pennsylvania appointee, agreeing Ames mismanaged the trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowland G. Hazard
Credit Mobilier of America
United States
Philadelphia
Union Pacific Railway Company
Oliver Ames
Hazard
Union Pacific Railway
Credit Mobilier
New York
Union Pacific Company
Massachusetts
Union Pacific Road
Ames
Piro's Cure Promoted as Pleasant Consumption Remedy
An advertisement touts Piro's Cure for consumption as pleasant to take and guaranteed to cure, promising relief for patients and encouraging trial by readers seeking effective treatment.
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Piro
Stallion Attacks Trainer at Lexington Fair Grounds
A trainer named Kimball was attacked by a stallion during a Lexington Kentucky fair grounds event on the 29th. The horse threw him, then mauled him with bites and torn flesh after a kneeling attempt failed. A negro boy helped drive the animal off, leaving Kimball with a broken wrist and leg and serious injuries to the chest and shoulder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Fair Grounds
Kimball
Actress Compared To Little Girl In Bets Phrase
A New York Dial quotation notes that an actress resembles a young girl in one respect when she bets she will not play, highlighting a playful gendered remark on firmness and play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dial
Ex NY Marine Bank ex-president James D. Fish arrested on misapp money charges
James D. Fish former president of the New York Marine Bank was arrested on a US warrant and released on 3000 bail after pleading not guilty to misapplying bank funds. Affidavits allege 1 141 060 misappropriated between March and May 1884 via fictitious loans to Grant & Ward with imaginary collateral. Overdrafts totaling 766 402 plus other false gains increased bank indebtedness massively. Grant dispute whether statements from General Grant exist and whether government contracts were genuine.
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James D. Fish
New York Marine Bank
U. S
Shields
Fish
Unc Flaita
United States
Augustus Seriba
National Bank Examiner
Peronnias
Grant & Ward
National Anking Association
Ferdinand Ward
General Grant
Marine Bank
Stoddart & Co. Offer Government Benefit Blanks
Soldier dependent fathers minors mothers and widows urged to write for blanks and instructions to determine all dues from the U S government. Address Stoddart and Co 413 G street Washington DC.
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U.S
Stoddart & Co
G Street
Washington, D. C
Explosion at Dubuque Sash and Door Factory Kills Four
A deadly blast at Carr Rider Wheeler sash and door works in Dubuque on the 24th destroyed the boiler house. Two boilers burst and threw components across the mill. Four people were killed including engineer Milo Mellen and fireman Fritz Villinger. several injured among workers and nearby residents.
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Dubuque
Carr, Rider & Wheeler
Milo M. Mellen
Fritz Villinger
Charles May
Michael McLaughlin
Margaret Walter
Albert Walter
Lear
Vogler
Pension cases prosecuted to quick conclusions
Pensions. Pension cases prosecuted to a conclusion in the shortest time possible. We make the business a specialty. Send to us for blanks. Stoddart & Co., 413.
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Stoddart & Co
G Street
Washington, D. C
Parental grief over death of ex governor's son
A Washington Sunday Herald writer reports ex Governor Stanford and his wife mourn their only son who died at sixteen. They keep the body in a Grace church room in New York and plan burial in a Palo Alto mausoleum after moving the casket to California. They offer 4000 acres of the ranch for California educational use.
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Washington Sunday Herald
Stanford
California
Grace Church
New York
Palo Alto
Prickly Ash Bitters Endorsed by Local user
An Albany reader reports using Prickly Ash Bitters for two years to treat kidney liver and bowel ailments in the family. The note touts its effectiveness and cites a testimonial from Bass Sr of Steelville. The column mentions gas prices and a fashion note about lace dresses on a silk foundation with miscellaneous urban anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bass
Steelville
Carter's Iron Pills Advertised For Women And General Health
An array of patent medicines and tonics are advertised for women and men, including Carter's Iron Pills for weakness and nervousness with pale lips and cold extremities. Other products include Mensman's Peptonized Beef Tente, Brown's Bronchial Troches, Rough on Rats, Ely's Cream Balm for catarrh, Uncle Sam's products, and Teething Syrup. The notices promote mail orders, druggists, and local hotels, with various testimonials and endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Grand Union Hotel and Grand Central Depot Ad
An advertisement touts the Grand Union Hotel with 600 rooms in New York City offering low rates and modern amenities including an elevator and restaurant. It compares favorably to other first class hotels and promotes convenient transit to depots via local rail. Also mentions the Metropolitan Hotel in Omaha and a price comparison claim.
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Omaha
Metropolitan
Eifth
Douglas Streets
New York City
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Bu Mn
Metropolitan Hotel
West
Hop Bitters Advert Says It Cures Various Ailments
A flow of testimonial notes claim Hop Bitters cures ague biliousness nervousness neuralgia and stomach or kidney diseases. Patrons say it stops paralysis headaches urinary troubles gravel and diabetes like ailments and prevents kidney related diseases when used in time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. RK. Atry
Bright
Hop Bitters Sold Four Years in Malaria Climate Ad
Ludington Michigan February 20 18 I have sold Hop Bitters for four years and there is no medicine that surpasses them for bilious attacks kidney complaints and all diseases incident to this malaria climate H T Alexander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludington, Mich
H. T. Alexander
Local Hop Bitters Praise From Monroe Reader
In Monroe Michigan on September 5 a resident notes relief from kidney and bladder inflammation after taking Hop Bitters. The testimonial claims four doctors failed him but the Bitters cured him, calling the effect magical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe, Mich
W.L. Cakrur
Hop Bitters Praised By Chicago Reader In Typhoid Recovery
A Chicago resident named J. C. Stostzel reports a two month typhoid illness relief after using Hop Bitters and urges others with debility or weak health to try them. includes full address 635 Fulton St.
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J. C. Stostzel
Fulton St
Chicago
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Messina
Cess
Pensions
Salt Lake
Mensman
Aswell, Hazard & CO
Proprietors
Germany
Ely
Henry Lilly
American Express Co
Grand Haven
Mich
E. D. Norton
Ithaca, N.Y
South America
Josefh T. Inman
James Billy
Universalists
England
John Murray
Boston
Houri
Idec
Allen
J. P. Allen
Strain
Mino
Uncle Sam
Dr. Aque
Eilert
Uncle Harne
Winchell
Arnegista
Charles A. Vogeler
A. Vogeler & CO
Baltimore
DE. Henderson, Mea
Chleago
Biate
Richard
Rickly Ash Bitters CO
Kansas City
Neb
J. H. French& CO
Orleans
B. French & Ct
Wanner, Weber & Co
Franklin Str
Bas Ore Pub
Acessity
Los Pam
Prinsa
Aultman & Taylor Co
Manateldhia
Ww. Markt
Lamilton
Ohio
Davenport Business College
Lilliskridge & Duncan
Davenport
Am School of
Madison, Wis
Rible
National Pub. CO
Wayne
Metcalltown, In
Voltaic Belt Co
Marshal
Isaac Thompson
Joan L. Thompson
Jon
Atty
Washington, D.C
E. O. Wace
Mamagee
Preel's. Josom & CO
Hop Bitters
Oswege
Jif
Jo Gb Sortman R
Boacith
Skj
Lcasetm
Coxe Acine
Wis
Wrights Indian
Wright
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