Democratic fusion sparks humiliating electorial plea in northwest
The piece attacks fusion with the people's party as a Democratic humiliation across Nebraska Minnesota Iowa Kansas and Washington. It cites Gov Boyd Sioux Falls Argus Leader Montgomery Advertiser and Alliance congressman Tom Watson defending anti fusion while condemning third party efforts and free silver policy. It notes Interior official Chandler strong public land policy and warns Philadelphia capital may avoid investments in the northwest.
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Nebraska
Cleveland
Weaver
Harrison
Sioux Falls
Montgomery
Alabama
People’s Party
Republican Party
Minnesota
Kansas
Iowa
Washington
Democratic State Central Committee
Alliance
Tom Watson
Georgia
Congress
Holman
Democratic Party
McKinley
Ocala
United States Senate
Champeny Brothers Clearing Sale Boots and Shoes
Champeny Brothers announce a clearing sale of boots and shoes worth about $12,000 to move in thirty days for space for fall stock. A great price cut will be offered to buyers with the motto First Class, Reliable Goods at the Very Lowest Prices. Look over the list and choose a pair.
Lyon May Bolt R T Ticket Says Reporter
The Watertown Public Opinion's L. D. Lyon is accused of bolting the Republican ticket. The source jokes that there is no chance of him bolting or of an Independent editor telling the truth in a campaign.
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Flandrean Herald
L. D. Lyon
Watertown
Reform newspapers and editors in a two-county push
Geo R Owen of Chamberlain launches the South Dakota Palladium a monthly reform focused paper. Drips of the Kimball Index now operates the Gann Valley Chief, praised as bright. Both editors cover two counties with notable energy and persistence.
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Geo. R. Owen
Chamberlain
South Dakota Palladium
Owen
Brother Drips
Kimball Index
Gann Valley
Morton Alexander
Drips
Man who beat McKinley in gerrymandered district dies
The man who defeated Major McKinley by 300 votes in a heavily gerrymandered district has again appeared in the papers this week, now for the second time since his election. He is dead.
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Major McKinley
Veteran editor returns to Pierre Free Press chair
The veteran McManima resumes leadership at the Pierre Free Press after years of editorial reform and conservative stance. The piece notes Mr. Cleveland departed, leaving his fountain pen running as he exited.
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McManima
Pierre Free Press
Mr. Cleveland
Open switch chaos on Toledo, Wabash line kills six
A construction train on the Toledo and Western Valley line struck a switch at Richeson’s gravel pit, collapsing cars and trapping workers. Six killed, fifteen injured, two fatally, after the engine moved at hazard speed and the siding was entered without stopping. Rescue took two hours amid wreckage. The remainder of the article shifts to a separate Negrovic cholera disaster in Novgorod with collapsing hospital and widespread devastation.
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CosnocTon
Toledo
Washton
Hurricane wrecks cholera hospital in Niji Novogorod
Aug 17 St Petersburg reports a monstrous hurricane strikes Niji Novogorod adding to cholera misery. The storm toppled buildings with many patients in a dying state inside the hospital as the roar neared, fearing and death spreading through the town.
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Niji Novogorod
St. Peterspura
Double drowning shocks Tower Hill readers in Wisconsin
Two Chicago youths Edith Lackerstein and George Tighe drowned at Tower Hill Wisconsin while Miss Lognecker escaped. Tighe died trying to save Lackerstein. In Albany the National Catholic Union eighteenth annual convention opened with four hundred delegates, Bishop McNierney presiding and Mayor Manning welcoming attendees.
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Tower Hill
Wis
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Miss Lackerstein
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McNierney
Imass
Union Hall
Manning
Americans to Join Papal Jubilee Pilgrimage to Rome
Rome reports that thousands of American pilgrims will travel to Rome for the pope's episcopal jubilee next year with hundreds more from North and South America. Bishops and archbishops will accompany the group, expected to arrive in April.
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Rome
United States
North
South America
Frick declines to discuss Homestead affairs in Ohio
H C Frick manager of Carnegie works arrives in Sandusky en route to Castalia Trout Club house. He declines to talk about Homestead affairs while remaining silent on the topic.
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Brick
Sandusky
H. C. Frick
Carnegie Works
Trout Club
Castalia
Four Men Battle a 16 Foot Python in a New York Museum
In New York on August 17 four men struggled for nearly an hour to recapture a sixteen-foot python that had shed its skin and slithered from its cage at Louis Ruhe’s museum on William Street. The reptile fought with ferocity, biting at clothing and dashing against walls as the men, aided by kicks and club blows, finally corralled it back into a cage amid shattered glass and startled onlookers.
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New York
Louis Ruhe
William Street
Ruhe
Authority to Cut for Knights of Pythias Encampment
Chairman Caldwell of the Western Passenger association issues a decision on the Atchison's request to set a round trip rate of $9 between Chicago and Kansas City for the Knights of Pythias encampment in Kansas City. The ruling notes the Planners and the route involved to accommodate travelers for the event.
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Caldwell
Western Passenger Association
Atchison
Chicago
Kansas City
Knights of Pythmaas
St. Joseph
Leavenworth
Grinnell Banker Killed by Train at Union Depot
Charles H. Spencer president of the First National Bank of Grinnell Iowa was killed in Colorado Springs when a baggage truck is struck by a passing train and hurled into the crowd. He died after being struck on the platform of the Union depot. He was about 70 and wealthy. A Kentucky feud turned violent at Schultz creek with Musser firing on Harman and Harman replying with a knife. Musser wounded and at large. A monster balloon landed near Montor City Missouri injuring aeronaut Sam Baldwin and editor Harry McMein of Quincy Illinois.
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Colo
Charles H. Spencer
First National Bank
Grinnell
Iowa
Union Depot
Spencer
Ports Mourn
Kentucky
Mussers
Harmans
Schultz Creek
Frank Musser
Harman
Musser
Missouri
Montor City
Sam Baldwin
Etitor
Harry McMein
Quincy
Ill
Sympathy and Faith in Lizzie Borden Widely Noted
The W. C. U. and the Young Women's union in Pauls River Mass held a special meeting on August 17. They passed resolutions expressing sympathy for and faith in Lizzie A. Borden who serves as treasurer of the Young Women’s union and has been prominent in union work.
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Mass
Young Women’s Union
Lizzie A. Borden
Young Won.’s
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