Road Casualties From Dense Fog Wreck Train and Rail Cars
A string of accidents in multiple towns on August 18 due to fog. rear-end collisions and wrecks on the Chicago Burlington & Quincy and Fort Wayne lines. Reports include engineers lightly hurt, firemen uninjured, and several seriously injured or fatally hurt across Ipsburgh Bayard and Baltimore regions.
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Apeeville, DL
Chicago, Burlington, & New
Robinson
Ipsburen
Fort Wayne Road
Bayard
Ohio
Verner
Porter
Residen
Center Avenue
Pittsburgh
J. L. Malony
Detroit
Michigan
Lawson
Washington
H. McCoy
Timore & Ohio Railroad
Wilcott City
Accused Coughlin Found Guilty of Negligence in Rail Crash
In Watsworth Illinois an inquest jury after three hours found Coughlin guilty of gross criminal negligence for fires across the track. The board also censured the company for lack of track patrolling and recommended grand jury action. Meanwhile in St Louis a diabolical wrecking attempt on the Ohio Mississippi line was foiled when an officer found pins driven into a track frog and freed the train with a rock used to pry them out.
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Watsworth
Lls
Oner
Coughlins
Ughlin
Corp
Pontiackere
Owever
Sr. Louis
Ohio Mississippi
Ancy
East St. Louis
Chancy
Minstrel Star Beasley Arrested for Weekend Burglaries
CepAR Raprps Iowa Aug 18 Beasley a star minstrel with Hay ley’s troupe was arrested after burglaries on Saturday and Sunday nights. Two watches stolen from private homes were found and linked to him. Beasley, an eastern man, joined Haverly five weeks ago in New York.
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Iowa
Elevator disaster at 1 Mercer Street kills girl at factory
New York on Aug 18 an elevator at Seidenburg's collar and cuff factory at 1 Mercer Street fell from the third floor, killing Jane Lynch and injuring about eighteen female workers and the elevator boy O'Neil. The crash left all occupants hurt in varying degrees. Met at Aug 18. The scene adds to city safety concerns.
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New York
Seidenburg
Mercer Street
Jane Lynch
O'Neil
Miners Strike Across Nittsburg Mines Reported
Six hundred miners are striking at Nittsburg Laurel Altamount and nearby mines over pay for ore. They demand thirty cents more per bushel while receiving two and a half. Mine owners met but produced no agreement. Tension warned of a potentially serious situation.
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Livingston, Ky
Nittsburg
Laurel
Altamount
German Girl Emma Ilerman Arrest Reported in Janesville
Emma Ilerman a young German girl described as good looking was arrested last night in Janesville Wisconsin police report.
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Janesville, Wis
Emma Ilerman
Woman Charged In Infanticide After Brutal Killing
A woman faces murder charges for killing her infant. authorities discovered the battered head and stabbing death after a two week delay, as officers waited for developments.
Bank of London Suspends Payment in Ontario Collapse
Canadian Bank Failure London Ontario August 19 The Bank of London suspended payment this morning. It has a subscribed capital of 1 million dollars with 223 588 paid up. Very little loss is anticipated by the bill holders.
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London
Ont
Bank of London
Two Election Boards Charged with Fraud in Primary
Lancaster Aug 18 the grand jury returned a true bill against two election boards charged with committing frauds at the recent Republican primary. The trial was deferred until next month.
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Lancaster
Penn
It Was No Duel in New Albany Hurtle Surrenders
New Albany Ind August 18 John Hurtle, accused murderer of Daniel Winneg ar near Palmyra, surrendered to authorities today. The claim that Hurtle killed Winnegar in a duel Tuesday is without foundation.
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New Albany
Ind
Jno
Hurtle
Daniel Winnegar
L’almyra
Winnegar
Robber of a Paymaster Captured in Grandy
Charley Parker, the cowboy who robbed Paymaster Bush of the U S Army of 7000 dollars at Hay Springs in February, was captured at Grandy by Logan county sheriff. He had 1520 on his person.
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Omana
Charley Parker
Prisoner dies after lynching threats in Ohio case
Younast Town Ohio Aug 19 Alexander Robinson a colored man who served four days in jail last week charged with raping ten year old Essie floover died from fright this morning. He was 33 and many believe him innocent.
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Younast Town
Ohio
Alexander Robinson
Essie Floover
Sheriff Lynch dies from wound in Detroit shooting
Detroit Michigan August 19 Sheriff Charles Lynch of Alpena died at the Detroit sanitarium from a gunshot wound in the leg inflicted by the infamous Blinkey Morgan. Lynch had planned and led a bid to capture Morgan and others believed to be responsible for the murder of Cleveland detective Hulligan. Morgan is jailed at Ravenna.
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Detroit
Mich
Charles Lynch
Alpena
Blinkey” Morgan
Lynch
League denounces postmaster general over adulterous appointees
Charlotte Smith, president of the Woman's National Industrial League and editor of the Working Woman, publishes the league resolutions. The fifth and last resolution denounces postmaster general for appointing women living in open adultery with other women's husbands and paying salaries from the people's money to harlots.
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Wastlington
Charlotte Smith
Woman's National Industrial League
Working Woman
League
Cyclone strikes City Nebraska piling wreckage and deaths
A north cyclone hit City Nebraska at 4 am wrecking every brick building including a brick school house under construction. Five hurt and two dead J J Lanning and a man named Allen were killed. Damage estimated at 50000 with more possible fatalities among the injured.
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Republican City
Neb
J. J. Lanning
Allen
Pinkerton guards fortified to break I Hunter's Point strike
In New York on August 19 twenty five Pinkerton men aid the sheriff and twelve deputies at the I Hunter's Point chemical works. Striking employees resist new workers from taking their places. Strikers armed with clubs claim low wages of five to six dollars weekly due to no time allowed.
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New York
Pinkerton
I Hunter’s Point
15 year old Ida Brookings Accused in Lan down murder
In Randolph County Randown county Virginia Ida Brookings 15 is jailed after police uncover she killed her 7 year old brother by striking him with a stone then hid the body. The family had left the boy missing upon return.
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Rico Mono
Landown County
Ida Brookings
Ida
No Beer No Buildings in Earlville Fire Restarts Building Dilemma
Earlville in Delaware county, a prohibition town, saw rebuilding after last May’s fire halted when brick masons, working on the burned district, became sick from tainted water. They bought beer at their own expense. prohibitionists seized beer from the ice house and on-site use, causing the masons to quit and depart, leaving several structures unfinished at various heights.
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Dupuque
Earlville
Delaware County
Prohibition County Convention Opens in Pukwana
Special to the Republic. At Pukwana on August 19 the prohibition county convention opened to organize the fall campaign. Rev. J. M. Boggs presided. A central campaign committee was named with A. E. Roberts Kimball as chair and members A Darrow Pukwana Scott Hayes Chamberlain J R Lowe Bijou Hills. The group pledged a vigorous fight and favorable prospects for success, with liberal contributions called for to cover expenses.
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Prohibition
J. M. Boggs
A. E. Roberts
Kimball
A. Darrow
Pukwana
Scott Hayes
Chamberlain
J. R. Lowe
Bijou Hills
Steamer City of Montreal Burns. thirteen missing
Queenstown reports the steamship City of Montreal on fire with thirteen crew and passengers missing after the disaster. The York City, traveling from Baltimore to London, picked up the remaining survivors and brought the news and details to port.
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Queenstown
York City
Montreal
London
Baltimore
Fire on City of Montreal Linked to Cotton Cargo
New York reports the Inman line agent has no new information beyond press dispatches about the burning of the City of Montreal. The steamer carried 2,000 bales of cotton among its cargo, and the agent suspects the fire started there. Commanded by Captain Francis Land, it had eighty crew, no first class passengers, twenty three intermediate and fifty steerage travelers aboard.
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New York
Inman Line
United Press
Montreal
Francis Land
City of Montreal Disaster Off Queenstown Foreseeable Losses
The tug Mount Aetna landed all but six crew and seven passengers of the City of Montreal after a fire broke out on the 10th. Passengers rushed from berths half dressed as smoke filled the ship. Many nearly suffocated while escaping. Missing crew and passengers vanished after boats separated in the night. The York City gave aid as the Montreal party praised its help.
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Queenstown
Mount Aetna
Montreal
York City
Cleveland's circular touts Shorthorn ties during western tour
Washington report notes President Cleveland will attend state agricultural fairs on his western trip this fall. It highlights his deep knowledge of Shorthorn pedigrees and his early involvement in the American Shorthorn herdbook. Grover Cleveland aided in correcting pedigrees for publication in 1861.
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Washington
Cleveland
New York
United States
Buffalo
Lewis F. Allen
Grover Cleveland, Esq
Freight rate dispute grows in Northwest cities
In Minneapolis and St Paul meetings, freight men discuss rate wars amid plans for a Manitoba tariff sheet to standardize rates west of the Minnesota and Dakota line. The Northern Pacific and Milwaukee and Northwestern differ on 20 to 23 cent per 100 pounds rates, with Manitoba set to align rates August 25.
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Minneapolis
Northwestern
St. Paul
Duluth
Manitoba
Minnesota and Dakota Line
Wacific
James River
Milwaukee
Wheat Freight War Shapes Minnesota Market Rivalry
The article notes a 26 to 40 percent favor for Minneapolis over the western party and explains Duluth wheat prices run a cent to three cents higher than Minneapolis. With identical rates, grain goes to the higher price center. Other roads have not yet crafted strategies for the new conditions, and a freight war seems likely to settle the issue.
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Minneapolis
Duluth
Ute Outbreak Advances as Sheriff Seeks Troop Aid
Denver reports sheriff W Kendall brought four Colorow men to Meeker for a pow wow. Indians demand fifteen days to reach Utah while escorted through town. Outside, knives injure two escorts. whites fired on but unharmed. Kendall urges rapid troop deployment. Gen Crook urged to send U S troops.
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Denver
W. Kendall
Meeker
Colorow
Utah
Kendall
Gov. Adams
United States
Hill
Gen. Crook
Bold Highwaymen in Montana Robbery Claim
Helena Aug 18 Additional details of a Thompson Falls highway robbery say a single man forced victims to strip while searched. Hackett offered 3600 reward. O Neil rode to the stage station coatless. Murray bank posts 3500 for robber and money recovery. Hackett tied to Hunter mine bond scheme. freighter J E Catlet robbed of 130 on return to Thompson Falls. witness description matches robber.
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Hunter
Dennis Ryan
Montana
J. E. Catlet
Thompson Falls
Murray
O'Neil
Hackett
Victoria to Grover Jubilant Queen Victoria sends thanks
Washington report of Queen Victoria 1887 jubilee note to President Grover Cleveland via United States minister Phelps. The monarch expresses gratitude for US congratulations on her fifty years on the throne and extends best wishes for American prosperity and welfare. The reply is dated Windsor Castle July 18, 1887 bearing the signature Victoria R I. Salisbury.
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Washington
Queen Victoria
Phelps
United States
Mr. Phelps
United States of America
Windsor Castle
Victorita
R. I. Salisbury
The Feminine Fool and Her Money in New York Suit
In a New York superior court case lawyer James F. Malcom seeks $10,000 for advising a young heiress, Sarah Robins, against marrying a married man. Robins, who has $1,000,000, became entangled with "Dr" J. G. Johnson, a Windsor Hotel masseur, then faced divorce and likely inheritance shifts as the affair drew in brokers, counsel, and entanglements across England and Rutland Vermont. The case unfolds amid rumors of marriage, compromise, and legal maneuvering as Robins and Johnson's history and prints continue.
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New York
Donahue
Superior Court
James F. Malcom
Sarah Robins
Francis R. Robins
Dr." Johnston
Malcom
Johnson
Miss Robins
Jaekden
Charlie Reed
Guilray
Government Proclaims Irish National League in Lords
In London on August 19 Lord Salisbury told the House of Lords that the government has proclaimed the Irish National League. The statement signals a formal ban or restricted status for the organization amid ongoing political tensions. The attribution to Salisbury places the remark in the British government’s immediate policy posture regarding Irish affairs.
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London
House of Lords
Lord Salisbury
Irish National League
SCHOONER SINKS AFTER CANADIAN CRUISER SHOT
An American fishing schooner is said to have sunk off Buctouche after two cannon shots from a Canadian cruiser. All aboard perished, with 12 to 15 feared dead. The informant, recently arrived in Orawa from a gulf of St. Lawrence village, asserts the incident is true and stressfully suppressible.
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Orawa
Ont
Buctouche
Gulf of St. Lawrence
New Brunswick
United States
Bactouche
Sons of Veterans Encampment Opens In Des Moines
The national order of the Sons of Veterans held its annual encampment in Des Moines with over 200 delegates. Commander-in-chief Payne of Fostoria Ohio presided and delivered the address noting 614 new camps chartered and 11 811 applicants, plus 5 438 members mustered into old camps. The order now has 82 804 members across 29 states and territories.
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Des Moines
National Order of the Sons of Veterans
Payne
Fostoria
Ohio
District of Columbia
Maryland
Montana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Arizona
Idaho
Oregon
Rhode Island
Arkansas
Texas
Virginia
Make Mery Stacks of Hay Blast Inspires Farmers
The writer warns that a four month drought across Illinois Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota has ruined most vegetation. Farmers should start making hay now as demand will be strong and hay can be shipped wholesale at four to five dollars per ton before Christmas. A visitor from Adrian Michigan notes the lack of green growth until reaching western Minnesota.
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Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Adrian, Mich
Adrian
Local sportsman challenges prairie chicken laws
The Yankton View Press reports a sportman arguing both old and new prairie chicken laws are in force, creating a conflict he claims nullifies both. He contends the legislature failed to repeal the old rule and then heads off with his pointer dog toward a roosting site.
Denial over Tacoma smelting works claim unsettles investors
Dennis Ryan denies any stake in a 2 000 000 smelting works at Tacoma despite rumors. A Chicago dominated syndicate bought the Vermilion iron range in Minnesota after a year of ore shipments. Cholera cases rise in Catalia City and Palermo with deaths. Chatsworth wreck victim Elton Waters dies, total deaths 79. Levi Rosenfeld dies in Chicago leaving 3 million estate.Maurice Rosenfeld linked to Kershaw wheat deal. Northern Pacific insiders are said to hold heavy stock. Walter B Smith rumored arrested in Ft Worth. banker Montfort dismisses arrest as canard.
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Dennis Ryan
Tacoma
Vermillion Iron Range
Minnesota
Chicago
Catalia City
Italy
Palermo
Chatsworth
Fairburg
Ill
Elton Waters
N. Y
Peoria
Levi Rosenfeld
Maurice Rosenfeld
Kershaw
St. Paul
Northern Pacific Directory
The Crazy Romanoffs and the Imperial Mind
In Count Witzthum’s memoirs the hereditary mental illness of Russia’s imperial family is detailed. All four sons of Paul I showed signs after age 45, with Alexander I dying at 48 and Michael at 48 after prior illness. Nicolas I died in 1855 four months after a predicted two-year life, while Constantine showed issues and 1848-52 unrest intensified these traits. London Society.
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Witzthum
Eckstadt
Russia
Paul I
Alexander I
Constantine
Nicolas I
Michael
Lord Palmerston
Nicolas
Alexander
Prince Metternich
Grand Duke
Warsaw
Lowicz
Europe
London Society
Common Sense About Bathing Disputes Cold Baths Theory
A London physician dismisses the hotly debated cold bath practice as harmful. He argues cold immersion drains surface blood, concentrates it inward, and causes damaging shock. Even strong individuals may only seem helped by cold water, while sickly or healthy alike suffer injury.
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England
London
T. C. Crawford
New York World
The Italians of St Paul in Pioneer Press view
The Pioneer Press profile asserts Italians in St Paul largely avoid street work and public office, preferring catering and discreet patronage. It notes three loves drive them: money, a wife or sweetheart, and Italy, with a clannish tendency from longing to return, mingling little with others.
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St. Paul
Italy
Pioneer Press
Rare Books in Paris and the Bibliophile Ethos
The New York Times comments on Paris booksellers not selling cheap and reselling costly items, arguing that a bookseller aims to be a bibliopole rather than wealthy. It praises the bibliophile’s passion for rare bindings over material gain and suggests pride and dignity govern pricing and trade.
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Paris
New York Times
Man who planted tree in Calaveras County claims feat
Brooklyn Eagle quips about a claim that a tree in Calaveras County Cal aged over 2500 years was planted by Susan Anthony. The banter questions originality and mocks the supposed author.
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Calaveras County
Cal
Susan Anthony
Father Time
Brooklyn Eagle
A Day in June Cartoon Sparks Doctor Run Joke
A cartoon shows two young urchins gathering apples in June with the caption A Day in June. A friend jokes that if the boys eat any apples someone must wake in the night for the doctor, reflecting a light New York Sun humor style.
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New York Sun
Shooting at bats tests the marksman
An experienced sportsman notes bats are the hardest targets to shoot as they dart quickly and turn sharply. Holes through their wings fail to bring them down, with a tale of a bat flying away despite twenty wing holes, reported by the Kansas City Times.
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Kansas City Times
The Epicycloidal Pitch in Judge Poetry
A poem ribbing baseball art, describing the pitcher’s arcane grip and the ball’s curved flight with vivid, humorous imagery. Joseph Daly in Judge notes spectators’ grins as the batter struggles with the ball’s serpentine twists and mysterious wrist “leer.”
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Joseph Daly
No Flies Upon His Darling Love Match
A Weber Avenue father berates social duty while praising Evangeline for choosing a husband of wealth and standing. Evangeline reveals Mr. Lorrigan, a baseball pitcher, as her chosen partner. The father declares joy and pride at this match, noting wealth and position gained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weber Avenue Paterfamilias
Evangeline
Mr. Lorrigan
Stockton Mail
An Average Health Resort and the Omaha Visit
An Omaha World item playful in tone recounts a health resort scene with a hotel man joking about ailments. A visitor admits starting with rheumatism and other issues but, in a twist, reveals the underlying problem was money. The exchange highlights humor over medical claims at a resort.
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Omaha
Veg
Big Fish Big Lie Stirring Dinner Table Exchange
A minister praises a "delicious fish" during a Monday family dinner while Mr. Hendricks admits he caught it himself. The exchange hints at a fossilized ice storage claim and humorous skepticism about the fish's origin and freshness.
How Consumption is Communicated in the Home
Professor Ruhle of Bonn argues in a recent paper that pulmonary disease spreads mainly through contact with diseased material rather than air. He cites sputa and skin excretions, plus handling of linen and handkerchiefs, as transmission paths within families. The Boston Herald notes hospital attendants are rarely infected, supporting the view that close personal contact, kissing, and care of consumptives spread the illness among relatives.
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Ruhle
Bonn
Boston Herald
English Mistaken Identity Bushes Americans Abroad
London Correspondent notes that Americans abroad often wish to be mistaken for Englishmen and are commonly seen in European hotels and cars. He cites a Paris refugee who claimed Berkshire as his English origin, arguing such vanity reflects a broader American trend during the opera season.
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Europe
Chicago
St. Louis
Paris
Riviera
England
Berkshire
America
London
New York Times
Stories of Children and Their Silly Sayings Across Notices
A compact column of humorous quips from children and their mispronunciations and perceptions. Harry presents Sweet Williams to Aunt Elon while quipping about Uncle Williams. Margherita defends niceness. a New York boy misreads Mrs Cignavale as Mrs Ginger Ale, provoking parental humor. An elementary class offers playful misstatements about wet feet and bronchitis as bad air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Elon
Williams
Margherita
Boston Transcript
New York
Ginger Ale
Why He Was Polite on a Street Car
Two Chicago men aboard a street car share a polite moment when a woman boards. One man quickly gives his seat, prompting astonishment from the other. After she leaves he jokes about being changed by her appearance, revealing he owes her husband and she knows his identity.
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Chicago
Arkansaw
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Engers
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Endicott
Victoria
Grover
Mery
Yankton
Walter B. Smith
Crazy Romanoffs
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