Farmers urged to join union to aid settlers
A 1887 letter urges Sanborn county farmers to unite in a settlers aid movement. It promises large yearly savings on produce and supplies if enough sign, vote, and fund a cooperative company. The notice calls for a mass convention and warns opponents attempting to defeat the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herobltean
Sanborn Jf
Publir
Sipaurivers
Ifanson
McCook
Ad Davison
Sanhern
Oider
Sversely
Invita
Gily
Rhout
Hyery
Ad News
Ginmers
Sanborn County
Oeet
Mid
M. M. Price
Liven
Brown county votes against saloons in local option law
The message argues Brown county voters support prohibition and challenge miscounting of votes in favor of liquor. It contends the majority rejected saloons, cites election figures around 4000 and 3000, and calls for honesty in presenting the pro and anti prohibition results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verreen
Own Venaty
Leo Tuto
Love
Brown County
Dakota
Barrel Apple Impressions Reads Like Odd Quiet Humour
Inman Nature Classified from the Kimball Graphic describes JuJan observing a barrel of apples carried to a cellar. The piece sketches two classes of men: one a pretentious peacemaker, the other a fool, as a young Hercules hoists the barrel while his wife and neighbors watch, ending with a strained, comic mishap in the cellar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hercules
Jujan
Kimball Graphic
Solar
Verlain
Hus Nataly
Indians and whites in clash at Crow Creek island
In Yankton a grand jury heard indictments against Hughes county residents jailed for gathering wood on the Crow Creek reservation. The jurors refused to indict, releasing the three. Indian police had used force and fired on whites during arrests. Agent Anderson allegedly ordered shooting of resisting whites, prompting calls for caution. Arrest warrants for Anderson and several Indians for shooting at whites were issued. hearings set before U S commissioner at Pierre or Blunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton Press
United States
Hughes County
Crow Creek
Fort Thompson
Anderson
Agent Anderson
Llis Battle
Horn-Doy
Boy
William Dehart
Blunt
Warris
U. S
Pierre
Yankton
Fort George Island
Grand
Bhint
George Ma
Max O Rell and the President Visit
Max O Rell of fame visits Washington for a private interview with President Cleveland before a public reception. He praises the informal, cordial meeting and notes Americans’ handshake tradition. Judge Lyman says Senator Allison is the strongest Republican presidential nominee prospect in Iowa and the Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wastington
M. P. Blouet
Max O'Rell
Cleveland
Thad
Col. Lamont
Ile
Paris
United States
America
Washncton
Judge Lymin
Congress
Iowa
Northwest
Allison
Northwestern
West
Michigan
Wisconsin
Lregard
Ileig
Trial resumed for anarchist Joln Most in crowded courtroom
New You reports the Joln Most anarchist trial resumed with a packed courtroom and many women present. Frederick Harting testified he attended out of curiosity and did not witness violent language. he did not know Most and is not currently an anarchist but could become one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joln Most
Frederick Harting
Ife
Most
Leland Stanford
California
France
Jie
Monsieur
Cincinnati Enquirer
FISHERIES DISPUTE BETWEEN US AND BRITAIN OVER COASTAL RIGHTS
A historical survey of Anglo American fishing rights from the 1783 treaty to the 1886 Halifax award shows disputes over unsettled coast lines three mile limits and headland to headland rules. It covers treaties 1818 1854 1866 and 1877 arbitration and the Cham berlain talks with Canada and Britain.
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United States
Great Britain
America
Nova Scotia
Magdalen Islands
Labrador
Monroe
Albert Giallatin
Mir. Bush
Canadians Now Claim That the Three Mile
Three Mile
Congress
Vass
ISIS
Amer
Vleet
Hogland
Senate
London
England
Halifax
Delfosse
Joseph Chamberlain
Messrs
Angell
Putnam
Bayard
Charles Tupper
Canada
Lionel Sackville West
Chamberlain
Russian experimentalist claims nitro shell igniter breakthrough
Serge D. Smollianinofy, a Russian experimenter, asserts a method to fire nitroglycerin loaded shells from standard cannons. Tests at Newport, R I showed non ignited shells failed to explode, while ignited shells exploded at 1.5 miles. Naval officers call the tests a complete success and a potential revolution in gunnery. Later experiments occurred at Governor's Island before he sailed to Europe.
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Serge D. Smollianinoff
Smollianinoff
Earth
D. Smollianinofy
Hell
Mr. Smollianinofy
Newport
R. I
Naval
Governor's Island
New York Harbor
Europe
Hawley Repeats in Love as He Weds Edith Horner
General Joseph R Hawley the U S senator and former governor marries English nurse Edith A Horner in a wedding noted for a cross Atlantic match. Horner, 30, served as director of nurses with Wolseleys Zulu war contingent and later reformed Philadelphia hospital management earning the Victoria Cross. Hawley, born 1826 in North Carolina, has held roles from lawyer to editor to congressman and centennial manager.
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Joseph Roswell Hawley
United States Senate
Edith .A. Horner
North Carolina
Connecticut
Philadelphia
Wolseley
Victoria Order of the Red Cross
Miss Fisher
Philadelphia Hospital
Horner
Gen. Hawley
Stewartsville
N.C
Harriet Foote
Guilford
Conn
Dentifrice costs and simple salt toothpaste claim
A New York Times article asserts that millions are spent on dentifrices annually, with much waste. It argues that after age of reason, most dental upkeep could be saved by using common table salt as the simplest, harmless, and effective preventive, even delaying decay after enamel is worn.
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New York
Vimes
Woman Narrowly Survives Street Trample at Grand Central
A middle aged woman richly dressed was knocked down by a team near Grand Central depot. She rolled into a ball to avoid being trampled, was coated in mud yet remained calm and escaped with her life. A moment later she cried hysterically in the depot as bystanders reacted. The passage also notes Herr Wiener’s calculation that 125 million silver molecules make an inch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mina
New York Lux
Herr Wiener
Trade of Pawn Tickets for Overcoat Ends in Farewell
In vintage street theater tone an amiable merchant traveler recalls offering pawn tickets in exchange for an overcoat. The exchange grows strained as the genial host laments fading warmth and pleads for a fair trade, seeking resolution.
A Tough Sort of Animal Bucks Sailors in Fourth Ward
A New York Sun report recounts brutal bucko sailors once common in the Fourth ward. They wore heavy wool around their necks, slept on cold pavements, and fought police with iron scrapers on lead slingshots. One mate nearly killed. six officers needed to subdue the drunken sailor. The men belonged to Liverpool packets and were famed for iron hard muscles.
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Fourth Ward
Liverpool
New York Sun
Robert Garrett and His Tailor in New York Fashion
A profile of Robert Garrett praising his discerning taste in attire and vast wardrobe, with his tailor in New York supplying suits ahead of trips. It notes Garrett’s habit of wearing patent leathers, hats and canes, and a dapper street style centered on a Derby hat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Garrett
Mr. Garrett
Garrett
Luis
New York
Baltimore Cor, Globe-Democrat
Safeguards Against Cholera Warned by German Authority
Max Von Pettenkoffer, a German medical authority, argues cholera is not directly contagious but pertains to malarial epidemics. Germs travel from soil to air to the lungs. he cites drainage and pure water as the best safeguards.
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Max von Pettenkoffer
Boston
Our Family Physician teaches disease detection for families
An eight and a half by six by two inch bound volume of 480 pages claims to uniquely teach identifying illness before treatment. It differentiates dangerous from trifling diseases and directs when to call a physician, outlining methods from various medical schools and citing eminent practitioners.
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Havin
Teun
I. F. Cook
Hahnemann Medical College
H.5
Hann
J. F. Cooke
Burnett’s Medical College
Chicago
K. A. Gunn
Burnett Medical College
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