War on Rates Again Sparks Training at Jamestown Session
In St Paul on December 12, Dakota farmers in session hear that Burlington and Omaha cut first class to Chicago to seven dollars. The Milwaukee and Omaha and other lines resist, but brokers had planned nine and eight dollar rates. The Burlington move signals a broader rate battle that could upend ticket pricing nationwide.
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St. Paul
Burlington
Omaha
Chicago
Kenyon
Milwaukee
Milwaukee and
Wisconsin Central
Kansas City
Burlington and Northern
Farmers Alliance Sees Possible Veto Override in Legislature
Dakota Farmers Alliance delegates push usury reform railroad rate uniformity and equal taxation while claiming enough council support to overcome a governor veto. Harrison’s sister buried unmarked in Minneapolis prompts monument decision. Iowa Central Railway crée consolidates lines. Minnesota arrests target vice hubs. state fair finances show surplus. various appointments and rail expansion plans noted.
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Jamestown
Dak
Dakota Farmers’ Alliance
Judge Clark
Clarke
J. W. Harden
Woonsocket
George C. Crose
Aberdeen
A.L. Loucks
Clear Lake
C. A. Soderberg
Linux Falls
D. S. Dodds
Lakota
Loucks
Alliance
The Commercial Instinct in a New York Doll House
A Hebrew girl in New York runs a doll house renting furnished rooms to sisters for caramels per week. The piece notes 600,000 two cent postage stamps sold daily and daily stamp sales over 20,000 dollars.
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New York
New York Post
Dark Ways of Gambling and a California Smooth Dice Box
A Dearborn Street resort dealer is targeted by a dapper visitor who offers a dice box as advertising for a patent medicine. The box is a planted gimmick used to win bets, with a known smooth inside enabling a rigged shuffle. A circus veteran explains the trick, and the proprietor later recalls a card-sell scheme tied to prior gambling crackdowns.
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Dearborn Street
California
Ienovine
Chicago Herald
Effect of Stage Cosmetics on Health and Appearance
The article argues cosmetics are not inherently harmful, noting that makeup irritates some skin but many actors maintain healthy complexions due to perspiration and routine cleansing. It contends professional experience shows no universal damage and sometimes makeup improves appearance. Drake's Magazine.
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Drake's Magazine
New Aluminum Process Reported From London
A London report claims an aluminum production method uses ordinary clay mixed with a reducing agent and water to form a paste. The paste is layered with broken pig iron in a cupola where in about twenty five minutes the iron melts and yields aluminum steel containing about 1.75 percent aluminum and touted as sonorous and pure.
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London
New York Telegram
Birmingham Riot Ends With Multiple Fatalities and Injuries
A midnight mob attack on the Birmingham county jail led to gunfire that killed several men and wounded many others. Sheriff and militia responded as Col. Thomas G. Jones arrived with five companies to restore order amid ongoing unrest.
Brutal double murder case sparks mass riot in Birmingham
In Birmingham on December 11 a railroad engineer ER Hawes was charged with killing his daughter May Hawes after her body was found in Eastlake. The search for Hawes' missing wife uncovered her body in a lake, triggering a mob that gathered at the jail and was met with gunfire from deputies, leaving multiple dead and wounded.
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Tlawen
Birmingham
Eastlake
May Hawes
ER. R. Hawes
Columbus
Miss
Hawes
Smith
Sheriff and police chiefs arrested over Alabama jail area shooting
Sheriff Smith says the mob fired first and last shots in the affray at Mingham Alabama. He claims pleading with the crowd failed as they shouted to blow up the jail and fired. authorities say he and Chief Micard have been detained on murder charges as ten companies reinforce the city and calm is restored.
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Jackson
Niles
Pittsburg
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
Iinois
Missouri
New York Cor
Troy Times
Sheriff Smith
Ater
Sali l
Mingham
Ala
Dee
Smith
Micard
Alexander of Hesse Dyins Gift of second Sight
Berlin reports Prince Alexander of Hesse is said to possess a second sight resembling dreams. The omen predicts disaster through visions such as a funeral procession, while Germans speak of a doppleganger or double visitor seen by the dying person.
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Alexander of
Hesse
Berlin
Alexander
San Francisco Chronicle
American Forestry Congress Opens Seventh Annual Meeting in Atlanta
The American Forestry congress gathers in Atlanta with delegates from most states and territories. Governor Gordon gives welcome as President Pringle leads routine business toward a national representation of forestry interests.
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American Forestry Congress
C. R. Pringle
John J3
Gordon
Southern Society
Rutis
Bullock
Mr. Pay
Kon CY
Wringie
Congress
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Drs Mores
Iowa
Central Iowa Railway
J. T. Lomax
Teadger
Madison
Wis
State Agricultural Society
Wisconsin
Estabrook
L. K. Tuse
Gov. Rusk
W.S
Squire
Obba
R. B. Hawes
High
M. B. Throckmorton
J. R. McCoy
A. B. Tarrant
A. D. Bryant
C. C. Tate
East Lake
Colbert Smith
Lawrences Fitzhugh
Charles Aller
A. J. Schiede
Charles Jenkins
Brandon
J. W. Montgomery
Mr. Berkeley
Twenty-first Street
Third Avenue
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Matt Kennedy
J. W. Owen
J. W. Gilmore
Frank Childers
Albert Smith
William Youngblood
Mr. Alexander
Thomas G. Jones
Cornell College
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Foderate
Conservatory of Music
Aideet Conservatories
Europe
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Commercia
Bowman
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Fry
Wm, F. King
Ares
J.whitcount
Riley
Edison
Dec
Edison Talking
Brooklyn
Charlies Wesley
Charles Wesley
Y Jacobs OS
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St. Jacobs Oil
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M & Hamlin
Towel Hamlin
Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano CO
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Parker
Agia
Mary A. Livemore
Ernet Rae
BING
Wortelnglon & CO
Muruturd
Hiscox &Co
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Sabiie
James LE
PPS
Neo ‘O
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London & Clobe
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A. V. H. Carpenter
Gen’l
Gen’l Pass
Ticket Ag’t
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Haugan
W'sconsin
St. Paul, Chicago
Sioux Falls
Salem
Union Depot
Sioux City
Huron
Allan Burdick
Omaha Depot
T. W. Teasdale
F B&b
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Gedimen
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Ul Association
Adston
Farmionine
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Scanian
Sampson
Stington & Co
Mbox
Portland
Maine
America
True & CO
Box 740
Augusta
Auine
York
England
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Ding &Co
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Mae& Ture Old Agi
Pamphet
THI Murray Medicine CO
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Soll Suallin
HACER
Hacer Brothers
NC Commission
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