Aberdeen Da y Convenes Dems in Secret Session
Gov Church consults with prominent Democrats as over fifty liquor advocates gather at G A R hall to test the new Dakota liquor law. A fund is planned and a test case to be tried soon while preparations for the state convention continue. Jay Keefe plans a Marquis of Queensberry match in Aberdeen for 100.
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G. A. R. Hall
Dakota
Governor Church
Bismarck
J. D. Lawler
Mitchell
N.C. Nash
Canton
Dennis Hannafin
W. M. Thompson
Jewell
John D. Lawler
Rice
Fland
Jack Keefe
Pittsburg
Jim Gibson
Eureka
Marquis of Queensberry
Keefe
Gibson
Western Union declares increased quarterly dividend
New York December 14 The board of directors of the Western Union Telegraph Co declared a quarterly dividend of 11 1/2 percent payable after January 16 The company shows a large surplus on October 1 aided by November returns and December estimates bringing total near 30 000 000 After deducting the dividend the surplus will still be over 7 400 000
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New York
Western Union Telegraph Co
Professor Told to Leave Town Over Improper Proposals
Notified by a vigilance committee in Petersburg Virginia to depart within five days of charges that Professor W H Smith of the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute made improper proposals to a lady. Smith denies the allegations and says he will stay to face the consequences.
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Petersburg
W. H. Smith
Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
Duluth Mill Official Accused Of Embezzlement
A report from Washington territory claims K L Sawyer secretary of the Duluth Roller Mill company fled with 55000 of company funds. Sawyer had been engaged to a wealthy St Paul resident's daughter. Centralia Illinois reports Mrs Ethel Repsberger a white woman assaulted by a Black man died after the attack prompting fears of lynching.
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St. Paul
Duluth
Pioneer Press
K. L. Sawyer
Duluth Roller Mill Company
Washington Territory
Sawyer
Centralia
Lls
Ethel Repsberger
St. Johns
Illinois
Anthony Hally
Duquein
Bellville
President agrees to sign Sioux reserve bill opening
Pierre December 14 Ex Congressmen Eliner telegraphed the board of trade from Washington that President Cleveland will sign the bill opening the Sioux reservation, expected to pass January 20. Jubilant crowds in Pierre. Denver December 14 stock dealer Ed Bair died in a loft fire while escaping. Firemen saved the stock and building.
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Pierre
Eliner
Board of Trade
Washington
Cleveland
Denver
Col
Ed. Bair
U S Court Adjourns Case in Cincinnati
The U S court hearing on the Nopkins case in Cincinnati was adjourned until next Tuesday due to the serious illness of Judge Sage's wife.
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Cincinnati
Nopkins
United States
Sage
St Paul to Build Palace for Carnival Races
In a meeting of Carnival association officers last evening the contract for constructing the new palace was awarded and work will start immediately. The international races formerly run in Montreal will be staged in St Paul this season.
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St. Paul
Carnival Association
Montreal
Directors restrained by Hamilton court order
Judge Vandever in Hamilton Ohio issued an order this morning restraining the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton railroad directors from taking action pending further proceedings. The ruling comes amid a dispute over management and control of the line, with the court seeking to preserve the status quo until a full hearing can be held.
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Hamilton, Ohio
Vandever
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad
Transfer of Notes To Raise Funds For Ives & Co Claims
A report notes the transfer or sale of securities amounting to one million dollars aimed at financing the claims of Henry S. Ives and Co. The action seeks to marshal funds to support the firm’s asserted financial positions and related legal actions.
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Henry S. Ives & Co
Brave young girl foils burglary in Cabell County
In Cabell county a large black burglar attempted entry through an upstairs window as a young woman in the Mul len family fired her revolver. The man fell dead. another escapee was seen fleeing. The girl is declared innocent and hailed as heroine.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Dee. M
Joseph Mullen
Cabell County
Faulkner Lucas Case Moves Amid Senate Action
In Waswingtion on December 14 the senate adopted the committee on privilege and elections report in the Faulkner Lucas dispute. Paulkner was sworn in, Faulkner joined the claims committee, and Senators George Reagan and George formed bills on agriculture powers, immigration, and good faith patent purchaser protection, referred to patent commission.
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Senate
Faulkner-Lucas
Ioar
Paulkner
Faulkner
George
Department of Agriculture
Reagan
Patent Commission
House Committee unsettled after holiday recess
Speaker Carlisle will not announce standing committees until after the holiday recess. He expects adjournment before Thursday of next week. The pressure for committee places is described as never greater.
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Washington, D.C
Carlisle
Recess Nominations Include New York Postmasters
Washington December 14 The president sent to the senate a list of between two and three hundred recess nominations for postmasters including forty six for New York state.
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Washinggton
Senate
State of
New York
Plummer Comments on Dakota Admission Prospects
Col Plummer, returning from Washington, states Dakota has little chance for division or admission under the current Congress. He says Delegate Gifford has a creditable record but a territorial delegate has limited power. He blames both parties for politics over Dakota and notes Republicans previously failed to divide and admit the southern half. He cites focus on the presidential campaign over territorial matters.
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Col. Plummer
Washington
Aberdeen News
Dakota
Congress
Gifford
Union
First Cremation in Michigan Performed in Detroit
Detroit reports the first cremation in Michigan at a Detroit crematory promoted by stock promoter Dr Tiugo Ericksen. The deceased was Mrs Barbara Schow of Millersburg Ohio whose dying wish was cremation. The process used alum water, a retort, and eyehole observations as fire consumed the body and ashes were collected for distribution to friends.
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Detroit
Michigan
Tiugo Ericksen
Ibarbara Schow
Millersburg
Ohio
American Girl Refuses Royal Dance in Hamburg
An American girl in Hamburg declines a royal waltz with the Prince of Wales, delivering a bold rebuke to royal command. Her mother later recovers, and the girl stays true to her choice by abstaining from dancing for the rest of the season.
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Bis
Prince of Wales
Hamburg
Miss Winslow
Chicago News
Webster as a Sportsman and Beau Brummell Tales
A Boston Commonwealth recounts an unpublished Daniel Webster duck hunt at Brant Rock during a northeasterly storm. Webster calmly resolves a disputed bag split among twenty four gunners, then shares Beau Brummell anecdotes and witty exchanges from early California politics.
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Webster
Boston Commonwealth
Daniel Webster
Mr. Webster
Brant Rock
Stray Jokes and Light Humour Quips Across Papers
A string of light jests and wry observations from early 20th century humor sections. Vignettes include misheard lines, polite sarcasm about Harvard, lampooned writers, and pop culture quips. Notable snippets involve editors and cartoons from Boston, New Haven, Omaha, and Norristown, with witty one liners about coal, cigars, and public life.
Tea Table Talk on late fashion trims and accessories
The article surveys high fashion trends in silk gowns jackets and trims. It notes plain and black silks in high favor with woolen crochet embellishments and electric blue and inoas green accents. It highlights V shaped bodice braids, pearl pins, cut steel ornaments, gold braided wraps, ostrich feather boas, colored lace balayenses, ribbon gold bracelets, angel sleeve gowns, Gimp returns, Swedish kid gloves, Bretelles epaulettes and metallic thread embroidery as key features. It cites new stockings with open work stripes and leg embroidery.
Scientific Squirrels and Surprising Inventions of the Era
The article notes bright brass preservation with shellac varnish and alcohol. It reports African rubber quality declines due to adulteration with sawdust and bark dust. It contrasts artillery speeds with meteorite entry velocities and discusses new glass pencils made from spermaceti tallow wax and pigments. It highlights Sahara colonization via artesian wells and oases, noting thirty years of growth with 13,000 inhabitants and extensive tree planting.
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Sahara
Doings of Sportsmen in Diverse Hunting Feats
Reports of rapid hunting results across states. George Carvin of Downertown NJ bagged 24 rabbits in one day while Clinton Butler claimed 11. A Paterson party pulled 31 raccoons and 15 rabbits from Waterloo woods using six guns and six hounds. J C Barbie of Leary GA killed a pure white partridge, noting four more in the covey. Four boys near Little Rock Arn suffered injuries during an hour of hunting. A Crawford County youth shot a pheasant for his sick mother but a glass crash yielded a partridge dead indoors. The Susquehanna fields boast a 15,000 duck single-day record. Havre de Grace’s Wiliam Dobson on opening day eight years ago killed 542 ducks, the highest single tally.
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George Carvin
Downertown
N. J
Clinton Butler
Paterson
Waterloo
J. C. Barbie
Leary
Little Rock
Arn
Arnold Drummond
Crawford County
Armagast
Susquehanna Fields
Wiliam Dobson
Havre de Grace
Corn is King and the big corn crop talk
A Kansas reader connection features a farmer chiropodist denies crop scarcity while Nebraska Journal notes a record corn yield. The lighthearted dialogue contrasts with a breakfast coffee joke from Texas Sifts.
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Kansas
Nebraska State Journal
Rich in years recounts Lafayette visit and Wash ington sighting
A cheerful Philadelphia woman Frances Edgar, aged over 100, recalls Lafayette's visit and her first glimpse of Washington. The piece notes longevity among notable figures and a Japanese Pilgrim's Progress illustration, plus a brief Alaska public school plan by federal agents.
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Frances Edgar
Philadelphia
Lafayette
Washington
Sheldon C. Johnson
Seymour,Conn
Yale Medical School
Alaska
Nineteen miles of Montgomery streetcars powered by electricity
In Montgomery Alabama the nine teen miles of street railway are powered by electric power with no mules used on the cars. The note implies modernization and fleet dependence on electricity within the city’s transit system.
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Montgomery
Ala
Daisy remedy tale as bull disrupts lovers bouquet
A rural anecdote from 1886 shows a man seeking daisies for a lover who is stopped by a farmer’s bull. He dashes for the highway, but the bull foils him, leaving him bruised yet saved by St Jacobs Oil. Testimonials across several cities praise the remedy’s healing power.
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St. Jacobs
Beaver
Beaver County
C. Atkins
Worcester
Mass
Hawley St
C. W. Briggs
Philadelphia
Otto L. Kehrweider
Queen St
Germantown
Corydon
Ind
Levi Wettel
St. Jacobs Oil
Arthur G. Lewis
Southern Society
Norfolk
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Gen’! Pass
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ROYA
Royal Baking Owder Co
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Nassau Treet
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N.B
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Mason & Hanlin
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Paris
Hamlin
Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano CO
Adams Express Company
York Street
Jersey City
Seigel
W. H. Hall
A. J. White
Warren Street
Mitchell, Dak
George T. Coan
Oak
William C. Hillman
Charles N. Butterfield
Albert Butterfield
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Regtater
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