Day's Events Report From Boston and Georgia
A Boston Baptist preacher reportedly converts by Henry George. A colored man commits wholesale butchery in Georgia. Editor Littlejohn dies from wounds. Wall Street buzzes over rumors of Emperor William's death, with London reports triggering a stock panic as Kilrain & Co send the dispatch.
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Emperor William
New York
Wall Street
Kilrain & Co
Financial News Agency
London
Stock Exchange
Berlin
Berlin Dispatch Clears William Death Rumor
A Berlin dispatch to a leading New York German banker rejects reports of Emperor William's death, stating there is no truth to the claim.
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New York
Berlin
William
Burlington family reports Congo mission a failure
G C Waller his wife and two children return from the Congo with Bishop Taylor's self supporting missionary scheme. Waller says the venture failed and he barely escaped. Supplies were scant and the steamer is wrecked on the Aller river bank. Missionary societies will investigate the claims.
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New York
G. C. Waller
Burlington
Vermont
Congo
Taylor
Waller
Aller
Man from Paris Reflects on Blaine Meeting and Exhaustion
Lewiston dispatch reports Gen. Le man returning from Paris where he quotes Mr. Blaine saying he has never felt better but warns his long career has taxed his body and mind. Blaine notes twenty years of congress followed by a demanding political fight and a rare breathing spell now.
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Lewiston
Leman
Paris
Blaine
Congress
Never Drank a Toboggan in 19th Century Humor
A WestinGcTon dispatch recalls a St Paul ice palace scene where a man asks Congressman Lewis of Chicago if he ever took a togan. The reply mocks the term and notes the speaker’s past in the liquor business and distrust of mixed drinks.
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WestInGcTon
St. Paul
Lewis
Chicago
Togan
Hubbell Leads Republican Race In Eleventh Michigan
IsHpe ming Mich Dec 28 The Hon Jay Hubbell of Houghton seeks the Republican nomination for Congress to succeed Moffatt In the Eleventh Michigan district. Political observers say Hubbell has the best chance to secure the nomination and win the seat as the district leans Republican. Six other candidates are already in the field.
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Ishpeming
Mich
Jay Hubbell
Houghton
Congress
Moffatt
Michigan
Neid
Keating and Spuckrow Fight Near Danville Ends in Win for Spuckrow
In Fairmont Illinois on December 28 a prize fight for 500 dollars a side and gate receipts took place two miles south of Danville. Dick Keating of Lafayette broke a finger in the third round and Jerry Spuckrow of Danville won after the tenth round.
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Fairmont
Ill
Danville
Dick Keating
Lafayette
Jerry Spuckrow
Keating
Spuckrow
Reverend Gifford backs Henry George anti-poverty doctrine
Boston preacher Rev. O T Gifford, a leading New England Baptist figure, has endorsed Henry George style anti-poverty ideas. He plans to speak at the anti poverty society gathering in Horticultural Hall next Sunday, stirring religious circles.
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Boston
O.T. Gifford
New England
Henry George
Anti-Poverty Society
Horticultural Hall
Governor Delays Proclamation Amid Incomplete Election Returns
Dakota Election Returns report Gov. Church has not yet received official tallies from several counties delaying the proclamation. If returns are not received by tomorrow he will dispatch messengers to collect them and bill the counties.
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Bismarck
Church
Editor Littlejohn Dies After Shooting in Nashville
Nashville report states John J. Littlejohn editor of the National Review died at 2 30 this morning after being shot by Joseph R. Banks last Saturday. Hope for recovery faded as he began to sink rapidly yesterday evening.
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John J. Littlejohn
The
National Review
Joseph R. Banks
Man Kills Wife and Six Children Then Commits Suicide
In Worth county on Monday night a man named Reid murdered his wife and six children before taking his own life by jumping into a well after an unsuccessful knife attempt to cut his throat.
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Macon
Worth County
Reid
Manhat tan Temperance Group Reviews Kansas Decision
The Manhattan Temperance Association met in the Union yesterday. They complimented the supreme court on a Kansas prohibition ruling and asserted that personal liberty must yield to public safety as saloons were cited for open operation last summer.
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New York
Manhattan Terperance Association
Iter Union
Supreme Court
Kansas
Officials threaten to oust mayor over Sunday saloon ban
The group warned Mayor Hewitt to close saloons on Sunday and said legislative and gubernatorial aid would be used to remove him if he failed. They claimed liquor men control most government departments and pledged action against offenders.
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Hewitt
United Labor Party Nears 1904 Presidential Role
Rev Dr McGlynn outlined the parties aims in an interview. He stressed land reform and abolition of monopoly as central, aligned with Syracuse platform principles, and supported Henry George for president with Maguire for vice president. He favored a national convention but warned against tariff talk.
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New York
United Labor Party
Dr. McGlynn
George
Syracuse
McGlynn
Henry George
Judge Maguire
San Francisco
Notorious imposter Parker flees after church fraud
In Omaha a traveling salesman named Parker deceived a widow and church members, promising a deed to the Poppleton home he never owned. He collected pledges for the church then disappeared with his supposed wealth, leaving wife and church in distress. Separately in Pierre a half breed Indian leader Laplant fled after years of theft on the Sioux reservation and murder, as related by witnesses who led authorities to the victim’s buried body.
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Omaha, Neb
F. [. Parker
Omaha
Methodist Church
A. J. Poppleton
Spruce Street
Parker
Pierre
Joan Laplant
Ile
First Cold Wave Signal From Bis Marka Shows Subzero Drop
The first cold wave signal in Bis Marka indicates temperatures dropping to 20 or 30 degrees below zero. Dee and BismArek report the display as a new indicator of extreme cold.
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BismArek
Dee
Bismark
President Cleveland and Cabinet Arrive in Washington
President Cleveland and his cabinet reached Washington early this morning after traveling from Albany.
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Washington
Cleveland
Albany
Aberdeen liquor dealers seek license reforms after smuggling probe
Aberdeen readers learn of a crackdown on outside wine and liquor shipments via C O D orders and the impact of a new federal ruling. Local dealers report paying licenses in each town, while interstate shipments avoided tax and territorial fees.
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Aberdeen News
C.O. D
J. Louis
St. Paul
Chicago
Giaueds
Doare
Sail
St. Louis
Oi. Paul
Ellendale
Redfield
Groton
Aberdeen
O. D
Washington
Sherman denies New York World presidential candidacy
Washington special reports that Sherman’s friends deny the World’s claim he is not a candidate. Sherman says he remains a candidate in the sense of ready to receive the nomination and will let friends use honest means to secure it. His circle believes his speech against the president’s message will form the campaign platform.
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Washington
Senator Sherman
New York World
Sherman
Biaie
Nearly Frozen to Death in Blizzard Rescue
Thomas Connolly, who left Rockrorp with Tiffany and Brenner last Tuesday, returned yesterday nearly frozen and exhausted after days of searching across the prairie. He wandered in the blizzard, drove for two days without shelter, and was deemed lost and near death before his survival.
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Rockrorp
Thomas Connolly
Corcoran Arrested Over Cork Examiner Report
Corcoran publisher of the Cork Examiner has been arrested for printing a report on suppressed branches of the national league. Gladstone departed from Dorking for Boulogne and was greeted by cheering crowds.
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Cork
Corcoran
Cork Examiner
National League
Large planing mill fire damages PrrrspurG area
Fire swept Slack and Sheel's large planing mill this morning causing about 84000 dollars in losses. Mobile Alabama resident Frontebetein endorses a new consumption remedy, praising its fast relief and cure after bronchitis and catarrh. He claims prior remedies failed and notes use of Dr. King's pills and electric bitters.
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Dee
Slack & Sheel
Frontebetein
Mobile Ala
Dr. King
Money for city property loan on brick or stone business
Davison Broa. & Seavan offer city property loans with fallow rates of interest for short or long terms. Name unclear due to OCR.
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Davison Broa
Seavan
Stories About Men and a Case of Sharp Shopping
Anecdotes recount a Cincinnati pioneer Platt Evans misdirecting a country buyer seeking a sharp, Lincoln awake nights over a Syracuse post office, and a Marshall relative nearly severed by a buzz saw while bleeding profusely but insisting he could still see, as narrated in a compilation of 19th century vignettes.
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Syracuse
Tse
Washington
Gen. Leavenworth
National Capital
North
Pennsylvania Avenue
Philadelphia Press
John Marshall
Virginia
Marshall
John
Darky
Marse John
Chicago Herald
Quick Repartee by a Fallen Judge and Noted Silhouettes
A judge removed from the bench is depicted in a sharp courtroom exchange after a juror claims the itch and the clerk is told to scratch him. The column also lampoons Joseph Chamberlain at a Delmonico dinner and paraphrases Mark Twain’s quiet lecture as the audience waits for him to begin.
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Talesman
New York Tribune
Mark Twain
Mark Doula
London paper criticises American women to appease English readers
A London society editor defends harsh criticism of American women as aimed at pleasing English readers jealous of American prominence in London society. The Chicago Times notes the mirror effect and biases. A Baltimore judge’s ruling that a husband isn’t liable for a wife’s debts may spark a matrimonial boom in the Mosumente City.
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Chicago Times
Baltimore
New Game for Young Ladies in Washington Society
A Washington Star item describes a parlor bean bag game for young ladies. Players throw ten bags toward a square hole on an inclined board, scoring up to 100 points for perfect throws and 120 with the Jumbo bag. Bags on the board earn five points, while those on the floor subtract five.
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Washington
Hells
Yankee Faces in Holland Reflect Dutch Ancestry
The writer notes familiar New York facial types among Dutch residents in Holland and observes that many Americans, including prominent figures, disguise Yankee features with Dutch appearance. He cites a Dutchman at the Flushing steamer wheel and comments on chin whiskers as an American caricature possibly borrowed from Europe.
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Holland
New York
Flushing
Vermont
England
Hotland
Hon. Bardwell
Europe
C. Crawford
New York World
Editor Reprints Harsh Critique After Acknowledging It
A New York magazine owner and editor received an early manuscript from a novelist who called it crude yet with rare gleams of sense. The editor printed the piece under his own name a month later, but never revealed the source of the critique, according to the Pittsburg Dispatch.
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New York
Pittsburg
Real Neighborly Tea and Pans in One Neighborhood
A Detroit Free Press note tells of a family new to town where a polite child asks to borrow a frying pan and later for pork to grease it and tea to wash it down. An Arkeenian Traveler item describes an artificial pumice stone made from sand feldspar and fire clay, adaptable to industries using natural pumice and replacing it in parts of Germany and Awiri. Tid Bits adds a joke about an old fashioned preacher and a nurse new to church texts.
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Detroit Free Press
Germany
Awiri
Dakota statehood debate urges admission for mutual benefit
In a column urging Dakota's admission, the writer argues statehood serves national prosperity, cites rail networks and soil products linking Dakota to others, and calls for bipartisan support beyond partisan politics. The piece stresses population shift, economic ties, and the need for timely statehood.
Monks Skilled with the Needle in Pattern Books
A Philadelphia Call note states that in the Sixteenth century monks and priests designed embroidery pattern books, showing men at lace and embroidery frames and challenging the belief that monastic life lacked needlework prowess.
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Philadelphia
A Wife's Disappointment and Household Moments
A humorous slice shows a wife reacting to a $50 bill from a husband off to town, asking the money go to the tailor for his new overcoat. The piece blends light domestic banter with remarks on medicine and cooking.
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John
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