Foresighted belts and fights. Sullivan to receive Crown
New York reports set for the $20,000 stake handover to John L. Sullivan with Richard I. Fox belt security required. The Police Gazette demands a $1,000 safeguard and notes risk if Sullivan ignores a challenge. London observers expect a late season bout in Holland with promoters and backers lining up. Governor Lowry vows to arrest Sullivan Milrain when leaving the country as fugitives remain at large.
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Nw York
Victor Os
al Cridge
John L
Sullivan
Police Gazette
William E. Harding
The
United Press
Richard Ix. Pax
Jem Smith
Harding
Jim
Lowry
Hie
London
Sporting Life
Lolland
Smith
Pelican Club
Merlins, Minerva, and Oenone win in tight schooner races
In Marblehead the Merlin wins the forty-foot class at 2 35 pm, followed by the Minerva in its class at 2 40 pm. The Oenone tops the second schooner class with a long lead on the Quickstep, while in the forty-foot class Gorilla second Verona third Papoose fourth and Alice fifth. In Indiana wheat yields reach 26 to 35 bushels per acre with strong overall crop prospects and unusually good quality. A Kentucky court in Lexington settles Wickliffe's executors versus Breckenridge's heirs, ending a lengthy suit dating back to 1511 in a case of historic interest.
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Marblehead
Mass
Merlin
Minerva
Oenone
Gorilla
Verona
Papoose
Alice
Tlarvest
Indiana
Seymour,nd
Kentucky
Lexington
Wickliffe
Breckenridge
Sheire
Court of Appeals
Heirs Win $1 Million in Kentucky Land Suit
After a long battle, the heirs of John Breckenridge prevail in a landmark Clarke County land dispute over a 9000 acre tract in Kentucky. The case originated from a 1875 contract between John Lee and Breckenridge with Henry Clay once involved. The complex record spans decades, with rare papers dating to the Commonwealth’s founding.
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John Breckenridge
John Lee
George Nicholas
Lee
Nicholas
Breckenridge
Clarke County
Kentucky
Henry Clay
Commonwealth
Newfoundland Next See Annexation Pressure Urged
Rev Dr Hawley, a Catholic Newfoundlander visiting Lonxpos, warns England of Newfoundland tipping toward annexation by the United States to counter French fisheries interference. He cites U S action in Samoa and contrasts it with Britain’s stance on France. The Pall Mall Gazette deems the situation serious and quibbles over Ireland while Newfoundland’s risk grows.
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United States
Lonxpos
Pall Mall Gazette
Hawley
England
Newfoundland
Germany
Samoa
France
John Bull
Jonathan
Salisbury
Heaven
Ireland
Carnegie Sliding Scale Aims at Amalgamated Union Accord
The Amalgamated association and Carnegie, Phipps & Co reached a three year agreement on a new sliding scale for steel billets with wages based on 26.50 per ton and a minimum rise of 25 per ton, ending a downward scale trend. Reductions average about 28 percent with some rates as high as 80 percent in certain mill sizes. Repairs resume and steel production to begin once finished.
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Pirrspera
Amalgamated Association
Carnegie, Phipps & Co
London Mills kiln collapse injures workers
GaLESburg I July 16 The brick kiln at London Mills fell in injuring several men with four or five feared buried under bricks. Telegraph lines are down and only trailmen reports reach. The Jones Double Baby born twelve miles northwest of Tipton Indiana is brought to Tipton for six months with excursion trains planned.
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Galesburg
London Mills
Jones
Tipton
Ind
Here
Iowa
Sioux City
Watertown Races Show Won by Roan Jack and Johnny Woods
In the 2:45 trotting class Roan Jack swept three heats with Her man II second and Lowman third. Best time 3 4. In the free for all pacing Johnny Woods won with President second and Prince Mao third. Best time 2 32 for one mile and repeat. In running Lord Governor led Prairie Queen and set best time 1 47. Attendance was large and the meeting very successful.
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Watertown
Roan Jack
Herman II
Lowman
Johhny Woods
President
Prince Mao
Lord Governor
Prairie Queen
Peru Congress Backs Grace Bondholders Contract
Peru's Congress convened in extraordinary session on July 4. Committees unanimously endorsed the grace bondholders contract and the first two articles passed by majorities of 30 and 41. Remaining articles are expected to be approved promptly.
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Lima
Galveston
Congress
Tower House of Congress
Tornado Devastates Princeton Ohio. Death Toll Exaggerated
Mirage of fifty deaths at Princeton fades after reporter verifies none seriously harmed. Destruction spans the village including the brick school and several homes. Hamilton and nearby towns report damage from a fierce storm with heavy rain and wind, while relief efforts begin as residents assist the injured and displaced.
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Cincinnati
Princeton
Itginilion
Hamilton
Curious but fatal accident shocks Evansville power lines
A July storm toppled electric wires in Evansville Indiana turning pools and flooded areas into deadly current. Firemen and horses were knocked down by the live water as bystanders fainted. After power shutoff more than a dozen people recovered, but several firefighters remained in precarious condition.
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Evansville
Ind
Hundreds of Bodies Said Lying Under Wire at Conemaugh Bridge
A sensational report claims divers found the Conemaugh River bottom near the bridge piled with bodies, held under by a vast mat of twisted wire. Other items note a boat capsized with three drowned near Portsmouth, floods washing away eleven houses at Bernville, sewer accident deaths in Pittsburg, and widespread Pennsylvania floods with multiple town impacts.
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Conemaugh Bridge
Jonxstown
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Conemaugh River
Portsmouth
Ohio
William Bickle
Philip Herbst
The
Pennusylvania
Reapine
Lebanon Valley
Avon
Myerstown
Lebanon
Schuylkill
Reading
Spring City
Market Prices From St Paul and Kansas City Livestock Yards
Latest market prices list cattle hogs and sheep at St Paul Union Stock Yards and Kansas City live stock ranges. Prices cover corn fed steers cows bulls stockers and feeders veal calves and butchers steers with multiple quality brackets and regional variations including native and cross breed categories.
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Kansas City
Grain prices and futures from Chicago and Minneapolis markets
The report lists numerous wheat corn and oat quotes for cash and future contracts in Chicago and Minneapolis. It includes Wheat No.1 hard and No.1 Northern with July August and September figures, Corn No.2 and white oats with July August and September levels, and Minneapolis subtotals for No.1 hard No.1 Northern No.2 Northern with July August September values.
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T. Paul
Chicago
Minneapolis
Northern
The Cold Calculations of Some Persons Who Have Killed Themselves
An article surveys methods of suicide among different nations including Denmark France and the Netherlands. It reports percentages by method such as drowning rope poisoning firearms and leaps from buildings, noting shifts away from certain means and listing regional tendencies. The piece discusses gender patterns among women and men in choosing methods.
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Denmark
Zayder Zee
France
Mystery of a Missing Letter Across Years at Pearl Street
A 1833 New York post office letter sent to Samuel G Starr at 205 Pearl Street vanished. In 1834, during house cleaning, oilcloth in the hall was lifted and the letter found near the front door, slipped under the floor by a carrier. A later case involved $70,000 in drafts sent from New Orleans to New York, later to England and back, finally recovered from the dead letter office amid suspicions toward officials.
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New York
Samuel G. Starr
Pearl Street
Starn
No. 205
New Orleans
New York City
England
Post Office
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Deceptive social sham exposed in travel name schemes
A claim agent recalls a European ruse where a woman sought to have her name and her daughters listed on hotel registers across Europe and telegraphed to American papers. She planned to vanish in a country boarding house while Sol profits from the false listings, making friends envious.
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Europe
Sol
London
Venice
New York Tribune
Electrical engineering praised as great profession for youth
A Minneapolis dated piece quotes The Supply of Logs extolling electrical engineering as the century’s premier field and a path to wealth for young men. It notes the main log drive at Little Falls, with 75 to 80 million feet, expecting arrivals between July 25 and August 1, and a boom company in Minneapolis ready to run through July 12 before shutdown. It also reports on Liverpool Jack victims returning from Yucatan after false promises led to near-slavery, aided by The New York World.
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Christina
New York
Christina Schaefer
Twenty-Third Street
Irving Place
Seventeenth Street
Miss Schaefer
Miss Schaeffer
John W. Noble
Westinghouse Company
Edison
Mae
Alexander McAddie
Grafton
Louis Charrier
American Express Company
Calumet
Mich
Wisconsin Walls
Black River Falls
Superior
Globe-Democrat
Minneapolis
Mississippi Valley Lumberman
Little Falls
Mount Edgecumbe
Yucatan
New York World
St. P
O. R'y
Minneapolis, St. Paul
Chicago
Twin Cities
Lake Superior
St. Paul
Duluth
Ashland
Pullman
Northwestern Pullman
Kansas City
Sioux City
Omaha
Minneavals
St. Aul
Citi
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago, St. Paul
Minnelis & Oaminha
Freemont
Elkhorn & Mo
Northwestern
Castoria Advert From Old Health Tonic Lot
An old advertisement proclaims Wright's Iron Tonic Bitters revived health mood and vigor. It touts Castoria as a trusted remedy with家庭 style claims linking Castoria to caring for a child from infancy to motherhood and beyond, noting its use for babies and children alike.
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Wright
I. Scallin
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Jackson
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Pittspend
Jake Kilrain
Fort Wayne
John Murphy
Baltimore
Mitchel
Sullivan-Kilrain
Mitchell
Cridge
Sullivan Party
John Fitzpatrick
Mississippi
Fitzpatrick
Purvis
Marion County
Latimer’s
Jackson, Mich
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Hatch
Latimer
Supreme Court
Carnegie
Peru
Texas
Ffty
Lake Crystal
State Dental Association
A. C G. Lunt
State University of Iowa
Southwestern Minnesota Medical Association
Spaulding
Laverne
Plummer
Beaver Creek
Taylor
Wipestone
Pilfard
Pipestone
Board of Censors
de ' Carr
Wilson and Webb
Dodge Center
Skyburg
Concord
Wasioga
Kills
Port Arthur
Marshal Campbell
Bouleau
Big Bird
Red Lake Reservation
Minnesota
Secretary of State
Dakota Doings
P. J. Youngblood
St. Lawrence
Walsh
Helena
Mont
Pacific Coast
Grand Forks
Milton B. Wright
Jamestown
N. D. Root
Northern Pacific Road
Montana
Bernyville
Tex
Junction City
Llansu
Pitts Bunk
Soho Street
William Daily
Andrew N. McGregor
Robert Munn
William McClay
Joseph McCarthy
Missouri, Cansas and Texas Railway
Boonville
Northwest
Madeira
Col
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Missouri
Mankato
William Lentz
Schwartz
Strong Enough
M. Pillsbury
Chelsea
Dr. Guillotine
Boston
J. A. Moore
Pillsbury’s
Liate
George C. Wheeler
Detroit
George C
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St. Louis Republic
Electrical Engineering
Castoria
Castorla
Cutfieurs
Cullenen Temedios
Mortir
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Merrill
Wis
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Potter Drug and Chemic Corporation
W.W. Bennett
Painter
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MAY Buss
P. Rowell & CO
Spruce Street
Clarks Collegerie, Pa
Peek
Orcatlon F
Druggista, Hiscox &Co
Parker
Ely
Peabody Medical Institute
W.h.parker
Bulfinch St
Ries
Balsari
C. E. Hires
Philadelphia
L. EK. Stair
Dakota
W.A. Rogers
AETNA
Connecticut
Liverpool
London & Clobf Phoenix
Hartford
Springfield
First National Bank
Wisconsin Central
Paul
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Mellen
Jas, Barker
Gienl
Passr
Pkt
Louis Eckslein
Tkt
H. Anson
Nicollet House
Inn
E. OC
West
Scallin
Sole Avent
D. T
Smur Coates
John C. West & GO
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J. Chlbigg
Mixwaukee
Stpaul
Nravia
Milwauka
Vaudanit
Chiego
Council Glatls
St. Joseph
Wlinois
Mitinesoty Owi
Daswaten Streight
Chicago, Milwaukes & St. Paul Railway
R. Minter
A. V.H. L Carpenter
Geu'l
Meket
Landsaue
GrocAcd
Milwagker
St. Maur Railway Company
H. O
Havin
Land
Conantaehuerilwaukes
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