Territorial Trotting Match and Weather Notes at Kimball
On August fifteenth a trotting match pits E B Tafts Pukwana horse against J W Birds gray horse with twenty dollars on each side. Birds horse shipped to Plankinton for training. Harvest nearly done. Recent rains may sprout grain left unbound. Corn looks strong forecast big yield. A new elevator planned and cattle yards moved north of the tracks. A severe shower brought one fatality to Eagle township residents Mrs Petznoskey and two children. The babe survived. A Black Hills camp horse was struck dead by lightning the same evening.
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Kimball
Brule County
Black Hills
Lightning Burns Thomas M Sullivan Home in Plankinton
The dwelling of Thomas M Sullivan four miles southwest of Plankinton was struck by lightning and burned last evening. Mrs. Sullivan and her children escaped unharmed as fire consumed a second story mattress. Loss fully insured though exact amounts unavailable. Aberdeen News dated July 26.
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Chamberlain
Aberdeen News
James
Columbia
Aberdeen
Brown County
Board of County Commissioners
Babcock
Minneapolis
Dakota Farmers Report Record Crops and Rail Plans
North Dakota farmers from Douglas county report better crops than ever before this year. Parkston gains its post office name, while Sioux Falls hosts talks over the Illinois Central railroad. Harvest is underway across Parker and Carthage with grain ripening quickly and yields higher than expected. Ayer’s ague cure is advertised for chills and fever.
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Duluth
Watertown
Pacific
Huron
Parkston
Kirk
Armour Chronicle
Douglas County
Dakota
Sioux Falls
Illinois Central
Yankton
South Dakota
Fargo
Parker
Carthage
Prohibition Debate Divides Pierre's Free Press on Frontier Policy
The Pierre Free Press urges delaying prohibition in Nughes County and the frontier, arguing high license should stay for now. It contends prohibition would not revive towns and may push liquor into drug stores and bars, while criticizing local liquor interests for intolerance and political pressure.
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Free Press
Frontier
Nughes
Pierre
Winfred Ledger Attacks Richardson Resignation in Madison
Winfred Ledger condemns the resignation of C A Richardson president of the faculty at the state Normal school in Madison. He notes Richardson helped grow the school from seven or eight students to about 150 as buildings were completed. Ledger accuses Democratic appointees of carpetbag influence and urges readers to vote for admission and division.
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Winfred Ledger
C. A. Richardson
State Normal School
Madison
Prof. Richardson
United States
Dakota
Slur on crops prompts rebuke and threats in Charles Mix County
The Bloomington Courier condemns a Mr. Brown of Charles Mix County for slandering local crops. A Yankton reporter may witness pursuit of the man, with threats to force him into a corn field. Charles Mix records show corn thriving, with stalks seven to eight feet high in many acres, and prospects for a historic yield.
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Chas. Mix County
Yankton
Bloomington
Courier
Charles Mix
The League Race in Major Baseball
The league standings show Philadelphia, Washington, Boston, Pittsburgh, New York, and Indianapolis near the top as Chicago and Boston loom as main rivals. Chicago visits Detroit this week after both Chicago and Boston lost games, and Boston and Chicago clash Thursday on Chicago ground.
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Washington
Boston
Pittsburg
New York
Indianapolis
Chicago
Kelly
Detroit
Temperance Talks and Vanderbilt on Saloon Prohibition Near Stations
The Mitchell W. C.T.U. schedules meetings on the second and fourth Thursdays. Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette notes Cornelius Vanderbilt urges banning liquor within an eighth of a mile of railroad stations. He argues trains’ safety and worker welfare justify locating saloons away from work and travel hubs, suggesting the public interest favors widespread prohibition near stations and mills.
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Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Wm. H. Vanderbilt
A Night Rescue on Jamaica Bay Hero Frank Robinson
Frank Robinson, a young colored sailor near New York, rescued nine people from the yacht Mystery wreck off Jamaica Bay on July 11, 1887. He rowed a small boat amid peril, saving women and children while others perished, earning a gold trophy from the Windward club with an inscription honoring his heroism and the plea Wait Children first.
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Mystery
Jamaica Bay
Frank Robinson
New York
L. A
ENTEC
Canarsie
Barren Island
Robinson
Windward Club
Appeal to the Churches for Prohibition Effort
A religious appeal argues the saloon as a mortal enemy endangering youth and the home. It calls for sustained pastor salaries and a month of missionary work for prohibition outreach, urging funds redirected to support pastors in Texas. It also offers to arrange travel routes for pastors willing to serve.
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Angels
Prohibition
Texas
Temperance leaders and events across the nation
The piece notes Rev. Carl Eltzholtz in Denmark and Mrs. Mary A. Livermore delivering many temperance addresses, including nearly a hundred in Boston. It mentions Mrs. Buell, Esther Pugh, and a Texas pledge on prohibition, with mass support in Fort Worth and papers backing the amendment. The Oak and Ivy Leaf debuts as a new YWCA paper edited by Mary Allen West and Margaret Sudduth.
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Carl Eltzholtz
Denmark
Lake 3Lufs
Mary A. Livermore
Boston
Caroline Buell
Western Springs
Esther Pugh
Prospect Park
Cranfil
Texas
Lake Bluff
United States
General Assembly
Calvinistic Methodists of Wales
Committee On Temperance
Wales
Fort Worth
Marietta Holley
Josiah Allen
Mr. Cranfil
Judge Baker
Springfield
Sallie F. Chapin
South Carolina
George W. Bain
Kentucky
St. John
Kansas
Oak and Ivy Leaf
Mary Allen West
Union Signal
Margaret Sudduth
Vienna Doctor Claims Cure for Tuberculosis
Dr Kolischer a Vienna physician proposes artificial calcination by calcium phosphoricum injections to treat local tuberculosis and lungs disease. He reports successful tests and presentation at the Vienna Society of Physicians with cured patients shown. Further trials planned in London Chronicle report.
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Vienna
Kolischer
Albert
Vienna Society of Physicians
London Chronicle
Old Indian Relics Imitate Gila Monster Sale
A Chicago News item notes the Pima Indians in Phenix making life size imitations of old relics for ten cents each. The latest is a convincing Gila monster fake.
Castoria Ad Promises and Farm Machinery for Sale
An old advertisement notes Castoria used for children from infancy to adulthood. The notice also lists a large farm auction including twenty eight cows seven horses oxen and a D M Osborn self binder and various machinery offered for cash or on time under bidder Dan McDermid.
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D. M. Osborne
Dan McDermaid
J. H. Root
Warne
Atore
James Leslie
King of Tonga Islands In European Dress Grounds
The Tonga Islands king wears fine European clothing that accentuates his figure but lacks civilized shoes, his feet so large with an unusually developed heel making fitting footwear difficult.
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Tonga Islands
Chicago News
Velocity of the Solar System Calculations Reported
An Arkansas Traveler item notes two recent estimates of the solar system's motion through space. One computer arrives at about 10 million miles per year while another method finds roughly 525 million miles annually.
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Arkansaw
American magazines in England sales exceed UK total
A New Orleans Times Democrat report notes five leading American magazines issued in England sell more copies there than the combined sales of the twenty five British magazines.
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England
United Kingdom
New Orleans Times- Democrat
Justice Field Refuses to Sign Rail Ticket in San Francisco
An old gentleman in a Southern Pacific ticket office refuses to sign a Portland round trip ticket, saying no law compels it. The clerk signs for him after the passenger reveals his name as Stephen J. Field, a Supreme Court justice, prompting awe among bystanders.
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Justice Field
Southern Pacific Company
Portland
United States
Siri
Stephen J. Field
Supreme Court of the United States
San Francisco Chronicle
Errant Student Answers Highlight Public School Gaps
Buffalo Courier criticizes recent exam responses from city pupils noting misplaced emphasis on New York City landmarks and figures like the Statue of Liberty Jay Gould and amusements. Authors call for better curriculum and standards to reflect genuine knowledge rather than glib familiarities.
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Buffalo
New York City
Statue of Liberty
New Yorksbay
Zoological Gardens
Jay Gould
Buffalo Courier
Medici Return to Florence in Cheap Wine Cabaret
The Omaha World notes John Augustus, marquis di Medici, last of the historic Medici line, now operates a budget wine cabaret opposite his ancestral Florence palace. The dialogue recalls the Medici's former wealth and asks what they pursued next.
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Chicago
John Augustus
Marquis di Medici
Florence
Medici
Omaha
Food at Hoffman House Advised by Sun Quote
A tramp in Madison Square asks where to eat and a man directs him to the Hoffman House for a “good square meal,” noting the price may be high. The New York Sun reports the exchange as a city vignette.
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Madison Square
Hoffman House
New York Sun
New York
E. DE Angells
Ren St
Odd Tales and Edison Diet from the Chicago Times
A humorous column recounts a Dakota hen shot in a store and surviving four weeks in confinement after eating dried apples and kerosene. It notes inventor Edison eats beefsteak, enjoys vegetables and fruit, dislikes soups, and speaks loudly on the telephone despite being slightly deaf.
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Pruns
Inventor Edison
Mr. Edison
Edison
Chicago Times
Well Dressed Colored Gentleman Y Shght at the Races
A colloquial remark recalls a race day scene with a judge’s note from a New York case. The piece blends a minstrel style refrain with a brief seismic reference to a rental dispute about exterior walls used for advertising and a historical Afghanistan war lyric excerpt.
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New York
Baseball chatter and child care notes mix in era report
The piece surveys baseball figures and teams with remarks on Ed Morris Valentine and Umpire Pearce, plus updates on the Mets Browns and Browns pitchers. It also includes a long public health advisory on infant care, feeding, cleanliness, and milk safety.
Pressed brick from coal ashes gains strength without baking
A San Francisco firm develops pressed brick using coal ashes and cinders that passes rigorous strength tests without baking or burning. A quirky science note warns of a polar ice wedge destroying Earth and a piano going out of tune due to air dryness affecting sounding boards.
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San Francisco
Theas
Earth
Globe
Remarkable Garden Finds and Ancient Trees Across Regions
A garden near Murraysy features a rosebush with brown roses, a Canterby graft, foxglove stalks, and Elder W ity blossoms. In New Lisbon a curator notes an orange grown perfectly on one side. Burlington, N J felled a century old buttonwood twenty feet in circumference. Middletown Ohio hosts a silver maple from a twig planted in 1840. In California the San Francisco Alta reports grape eating habits, using thimbles to avoid staining fingers.
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Murraysys
New Lisbon
Canterby
Cmt
John A. Con He
Iona
Mich
Burlington
N. J
Middletown
California
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