Convict Burns Escape as Court Denies Key Motions
In Stillwater on November 27 James Brown, a US convict serving two years for robbing mails, escaped via gate passage. In the Hirshfield case in Farno, Dr Alexander Moore testified Hirshfield suffered neuristhemia and Anderson’s involvement in blackening Hirshfield’s character was described. Aaron Hirshfield testified about jewelry and telegrams, while court actions included allowance of a motion to amend for mental condition and denial of striking evidence on chastity. The defense motions to dismiss and other requests were denied.
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Stillwater
James Brown
United States
Alabama
Farno
N. D
Alexander Moore
Helena
Hirshfield
Devereaux
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Anderson
Aaron Hirshfield
Hershfield
Rev Wilson Acquitted In Noted South Dakota Case
Sioux Falls reporters note the jury found Rev John T C Wilson not guilty in the 1892 Beresford rape case after a lengthy trial history. Eva Moulton, then 13, was the accuser. The case previously led to a Canton conviction and a retrial ordered by the supreme court.
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South Dakota
Sioux Fall
John T. C. Wilson
Jones
Wilson
Beresford
Eva Moulton
Canton
Atkins
Supreme Court
Postmaster General Bissell Opposes New Experiments
In his annual report to the president for the year ending June 30, 1894 Postmaster General Bissell urges revising second class matter law to achieve self sustenance. He favors extending free city delivery, progressive rail service, reclassifying railway mail clerks, and appointing expert postal officials from the classified service.
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Postmater General
Washington
Bissell
Post Office Department
America
Stamp
Immigration Bureau
United States
Fight decision set at Jacksonville or New Orleans
Corbett declares the bout with Fitzsimmons must be decided in either Jacksonville or New Orleans. Other notes include the death of French historian Jean Duray and multiple other brief items such as a Chicago cable car accident injuring several, Felix Duray's obituary, and various political and sports updates.
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Harvard
Yale
William H. Bronson
United States
Detroit
Queen of Spain
Horace Nathaniel Pennoyer
Williams College
Pennoyer
Oregon
Guatemala to Seek Arbitration Over Guatemala Claims
Nov 27 report from Guatemala City states Minister Delone hopes to persuade the Mexican government of Guatemala's justice. If Mexico rejects, Guatemala will propose arbitration by any power selected by Mexico.
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Guatemaala
Delone
Justice of
Guatemala
Mexico
Where Teak Wood Grows The Coming of the White Man
An essay-length meditation on teak forests and colonial impact. The author portrays teak as ancient strength while linking timber conquest to Burma’s fall and the 1885 surrender at Mandalay, contrasting natural permanence with imperial upheaval. Century reference notes the fading dynasty through carved teak imagery.
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Kunchinjunga
Bengal Sea
Burma
Mandalay
Theban
Prendergast
City of Nizam Amid Multicultural Crowd in All its Sights
In the dense streets of Nizam a colorful array of travelers and locals mingle. Turks, Hindus, Afghans, Parsees, Rohillas, Pathans, and Sidhs move through bazaars as muezzins call from minarets and prayers unfold amid coffee stalls and jet black turbans. The vivid scene contrasts imperial imagery with notes on purdah and social seclusion observed by Parsee and other communities.
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Nizam
Mohammedan
Hadji
Mecca
Char Minar
India
Puzzle author sought from famed anagram
A Chicago Record puzzle asks for the author of a four letter word sequence anagram puzzle with five words vile evily veil Levi live. The note notes milk purity debates and a Springfield fire report details a barn blaze in Lyon and Smith Transfer and nearby businesses with twenty two horses lost and extensive damage.
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Veil
Levi
Chicago Record
Springfield
Lyon and Smith Transfer Company
South Street
Washington and
Adams
Little
Saltenstein
Anderson
Old State Armory
Palace Hotel
Apples for British Royalty From Wellhouse Orchard Carload
Leavenworth Kansas November 27 A cold storage house operated by Ryan and Richards shipped a carload of Jonathan apples to England via a New York firm for royal consumption. The fruit comes from the Wellhouse orchard in Fairmont township, said to be the world’s largest. Also noted St Paul’s strong bid for the 1596 national encampment with General Lawler affirming chances.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Ryan & Richardson
England
New York
Jonathan
Wellhouse
Fairmont Township
St. Paul
Wasumeton
Lawler
G. A.R
Illinois Central advertises Southward Home-Seeker excursions
Hundreds of Northern families are offered round trips from Sioux City Sioux Falls Onawa Cedar Rapids and other points to Illinois Central Yazoo Mississippi Valley routes in Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana excluding New Orleans and Memphis with a 30 day return window and free copy of the Southern Home-Seeker Guide from the Illinois Central Passenger Department Manchester Iowa. J F Merry A G P A Illinois Central Railroad invites inquiries for details and bookings.
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Illinois Central
Yuazuo
Mississippi Valley
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Illinois Central Southern
Sioux City
Sioux
Onawa
Cedar Rapids
Lyle
Fort Dodge
Alllinois Central
Ohio River
Iinois Central
Yazoo
New Orleans
Memphis
Cairo
Manchester
Iowa
J.F. Merry
Illinois Central Railroad
The Pansy Cottage No 12 price options
A five room cottage with attic and bath may be built in brick for 1700 dollars or in frames for 1400 dollars, with minor local price variations.
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Rosebud
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Carson
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Robert R. E. Harvey
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Stewart
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Streeter
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Swan
Marvin
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Yankton, D. C
Lott B. Wolfe
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Childred
Woolson Spice Co
Toledo
Woolf Clothing Co
Madison & Halsted Sts
Chicago
Winsor
Insurance
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Mittehell, South Dakota
W. P. Hix
City Bakery and Grocery
M. H. Ward
J. P. Stewart
ELY Brothers
Warren S Treet
Mitchell Printing Company
Pansy
Universal Plan Co
Evergreen
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