President's Trip Highlights St. Louis Visit and Crowd Acknowledgments
The president toured the fair grounds in St. Louis with Major Rainwater, receiving a cordial reception at Mayor Francis's residence. About 40,000 people filled the amphitheatre as 3,000 children sang America, then at Merchants Exchange he urged pride in the city and noted his visit aimed at seeing St. Louis friends.
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Cleveland
Francis
Fair Grounds
America
Fair Ground
Merchants Exchange
St. Louis
Ife
Chicago
Forest fires ravage pinery lands across Minnesota and Quebec
Anoka reports Rum River pineries burning with great damage as hay stacks are lost at age Bros and other owners. Fire spreads between Bradbury and Mille Lacs lakes toward Indian reservations, hindering control without rain. Separate dispatch from Quebec notes immense fires near Gaspe destroying pine stands and valuable timber amid unusual long breath.
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Anoka
Rum River
Age Bros
Dan Rollins
Minneapolis
George Warren
St. Paul
Bradbury Lake
Mille Lacs Lake
Rollins
Mille Lacs
Washburn Home
Quebec
Shigawake
Gaspe
Parker in Beecher pulpit draws Brooklyn audience
In Brooklyn Plymouth church Dr. Joseph Parker preached in the late Mr. Beecher’s pulpit. A eulogy for Beecher is set for Tuesday at Brooklyn Academy of Music to benefit the Beecher statue fund. Parker plans a broad lecture tour through major cities starting in Philadelphia.
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New York
Brooklyn
Joseph Parker
Mr. Beecher
Plymouth Church
London
Beecher
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Knights of Labor Assembly Opens in Minneapolis
Delegates gathered in Minneapolis on October 3 as General Assembly kickoff. Chairman Jnc McGaughey and Mayor A A Ames led the platform amid welcomes from city leaders and notable order members.
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Minneapolis
General Assembly Knights of Labor
Jnc
McGaughey
A. A. Ames
Order
Ames
Governor Absence Hinders Address to Widely-Respected Group
The speaker felt authorized to welcome the delegation on behalf of the state despite the governor's absence near the gubernatorial chair. He believed the meeting would advance their interests more than any prior gathering. Richard Kittiths, grand worthy foreman of the order, spoke despite poor health.
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Richard Kittiths
Order
The Presidents Jaunt to St Louis
President and party, in weather described as Cleveland-like, greet thousands at the Lindell house court yard. They tour the city, observe the Veiled Prophet parade from the hotel balcony, enjoy a Jockey Club luncheon, river excursion, and a grand Merchants Exchange ball before departing by special train to Chicago.
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St. Louis
Cleveland
Lindell House
Court House
Jockey Club
Merchants’ Exchange
Chicago
Fatal boiler explosion at mill in Saint Louis
A boiler explosion in the engine room of a flour milling plant in Saint Louis at 745 this morning killed four people. Victims named include Henry Tommie the wheat buyer Geo Coleman and Thomas Rivers the fireman and his wife who had just brought breakfast. Engineer Ben Meyers was severely injured but may recover as bodies were blown 50 to 100 feet. The engine room wreckage is complete and the cause is unknown.
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Sr. Louis
Geo
Plant Milling Company
Ilenry
Tommie
Coleman
Thomas Rivers
Ben Meyers
The K. of L. in Session Opens in Minneapolis
Delegates to the general assembly were seated as chairman Powderly opened the meeting in Minneapolis. The credentials report was read briefly and found incomplete due to late additions, prompting adjournment until 8 o'clock.
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Minneapolis
General Assembly
Workman Powderly
Committee On
Sudden Death of Nebraska Temperance Advocate John Finch
John V. Finch of Nebraska, a noted temperance advocate, died suddenly while en route to Boston after addressing a temperance meeting in Lyn. He collapsed on the way and died shortly after reaching Boston. Remains are in charge of undertaker Tinkhaiu.
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John VT. Finely
Nebraska
Finch
Lyn
Boston
Tinkhaiu
Trustees Stand Firm In Asylum Standstill
Yankton reports the three suspended asylum trustees refuse to surrender and vow to test the governor’s suspension power in court. They will continue duties. Public sentiment is divided on supporting the trustees, and there is talk the governor may appoint a new board.
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Yankton
Five Fair Sisters Pursue Varied Aims and Fates
Five sisters Flora Scholarly Susan Coquettish Cora Anna and Sensible Sarah each chase a distinct goal. Flora seeks fashion, Susan books, Cora beauty, Anna wealth, and Sarah health. Sarah uses Dr Pierce’s Garden Medicine, grows healthy and prosperous, marries rich, while Cora fades, Susan loses sight, Flora grows fretful, and Anna’s husband remains poor.
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Flora
Susan
Cora
Anna
Sarah
Dr. Pierce
The Winners Challenged in Chicago Drill Prize
St. Paul Oct. 3 Ed S Bean Captain Company D of this city who took second prize at the Washington drill in June challenged the winning infantry company in the Chicago drill for 2500 dollars in a month or six weeks.
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St. Pau
S. Bean
Washington
Chicago
Bartholdi Statue and the Promise of Dr Pierce's Medicine
An essay extols the Statue of Liberty on Bedloe's Island and contrasts liberty's ideal with the plight of enslaved women damaged by illness. It promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a guaranteed remedy for female ailments, sold by druggists with a money back guarantee and wrapper notice.
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Bedloe’s Island
New York
Pierce
Dru Cists
Struck by gale Canadian steamer California sinks near St Helena
Oct 4 reports California left Chicago with corn and pork for Montreal. A gale pushed it off St Helena Lake Michigan, fire went out, water filled holds, and the ship broke up by 1 am. Seven lifeboat survivors reached Port Less Barbes in near lifeless condition. Missing include Captain Trouke of Vorento and several Montreal and Toronto residents. Two women and a young man among passengers. Local crews and names of survivors listed. captain and crew possibly aboard St Helena.
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St. Ignace
Mich
California
Chicago
Montress
Lake Michigan
St. Helena
Port Less Barbes
Owns
Rourke
Kingston
Ontario
A. G. Trawkins
Dellville
Peter MceNalls
Montreal
Joseph Major
Norway
Wm. Brown
Scotland
J. A
Miss Blood
Jady
Patton
Bob Day
A Drama of the West With a Western Land Reform Scene
In a stylized drama, a Western delegation seeks land rights and parchments denied by the lord who preaches reform. Farmers present tales of withheld titles, ruined lives, and the clash of letter versus spirit, ending with a fiery vow for reform across the land.
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Seeno Pirst
Sparcendi
Page
Far West
Farmer
Farmer.—Justice, My Lord. S
Circumstantial Evidence. Two Eminent Lawyers Clash On A Steamer
Two Gotham lawyers from Troy travel on evening trains and share a steamer stateroom by mistake. The purser points out both men already in one room, prompting apologies. Brown explains mud on belongings. Black blames his wife's hair pin repair. They sample contents of both bags.
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Albany
Gotham
Troy
North Woods
Berkshire Hills
Brown
Black
Sachel
Mr. Brown
Troy Times
Detroit Lightweight Jack Collins Fights to Leave Town
The Detroit lightweight Jack Collins, stranded in a northern county with little cash, accepts a five dollar tip from a mysterious benefactor after a confrontation. He heads home to Detroit, the encounter leaving him unscathed and relieved to return.
Baseball Gossip Sparks Big Money in National League
Indianapolis eyes Ram sey or Louisville for large bids while every NL club shows profit this season. Cuban Giants played 152 games with 38 losses. Dalrymple tipped as Pittsburg manager next year. Fagan, Mets pitcher, hails from Rutland VT and Troy. Van der Ahe to host Cuban Giants on Oct 16 against Detroit. World series betting in St Louis with Detroit favored by locals. Boston seeks Clarkson and Thompson for next year, Mike Kelly earns 4300 this season. Des Moines touted as baseball city. a new machine claims to manufacture baseballs at sixty per hour.
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Indianapolis
Ramsey
Louisville
Dalrymple
Pittsburg
Mets
Fagan
Rutland
Troy
van der Ahe
St. Louis
Detroits
Detroit
Browns
Mike Kelly
Boston
Bostons
Doescher
McQuade
Des Moines
Northwest
Boston Club
New York
Unusual animal tales from Michigan to California
A Mount Morris man owns a one eyed colt and a mink visits a county jail in Marshall. Montana pays large bounties on depredations by wildlife through August 1887. A 600 pound turtle from Baja California heads to the St Louis encampment banquet. A Hartford dog discovers a back scratch by rubbing against a stone hitching post in front of his master's home.
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D. M. Hunter
Mount Morris
Mich
Marshall
Turnboy Prentice
San Diego
Cal
St. Louis Grand Army National
Bay of Esenada de Toddos Senatos
California
Hartford
Duke of Argyll
New Books Promised From Major Publishers
A wave of forthcoming titles is announced including Ouida on Society in Rome and London, a new edition of How I Found Livingstone, and C R Talbot’s Newport and yachting life tale A Midshipman at Large. Houghton Mifflin plans Moses Colt Tyler Life of Patrick Henry and a London press work by Mr Hannan on China in fiction form. Snider’s Shakespeare study follows Donnelly’s work, and Stockton’s Mrs Lewis sequel The Dusantes targets the Lecks Aleshine circle with the elusive family name.
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Rome
London
Ouida
Stanley
Livingstone
C. R. Talbot
Honor Bright
Newport
China
Donnelly
Denton J. Snider
St. Louis
Snider
Fashionable Novelties in Autumn Styles and Decor
A broad survey of upcoming trends highlights slender pocketbooks in feather binding and oxidized silver, owl shaped night lamps with eye light, Russia leather card cases, rattlesnake skin pockets, puffed scarves, fur girdles, and reemerging red velvet furniture. Paris modistes promise black silks for winter, while hallways imitate rooms with period furnishings and engravings.
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Russia
Newmarkets
Modistes
Paris
New York
W Man's World and Notable Sidelights in Brief
A collage of society notes from diverse places. Young Nora Cooper, 16, is jailed in Loveland Tennessee for horse and buggy theft. A Devil's Lake resorter injures her foot with a razor aiming for a summer size. Clementine prays at Lourdes for her son. Clara J Hoffman passes 5000th WCTU convert and plans New York visit. Lucy Salmon joins Vassar as history professor. An elderly Georgia woman names two children with biblically inspired labels. Mary G Burdette, Robert Burdette’s sister, gains attention delivering Sunday lectures in New York.
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Sumer
Bayard
Boston
Nora Cooper
Loveland
Tenn
Devil's Lake
Michigan
Clementine
Prince Ferdina
Bulgaria
Lourdes
Clara J. Hoffman
Missouri
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
New York
Frank Leslie
Spain
Lucy Salmon
Vassar College
Michigan University
Snowy Side
Mary G. Burdette
Robert Burdette
Miss Burdette
Curious Life News From Cities Mix Odd Facts
A Burlington man fines for swearing, Louisville high adds studies, a two pound newborn in Alleghany City, a gander in Oconee County acting as watchdog, a Kansas treasure of nature, a woman gains a third set of teeth after extractions, a Colona burial where perspiration clouds the face raises alive-buried talk, Daniel Spring water rumored to cure hair, Mrs Sheats travels with hair turning dark after bathing there.
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Aman
Burlington
N. J
Louisville
Miss Baur
Alleghany City
Harrison Township
Jewell County
Kan
B. F. Davis
Colona
Daniel Spring
Sheats
Oconee County
Notable Books and Literary Gossip of the Season
An array of forthcoming books and translations from various authors and publishers is noted. Entries mention Bill Nye's Boomerang Shots catalogued by an English firm, J. E. Cabot's Memoir of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Alphonse Daudet's L Immortel, The Masters of Mosaic by George Sand, Zuccato brothers Venezia life, and new Psychical Research works. Also listed are Koch's Egypt India journey report, Christian relief donations to Mitchelstown, and other literary items with minor humorous theatre quip.
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Bill Nye
George Sand
Francesco
Vallerio Zuccato
Society of Psychical Research
Saw mill bonus proposed at Sr. Cloup chamber meet
At the chamber of commerce meeting a proposition was offered granting a ten thousand dollar bonus to any party locating a saw mill at this point with a capacity of at least two hundred thousand feet per day. Action will be taken at the next chamber meeting. Governor S. P. Hughes of Arkansas travels to Atlanta and Philadelphia to join Georgia’s governor for the Centennial celebration of the federal constitution.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Livine Rock
Ark
S. P. Hughes
Arkansas
Yessterday
Atlanta
Georgia
Philadelphia
Musical Notes on Patti and Other Singers in Winter
Marie Engle to receive 20000 for singing in American cities this winter. Patti’s South American tour begins in Buenos Aires next April with Abbey Schoeffel Grau management. She sails from Liverpool in March. Verdi busy with hospital at Sant Agata costing 12000. Gilmore seeks 24000 to tour circuit New York to San Francisco. Cappa supplied music for less. Juliette Cordon as prima donna with Boston Ideal Opera company. Patti gifts autographs of European sovereigns. czar and queen remark on singing as gift. Patti’s recent refusal to sing for insufficient pay adds interest.
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Marie Engle
Mme. Patti
Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau
Buenos Aires
Liverpool
Signor Verdi
Sant Agata
Gilmore
New York
San Francisco
Cappa
Juliette Cordon
New Boston Ideal Opera Company
Messrs. Karl, MacDonald and
Barnabee
Mme
Patti
Europe
Russia
Victoria
King Lear
London editor taunts American women in society column
A Chicago Times item notes a London society editor criticizes American women as English jealousy grows over American ladies in London society. The piece cites quotes from Dickens and a remark about bargainers classed among wits and humorists.
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Chicago Times
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