PRESIDENT CLEVE LAND IN CHICAGO FOR GRAND ARRIVAL
President Cleveland arrived in Chicago at 9 10 this morning. A 30 000 strong procession greeted him along a route through Michigan Avenue as Army Navy and civic units marched in a formal display. Officials lines along the way welcomed the president who spoke briefly thanking Chicago for its hospitality and noting its rapid growth and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuinvano
Charles Fitzsimmons
28D Infantry
United States Army
Linogis National Guards
First Cavalry
Milwaukee
Cleveland City
Fourth Artillery
Chicago Lancers
United States
Michigan
Fire Department
Grand Army
Seventh Regiment of
New York
City Rifle Corps
Knights of Vythias
Corpse Hangs From Wires Near Campus Martius
A man named Lyman Ilany Corliss was found hanging sixty feet above ground at Woolward avenue and Campus Martius. Fire crews fought to reach him with ladders though the electric current remained live. He had been dead a while, and observers watched the dangerous rescue while searching for a leak in Brush system wiring.
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Demnorr
Woolward Avenue
Campus Martius
Department
Windair
Ile
Lyman Iliany Corliss
Corliss
Disadvantages of Neighbors Alike Told by Wilde
An Boston Herald column recounts Oscar Wilde stories about identical houses causing dinner mix ups and party confusions. A guest enters a neighbor’s home by mistake, a couple attends the wrong party, and a duchess hosts a cowboy with baby at dinner, all illustrating social misperceptions.
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Imine
Mr. Wilde
London
Going for Villas indictment recounts Welch clash with Vilas
Welch, indicted on charges of criminal libel against Postmaster General Vilas, described his account of the Madison fire insurance company wreck on Aug 1 1981. He said Vilas confronted him with threats after a printed tale, and Welch claimed Vilas grabbed funds from the company’s directors. He alleged Vilas took 315 000 and later 318 400, saying he regretted the theft but would repay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Welch
Vilas
Madison Fire Insurance Company
Madison
Ile
Insane asylum positions discussed at Yankton meeting
In Yankton on October 5 Col Gale of the governor's staff heard Otto Peemiller and others have been tendered spots on the insane asylum board. Peemiller will reportedly decline. The old members push to stay in office and it is said Ike Piles and M P Ohlman may be offered places. All named are Democrats.
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Monroe Street
State Street
Wolden
United States
Columbia
Washington
The
Mayer Heche
Welcomie
Chicago
Yank?ion
Otto Peemiller
Col. Gale
Peemiller
Ike Piles
M.P. Ohlman
Grape Arbor Meeting Sparks Flight Warning
Evening scene under a grape arbor features Algernon and Gertrude as they dodge the visiting father. He chats about family and winds them toward the parlor while Gertrude urges a hasty escape. Algernon’s reply notes he cannot flee due to a bunion, and the moment ends with his stunned posture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algernon
Father
Gertrude
Gertie
Merchant Traveler
Ex Governor Washburn collapses at Springfield city hall
Ex Governor W. I. Washburn dies on the platform during the American Board of Foreign Missions session in Springfield Mass. The report notes the incident occurred just before 10 AM and describes a day marked by unrelated sensational local cases and garbled quotations from period sources.
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Springfield
Mass
Washburn
American Board of Foreign Missions
The Office Boy Misinterprets The Inkstand Request
A Boston Transcript snippet shows a language student ignoring the office boy’s dialect. The office boy fails to fetch ink and delivers a misread letter to Mr Scrivner, then glues his thumb to the bell button as the box is pulled up. The scene parodies workplace miscommunication and dialect misunderstanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Eimink Ritol
Office Boy
Mr. Scrivner
Boston ‘Transcript
Character of Mrs Jones and the egotistical remark
A fragment from a hotel piazza exchange contrasts Mrs Jones as egotistical yet perhaps narrow minded. Other vignettes include a tailor customer exchange about a dress coat for distinguishing a gentleman from a waiter and a mother warning her daughter about flirtations with bad men, noting the question of good boys.
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Mrs. Jones
Piazza
Dbrookies
Boston Transcript
Texas Siftings
What Did He Mean Humor Column Woes
Editor complains of lacking humor and busy news, noting sixteen funerals, a bank cashier, three aldermen, and a broker. He pushes for a lighter issue to reverse the dreary outlook and mock gloom with satire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huimoris
Lord Erskine Replies to Subscribers in Quip Style
Detroit Free Press notes David B Staples under arrest at Freeport Hawaii for shooting Chas Winsip of Minneapolis. The case, on evidence his mind was impaired by drink, was continued to December term. Bail expected from Stillwater in a few days.
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Lord Erskine
Detroit Free Press
David B Staples
Freeport
Chas Winship
Minneapolis
Stillwater
Obliging Applicant and the Dowry Dilemma
A Victorian scene shows a father warning Dumley that his daughter will receive no dowry until after his death while Dumley, aging himself, acknowledges the risk. In another voice a housewife recalls a previous tenant’s daughter who played the piano, with a humorous mispronounced exchange about learning.
Monument Fund Donation Prompted by Polite Traveler
A well dressed gentleman at an elevated station asks the ticket seller to give five copper cents instead of a nickel in returned change. The seller cheers as another New Yorker contributes to the Grant monument, as reported by Texas Siftings.
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Grant Monument
Texas Siftings
Neighbor's Son Returns Home From Country Living
A fragment shows a man asking a neighbor's son if he has returned home from rural work. The boy answers in hesitant terms, mentioning they have been in the country living with grandpa's family.
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Wes Sir
Colored Napoleon of Finance Obadiah Oliver James Jackson
In a Central station encounter a distinguished Black city visitor, Obadiah Oliver James Jackson, seeks to prompt reports that he has made money in the buuko trades. The man boasts of wealth and taunts the press, calling himself the ecullud Napoleon of finance while aiming to influence coverage.
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Obadiah Oliver Janica Jackson
Myo
Wopcornyille
Obadiah
Bigges
Allright
Sly Kyard
Naixt
Napoleon
Color blind debate spurs mocking science line
An idle duel between a self styled color expert and a scientist ends with the scientist labeling the man color blind. The exchange centers on a zephyr color and whether it is blue or red, concluding with a comic moral about perception. In a separate scene a man asks police to arrest a thief for abducting his daughter and horses, stressing the horses rather than the girl.
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Omaha
Police
John Simpkins
Washington
Summer travel rough on family business group
A Washington Critic quote recalls a summer trip where a business group boarded in the country and paid ten dollars per person weekly. The account lists ailments including malaria rheumatism a broken leg and ivy poisoning affecting family members while noting overall low cost.
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Jimmy
Mamie
Washington
Public Dispute and Local Economic Move Across Cities
In Philadelphia a dispute between Mrs Bullion and Harold over Balderstone turns into a lighthearted exchange as temper flares during a free trade talk. Separately in Syracuse a man jokes about a genuine Italian nobleman amid a music scene. In St Louis a chamber proposal offers a 10000 dollar bonus to attract a saw mill meeting daily capacity of 200000 feet. Little Rock reports governors Hughes and Georgia’s leader traveling to Atlanta and Philadelphia for constitutional centennial events.
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Mrs. Bullion
Harold
Mr. Balderstone
Mr. Bullion
Balderstone
Little Rock
Ark
Hughes
Arkansas
Atlanta
Georgia
Philadelphia
Baseball Gossip Sees Big Money and Shifts Across Leagues
Indianapolis to pay for Ram rey of Louisville. all NL clubs loaded with cash this season. Giants report 152 games with few losses. Dalrymple eyed as Pirates manager. Mets debut Fagan from Rutland VT. he hails from Troy. Van der Ahe backs Cuban Giants Oct 16 as St Louis faces Detroit. Betting rife in St Louis on world series with Detroit. Browns favored. Mike Kelly praises Boston management, who seek Clarkson Chicago and Thompson Detroit next year. Western trips trimmed Boston standings. Doescher and McQuade may umpire the series. Des Moines touted as great baseball city. 2,000 attendance from 40,000 population. Boston projects $40,000 profit on $10,000 Mike Kelly stake. A New York inventor claims a baseball manufacturing device: one ball per minute. Kelly earns 4,800 for season. six month season April 15 to October 15. Per-game pay around 30 dollars. "A pair of gloves cost Chicago pennant," quips say Anson muffed errors.
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Indianapolis
Ramrey
Louisville
Chican Giants
Dalrymple
Pittsburg
Mets
Fagan
Rutland
Troy
van der Ahe
St. Louis
Detroits
Detroit
Browns
Mike Kelly
Boston
Doescher
McQuade
Des Moines
Northwest
New York
Chicago
Anson
Oddities and curiosities from distant towns in 1887
A Mount Morris man owns a one eyed year old colt. A mink roams Marshall’s county jail and is killed by a jailer’s son. Montana bears heavy bounties for predators totaling 96025.10 in eight months. St Louis encampment Aransas issues feature a 600 pound turtle from Ensenada. A Hartford dog finds a back scratch against a rough stone hitching post outside its master’s home.
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D. M. Hunter
Mount Morris
Mich
Marshall
Prentice
Montana
San Diego
Cal
St. Louis
Duke of Argyll
New Books in Review and Upcoming Publications
Ouida plans a forthcoming description of society in Rome and London. Stanley’s How I Found Livingstone is due in a new edition. C.2. Talbot previews a Newport and yachting tale A Midshipman at Large. Moses Colt Tyler’s Life of Patrick Henry will be issued by Houghton Mifflin. Mr. Hannan, a Scotsman, widens fiction with life in China. Denton J. Snider’s Shakespeare study follows The System of Shakespeare. Frank R. Stockton’s The Dusantes promises to resolve Mrs Leeks and Mrs Aleshine and reveal the hidden family name.
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Rome
London
Ouida
Stanley
Livingstone
C. 2. Talbot
Honor Bright
Newport
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Moses Colt Tyler
Patrick Henry
Tyler
Hannan
China
Donnelly
Denton J. Snider
St. Louis
Snider
Frank R. Stockton
Mrs. Leeks
Musical Notes and Europe Bound Touring Plans
Marie Engle to receive 20000 for singing in American cities this winter. Mme Patti to tour South America starting Buenos Aires next April, sailing from Liverpool in March. Verdi busy with hospital at Sant Agata costing 812600. Gilmore sought 24000 to swing band coast to coast, Cappa less. Juliette Cordon named prima donna for Boston Idea Opera with Karl, MacDonald and Burya bee. Patti has a fan bearing sovereign autographs and royal quotes about singing.
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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 Idea Opera Company
Messrs. Karl, MacDonald and
Buryabee
Mme
Patti
Europe
Russia
Victoria
King Lear
Fashion notes from the season’s accessories and silks
The piece surveys rising trends in pocketbooks, lamps, card cases, hats, jewelry, and neckwear. It highlights oxidized silver accents, Russia leather, sandalwood pieces, rattlesnake skin items, and Paris reports on heavy black silks for winter. It notes shifts in home decor toward roomlike hallways and a revival of red velvet and rosewood furniture.
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Russia
Newmarkets
Paris
New York
Diverse social notes spark small town gossip and high society tides
The itemized notes cover Secretary Bayard’s daughter starting a Boston school, Nora Cooper’s 16 year old arrest for horse and buggy theft in Loveland Tennessee, a Devil's Lake Michigan resorter cutting feet with a razor, Princess Clementine aiding her Bulgarian son at Lourdes, Clara J. Hoffman’s 5000th WCTU convert, Mrs. Frank Leslie’s Spain notes and New York return, Lucy Salmon as Vassar history professor, a Sunny Side Georgia negro family with two children and unusual names, Miss Mary G. Burdette delivering religious lectures in New York.
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Sumer
Bayard
Boston
Nora Cooper
Loveland
Tenn
Devil's Lake
Michigan
Clementine
Prince Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Lourdes
Clara J. Hoffman
Missouri
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
New York
Frank Leslie
Spain
Lucy Salmon
Vassar College
Michigan University
Sunny Side
Mary G. Burdette
Robert Burdette
Miss Burdette
Curious Life Snippets From Towns Across The U S
A roundup of oddities and small wonders from Burlington New Jersey to Kentucky Kansas Georgia and Pennsylvania. Stories include a Burlington man fined for swearing in public a high school course additions in Louisville a two pound baby girl in Alleghany City a gander that defends its owner a Kan freak of nature a widow with a third set of teeth at Colona a buried alive fear in Ta and a Georgia springs water that allegedly cures hair color.
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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
Ike Lowe
New Books Appearing From Nye Daudet Sand And Emerson
A mixed run of upcoming titles and literary notices across authors including Bill Nye Alphonse Daudet George Sand and J B Cabot. Mentions translations and new works with notes on the Venetian life book by the Zuccatos and renewed focus on psychical research and historical writings. Contributions of £100 are received for Mitchelstown relief by William OBrien and others.
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Bill Nye
George Sand
Francesco
Vallerio Zuccato
Society of Psychical Resear
Territorial Office and Government Listings Debated
Detailed roster of territorial officials, judiciary, railroad commissioners, county officers, and local boards. Includes names of governor, secretary, treasurer, auditor, surveyor, superintendent, district attorneys, U.S. marshals, health board, veterinary surgeon, and education heads, followed by judiciary members, railroad appointees, and county officers with multiple district representatives. Also lists secret societies and church affiliations in Mitchell Dakota.
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Territorial
Louis K. Chure
M.L. McCormack
James W. Raymond
James A. Ward
Maris Taylor
Sup't
Eugene A. Dye
U.S
Joni &. Carlang
United States
Dan Maratia
E. I. Fenpleton
Paliio Education
Tyler
Nort P. Chas
Harris
South Dakota
Orth Dakota
Col
N,n. Tyne
Board of Health
C. F. King
All Way
T. I. Mentzer
D. W. Ward
J. J. Kimballnessee
Haseies A. E
Hitchcock
JM. Ducell
J. N. Crow
J.W. Beattie
Board OF Aldermen
John Smith
H. B. Rogers
K. D. Welch
Geo
W. Hunter
W. G. Davison
Mous Distad
J. E. Gilbert
F. P. Gillespie
Loard OF Education
M. Keith
G. M Wallace
J. E. Wells
James 8. Foster
K. W. Wheelock
Geo. Anderson
R. F. Dundas
I. Windle
EresticalGeon Andereon
EL E. Kratz
Chanka Lodge
Mitchell
Dakota
Jerome Wilize
N. G
E. B. van Alstine
Mitchell Encampment
Odu Fellows
J.M. Adams
C. P
H. J. Bingham
Resurgam Lodge
A. F
A. M
Masonic Hall
Geo. A. Johnson
W. M
L. Q. Hardesty
Ransomost
G. A. R. Mitchell
W. B. Jacobs
E. A. Durley
Adj
Ferguson Lodge
B. of
L. F
W.S. Crandell
I. Hughes
Wi. McAginney
R. A
R. A. M., Stated Convocation At Maonic Hall
E. B. Bracy
H.P
T. W.D. Orswell
Damascus Lodge
K. of P
Odd Fellowa Hall
ER. H. West
C. D. Elmer Miller
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Oscar Wilde
Maister
Liverpool Mercury
Sven
Kentucky
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Yaitor
New York Sun
Mean
Chicago Loter Ocean
Dom Stic
Jearn
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Baseball
Clarkson
Thompson
Kelly
NEW Books
Chicago Times
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Uncle Esck
George P. Putnam's Sons
Robert Kochwil
Egg
India
le Wiler
Cox
Dony
Claire Ant Julien
America
Mitchelstown
William O'Brien
Chicago, St. Paul, Minnegay
Paul
C. M
Eal Iess Preight
Prekentice
Cassseuxer
UGA
Ti Stretress
OHS
TM Exec North
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Sisout
Cscseecessees
Kreight Stnday
XCODT
Bartleut Tripp
Yankton
Col Palmer
Sioux Falls
W. H. Francis
Bismarck
W. B. McConnell
Fargo
G. M.thomas
Headwood
Janine Spencer
Huron
U. Young
Abe Ynlon
Lenox
Alex
Wes
Gray Forks
N. ‘£.Smith
J. M. Quinn
Key
J. K. Smith
Mather
W. W. Gardner
John Cook
E.G. Malmsberry
M. M. McDonald
ST. Mary's Church
John A. Babcock
T. C. McFarland
la. Iu
C. J. Clark
Castelass Room
S. J. Winegar
Young Keople
A. A. Brown
Avila
Tholic—Church of the "Holy Family
George Sheehan
Astor
A. m. Mase
C. Win
Wurrschmidt
Mitchell W. C.T. U
Fliat
Main Streets
Ransom Relef Corps
GEO. P. DIX & Daughter
Mitchell Dental Parlors
Cor. Malin
HH. Warne
Lord & Thomas
Randolph St
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