Thain Robbers Killed by Express Messenger in Paso
In Paso Texas on October 17 a Wells Fargo express messenger J Ernest Smith and clerk J M Beardsly repelled two robbers during a train incident. Smith shot one robber through the heart as the other fled, later dying. The robber’s body was found the next morning.
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Paso
Texas
J. Ernest Smith
J. M. Beardsly
Wells Fargo Express Company
Smith
Beardsly
Ile
Moral thunderbolt at Cremorne mission amid divorce suits
A Sunday night prayer meeting at the Cremorne mission in New York turned dramatic when a man handed Mrs. McAuley and Bradford L. Gilbert copies of two lawsuits filed in White Plains Supreme Court. One suit seeks absolute divorce from Gilbert on grounds of infidelity. the other, against Mrs. McAuley, claims alienation of Gilbert’s affections and seeks $50,000.
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York
Cremorne
West ‘Twenty-third Street
McAuley
Jerry McAuley
Bradford L. Gilbert
Gilbert
White Plains
Fire destroys Exent house and damages lakeside properties
Jamestown New York Oct 17 A fire at Chautauqua lake wiped out the Exent house and damaged Lake View house and several cottages. Total loss is about 130000 with 36000 insurance on the Kent House. Owners undecided about rebuilding.
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Jamestown
New York
Exent
Chautauqua Lake
Lake View
Local option debate prompts license year close stir
Washington reports a heated reaction as the license year ends and neighborhoods must vote local option to permit new saloons. Temperance groups led by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union push to reduce saloon numbers while women in several city sections advocate restrictions.
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Washington
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Dry faction tactics cited in anti saloon campaign
A temperance group is described as working against saloons by canvassing neighborhoods and identifying supporters and opponents. It says dry voters sign applications and are later crossed by the movement, with purchases made from signers to discourage them.
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Perance
Cass
Bayerats
Notable meeting between Mrs Polk and Mrs Cleveland
In Nashville on Oct 17 there was an extraordinary meeting between Mrs Polk and Mrs Cleveland. The elder Mrs Polk noted that Mr Polk was elected in 1844, forty years before Mr Cleveland’s election, and the two women stood 63 years apart in age. They appeared drawn to each other and the exchange honored both. Mrs Polk praised Mrs Cleveland’s charm and grace, and noted her continued popularity as mistress of the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Polk
Cleveland
WhiteLouse
New Trustees Face Service as Northward Duties Debated
In Yankton on Oct 15 Attorney General Templeton and Trustees Gale and Quigley departed for the north. Tonight or Monday papers will be served on the resident new trustees to prove they are legally discharging their office duties. Auditor Ward is said to refuse payment of bills not approved by both boards. In Cuicanco on Oct 17 an omnibus boodle case motion for a new trial was begun before Judge Jamison with a Hardie affidavit claiming lack of knowledge of a relation between George Nelson and the state's attorney prior to a guilty plea.
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Yankton
Templeton
Gale
Quigley
North
Ward
Cuicanco
Jamison
Pest
The International Encampment Receivers Named
Judge Garrett appoints a receiver for the international military encampment on Bentley et al petition to prevent creditor judgments and disruption. Arthurs Schetlaip designated to manage the affairs for the court on twenty thousand dollars bond.
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Chance
Garrett
Charles S. Bentley
Arthurs. Schetlaip
Banker Rawson May Recover In Caicaco Shooting
Caicaco October 17 Banked Rawson a banker was shot by his stepson Lee yesterday. Doctors fear fatal results but hold hope if the day passes calmly. Lee, the attempted killer, remains defiant and vows to press his campaign against the mother.
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Caicaco
Raws
Win
Lee
Ross
Woman named Reed jailed for pension fraud in Iowa
In Dubuque on October 17 a woman using the alias Lawrence was arrested and brought to court for four years defrauding the government by drawing a widow’s pension while secretly married to a farmer named Lawrence near Anamosa. Her husband George Reed died in 1861. Lawrence was arrested as an accessory as the government produces witnesses to a ceremony.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Reed
Lawrence
Cherokee
United States
Anamosa
George Reed
Great Game of Ball
New York October 15 Detroit leads St Louis 4 to 2 in the series for the world championship after today’s game at the polo grounds. Getzein’s pitching shut out the defending champions as Detroit again won 9 to 0 with ten thousand spectators watching. Foutz and uneven team fielding troubled St Louis while Detroit benefited from solid hitting and occasional misplays by the opposition.
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New York
Detroit
St. Louis
Polo Grounds
Getzein
Foutz
Dave
Bushong
Gleason
Robinson
Latham
Bustang
Queen Victoria and the era of change across nations
A collage of notes on royal travels and social shifts. Queen Victoria plans India visits and proofs of her biography of Prince Consort. Women gain public roles in industry railroads and education, from Buffalo street cleaning contracts to London school board member Miss Muller touring the U.S. Naturalization by women rises, Rose Cleveland begins teaching near Central Park, and Turkish society starts women’s schooling. Mount Blanc ascent by women totals sixty one across nations. Oak View's St. Albans chapel services draw Mrs. Cleveland, while Middie Morgan builds an unfinished Staten Island house with iron bars and a plunge bath awaiting completion.
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Victoria
India
Bismarck
Halloway
Buffalo
Marie Antoinette
Berlin
Queen Victoria
William Tulloch
Fe Prince Consort
Miss Muller
London School Board
United States
Langtry
Rose Elizabeth Cleveland
President Cleveland
Central Park
New York
Turkey
Lew Wallace
Ben Hur
Mount Blanc
Oak View
Middie Morgan
Staten Island
Miss Morgan
Jane
Sober Chestnut Facts from History of Man
A compendium of historic milestones and firsts: Attalus of Pergamon invents books in 887, Virginia discovers iron ore in 1715, Herodotus praised by Cicero, soap first mentioned by Pliny and Galen, Lutetia renamed Paris in 1164, Jersey prison ship tragedy with 11,000 patriots, English guinea coin origins from Guinea, early Newfoundland fishing by Normans, tobacco spread from San Domingo to the Americas, New Orleans beginnings by Bienville in 1718, Egbert unites England in 827, all presented as brief historical notes.
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Attalus
Pergamus
Virginia
Herodotus
Cicero
Normandy
France
Newfoundland
San Domingo
Yucatan
England
New Orleans
Bienville
Queer Happenings Across Small Town America
A scattered column records oddities from Audrain County Missouri nine brother baseball club to a New Jersey divine sermon to a rooster suit cost five hundred dollars in Bergen County courts. An Illinois farmer rigs a churn to his wagon while Raleigh church notes reveal a salary mismatch. A Tapleyville stamp quest spans two miles. A man in Franklin Pa mistaken for Governor Beaver earns a royal bow from a serenading band.
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Audrain County
Missouri
Atlantic County
New Jersey
Divine
Bergen County
Raleigh
N.C
Tapleyville
Mass
Franklin
Beaver
Iowa Brigade Reunion Heads to Davenport in September
Washington reports Gen Belknap, chief of Crocker’s Pown brigade, says the next reunion will be in Davenport on Sept 21 and 22. In Cedar Rapids, Dr Carver shattered 100 glass balls in 2 minutes 15 seconds, breaking all records.
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Iowa Brigade
Washington
Belknap
Crocker
Pown Brigade
Davenport
Town
Cedar Rapids
Carver
Depew Comments on Panic Dispatch in Cleveland Visit
Chauncey M. Depew arrived with the Vanderbilt inspection party and rejected a St. Louis dispatch that claimed he predicted a looming financial panic. He said the reporter misinterpreted his remarks about land speculation and northwest railroad construction. He warned there is no greater danger than an earthquake in the depot.
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Cleveland
Chauncey M. Depew
Vanderbilt
St. Louis
Wall Street
Bears
Depew
Associated Press
Perjury Arrest of Katz & Co. Rep and Weiskopf
Albert W. Flexner for Katz and Co. and Adolph Weiskopf of Stein and Co. were arrested on alleged perjury for attempting to replevin part of A. Polack & Co. stock to cover debts. They waived examination and posted bonds for appearance.
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Heron
Albert W. Flexner
Katz & Co
Clothiers of
Chicago
Adolph Weiskopf
Stein & Co
A. Polack & Co
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Price Baking Powder CO
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the Mitchell Weekly Capitol
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Burnett's Medical College
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Burnett Medical College
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