Prohibition Movements and WCTU Activities Across States
The report outlines WCTU efforts and prohibition activity in multiple states, including Arkansas polls, Iowa law enforcement, Kentucky speakers, and Massachusetts society growth. It notes temperance meetings, pledge drives reaching thousands, and national conventions and prayer days led by Miss Willard and others. It also mentions a Virginia incident involving Miss Dodge and a shooting during an attempted confrontation with Babcock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nieve
WW Va
Hoye
Davis County
Missouri
Associat
West Virginia
Great Britain
Lda Qlothier
Christian Tempeie
Massachusetts
Lynn
Mass
Col. R. Neves
Kentucky
Lou J.uchamp
Ohio
William Burgess
Listen Ont
Prohibition Corps
Py. Larabee
Keosauqua Publican
Iowa
Matilda H. Ross
Philadelphia
Ryan
Thomas J. Conaty
Margaret Bright Lucas
London
Frances EB. Willard
United States
Hannah Whitall Smith
Giladelphia
Wid
Uited
W.C.T. U
Willard
LaSalle Street
Chicago
Ill
Esther Pugh
False Pretext of the Coal Ring in Chicago Journal 23
The article attacks a coal ring linked with the eastern ring, asserting it controls mines and rail cars. It contends the shortage claim is a fraud, as its members can meet demand and idle mines enable price hikes in warm and cold weather, constituting extortion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Journal
Chicago Ring
The Babcock Shooting Mystery Deepens in Chicago
The Chicago Tribune reports Walter S. Babcock and Miss Dodge had a years long affair. He allegedly borrowed large sums from her and seduced her with a promise of marriage, shaping the motive for the death that follows. The narrative centers on rumored relations and financial strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago ‘Tribune
Gardner
Walter S. Babcock
Babcock
Miss Dodge
Smithee versus Sparks land office clash in Santa Fe letters
In a Chicago Times dispatch from Santa Fe New Mexico dated Aug 11 a dispute erupts between special agent Smithee and Land Commissioner Sparks over a Washington letter guiding investigations. Smithee asserts the commissioner sought adverse reports while Sparks denies any such instruction and cites a 1886 directive advocating thorough inquiry across Colorado and New Mexico with expedited, personal reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Vax Ephor
Washington
Rocky Mountain News
Denver
General Land Office
Department OF the Interior
U. N. Smithee, Esq
G. L. O. Santa
Colorado
Las Cruces
Charles B. Eddy & Co
Pecos
Texas Pacific Railroad
Eddy & Co
Frazee
United States
William J, Sparks
Southern Dakota proves superior corn country to Iowa
Five years ago expectations held that southern Dakota would fail at corn raising. Now evidence shows Dakota as a better corn country than Iowa, challenging prior beliefs about regional agricultural potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Dakota
Iowa
No Enthusiasm For Sparks At Dakota Fair In Mitchell
Sioux City Journal notes land commissioner Sparks may attend the Dakota territorial fair in Mitchell as a guest. The Mitchell Republican records public objection to hosting Sparks, who has denounced 95 percent of Dakota settlers as thieves, arguing the hosting would imply protection from insults to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City Journal
Sparks
Mitchell
Mitchell Republican
Republican
Dakota
Catholics and Indians in Yankton and Jackson criticism
Yankton Press reports on Catholic Indian bureau reorganization led by Bishop Marty and Father Stephan with nine new Indian school buildings last year. It notes U S policy forbids teaching Indians in their own language. Separate Globe-Democrat piece questions Stonewall Jackson’s legacy, condemning Confederate treatment of prisoners and linking religion to moral judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankton Press
Father Stephan
Washington
Catholic Indian Bureau
Marty
Dakota
P. J. Chapple
Stephan
Willard
Walter
Edward McGurk
New Mexico
Standing Rock Agency
Gros Ventre
Rosebud
Turtle Mountain
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Stonewall Jackson
Jackson
Lutler
Andersonville
Two Milwaukee suspects jailed for assault in Chicago episode
Zerona Kervunia, a widow from the corner of forty-ninth street and Ashland avenue, reports being assaulted by two men, one identified as Thomas Cohn. Cohn and Frank Casey are detained at Lake Street station on charges of criminal assault after she was coerced during a visit to her former employer's son and dragged to a cabbage field for abuse. Davison Bros. ad copy appears in the story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ChicaGo
Thomas Cohn
Frank Casey
Lake Street
Zerona Kervunia
Forty-Ninth Street
Ashland Avenue
Cohn
Thomas
Lamar
Bishop Turner
Georgia
Daniel Dougherty
London
Isle of Wight
Paris
Mecca
House of Commons
Gen. Wolseley
Field Marshal
von Moltke
Harrison W. Garrett
Robert Garrett, Jr
John W. Garrett
Robert Garrett
Baltimore
Mexico
Texas
Colorado
Utah
California
Notable Nineteenth Century Figures Parade in Lively Tales
A compilation of portraits and notices features prominent men like Chief Justice Waite, Senator Call, P T Barnum, and Oscar Wilde, plus editors, barons, bishops, and magnates. It notes wealth, travels, appointments, and cultural sightings across Europe and the United States, with mentions of Wharton, Vanderbilt, and Brigham Young's heir. The piece blends gossip and biographical scraps, highlighting era personalities, funds, and journeys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waite
Brepniak
United States
Senator Call
Florida
P. T. Barnum
Bell
Central Park
New York
George Francis Train
Thorold
Rochester
Birds and Animals Parade Across the Nation
A collage of animal tales from Weaverville to Sumter describes a double kitten in alcohol, a lost canary in a newspaper office, four foot six inch owls from Sandersville, a Londonborn robin nest in a sewer, a 57 year old mule in Chatham County, a 203 pound Syracuse dog, a yard-ignoring calf in Buena Vista, a bald eagle nest in Michigan, a shipshape Guinea hen in Sumter that dived into water and died, and other curious beasts reflecting rural life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Wallace
Weaverville
Cal
Darlington
Wis
Gideon L. Matisies
Sandersville
London
Chatham County
N. C
Will Crawford
Buena Vista
Woodchuck Creek
Mich
Mej. Black
Sumter
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Praised for Lung Cure
A series of testimonial statements extol Ayer's Cherry Pectoral as a swift cure for colds and lung ailments. Letters from Jno Webster of Pawtucket R I H E Simpson of Rogers Prairie Texas and others claim rapid improvement and lasting relief after using the remedy. Executed by Dr J C Ayer & Co Lowell Massachusetts. Price shown as $1 per bottle and six bottles for a larger quantity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Jno
Webster
Pawtucket
Ayer
H. E. Simpson
Rogers Prairie
Texas
Robert Vanderpool
Meadville
Ann Lockwood
Akron
New York
J. F. Roberts
Magnolia
Ark
J.C. Ayer & Co
Lowell, Maas
The Leviathan of the Mighty Deep on Display Tonight
A grand Mammalian Wonder called the World’s Zoology returns with lions tigers leopards bears hyenas camels ostriches exotic reptiles birds and performing elephants. Burr Robbins promises an ensemble of top riders and a vast museum of living curiosities making this the greatest show on earth as it tours under its historic ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burr Robbins
Europe
America
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Pour Prance
Per Igo
Howie
Native Land
Meael W. Cop. U
Pyevend Ts
Thecreading Room. Ie
Wollal
Shelbyville
Lenn
Smithee VS. Sparks
Land Office
The
Chicago Times
Davison Bros
Tilden
London News
England
Count di Mariflori
Victor Emanuel
Lucca
Oscar Wilde
Wstheticism
Senator Vance
Gombroon
de Quincey
D. R. Locke
Petroleum V
Fred Douglass
Grant Allen
McGlynn
Pittsburg
Rome
Walpole Warren
Holy Trinity Church, Lambeth
Holy Trinity Church
Marcus C. Stearns
Board of Trade
Terence V. Powderly
Knights of Labor
Edward Olson
University of Chicago
Dakota University At
Vermillion
Millionaire Mackay
Warmouth
Louisiana
Protestant Episcopal Church
Placquemine Parish
William K. Vanderbilt
Beaufort Castle
Lord Lovat
Inverness
Abner Bell
Sioux Rapids
Fort Dodge
Sioux Falls
Buena Vista County
Julian F. Mills
Saranac
Carl Schurz
John Willard Young
Brigham Young
Birds and Animals
Syracuse
N. Y
Robin
Mat Pwr
Rhos
Abdosainal
Coraline
Warner Bros
Lord & Thomas
Breit
Randolph St
NEW Consolidated Railroad
Imonday
Alec Ovical
Hippopotamus
Arenic
Bein Town
Marly
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