Davenport sale advances city access and resort plans
A real estate sale orchestrated by Administrator Peot2 transfers the Davenport estate plots to Chicago capitalists led by D H Louderback. Purchases total around 7 000 with average 969 42 per acre, plus parcels to Capt T J Robinson and Milan Line properties. The sale aims to boost transportation and develop a popular resort area serving the three cities.
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Diepateh
Hawk
D. H. Louderback
Holmes Syn‘digete
Louderback
Milan ‘Wreat
Chicago
Davenport
Sears
Tower
Capt T. J. Robinson
Rock Island
Moline
Twins King and Tagge Buy Biggs Grocery in Stewartville
Messrs Twinam King and Henry Tagge purchased the Biggs grocery in Stewartville including the building. They plan to move the structure about 100 feet north on Fifteenth street to the corner of Allegheny and continue the grocery business. King stays with Williams White Co. Tagge runs the store. Diggs moves to Prospect Park to build a restaurant.
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Messrs
Twinam King
Henry Tagge
Biggs
Stewartville
Prospect Park
Markets Report From Chicago With Grain And Livestock Prices
Chicago markets show Wheat futures for April May and July values around 1.03 to 1.04 per bushel. Corn and oats prices listed by contract month. Park and lard figures given for May July and September. At Union Stock Yards hogs traded active with varied grades and freight ranges. Produce pricing includes butter eggs ducks potatoes cranberries apples and cranberries with multiple per unit quotes.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Union Stock Yards
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted As Spring Medicine
The article extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a popular spring medicine with blood purifying health benefits. It claims to restore appetite and vigor, noting it strengthens the weak and improves vitality during the season.
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Hood
Marriage Licenses Reported in Local Area
Marriage licenses listed include Rosa Howard of Hamlet and Oliver Obisen with Stella Parker of Moline. Vendors tout Kemp's Belean as a remedy, claiming rapid, thorough results for various illnesses, with Kellip's Balean advertised as the leading treatment sold by druggists.
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Cnavforts
Rosa Howard
Hamlet
Oliver Obisen
Stella M. Parker
Moline
Kemp
Yala
Kellip
Prohibition Era Saloon Debate In Rapidé City
Citizens discuss saloon presence as Vogel the saloonkeeper passes out cigars while farmers and laborers show mixed support for Norton supervisor. The Farmers and Laborers ticket backs Mr. Silvis for collector, highlighting cross party alliances and local political tensions.
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Baloda
Mtv “Vogel
Rapidé *City
Mr. Norton
Caninites & Settle
O. Corbin
Silvis, Jr
People’s
F. M.B.A
F. F
Weidlein school opens term. town notes and arrivals
Miss Rosa Grassau began teaching the summer term at the Weidlein school last Monday. Walter Sherrill visits from Geneseo, Mrs. Smith near Milford Read’s house reports illness, and Henry Warren with daughter plans to move to Ladora Iowa. Various residents journey, mend, or relocate, while revival meetings in the M E church continue with notable success.
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Hl. Weed
Ethel
Mary
Rock Island
B. Porter
Briar Bluff
Ed Bartlet
Miss Jacobson
Cleveland
Colona
Green River
M. E
Asa Day
Notable deaths and various 19th century notices
Governor Fowle dies suddenly in North Carolina while ex Senator Ignils plans a 600 acre stock ranch in Kansas. Judge Brannon rules national bank notes taxable in Iowa. Treasury buys 470000 ounces of silver at about 0.7 to 90.96 per ounce. John M Browning of Ogden Utah patents a sixteen shots a minute gun. Delaware ex treasurer Herbert settles with no defalcation. Argentine government suspends payments at two banks till June. An assassination attempt on the czar fails. Shenandoah Merchants National Bank authorized to begin business. Grant monument on April 27. Rev Howard Prime, former editor of The New York Observer, dies in New York. Coke region news scarce. more applicants at mines and ovens. Lynn Morocco workers surrender unconditionally ending Knights of Labor. Gen Spinola and Gen Rosecrans at home in Washington. Lawrence Barrett’s death reveals engagement with Mary Anderson for her return to the stage. Louisé Jontzen, 20, commits suicide over a family dispute.
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Fowle
North Carolina
Ingnils
Atchison County
Kansas
Brannon
Iowa
Treasury
John M. Browning
Ogden
Utah
Herbert
Delaware
Merchans’ National Bank of
Shenandoah
Grant Monument
Rev
Howard Prime
D. D
New York Observer
New York
Tuesaday
Lynn
Mass
Knights of Labor
Spinola
Congress
Gen. Rosécrans
Register of the
United States Treasury
Washington City
Lawrence Barrett
Mary Anderson
Louisé Jontzen
Spectacle on Main Street Crowds Observe Illinois Parade
Fifteen thousand visitors filled Decatur for a grand Civil War veteran parade featuring 5,000 veterans, ninety bands, and elaborate decorations. Gen Veazy and Gov Fifer attended on the reviewing stand as the two-mile march drew cheers and flags from residents along the route.
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DeEcatur
Ils
Dercatur
G. B. Steele
Goodman
Dunham Post
Veary
Fifer
Maj
Hays
Distig
Department of Ilinois
George HL. Thomas
Chicago
Raus
Illnois
Lieby
Sheriff Matson
Kirk Eastman
Swayne
Oglesby
Veazey
City Park
Galt
Veazy
Indiapolis
Springfeld
Lydia Tolind McKee
California
National Memorial Hall
D. A. Leaverton
Palestine
Solons of Illinois At Work Again on Legislation
Springfield April 9 A bill in the senate would appropriate 2194 to widow Melissa A Swift for services in command of the Cairo expedition in April 1861. House bills include a $500000 World’s Fair state exhibit appropriation and a proposal to ban promissory notes for patents or lightning rods lacking a legible purpose. Other measures demand fireproof safes in sleeping cars and safeguards against waterway pollution.
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Springfield
Lls
Senate
Melissa A. Swift
Swift
Cairo
Chicago
Board of Commissioners
Michigan apportionment bill under Democratic plan
The Michigan Senate draws up a congressional apportionment bill favoring Democrats. Detroit remains divided similarly to the plan, with University of Michigan funding approved for 185000 dollars for the current and next year. Also reported: a mother’s suicide in Kentucky over a son’s prison letter. Gen Rosecrans recovering. a Red Men lodge suit for improper officer election seeking damages.
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Michigan
Lansing
Miah
Patrons of Industry
Senate
AL Mail Maorth
Detroit
Naval Secret Society
Columbus
Ind
George W. Herron
C Circuit
Inquayhquah Lodge, No. 84
Independent Order of Red Men
Immigrant ship clash over new American immigration law
New York April 9 Italian leaders protest a new immigration act after three conscripts escape from the steamship Initiative. Authorities seek to verify how many of twenty four barred immigrants remain aboard Burgundia as the vessel sails for the Mediterranean. Steamship companies resist the law arguing impractical returns and protest plans to placard towns in Italy to warn prospective travelers.
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Burgundia
Iniziativa
New York
Relaticens
Italy
Palmert
Mediterranean
Weber
Palmer
Thay
Talian
Col Weber
Initiativa, Mosara, Phelps, Brose & Co
Col. Weber
Etesms
Crx
Notable Visits Highlight Achill Tour and Political Happenings
DuBny April 9 reports Lady Zetland and Miss Balfour touring Achill island with arches praising them. Also covered are a Georgia widow seeking clemency for C C Weeks, Gov Page’s reply to Edmunds, Kincaid found not guilty of murder, and a federal warning to seal poachers with penalties and seizure of vessels.
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DuBny
Lady Zetland
Ireland
Miss Balfour
Achill Island
Balfour
Zetland
WasHinaTon City
United States
Beliring Sea
Notable Cattlemen Sack Light Killed by Leslie Dow
Reports from Lincoln state Sack Light was shot and killed by Leslie Dow at Sev 1 Rivers last Saturday. Both men were prominent cattlemen and had long running disputes, with the killing likely the outcome of their trouble.
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Las Cruces
N. M
Lincoln
Sack Light
Leslie Dow
Rivers
Boston Republican Club Dinner Highlights 1893 Policy Talks
Over 1,000 attended Boston’s first Republican club dinner at Music Hall with Secretary Tracy, Senator Aldrich, and Gen. Stewart L. Woodford. Tracy defended war pensions and federal appropriations noting increases mainly in postal service, navy, Indian affairs, and fortifications. Aldrich warned of Democratic gains and urged protection and reciprocity. Woodford pressed honest wages and a strong dollar, opposing free immigration and Castle Garden gates. The meeting ended with applause for the speakers.
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Boston
Republican Club
Tracy
Aldrich
Stewart L. Woodford
Roger Woolcatt
Secretary of the Interior
Antil
Congress
Germany
France
United States
Blaine
Rhode Island
New England
Republcan
Stewart Woodford
Castle Garden
Woodford
Peffer Seeks Labor Senate Representation in 1900 Era
In Washington on April 9 Senator Peffer of Kansas urged the Federation of Labor to back candidates from their own ranks rather than traditional parties. He framed labor as educators and pledged to support labor interests in the Senate, inviting workers to hold him accountable. In Mississippi, the Farmers Alliance executive committee accepted The Mississippian’s resignation as party organ and stated editor disagreements concerned the sub treasury plan, not loyalty to white supremacy.
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Labor
Senate
Washington City
Peffer
Kansas
Federation of Labor
Hoe
Lins
Brown
United States
Miss
Farmers’ Alliance
Mississippian
Official Count Necessary In Chicago Mayoral Race
The Chicago mayoral contest remains undecided with DeWitt Cregier and Hempstead Washburne separated by only a few hundred votes. Democrats claim victory while Republicans dispute and await the official tally followed by precinct returns and council results.
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Chicago
Curiaco
DeWitt C. Cregler
Hempstead Washburne
Cregier
Washburne
Plarzadie
Ginsinnat
Crinci
Board of Elections
Miss
Tafel
Meily
Municipal elections show Alliance strength gains across towns
In Minnesota the Alliance lines are solidifying with about 70 percent drawn from Republicans. South Dakota saw Watertown elect a Democratic mayor with Republicans winning the rest of the ticket. Pugs, Colorado elected a Democratic mayor, while Leavenworth Kansas reported a Democratic mayor and six of seven council seats.
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St Paul
Minnesota
South Dakota
Watertown
Huron
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