The railroad rate war and lumber traffic skirmish
Davenport reports a furious national rail rate war affecting lumber transport. The C R S & P faces a 7 cent rate to Council Bluffs versus C M & St P at 9 or 8 cents, with unions threatening breakups and the CB & Q signaling possible stockpiling to capture business between Chicago and the lakes.
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Council Bluffs
Davenport
Chicago
Des Moines
Hook Island
Moline
Southwestern
Iowa
CB & Q
Rock Island
Nand Onaward
Hoek Palani
CR I & P
Prissetter
Howe
Army of labor marches to borders of Flathead Indian Reservation
Telegram from Peter Konan at Flathead Agency Montana reports 7 400 railroad workers and camp followers advancing west of the reservation led by J L Hallett. Traders and others accompany the party raising questions of intercourse laws and licensing. Indian Commissioner Price asks War Department for orders to move camp followers off the reservation and restrict liquor and trade with Indians.
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Wasnageton
Peter Konan
Amnt
Flathead Indian Agency
Montana
Indian Office
Dow
J L Hallett
Oregard
Loupe
Fat
Workingen
Price Tnt
Secretary of War
Mel
Port Missoula
Womah
Selina
The Governor Maker
Samuel Smithers is chosen as a delegate in Worcester to nominate a governor. The Smithers family celebrates while peers urge support for Blobbs with promises of strong administration and strict laws. After the convention, Smithers endures the process and decides to decline further public honors.
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Eliza
Samuel Smithers
Worcester
Commonwealth
Mrs. Smithers
Joneses
Samuel
Mr. Smithers
Smitherses
Miss Smithers
Miss Jones
Smithers
Blobbs
Old Bay State
Samuel Southers
Congress
Southers
Phes
Smitters
Averiee
Min Caan
United States
Broobs
Suthers
Brooks
Smathers
Train wreck on Missouri mountain line injures crew
A northbound freight train on the St. Louis and Tron Mountain Railroad descended Ho Giud's Mountain in Missouri. The rear of the train broke away and plunged while the engine pushed ahead at forty miles per hour. The engineer suffered head and wrist injuries, the fireman sustained a head injury and a crushed foot, and the brakeman was severely injured internally. Names not provided.
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St. Lotte van Tron Mountain
Hogiud's Mountain
Missouri
Representative Kasgon Sees Carlisle Prospects for Speakership
Kasgon judges Carlisle best for the Speakership as factions within the party show signs of discord. Randall's supporters say a strong bid would risk party interests, while Carlisle's friends insist the contest will endure as the fight for the post continues amid party disarray.
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Kasgon
Carlisle
Randall's Order
Tragic Cow Driving Accident Near Muddy Creek
At Muddy Creek Texas a six year old girl driving a cow along a road was attacked and killed by a thickly planted beast. Local youths heard her screams and pursued the creature, but details of the attack remain unclear. The incident is under investigation by authorities.
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Muddy Creek
Texas
Mysterious Explosions Tied to Gas and Air Mix
A lawyer narrowly avoids a fatal blast when a gas leak in a cellar mixes with air to form an explosive. The article explains how small gas leaks rise to dangerous mixtures, and how careless use of lights by servants, plumbers, or workers can trigger deadly explosions in cities. It cites cases of balloons, candles, and faulty burners igniting gas in homes.
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Albany
Curner
Peto
Alrerburate
The Manufacture of Sheet Lead in Ching
The article describes how sheet lead is produced for tea chests in Hong Kong. It details cutting by fixed scissors, heating lead in an iron pan above a furnace, using tiled molds and paper to shape sheets, and the precise ladling needed to achieve uniform thickness.
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Hong Kong
Fire-breathing power explained by Michigan medical note
Dr L C Woodman reports William Underwood a 27 year old from Paw Paw Michigan who can ignite objects by breathing on them aided by hand movements. The subject performs this feat at will under various conditions including with napkins paper and leaves and appears exhausted afterward. The article questions physiological explanations for this extraordinary claim.
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L. C. Woodman
Paw Paw
Mich
Wm. Underwood
Electric Bitters for Women Health Aid
A promotional note touts Electric Bitters as a woman’s true friend in illness, claiming they restore health when other remedies fail. The text emphasizes ease of taste and a price of fifty cents per bottle, with sales by Richards & Sohrbeck.
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Richards & Sohrbeck
Unprecedented Observation of Comet Exceeds Early Predictions
The Comet was tracked by two observers from A'noul and Capetown Observatory on September 17, with reports of intense brightness as it approached the sun's limb and disappeared. The Sun’s heat and solar resistance likely intensified its brilliance, and the period and orbit length are said to be shrinking, with a predicted return in months before eventual solar absorption.
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Capetown Observatory
Gill
Emperor of Brazil
Academy of Science
Roa Proctor
A Vexed Clergyman Prefers Dr King's Slow Discovery
A troubled preacher voices fatigue at audience coughs and colds and endorses Dr Kings Slow Discovery as a remedy. Trial bottles are offered at Richards Solirbeck drug store.
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Job
Dr King
Richards & Solirbeck
Hawk Sultan of Vicksburg Spire and Daring Shot
A hawk perched on a church spire in Vicksburg drew attention from Monday noon until Saturday when a prowling ruffian shot it. It fell and a second hawk replaced it, unsettling many superstition observers. An advertisement touts Dr Auine’s Great Nerve Restorer as a cure for all nerve diseases with a free trial offer by mail from Philadelphia.
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Vicksburg
Vicks
Durer
Auine
Arch Street
Philadelphia
Harter
Hanzn
Romvert Bamuels
Louis
Brother of victim tracks Renfroe across years to capture him
Seventeen years after Renfroe killed Scott in Carthage Louisiana, a brother of the slain man finally captures him after dogged pursuit through many places.
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Renfroe
Scott
Carthage
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THE
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