Intellectual football and world news from The Express
The Express comments on football as intellectual, lists world metal production from 1876 to 1880, and notes nursery and social tidbits. It cites a health storage comment about babies, a 2000 year old bagpipe in Tarsus, and a 129 year old Tur Wartford Courant. It mentions Dona Minin's blackboard eraser patent and a Caledonia death linked to a marriage prospect, plus census figures on race and parentage.
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Tur Wartford
Courant
Man Jose Cortez Dies in Mexico Aged 193
A man named Jose Cortez died in Mexico at age 193 after a lifelong tobacco habit. The piece jokes that avoiding tobacco might have spared him from dying later in life, imagining a peril involving a mule at age 65.
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Jose Cortez
Mexico
Unitarian Ministers Preach In San Francisco Pulpit
Rev Mr and Mrs Spracer and Rev Mr and Mrs Pierce, all ordained ministers of the Unitarian church, followed each other in a San Francisco pulpit recently with sermons on Faith Agape Charity and The Greatest of These.
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Spracer
Smith College Enrolls Notable Widow Among Students
Smith College at Northampton Mass reports a widow in her early twenties joining its student body. She attracts significant attention from the 599 remaining single women on campus, becoming a focal point of interest and admiration.
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Smith College
Northampton
Mass
Insurance dispute over storm wrecked bridge in South Carolina
A cyclone insurance firm in South Carolina refuses payout for a bridge destroyed by a inland seawave. It argues water caused the damage, not wind, and the case will test the sufficiency of that defense.
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South Carolina
Poverty in London Described at Reform Union Meeting
A London Reform union address cites 150000 families in single room tenements and one in eight dies in workhouses. It notes 1500000 residents subsist on minimal weekly sums. an emergency hospital at the world’s fair grounds has treated 18500 people since opening, with only thirty three deaths.
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London
London Reform Union
Worlkmen
Dr Samura Fr Sirs Reaches 85 at Newton Center
Dr Samura Fr Sirs author of America celebrated his 85th birthday at his Newton Center Massachusetts home near Boston. He remains active and alert and continues religious work and literary pursuits. He toured the world’s fair in early summer and since returning a decade ago has preached in vacant Massachusetts churches.
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Samura Fr. Sirs
America
Newton Center
Mass
Boston
Ife
Smith
Massachusetts
Oriental na bobs at Midway Plaisance World’s Fair linked profits
It is estimated that vendors at the Midway Plaisance World’s Fair pocketed at least 1,000,000 while banks and tourist agencies received deposits from Egyptians Copts Franks Arabs Turks Hindoos Japs Nubians Syrians Sinhalese and other civilizations whose names customs and morals were new to other people. The man carrying a few hundred dollars beyond the Mediterranean could rise as a leader in society and finance for life.
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Midway Plaisance
Mediterranean
Brooks Discovers Third Comet in Virgo Constellation
Prof. Brooks of Geneva New York announces a new comet found October 16. He calls it his silver wedding present as it arrived the day after the twenty fifth anniversary of his marriage. This is the third comet he has found in Virgo in close succession and the nineteenth overall. The first eleven were spotted with telescopes of his own making.
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Prof. Brooks
Geneva
N. Y
Brooks
Chinese Smuggling Diversions At Washington Border
Reports describe bands of Chinese contraband smugglers aided by white men along the British Columbia border. In one chase near Sumas a party of thirteen Chinese and two whites was found. shots were fired, a Chinese man wounded, six smugglers captured, with several other detentions in recent days.
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British Columbia
Washington
Sumas
Epitome of the Week Highlights U S Affairs
Secretary of state seeks explanation from Llanduras over insult to the American flag. Secretary Carlisle plans to halt silver dollar production. Treasury balance dips below 100 million. Weekly U S exchanges total 82 million at leading clearing houses, down from prior. Failures total 861 this week. State paper to the president argues Queen Liliuokalani’s overthrow stemmed from abuse of U S authority. Railway Mail Service reports 314,0157 pieces of mail handled, up 49.68 percent from 1888. Honduras apologizes for firing on the flag and Uncle Sam is satisfied.
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Llanduras
Carlisle
Treasury
United States
Liliuokalani
Hawaii
Railway
Honduras
Elections And Crimes Highlight Nineteenth Century News
Thirteen injured in Camden poll fights between Democratic police and Republican deputies. Francis Weeks, New York lawyer, pleads guilty to embezzling over a million dollars and receives a ten year prison term. Election returns show Republican gains in New York and New Jersey, with Republicans winning New Jersey legislature and Massachusetts governor Greenhalge. Notable deaths include Harvard scientist Herman Jagen and historian Francis Parkman. Other items report embezzlement charges against J J Arnold, track records at Hartford, and robberies involving Marco Murdoch at the world fair.
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Camden
N. J
New York
Francis Ll. Weeks
Palmer
Bartlett
Pennsylvania
Jackson
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Greenhalge
Herman August Jagen
Arvard College
Boston
Michakel
Stephen
Mary L. Toole
J. J. Arnold
Lockport
N. Y
Niagara, County
Merchants’ Bank
Directum
Tlying
Hartford
Conn
Tim
Francis Parkman
Jamaica Plain
Mass
Ile
Brooklyn
Marco Murdoc
Beutia Pruvett
Philadelphia
Warren F. Putnam
National Granite Bank of
Iexecter
N. Hi
Charles I. Bell
United States
New Hampshire
Exeter
World News Roundup of Disasters and Elections
Reports from Sedalia Independence and Chicago outline multiple deaths from car crashes and rail wrecks, a record bicycle run, and thefts. Election tallies show Republicans winning Nebraska and Iowa while Maryland Kentucky and Virginia swung Democrats. Rockefellers gifts to Chicago University reach 3.25 million dollars.
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Sedalia
Independence
John
Johnson
Red Island
Egeleston
Chicago
Finer
Ilutto
Tex
McKinley
Ohio
Iowa
Jackson
Kansas
Maryland
Kentucky
Virginia
Nebraska
Minneapolis
Minn
General Missionary Committee
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ian Jounson
Duluth
Amos
Henry Bogue
N. J. Duncan
Lake City Junction
Fla
Jounson
Kansas City
Peter Barker
Finn
North Side Street Car Company
Hocking Valley
Fostoria
Turwill
Carter St. Harrison
Rock Island Railway
Eggleston
Northwestern Guaranty Loan Company
Louis T. Menage
John D. Rockefeller
University of Chicago
Mr. Rockefeller
University
Treasury
Middleton (O.) Paper Company
Noted figures and tragedies mark late 19th century news
The report lists multiple deaths and incidents across the U.S. including Senator Parker found dead at his Toledo home, William Lawrence Poon in New Orleans at age 80, Judge Richard Parker of Winchester tied to John Brown trial, and Miller Davis executed in Arkansas. It also notes labor disputes in Iron County Wisconsin, mill losses in Wheeling West Virginia, and criminal acts from Kentucky to Alabama.
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Toledo
Parker
William Lawrence Poon
New Orleans
United States
Iron County
Wis
Peele
Richard Parker
Winchester
John Brown
Charleston
Miller Davis
Dollarhide
Chapel Will
Center Point
Ark
Tom Guneckel Banking Company
Middletown
Whittaker Iron and Steel Company
Wheeling
W. Va
Holton
Wan
Pinsy McGregor
Adam Durant
Troy
Fort Wayne
Ind
World News Briefs from Halifax to Cuba
Foreign intelligence reports Richard Savage shot his wife and son in Halifax and killed himself out of jealousy. Mexico and Americas face violent earthquake shocks. In Torrelodone Spain a theater bombing killed twenty three and injured many more. On Lake Nipissing a steamer fire left seven of twenty eight rescued. Actress Annie Pixley died in London. Breslitovsk explosion killed twenty. Central Cuba cities rebel against Spanish rule.
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Richard Savage
Halifax
N.S
Ile
Americas
Mexico
Lyceum Theater
Torvelona
Spain
John Srazer
Lake Nipissing
Canada
Annie Pixley
London
Brooklyn
N. Y
Robert Fulford
Breslitovsk
Russian Poland
Cuba
World News Later Eleven Months Report And Notable Incidents
An array of brief items notes trade declines in October exports, a Cleveland flu outbreak, a Chicago manhole accident injuring fourteen, a Missouri heir to $600000 from a Las Vegas death, a Paris fair plan for 1900, killings tied to arrests in Alabama and Milwaukee, a Stillman Valley elder’s death at 98, Japanese casualties and destructions, a Memphis fire, a Lincoln robbery attempt, a Chicago embezzler confession, mob extrication of a murder suspect in Florida, a Liverpool bookmaker robbed, and the Columbia's record-breaking voyage arrival in Boston.
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Cleveland
Chicago
van Ronenrs
Rush Hill
John Bennett
Las Vegas
N. M
Roberts
Bennett
Decatur
Paris
Ambrose
Joseph Smith
Mount Pineon
Ala
Herman Schank
Milwaukee
Lizzie
Lupra Younes
Stillman Valley
Ill
Japan
Dr. Morrison
Scotch Evangelical Church
Glasgow
Memphis
Tenn
Tinexn
Lincoln
Trott
Joan Connors
Police Department of
City Hall
Henry Boas
Lake City
Fla
Ben Hyams
Liverpool
United States
Columbia
Boston
Delaware
New York
Bombing at Lyceum Opera House Kills Thirty in Barcelona
At the Lyceum in Barcelona two dynamite bombs exploded during the season opening. Fifteen died instantly and the tally rose to about thirty as more succumbed to injuries from the blasts and trampling. An American victim, Figueras, is among the dead. two anarchists are held, and officials aided the wounded through the chaotic night.
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Spain
Barcelona
Lyceum Opera House
Opera
Rambla de Capuchinos
Martineze Campos
Figueras
Export Push for Wheat Trade By U S Officials
Secretary Gresham directs American consuls in Europe to report on reception of U S wheat products, objections, and how to stimulate markets. cooperation with Northwestern Millers' association aims to win reduced duties and secure commercial advantages in European countries. A Naples to Rome train derailment near Cassine caused wreckage and possible fatalities.
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Gresham
Washington
State Department
Li.w. Perry
Indianapolis
Willers’ League
Department
Northwestern Millers’ Association
Gresham and
Morton
Courts Roundup: Fines, Divorces, and Ruling on Timber
A young man in Harper Kansas paid ten dollars and costs for disturbing the peace after singing. In Salem Illinois a verdict was upset when a judge caught a card game. In Toronto a bigamy case saw a judge say an American divorce is not binding in Canada. Spokane expressmen fought over a dime and paid fines. The U S Supreme Court ruled Denver Rio Grande may take timber from public land for use on its line.
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Harper
Kan
Surry
Salem
Jil
Toronto
Spokane
United States Supreme Court
United States
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company
Menage Named Colossal Swindler In Northwestern Case
Louis T. Menage, ex president of the Northwestern Guaranty Loan Co, is charged with siphoning 1 650 800 11 from the company. The schedule of liabilities shows notes secured by collateral and massive personal indebtedness, with loans, outside funds, and contingent lists totaling the loss as the company collapsed. Assets are described as weak collateral and stock in many undertakings of little value, with no expectation of recovery.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Louis T. Menage
Northwestern Guaranty Loan Company
N. G LL
Menage
Guaranty Company
Alli
Financial Pirate
Streeter
Guaranty Loan Company
Neher & Carpenter
Menare
Commissioner Lochren Defends Pension Ruling in Mandamus Case
In Washington on November 13 the Commissioner of Pensions filed an answer defending his decision to drop Judge Charles D. Long from the pension rolls. Long, who receives 72 dollars monthly for alleged total disability, is alleged to be drawing a large Michigan salary and failed to appear before a pension examining board. The commissioner contends mandamus is inappropriate and argues the pension rolls’ suspensions are a departmental construction of law not subject to court restraint. The suit seeks dismissal of the proceedings. no property right attaches to pension Rolls. Also noted was a November report that the department forecasts the smallest cotton harvest in years, with estimates from one quarter to three quarters of a full crop.
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Waasnhingt Ton
Commissioner of Pensions
Lochren
Charles D. Long
Michigan
District Court of
District of Columbia
Judge Long
Long
Pension Examining Board
Secretary of the Interior
Department of Agriculture
Armour Feeds Miners With Beef Gift From Chicago Millionaire
Harvey Wisconsin November 18 miners facing hunger due to unemployment received 10000 pounds of beef from Phil Armour a timely aid to stock their larder. The shipment arrived Thursday afternoon easing the miners crisis and providing food for months.
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Chicago
Harvey, Wis
Phil Armour
Aymour
Dead Anarchists Observed At Waldheim Cemetery Rally
Thousands attended the November 14 observance for Parsons Spies Engel and Fischer at Waldheim cemetery despite rain. Speakers Michael Schwab and Samuel Weiland urged arbitration between labor and capital while recalling the Haymarket case and Gov Altgelds pardon. A Trafalgar Square gathering echoed similar sentiments with police watchers present.
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Cucaco
Parsons
Spies
Engel
Fischer
Waldheim
Annie Laurie
A. R. Parsons
Haymarket
Joliet
Gov
Altgeld
Schwab
Nelden
Gov. Altgeld
Loxpon
Trafalgar Square
Chicago
Scotland Yard
Farmer Bright Robbed After Card Game Wins 5000
In Ora Ohio on Sunday Andrew Bright a wealthy farmer was approached about selling land. A staged game of cards led Bright to win 5000 dollars but he could not claim it. He traveled to Troy to draw the money and was assaulted robbed and left unconscious with injuries that may be fatal.
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Ora, O
Andrew Bright
Bright
Troy
Farmer Bright
Juarez City on Verge of Revolt as Forces Arm Citizens
Ex El Paso dispatch reports Juarez Mexico in great excitement with military and civil authorities arming residents. Advance word says revolutionists, including soldiers, plan an attack on the city and its custom house after a detachment seized Las Palmas.
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Paso
Tex
Juarez
Mexico
Las Palmas
Tragedy in Kansas Ends in Double Murder Suicide
E P Bernard of Toronto Kansas shot his wife aged 63 and daughter 36 then killed himself at noon Sunday. The 80 year old man left a note to his son saying he had outlived his usefulness and would be better out of the way. No other motive is known.
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Bardstown
Chicago
Davis
Corbett
Mitchell
Jacksonville
David Judkins
Lincoln
Cincinnati
Yates Center
Kan
BP. Bernard
Yardwell
Illinois Central
St. Louis
Kansas City
E. P. Bernard
Toronto
Death of an Ex-Governor Ex NH Governor Charles J Bell
Exeten Illinois November 14 Charles J Bell ex governor of New Hampshire historian and author died here Saturday aged 70 He served briefly as United States senator after appointment by Gov Prescott to replace Wadleigh whose term expired in 1879 Ratview North Carolina November 14 Rev Dr Henry M Tupper president of Shaw University died Sunday one of the largest colored institutions in the country
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Exeten
N. IL
Charles J. Bell
New Hampshire
Nell
United States
Prescott
Wadleigh
Upper
Ratview
N. C
Henry M. Tupper
Shaw University
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