New York Rioters Clash After New Orleans Race War
Riots in Hell's Kitchen and Broadway crowds of about 5000 attacked Black residents and commuters. Police clubs and gunfire followed as dozens of injuries occurred and the district from Twenty to Fortieth streets faced terror amid a manhunt for those believed responsible for Patrolman Thorpe's death.
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New York
New Orleans
Hell's Kitchen
Thirtieth
Fortieth Streets
Broadway
Ninth Avenue
Herald Square
Walker
Better Feelings Rise in Iron Trade Amid Price Standoff
Cleveland Aug 17 The Iron Trade Review notes a brighter mood across the iron trade with firmer pricing on some low priced bars and overall demand for finished material growing. A large reduction in active furnaces since July 1 signals continued trimming and cautious pricing amid competition. Southern turbines find northern quotes lower than expected as exports rise. Baraboo visit marks a personal reunion after forty two years.
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Cleveland, O
The
Iron Trade Review
Western Pig Iron Association
Birmingham
Woman Claims To Be Second Wife Of Geo A Ward
Detroit August story presents the self described second wife of George A Ward. She recalls meeting him at a party on Twenty third street and joining him in domestic life after postponing a Paris trip. They lived in luxury until his business failure and later moved to New York where he died. She says a child followed and that she did not meet his wife.
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Detroit
George A. Ward
Twenty-third Street
Paris
George
Board of Trade
New York
Eighty-eighth Street
Citizen voices on Muscatine gas light contract plan
A reader criticizes the City Council and Muscatine Gas Light and Power for delaying a decision on extending service. The letter notes a 3.1 cent hourly rate, a proposed $90,000 plant expansion, and projected tax gains from new housing and increased valuations. It urges timely action by January 1, 1901 and argues for investor protections and ethical chartering.
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Muscatine Gas Electric Light and Power Company
Davenport
Weed Park
Gas Electric
Henderson travels through LaCrosse on cross country tour
LaCrosse Wisconsin August 17 Speaker Henderson of the house of representatives passed through the city en route to Chicago after completing a trip through Yellowstone park and the Pacific states. He was accompanied by his wife and daughter and Captain and Mrs Hubbard of Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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LaCrosse, Wis
Henderson
House of Representatives
Chicago
Yellow Stone Park
Pacific States
Hubbard
Cedar Rapids
Mull's Lightning Cough Cure Advertises Safe for Children
An old advertisement pitches Mull's Lightning Cough Cure as a safe remedy for coughs and lung trouble. It claims the product prevents consumption and is suitable for children, priced at 25 cents and 50 cents, with a prompt to ask a druggist.
Man arrested in Indianapolis on criminal libel charge
Ed H. Miller of Indianapolis, an employee at Wilkie Refrigerator works, is jailed on criminal libel charges filed by Anna Sutton, a stenographer. Sutton alleges Miller, a widower with three children, courted her then spread defamatory letters and caused her discharge from two jobs after she rejected him.
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Anderson
Ind
Ed H. Miller
Indianapolis
Wilkie Refrigerator Works
Anna Sutton
Miss Sutton
Woman in Domestic Crisis Ends Life in Harvard
Aug 17 in Rockford reports Mrs. Caroline R. Slimer of Harvard committed suicide by taking carbolic acid. The poison had been bought earlier from a nearby town and kept on hand awaiting a favorable opportunity for the deed.
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Rockford, Lls
Caroline R. Slimer
Harvard
Jail Break Shocks Albia County Detention Center
In Albia Monroe county the county jail was broken into by Charles Newhouse and an accomplice named Reynolds. Newhouse was awaiting trial for stealing 600 dollars and Reynolds faced burglary charges.
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Ottumwa
Albia
Monroe County
Charles Newhouse
Reynolds
Rural Free Delivery Planned at Bangor Wisconsin
The post office department orders rural free delivery service to begin on September 1 in Bangor Wisconsin. Local residents will receive mail delivery to rural routes starting this date and the service will expand the rural mail network in the area.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Bangor
Wis
Population figures and assorted world news from a past era
Census data show Manhattan and Bronx populations at 2 050 600 as New York City minus three boroughs. Reports note heavy fire apparatus manufacturers with capital of 9 000 000 while Nome, Alaska sees crime activity per Seattle arrivals. A Cres tone Colorado forest blaze, Gates wins 1 000 000 on English tracks, and Paris records 35 injuries in a horse car collision.
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Manhattan
Bronx
New York City
Brooklyn
Nome
Alaska
Seattle
Crestone Canon
Colo
Chicago
John W. Gates
Paris
Limoges
France
Illinois
Barking
England
Thames River
Henry Vaippert
Milwaukee
Turkey
India
Constantinople
Merwin
Resolute
Dollar
Alfred Mulkin
Rockford
Ills
London
Kill that pain Mulls Lightning Pain Killer
Mulls Lightning Pain Killer advertised as a pain relief remedy available at druggists for 25 cents.
Best site suggestion for new hospital on bluff above Park Avenue
J B Downer argues the top of the bluff on the old fair ground above Park Avenue offers the best view and access for a proposed hospital. He notes water, eventual street cars, and electric lights may come, but cautions about property prices and unknown facts before final site choice.
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Weed Park
J. B. Downer
Children’s Day Observed Across Germany Since Moravian Roots
Berlin August 17 Children’s Day is widely celebrated with floral displays long processions music banners and public demonstrations. The observance traces to a Moravian church religious awakening among children with dates and practices evolving to the present.
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Berlin
Mull's Lightning Pain Killer Ad Claims Instant Cure
An old advertisement touts Mull's Lightning Pain Killer as instantly curing internal and external pain. It guarantees absolute purity and lists prices of 25 and 50 cents at all druggists.
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Mull
Baby Learns What a Pencil Writes
A child is taught the basic purpose of a pencil guiding a hand to leave marks on paper. The lesson emphasizes writing as a means to express thoughts and record ideas.
Illinois Central Special Summer Fares From Cairo to Western Points
The Illinois Central offers round trip tickets from all north of Cairo and Paducah to listed western points July 3 9 and 17 and August 1 7 and 21 at one fare plus two dollars. Colorado Utah tickets allow continuous passage to Denver Colorado Springs or Pueblo with limited stopovers and Utah return within thirty days. South Dakota Wyoming routes permit stopovers west of the Missouri River within fifteen days each way. Final return date October 31 1900. J F Merry A G P A Dubuque.
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Illinois Central
Wil
Cairo
Ill
Faducah
Colorado
Utah
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
South Dakota
Wyoming
Missouri River
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TIN
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Keen Kutter
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Buckborn
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Buckhorn
Washburn
Remington
Bamimeriesa
Regina Music Box
Star Plac Tobacco
DLA
Continental Tobacco CO
St. Louis, Mo
Twentieth
Fortieth Street
Thorpe
Thirty-seventh Street
Baraboo
K. Fessler
Williamsport
C. W. Harman
Geo. A. Ward
Picke
Muscatine, Iowa
Tue Banb Fiziy Susator Co
Ilanta
Gcomgja
Oiher’s
Speaker Henderson
Methodist Camp Meeting
Rockford, Ills
Hanna
National Hay Association
Baltimore
George C. Warren
Saginaw, Mich
R. H. Peterson
Jl Druggists
Germany
Parsons College Fairfield
Iowa
Bey
Giro Excursion Roe
Manitou
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Rock Island
John Sebastain
G. P
Glenwood Springs
Colp
Ogden and
Hot Springs
Spearfish
Deadwood
Rapid City
Custer, S. C
Sheridan
Casper, Wyoming
J. F. Merry
Dubuque
F. A. Neidig
East Second Street
Muscatine
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