Confederate Memorial Association to Reinter Southern Dead
The Confederate Memorial Association in Richmond plans to move bodies from northern cemeteries to churchyards or a special plot in Arlington National Cemetery. Local chapters and Confederate veteran groups will assist, with lists published for families to claim matches. Removal set for this month.
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New Orleans
Confederate Memorial Association
National Cemetery
Arlington
Washington
Confederate Veterans
United Daughters of the Confederacy
South
Hollywood
Richmond
Association
Election forecast from New York Herald supports Bryan
The New York Herald, historically friendly to Bryan, presents an impartial forecast after a careful nationwide analysis. The table summarizes state-by-state prospects and assigns likely outcomes for the presidential race, reflecting expert assessment rather than partisan bias.
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New York Herald
Herald
Bryan
McKinley
Defense Letter in Support of Rev Fowler
A reader writes from a woman’s perspective defending Rev Fowler against egg attacks on his church. She praises his sermons on moral welfare and the perils of the city, urges officials to act promptly and uphold his calls for reform, and argues the public should back his efforts.
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Rev. Fowler
Mr. Fowler
To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
A vintage drug advertisement touts a one day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It promises money refunds if the remedy fails and features E. W. Grove's signature on every box.
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E. W. Grove
Twain Is at Home and Popular Despite Debt
New York reports Samuel L. Clemens returning from Europe while his persona Mark Twain dominates coverage. Clemens jokes about debt to Twain and jokes he will be sued first. he pursues a presidential run, worries about publicity, and plans an autobiography to be printed a century after death. He dislikes publicity, fears jail, and plans winter in New York before possibly moving to Hartford.
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New York
Samuel L. Clemens
Mark Twain
Twain Clemens
Clemens
Twain
United States
Hartford
Conn
Europe
Minnehaha
Bunyan
Cervantes
Grand Trunk crew in Lapeer quarrel turns violent
In Lapeer Michigan on October 17 a Grand Trunk railway double track crew at a boarding house quarrel led to a man named John Graham being badly cut with a razor wielded by Richard Sullivan and another worker losing a finger. No complaints have been lodged.
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Lapeer, Mich
Grand Trunk Railway
John Graham
Richard Sullivan
Old Grant the crippled hound killed on turkey slaughter charge
In Monon Indiana on October 17 residents recall Old Grant a beloved crippled greyhound. The town’s moral tale says he was killed after a conviction for turkey slaughter, a fate mourned by business leaders who paid his tax and locals who fed him.
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Monon
Ind
Grant
Chicago
Fred Grant
Honore
Michigan Avenue
St. Petersburg
Prominent Burlington Attorney Admits Large School Board Defalcation
Burlington Iowa October reports that H A Kelly longtime school board secretary and attorney confessed to defalcations totaling over a thousand dollars in the last six months and says the theft spans several years.
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Burlington
H. A. Kelly
Lion tamer Captain Bona vita improves after hospital treatment
Indianapolis reports Captain Bona vita the lion tamer bitten days ago is much improved at the city hospital. Doctors feared possible blood poisoning but say he should be out soon though risk remains.
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Indianapolis
Bonavita
Cabinet meeting yields no new China update
Washington October 17 The cabinet meeting yesterday showed little interest with no new information on the Chinese situation and after a brief talk on political matters the session adjourned. Brazil Ind October 17 Mrs Luciana Asher 76 was found dead in bed at her Asherville home bedridden for forty years. Read The Journal. 10 cents a week
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Washington
Brazil
Ind
Luciana Asher
Asherville
Conference of Peace Talks as Strike Areas Ebb
A secret conference was held in Philadelphia between coal railroads and operators on the miners strike. Attendees included Reading's George Baer and J. Lowther Welsh, Lehigh Valley's John B. Garrett, and others. Baer hinted settlement may take days as communications reach operators nationwide.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company
Harris
J. Lowther Welsh
George F. Baer
The
Reading Company
John B. Garrett
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Herbert M. Howe
A. Pardee & Co
M.S. Kommerer
Mauch Chunk
William Connell
Scranton
John Markle
Jeddo
Wilkebarre
New York
United Mine Workers’ Organization
United Mine Workers
Gibbons Coal Company
Striking miners halt Panther Creek coal works march
More than 2,000 workers from Macadoo descended on Lehigh Coal and Navigation mines in Panther Creek valley. Troops restored order at Nesquehoning while the Tamaqua side dispersed after a heated dispute. Strikers faced a long march back tiring yet undeterred.
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Landsford
Macadoo
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Panther Creek
Tamaqua
Nesqueshoning
Tazleton
Panther Creek Valley
Hazleton
Coaldale
Ex Prisoners of War hold 21st reunion at Normal
Bloomington reports that surviving Civil War veterans of the Illinois Association of ex Prisoners of War meet in Normal for their twenty first annual reunion. Life in southern prisons during the war will be retold in sessions and public events over the two day gathering.
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Bloomington
Ills
Illinois Association of ex-Prisoners of War
Kept His Word Fatally in Illinois Slaying
In Moline Illinois Charles F Hallstrom shot Gust Swanson during a political dispute over a campaign issue a week earlier. Hallstrom told his sister I''ll never let the police take me alive and later shot himself when authorities closed in, dying the next morning. Officials sought him at his sister''s home where he was boarding.
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Moline
Ills
Charles F. Hallstrom
Gust Swanson
Hallstrom
Swanson
Major Lumber Fire Devastates Oshkosh Mills
A large fire in Oshkosh Wisconsin yesterday destroyed 13 million feet of lumber and damaged multiple mills and yards. The Hollister-Ames mill sustained about 80 000 dollars in losses, while the Diamond Match company and Challoner Sons suffered other sizeable damages all insured.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Hollister-Ames Company
Son
Diamond Match Company
Challoner & Son's Company
Iinsurance
Fire destroys decks on William Max at Michigan City dock
Fire swept the William Max fishing boat at its Michigan City dock yesterday morning. Crew escaped to the deck leaving clothing on board. decks cabins and boiler damaged while hull may be saved. Vessel owned by A Booth Packing company. Four crew members were aboard asleep during the blaze.
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Michigan City
Ind
William Maxwell
Maxwell
A. Booth Packing Company
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted as American’s Greatest Medicine
An ad touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the answer to necessity for an honest reliable blood purifier and tonic. It claims concentrated formula with unique process and record of cures, promising health, rosy cheeks, and savings on doctor bills. The testimonial cites Mary A. Burke of Indianapolis praising its effects.
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Hood
America
Mary A. Burke
East Clair St
Indianapolis
Ind
Sarsaparilla
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