Peace Talks Sought as Li Hung Chang Seeks Ceasefire
Washington reports Li Hung Chang as peace envoy seeking American help to name a commissioner for negotiations. Chinese government asks for cessation of hostilities and a general peace, while fighting continues in Pekin and the imperial court flees the city.
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Li Hung Chang
Pekin
Washington
Li Ming Chang
China
Othe
Mr. Wu
State Department
Earl Li
United States
Minster Comer
Li Hung Chane
Hope of Bringing Them to Testing Grounds Dims
Fragments show powers rejected a proposal and thus thwarted an effort to bring participants to a named location. The text notes personal affront and indignity and mentions the Chinese as not part of the current campaign.
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Tering
Chicago Disappointed Population Figures Spark Debate
A garbled local ghosted report from Chicago outlines census basics, noting population changes and misgivings. The text abruptly shifts to describe a violent incident at a Cumberland street doorway where a woman suffered a breast wound from a gunshot as bystanders observed the scene.
James Lilly recounts near death and recovery tale
Prominent citizen J. Lilly of Hannibal Missouri describes a typhoid attack that nearly killed him. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery for a rapid recovery from throat and lung illness after other remedies failed, and promotes the medicine with a local druggist offering regular and trial bottles.
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J. . Lilly
Nannibal
C.D. Knoefel
Powers Respect Emperor and Empress Dowager in China Crisis
Washington Aug 22 The foreign powers plan to avoid personal indignities to the emperor and empress dowager to keep China intact amid the Qing dynasty crisis. They rejected a consuls proposal to destroy Ming tombs as a threat to Chinese rulers amid efforts to restore quiet and avoid chaos.
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Weshington
Te Ching
Thia
China
Thentsin
Frenzy kills three in Parley Missouri physician spree
A Missouri town recounts a horrifying afternoon as Dr Sturley Harrington fatally shoots his wife, mother in law, and sheriff after arguments with James Wallace and others. Harrington takes hostages, exchanges fire in a store, and is wounded by a posse while his young daughter witnesses the rampage.
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Dr. Harrington
Leavenforth
Wan
Parley
Missouri
Sturley Harrington
James Wallace
Willitt Woeell
Charrington
Phitt County
Male
Harry Pilinehs
Sheriffs Son
Harrington
Othe
Ctor
Girdie Fitocn
Satupebas
Mars
Leavenworth
Willi
Cran
Darter
Continuance Sought in Youtsey Goebel Case in Kentucky
Georgetown Ky Aug 21 defense asked for a continuance until the October term in the Henry E Youtney case one of Goebel murder principals. Motion rests on defendant illness attorney absence and many witnesses unserved affidavits claim Youtsey was in the executive office Jan 27 to protect the building and occupants and that he did not know Goebel was dead on entering the office. Trial postponed to next Thursday morning to decide if he can stand trial.
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Georgetown
Henry E. Youtney
Goebel
W. S Taylor
Charles Finley
W. J. Davidson
R. N. Miller
Taylor and Miller
Youtsey
Charles. Finley
Secretary of State
FE. Nason
W. C. Bradley
W. H. Culton
Judge Denies Revacation in Neely Case Custody Dispute
Judge Wallace of the U S circuit court denied United States Attorney Burnett's bid to revoke his recent order sending Neely back to custody of the U S marshal while an appeal to the Supreme Court proceeds. Metropolis. Capt Benjamin Cloward, veteran steamboat man aged 60, died after an illness of more than a year in New York.
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New York
Wallace
United States Circuit Court
United States
Burnett
Neely
United States Supreme Court
Metropolis
Benjamin Cloward
Mississippi and
Ohio Valley
Tragedy in Pulaski as man slays wife then shoots man at church supper
In a Pulaski county incident on August 21, Slax Cornwall killed his wife with an axe, then went to a church supper and fatally shot Thomas Wheeler before fleeing. Jealousy between Wheeler and Cornwall’s wife is cited as the motive.
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Pulaski
Lonmin
Countey Neice
Slax
Cornwall
Thomas Wheeler
Wheeler
Sol Bloom sues Union Restaurant for $500 damages
Sol Bloom, music publisher, filed suit against the Union Restaurant and Hotel on Randolph Street seeking $500 damages for refusing to serve him while he wore a shirt waist and mitts.
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Chicago
Sol Bloom
Musie
Union
Randolph Street
Prevailing Prices For Grain and Livestock on Aug 20
Indianapolis Grain and Livestock report shows wheat at No 9 red steady 7 cents, corn No 2 mixed 40 1/2 cents, oats No 2 mixed 2 1/2 cents, cattle at 34.1005 to 35.75, hogs steady around 4.75, sheep 2.404.50, lambs 4.00 to 3.23.
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Indianapolis
Louisville Grain and Cattle Market Notes
Market roundup shows white corn and related grains with mixed bids. Prices listed include No 2 mined corn at 43c and other grain values. cattle activity around 3.705.2 and 3.0061, sheep at 2208, and a Lotus Show price near 5.50.
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Louisville
Cori Neewt
Unclear Market Notes From Old Ledger Fragment
Fragmentary lines show price notes for livestock and grain, with mentions of New York markets. Apparent items include cattle and sheep prices, and grain quotes such as corn oats and cash figures, but many words are garbled. The readable parts indicate a midwest market page style.
Riot at Doolittle Mills Picnic Sparks Casualties
English Indiana August 21 A mob from St Croix attacked a village picnic in Doolittle Mills with clubs knives and stones. About 58 participants clashed. seriously injured include Temple Graham Thomas Kennedy Francis Webster Alexander Turner while James Kemper and James Lofton suffered skull fractures. The assault stemmed from an old feud.
Incendiary Fire at Kelly Axe Works in Alexandria
Alexandria Ind August 21 The Kelly axe works fire is believed incendiary. In the damp grinding room where the blaze began no lights were on. Union Trust receiver insures losses with insurers and Mr Kelly. Estimated loss under 575000 with nearly 490000 insured. Rebuilding to start after settlement. The plant employed 500 to 600 workers with a 25000 monthly payroll, and many employees face home purchases and job loss from stoppage.
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Amlerandria
Ind
Kelly Ax Works
Union Trust Company
Manis Freed After Fatal Shooting in Anderson
Houston Manis, who killed Irvin Law- Rol, was released from jail on 3500 bond yesterday afternoon. He said he would return home among the Lawsons and defend himself if bothered by relatives. Some Lawsons, once feared for their tempers, now fear the Manis boys and seek peace bonds.
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Anderson
Ind
Houston Manis
Irvin Law- Rol
Manis
Lawsons
Two Local Suicides Stun Indiana Towns
In Clinton ONeil of Wootmington Indiana shot himself after borrowing a pistol from his daughter's sweetheart and walking off before a fatal shot rang out. In Burngtteville Indiana William Mittman, 70, hanged himself in his barn amid worry over his son Ray Mittman’s forgery conviction in Frankfort.
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Wootmington
Ind
Clinton O'Neil
Burngtteville
William Imtman
Ths Place
Ray Mittman
Frankfort
Colt gouges eye of boy in Decatur yard
In Decatur Indiana on August 21 a year old boy, son of George C. Gale of Bobo, was kicked in the face by a colt while playing in his father's yard. The eye was gouged out and replaced by a physician, but sight remained uninjured.
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Decatur
Ind
George C. Gale
Bobo
Ames Family in Peril After Homemade Soda Incident
Madison August 21 Mr and Mrs Edward Ames and two children became dangerously ill after drinking homemade soda water. Physicians treated the family for hours. Mrs Ames remains in critical condition.
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Madison, Tod
Edward Ames
Windstorm Unroofs Buildings In Hammond Pageant
A windstorm in Hammond Indiana last night unroofed several buildings and toppled the street fair triumphal arch. The incident injured several people and caused a panic among hundreds attending the pageant.
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Hammond
Ind
Boy Falls Under Freight Train Wheels in Indiana
Terre Haute Indiana August 21 Benjamin Vigusa 19 attempted to board an Evansville and Terre Haute freight train and was struck by the wheels his left leg was severed and he suffered serious injuries but survived the accident
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Terre Haute, Tud
Benjamin Vigusa
Evansville
Terre Haute
Unknown Stranger Found Dead Near Tell City Bank
The well dressed stranger was found dead on the river bank near Tell City Indiana. Death is believed to have been caused by heat prostration.
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Tell City
Ind
Terre Haute Woman Accuses Lover of Fraud Over Marriage Promise
Terre Haute girl Nelle Harms deposited 20.20 with Vandalia Railway for Allen Brown fare home with intent to marry him. Brown was arrested in St Louis and brought back on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. He claims the fare order was not forged and says he did not know of any ticket credit.
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St. Louis
Sinking of trolley boat during mercy party at Glenns
In Bloomingdale Indiana on August 21 a mercy party of 17 campers aban doned board at a trolley ferry boat crossing the stream. The boat sank midstream from overloading. Several women in the crowd were rescued.
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Bloomingdale
Ind
Glenns
Tragic double murder and suicide at Pine City river
Bohemian named Paca abducted a 12 year old girl and her younger brother in Pine City Minnesota. He threatened the boy then assaulted the girl and drowned her by throwing her into the river. He then drowned himself in the same river as the boy hid and witnessed the tragedy.
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Pine City
Minn
Paca
Toa
Rainfall Relief and Crop Prospects in India Play
Lord Curzon reports continued heavy rainfall across affected tracts. Central provinces and Berar show good crop prospects while sowing remains active elsewhere. Free kitchens will soon disappear as prices stay high. Cholera remains prevalent in Hyderabad and Bombay with 5,588,000 people receiving relief.
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London
India
Lord Curzon of
Kedleston
Central Provinces
Berar
Hyderabad
Bombay
Wealthy farmer attempts suicide on railroad track
Alvin J. Linneman, 64, a prominent farmer and Monroe County taxpayer, stood on a Mobile and Ohio track near Waterloo Missouri and halted the train within a foot. Authorities speculate the heat may have affected his mind.
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Waterloo
Mis
Alvin J. Linneman
Mobile and Ohio
Linneman
Monroe
De Wet Reconsiders Surrender at Commando Nek
Cape Town reports General De Wet sought British surrender at Commando Nek as a ruse for intelligence. Finding strong garrison, he resumed his march northward, with General Baden-Powell in pursuit.
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Cape Town
de Wet
Commando Nek
Baden-Powell
Secret Service Probes Identity of Man Named Mabor
In New York on August 21 several secret service men work to identify a man called Mabor who allegedly wrote a letter about Bresel’s murder and describes a plot by anarchists to kill President McKinley.
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New York
Secret Service
Sparks and Styles Across a Turbulent Era
A collage of brief notes: a horse race winner in a cup series, the murder of Mies May Fosburg in Pittfield Massachusetts, Nevada Senator Biewowrt backs McKinney, a North American Krelgerhood session in Akron, a Vancouver voyage reporting an August 19 quake windstorm at Skagway and Dawson, a dramatic wind and fire loss in Bheborgan Wisconsin, Bryan’s Topeka trip echoes Indianapolis speech, Walter Wilkerson convicted for Henderson County Texas lynching, Hugh McGowan to lead both Indianapolis Street Railway and Kansas City Gas, a China military resource report via Krupp guns, and road funding in New Jersey and Massachusetts.
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William M. Biewowrt
Nevada
New York
McKinrry
Krelgerhood
Akron
Een
Moritz Airich
St. Louis
Hugh McGowan
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Kansas City Gas Company
McGowan
Indianapolis Company
China
Fust
Herr Krupp
A Question of Etiquette in Address
A discussion on how proper address shifts across borders with a North Carolina reader noting that traditional forms like Yes ma'am or Yes sir are fading. A Good Housekeeping writer argues that while deference is not servility, older etiquette honored the dignity of elders through respectful terms.
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Virginia Border
Millinery Itema Offers Water-Repellent New York Outing Hat
Finely cut silk batiste hats in silver gray or pale ecru with white silk scarf and bow echo a New York outing style. Water repellent feature highlighted. Also presented are yellow coarse straw hats trimmed with black glace loops or gray poppy wreaths. Autumn fruits and flowers, grapes and wis tarfa, adornments noted for a decorative headpiece.
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New York
Whooping Cough Relief From 50 Cent Bottle
Mrs. O E Dutton of Danville Illinois says her children were saved from whooping cough by Foney's Hovey cough remedy. She used a 50 cent bottle which she says saved her a doctor's bill. All druggists carry it.
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O. E. Dutton
Danville
Ill
Foney
Australians Seek London Market for Passion Fruit Trade
An Australian venture aims to win a London market for passion fruit, noted as 80 popular in the Antipodes. An American firm seeks authority to convert the Bom Bay tramways to electric operation. Consumption fear and Foley’s Hongsy and Tar advertised as cold cures with lung benefits.
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London
Antipodes
Foley
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