The New Secretary Is Named In Cabinet Shuffle
In Washington on Sept. 25 Third Assistant Secretary Adee notified Postmaster General Gresham he is appointed Secretary of the Treasury. The oath was administered at Judge Write's home and Gresham began duties briefly before planning to depart for Raritan New Jersey. The move is seen as temporary to relieve presidential embarrassment as Gresham may soon take a judgeship.
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Shot His Wife While Trying to Shoot a Man
In New York on September 26 a man shot his wife in the basement of 77 James Street after an argument with another Italian, Salvatori. The wife survived briefly but died at the hospital from a abdominal wound. The husband was arrested as Salvatori fled the scene.
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Weed destroying steam pipes trial on railroad engine
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad tests a weed destroying device mounted on an Aurora engine. Two iron pipes extend beside the front, exhaust steam directed into them to blow and burn weeds and grass about two feet from the rails. Plans call for running the system along the entire line.
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All His Fortune Stolen in West Virginia Night Heist
In Pleasant, W Va on September 5, Washington Buachtel a frugal eccentric bachelor residing on Big Sixteen Creek was robbed after thieves entered his secluded home. He kept about 3200 in greenbacks and 700 in gold in a trunk. The intruders gagged him and fled with the money.
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Blaine Tour Signals Republican Strength Across States
The piece notes Blaine's westward political tour from New York to Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan and West Virginia with crowd enthusiasm and speeches. Logan also campaigns with seventeen platform speeches. It criticizes official absenteeism and corruption in government services, calling for reform, and mentions Belva Lockwood as the first female presidential candidate riding a tricycle while wearing red stockings.
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Cholera Tragedy in Napes Woman Killed by Lover
A seventeen year old girl sick with cholera in Napes dies as her enraged lover shoots the mother at her bedside and then fatally shoots the girl’s forehead before wounding himself and being taken to a hospital.
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Protection from Early Frost in Family and Market Gardens
Advice from Our Coury Howe on preventing frost damage to immature fruits and vegetables. Use non conducting coverings like paper hay or straw for small plants and dry hay for near the Pound, with two layers to avoid leaf contact. For taller crops build heat and smoke via fires using coal tar and peat or meadow turf. maintain heat for five to six hours and watch temperatures after 5 P.M. to decide action.
Escape from jail after sheriff left on duty
Herbert Lewis, once of Frederick County Maryland, awaiting U S Court action for selling liquor without a license, and John Kimball charged with assault, escaped from jail between four and five this afternoon while the sheriff and deputy were away. They fled through the same cell in the colored department used by three colored men escaping during the last Grand Army reunion night. They have not been captured.
Hog cholera remedy yields healthy hogs in trial
D W Reichard of Hagerstown reports a practical experiment to combat hog cholera. After losing two pigs, he kept his remaining pair in a shaded, feedless enclosure for a week, allowing natural ground for nourishment. By week’s end symptoms disappeared and the hogs were healthy, prompting a suggestion to others to starve the disease out with this method.
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Unpublished Mendelssohn Manuscript Found in Berlin Shop
A Mendelssohn manuscript, previously unpublished, is discovered among old papers in a Berlin music shop. The report notes various other brief items including civic notes on DC electric lights, Blaine's planned Indianapolis visit, and local accidents, with scattered international and domestic updates.
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The Cares of a Modern Crassus in Chicago Tribune
A fragmented 1920s Chicago Tribune text fragment cites a New York millionaire asking if the girls are locked up for the night and mentions a coachman and a patent butcher catcher in the front yard. The garbled dialogue includes odd phrases about chlorofe and garden work as the scene fades.
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