Oddball Tides of News from Aboard The Record
A mix of anecdotes and brief items notes Bills and New York denials, Consuelo Vanderbilt height, warnings about smoking in church, blue eyed cats and white cats, territorial disputes over Venezuela and Alaska, wage raises by Crane Iron, and a warning about aristocratic reputations. Postal statistics show a strong quarter with Chicago leading gains and other cities following amid a broad set of curiosities and social quips.
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Postal Service
Chicago
New York
Boston
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Wedding disaster at Sabula sparks health inquiry
State board of health report details a September Sabula wedding with crowded quarters and tainted meat. Chicken turkey and ham were served after four hours, triggering a strong odor and illness among guests. One hundred fell sick and died. investigation links disease onset to contaminated meat, amid broader land and railroad dispute coverage in Des Moines and O'Brien County.
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Feken
Schultz murder case shakes Ti county with new arrest
November report says George Montagne, brother of the murdered Kate Cantoner, was arrested in the Schultz killings of August 1893. The information came from Jones who aided the arrest. Montagne’s hearing before Justice Marstail at Wasnita resulted in release. Jones was fined $15 for public disturbance.
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Kate Cantoner
Schultz
Martin Schultz
Ti County
George Montagne
Jones
Montagne
CurnoKer
M. J. Marstail
Wasnita
EU. Jones
Sioux City Murder Case Names Two Suspects
The article identifies Kid Gallagher and Alex Chapin as men linked to the Sioux City murder of Max Noack and Ora Minter. It notes they were taken to Papilio, confessing under pressure and facing life terms after their trial in Omaha and Papilio, with sentencing to life for the alleged murderous assault.
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Stor
Creyber
Kid Gallagher
Alex Chapin
Omaha
Papilio
Max Noack
Ora Minter
Sioux City
Orde
Panila
Frightful Accident on Milwaukee Road Near Marion
On the Milwaukee road near Marion Charles Taylor and Pearl Lutz, section men, stepped aside for a passing freight and were struck by an opposing Kansas City branch train. Lutz was crushed under wheels and died within hours.
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Conan Ramps
Milwaukee Road
Marion
Charles Taylor
Pearl 2
Lutz
Kansas City
Elopement and missing couple shock rural Iowa town
In Booth township Mrs Alice Liggett elopes with Jacob Mundell, escaping with Mundell's help by packing clothes in his trunk and taking a Marathon to Marshalltown train. The couple, including four children, left town and remain unfound as police pursue traces across the region.
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Alice Liggett
Jake Mundell
Lawneys
Clinton Liggett
Booth Township
Here
Mundell
Marathon
Marshalltown
Robbery at depot after night express escape
Depot robbed after the night express at 4 percent. George Krout, agent, faced two masked men who demanded money and escaped with two packages. Part of a Denver to Cripple consignment of 4 dollars, remainder in the safe. Officers scour the country seeking the holdup men. Loxpox, November 4. The article also covers international and political notes, including reactions to Cuban affairs and U S political returns.
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Night Express
George Krout
Denver
Murderous Turks and Diplomatic Flap Over Armenians
Cologne Gazette reports Baron Von Der oltz Pasha decorated with grand cordon of Osmanieh for services, signaling royal approval amid Armenian troubles. Powers plan to press Turkey to restore order in Armenia, with feared consequences if Turkey resists. Also notes attacks on a mission near Jerusalem, executions in Ku Cheng, and a fatal newsroom explosion in Detroit.
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Cologne
Constantinople
Baron von der Oltz Pasha
Pasha
Ame Armenans
Great Britain
Turing
Turkey
Amenia
Loxnos
Nab
Jerusal
Cons
NEW COAST DEFENSES URGED BY ARMY COMMANDER
Major General commanding the army urges large expenditure to build strong coast defenses. San Francisco is protected. the Pacific coast, Gulf coast, and Atlantic cities to Philadelphia lack modern guns. He argues railroads cannot substitute for modern weapons and cites English maneuvers as proof of Britain’s coast vulnerability.
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Great Britain
Venezuela
Alaska
United States
Ateport
Gene Wastixeres
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Gulf Coast
Atlantic Coast
Philadelphia
Pridr
China
Japan
England
Looking for Thieves in New York Crookedness Case Debates
Fragmented report outlines a broad probe into municipal corruption in New York with witness testimony accusing officials of bribery and protection. mentions Commissioner Scannell, Inspector McLaughlin, and ongoing legal delays in murder cases including Minnie Williams and Blanche Lamont. Also references a diplomatic dispute over a prisoner named Waller and a Shanghai dispatch on Chinese Dungan unrest.
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New York
New Youk
Christian
Tyrnes
Broadway
Scannell
McLaughlin
Sivore
Sid
Minnie Williams
Barnes Andkinson
Durrant
Blanche Lamont
Waller
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Newton
Rewton
Record Publishing CO
Iowa
Chaily
Tokio
Bill Nye
New Jersey
William
Consuelo Vanderbilt
Pittsburg
Illinois
United States Treasury
Gotham
Crane Iron Company
Allentown
W. T. Stead
Swift
The
Boston Globe
Mrs. Warwayn Wictwor Kiewicz
Porte
Abe
Armenia
Kentucky
Susan Cook
Quincy
Arette
Hawaeye
O'Brien County
Dea Moura
United States Land Office
St. Paul
Cepan Ravine
Bevers
District Court
JJ Wolf
Dge
McIntyre Bros. & A
Birdsall
Are Des Moises
Pollock
Horston
Crry
Mexico
Nwa
Chester
Naturaliza
Rarins
Edward S. Jones
Royal Fraternal Guardians
Cedar Rapids
U Ling
Des Moines
Carver
Hentaxeres
William Er
Elmwood
Hil
North Ithern
Hardesty & Me Cullough
Kirkville
A. J. Fairchild
Hardesty
Perry
Redfield Post
G. A.R
Department of Iowa
Muscatine
Eugene Kriner
Ohio
Muchachinock
George
Swannone
B. Brown
Stranson
Swanson
Atlantic
Anna Ring
Iinto
Camex
Daniel Hal-lahan
Dubuque County
Prairie Creek
Sultan
Loviavinnr
Hlackb
House
Senate
Rabb
Bacon
cuBa
Havana
Indies
Spa
Jan Loxpox
the Times
Madrid
Caba Ary
Paya Corbett
Philip 4. Dwyer
Corbett
Fitz
Doe Wendig
Peter Maher
Steve O'Donnell
O'Donnell
Nike
Devas Lake
N. D
Nover
Ieat Northern
B. A. Whyland & Co
Chicago Board of Trade
Board of ‘Trade
Sev’ags Bani
Commere
Czarina
Loxpoy
Russia
Columbus, Ohi
Allen G
Hwasang
Ku Cheng
Detroit Dispatch
Journal
Larned Street
John BE. Davi & Co
Chas. Wright & Co
Hiller
Tennessee
Guatemala
Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Munich
Schwanthaler Passage
Jary Olney
Prise
Graci
Pekin
Iain
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