Crop Report Upto Aug 1 Shows Mixed South Dakota Yields
The Crop Report up to August 1 notes varied results across 45 counties. Moisture improved growth after a dry spring, but overall yields may be smaller than last year. Wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, buckwheat and vegetables show uneven conditions with statewide averages around 60 percent for crops and uneven county performances.
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Ady
Europe
United States
South Dakota
Flegen
Bold act at Waterloo wins captured French general
The young brigade major Halkett seized a French general at Waterloo in a dramatic horseback grab. Amid cheers, the rider was tossed from his saddle and surrendered, with English dragoons clearing a path. The general thanked the horse, and was treated with courtesy as he was escorted to Brussels.
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Waterloo
Baron Malortic
Ack
Halkett
Lkulemajor
Pia Thor
Exhaber
Hin
Brenghauin
Hackett
Phe
Brussels
Lower Rates on Drain and Flour Roads Edge Toward Compliance
Western roads will implement reduced grain and flour rates as ordered by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The move follows debate on defying the commission and aims to avoid protest by peacefully complying. Chicago shippers plan to petition for rate adjustments to address perceived regional discrimination.
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Inter-State Commerce Commission
Chicago
The Strike In Wales Brings Police Mobilization
The strike in Wales escalated with a railway stake intensifying the position. On the 13th, police from several Welsh towns joined the municipal authorities to resist the movement. Officers patrolled the city through the night, the railroad under armed guard, and trains kept running without any overt act by the strikers.
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Wales
Irduil
Alligators Speak On Cannibal Rules In St. Johns River
Arkangan remarks on alligator cannibalism in East Orange Florida with Arkansaw the Alligator explaining that gators feed on each other to balance supply and demand. He notes a killed rival with three legs bitten off and jaw eaten by a stronger kin, and fears ceasing cannibalism would flood the St Johns river country with alligators piled four deep.
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Arkansaw
East Orange
St. John's River
Church riot at Ipswich over hymn controversy
A London dispatch reports an extraordinary scene at the Baptist church in Ipswich England where minister Rev Cordle clashed with senior members over Moody and Sankey hymns.12 elder deacons removed. later riotous gatherings, a crowded service, and a police request followed as the pastor secured protection.
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London
Baptist Church of
Ipswich
England
Cordle
Moody and Sankey
Corde
Attic Peete
England Reasserts Her Claims In Behring Sea Dispute
Lord Salisbury’s note to Secretary Blain dated Aug 2 reviews historical documents on Behring Sea fishing and navigation rights. Britain maintains freedom of navigation and fishing beyond a marine league, rejects Russia’s 1825 concession, and urges arbitration if the United States persists in disputing recent captures among colonial shipping interests.
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Lord Salisbury
Blain
England
Belwing Straits
Russia
British Columbia
United States
Great Britain
Government Printing Office of Germany 1890 finances summary
For the fiscal year ending March 31, 1890 the Government Printing Office of Germany reported gross income of 4,871,867 marks about 1,159,500 dollars. Expenditures were 3,484,388 marks about 824,523 dollars, leaving an earned surplus of 1,407,479 marks about 334,077 dollars.
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Government Printing Office
Germany
Northern Pacific Oxpress HQ Moves to Chicago on Aug 15
On and after August 15 the headquarters of the Northern Pacific Oxpress company will be in Chicago. The concise notice marks a relocation from prior offices and confirms the new address in the Illinois city.
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Northern Pacific Oxpress Company
Chicago
HER THIRTY-NINE LOVERS ON A DROPPING SHIP
A London Graphic item recounts a tale aboard a vessel with a dramatic love triangle. Ava, the charming traveler, decides which of her many suitors to save as the ship sinks. The captain’s grim plan and a final rescue unfold as passengers perish or cling to fate.
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Avennel
Ana Twoncora
Indy
Anna
Eale
Skaball
London Graphic
The Strangling Vine Saga of a Lost Mine
In a Texas tale recounted by the San Francisco Examiner a lone explorer recalls a perilous ascent into a canyon near an ancient mine reputed for silver. Vines bind, constrict, and drag him toward a deadly cliff as he discovers two corpses entangled among the twisting tendrils and a moving mesa of plant life.
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The
San Francisco Examiner
Yucatan
Merida
Treasure Mountain
Tom Brogh
Ike
Battle with a monstrous plant in a desert canyon
The narrator fights a living, creeping snakeweed as black vines lash and coil. He cuts free, slips past the deadly vegetation, and escapes over a bowlder. Afterward he discovers two dry bodies, including a halfbreed merchant and a local trader, likely betrayers linked to a silver mine.
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Bowlder
Oit Creek
Merida
Man Drops Stamps Then Sees Them Float Away
A Georgia man, Mr Evane, at the Girard Cafe, drops two one cent stamps while preparing to mail a letter. They slip, move across the floor, climb the wall, and drift toward the ceiling before a fly’s body parts cause them to descend. The incident ends when the stamps touch a reachable hand, revealing the fly carried the stamps.
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Georgia
Evane
Girard
Evens
Evana
Philadelphia Pras
Lion hunting myth fuels Algeria colonist tale
Parle Despatch to the London Daily Telegraph reports M. Untier, a bold Algerian colonist, succeeds the late M. Bombounel in Dijon. Claims of Nons in Algeria sparked by monarchs of the desert in Bonn forests and Palestro gorges as Cattier runs hunting ventures from Palestro, courting gentlemen and Indies, while praising the modern woman’s daring role.
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Leo
London Daily Telegraph
M. Unttier
Algeria
M. Bombounel
Dijon
North African
Bonn
Palestro
M. Cattier
Indies
Frightened to Death by a Snake in Fredericksburg Area
Mallie Henderson a colored resident of Spotsylvania County was walking near her home when she spotted a huge snake. She fled in fright fell unconscious, and died that night despite medical help.
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Rom
Fredericksburg
Mallie Henderson
Spottsylvania County
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