Circus costs five fifty to wee in Buenos Ayres
A fragmented collection of notes reports varied items. It mentions a Buenos Aires circus with a price of five dollars and fifty cents, debt status of Micmidan, bond purchases by Vicxsaure, discoveries near Barker Montana, and a mix of biographical notes on poets and public figures including Queen Christine, Mrs Joan Drew, and Marshal Brurn.
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Buenos Ayres
Dom Pepno
Vicxsaure
Barker
Mont
Lorp Tennyson
Christine
Spain
Joan Drew
Weis
Orma
Coloma
Marshall
California
Brurn
Kate Sprague
Joan D. Bockrie
Ler
Standard Oil
Aa Pope
Children's Hospital
Boston
Fortbridge
Mhinehostar
N. IL
General Stark
May
Brazil
Verona
New York
England
Robert Heard
M. Viele
Parti
The
Voice
Quexey Victoria
Balmoral
Scotland
Highlands
Catherine Swamp
Philadelphia
General Washington
China
King
Shanghai
Francs II
France
London
New York City
Berlin
Ravillac
Henry IV
Palace of Justice
Paris
Cologna
Germany
Salem
P Beriiz
Tod
AAS
Seta
Presia
Ani
Imbecile Rescues Keeper’s Wife in Chenango Asylum Fire
Utica reports thirteen dead in Preston Chenango County poor house fire with many elderly inmates and likely more bodies buried in ashes. One insane woman escaped and alerted the keeper’s wife allowing her to survive. Coroner's jury to begin testimony Monday as authorities transfer patients to Utica and State Hospital.
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Utica
N. Y
Preston
Chenango County
Mary Vosburg
Otselic
Roxie Mallory
Norwich
Julia Hunt
Plymouth
Girl Rescued From Canal By Newfoundland Dog
Mary Gardenier, 18, was sent to the House of Refuge for Women in Hudson after a police court hearing in Syracuse. While being moved to court, she jumped into the canal to end her life but was saved by a Newfoundland dog and its owner who jumped in to rescue her. She will be taken to Hudson today.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Mary Gardeniar
Clyde
Hudson
Chicago Carpenters Strike intensifies with new picket line
The Journeymen Carpenters' Council reports nearly five thousand workers active in Chicago. Ongoing hostility from the Master Carpenters' Association pushes reorganization of the strike committee and a 250 man picket service. Inspectors monitor inbound trains to keep non union carpenters out of the city.
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Chicago Carpenters
Chicago
Journeymen Carpenters’ Council
Old Master Carpenters’ Association
Detective Kills Two in Rochester Fence Dispute
In Rochester New York on May 10 detective Thomas Lynch and a man named Stoddard clashed over a line fence. Lynch shot and killed Stoddard and his wife, then surrendered and is held at headquarters claiming self defense.
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Rochester
N. Y
Thomas Lynch
Stoddard
Lynch
Tornado devastates area near Blythdale Missouri
A terror tornado passed north of Blythdale at 6 38 last night wrecking a dozen shacks and many barns and outbuildings. The Young family suffered injuries with Mrs. Young fatally. The storm moved northwestward and no further details could be obtained.
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Missouri
Blythdale
Henry Young
Young
Cat Attack Kills Man in Rockingham County
In Rockingham County Virginia on May 10 David Stokes a Black man was bitten by a cat that clamped its teeth in his wrist and held on until its head was severed to release the grip He died shortly after.
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Danville
Rockingham County
David Stokes
Stokes
Fitzhugh Lee Declines Lee Monument Marshal Honor
Ex governor Fitzhugh Lee, once chosen as chief marshal for the Lee monument unveiling, says he will decline the honor. He favors naming a distinguished person from outside the state as marshal.
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Fitzhugh Lee
Ricesong
Lee Monument
Died After Swallowing Tobacco Laughing
Charles Gooding once of Bridgeport and later of Gratton died at Gratton last night from swallowing a chew of tobacco in a fit of laughter.
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Wareeuxa
W. Va
Charles Gooding
Bridgeport
Gratton
A &T
Tornadoes Ravage Towns Across Ohio Pennsylvania Missouri
Across Akron Franklin St Louis and surrounding areas the storms ripped through on May 12 injuring dozens and killing several. Homes barns and outbuildings were demolished and livestock died as residents sought shelter in cellars and basements. Professor H V Egbert witnessed the funnel’s swift cone shock. No fatalities in Akron though many injuries reported.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rxgney
Akron
Thornton Street
H. V. Egbert
Buchtel College
Signal Service
Washington
Franklin
Noah Jackson
Allegheny River
Allegeny Valley Railroad
St. Louis
Missouri
Harrison County
Wm. Wilson
Gentry County
Nathan Green
Memphis
Blythesdale
Jane Moore
Henry Young
Train collision in Birmincham leaves one dead two injured
A Louisville and Nashville Railroad collision occurred when signals were ignored. John McCall was killed while stealing a ride, and Harry Turner the road’s civil engineer sustained fatal injuries. Three trainmen suffered minor injuries.
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Birmincham
Ala
Louisville and Nasville
John McCall
Harry Turner
Devastating Hailstorm Strikes Grand Isle Area
Reports say a fierce hail storm hit Grand Isle and nearby areas a few days ago causing about 30000 dollars in damage. Hail stones bruised crops including cabbage tomatoes and other vegetables, stripped fruit trees and shattered every window on the island.
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New Orleans
Grand Isle
Fatal Blow Ends Argument Over Bar Tab in Wisconsin
Oliver W. Olson was killed in Lief osse Wisconsin when bartender William Dewey struck him in the neck after Olson refused to pay forty cents for a drink. Olson died yesterday afternoon in Hunt’s saloon. Dewey was tending bar at the time.
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Wis
Oliver W. Olson
Wm Dewey
C. A. Hunt
Olsen
Pope Not Captured Outlaw Telltale Arrest Report Denied
Dutourny Minn May 12 report that W. H. Pope a Louisville bank teller in default has been arrested near here is incorrect Officers believe Pope was in the area last week but could not be located by police
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defauilter
Dutourny Minn
W. H. Pope
Louisville
Here
Pope
Boy Bitten by Horse Blighted by Severe facial Injuries
Eugene Herron, a young lad from CmcLevville Ohio, was badly bitten in the face by a horse yesterday morning. The animal snapped his mouth, loosened his teeth and ripped his lips, leaving him disfigured for life.
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Itten
Cmclevville, O
Eugene Herron
Fifty-One Lost in Native Attack After Shipwreck
News from San Francisco reports the schooner Eliza Mary wrecked on Mallicolo Reef in the New Hebrides during a March storm. Of 79 aboard, four white men and forty-seven black crew and passengers were killed or lost after attackers at a village seized the survivors.
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San Francisco
Mallicolo
Bank Looted In Albany Bank Defalcation Case
In Albany May 13 the bank defalcation widens with a firm confessing judgment for nearly 36000 against bank paper tied to Anthony Gould and Wm Gould. Whitney, Keeper of records, was arrested after bondsmen overdrawn. total theft may exceed 100000 though about 40000 has been recovered. Ex Recorder Gould has left the scene.
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Albany
N. Y
Wm. Gould
Anthony Gould
Recorder of
Gould
Whitney
George S. Thomas
Edward Taylor
Boy Dies Trying to Save Grandmother in Fire
In Fern Camp Phner Ontario a dwelling burned early yesterday killing thirteen year old William Wynn and his grandmother Mrs Catharine Soules. The youth perished trying to rescue his grandmother who was eighty and helpless.
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CampPhner
Crash of the Rail in Georgia Trains Collide in Fog
Crattancoca Tennessee May 13 Yesterday morning before daylight two freight trains on the East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia railway collided in a fog. Three colored brakemen were killed and engineers Thomas Gregory and James McLaren brakeman S. S. Dobbs and conductor F. D. Knight were injured. Eight cars were smashed and engines badly damaged.
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Georgia
Crattancoca
Tenn
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
Thomas Gregory
James McLaren
Dobbs
F. D. Knight
General Julius White Dies in South Evanston
May 13 notice reports General Julius White ex Minister to the Argentine Republic died at his South Evanston residence from dropsy. He rendered conspicuous service in the Union army during the late war and was elected May 8 as Commander of the Illinois Department of the Loyal Legion.
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Julius White
Curiaco
Evanston
White
Illinois Department of the Loyal Legion
Explosion damages Brockville powder works area
May 13 report from Brockville Ontario states the Standard and Venture Powder and Dynamite factories near the city exploded yesterday. The site left a large hole where a house could fit, no injuries reported, and estimated loss about $10,000.
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Brockville
Ont
Standard and Venture
Yowa's Crops Outlook Improves With Rainfall
Des Moines Iowa May 13 the crop outlook is improved by last week's rainfall and expected average temperatures and precipitation for the rest of the season. The early harvest will shorten the hay crop.
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Des Mores
Army Officer Ends Life at San Antonio Post
Lieutenant Edwin B. Weeks, Quartermaster at the U S Army Post in San Antonio, shot himself last night. Despondent and wealthy, he leaves a family.
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San Anoronio
Edwin B. Weeks
U. S. Army
Vaux Nominated by Third District Democrats to Fill Randall
Philadelphia May 13 Hon Richard Vaux was nominated for Congress by the Third District Democratic convention to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Samuel J Randall.
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Randall
Philadelphia
Richard Vaux
Samuel J. Randall
Murderer Lynched in California Saloon
Twenty masked men raided a saloon in Dansta Maria California and lynched a murderer named Criswell last night amid a chaotic mob action. Local authorities have not yet reported on arrests or motives.
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Dansta Maria
Cal
Criswell
Lottery Million a Year Offer for Louisiana Charter
John A. Morris for the Louisiana State Lottery Company proposes a 25 year charter extension to the legislature at Baton Rouge offering 1,000,000 dollars per year totaling 25,000,000 with designated annual allocations for public schools levees drainage hospitals asylums and an institute for the deaf and dumb. Governor Nicholls opposes the measure while most city papers urge acceptance except the Delta which backs the governor.
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New Oaleans
John A. Morris
Louisiana State Lottery Company
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Charity Hospital
Shreveport
Jackson
Deaf and Dumb
Nicholls
the Delta
Hungry Joe's Gall Drives Change at Maryland Penitentiary
Hungry Joe the famed confidence man who duped W. G. Bansevier out of 5000 dollars lost his prison job after insulting a firm driver. Directors ordered his transfer from shipping clerk to a less desirable shoe packing role.
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Baltimore
Joe
W. G. Bansevier
Maryland
Locomotive Boiler Explodes Near Shamokin
On the Reading railroad near Shamokin Pennsylvania May 14 an engine boiler exploded killing engineer Hogle Genz and fireman Chas Kauffman. Conductor George C Yeager was fatally injured while riding in the cab as the train approached the town. Water leakage in the fire-box warned of danger but no measures could prevent the blast.
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Shamokin
Reading Railroad
Hoglegenz
Chas. Kauffman
George C. Yeager
Kauffman
Yeager
Boiler Explosion Destroys Hemphill’s Restaurant
A 2000 pound boiler exploded yesterday morning at Hemphill's restaurant in Nashville. The blast blew through two stories and the roof, rising 260 feet and landing in a vacant street lot. Fireman Henry Douglass died three hours after the incident. Cook Alex Work was seriously injured.
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Nashville
Tenn
Hemphill's
Henry Douglass
Alex
Work
Cook
Behalf of Convict Anarchists
Preparations are made to seek habeas corpus release for Fielden Schwab and Neebe arguing they were not brought before the Supreme Court for sentence affirmation. General B F Butler says the case is a good one.
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CubcaGco
Heavy Liquor License Revoked in Dracut
The $8,000 liquor license granted to John Lennon by Dracut selectmen was revoked after a conference with Lennon. The town will refund $8,000 to Lennon and cites public sentiment as the basis for the action.
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Lower
Mass
John Lennon
Dracut
Lennon
Presbyterians vote in favor of revision in church constitution
The Independent reports returns from almost all Presbyteries show 133 voting for revision, 65 against, and six declining. Most missing ballots come from foreign presbyteries, indicating broad support with limited opposition.
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New York
Independent
Presbyterian Church
Fatal balistite blast at Avigliana factory.
A balistite explosion at the Avigliana arms factory near Turin killed fourteen workers and injured many others, some fatally. The blast occurred at the plant fourteen miles west of Turin on May 14.
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Rome
Aviglania
Turin
Five Years in Prison for Embezzlement
Boston May 14 C P Fessenden pleaded guilty to embezzling 6400 dollars from A N and W A Buckley insurance agents and was sentenced yesterday to five years in State prison.
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Boston
C. P.’.Fessenden
A.N
W. A. Buckley
A Drummer's Shortage in Nashville
Nashville Tenn May 14 Morris Barker city drummer for Max Rosenheim of this city ran off leaving a letter confessing he had stolen 1804 from his employer.
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Nasaville
Tenn
Morris Barker
Max Rosenbeim
State Intelligence Briefs From Indiana Daily News
Lists graduates at Greenfield High School and many local incidents. Fatal bus and rail事故s reported in Brazil Paxton Marion Mishawaka and Indianapolis. Political moves include Harrison postmaster nomination and county election outcomes across several towns. Also notes pension bill for James M. Hinton and a carrier pigeon with ring data.
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Greenfield High School
Austin Boots
Rosa Stephens
Albert Frost
Marcellus Neal
Nellia Hoel
Jerry Williams
Brazil
Wa. G. Wer
Nohi
Indianapolis
Paxton
Josefh Hullinger
Marion
J. A. Puilpips
Elkhart
Lake Shore
Mishawaka
South Bend
Harrison
James H. Rogers
Huntington
John Sage
Indiana
Martinsville
Tar Vifth Presbyterian Church
Crawfordsville
Bowen
Greencastle
Nathan Wiiams
Staurton
Nathan
Monrovia
G. & W. Bandie
Thornton Street
Frankfort
Ivy
Kesv
WuHrEerock
Maetilda Wheelock
Ft. Wayne
Patrick Alannix
Charlestown
W. D. Weaver
Baptist Church
J. K. Watts
J.S. Bennett
Jeffersonville
Iiinamm Stanfield
Hillham
Dubois
David Philips
Evansville
Bessie Weltey
Aaron Weltey
Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railroad Company
John
Amos Lamson
Edwardsport
Amos
Vincennes
Green
Gemble
Lebanon
Delphi
Columbus
Portland
Richmond
Peru
Citizen
Rushville
Lafayette
Wabash
Montgomery County
Brookshire
James 35. Hinton
Company C
Indiana Volunterantry
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Heeper
State Intelligence
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