Electric sugar refining swindle collapses in New York scheme
A bogus electric sugar refining method swindled American and British investors of over $1,000,000. Henry C. Friend and associates exploited trust, hiding the process behind locked doors. Investigations reveal doctored sugar sold as refined product, with Mrs Olive Friend and others implicated as funds and stock moved offshore.
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Europe
Henry C. Friend
Friend
Cottrell
Robertson
Susur
Eigiaund
Olive Friend
Willian
Howard
Lennox
Birmingham
America
Liverpool
Bloodshed in a Riot in Washington Territory Mines
In New Castle Washington Territory miners clash between Knights of Labor and Miners Union since New Year. Armed Knights attack by rail and at Cal Creek and New Castle trampling loaders from a trestle. Three men dead or dying, others injured including Foreinsn Vment Kess and Terrence Amturkey. Sheriff calls militia as a train brings a corpse and late reports say the trouble waning.
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Knights
Washington Territory
Seamivy
W. T
Jan. i
Knights of Labor
Miners’ Union
New Castle
Third Knights
Buran
Cal Creek
New Castile
Foreinsn Vment Kess
Terrence Amturkey
Letters on Immigration From Statesmen and Cleveland
A German organization in Louisville asks President Cleveland Secretary of State Bayard and Senators for views on immigration. Cleveland says his annual message covers the subject. Bayard declines to express opinion. Senator Morgan cites Central European nations as sources of good citizens. Blackburn urges rigid exclusion of Colnese and says Italians are not beneficial to the country.
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Qelveland
Bayard
Louisville
Society For the Promotion of Freedom and Right
Cleveland
John ST. Morgan
J. Blackburn
Panama Canal Work Delayed as Government Protests Loom
The Panama Canal project faces daily delays and fears of total suspension. The Ottoman government has issued a circular protesting the act, warning of potential broad impacts on workers and foreign ties.
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Panama Canal
Panama
Pts
Obian
Billy Sibel
Three Nominations Heard In State Senates
Michigan Michigan Republicans nominate James McMillan of Detroit for United States Senator to succeed Thomas Palmer with Melbourne H. Ford opposing in the minority. Frye Maine and Wolcott Colorado are also named for Senate seats in separate caucuses with votes recorded and scheduled elections.
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Couse
James McMillan
E. O. Wolcott
Wiliam P. Frye
United States
Detroit
Jan
Grand Rapids
Hamilton
Ont
James MecMillan
Hamilton Grammar School
Detroit & Milwaukee Remis
Grand Haven
McMillan
Michigan Car Company
Detroit Carwheel Company
Bausrk Steam-Foren Company
Detroi Trou-Purnace Company
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AvovsTa
Repubcan
Frye
Blaine
Senate
Garfield
Bowdoin
Lewiston
Wolcott
Dexter
Col. Juin
Republican Caucus
F. O. Wolcott
Bowen
Yabor
The Burlington and Quincy Strike Cost Chicago Firm Millions
An engineer strike against the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad caused a substantial financial hit. Analysts estimate the total loss at about 3 million dollars after accounting for preexisting declines in earnings and normal business downturns. The dispute ended in victory for the company, but at a heavy cost.
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Curiaco
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
Hiainess
Loas
Illinois Banking Law Limits Bank Organization to Cities and Villages
Attorney General George Hunt issues an official opinion on the new state banking law. Banks may be organized only in cities and villages with populations of 10 000 or more and ownership limits set at 50 percent. The ruling clarifies scope and conditions for establishing banking institutions in Illinois.
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George
Residence fire at Terre Haute leaves mother and children injured
Mrs. Gerald and her two youngsters, a four year old boy and a six year old girl, perished in the blaze after heroic fire department efforts to rescue them. The boy died from severe burns, the mother is gravely injured, and a firefighter fainted while bringing the child outside.
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Gray
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South Wabash
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Shebyville
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Fort Wayne
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Brazil
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Jeffersonville
Will C. David
Indianapolis
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Shelby County
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Dayton Credee Coummans
Loblolly Swamp
Yportland
Rushville
Argus News
Montgomery County
Marcus Horney
Potato Creek
Moses Arnold
Wabash
Cheerful Old Age and Gentle Philosophy
A column reflects on aging with Dr. Franklin’s cheerful view at eighty two, noting impairment and gout yet social pleasure and serenity. It argues old age need not be sorrowful, suggesting light ahead and the traveler’s path to peace remains open. Then short vignettes joke about money, a jeweler, and potato socials in Kansas.
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Franklin
N. Y. Ledger
Franchises and Remedies Promoted in Medical Ads
An assortment of old advertisements touts Hostetter s Stomach Bitters as a health franchise for digestion and general well being. Also promoted are Mother's Friend for confinement, Care t er s Little Liver Pills for sleep and relief, Baker s Norwegian Cod Liver Oil for consumption, Hale s Honey of Horehound and Tar for coughs, Pike s Toothache Drops, Dr Isaac Thompson s Eye Water, and various quips on health and humor from newspapers.
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Hale
Pike
Fragments Echo Ancient Jugs and Cures in Aged Notices
The item fragment references Helen wife of Menelaus and a Troy laundry. It notes weather changes causing throat diseases and praises Brown's Bronchial Troches as a remedy for coughs and colds sold in boxes. An aside mentions ancient Peruvians with whistling jugs and modern curgle jugs, asides from Toledo Blade.
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