Baltimore Battles a Canoe Boat in First Action
The new warship Baltimore collided with a canGo boat in its debut action causing some damage to the Baltimore.
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Newspaper
Odon Weekly Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1888
Page
1
Philadelphia judges raise law study requirement for attorneys
In Philadelphia the lawyer shortage prompted judges to increase the required course of study before admission from two years to three, aiming to improve preparedness of practitioners.
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Philadelphia
Largest Opium Shipment Reaches San Francisco
The steamers City of New York from Hong Kong arrived with the largest single opium shipment ever seen in San Francisco weighing 10,480 pounds. Valued at 8 cents per pound net, the duty paid to the government totaled $164,600.
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San Francisco
City of New York
Hong Rong
Parsch Bismarck Alleged Misconduct Report
The article alleges that Parsch Bismarck gave a fetus to servants at Fried and dispatched it to a recipient in richrue. It claims Bismarck supplied Germany with telegraph pales during the last ten years.
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Parsch Bismarck
Friedal
Germany
Tukmen Persies Faitassader at Washington expresses timrelf
The text describes Tukmen Persies Faitassader in Washington praising the country and noting women as beautiful in the west while mentioning he left Mrs Hadji Hussein Ghoely Khan Metoined cb Vasari at home.
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Tukmen
Washington
Hadji Hussein Ghoely Khan
Cb Vasari
Notwords and the Faith Effort across Western Lands
Fragmentary text recalls an effort to convert the western world to a universal gospel. Names and places are obscured by garbled OCR yet hint at religious aims and denominational influence.
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Doling
Fragmentary notes on historical figures and places
The readable text hints at a discussion of populations and cities including Mt Petersburg and Constantinople. It mentions a waning number in a European context and references a maplike sequence with unclear figures and a Colotab note. The fragment lacks coherent events or dates.
Unclear OCR excerpt reports city planning and boulevard work
An unclear manuscript describes a citizen’s property issue and a proposed SEM structure over a boulevard. Details are fragmented and names or dates are not decipherable.
Criminal bands in No Man's Land defy territorial laws
Attorney General Gahan seeks to confine the criminals by dissolving the District Attorney for Western Texas to prosecute them. The groups operate beyond state or federal control and resist territorial authority.
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No Man's Land
Gahan
Texas
Chinese Laborers Transit Policy Question Landings
The San Francisco Collector of Customs asked the Treasury if Chinese laborers in transit for Panama or moving across the United States to Cuba could be landed in the U S. Acting Secretary Thompson replied that Chinese laborers cannot land in United States territory whether in transit to foreign countries or elsewhere.
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San Francisco
Treasury Department
Panama
United States
Cuba
San
Senate and House Open with Record Bold in Early Session
The Senate and House opened with large backs of bills and resolutions. Figures show 1 385 measures pushed forward in the Senate and 2 594 reported back from committees, while many more await action in committee rooms.
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Senate
Baker
House
Benbow battleship joins British Mediterranean squadron
The battleship Benbow is completed and added to the British Mediterranean squadron. Her main guns are two 111 ton rifles firing 1,84 pound projectiles with 850 pounds of powder, plus armor piercing capability for armor a yard thick. The ship displaces 10,000 tons and runs about 17 knots.
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Meditteranean
Multinational Mix Shapes New York Neighborhoods
The passage notes Tene as a geographic tendency in New York City to group cities by nationality. It cites Mulberry Street as wholly Italian in spirit and language, Mott Street as a Chinese enclave, and observes Bohemian Polish Hungarian and Irish communities scattered across areas, creating diverse blocks with distinct languages and cultures.
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New York City
Mulberry Street
Mott Street
Poland
Hungary
Ireland
Charred Bodies and Arson Point to Farmhouse Murder
In Harmony Township a farmer David Sellers his wife and daughter were killed in a fire set to cover a robbery. The hired hand Rhodebeck is held as authorities begin an inquest with the coroner.
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Mocat Ginean
Harmony Township
Here
David Sellers
Wmn. Rhodebeck
Sellers
Ohio
Mr. Sellers
Not Found Circacn Get Advice From Los Angeles
A garbled item reports the British Minister Leond Sackvilie was tricked by a clever writer in Los Angeles. A letter dated Pomona Cal mentions a nar uralived Engot-bhoan named Chas. PL Murchison who urged U.S. voting stance. Detectives fail to locate Murchison in Los Angeles. the Los Angeles Times hints he will be revealed at the proper time.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Art
Leond Sackvilie
Phil
Pomona
Chas
Murchison
Engot-bhoan
Tony
Pigland
Ameri Wa
West
Murechisen
Minister West
Murderers Hanged in Efahgeing for December Murder
Coren Mora Ephraim Mayes was hanged at Edeefield for the murder of Jacob Hurt in December. Dan Graham Louise and Chaney Kurt were tried and found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to hang. Graham escaped, Chaney received a pardon after childbirth, Louise Burt had sentence commuted to life, Governor refused to intervene for Mayes.
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CorenMora
S.C
Ephraim Mayes
Edeefield
Jacob Hurt
Dan Graham
Louise
Chaney Kurt
Victm
Graham
Chaney
Louise Burt
Mayes
A Wicked Mother
A jury in St. Louis returned a verdict that nineteen year old Thomas F Dalton died from injuries after his mother Julia Dalton poured oil on his clothing and set him ablaze. She was intoxicated at the time of the crime and had quarreled with the victim. she remains under arrest.
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St. Louis
Thos
F. Dalton
Julia Dalton
Public Health Bulletin From Jacksonville Update
President Neal Mitchel issues the daily public health bulletin for Jacksonville Florida. New cases reported today are 23 and deaths 2 bringing the total cases to 3 907 and total deaths to date. Names OL Deathe George Tousey and John UD Green are listed.
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Jacksonville
Fun
Neal Mitchel
Blackman Hanged in Toledo for Fatal Quarrel Killing
Hugh Blackman, a Black man, was hanged at Toledo today for killing a man known as Big Six in a quarrel nearly two years ago. The execution closes a lengthy case with local color fading into history.
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Blackman Haneed
Limtte Rpex
Ajnx
Hugh Blackman
Toledo
Blackman
Premium Tobacco Sale Sets High Price at Exposition
Tobacco Day at the Exposition yields extraordinary leaf prices. A hogshead sold for 430 dollars amid brisk bidding as buyers sought top quality tobacco leaves.
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Ricusono
Swedish railway inspectors visit inspection in America
Count Isthelius and Carl Alex Holm, assistants to the chief engineer of the Swedish Royal Railway Company, are in the city to study and inspect U S railway systems on behalf of the Swedish Government.
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Curiaco
Count Isthelius
Carl Alex. Holm
Swedish
RoyalKailway Company
America
Rowland and Porter Families Shootout Leaves Two Wounded
In Roxie Mississippi a morning clash between Rowland and Porter family members ends after twenty five shots. Dr S V Porter was wounded and two Porter men were injured as the melee concluded.
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Roxie
Miss
Rowland
Porter
Dr. 5
V. Porter
Porter Serjotas
Riot at Greenville Depot Leaves Powell Wounded
A midnight riot in Greenville Ohio followed a political clash after a Dayton crowd arrived for a Democratic demonstration. James M. Powell, a blacksmith, was shot in the groin during the fracas while Ansley Odell alias Dad fled to the depot cellar and was later jailed. Powell, who has a wife and four children, is hospitalized. the mob wrecked parts of the depot.
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Greenville
Dayton
James M. Powell
Johnson's Station
Sulphur Green Democratic Club
Bascom
Miley
Evans
Odell
Powell
British Minister Sackville in Blunder Row Across Press
Various papers discuss Lord Sackville's controversial pen and potential recall or resignation. Opinion ranges from calls for resignation to defense of his candor, with debates on American political pressure and the possibility of transfer.
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Lord Sackville
the Times
Washington
New York
Daily News
Odd wager pits two women in riding dare
A Republican woman agrees to ride a mule, man fashion, from Mingo Junction to Steubenville and back if Cleveland wins. If Harrison is elected, the Democrat women will undertake the ride. The wager occurred in Mingo Junction the county.
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Steubenville. O
Mingo Junction
Cleveland
Mingo
Steubenville
Harrison
Fifteen New Cases Reported In Jacksonville Bulletin
President Neal Mitchell releases daily bulletin with 16 new cases in Jacksonville. Totals show 4 009 cases to date and 449 deaths to date. Names Lizzie Mason Mack Preston and Payton Buckhaiter appear in the death list.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Neal Mitchell
Lizzie Mason
Mack Preston
Payton
Buckhaiter
Exposition Extended to November in Cincinnati
At the urgent request of the guarantors and with a meeting of the Centennial Exposition Board of Commissioners it was decided to continue the big show until November. Admission will be twenty five cents.
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Cincinnati
Jailbreak tales headline three escaped prisoners
Thomas Carr and W A Copeland charged with burglary and Captain Jack Goldsby escaped from Fayette jail last night by sawing through the bars in West Virginia.
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Cyar Lestrosx
W. Va
Thomas Carr
W. A. Copeland
Jack Goldsby
Fayette
Forger Escapes County Jail After Overpowering Jailer
Will Scott, an alleged forger awaiting trial, overpowered the jailer last night in Wenamac inc, choked him severely and escaped from the county jail.
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Wenamac, Inc
Will Scott
Makah schooner wrecked near Tillamook Bay. all hands feared lost
The schooner Makah of Astoria Oregon ran aground near Tillamook Bay entrance on Wednesday the 24th. The hull lay bottom up with no signs of life visible leading to the belief that all aboard are lost.
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Tillamook, Ornel
Astoria
Oregon
Tillamook Bay
Fatal Crossing Accident at West Liagaty Crossing
Two men from Pennsylvania visiting their brother A. McKinley near West Liagaty were killed by a Burlington and Cedar Rapids passenger train at a crossing. The boy driver also died in the crash.
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West Liagaty
Pennsylvania
A. McKinley
Burlington and
Cedar Rapids
Chinese Funeral at Mott Street for Li Yu Dao General
At No 33 Mott Street in New York the funeral of Li Yu Dao General of the Black Flags drew a mixed crowd as Chinese mourners dressed in blue gowns filed in. A Chinese band played a funeral march after a Dead March, with candles, joss sticks, and offerings of candied fruit, rice, oranges, and a roasted pig laid out to accompany the deceased to Evergreen Cemetery.
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New York
Undertaking Establishment
Mott Street
Li Yu Dao
Doe
Dean
Saul
Evergreen Cemetery
Hand-Car Run Down Kills Mother and Two Sons in Louisiana
In Denv re, Louisiana, October 20, Hermann Baade a Burlington Foreman traveled by hand-car with his wife and three children and a friend. A fast Burlington train between St Paul and Chicago struck the car at a sharp curve killing Mrs Baade and two sons aged seven and thirteen. Baade and another man survived. Mrs Baade pushed a baby to a bank to save it. Baade is grief-stricken and threatens self harm.
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Denvreve
Hermann Baade
Burlington Railroad
St. Paul
Chicago
Washington Territory Population and Finances Report
Eugene Semple, governor, releases an annual report estimating Washington Territory population at 7,103,000 with an increase of about 24,000 in the year. Taxable property listed at 5,624,182 and rising over the past decade. property figures reflect a wide gain from the prior year. Territory described as financially healthy and prosperous.
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Washington
Eugene Semple
Washington Territory
Tupper named British Minister to the United States
Ottawa dispatch reports Sir Charles Tupper, former Canadian Finance Minister and High Commissioner in London, appointed British Minister to the United States. Lord Sackville is recalled, a sensation in Montreal on Oct 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tupper
Montreal
Ottawa
Ottawa Journal
Administration Journal
Charles Tupper
Canada
London
United States
Lord Sackville
Yellow Fever Bulletin Update in Jacksonville
President Neal Blitchell reports 36 new deaths and a total of 4005 cases to date with 352 fatalities. Names listed include J N Bell Thomas Phillips color ed Joseph H Sellers and Mrs Mary Fennell.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Neal Blitchell
J. N. Bell
Thomas Phillips
Joseph H. Sellers
Mary Fennell
Through a Herd of Cattle at Bolton Notch
A Hartford and Putnam train struck a herd of sixty cows at a grade crossing near Bolton Notch on Saturday night. Fourteen cattle were killed and the train, traveling at high speed, narrowly avoided being hurled down a forty foot embankment.
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Putnam, Cr
Hartford and Putnam
Bolton Notch
Stanley Reported Dead in Africa Murder Tale
The Echo du Nord from Lille reports the president of the Geographical Society of Lille received news from Africa that Henry M Stanley has been massacred with his expedition, except for two men, near Lille date October 29.
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Stanley
Lille
France
Echo du Nord
Geographical Society of Lille
Africa
Henry M. Stanley
Bridge Disaster Over Big Muddy River Near Blairsville
A bridge crew on the 170 foot iron truss over the Big Muddy river near Blairsville caused a girder looseness that toppled the span fifty feet into the water. William Thompson died instantly. Arthur McRea James Campbell D Mafield Joshn Edmunds and Theodore Harris were fatally injured. Others including W H McRea Thomas Robinson Miles Harris Frank Leech and an unknown man suffered serious injuries. A team of horses was killed.
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Drevotn
Inn
Blairsville
Big Muddy River
Wm. Thompson
Arthur McRea
James Campbell
D. Mafield
Joshn Edmunds
Theodore Harris
W. H. McRea
Thomas Robinson
Miles Harris
Frank Leech
Railway passenger sues after injuries on Missouri Pacific
The Missouri Court of Appeals upholds a verdict awarding Leona Bryan damages for injuries on a Missouri Pacific Rail Road pass ride. The court rejects the pass rider assumption of risk as a defense and states the railroad must exercise all possible care in safe coaches tracks and machinery.
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Kansas City
Qeto
Court of Appeals
Ramsey
Leona Bryan
Missouri Pacific Railvay Company
Died in a Dentist's Chair at Hoopestown Inn
A sensational Hoopestown incident reports Dr Lon Bishop extracting a tooth for his wife and, as she recovered, her father attempted to use mesmeric powers. She screamed and died in the chair, though she had no prior heart trouble.
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Hoopestown
Inn
Lon. Bishop
Sackville Removal Deepens US UK Ties Strain
Washington reports the Secretary of State informed Lord Sackville that his continued hold of the current U S post is no longer acceptable to the American government. The move is aimed at preserving the relations between the United States and Britain.
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Washington
Lord Sackville
United States
Explosion Kills Four Aboard Tug A. W. Lawrence
The tug A W Lawrence exploded its boiler near North Point at 2:39 this morning. Captain John Sullivan Engineer John Sullivan cousin of the captain Fireman Edward Sullivan and Lineman Thomas Handley were killed. The boat broke apart.
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Milwaukee
Wis
A. W. Lawrence
North Point
John Sullivan
Edward Sullivan
Thomas Handley
Fever Outbreak Report in Jacksonville Florida
The Fever in Florida reports 4127 cases and 553 deaths to date with President v2 noting ongoing tolls. Postmaster Cornish of St Nicholas is identified in the brief item.
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Jacksonville
Fran
Neal Mitchell
S. Cornish
St. Nicholas
Badeau's Suit Settled for Memoir Services
New York October 2 1900 The Grant family settled General Badeau's suit against Ulysses S Grant's estate for memoirs writing. They paid Badeau £1001 in full with interest to date. Badeau made no concession.
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Badeau
New York
Grant
General Badeau
U.S. Grant
Yellow Fever Evidence Reported in Baldwin Florida
Surgeons Hutton of Camp Perry and Urquhart of Live Oak telegraph to Surgeon General Hamilton with undoubted evidence of yellow fever in Baldwin Florida during October.
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Washington
Hutton
Camp Perry
Fla
Urquhart
Live Oak
Hamilton
Baldwin
Deputy Marshal Jack Fleming Dies by Self Inflicted Shot
In Kansas City the criminal court was surprised when Deputy Marshal Jack Fleming killed himself with a revolver during court session. No motive or cause was given for the act.
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Kansas City
Jack Fleming
Ex-Pittsburgh Mayor Shot by Wife in Jealousy Fight
Denver dispatch reports ex mayor Andy Fulton of Pittsburgh, owner of a ranch twenty miles from the city, was shot and seriously wounded today by his wife amid alleged jealousy.
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Pittsburgh
Denver
Con
Andy Fulton
Local Merchant Fled to Canada After Forging Checks
Burrato New York October 30 Henry F Albers a coal and lumber merchant in the city disappeared to Canada after forging the name of Jacob Schell the brewer on notes totaling twenty thousand dollars authorities say Albers’s scheme involved fraudulent notes and he is now a fugitive sought by police in connection with the case
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Burrato
N. Y
Henry F. Albers
Canada
Jacob Schell
Darber Sentenced to Hang for Murder in First Degree
Ithaca Nev Oct 30 Richard Darber convicted of murder in the first degree for killing Ann Mason in March was sentenced to be hanged December 18.
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Ithaca
Nev
Richard Darber
Ann Mason
Bank Robber Price Sentenced in Albany Court
Albany reports that Price, a noted bank robber, was this morning sentenced to nineteen years imprisonment and fines. The sentencing follows recent robberies in the region and signals a crackdown on bank crime.
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Price Sentanesd
Albany, N. Y
State Intelligence brings a grim Indiana slide of deaths and misfortunes
A wide scan of Indiana regional incidents reports multiple fatal and serious events. Farmers die threshing from heart disease. Annie Conrad perishes in a boiling kettle accident. Wes Ban Low suffers grave injuries from a haymow fall. several people killed by cars, drownings, or suicides. widespread milk sickness fears. towns report arson-like poison in church soup, robberies, assaults, and a fatal quarry accident injuring two workers.
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Charles Knott
Scipio Township
Laporte County
Annie
August Conrad
Ft. Wayne
Wes Ban Low
Tipton
Jos. Gunrich
Indianapolis
Stephens SapPorincTon
Lafayette
Max Ransit
Willliam Suaal Swoop
Isaiah Everly
Patricksburg
Owen County
Vincennes
Townsend
Sylvester Grubb
Montpelier
Henry Starbuck
Bartholomew County
Jennie Deford
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