False Christ's Revelations From Schweinfurth Heaven
George F. Ostrander, spokesman for George Jacob Schweinfurth, details a sensational lay belief system in Rockford Illinois. He describes weekly dances, confessions, hypnotic power, and a suggested doctrine that apostles should be eunuchs, after seventeen months in the group’s Heaven.
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Curiaco
George F. Ostrander
George Jacob Schweinfurth
Rockford, Ill
Ostrander
Schweinfurth
Mary Weldon
Mary
Miss Teft
Norma Coudry
Miss Tuttle
Miss Weldon
Mary Barr
Lizzie Weldon Mattie Teft
Mrs. Welch
California
Archibald Adams Real Estate at 419 Main Street
Archibald Adams operates a real estate, insurance and loans office located at 419 Main Street. The compact shop handles property sales, risk coverage and loan services for local residents.
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Archibald Adams
Main Street
Notice to Contractors Thurston county bids for road work
Sealed proposals will be received by the Thurston county commissioners at the county auditor’s office until Thursday June 9 1892 for filling a hollow near the old poor farm. Required 2569 cubic yards with law bonds and a $50 certified check. The board may reject all bids. John P Tweed county auditor issued May 12 1892. Charles D Garfield deputy.
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Board of County Commissioners
Thurston County
State of Washington
Washington
Thurston County Seeks Bids for Court House Grounds Excavation
The Thurston county board invites sealed proposals for filling and excavating the court house grounds by the cubic yard. Bidders must submit a $200 certified check with their proposal as a good faith guarantee, payable to the Thurston county treasurer. The award is contingent on executing the formal contract and furnishing bonds. failure forfeits the check.
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Board of County Commissioners
Thurston County
Wash- Se
Court House
Washington
Ten Cent Silver Offers Mail of Books and More
Ad seeks agents to spread a worldwide mail order catalog for books magazines papers and samples of bargains. Writers in Atlanta Box 42 and New Jersey advertise agency opportunities and the promise of mail to publishers manufacturers patentees and hiring agents.
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Ad-Cord
Box
Atlanta
Leper Child Seized by City In San Francisco
A leprosy case involving Augusta Frates, a 17 year old mother, lands her and her infant in distress in Oakland and the San Francisco pest house. After escaping Monday, she sought hospital care Friday and is now under city and county care awaiting legal disposition. The tale traces the family’s Honolulu arrival six months prior and destitution culminating in the leprosy diagnosis.
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San Francisco
Augusta Frates
Pital
Oakland
Frates
Honolulu
Palouse Republican Reports Local News and Events
The Palouse Republican from Palouse in Whitman county highlights parade tensions with Salvation Army band participation and a barred march. It notes Sheriff arrest of 50 year old Welling Bright for incest involving his 14 year old daughter in Pe Ell and a separate California link. It mentions Nels Rasmussen’s insanity ruling after a fatal fire, a seized Seattle line engine over 1300 tax, a Gilman ball for Roslyn mine disaster relief, and Lincoln county girls aiding in squirrel hunting profits.
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Palouse
Whitman County
A. Rumpus
Tacoma
Salvation Army
If Corps
E. Bright
Pe-Ell
Chehalis
Barnett
Agnes
Bright
Centralia
California
Nels Rasmussen
Hans Rasmussen
Port Townsend
Salvation Ares
Seattle, Lake Shore
Eastern R My
Snohomish
County Treas Lawry
Gilman
Roslyn
Lincoln County
Giddy Theater Fans Maneuver With Hidden Note
A Chicago audience matinee tale describes two stylish girls in the front row who admire a leading man wearing a hyacinth sprig. The actor courts them on stage, prompting the usher to deliver a note declaring the couple are husband and wife, prompting their surprised exit. Chicago Produce Market notes follow with wheat corn oats pork lard barley prices and a Davis flour advertisement.
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New York Recorder
Clara
Comediene
Waeou
Nicaragua canal convention opens with Estee talk in St Louis
Delegates from over twenty five states and various unions gather in Expo Hall to back the Nicaragua canal. M M Estee of California outlines goals, cost about 87 million dollars, and argues American control to ensure quick sea transit and wartime advantage. He stresses building a road that ties the Mississippi and western factories to Pacific markets.
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St. Louis
Exposition Building
California
Marcus Bernheimer
H. A. Steinson
E. O. Stanard
Stanard
Stupont. Louis
D. H. McAdam
J.C. Broadwell
D. R. Francis
Missouri
Pacific
Union
Francis
M. M. Estee
Estee
San Francisco
Cal
West
Nicaragua Canal
Atlantic
Mississippi
Pacific Coast
United States
India
Nicaragua
Great West
Asia
Europe
Keep Money at Home Davis' Best Flour Ad
An advertisement urges readers to buy Davis' Best flour to support domestic industries and keep wealth at home, claiming the product is as good as any in the market. The language emphasizes patriotism and quality.
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New Davis
Davis
For Sale or Exchange Olympia Trading Company Assets
Entire stock of the Olympia Trading Company at Sixth and Washington streets offered for sale without reserve. Closing out at once. Will exchange for acreage or other property or sell to a businessman on extra reasonable terms.
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Olympia Trading Company
Sixth
Washington Streets
Noted Writer on Horses Mina Morgan Dead
Mina Morgan known as Midy Morgan the foremost woman writer on horses and cattle in the United States died this morning at St Francis hospital Jersey City. Born in Cork Ireland November 22 1828 she was 63 dying of dropsy after a fall. She lived in Metuchen New Jersey and authored for the Times Horseman and the Breeders Gazette.
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Mina Morgan
New York
Ireland
Morgan
Miss Morgan
Rome
Jane
Victor Emanuel
United States
Henry G. Raymond
The
Times
Horace Greeley
the Tribune
Raymond
Greeley
Wives of a Mormon Attack a United States Marshal
United States Marshal Corey arrested a polygamist and an alleged plural wife in Providence Utah. He fought off the women in night clothes who joined the melee, as he protected his prisoner and forced the capture despite multiple assailants.
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United States
Ocoren
U. T
Corey
Utah
Providence
Brigham
Cyclone Wrecks Durango Area in Texas
A Texas cyclone near Durango devastates Lott and surrounding towns, leveling homes within a quarter mile width and several miles length. Many injured, some fatally, as floodwaters rise across Missouri to Indian Territory, with Texas damage already estimated at half a million.
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Texas
Lott
Durango
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Opium Smuggling Probe Aims at City of Puebla
In San Francisco the steamer City of Puebla sailed toward Victoria and Puget Sound after 180 five tael tins of contraband opium were found on board. A search found no more opium, but authorities believe additional sacks may have been thrown overboard during docking. Separate dispatch from Boston notes Honolulu unrest and treason arrests under Judge Dole with warrants pending.
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San Francisco
City of
Puebla
Victoria
Puget Sound
Santa Rosa
Broadway Pier
Ias
Day
Washington, D. C
Boston
Joseph O. Carter
Honolulu
Charles Brewer & Co
Ashford E. Wilcox
Dole
Supreme Bench
Marshal
Barter
Washington
National Republicans Arrive as Harrison Blaine Camps Reach Minneapolis
In Minneapolis on June 2 Chairman Clark and other national Republican committee members arrive as delegates from across the country converge. Harrison supporters land first. Blaine camp expected to mobilize today. Local sentiment remains neutral as the national committee schedules temporary officers for Saturday. Also noted are stock market figures in New York and a riverfront collision near Detroit involving steamers Britain and Progress, with Progress sinking and crew rescued.
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Minneapouis
Clarkson
National Republican Committee
Harrison
Rocinc Eet
Blaine
Minneapolis
National Committee
Blaine Contest Gathers Steam at Palmer House
The Blaine and Harrison camps mobilize with nearly 100 prominent politicians as J B Clarkson and John C New lead slates at Chicago and Carcago. Blaine claims first ballot nomination while Harrison supporters back Depew and Thompson. Larabee opens Blaine headquarters in Palmer House with Iowa delegates said to favor Blaine. John R Lynch promotes Harrison among Mississippi blacks.
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Blaine
Palmer House
Chicago
Migue Apouis
Clarkson
John C. New
Indianapolis
Harrison Phalanx
Harrison
Indiana
New
Chauncey M. Depew
BR. W. Thompson
Navy
McKinley
CarcaGo
Larabee
Iowa
Boies
John R. Lynch
Mississippi
Palmer
Measles Stricken Japanese Emperor Amid Global Turmoil
Reports describe the Japanese emperor's mild measles attack and a wave of unrest in Sage Japan on May 14 with two radicals killed and many injured. A Brooklyn Canoe Club member, Commodore Weeks, drowned crossing the Delaware. Volney Asford’s brother in Honolulu counters treason charges as baseless. Concord NH hosts prohibition delegates urging stricter laws and woman suffrage. Port Louis housing ruins displace over 24,000. corpses shock Lt. Berkeley Hill. In Yokohama the May 9 proposal to censure the cabinet prompts minister resignations. Diet prorogation delays decisions on the crisis.
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Japan
Sage Japan
Commodore C. F. Weeks
Brooklyn Canoe Club
Delaware River
Lackawaxed
Toronto
N. H
Jermingham
Auritius
Port Louis
Berkeley Hill
Yokohama
Diet
Notable visitors and residents listed at Olympia hotel
A long list shows J. C. Harr in Everett and others from Tacoma Seattle Gate City Algona Iowa and more registered at the Olympia hotel. Names include Miss Edna Moore Mrs Ed Stevens J R Chaplain J L Benedict F G Deckebach and many from Tacoma Seattle and San Francisco with travel to Minneapolis and Algona.
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J. CO. Harr
Everett
J. C. Woodruff
Gate City
Edna Moore
Tacoma
O’brien
Ed Stevens
Hot Springs
Harry Hurley
John F. Gowey
Minneapolis
J. R. Chaplain
B. F. Bush
Col. Scott
Oregon Improvement Company
Or F. Stone
Miss Aor
Muriel
Bosa
Harvey
Corinne Ingham
Dr. Ingham
Algona
Iowa
J.L. Benedict
J. Alison
0. Perkins
T. J. McClellan
Tenino
Stewart
Ocosta
W. Strohm
Harry
Carrie Ingham
N. ©. Richards
Change of Life Relief Promised by Dr Miles Nergine
Discoveries by the Indiana specialist promise cure for monthly troubles hot flashes sleeplessness and nervousness. Free trial bottles available at Marr Ross Acme Drug Store or by mail from Miles Medicine Co Elkhart Ind with a 10 cent price for full bottle.
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Miles
Indiana
Marr & Ross
Acme
Miles. Medicine Co
Elkhart
Ind
Be Your Own Doctor Adverts Dr Miles Nervine Offer
An 19th or early 20th century ad promotes Dr Miles Nervine for drunkenness fits opium habit St Vitus dance hysteria headaches and nervous disorders. It offers trial bottles free and works by mail with a 10 cent charge and lists Acme drug store Marr Ross and Dr Miles Medical Co in Indiana.
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St. Vitus
Mile
Acme Drug Store
Marr & Ross Sapere
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Lkhart
Ind
Union Pacific Agent Promotes Travel and Health Remedies
A brief ad notes cheapest rates to St Paul Milwaukee Kansas City Chicago and all points East and South via agent J D Percival of Union Pacific R R. It also touts Dr Miles Nervina as a cure for sick headache.
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St. Paul
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Chicago
J. D. Percival
Union Pacific R. R. N2tf
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Olympia
E. C. Bickford & CO
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Columbia
C. F. Allen & CO
Olympia, Wash
Thurston County Land Co -Dealers
PERL
Woodruff Block
R. EF. Denton
Aler
Singer Sewing Machines
Practical Adjuster
Adams Streets
Crisman-Sargent
ERS
Third Street
Olympia Wash
Delie Grocers
Smith & Fleming
C. E. Leighton
H. Frnerr
A. Hermeren
Tumwater Ice Company
Olympia, Washington
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Burr’s Cigarstore
Christ
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Charles D. Garfield
Board of al, Commissioners
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