Nebraska Items Chronicle Local Accidents and Fires
Juniata and Fairfield reports describe a pony tackle injury and a boy gored by a bull. Gibbon and Wahoo note barn fire with $160 insurance and a boy dragged by a horse but unharmed. Red Cloud and Sacramento items cover a cheese factory dividend and a drunk boy after a bite. Other notes include new opera house in Wahoo, Custer county fair in Westerville, and a Greenwood church debt payoff.
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E. M Allen
Fairfield Herald
Henry Jenkins
Mr. Renie
Gibbon
N. H. Smith
Buckeye Valley
Theo Joss
Wahoo Tribune
Broadway
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Merchants Hotel
A. Johnson
Sacramento Equity
Dan Swedell
Nebraska
White Mountains
Red Cloud Argus
Inavale
Wahoo
Custer County
Westerville
Valentine
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Wilber
Greenwood
Floods, fires, and crimes shake towns across the region
A Kansas City telegram reports the Missouri River at 23 feet with rising waters and minor damage. Flooded farms near Liberty Missouri and Grant's Station Oregon suffer losses. Fire destroys Morton's block in San Francisco with major stock losses and 507000 total losses. Violent crime reports include a double homicide in Cincinnati and a brutal Belgian stepfather murder near Kensington Illinois.
Raging Missouri Flood Submerges Large Farmlands
The St. Louis dispatch reports the river rising six inches to 33 feet 1 inch the highest in 20 years except for one prior. Low lands between National stock yards and Venice Illinois are inundated. Columbia county bottom ten by three miles submerged. Crops likely ruined. damage not yet estimated. Three islands near the mouth under 3000 acres of water and strong current may have swept crops away. Northern city riverfront and Lowell suburb also inundated.
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St. Louis Dispatch
National Stock Yards
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Columbia County
Lowell
St. Louis
Fish Lake
Smith’s Landing
Madison
Madison Dyke
Chicago & Alton
Long Lake
Mitchell
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East Louis
Ohio & Mississippi Railroad
East Carondelet
Calm Gunfight Follows School Exhibition Tragedy
At a Sulphur Wells Kentucky school exhibit a disturbance led to gunfire. Marshal Beauchamp was mortally wounded. bystander McFarland was killed. a bystander Miss Philippot was struck. J. B. Winfrey and J. Price fled wounded. no arrests made.
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Sulphur Wells
Metcalf County
Henry Beauchamp
J. B. Winfrey
J. Price
Winfrey
Price
Beauchamp
McFarland
Phillipot
Mansfield
Benjamin F. Jenkins
J.lane Borden
Borden
Jenkins
John §. Butler
Destructive Floods Hit Midwest Rail Lines and Towns
Reports from Lincoln to St Louis chronicle flooding from June storms. Rail links south of Lincoln are cut. Madison dyke breaches threaten East St. Louis area. Towns like Avon Mitchell Venice defend levees as crops perish and residents face displacement and losses. Damage totals run high with hundreds of thousands in crop losses and dozens injured or homeless.
France Faces Split on Annam Policy Between Leaders
President Grevy opposes harsh action against Annam to keep England and America friendly while Prime Minister Ferry advocates a firm course. Russian socialist Pierre Alissaof has been expelled from France.
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Annam
England
America
Ferry
Pierre Alissaof
France
Calamity at Victoria Hall Causes Stampede Fatality
A cablegram reports a catastrophe at Victoria hall on Saturday night where nearly two hundred children died. Escaping children say rumors of a prize for first out of the hall sparked a chaotic rush for the doors, with most victims buried in a long trench.
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General Crook
Tucson
Archbishop Wood
Philadelphia
North
Chicago
Jos. Orions
San Carlos
Crawford
Crook
Loco
Nipwa
Renite
Wilcox
Vera Cruz
Peddex
Rio
Victoria Hall
Partially Decayed Fruits Rules Curb Fresh Produce
The text prescribes only using fruits and vegetables in prime condition and bans offering unripened or decayed produce. It warns it should be a crime to sell such items and notes salads and greens wilt quickly while berries and melons have brief healthy states and should be treated with suspicion.
Zehring Credits Brown's Iron Bitters For Recovery
Coporus Pennsylvania Reverend J D Zehring reports paralysis on his right side and credits Brown's Iron Bitters with enabling him to walk again. He states the tonic helped rebuild strength and improve health.
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Coporus
J. D. Zehring
Dunbar Drowning Near Wilson Creek in Nebraska
On Sunday a German laborer working for Jacob Penn near Dunbar drowned while attempting to cross Wilson creek. Penn crossed earlier to tend cattle. his hired man went to check delays, both could not swim, and the body was recovered about five hours later.
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Omatse Repubblican
Talmage
Neb
Jacob Penn
Dunbar
Wilson Creek
Flood and hail devastate Nemaha valley farms and railroads
Rain and hail sweep Nemaha valley causing severe damage to crops and livestock. The Burlington & Missouri and Missouri Pacific rail lines are badly damaged with no trains or mails since Saturday night. Three deaths reported, two prisoners escaped from Riverton jail. Riverton reports a fierce hailstorm destroying crops and poultry with extensive grain damage.
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Omaha
Riverton
Neb
Severe storm passes through Albion with cyclone-like damage
A heavy storm struck Albion Nebraska around midnight with rain and wind. The storm tracked from southwest to northwest and caused considerable damage, hitting the north and west areas harder near the Lumber yard of Loran Clark & Co. in Albion.
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Chess
Albion
Omaha Republican
Alibton
Neb
Loran Clark & Co
Democrats Nominate Hoadly Ward in Ohio Convention
The Ohio Democratic state convention in Columbus nominated John Hoadly for governor on the second ballot after a tense session. Gen Durbin Ward spoke of service and pursued a U.S. Senate bid while the party affirmed a reform platform opposing sumptuary laws and urging civil service purification. A row between delegates and police occurred with Hamilton County members, and the ticket lineup included J J Cruikshank and Leroy D Brown among others.
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Ohio
Columbus
John McSweeney
Wooster
Thurman
T. E. Powell
Durban Ward
Ife
Gen. Ward
Woadly
Judge Hoadly
John J. Warwick
Stark County
Durbin Ward
United States Senate
Geddes
Committee On Resoltutions
Republican Congress
Democratic Party
Republican Party
W. Metcalf
John Kelly
Hamilton County
Kelly
Alderman Kelly
Cincinnati
Supreme Judge
Martin D. Follett
S. O. Owen
Supreme Court
John J. Cruikshank
James Lawrence
Emil Kiesewelter
Peter Crady
Leroy D. Brown
Board of Public Works
Joseph P. Martin
Angels and Their Wings in Burlington Beliefs
In Burlington, the essay reflects on whether angels have wings and why people think so. The piece notes that though wings are unseen, a young man may feel he has met an angel and hold her tightly, fearing she might fly away without wings.
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Burlington Slankeye
Calvin
Looking on the Bright Side and Self-Reflection
A reflective piece noting the value of a cheerful outlook and self awareness. It mentions trying alternative walking postures, tenderizing meat with vinegar in boiling water, and the habit of optimism being worth substantial yearly benefit. It warns against self suspicion arising from a distrustful temperament.
The Flower Thief of a South London Park
A seven year old girl is caught stealing flowers from a park bed in South London. A park watcher discovers the child, who admits the petty theft and begs not to be sent to police because her ill mother would suffer. The story reveals the mother is bedridden with consumption, the father jailed, and the family surviving by selling cigar lights. Flowers were gathered for the sick mother who cherishes wild blooms. The magistrate issues a caution and the child is placed with relatives in a country home to escape temptations of the city.
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Nyseghaza
Hungary
Tizzaczlar
Moritz Scharf
Scharf
London
London Bridge
Kitty
Trick on a Traveler in New York Star
Andrew Dam recalls a tale from Union Square hotel guests a maiden lady from rural districts. Each night she fetched water to her room. He showed her the electric bell knob thinking it a bell, but she believed it a fire alarm and feared touching it unless there was a fire. The half-boy avoided ice-water runs.
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New York Star
Andrew Dam
Union Square
Dam
Andrew
Parlon’s Career Path From Hotel Cook to Teacher
The passage recalls Mrs. Parlon a noted culinary lecturer who once served as chief cook at the St James Hotel in Jacksonville Florida a decade ago and later moved into teaching in Florida public schools. It contrasts calm social conversation with heart over head and reflects on self made crosses from anxiety about the future.
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