Day of Hypnotism Dangers Exposed by Dr Lockwood
Dr M C Lockwood of Cincinnati exposes hypnotism tricks at Chautauqua. The lecture warns sensational press exaggerations mislead the public and shows how spiritualists perform feats as illusions while urging caution in handling hypnotic influence.
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M. C. Lockwood
Cincinnati
Chautauqua
Cincinnati Baptist
Eedaal
Lake Cuarrauqua
First Baptist Church of Cincinnati
Frauds, Spiritualism, and Chautauqua Echoes Amid Stormy Sessions
The article details a critic exposing medium tricks and fraud at Chautauqua, including slights of hand, slate writings, and the “Dead Book” ledger. It notes public skepticism, failed speeches by Hon. Breckinridge and others, plus Lakewood’s lively social scene and upcoming military visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. P. Breckinrid
Kentucky
Albion W. Tourges
Gree
Mr. Breckinridge
Lakewood
Armenians in America Rally Over Turkish Atrocities
In New York City and surrounding areas the Armenian colony held a large meeting led by Dr. M S Gabriel. They condemned the massacre of 400 Armenians by Turkish troops and urged a petition to President Harrison asking the US to urge action in Constantinople and support Armenian rights.
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Digfatch
New York
Gabriel
United States
Constantinople
Harrison
Tramp Narrowly Escapes Lynching After Priest Assault
Raciye Wisconsin August 2. Adam Young of Emmettsville Indiana a professional tramp was dragged by a rope around his neck by a mob after roughing Rev. Father Fessler at St. Joseph's Church. Police intervened to prevent hanging as Young was seized near the priest's home.
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Raciye
Wis
Adam Young
Emmettsville
Ind
Young
Father Fessler
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Hungarian murder shocks Whitney near Latrobe
A Hungarian named John Dunco was killed at Whitney near Latrobe. Andrew Sherskey is blamed. two others were arrested and to be jailed in the morning. Coroner Hammer holds an inquest as tensions rise in the mining settlement and warnings against the prisoners’ families spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
John Dunco
Whitney
Latrobe
Andrew Sherskey
Mike
Hammer
Harrison's Guest. Next Few Days
Special telegram reports President Harrison and party taking a Cape May Point tour from Congress Hall. They boarded the Juno with Blaine, Mrs Harrison, Sewell, and others for a Delaware Bay cruise to the Cape May Point cottage. Blaine praised Cape May. they may stay longer.
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Cape May Point
Congress Hall
Secretary Blaine
General Sewell
Enoch Pratt
Baltimore
Blaine
Juno
Philadelphia
Republic
Harrison
J. R. McKee
Sewell
Robert Sewell
Cape May
Cape
Mr. Blaine
Backing for Chicago Lake Shore Electric Railway Reported
A syndicate of Pittsburg and Boston capitalists backs the Chicago and Lake Shore Electric Railway. Incorporation license filed at Springfield. early fall construction planned from Northside toward Fort Sheridan. Project estimated at about 1.5 million dollars and may be surface or elevated. The line aims to open a vast new suburban district neglected by existing transport.
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Chicago
Curiaco
Pittsburg
Boston
Chicago and Lake Shore Electric Railway
Springfield
F. L. Broooks
C. H. Remy
George O. Fairbanks
Electric Company
Fort Sheridan
Lake Shore
Premature telegram claims Wheeling glass works sale
A Findlay telegram reported an English syndicate buying 34 Wheeling table ware glass houses, but Colonel August Rolf of Central Glass Works said no Wheeling plant purchase occurred. He noted promoters asked for signatures and stock data, but details were not provided and the deal remained in early stages.
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Diepator
Wheeling
Findlay
August Rolf
Central Glass Works
Scott
Rolf
Indians Want to Dance at Fort Sill Delivers Clash
Government agents clash with Iowa Indians over the annual sun dance at Fort Sill. Indian forces threaten to dance or fight as two companies of soldiers are sent to the Texas Panhandle reservation to enforce orders. The Indians insist on dancing, claiming it demoralizes them if stopped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estes
Paris
Texas
Fort Sill
Goodnight
Texas Panhandle
Sulien
Four-Horse Wagon Runaway After Cable Car Spooks Team
A heavy Booth and Flinn wagon attached to four horses became frightened by a cable car at Center and South Highland avenues last evening. The team dashed down Center toward the Catholic church. Driver William Langdon struck the fence to stop them, suffering a gash to the back of his head and a back injury. The wagon wrecked and the horses bolted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booth & Flinn
Center
South Highland Avenues
Center Avenue
William Langdon
Mount Hope excursion boat strikes rock near block island
The Mount Hope excursion steamer carrying about 700 passengers from Providence to Block Island hit a rock near the breakwater but quickly cleared and reached the wharf. The unusually low tide allowed the collision. the same rock has been grazed multiple times in 20 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. L
Mount Hope
Block Island
Roderigo Valliniere Dies After Sixty-Three Days Fasting
Ostica August 2 reports Roderigo Valliniere dead after fasting forty three days. He became ill in January and reportedly refused food, drinking water instead. Medical observers note he retained only water for long periods, while others say the motive involved personal hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wirosor
Ost
Roderigo Valliniere
Lawyer Mrs Schulz to sue for 20000 after Jagow escape
Lockport Aug 2 Mrs Fred Schulz widow of a man killed by escaped lunatic W Jagow will file suit for 20000 against Willard Aarons officials and the state alleging negligence in allowing Jagow to remain at large and in facilitating the escape.
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Lockport, N
Fred Schulz
W. Jagow
Willard Aarons
Jagow
Royalty A Visiting Leopold to Be Sleeping Partner
Emperor William visits Ostend to confer with King Leopold as Germany and Belgium edge toward a Triple Alliance role. Crowds greet the Hohenzollern voyage with guards, torches, and festive events as officials plan a formal banquet and a potential Belgian alliance.
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Leopold To
Triple Alliance
Leopld
Germany
France
Belgium
Hohenzollern
Ostend
Leopold
Count of Flanders
William
Prince Henry
Barnaert
Prince de Chimay
Pontos
Brussels
Ghent
Antwerp
Namur
Russian Outrage Alleges Siberian Punishment Reform
The Siberia transport punishment is claimed to end as a judicial penalty, but papers say it will persist without legal sentence. Notable case involves novelist Glreb Uspiensky seized from his bed, jailed a month, then sent to Sartov, with friends denied knowledge of his whereabouts.
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Bern
Siberia
Glreb Uspiensky
Sartov
I San
II Spien
Russia
Sete
France
America
Judge Thurman
Brock
Medical Exhibition Opens At Berlin Congress
American physicians attend the International Medical Congress events in Berlin. An inaugural address praises the exhibit linking scientific results to humanity. Chancellor Caprivi is introduced to delegates. a procession ends the ceremony. Separately, General Saussier undergoes a successful surgical operation in Paris.
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Caprivi
Beruix
International Medical Congress
Vocherow
Paris
Saussier
Ram
Waa Ek
Chamberlain Defends Licensing Bill and Government Policy
In Bimmingram on August 2 Joseph Chamberlain argued the government erred by delaying licensing reform amid business, praising temperance aims while blaming temperance fanatics allied with Unionists opponents. He criticized Gladstone and Parnell for party lines, defended foreign policy, and predicted tax cuts and universal free education next session.
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England
Gladatone
Bimmingram
Joseph Chamberlain
Friends of Temperance
United Kingdom Alliance
Mr. Gladstone
Errington
Indian wheat crop memo shows reduced outturn across provinces
The Revenue and Agricultural Department final memorandum on 1889-90 wheat notes timely rainfall early in the season with drought later. Outturn fell in all provinces except Scinde and Bengal, India as a whole down 5.74 percent in area and 13.16 percent in production. Stocks generally not abundant, exports unlikely to rise significantly. The report cites 371½ bushels per 60 pounds as the ton measurement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revenue and Agricultural Department
Government of Indian
Bombay
Karnatha
Scinde
Indus
Bengal
India
Royals Debate Bulgarian Throne Among Princes
In Beruix on August 2 family meetings discuss whether Prince Waldemar of Denmark or Prince Oscar of Sweden should sit on Bulgaria's throne. Emperor William backs Oscar, the Czar now agrees, Greeks oppose Waldemar, and King George warns Greece of jealously and risks to the Sparta succession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beruix
Osborne
Waldemar
Denmark
Prince Oscar
Sweden
William
Bulgaria
George
Sparta
Greece
Aldewar
Keeping the Hebrews Out
Germany tightens border controls to curb a possible Russia to west Hebrew emigration. Frontiers posts and railways in Poland instructed to watch for migrating Hebrews amid new Russian rules. Hebrew firms in Berlin Hamburg and Frankfort coordinate with London rabbis to prepare relief for distressed communities.
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Breios
Poland
Russia
Berlin
Hamburg
Frankfort
London
Siberia
Socialist Congress to Define Party on Strikes and Boycotts
A socialist congress will convene in Halle on October 12 to draft a new program for press propaganda and to set the party stance on strikes and boycotts. Committee members include Herren Bebsl Liebknecht Auer Singer and Grillenberger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rerlin
Halle
Herren Bebsl
Liebknecht Auer Singer
Grillenberger
Germans Whip African Savagex at Mahenge
August 2 reports the German expeditionary force overpowering Mafites at Mahenge. Rebels flee toward Pangiri and the last rebel chief submits. North province pacified as far as Rufidge, marking a completed campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanzibar
Mahenge
Pangiri
Rufidge
Emperor William's Heligoland Stop Before Russian Journey
Emperor William visits Heligoland on August 10 and plans to reach Berlin on the 11th. He will stay three days with his family before beginning a journey to Russia.
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Berlin
Ostend
England
William
Hohenzollern
Chancellor von Caprivi
Miquel and
Marschhall
Herr von Bennigensen
Hohengollern
Wilhelmshaven
Evolution
Leopold
Emr
Brialmont
Congo
German East Africa
Heligoland
Russia
Catholics to Discuss Labor at Coblenz Congress
A Catholic congress will be held at Coblenz on August 24 and will deal chiefly with labor questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coblents
Miquel Named Delegate to the Bundesrath
Berlin reports Herr Miquel has been appointed as a delegate to the Bundesrat. The appointment signals a key role in the German government with implications for national policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miquel
Berlin
Herr Miquel
Protest Meeting in Columbus Against Lodge Federal Elections Bill
Indignation gathering in Columbus last night protests the Lodge bill with speeches by Converse and Captain A. E. Lee. Letters from Cleveland Thurman Brice and others were read as resolutions denouncing federal overreach and calling for preserved state control of elections.
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Columbus
Cleveland
Thurman
Brice
Cortmars
Thurman Club
New York
Ohio
Republic
Converse
A. E. Lee
Lee
Frankfort
Hayes
Campbell
United States of America
Congress
Mason and Diron
Denouncement of Election Legislation in Congress
The document denounces passage of a proposed election law, urging opposition in both Senate and House. It asserts bipartisan support from the American people and warns of dangers to political institutions, stressing intelligence patriotism and justice as remedies. It calls for continued protest against enactment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
National House of Representatives
United States
Purry
House of Representatives
Senate
Bloodshed on South Twenty Seventh Street Ends in Stabbing
A ferocious duel between John Gorman and James Dolan near Carson and Twenty-seventh streets left Gorman dying from a back wound. Dolan, accused of attacking with a knife after a feud over Dolan's interest in Gorman's daughter, was arrested. Both men are in custody at the Twenty-eighth Ward station.
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Young Mao
Young and Channing
Carson and
Twenty-seventh Street
Southside
John Gorman
James Dolan
Twenty-eighth Ward
Gorman
Delan
Dolan
South Twenty-seventh Street
Moquis Down East Guests Return West after Opera Visit
Five Moqui head men, visiting Washington for the first time, toured the city with an Army surgeon. After seeing Amorita they dined at a West End home, where the chiefs sampled ice cream with childlike delight and shared a speech each after the meal.
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Army Medical Museum
Far West
Washington
West End
The Strength of Man Mountaineering Workload
A New York Ledger explanation estimates a 170 pound climber ascending 7000 feet performs about 1 340 000 foot pounds of total work over five hours. It accounts for leg lift plus heartbeats and breaths as part of the energy expended.
Removal of Grant's Remains Sought by Congress
In Wasmecron on August 2, Senate action followed Mr. George's remarks as Mr. Plumb moved a concurrent resolution to remove General Grant's remains from Arlington National Cemetery. The resolution asks the President to arrange the transfer and provide suitable burial facilities for the interment elsewhere and to inform Mrs. Grant.
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Wasmecron
George
Senate
Plumb
Congress
Ulyases &. Grant
Ariington National Cemetery
Batchelors' Club brings deer trophies to city zoo
The Schenley Park Zoo receive two deer among trophies brought home by the Batchelors' Club of Allegheny. Forty members had camped in the Allegheny Mountains for the past month and returned yesterday. The trophies were turned over to Chief Murphy for presentation to Chief Bigelow at the zoo.
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Batchelors’ Club
Allegheny
Allegheny Mountains
Murphy
Chief Bigelow
Schenley Park
Pope grants meat-eating dispensation for Feast of Assumption
Special telegram from Rome reports the Holy Office permits Catholics to eat meat on Friday August 15 in honor of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin. The dispensation is announced by the Catholic News from New York.
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New York
Norge
Thingvalia Line
Osviain A. E
The
Catholic News
Rome
Holy Office
Farmer Edward Lidy Killed in Wheel Accident Near Wheeling
A Wheeling area farmer named Edward Lidy died after falling from a wagon wheel as he hauled produce into town. The wheel passed over him, causing fatal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dispatoor
Wheeling
Edward Lidy
Connecticut man suggests school contribute nickels to Grant Monument fund
A Connecticut man urges the school to donate nickels to a Grant Monument fund. New York City officials back the idea, noting the city is small enough to participate readily.
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New York
Chicago Post
Connecticut
Grant Monument Fund
New York City
Death in Johnstown: German resident found dead in bed
An intelligent German resident with a narrow escape during the flood was found dead in his bed this morning in Johnston town. Police and local officials investigate the circumstances of his death as neighbors recall his prior narrow escape during the disaster.
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DIST
Johnstown
Rhinehardt Housedorfer
Pritchard Actor Dies of Starvation in New York
Spencer F. Pritchard author and actor died in New York on August 1 after four months without a proper meal. A friend said pride and starvation caused his death while noting his history of hard luck and unfulfilled engagements. The Actors' Fund will bury him in the Evergreen plot.
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New York
Spencer F. Pritchard
Pritchard
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Boston
Lawrence Barrett
England
Marti Crocker
Chicago
Williams
Grenoble
Spencer
William J. Morrissey
Third Avenue
Morrissey
Actors’ Fund
Ectecs
Evergreens
Threes Card Game Described for Three Players
The Boston Courier outlines a new three player game Threes. Nine cards are dealt to each, with a fourth suit as trumps. Eldest leads, then plays rotate, aiming to take tricks. Scoring hinges on failing to take or capturing specified ace ten two cards across suits, with odd card rules and hand re-deal.
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Boston Courier
Pe’ Rs
Saving the Drowning How To Rescue A Swimmer
Advice column explains grasping technique to aid a drowning person from behind avoiding turning risks. It covers shore rescues and surf undertow, noting a university professor once saved his own life using wave timing.
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Clarence Deming
Ostassqua Cement Company Fails in August
August 2 report notes Ostassqua Cement Company failed today with incomplete details available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Au Stextows
Ostassqua Cement Company
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