Maine Ladies Lunch Campaign at Polling Places
A high pitched political article describes Republicans and Democrats clashing over a confidential circular from Hackett proposing voter outreach at polling sites in Maine and New York. It details a plan to organize ladies from schools to host lunches near polls while debating election law changes and funding.
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Tammany
Hackett
Soan
Carter
St. Lawrence and
Jefferson
National Republican Executive Committee
Dave Hill
Dean Lin
New York State
Republican Committee
C. W. Hackett
Hering
Peck Wins Delay in Criminal Case Amid Civil Suit Threats
Labor Commissioner Peck's counsel secured a postponement of his criminal plea until after the civil case and a related Anderson suit decide whether Peck must produce papers. Peck hinted at other figures his enemies won't like and defended his report sources amid ongoing investigations.
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Peck
Albany
E. J. Meenan
Eston
Meegan
Mr. Peck
Anderson
Prodacmel Acioter Peck
County Court of Sessions
Clute
Ballot Debate Signals Busy State Chairman Work
Democratic and Republican leaders in Philadelphia outline a new pink tint ballot system with Wright inspecting the sample and Reeder reporting stronger treasury funds after Carter's directive. The scene signals party groundwork as ballots reach county chairmen for district voting guidance.
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Sageraer
Baker
Carter
Harrison
Baut
West
Reeder
Philadelphia
J. Marshall Wright
State Department
Wright
Republican National
Walters
Pennsylvania
Treasury
Powderly backs People's party in labor shift
Washington dispatch reports that Knights of Labor leader Powderly will vote for Weaver and Field, withdrawing support from the old parties. Dunning, editor of the National Watchman, says this signals rising working-class awakening and hints at surprising November results, including in Pennsylvania.
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Washington
People’s Party
Weaver
Georgia
Workman Powderly
Knights of Labor
Dunning
People's Party
National Watchman
Dispatch
Powderly
Pennsylvania
Stevenson Delivers Tariff Theme to Danville Crowd
Democratic vice presidential candidate A E Stevenson spoke to 4000 5000 people in Danville Virginia after a parade. Ex Congressmen Cabell introduced him at the Tabernacle before a forceful speech on tariff and the force bill. Holmes Conrad followed with a strong address and Stevenson hosted a reception at the Oronoco Club rooms with local officials paying respects. He telegraphed Senator Hill a thanks for an earlier Brooklyn speech.
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Danville
A. E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Tabernacle
Cabell
Holmes Conrad
General Stevenson
Blaine Cheered At McKinley Reciprocity Meeting
Five thousand people hear Governor McKinley of Ohio expound protection doctrine in Wilmington rink. Though he omits Blaine by name the audience cheers the Plumed Knight. Cleveland prepares letter of acceptance, promising public release by midweek.
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McKinley
Ohio
Wilmington Rink
Blaine
Four Black Men and a White Man Whipped in New Castle Event
In New Castle today, four Black men and one white man were whipped before about 300 spectators. The crowd included visitors from Philadelphia Chester New York and Baltimore as witnesses to the public punishment.
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Wilmington
Det
New Castle
Philadelphia
Chester
New York
Baltimore
Man Proposes Marriage Then Fires Revolver in Despair
Reading report states William Homan, a hack driver, proposed to 18 year old Maggie Haggerty today and was refused. He drew a revolver and fired toward his breast, with authorities saying he will probably survive and faces legal consequences.
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Reading
William Homan
Maggie Haggerty
Death of Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore Moonlighted as Music Director
Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore, famed impresario and music director appointed for the World’s Fair, died at the Codell Hotel at 6 45 PM after cholera morbus and heart trouble. His death halted Exposition performances and stunned the band, with colleagues at his bedside and leading to questions about public disclosure to avoid a scare.
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St. Louis
Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore
Minnie
H. H. Mudd
James A. Scott
Gustav Baumgarten
W. A. Fischer
Charles Freudenvoll
Fredenwoll
Dublin
Athlone
Gilmore
Boston
Europe
Clergyman Rescues Woman On Niagara Suspension Bridge
A Toronto party crossed the Niagara Falls suspension bridge when Mrs Grimason slipped from the narrow footwalk and dangled 160 feet above the gorge. Rev John Ramsay of Ireland climbed to the lower girder, grasped a cable, and with help from police and locals, held the woman as ropes and rescuers lowered to safety. The group included two daughters and two gentlemen.
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Niagara Falls
Toronto
Grimason
John Ramsay
Ireland
Mra Grimason
Tom Young
Close of the Encampment With a Ball
Hinoros reports the Grand Army Encampment week ending with a closing ball. The social event marked the finale of Philadelphia post gatherings and featured veterans, local officials, and attendees celebrating the week’s activities.
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Hinoros
Grand Army
Informal Reunion Aboard Kearsarge Ends Night With Dance
A reunion of comrades remains in the city on the ship Kearsarge anchored near the President’s grounds. The largely attended reception was followed by dancing lasting until midnight with Mia Manderson of Nebraska serving as Chairman of the Reception Committee.
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Kearsarge
Mia Manderson
Nebraska
Peary's Greenland Flora and Fauna Exhibit Planned
Philadelphia dispatch reports Lt Peary's Greenland collection to be moved to the Academy of Natural Sciences for exhibition next Tuesday. He confirms Northern Greenland ice cap limits and reports a complete flora fauna survey. Verhoeffs sister believes his brother is alive and well.
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Verhoeffs
Philadelphia
Greenland
Mai
Victoria Inlet
Greenand
Englefield
Oestove
Albert Cooley Sentenced After Nine-Year Gap
In Astoria Sep 24 Albert Cooley, convicted of unlawful cutting stabbing and wounding Henry Kyle nine years ago, received a ten month penitentiary sentence from Judge Inghram. His lawyer produced a 250-signature petition praising his good character and nonaffiliation with the gang, while two opposing petitions from about 100 residents claimed he aided the gang.
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Astoxtows
Albert Cooley
Henry Kyle
Inghram
Albert
Prisoners Plot Jailbreak as One-Legged Man Fights
Ten inmates sentenced to the West Virginia county jail attempted to assault the jailer Levi Jones and escape. Percy Kelly, a one legged prisoner, brandished his wooden limb in a savage melee before guards separated the prisoners and confined them.
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Huntixetor
W. Va
Speela
Levi Jones
Percy” Kelly
Kelly
Madman Attacks Bishop in Covington Residence
A stranger calling at Bishop Mass's Covington residence struck him with blows and fled after the porter failed to stop him with a hatchet. The bishop was unconscious but not believed to be seriously harmed. motive unknown and suspect at large.
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Ormory Nati
Covington
Bishop Maes
DIED BY AN OPEN BIBLE IN SWEDISH LABORER SUICIDE
Von Yon son a Swedish laborer recently discharged from a hospital killed himself in his boarding house this afternoon. He secured a razor and cut his throat before a mirror. A Bible rested on a chair beside him and letters were found. continued ill health is thought to have contributed.
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Beaver
von Yonson
No Hope for Mrs Harrison as White House Strain Grows
Washington reports say Mrs Harrison remains extremely weak after delicate lung procedures and shows no hope of recovery. Doctors attribute the decline to the social demands of her position and constant exposure to official life. The administration faces quiet days ahead with uncertainty about her health and public functions.
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Washinton
Harrison
Loon Lake
White House
Mia
Cleveland
Tracy
Blaine
Washington
Gardner
Mra Harrison
Non-Union Men Fight At Carnegie Mills Row on Pers Avenue
Labor disputes at Carnegie Mills sparked two street brawls on Pers avenue. Walter J Derkerski fought Thomas Murphy and both were jailed after police intervened. Later Frank Raleski John Nates and Joseph Brookes clashed shouting scab taunts. officers stopped the melee and arrested the trio.
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Carnegie Mills
Pers Avenue
Walter J. Derkerski
Thomas Murphy
Frank Raleski
John Nates
Joseph Brookes
Twenty-eighth Street
Syderly
Lavy Soap
No Viking Ship for the Fair
A government communication to the United States was received today asking for a loan. The message reflects diplomacy concerns as CmRISTIANA reports the request amid ongoing discussions about a naval exhibit.
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Cmristiana
United States
Viking Ship Display Sparks U S Warship Offer
The old Viking vessel found at Gogs ted for the World's Fair prompts the United States Government to offer a warship to transport the ship to America. University authorities in charge of the find resist the request.
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Gogsted
United States
American
Wreck Kills Seven as Freight Hits Construction Caboose
In New Hampton Iowa a fast freight collided with a construction train caboose. Seven bodies recovered, three injured, two missing. Engine buried, one victim identified as M. McNamara of Independence. Remaining six unnamed with no identifying markings aboard.
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Iowa
Mason City
New Hampton
S Lady
M. McNamara
Independence
Arkansas Race War Flares After Murder and Arrests
In Calhoun county a negro man was murdered while with two white men. Suspects are two white men already on hog stealing trial. Negroes threaten whites. 300 white youths guard Malvern jail overnight amid feared prisoner raids. In Washington, General Scho field orders full military honors for Major General Pope's funeral with regular troops as escort.
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Prsz Buurr
Arx
Calhoun County
Cve
Malvern
WashIndon
Schofield
Pope
Jefferancee
Louis
THE DISPATCH DIRECTORY SECOND PART CONTENTS
The page listing shows diverse items including Scarlet Peverin, Dramatic Domes, Music World, Secret Societies, Famine News, Small Advertisements, and notices on earthquakes, cholera, and science gossipy items across pages 9 to 20 with various features and departments.
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Taz Disratree
News of Soctarr
the Music World
Secret Societies Page
Riots and Medical Debates Amid Cholera Crisis in New York
Sept. 24 dispatch reports no new cholera cases in New York since Sept 1 while three more ships from infected ports arrive. Camp Low at Sandy Hook shows 388 passengers unaccounted, three deaths, and ongoing quarantine measures. Surgeon Hamilton urges permanent quarantine walls and a crematory near the hospital. The note also mentions Hoffman and Swinburne Islands and the Hamburg America steamers, with Wanamaker aboard the Hamburg-American liner Augusta Victoria and the Postmaster General traveling with the President's son-in-law as they seek release.
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Rew Yous
Polaris
Stettin
la Touraine
Cherbourg
Ibaeus
Hamburg
Camp Low
Sandy Hook
Hamilton
Secretary of the Treasury
Hook
Atlantic
Cedar Grove
New York
Congress
Ihoucott
Hoffman
Swinburee Islands
Wanamaker
Augusta Victoria
Washington
Two New Suspects Stir Bowery Cholera Panic
A Sept 24 New York report describes a Bowery scare as a man on East Houston Street near Bowery shows vomiting and is rushed to a hospital. A second suspect, John Galvin, is removed from a West Twenty eighth Street tenement, and a third unnamed butcher is found with cholera symptoms and also sent to Reception Hospital.
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Bowery
New York
Broadway
East
Houston Street
Board of Health
John Galvin
West Twenty-eighth Street
First Avenue
Reception Hospital
Cholera Bulletin Reports Wider European Spread
Latest cholera notes show 34 new cases and 17 deaths in Pants city yesterday, 12 cases and 10 deaths in Havre, 16 cases and 8 deaths near Bordereaux Russia, and 19 new cases with 11 deaths at St Petersburg. Hospital recoveries numbered 36 as of yesterday.
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Europe
Havre
Rica
Russia
Bordereaux
St. Peterssvec
Plague Riot Ends With Mob Attack On Officials
In Lipsoboki, Ssjdewitz, locals swarmed a government cholera inquiry team fearing poisoning and burial of patients. Officials sought refuge in a hotel as the crowd besieged the building. a rescue party arrived to extricate them.
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St. Perenssure
Lipsoboki
Ssjdewitz
Cholera Worsens in Berlin as Hospitalized Rise
In Berlin on September 24 the cholera situation grows more serious with twelve suspicious cases sent to Moabit Hospital. One patient died shortly after admission, and a Thursday hospital admission death underscores heightened danger. Officials urge water disinfection with lime as Swinemunde warns of infected areas and Oder contamination.
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Berlin
Moabit
Aman
Tobe
Stettin
Odersos
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Harrisor
Republican
Pteciat
William Frank Harrity
Thomas Henry Carter
John Wanamaker
Charles ER. DeFreest
Democratic
Charles W. Hackett
Republican State Bureau
Tammart Hart
Dean
Tammany General Committee
Assembly
Daniel M. Donegan
Third Avenue
Tammany Hall
Ricuanp Crocker
de Freest
Democratic State Committee
Democratic Clubs
Academy of Music
Lexington Avenue
Fifth Avenue
South
Buzzano's Bay
Mass
Pat Gilmore
The
Burnside
Carolinas
Twenty-second Regiment
Manhattan Beach
Niagara
Mitkiewicz
Smyth
Eugene Mitkiewicz
Pavonia
Mission
India
Assam
Congo
Adi
Sage OF
Gray Gables
Chicago
Peary
Ice Cap
West Virginia
Lawrenceville
Arkansas
Scarlet Peverin
London
Fonnian Nuws
T. Murray
Snorrine Ix
Mary ‘Temple
Margaret
Rene Bache
Oon
Horace J. But
Carpenter
Doyle
Science
Cyrus
Adams Harritt
Supreme
Bufus EK
Wilson
Baron de Grim
Hev
George Hodges
CoLeMars
Fieup
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