Coal Mine Cage Collapse Kills Four in Wilkesarre
Reports from Wilkesarre Pa describe a cage in the Oakwood shaft of the Lehigh Valley coal mine plummeting as its nine miners were lowered. Four were killed, two fatally wounded, and three escaped with minor injuries.
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Mexico
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Train Robbery on the Chicago and Alton near Blue Springs
Four masked men robbed a westbound Chicago and Alton train near Blue Springs 22 miles east of Kansas City. They collected about $30, halted the coach briefly, and fled as the bell rung, leaving passengers startled but uninjured. A posse will pursue the culprits.
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Chicago and Alton
Blue Springs
Here
James Bogge
Per Eie
J. H. Andrews
Glendale
Blue Cut
A Glimpse of a Lady's Hose Triggers Street Car Scene
A man in a seersucker suit chased a woman after she revealed her hose on a South Flores streetcar. He followed her shopping then to her home, knocking at the gate before fleeing in fear when she warned she would fetch her husband. The husband was away and only a servant was present.
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South Flores Street
Houston Street
Europe
London
Paris
Rome
Police Officers Charged With Gratuity Breach
Police Committee hears Joe McLellan and Van Alstyne charged with taking ten dollars per month from the I N G N railroad in violation of regulations. Both confess to receiving cash but deny taking it as a bribe. marshal Shardein confirms a long standing practice of payoffs. Committee retains them but fines ten days wages and orders a reprimand.
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Joe McLellan
van Alstyne
I. & G. N. Railroad
Marshal Shardein
Simmons
Prohibition Trials and Local News Across Texas Counties
Cotton suffers in San Saba. Hill County votes for whiskey. Gainesville hosts a live merchants exchange. Bryan forms a Band of Hope with 68 members. A San Saba man fined over a hog case valued at 200 dollars. Gregg County pushes Prohibition claims. Austin seeks crime prevention via a meeting of colored citizens. Dallas man P. J. Nolan sues Texas and Pacific for 10000 dollars. Telfener road sold to Cuero and Indianola managers. Bryan county crop prospects grim with no rain since July. Jim Clark murdered near Hillsboro on Missouri Pacific. suspect detained.
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Hill County
Gainesville
Band of Hope
Bryan
Gregg County
Austin
P. J. Nolan
Dallas
Texas and Pacific
Telfener
Rappage
Cuero and
Indianola
Jim Clark
Missouri Pacific
Hillsboro
Hog penned at city officer’s home cited as nuisance
The sanitary inspector of the First ward would find a fattening hog at No. 514 South San Saba street, a violation of city nuisance ordinances.
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First Ward
San Saba Street
Thanksgiving Service at Mount Zion Church New House
A special Thanksgiving service will be held at Mount Zion Church in its new house of worship on Sun September 6 at 4 o'clock. Pastors and their congregations are invited to attend. A fashion note describes ladies wearing dresses arranged over umbrellas as a new style observed on Commerce Street this morning.
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Mount Zion
Commerce Street
Galveston
Texas
Soldier Graham Arrested Over Saloon Check Incident
Detective Hughes arrested a soldier named Graham for passing a saloon drink check on a chile con carne vender at Military plaza and taking 35 cents. The Mexican vendor declined to file charges, and Captain Hughes released Graham.
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Hughes
Graham
Military Plaza
Not Responsible for Cleveland Errors Profound in Press
The Philadelphia Press argues that the administration is a limited capesswaren'D, with the Vice President having no real duties beyond menial tasks, while Hendricks protests he bears no responsibility for President Cleveland's errors.
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Brother Hendricks
Cleveland
Philadelphia Press
Somers Wins 100 Yard Foot Race on Government Hill
Somers defeats Mortison in a 100 yard race attended by a large city crowd. Stakes were 25 dollars aside with extra bets covered by Somers’ backers. Somers finished in 10 seconds to Mortison’s 11, taking a clear lead by 50 yards and holding off a late challenge.
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Somers
Mortison
Government Hill
British Government and Russia quoted with lion imagery
A Boston Herald excerpt mocks English prudence in dealings with Russia by comparing Britain to a lion whose keepers fail to impress, via a Sunday school anecdote about a curate mispronouncing a Scripture passage and the "young lion" metaphor.
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Russia
Boston Herald
Modest St Paul Journalist Voice in Editorial Duty
Fragments show a tongue in cheek critique of legal and medical advice in journalism and a note on cigarette smokers before an Opera event. The piece references editorial instruction and social perceptions of newspaper men with a hint of regional tone.
Crossing of the Red Sea sermon sparks urban crowd clash
In a Wake County August meeting a crowd gathers as Rev. Dukes preaches on the Crossing of the Red Sea. A sharp exchange follows when a young man questions the geographical interpretation and Dukes defends the sermon amid tense discussion.
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N. C
Red Sea
Dukes
Moses
Chil
Israel
Faro
Brer Dukes
Detroit Free Press
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