Maxwell to hang for murder in St Louis trunk
Reports that Maxwell alias Brooks is to be hanged for the murder of a St Louis roommate and packing the body in a trunk. Other writings note O'Brien’s Dublin arrival, fishery settlement talks, and optimistic corn crop prospects with warnings about chinch bug damage. Also mentions wheat decline in Northern Illinois and rising farm profits from cattle hogs and summer crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell
Brooks
St. Louis
Ills
The
Farmer's Review
Missouri
Ilinois
Farmers face tariff and trust battles in volatile markets
The article reports on crop damage from pests in parts of Illinois, high foreign grain duties, and a strong stance by Knights of Labor leader Powderly against violent agitators. It discusses fiscal policy trials, proposed tariff changes, and Democratic vs Republican approaches. It critiques railroad rate hikes on cattle, the oleomargarine levy, and a proposed cattle trust, warning ranchers to weigh joining the alliance while predicting better prospects for those maintaining independent herds.
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The
New York Tribune
Treasury
Washington
Carlisle
House
Senate
Chicas
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Cattle Trust Cane
Great
Benevolent Society
Chicago
Boston
A New Generation and the New American Nation
Gov Ames argues at Faneuil Hall that a new North and a new American nation have grown since the Civil War. The country now numbers about sixty million, with many voters born after the war. He says demagogues misread history and that Virginians and former Confederates remain loyal under one flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Ames
Massachusetts
Faneuil Hall
Virginia
The Cattle Trade Rendered Unprofitable by Multiple Strains
The Chicago Drover's Journal argues livestock business woes stem from overstocked ranges, cold and drought losses, strikes, low mood, quarantines by quack veterinarians, weak foreign demand, pleuro pneumonias, overproduction, high railroad freights, and oleomargarine law effects. It notes export buyers fell from 2000–4000 cattle weekly to 300–500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Drover’s Journal
Northwest
Quack Horse
Grant Township Sunday School Convention Opens in Abilene
The Grant Township Sunday School Convention convened at the M E Church in Abilene on Sunday June 26 at 4 p m with J A Graves presiding. Secretary pro tem M Nicholay was elected. Reverend Zimmersman offered prayer after singing. J H Engle of River Brethren spoke on whether it pays to fund and support Sunday school efforts, stressing the value of training children in the ways of right and the reward of such labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Township
Louisville
Chicago
Moses
Review of Sunday lessons by Mr. T. E. Dewey and notices
A religious column recounts Mr. T. E. Dewey’s review of last quarter’s lessons. Topics include humility, parental duties, faith, forgiveness, God’s protection and provision, and duties to God and man. An advertisement invites readers to Miller & Thomas’s new lumber yard at Cedar and Ast, opposite Crane elevator, and Bonebrake & Rice’s range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Dewey
Dewey
Miller & Thomas
Cedar and
Ast
Bonebrake & Rice's
Abilene Investment Co offers $100000 farm loan program
An advertisement announces $100,000 available to loan on farm and city property at low rates with prompt closing. Also notes Miller & Thomas lumber yard relocation to Cedar and A Street opposite Crane elevator, Abilene.
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Abilene Investment Co
First Nat. Bank
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Dublin
United States
Dominion of Canada
Bayard
Salisbury
Lowell
Sherman
Tuttle
Iowa State Register
New York
Atlanta
Commonwealth
Cleveland
Gen. Drum
Manhattan Mercury
Gordon
Georgia
Workman Powderly
Knights of Labor
New York Times
Johann Most
Guy Tatty
Josiaa Igvall
Kas
Cera
Abilene
Z. Densmore
A St
Dickinson County
T. E. Sewell
W. S. Ackley
Dickinson
State of
Kansas
Quaker City
Dict
State of Kansas
Canse
A. D
J.J. Miller
Clerk District Court
Edward L. Stevens
Andrew Are
Andrew Reddick
Amassa Jeffcoat
John McNeul
Eas
S.M. Palmer
Salina
Sheriff's Sale
District Court of
Dickinson Co
Smith
Henry Breen
County of
Kaney & Hodge
J. J. Miller
Kan
William J. Coye
Robert Chapa Chapia
Gheneh
Second and
Buckeye
Chas. Woodsworth
Citizens Bank
J. H. Mahan
Ss. S. Smith
Fau
Sner
City OF the Plains
MT. Goss & OD
Manchester
M.T. Goss & Co
Binder
Hodge Bros
Schwaner’s
Hame
Broadway
John Bennett
Novelty Bazaar
J. G. Armitage
Corner
AEP As
B. H. D’huy
Me Pharmacy
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