Four Hoff brothers and kin linked to Gardner county crimes
A Kansas case details Hoff brothers from Indiana and George Kitchen, arrested after a Gardner Protective Association investigation. They, with accomplices, stole cattle, hogs, grain, harnesses, an organ, and farm implements, with Stephenson turning State's evidence. A hiding place and a locked box exposed more items.
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George Kitchen
Cherryvale
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Cherryva
James Hoff
E. M. Stephenson
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Hill
Olathe
Ottawa
Kansas City
Wiggins Declares Desolation Fails. News From Charleston
Wiggins prediction of widespread calamity fails to unsettle Charleston residents as the day passes without the foretold convulsions. Warm, clear weather brings renewed hope. Russians in Bulgaria issue a hostile circular while Bulgaria resists ultimatums. A Harvard suit seeks damages over a chemical accident, and experts discuss pleuro pneumonia in cattle with ongoing quarantine efforts.
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Cuanceston
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Wiggins
Clarieston
Boston
Francois It. Brooks
Chicago
Harvard College
Piaintif
Curcaca
Salmon
Colman
Bureau of Agriculture
Alexander Murray
Michigan
W. T. Rose
Washington
M. R. Trumbauer
Ilinois
T. J. Herr
New York
H. W. Rotlan
Jersey City
J. Wawk
McChesney
Terrible Explosion at Ditmar Powder Works Bay Chester
A massive blast at the Ditmar Powder works on the Harlem river branch near Bay Chester killed four packing house workers and shattered the building. Fragments flew a mile as the plant, near a major powder supply, was nearly wrecked and nearby roofs and windows suffered damage. Victims include Ernest Dralen John Stusch Max Shafbolt and Rheinhart with two suspects said to have fired into the building.
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Ditmar Powder Works
Bay Chester
Harlem River
New York & New Haven
Ernest Dralen
John Stusch
Max Shafbolt
Mr. Rheinhart
Max Curger
Stansfield
Thorns Powder Company
Germany
Ditmar Works
Bartow
John Elliot
Bay View
Pelham Bridge
Thomas Dinwood
West Chester
Geronimo
The Cattle Plague And Shipping Rights Clash
The dispatch notes cattle disease actions in Chicago and Virginia with Prof Salmon preparing for further monitoring and quarantines. It mentions 2400 cattle quarantined and state authorities awaiting action, plus watch at stock yards and notes on Texas fever and pleuro pneumonia.
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Summit County
Iowa
Butler
Malerial
Chicago
Salmon
Curiaco
State Board of Live Stock Commissioners
Bureau of Animal Industry
Alwor
Virginia
False Prophet Panic Over Wiggins Earthquake Prediction
Atlanta and across the South warned by rumors of Wiggins prophecy as Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, and Alabama residents stayed up all night awaiting a quake. By morning the atmosphere cleared, suspicions faded, though some fear lingered in rural areas amid related Charleston shocks. Ottawa reports Wig gins fled the telegraph office after his forecast fizzled. Two other briefs cover a fatal Milwaukee wreck and a Chicago area arrest.
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Georgia
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England
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Sandy Hook
London
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Rocky Mountains
Texas
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Toronto
Personal and Literary Curiosities Across US News
A collage of brief notes mentions Rev Dr John Hall of New York to receive a 75000 parsonage on Fifth Avenue, Horace Greeley’s Greenwood Cemetery bust, Emerton family ages in Bucksport Maine, Mrs Conant Harper’s editor, the late Ann S Stephens ocean telegraph dispatch, Minnie Wilson the Dakota stage maid, Senator Sherman’s Mansfield house height, Naquet’s influence on French divorce law and Patti, Elmer Schuach’s dual engagements, Ezekiel Rogers epitaph, and Mrs Lilla May Pavy gift of Arctic relics to the National Museum with life-time withdrawal rights retained.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Horace Greeley
Greenwood Cemetery
Brooklyn
Emerton
Bucksport
Ing
Conant
Harper's Weekly
Tribune
Ann S. Stephens
Herald
Minnie Wilson
Milner
Hamline
Dakota
Sherman
Mansfield
Lake Erie
Ohio River
Toledo
M. Naquet
France
Patti
Marquis de Caux
Naquet
Nicolini
Elmer Schuach
Reading
Pittsburgh Post
Rowley
Ezekiel Rogers
Christian
Lilla May Pavy
Octave Pavy
Greely
National Museum
Washington
Arctic
Sun
Market Reports Show Mixed Prices Across Commodities
Market notes indicate quiet and steady activity with varied quotes. Livestock ranges include cattle steady to firm for choice stockers and natives, hogs softer but demand fair, and lambs active. grain futures show wheat and flour prices mostly steady to mild gains. Butter eggs and Provisions also reflect mixed movement, with bacon and lard weaker and boxed meats steady.
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Barney
Vropocce
Joose
Texas
Wisconsin
Sal
Michigan
Minnesota
Ktve
Banley
Wie
Lord
Elgin
Canada
Colorado
Kansas City
French sale of Stradivarius echoes grand markets
The 1737 Swen's Song Stradivarius sold in Paris for 15100 francs. It belonged to the late M. de Sainte Senoch whose other Stradivarius instruments fetched high prices, including a 1704 violin and a 1728 alto violin. The four instruments cost 2640 pounds originally and brought 1800 pounds at sale. The column then bundles various brief anecdotes, jokes, and promotional blurbs from contemporary papers.
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Stradivarius
Paris
M. de Sainte-Senoch
Paying Practical Joke Lands on Lake Killarney Banks
Illinois Central Railroad Company owned land with an Irish tenant who leased a cabin for three years. They paid $300 for the lease and to move the cabin anywhere he chose. When asked to place it, he directed relocation to the banks of Lake Killarney in Ireland. Initially thought a joke, the man proved earnest and remains on the land collecting the $300.
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Illinois Central Railroad Company
Lake Killarney
Ireland
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