Fatal double tragedy and peril on the Great Lakes
A Schenectady bachelor 50 and his wife Minnie Hallenbeck 17 tangled in a love affair. After a Western trip the wife returned and rejected a cash proposal from another man, who then fatally shot her and killed himself. The Asia steamer disaster on Lake Huron left about 100 aboard. two survivors described a sinking scene as lifeboats capsized and many died.
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Avortan
Schenectady
New York
Minnie E. Hallenbeck
Sidney
Cash
Albany
Taz
Asia
Lake Huron
D. A. Tinkis
Christy Ann Morrison
Tinkis
J. P. Tinkis
John McDougall
McDougall
Capt. Savage
John Little
Sault Ste. Marie
Parry Sound
Enervere Melvitte
Arctic
Norristown
Melville
United States
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Tennessee
Explosion in German mine kills twenty near Dortmund
An explosion of fire damp in a mine near Dortmund, Germany, killed twenty persons. The Anglo American cable of 1869 has been restored. Stanley the African explorer has arrived at Lisbon. Stanley penetrated 300 miles beyond Vivi and established fifteen trading stations between Vivi and Roki.
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Dortmund
Germany
Stanley
Lisbon
Vivi
Roki
Africa
Displaced soldiers and Bedouins in Egypt reshuffle
Trains bringing prisoners of war to Alexandria found the soldiers missing except for a small guard. Bedouins had left two hours earlier with arms and ammunition. A decree proposed by the Council of Ministers was signed by the Khedive.
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Constantinople
Lord Dufferin
Porte
Egypt
Popane
Alexandria
Arabi
Afr el-Dwar
Ismailia
Kafr-el- Dwar
Arabi Pasha
Damietta
Stamboul
Tantahi
Uunts
Kafr-el-Dwar
Abdellah Pasha
Aboukir
London
Pall Mall Gazette
Journal Des Debate
Paris
Parly News
Italy
Great Britain
el Jawaib
Khedive
Cato
Abdellah
Kafr el-Dwar
Caliph
Sultan Pasha
National Party
England
Vakit
Port Sarp
Fort Ghemilek
Fort Ghemirek
Abdellal Pasha
Aboulamn Pasha
Cairo
War Office
Department of the Interior
Soudan
Upper Egypt
Council of Ministers
Terrible collision in Fourth Avenue Tunnel at Eighty Sixth Street
A Harlem local train rear struck a New Haven train in the Fourth Avenue Tunnel near Eighty Sixth Street New York. The crash killed and injured scores as crowded passengers, many professionals and students, were crushed. Names include Sherman Adamson Frederick Thein Mrs J Smith and Eugene Aubert. Sixteen injured, some certain to die.
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Fourth Avenue
Eightysixth Street
New York
New Haven
Mt. Vernon
Harlem
Eighty-sixth Street
Harlan
Westfield
Sherman Adamson
Frederick Thein
New Rochelle
J. Smith
Eugene Aubert
Patr iotic Order of America holds eleventh annual camp at Columbus
The eleventh annual Patriotic Order of America camp met in Columbus on September 19 with seventeen camps represented. Elected officers include State President E F Layman of Cincinnati and State Secretary George Brown of Zanesville.
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the Patriotic Order of America
Columbus
E. F. Layman
Cincinnati
C. H. Neil
Lancaster
F and C
J. M. Hoffa
la Rue
George Brown
Zanesville
Isaac Robinson
Mississippi River
Old East
Auditor of State
Joan Y. Gessner
Mansfield Shield and Banner
Shield and Banner
A. D. Tucker
Reynoldsburg
Samuxn Vocur
Dairyman
Hamilton
Joan Macers
Oscar Burres
Rosstown
Knox County
Iowa
Magers
Massillon
Youngstown
Ewing
Hocking County
Everett Brown
Sam Marten
Hog Creek
Hardin County
Asia
Lake Huron
Wm. Clinton
B. Morey
W. H. Wood
Gates
Sciote County
Portsmouth
H. E. Curtis
Arkansas Election Turmoil and Reports of Voter Intimidation
The piece recounts the Arkansas election environment since 1874 with Democrats dominating and occasional Republican wins. It details alleged intimidation in Sebastian County and Helena, GOP efforts to track ballots, and a key confrontation at the courthouse as Democrats halted voting. The article critiques Democratic fraud and notes broader Republican growth linked to Maine and Blaine.
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Arkansas
Garland
Washington
Colonel Slack
Sebastian
Fort Smith
Helena
Killips
Sanders
Churchill
Democratic County Committee
Barlow
Philips County
Court House
Stephenson
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Honig
Helena City
Detroit Post and Tribune
Unio
America
United States
Maine
Helr
Congress
Frye
Blaine
Chingo Iner Oean
Ohio boards appoint women and men for charity institutions
A law proposes per county a Board of Visitors with three women and two men to oversee charity and penal institutions in Ohio. Members serve unpaid, monitor conditions, and report annually. Also notes a city society for young women and a fatal duel in Shreveport. Artemus Ward quip about twins ends the excerpt.
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Ohio
N. Y. Sun
Victory in Maine Signals Republican Gain in Governor Race
Maine results show Rogie leading Plaisted by about 8000 votes with several candidates drawing scattered support. The outcome suggests Maine returns to Republican alignment, limiting Greenback and minor defections, and hints at a net gain of one Republican Congress member in the forthcoming Forty-eighth Congress.
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Maine
Rogie
Pine Tree
United States
Young voters urged to scrutinize party choices carefully
The Indianapolis Journal argues young men should study both parties before voting. It praises the Republican record as national progress and condemns the Democratic party for negations and opposition to wartime measures, emancipation, and national unity, urging deliberate, informed alignment. Shakespeare is identified as a Philadelphia lawyer specializing in theatrical litigation.
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Mnd
Gettn
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Republic
Union
Indianapolis Journal
Reckless feeding of children sparks debate on infant nutrition
Detroit Post and Tribune reports on a mother feeding two children excessive snacks during an excursion. Prof. Chandler discusses ideal summer child care, noting milk and cereals as best foods and warning against meat, pie, and candy excessive intake.
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Chandler
New York
Detroit Post and Tribune
Are Women Dressed Better Than Men in Civilized Society
In a Boston Journal of Chemistry commentary, the piece argues that civilization imposes harsher dress on the educated and upper classes, with women enjoying lighter, looser garments while men wear multiple layers. It notes differences in collar, sleeves, and corsets, claiming women face more comfort despite fashion, though men shoulder tight garments and multiple pieces.
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Verstagen
Boston Journal of Chemistry
Respect the Body and Health Advice from a Health Column
A Health and Home writer urges readers to respect the body by meeting its needs without excess. He warns against piercing ears or eyes, excessive heat or cold, overdrinking or overdosing, and treating the body as a mere wine cask. He counsels moderation and care, comparing the body to a well-loved horse or hound.
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Health and Home
China
Clermont Gourier Advertising Rates
Legal and transient advertisements cost 1 dollar per square for the first insertion and fifty cents for each additional insertion. A generous yearly reduction is offered for advertising. Business cards up to six lines are priced at six dollars per year.
Scientific advancements and industrial notes from U S and abroad
In Boston the claim is every city manufacturing site occupied with demand for new factories. The Turkish Council of State authorizes duty free agricultural machinery exports to the Ottoman Empire. US tin plate use rises to 800000 tons annually for tins and cans. a single News firm consumes twenty tons daily. An engraved Lord’s Prayer on a three cent piece is recalled. Gatlin gun tests at Sandy Hook show potential for rapid fire up to 3500 yards. A Parisian report describes a photographic process to convert natives to positives via asphalt and etching. A Canadian chemist proposes tobacco juice vapor as a cheap greenhouse fumigant to kill insects and pests.
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Boston
Turkish Council of State
Ottoman Empire
Ochicago Journal
United States
N. F. Zimes
San Francisco
Sofuare
St. Louis Globe
Hartford
Sandy Hook
United States Ordnance Board
Bing
Paris
Factoriaz
A Medley of Witty Fragments and Local Observations
A collection of brief quirks and comic snippets from various papers. Items include a Berlin cornet anecdote about Wagner, a skeptical note on Huxley’s North Sea fish take, a Norwich man escaping a moving train, a nursemaid joke from the Leech family, an Australian salt mine discovery contrasted with American silver mine cuts, a Boston Post toast to a bride’s bread, and plantation dialect musings on friendship and growth.
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Berlin
Lowell
Huxley
North Sea
Boston Post
Douglass Autz
Norwich
Danbury News
John Leech
Leech
Chicago Tribune
Australia
America
Burlington Hawkeye
Bostom Post
Chile
Beat Him Rivalry Ends With Hen Incident
In a cordial wager Dan and Flasher argued over rifle and bow. Dan fired at a hen but missed while Flasher killed the bird. The referee ruled for Dan who claimed victory but Flasher paid for the hen.
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Dan
Flasher
Detroit Free Press
Adventurous young woman’s perilous New York odyssey
A young woman, arrested in New York, has a dramatic life story. In January she was found near Hoboken almost frozen in the snow, then attempted suicide in the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, later appeared on West Street suffering from oxalic acid effects. The tale reads like sensational drama and could inspire modern penny dreadfuls.
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New York
Hoboken
Brooklyn
Gowanus Canal
West Street
Christian Union
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Washington Dispatch
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Connecticut
William H. Bulkely
John D. Candee
S. T. Stanton
Julius Converse
Frank D. Short
Richard Crowley
John C. New
Folger
Tor Missouri Independent Republicans
David Wagner
St. Louis
O. C. Hill
Holt County
Col
R. H. Hunt
Kansas City
State Central Committee
R. T. Vanhorn
National Congressional Committee
Christiancy
Massachusetts
Republican State Convention
Robert R. Bishop
Oliver Ames
Henry B. Pierce
Daniel A. Gleason
Charles R. Ladd
Edgar J. Sheridan
Committee On
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Cornell
Judge Folger
Alonzo B. Cornell
James
Wadsworth
Warner Miller
Democrats
Colorado
Denver
James B. Grant
Lake
John R. Prowers
Bent
Vincent D. Markham
Arapahoe
Supreme Court
Curistrancy
Jaures Erasmus
Philadelphia
Hamilton Fish
Andrews
Court of Appeals
A. B. Hipburn
New Philadelphia
Wm. Jackson
Jackson
George Urban
Erie County
George McDonald
Steubenville
Toronto
Sonny Cully
Uuckstrr
John Benzenhoefer
Petersburg
Charles W. Stone
Charles Stone & Son
Detroit
Canada
Charles Stone
Stone
Edward Leach
Chicago Times
Shreveport
Walter Dorr
Thomas Alker
Dorr
Walker
Detroit Post
Artemus Ward
Shakespeare
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