Homage to Dow North American and British Tempermence Groups Mark Dow Birthday
The WCTU of England and America observe General Neal Dow of Maine on his 90th birth day with demonstrations and hearty greetings across continents. Frances Willard christened him the Grand Old Man of Prohibition as international branches join in White Letter day celebrations.
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Neal Dow
Maine
Frances Willard
New England
Pine Tree State
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Temperance Societies of
Great Britain
Footwear listings and price range in a 1930s ad
An advertisement fragment lists various shoe types for boys and girls including plow boots kip boots grain shoes calf shoes rubbers slippers oxfords and Serge Congress with prices ranging from 50 cents to 3 dollars. The section also mentions boys and misses shoes and several rubber boot varieties.
Ousted Michigan Officers Backed by Supreme Court Ruling
Michigan Supreme Court sustains Governor Rich in removing Secretary of State Joachim State Treasurer Hambitzer and Land Commissioner Berry for gross negligence in canvassing 1893 amendment returns. Stay denied. Appointments announced for successors. No surrender demanded.
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Michigan Supreme Court
Rich
Lansima, Mich
Supreme Court
Joachim
Hambitzer
Berry
Atkinson
United States Supreme Court
McGrath
Grand Jury
Gfrand
Washington Gardner
Albion
James Wilkinson
Marquette
William N. French
Bell
State Land Office
Fatal Laundry Ironer Explosion in Chicago
An ironer exploded at a Chicago laundry on West Van Buren street killing three people C M Moore foreman Peter Galdbrandson and Mrs Mollie Evans all scalded by steam and injuring several girl workers in the exit rush.
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CuHicaco
West van Buren Street
C. M. Moore
Peter Galdbrandson
Mollie Evans
Perrin Pardoned
Phelps Perrin, serving a term in the state prison for a $25,000 robbery of the United States Express company at Hurley, will be released by the board of control with Governor Peck's approval during the day. He is reported to be dying of consumption and cannot live until his May term expiration.
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Madison
Wis
Twin City Boards of Trade Backing Superior Canal Survey
Minneapolis board of trade adopts St Paul chamber committee recommendations and will cooperate to win a congressionally funded survey of a waterway route from Lake Superior to the Twin Cities. March 21.
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Twin City Boards of Trade
Minneapolis
Minneapolis Board of Trade
St. Paul Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Lake Superior
Twin Cities
Murder at Brainerd claims life of local farmer
Brainerd Minnesota March 21 James McCabe a saloon keeper known as Farmer shot and killed farmer T Murray during a midnight quarrel over money. A friend separated them McCabe fired a revolver and Murray was struck in the chest with slight hopes of recovery McCabe was arrested on the spot.
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Brainerd
Minn
James McCabe
T. Murray
McCabe
Murray
Fairfax Man Wins Eating Challenge With Sausage Veal Hay Bet
Fairfax, Minn on March 21 reports Joseph Buehler a local resident won two eating bets. He consumed 10 pounds of raw sausage and four pounds of raw veal in under two hours and bet he could eat 100 raw eggs and two pounds of chopped hay in three hours.
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Fairfax, Minn
Fairfax
Joseph Buehler
Helpless Soldiers' Children Face Pension Status Decision
Washington reports a pending ruling by Assistant Secretary J. M. Reynolds on whether totally helpless children of deceased soldiers qualify for pension under general laws. Previously these orphans had no pensionable status, though many special acts sought to cover them. The decision could aid numerous meritorious cases granted through mothers or guardians as minors up to age 16.
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Washington
J. M. Reynolds
Baene
Sale Ordered for Winona and Southwestern Railway
Judge Caldwell in federal court orders sale of the Winona and Southwestern railway in a Farmers Loan and Trust Company suit. Receiver Tilden R. Selmes named as master in chancery to conduct the sale. The sale is set for high noon May 1 in Winona.
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St. Paul
Caldwell
Federal
United States
Winona and Southwestern Railway
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company of New York
Winona and Southwestern Railway Company
Winona and Southwestern Improvement Company
Tilden R. Selmes
Selmes
Winona
Bankers urge Cleveland to veto seigniorage bill in letter
Over 30 leading Boston bankers including Kidder Peabody and Lee Higginson sign a document sent to President Cleveland. They warn the seigniorage bill would ruin banking, erode trust, and weaken the nation’s financial standing.
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Boston
Cleveland
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Lee, Higginson & Co
Chicago Road Race renamed and moved to Sheridan Drive
Chicago announces the annual bicycle race will be renamed the Chicago road race and run on the Sheridan drive from the Grant monument in Lincoln park as start and finish, instead of the former Pullman south route.
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Chicago
Lake Shore
Pullman
Sheridan Drive
Grant Monument
Lincoln Park
Dow Celebrated Worldwide on 90th Birthday
London reports England joins in honoring General Neal Dow, American temperance leader. Exeter Hall hosts a large meeting with leaders from the United Kingdom Alliance and the British Women's Temperance Association. a cable message from Frances Willard and others to Dow is read, praising his work for abolition, abstinence, and women’s enfranchisement.
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London
England
Neal Dow
Exeter Hall
United Kingdom Alliance
British Omen’s Temperance Association of
General Dow
Portland
Henry Somerset
Frances ‘E. Willard
Wilfred Lawson
Hugh Price- Hughes
Ormiston Chant
Associated Press
City Hall
Dow
Neal’ Dow
Job
Maine
Three Incendiary Fires Threaten Clinton Blaze
Three incendiary fires broke out in three city sections of Clinton Iowa on March 21 nearly causing a major blaze. George Carter the bicycle expert slept through a burning building and was saved by Police Captain Cole. The blazes produced only small losses.
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Clinton
George Carter
Cole
Manderson backs municipal control of street railways
Nebraska Senator Manderson urged municipal ownership of street railways lighting and water works at a Washington Congregational club meeting. He argued private firms should not run essential city services and that profits should benefit the municipality. Justice Brewer cited New York City’s financial power as a reform example.
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WasHiInerton
Manderson
Washington Congregational Club
Justice Brewer
United States Supreme Court
New York City
Floods and Washouts Strike Idaho Union Pacific Route
The Idaho division of the Union Pacific reports a week of floods and washouts blocking all trains. A land slide near Mountain Home killed three tramps and an engineer. Dam failures and wrecks at Huntington and a flood between Shoshone and Pocatello followed. Snow in the mountains and chinook winds halted stage service to Silver City and Idaho City.
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Nampa
Ida
Idaho
Union Pacific Railroad
Owehee
Here
Mountain Home
Orchard
Huntington
Shoshone
Pocatello
Silver City
Idaho City
Golden Find Reported at Quincy Farm by Jacob Mello
Jacob Mello, a farmer on the Whitewater river, claims discovery of free gold and a large gold bearing quartz vein on his newly acquired land known as the pines. An old forty niner who explored the area says prospects rival California mining era. Improvement operations to begin at once.
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Quincy, Minn
Rainy Lake
Redwood Falls
Jacob Mello
Whitewater River
California
Chicago financier begins 130 mile Le Mars Yankton Norfolk rail plan
J S Meckling of Chicago with funding starts preliminary work on a railroad from Le Mars Iowa to Yankton South Dakota and then to Norfolk Nebraska a total of 130 miles The Le Mars Yankton segment will be operated by the Illinois Central The Yankton Norfolk segment is partially graded and named the Yankton Norfolk and Southwestern
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Yankton
J. S. Meckling
Chicago
le Mars
Norfolk
Neb
Illinois Central
Norfolk and Southwestern
Remains of Former Saginaw Official Found in River
The remains of Leander Simoneau, ex mayor and ex register of deeds of Saginaw, who vanished the night of January 20, were found near Detroit by two boys ten miles down the river. The decomposed body was later identified.
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Simoneau
Detroit
Mich
the Tribune
Saginaw
Leander Simoneau
Register of Deeds
Heirs sue to recover policy on General C. P. Adams
In Hastines Minnesota on March 21 the heirs of the late General C. P. Adams sue the Northwestern Endowment and Legacy Association of Red Wing to recover $3,000 on a life policy held by him.
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Hastines
Minn
C. P. Adams
Northwestern Endowment and Legacy Association of
Washout Repaired Near Miles City
Northern Pacific officials report the washout near Miles City is repaired and trains will run without transfer. Only one mile of track is missing instead of four.
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Helena
Mon
Northern Pacific
Miles City
Rate Manipulation May Lower St Paul Chicago Fare
The Chicago to St Paul line seeks authority to quote a $9 one way rate as relief against competitors accused of secret rate cutting. The Western Passenger association will investigate the charges and consider the request at a Chicago meeting with all St Paul Chicago lines represented.
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St. Paul
Chicago
Chicago-St. Paul
Western Passenger Association
Tragic double suicide shocks Iowa families
The bodies of James Reed aged 20 and Ottie Shaw aged 19 were found hanged from a tree limb near Rose Hitz Iowa. Authorities report no known reason for the act and note both youths came from respected families.
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Iowa
Rose Hitz
James Reed
Ottie Shaw
Maine WCTU Praises Neal Dow In Portland Demonstration
The Maine branch of the W C T U held a large city hall demonstration in Portland to honor General Neal Dow. Dow, the noted prohibitionist, attended the event amid gratitude from townsfolk and kin, declining numerous invitations to spend the day in the city.
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Neal Dow
Portland
Maine
Prohibitionist
Neal Dow Celebrated as 90th Birthday Sparks Greetings
PortLane Maine March 21 Letters and telegrams pour in during the past 24 hours to Neal Dow’s household with congratulatory messages to the temperance reformer on his 90th birthday. Many resolutions and addresses of greeting arrive.
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PortLane
Neal Dow
False Brazilian insurgent victory report denied in Rio dispatch
In London a Rio Janeiro dispatch states it is entirely false that insurgents won at Itavre or that 8000 loyal troops surrendered. The government has a large force along the Para Sao Paulo frontier preventing invasion while De Mello is unable to act.
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London
Rio Janeiro
Itavre
Para
Sao Paulo
de Mello
Boots and Shoes in Dakota Offer Coupon Bargain
Robinson & Graley advertise the largest stock of boots and shoes in Dakota. They promise high quality, low prices, and urge customers to use two coupons dated differently to receive a free item with a 50 cent cash purchase. Coupons appear in this and future issues.
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Dakota
Building groups foil tax plan in Wilson bill protest
Puapee Puia March 21 The Building Association league of Pennsylvania formed a committee to draft a memorial urging Congress to defeat the proposed clause in the Wilson bill that would tax building associations.
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Puia
The
Building Association League of Pennsylvania
Congress
Despondent farmer shoots at head but survives
Be orr Wis March 21 Jacob Hesse an old wealthy farmer living near the city attempted to blow his head off with a shotgun while drunk and despondent. The gun slipped and he was not hurt.
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Be Orr, Wis
Jacob Hesse
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