25 Jun 1891
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Newspaper
The Farmers Alliance
Location
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1891
Page
1
A plaintive public notice pleads for aid for a grieving widow and child left in poverty after a beloved bootblack’s death. The text mourns hardships, condemns poverty, and calls for moral action from citizens and leaders, naming several local figures and neighbors.
The article reports on a Manchester broker fraud tied to a supposed Waterworks and Gasworks Securities company floated in Britain led by Colonel Inman with Sir Charles Tupper among directors. Forged underwriters’ names forged £450,000 of £700,000 underwritten, and Ernest Power of Power & Clegg is arrested for forging transfers.
North Dakota farmer notes genuine Rocky Mountain locusts near Orr Grand Forks County. Professor Waldron reports wings undeveloped, urging immediate eradication. Areas show ground covered heavily, with destruction work to begin.
Philadelphia ex city treasurer Bardsley was brought to court and, after testimony, gave a detailed statement of his accounts claiming about 38,000 was entrusted to him. The court, after considering the statement, granted an unlimited suspension of sentence, effectively freeing Bardsley.
The June 23 ceremony drew about 3,000 attendees arriving by train and boat in the rain. Bishop Seldenbaak officiated as plans for a church and school take shape, with speakers criticizing Wall Street and urging farmer and worker political action amid a nation-wide shift.
In a disrupted river of text a fragment notes a contest or trade between Chicago and the West, hinting at a heated confrontation or market exchange. The garbled wording leaves unclear participants and outcomes but signals a regional rivalry or exchange event.
June reports from Omaha and surrounding areas describe railway traffic managers preparing to impose new one way and reduced rates between Kansas City Chicago and Chicago St Louis. Alton Railway officials resist orders to withdraw excursion fares, signaling possible further price cuts and broader contract moves with foreign lines to lower emigrant transport costs. Local grain shipments face mounting pricing uncertainty as harvest activity and grading practices shift across Nebraska Kansas and Missouri pipelines.
Regulators in New York opened an inquiry into the New York Life Insurance company. Hungarian lawyer Bela Kan filed suit for the return of premiums with interest, alleging misrepresentation about the company’s status as a mutual and non joint stock concern. Officials expect resolution via Hungarian concession issues.
Dispatch reports a confrontation with about fifty hostiles at a barricade in Arcola Village Arizona. Reinforcements likely to be sent to relieve Brett’s detachment as threats to schools and government persist.
Andrews and Captain Lawler prepare a voyage across the Atlantic from Ocean Pier Boston on June 23. The vessel carries provisions for a comfortable crossing as a prelude to a Pacific attempt if successful. The scene draws a large crowd as observers await the outcome and details on water depth and boat measurements are noted. A Denver theatre fire report follows with losses and damages.
The Missouri River rises rapidly threatening Kanane area. Government work along Kansua abory halted as river cuts away banks. A passenger ship noted widening the river’s edge while a Norwegian bark Carl drifts near Avonmouth plans wreck with ten crew members.
A scanned collage of Nebraska notes details a string of local incidents. It cites burglaries in Guad Custer County, legal matters in Grand Island and North Platte, injuries from a rock-throwing incident, a bank-related deed transfer near Allwright and Chabs, and various weather warnings and public notices. The jumble mentions farm figures, a rattlesnake bite, a courthouse project, and community events around Broken Bow, ONeill, and Blair. Details are fragmentary but place names and people such as Kit King, Joseph Kilpatrick, Bertha Guall, and Hattie Nimes appear amid reports of crime, weather, and civic activity.
A garbled telegraph rounds up events including a death sentence for warring against the queen, a national machinists convention in New York forming a federation, arrests in Bari over a necrot association, and a price congress reconvening in Atlantic City. Notes cover the Ancient Order of United Workmen in Detroit, Gladstone’s health, the French senate tax bill on wheat, Chicago iron workers strike action, and Nashville Savings Bank suspensions amid liquidity issues.
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