Intriguing Bits From A Turn-of-Century Paper
A miscellany notes Seattle lawyers and Kansas oats five cents a bushel, Boston cabbage weights, Massachusetts shoe making, Fresno raisins, Helena fires, a copperhead in Columbia Pa hydrant, and Mrs Stonewall Jackson penning a husband biography. Also mentions phonograph pronouns, sun density worry, fashion hats, Bayard wedding plans, silk socks, Robert Bonner paying for a poem, statue plans for Wilkie Collins, new law school for women, heiress Ysabel Echequer en, eagle in West Virginia, church counts in U.S., Harvard telescope fund, city cleanliness plea, Spain's Regent smoking, Eva Hamilton prison laundry work, Mölke turning ninety, baseball salaries, Latrobe hammer, Nebraska fire engine advice, Julian Pauncefote arrival, eye removal tale, Iowa Indians' wealth and land sale, Baldwin’s career, London apartment boom, Johnstown survivor tale, large Nebraska beets, Five Nations press reach, and new artificial silk chemistry.
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Tneks
Seattle
Wash
Kansas
Boston
Massachusetts
Fresno
Cal
Helena
Mont
Columbia Pa
Monongalia County
W. Va
United States
Eva Mhamilton
Marsnart von Molke
Philadelphia
Latrobe Steel Works
Van
Nebraska City
Julian Pauncefote
Washington Society
Julian Sterling
Bridgeport
Iowa Tribe of Indians
Lord Howe's Coffin Found in Ticonderoga Street Work
Laborers severed a tombstone while digging a sewer in TiConderoga New York uncovering a coffin with a human skeleton and an inscription to Lord Howe born in 1724. The bones decayed but skull intact. crowd sought relics as the remains likely will be re Interred in the village cemetery. Lord Howe died in the 1758 battle at Ticonderoga.
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Ticonderoga
N.Y
Lord Howe
George Augustus Howe
England
James Abercrombie
Lake George
Fort Ticonderoga
Treasury sees unusual business activity in small denomination notes
The Treasury Department faces delays in supplying small denomination notes as the U S Express refuses to transport money at reduced rates. The firm argues its contract does not cover such shipments. New York notices adjust delivery under standard rates, recalling prior banker remittance guidance. The surge in demand shows higher business activity, with many exchanges from silver certificates to larger notes.
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Washington
Treasury Department
U.S. Express Company
Department
Treasury
New York
Diphtheria Epidemic Hits Carbondale Pa
The State Board of Health declares diphtheria epidemic in Carbondale with Mayor Kelly urging immediate home sanitation. Undertakers refuse to handle burials as cases rise to over sixty under treatment. The city has begun a first step toward a sewer system amid longstanding sparing public improvements.
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Carbondale
State Board of Health
Kelly
North Dakota Returns Show GOP Victories and Prohibition Margin
Official returns from North Dakota elections reveal 39 500 total votes. Hansbrough, Republican for Congress, leads by 15 000. Miller, Republican for Governor, exceeds by 12 000. Prohibition gains 1 100 in majority. Constitution support 80 percent. Republican vote averaged 70 percent.
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Bismarck
N.D
North Dakota
Hansbrough
Congress
Miller
West Virginia Feud Exaggerated Claims
A Hamlin, Lincoln County resident says reports of a Brumfield and Dingess feud are greatly exaggerated. He notes Mr. Brumfield and his wife, shot from ambush recently, are alive and no others have been harmed.
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West Virginia
Huntington
Hamlin
Lincoln County
Brumfield
Dingess
Mexico City Reports Prompt San Francisco Duty Settlement
City of Mexico October 11 With telegrams from Washington cited as pointing to a prompt settlement of the differential duties imposed on Mexican shipping in San Francisco California the Mexican steamer Alejandro is expected to resume trips to the northern port.
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City of Mexico
Washington
San Francisco
Cal
Alejandro
Mexican Editorial Opposes U.S. Cattle Imports
The Herald de Mexico editorial page urges excluding American cattle to protect local ranchers who cannot compete in the cattle market with U.S. imports. The piece argues Mexican cattle raisers face an impossible challenge against Americans in this trade.
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City of
Mexico
the Heraldo
United States
Typhoid Epidemic Hits Gallatin County Districts
An outbreak of typhoid fever sweeps several county districts in Gallatin Tennessee with thirty reported cases and twelve deaths. The illness, described as worse than yellow fever where it has struck, threatens more fatalities among the remaining eighteen patients.
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Gallatin, Tenn
Yelow fever cases reported at Key West
Advices received at the Marine hospital yesterday state that there are several cases of yellow fever at Key West, but there is no danger of the disease spreading.
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Washington
The
Marine Hospital
Key West
Gas Explosion Destroys Daly Home Killing Four Family Members
At Davis Switch near Bradford Pennsylvania a gas leak from a pipe feeding the cook stove caused the Daly dwelling to erupt in flames. Patrick Daly survived with severe burns while his wife and three sons aged 13, 11, and 9 perished. The mother and children were overcome by heat and flames as neighbors and Daly himself could not rescue them before the entire house burned to ashes. The incident followed a gas throttle mishap during supper.
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Braprorp
Davis’ Switch
Patrick Daly
Mr. Daily
Mrs. Daily
Daily
Crash Between Freight and Work Trains Kills One Man
Pittsburg Oct 12 A collision occurred two miles west of Bridgeport Ohio between the miners work train of about seventy miners and a south bound freight train of twenty one cars. Five trainmen and thirteen miners were injured with three miners fatally. The engineer of the freight train failed to obey orders to lay up. A nearby resident signaled the work train and saved life by slowing the speed.
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Pittsburgh
Bridgeport
Wheeling Creek Coal Works
Electric line man killed by live wire at Center and Chambers
In New York on October 12 a Western Union employee died after contact with an electric light wire at the corner of Center and Chambers. He hung in midair among the wires as spectators watched in horror, the fatal current scorching his body and causing blood to spill onto the sidewalk.
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New York
Center
Chambers Streets
Western Union Company
Democrats Lose State Senator in Jefferson County Tie
Helena Mont Oct 12 The Jefferson County vote canvassed yesterday shows Democrats lose a State Senator leaving the upper House tied though Democrats will hold a seven vote majority on joint ballot. Complete canvass from all counties unlikely before tomorrow if then.
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Helena
Mont
Jefferson County
Monster pumps unearthed in Mexico City rumor
El Mundi reports that drainage pumps in Mexico City bring up many arms and legs of children. Streets rumor a trunk with 300000 dollars in gold was found by workers while excavating an old building site.
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City of Mexico
el Mundi
Tammany Offers Cleveland Congress Nomination
A New York evening paper reports Tammany Hall offered ex-President Grover Cleveland the Ninth District congressional nomination to replace the late S S Cox, but Cleveland declined. Amos J Cummings is said to be slated for the post.
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New York
Tammany Hall
Grover Cleveland
Congress
S. S. Cox
Cleveland
Amos J. Cummings
Remarkable Suit in Toronto Jury Disagreement
Mrs. Joseph Brennan of Hamilton sued her father in law M Brennan for misrepresenting her husband’s character and finances, causing her to marry him. The jury disagreed, ending the unprecedented case with no verdict.
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Toronto
Ont
Joseph Brennan
Hamilton
M. Brennan
Dutch Annie Miller Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder
SmiTHPORT Pa Oct 12 Annie Miller alias Dutch Annie was found guilty of second degree murder in the killing of Bill Hilton last August and will likely face the full twelve year penalty.
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Smithport
Annie Miller
Dutch Annie
Bill Hilton
Retired Massachusetts Merchant Drops Dead at Theater
Job Lilly, 68, a retired Lowell merchant, died of heart disease while watching The Old Homestead at the Academy of Music in New York last night. He was accompanied by his wife and friends.
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New York
Job Lilly
Lowell
Mass
Academy of Music
Shortage of Nine Thousand Found in County Treasury
Downs Kansas October 12 The auditing committee appointed by the county commissioners to inspect Osborne County Treasurer J A Beemans books found a deficit of 9000 dollars Beeman cannot account for the shortage and claims he was robbed by some of his employees.
New Suspects Arrested in Ceanin Murder Case
CubicaGo reports three new suspects were arrested yesterday afternoon by police for alleged involvement in the murder of Ceanin. Details on motives and connections were not disclosed.
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CubicaGo
Menerder
Ceanin
Baptism of Fire Strikes Brooklyn Tabernacle Again
New York Oct 14 The Brooklyn Tabernacle the Second Visitation of the Kind in Its History has been destroyed by fire leaving Rev Dr Talmage and his congregation without a place of worship The blaze began about 230 am a policeman observed smoke and flames The rear wall fell around seven oclock The damage is 157000 with 129450 insured Firefighters faced freezing rain and a stiff east wind as crowds gathered and police closed Schermerhorn street
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New York
Brooklyn Tabernacle
Talmage
Schermerhorn Street
Tabernacle
Schemerhorn Street
Third Avenue
Levi Dove
Utica
Sands
Samuel Corbett
Bellaire
Grape Grove
Greene County
John Bryan
J. O. Flax
Polk
Ashland County
Horace Diebler
Mary J. Pryo
Vineyard Hill
Adams County
Minerva J. Shumate
J. E. Nesbitt
Toledo
Wertz
Findlay
Lucy Kintz
Akron
Joseph Myers
West Market Street
Daniel Brinker
Massillon
Ohio
Cronin case confessions target jurors and defense links
In Chicago on October 14 a State's Attorney conference disclosed confessions from Hanks Solomon and O'Donnell, indicted for bribing jurors. Kavanaugh implicated a defense attorney, with Bailiff Carolan under suspicion. The State plans immediate trial for the jurors bribery and hopes Kavanaugh will reveal others backing the plot.
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Chicago
Cronin
Hanks
Solomon
O'Donnell
Kavanaugh
Carolan
Horses Killed by a Thunderbolt in Ohio Farm Field
CHILLICOTHE O Oct 14 During a severe thunderstorm four valuable horses owned by George F Barmann of a northern CHILLICOTHE farm were struck and killed while sheltering under a jack oak in a pasture. The owner valued the loss well above $500. A corn shock in an adjacent field was also struck and fired.
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Chillicothe
George F. Barmann
Barmann
Fatal Orgie of Railway Men at Rowlesburg
In Rowlesburg Preston County at 1 o'clock Saturday morning Thomas Dunn shot and instantly killed George Moore both B and O railroad employees. A Friday night theft of alcohol from the express office led to a quarrel among about a half dozen road workers during which Dunn broke Moore's collar bone before fatally shooting him.
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Grafton
W. Va
Rowlesburg
Preston County
Thomas Dunn
George Moore
Dunn
Moore
Woman Jumped From Mississippi Bridge in Suicide Bid
Mrs Elias Ernst wife of a local coal dealer leapt from the parapet of the big bridge across the Mississippi River in St Louis. The fall about a hundred feet left her seriously hurt. She told the boatman I wanted to die and that was the best way to do it.
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St. Louis
Elias Ernst
Mississippi River
Paris Cabinet Moves to Close Exhibition November 16
Paris officials announced at a Cabinet meeting that the Exhibition will end on November 16. The decision follows ongoing discussions about space, funding, and event scheduling with emphasis on orderly shutdown and program completion.
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Paris
General Henry D. Clayton Dies in Tuscaloosa
General Henry D. Clayton president of the State University died here yesterday morning after several days illness. A distinguished Confederate Brigadier General, he was widely known across the South for his leadership and public service.
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Henry D. Clayton
Tuscaloosa
Ala
The
State University
Clayton
South
Death From Hydrophobia In Indiana Boy
In Jeffersonville Indiana on October 14 the eight year old son of Sewell Stewart who was bitten by a mad dog about two weeks ago showed hydrophobia symptoms and died after suffering.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Sewell Stewart
Twenty Thousand Indians Entitled to Vote Next Election
Washington reports that under new acts any Indian over twenty one with a land allotment gains voting rights. Following Sioux negotiations and other tribal talks, thousands more Indians may vote in the next presidential contest, reshaping state and national politics.
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Washington
Congress
Dakota
Interior Department
Bank-Robber Grabs Cash Then Claims Family Desperation
Cuicanco, Oct. 15. A sneaked thief took $255 from Dr. H. A. Johnson at the First National Bank then fled. He was pursued and captured, money recovered. The suspect refused to name himself but said a starving wife and child drove him to theft. He offered to supply a private name if not revealed to officials.
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Cuicanco
H. A. Johnson
First National Bank
Grave disturbance at Emerson grave in Concord
Two Concord gentlemen found Ralph Waldo Emerson's grave disturbed at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. The casket was exposed and authorities awaited Dr Edward Emerson's return while a watch was posted. Locals suspect vandals sought the skull though the casket was not opened. The undertaker says the casket was uncovered but not opened and the vandals fled.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Concord
Mass
Sleepy Hollow
Edward Emerson
Willard Farrar
Emerson
City power shutoffs plunge New York into darkness
The sudden termination of Brush and United States Companies to shut off city circuits left a large portion of New York in darkness last night. Gas lamps, mostly unused since electricity, could not be lit. In Madison Square and Union Square Parks the gloom was nearly impenetrable as pedestrians navigated by hotel lights.
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New York
Brush
United States
Madison Square
Union Square
Special grand jury sworn in for jury bribery probe
In Judge Bakers court yesterday a special grand jury to further investigate charges of jury bribing was sworn. It is composed of well known citizens with S. B. Chase chosen foreman. The judge urged strict secrecy and read the penalties for violating secrecy of the grand jury room.
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CuicaGco
Camden man arraigned in murder of niece Annie Leconey
Chalkley Leconey was formally arraigned in Camden New Jersey on the murder indictment of his niece Annie Leconey and entered a plea of not guilty. The trial is scheduled for January.
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Camden
N. J
Chalkley Leconey
Annie Leconey
Body of Child Found in Stoney Creek
Johnstown officials report the body of an unidentified child recovered from Stoney Creek yesterday. In the same city an estimated 300 typhoid fever cases have been reported, prompting health measures.
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Johnstown
Stoney Creek
Paris Council of War Plans German Frontier Force Increase
A Paris council of war led by Minister De Freycinet resolved to double the army corps to send one hundred thousand men to the frontier quickly in case of emergency. The meeting also ordered increased Eastern railway facilities.
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Paris
de Freycinet
Kemmler Ordered Remanded for Execution by Electric Chair
AuBURN New York October 15 The formal order remanding Kemmler the murderer to prison for execution by electric mutilation was filed yesterday.
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Auburn
N. Y
Kemmler
Imurderer
Elecmeltiak
Cronin Case Deepens With Jury Packing Plot
In Curcago a new controversy surfaced as two bailiffs Solomon and Hanks were tied to an alleged plot to pack the jurors in the Cronin murder trial. A special grand jury, led by foreman Ex-Mayor Roche, convened after prosecutors sought the probe into bribery offers to sway the verdict.
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Curcaco
Cronin
McConnell
Longenecker
Judge Longenecker
Init
Criminal Court
Antares
Solomon
Hanks
Dr. Cronin
Horton
John A. Roche
Actress Minnie Hoey Robbed On Olive Street
Minnie French Hoey wife of George Hoey was held up on Olive street in St Louis and robbed of a satchel containing 8200 in diamonds. A dozen witnesses heard the scream but the thieves fled before custody. The incident occurred Friday night as she walked from the theater toward Pool alley.
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St. Lovuis
Minnie French
George Hoey
Olive Street
Massacre of Soldiers by Yaqui Indians Reported
El Paso Texas October 12 A terrible report from Sonora says Yaqui Indians killed both companies of Mexican soldiers who were swimming. The Mexican Government has dispatched 7000 troops to pursue the Yaqui, who are believed to be retreating toward Arizona.
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el Paso
Tex
Sonora
Arizona
Galena Arrives With Mutiny Leaders From Navassa
The United States corvette Galena reached Jamaica from Navassa with six mutiny ring leaders in irons aboard. They will likely be sent to Baltimore for trial by the appropriate court. About 125 enslaved people were sent from Navassa to Baltimore as their labor was no longer needed on the island.
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Navassa
Irons
New York
United States
Galena
Jamaica
Baltimore
Lumber Fire Destroys Fifteen Million Feet in Horton City
Fire swept the board-yard of B. E. Cartwright's mill at Horton City destroying fifteen million feet of lumber. The mill itself is threatened as flames rage with losses put at 175000 dollars. The Ridgeway Lumber Company and Cartwright face the financial blow amid limited insurance.
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Pittsburgh
Brockwayville
B. E. Cartwright
Horton City
Nutting resigns from Congress amid illness in Oswego
Oswego October 12 Hon N W Nutting representative from the Twenty seventh district has resigned after a period of dangerous illness at his home in this city following the adjournment of Congress.
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Nutting
Oswego
N. W. Nutting
Congress
Twenty-seventh
Bible Reader Who Reads Only Scripture in Ellijoy
A Georgia woman of about twenty learned to read after joining the church and studying the Bible with her sister. She now reads the Bible fluently and pronounces proper names correctly, but cannot read newspapers or any other book.
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Ellijoy
Pocket book found in Harrison County after 84 years
A farmer in Harrison County C discovered a pocket book he lost in 1840 while repairing his house. The recovered item may contain personal notes and identity details from decades past.
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Harrison County
State News Digest From Chillicothe to Akron
Ex-officials not naturalized in Chillicothe. Judge Raley dies after fall in Carrollton. Delphos injuries to Melville Stouts and to E B Thomas. Notorious safecracker Payne captured in Dayton. Pan Handle theft near Newark nets about 1700. Massillon Salvation Army man insanity. Corwin mines fight near Coalton. multiple arrests and incidents across Ohio counties. Election registration in Cincinnati up. Riley unable to perform. mad dog scare at Enon. various legal and civic notices.
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Chillicothe
Waitr
Carrollton
Robert Raley
Common Pleas
Melville Stouts
Delphos
Gro. W. Payne
Nibsey
Dayton
Cincinnati
Newark
Ed Lemert
Frazenburg
James Lake
Samuel Dunn
Irwen
Lemert
Massillon
Thomas Raymond
Salvation Army
Canton
Corwin Mines
Coalton
Thomas Plummer
Samuel Conrad
John
Charles
John Sims
Wm. Black
Plummer
John Conrad
Jackson
Enon
James Whitcomb Riley
Akron
E. B. Thomas
Urbana
Geo. H. Guy
U.S
Grand Jury
Atonzo Woopall
St. Mary’s
Watson
Lima
Frank Bogart
James Linderman
Grand Central Depot
Grand Lodge of Master Masons of Ohio
The
Gibson
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