Rioting and attacks hit Cleveland streetcars amid strike
On May 19 Cleveland faced ongoing street railway violence as strikers and mobs attacked cars, cut wires, and damaged tracks. Police dispersed crowds after bricks were thrown, injuring passengers, with 17 street carmen and five others detained.
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Tragic death linked to affair and neighbors note
In Columbus Ohio on May 19 Jessie M a 25 year old daughter of farmer David M, killed herself after a quarrel with her lover and confrontation with neighbors. A shipment of gold aboard the steamship Wilhelm leaving New York May 16 carries 50.5 million in gold, with 4 million destined for Germany and 7.5 million for France, carried by New York banks.
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Death of Famous Sailor Samuel Sam in Brooklyn
Samuel Sam, longtime president of the Marine Journal and noted naval commander, died at his Brooklyn home. Born in Philadelphia in 1825, he led the Dreadnought in the 1830s era, commanded the McClellan during Fort Fisher attacks, captained the Henrietta in the New York to Southampton race, and headed yachts Dauntless and Coronet in trans Atlantic contests with Cambria.
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Philadelphia
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Fort Fisher
Henrietta
Southampton
Dauntless
Arkansas legislature fails to convene for extra session
Little Rock May 1 The Arkansas legislature did not convene Monday per a call by Speaker Allen B Hamiter acting governor. No quorum was achieved in either the senate or house and sessions adjourned without date. Senate dispersed after afternoon talks.
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Kansas Legisature
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Will Case Trial Opens with Noted Letters Case
In Wellsboro Pennsylvania on May 1 a Dowt on Hinck's pond led to the arrest of Arthur Mace aged 28 and two Grover brothers, all injured. Meanwhile Bloomington Wisconsin on May 18 began a bid to break Col Tournell's will in a case before Judge Phibrick, with W D Cochran cited over alleged letters by Mabel Snell of Kansas City claiming a large inheritance share.
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Mitelity and Deposit Co
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Afariday
Budd Avenue Trust Co
Tammany Delegation to Denver for Democratic Convention
Tammany Hall will be represented at the Democratic national convention in Denver by a 650-strong delegation. Five special trains have been engaged and accommodations secured in Denver hotels. The five trains will leave New York on May 4 and arrive in Denver the evening of May 6. Each man pays his own expenses. Two Lives Lost in $360,000 Fire at Sault Ste. Marie Michigan. The Mondixy paper mill and power have been destroyed in the Lake Superior Corporation plant on the Canadian riverfront.
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May
Tammany Hall
Denver
Sault Ste. Marie
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Lake Superior Corporation
Happenings Across Buigkeye Lif in Various Cities
Chronicle reports varied happenings in Buigkeye Lif across multiple towns and cities in the state. Entries detail local events, meetings, and daily moments shaping community life.
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Varioie
A Desperate Battle Over a Girl in Chillicothe
A chaotic incident near Stony Creek in northern Rows County ends with a family clash over possession of Mabell Hand, a 14 year old boarding with Toe Winchell. The girl's relatives attacked Winschel’s home to reclaim her, while authorities and local men intervened to rescue her from the raiders.
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Stony Creek
Ailey
Rows County
Mabel Hand
Toe Winchell
Two Brothera
Sinter
First Church Incorporation in East Palestine
In Columbus on May 19 the Pente costal Church of the Navarene of East Palestine was incorporated. The article notes tenets including the entire sanctification of believers and cites various local religious matters and personnel.
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Columbus
Pentecostal Church of the Navarene of
East Palestine
Montay
Deficiency bill clears house as last major supply measure
Congress on May 11 passed the general deficiency appropriation bill totaling 17,368,072 finishing the house’s work on the great supply bills. In the senate, Senator Heyburn spoke against a conference report on a land reform measure, which was withdrawn, and the conference report on the legislative executive and judicial bill was approved.
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Washington
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Penate
Heyburn
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Idaho
Blackmailer Is Sentenced In New York Court
Jennie Blunt shot and wounded Charles M. Rayford, a Brooklyn lawyer, after he refused to pay her money. Judge Dike denounced her as a blackmailer and persecutor and sentenced her to a term of less than three but not more than four years in prison.
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Jennie Blunt
Charles M. Rayford
Brooklyn
Dike
Receivership for Pittsburg Brokerage Firm
Following an involuntary bankruptcy petition a receiver was appointed for Carrothers & Co of Pittsburg, a leading brokerage house. The firm was engaged in speculating in municipal bonds and related securities.
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Carrothers & Co
Schooner J. H. Chaffee Missing With Five Men
Boston May 1 hope fades for the schooner J. H. Chaffee from Perth Amboy N J bound to this port April 9 with five men aboard. it is believed they abandoned ship just as a week passed. Reports of arrests and local strikes also appear with details of the day.
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Tits Port
Ohio Pharmacy Board Report Shows Registered Pharmacists
Dayton reports say the twenty fourth annual board of pharmacy release records 1007 registered pharmacists in Ohio and 601 illicit practitioners. The report notes a total of 4027 items built via the Acid Route and mentions Franklin resident WH Midebrand, a prominent Franklin woman, who died by self-administered carbolic acid on Monday. no explicit cause is given.
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Ihau
Seven unidentified bodies found at death farm buried in field
Autopsies on seven unidentified corpses from Mrs Belle Guinness property near Laporte Indiana reveal a possible murder plot involving Jennie Olsen and a man and woman who were to take her to California. Grand jury hearings begin as investigators pursue a worldwide search offer for Guinness alive. Burials planned with a stone memorial and Christian services.
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School Fires and Fire Safety in European Cities
A Vienna paper discusses prevention in schools amid European concern. Some ideas note two old buildings with a single iron door connecting them and propose doors opened to streets to avoid fire catastrophe. Critics argue new doors are costly and may fail.
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Handling the Heart Modern Surgery Feats Impress
The article extols early feats in heart surgery with 1800s milestones and remarkable recoveries, describing the operations to locate and remove bullets from the heart, techniques like lead wool, and the shock of beating hearts revived after exposure. It also notes a French law allowing women to vote in family councils and calls for a nationwide cleanliness movement led by Dr Howard A Kelly.
Clergyman’s odd prayer ends with saloon revelation
A devout clergyman, attempting to bless a couple, prays for their prosperity and yoked blessings to their lives. The moment erodes into scandal as the maid reveals the tailor’s warning and the minister mutters that the prayer need not be answered, a Philadelphia Ledger note on hypocrisy and propriety.
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