Gladstone Defends Irish Land Bill in Commons Speech
In London on April 16 Mr Gladstone outlined his plan to purchase Irish lands, denouncing past English governance. He said the bill favors tenants, targets landlords, and links to a future land act and home rule, with stock issues and rents set as purchase price benchmarks.
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Gladstone
House of Commons
Ireland
London
England
Land Commission
Griffith
Chamberlain
Trevelyan
Rogland
Quaker Nehemiah Strong Defies Westward Raiders
In a frontier tale from Rochester, Nehemiah Strong a Quaker miner faces landless outlaw Bob Fellows and six accomplices who threaten his cabin. Ruth Strong leads a stand promising lawful resistance and nonviolent defiance as the raiders attempt force, while the sisters prepare to act within their faith.
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Nehemiah Strong
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Strong
Jong
Bob Fellows
Wales
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Villian
Ruth
Naomi
Bob
Opposition Eases as Pespcens Seeks Change in Duty
The text notes a desire to modify Pespcens stance and expresses willingness to be relieved from continuing his current attitude of opposition. It portrays a shift toward reducing resistance and accepting new expectations.
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Pespcens
Giant Powder Explosion Kills Wisconsin Official
A can of giant powder exploded during transfer at Clintonville near Appleton Wisconsin injuring several workers. Arthur Edwards station baggage master died instantly James Ringwood night operator is badly burned and likely to die John Faas brakeman on top of the car was blown fifty feet and seriously hurt. The car and part of the freight depot were wrecked.
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Clintonville
Appleton
Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railroad
Cara
Arthur Edwards
James Ringwood
John Faas
Death Toll Rises From Sauk Rapids Cyclone After Widespread Toll
Total dead climbs to thirty seven in Sauk Rapids with seventy three at four cyclone sites. Names added include Annie Ziebold and Willie Fehr of St. Cloud, E G Halbert and others in Sauk Rapids, Polish families, and Silas Warner among the injured. At least ten more deaths likely among the injured in coming days.
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Lulu Carpenter
Samuel Carpenter
Sauk Rapids
St. Cloud
Annie Ziebold
Willie Fehr
E. G. Halbert
H. Chelgren
Barsent
Silas Warner
Rices
St. Benedict's Hospital
Why Don't You Ask Mamma
A brief verse from the New York World about a widow’s only child and a suitor asking for marriage. The poem depicts love, loneliness, and a hopeful proposal as the young woman coyly defers to her mother’s counsel.
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Mamma
New York World
Ruth and Nehemiah Thwart Intruding Suitors with Boiling Trap
In a domestic tale the sisters rig a hollow cylinder device that ejects boiling water to scare away Bob Fellows and companions who intrude on Ruth and Nehemiah's home. The bold plan succeeds, leaving pursuers in hot water and fleeing aboard hastily saddled horses.
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Ruth
Father
Nehemiah
Bob Fellows
Pitiable Sight At Smyrna Church As Minister Reads News
A Cumberland Presbyterian preacher Rev Downey Blair collapsed during Sunday sermon after learning a Kansas dispatch about his son John Blair and a family tragedy. Congregation rushed to assist as news of the alleged killings and mob hanging circulated from distant Kansas events. Louisville Dispatch to The Globe-Democrat.
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Downey Blair
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Kansas
John Blair
Blair
John
Reneteer
Louisville
The
Globe-Democrat
Tom Boy With Her Big Slate Sparks Education Shift
A historical note recalls how women faced limits a century ago in schooling. The piece cites a Wilmington tale where a girl defied norms in Master Wilson’s school, persisting in arithmetic beyond basic lessons and earning jeers as the “tom boy with her big slate.”
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Remini
Wilmington
Wil
Maste Wilson
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