Whittier Praises Brazil Abolition and Notable Comparisons
The Warner weekly notes John G. Whittier’s congratulations to Dom Pedro on Brazil’s abolition of slavery. It includes playful stats about a society girl dancing eighteen watts covering about fourteen miles and comments on Julia Ward Howe and Queen Victoria sharing the same age and birthdays this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Whittier
Dom Pedro
Brazil
Julia Ward Howe
Quhen Victoria
Hver
Bug causes and cures for Frederik Township resident
A bug flew into Henry Baton of Frederik township Montgomery county Ja. deafening him briefly. A few days later the insect dropped out and his hearing almost immediately returned restoring normal function.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Baton
Frederik Township
Montgomery County
Australian Actress Wears Bracelet Linked to Sister
Miss Kate Bishop, an Australian actress, wears a silver bracelet on her left arm. Her sister reportedly locked it there before sailing for America to marry. The ship carrying them sank and the key remains with the drowned sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Bishop
Australia
America
Whales Split Steamer Towa In Atlantic Encounter
The Boston bound steamer Towa, on its final trans Atlantic voyage, was enveloped by a school of whales that cavorted around it. A bold whale attempted to cross the bow and the vessel was cut in two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Boston
Visit to Lincoln Birthplace Described as Unpromising
A Kentucky correspondent visited Lincoln’s birthplace in Larue County and found the neighboring area the most barren and desolate in the state with land nearby nearly as barren as a desert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Abraham Lincoln
Larue County
Ground water levels linked to local health in studies
Extended observations at Paris and Munich show sanitary conditions depend on groundwater. Years with plenty of ground water have been the healthiest, while years with little water have invariably been the unhealthiest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Munich
Infant dies after spider bite in Virginia
A Virginia man reports his infant son developed redness and swelling after a spider bite on the neck and arms. The child grew worse and died in great agony within days, marking a tragic fatal reaction to the bite.
Dead Letter Office Sees Millions of Letters and Unclaimed Sums
The dead letter office received 4 808 006 letters last year with about a third discovered. Money totaling 1 795 764 was found in 19 589 letters. The figures urge better directing and stamping and show a need for clear sender identification on envelopes.
Brave Girl Saves Mrs Stanard and Daughters in Street Runaway
A sixteen year old girl on Elliott avenue leaped from another buggy as frightened horses bolted toward an open sewer. She seized the head of the runaway team, saving the lives of Mrs EB C Stanard of St Louis and her two young daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EB. .C. Stanard
St. Louis
Mendel eer Proposes Water Origin for Petroleum
A Russian professor Mendel eer theorizes petroleum forms when water percolates through the earth’s crust and contacts glowing iron carbides. Water decomposes, oxygen bonds with iron while hydrogen forms mineral oil and natural gas that escapes through outlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof
Mendeleer
Russia
Death of the German Emperor Frederick III in Berlin
News of Emperor Frederick III of Germany dying in Berlin at around dawn. The royal family and ministers gathered as his life faded, with Bismarck bidding farewell and a noted moment of reconciliation. Crowds and churches prepared for national mourning as the new emperor’s succession loomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick III
Berlin
Belaide
Koegel
Chaplais
Eine
Persine
Vastor Regge
Placs
von Stolbers
Wern
Gerode
Hen
Meoeh
Kounut Racelis
Radolinski
Pape
Lindegrast
Prince Bismarck
Potsdam
Ministerial Council
Evangelical Church Council
Bismarck
Senggeen Coke
Moorhead Farmers Rally to Push Railroad Rate Reform
The Moorhead farmers and rail commissioners debated railroad power at a meeting. Delegates proposed a fixed 10 cent rate per 100 pounds for wheat and grain from Moorhead to St Paul Minneapolis and Duluth, plus equal rates for flour, potatoes, lumber and hay, to take effect by mid 1888.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rairoad
Anetin
Protstfield
Moorhead
Gov. Austin
Messers
Wilson
Smyth
Canning
Burdick
Department of Agriculture
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Chicago
Duluth
United States
Moorhead Alliance
Board of Railroad and
Pap Cety
Minnesota
Pan Cher Gp
Ieee
Death of Emperor Frederick I Reported in House Resolve
In June the House noted the death of Emperor Frederick I of Germany. A Kentucky representative quoted a dispatch from Minister Pendleton confirming the news. The body expressed sorrow and offered condolences to Germany, with a resolution for immediate consideration and passage by the members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wienexetos
McCreary
Kentucky
Pendleton
Germany
Frederick i
France
Mctreary
Sanath
Daredevil Niagara feat eyed by Potts and Hanlett
Potts and Hanlett plan to go over the Niagara cataract in a small barrel after earlier rapid churning in a barrel on the Niagara river. The craft was launched near Chippewa Creek loaded with sand and a rooster. it surfaced after five seconds and drifted through Base Lock eddy before returning to the Maid of the Mist. The rooster died in the process and debris cluttered the water as spectators watched the dangerous stunt unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
Potts
Hanlett
Niagara
Hirlpool
Chippewa Creek
Horseshoe Falls
Resolutions Honor Longtime Minnesota Leader and Tariff Debate
The text salutes a Moorhead figure, long in law and politics, noting a $200,000 fortune built in Moorhead and service in state government. It details resolutions urging fair railroad rate regulation, open shipper markets, and reform of interstate commerce laws to balance railroads and producers. It also mentions a Buffalo store fire confession linked to a 1 million dollar blaze and an arrest of a 14 year old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morehead
Moorhead
Republican Party
Veterans Gatherings Shine Across Wisconsin and Minnesota
The article reports on a veterans reunion at La Crosse Wisconsin with about one thousand in parade formation and a large public gathering. It notes a plan to meet next in Viroqua and lists officers and posts. It also covers a major interstate G A R reunion in Wabasha Minnesota with 13 009 attendees and a Morris Minnesota encampment with speeches fireside programs and entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Wis
Fourteenth Infantry
Second Cavalry
la Crosse County
Vete
Lemonneir Villey
H.C. Goshen
C. Bebel
Congress
National Tribune
Minnesota
Wabasha
Minn
J. P. Rea
Mullen
Charles Coleman
Durand
Benjamin Allen
Waterville
Rock Elm
Mondovi Poste
Woman's Relief Corps and Sons of Veterans
Morris
Flood Ravages Cloquet Logs Shape Historic Flood Event
A devastating flood along the St. Paul and Duluth line near Cloquet drives water over tracks and breaks booms at the Nelson lumber yards. Logs totaling tens of millions of feet flood downstream past Thomson bridge and the Dalles, delivering an estimated half a million dollars in losses to lumbermen.
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Croquet
Cloquet
St. Paul & Duluth
St. Louis
C. N. Nelson Lumber Company
Nelson Lumber Company
Thomson Bridge
Posey Island
Thompson
Dalles
St. Paul i
Two Murderers Hanged at Regina Over Settler McLeish Death
Gaddy and Rocette faced execution at Regina for the Worsley Northwest Territory killing of settler McLeish. Rocette remained composed on the scaffold and claimed innocence. Gaddy also held steady and received the sacrament the day before. Both men died instantly when the bolt fell, with priests and fathers in attendance.
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Gaddy
Rocette
Settler McLeish
Worsley
N.W. T
Regina
Gregory and
Daniels
Graton
Ledee
MeLeish
Mare Dee Ea
Poisoner confession ties Philadelphia deaths to arsenic
A case details an alleged wife and her children poisoned by arsenic. The Whitling family, ages eight to Bertha, Willie, and John, lived on 12th street in Philadelphia. Arsenic found in all bodies. the woman confessed after exhumation and chemical tests. She claimed to have used rats poison and planned to kill Willie to end the burdens of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
John Whitling
Bertha
Willie
Phill
Seventeen Year Locusts and Their Expected Range
Professor C V Riley notes seventeen year locusts will emerge this year in many northern U S counties. The piece outlines regions across Wisconsin Illinois Indiana Michigan and Iowa, listing counties and boundaries fromRock Island to Dubuque, Wabash to Peoria, and noting historical appearance in 1854 and uncertainty for 1871.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. V. Riley
Joe
Wisconsin
Waukesha
Walwortferson
Rock, Green
Dane
Joway Crawford
Richmond
Saukeetown
Mitchell
Howard
Win Allamakee
Clayton
Fayette
Floyd
Bremer
Butler
Dubware
Buchanan
Black Hawk
Jones
Linn
Benton
Clinton
Cedar
Johnson
Muscatine
Lou Des Moines
Northwest
Kankakee River
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Lancaster
Pequea Valley
Cattle War in Indian Territory Turns Militia Out
Cattlemen of the Chickasawa nation oppose a one dollar per head tax for cattle grazing Indian lands and drive off the tax collector. Gov. Guy orders about 1000 militia to Armore to prepare for action as tensions rise. Also reported is the death of Mrs. Ellen Cronin in Minnesota at 117, a long-time resident born in Ireland. Two girls riding in St Paul are thrown from a cart during a runaway horse incident. A separate note mentions an unprovoked murder case under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Territory
Guy
Armore
Ellen Cronin
United States
Sueur
Minn
Gronin
Limerick
Ireland
Fanny Mason
Ex-Warde Friends Head. Mystery through town
Fragmented OCR text describing a missing persons or incident in Stillwater with references to a daughter and a property, suggesting an ongoing investigation. The readable bits imply a fraught scene involving a captain and neighbors, but details are unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warde
Suick
Stillwat
Fragmented OCR Note From Local Desk
Readable fragments describe a small local item from the paper page with names and places partially visible. The passage hints at a notice or brief but lacks complete context or clear event details.
Fragmentary notice from OCR about a rail or jet puff event
Incomplete text references Clay scouting a run down scene and a non rock activity, with unclear details and no identifiable date or organization. The readable parts suggest a brief incident description but lack enough facts to confirm subject, place, or participants.
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Warner Weekly Sun
C. J.C. Macleod
Warner
Dakota
Lliam Ff
Victoria Augusta
William
Sophia
Bosarr
Manitoba
Helena
Butte
Compee
Goquet
Fond du Lac
St. Louis Bay
Sivantage
Sx Urill
Dulath
Shotwell
Clerihen & Lothmann
Solemeae
Ict
New York
Mewes
S. C
Bullalo
Andrew Howard
Buffalo
Barnes, Hengerer & Co
Or & Co
John Grant
Benge
Patna
the Boys IN Blue
Pas
Ter
Val
Piste
Jean
Bland
Clay
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