Pullman Buys A Home For His Daughter In Chicago
Chicago July 14 reports say George M Pullman agreed to buy the Wirt Dexter residence at 1721 Prairie avenue from Henry W King and Mrs Wirt Dexter for his daughter Mrs Frank Lowden. The house fronts 85 feet on Prairie and runs 245 feet deep to the railroad. Pullman is away east and uncertain until return next week.
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Palace
Chicago
George M. Pullman
Henry W. King
Wirt Dexter
Prairie Avenue
Frank
Singer Pullen
Frank Lowden
William A. Fond
Sga
Pullman
Eighteenth Street
Body found impaled between trees near Lake Winisquom
A passerby found Verril Tilton's body impaled between two trees in a private forest near Cal J Crockett and Lake Winisquom. Tilton had escaped Belknam County workhouse in April, and signs indicate a desperate struggle and death by starvation. The trees lie about a mile from town.
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N. H
Lake
Winisqoum
Cal J. W. Crockett
Verril Tilton
Belknam County
Perate Strugel
NO DEAD MAN'S CURVE New York July 13
Report from New York on the Dead Man's Curve at Broadway and Canal Street where accidents killed and maimed due to high speed on curves. The line has been equipped with new grip devices to allow slow-speed operation and stopping mid-curve without losing the cable. Tests run today with the new equipment yielded satisfactory results.
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New York
Peeadway Vable Road
Ihicn Square
Downfall of Bank Treasurer Linked to Corks and Dissipation
Boston judge Newhall absconding Melrose Co operative Bank treasurer, 3000 champagne corks found among his possessions. Initial estimates suggest losses will run into thousands, with the suspect possibly hiding in Boston or New York.
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Charles
Newhall
Boston
Charten
New
Two Lives Saved by New Discovery Cures
Mrs Phoebe Thomas of Judiction City Ti was told she had consumption and no hope but two bottles of Dr Kings New Discovery cured her life. Eggers 129 Florida Street San Francisco suffered from head cold and approaching consumption and in two weeks was cured. John Griffin of Zanesville Ohio says he never endured dray pain for thirty years until a box of De Witts Witch Hazel Salve cured his piles and skin troubles. Free trial bottle at J K Jones drug store Pless atrest and Kansas avenue. Regular size 50 cents and 1.
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Phoebe Thomas
Judiction City
Dr. King
Iker
Eggers
Florida Street
San Francisco
Dowshi
Dr. Kins
J. K. Jones
Pléth Atrest and
Kansas Avenue
John Griffin
Zanesville
de Witt
W. Stansfich
Blackman Secures Major City Sewer Contracts
Blackman the coffin maker gains two new sewer contracts in districts 38 and 19 in North Topeka. Bids show Blackman and C States as bidders with districts offering about ten dollars per foot. Work to start before August 1, bonds set at double contract values, with a council vote and health board recommendations favoring a city sewer district and gradual payment plan.
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Deka
Blackman
Tri Stores
Ids Uest
Zincoin
Buchanan Streets
Fifth Street
Blackmun
Pensky
North Topeka
Kansas Avenue
Union Pactie Railroad
Orton
Committee On Health
orMmtGean Health
Norh Topeka
Ater
Shire
City Boards of Health
Board of Health
Wm. Green
L. A. Styder
Compromise Talks Over Ninth Street Repair by Barber Company
The Barber Asphalt Company seeks a settlement with the city to repair Ninth Street after it was damaged when West Side Circle tracks were removed. The city had advertised for bids, but talks resumed as officials weigh compromise. Council debates who bears cost and whether to move forward before the Fall Festival.
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Barber Company
Ninth Street
Barber Asphalt Company
City
Ue Company
Sumo
Clark
A. Kassen
Pros Ri
Friis
Fellowe
Aspira
Eilott
Fellows
Elliott
Tam
Eloy
Kassen
Skinner
Eliott
Santa Fe
Minter
City to Cut Weeds and Collect on Walks Below Park
City Physician Mitchell seeks actions to cut weeds on 6% vacant lots owned by non residents. The matter was referred to the city attorney for report at the next meeting after the resolution passed.
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Mitchell
Bear Down a Chimney In Seattle Wake Up Call
A Seattle woman awoke to screams of help and murder near Union Street and Third Avenue. A bear cub and a boy were involved after the cub climbed the chimney and fell back through the hole, scaring the woman and prompting police to investigate.
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Seattle
Pike Street
Union Street
Third Avenue
American minister designs famous Japanese jinrikisha
Washington Pennsylvania July 12. It is not generally known that the inventor of the jinrikisha used in Japan is American Rev Jonathan Goble of Philadelphia. He accompanied Perry to Japan and later studied in Colgate. Goble was ordained in 1593 and sent as a missionary before being invited by Prince Ito to plan a park vehicle in Yokohama.
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Prince Ito
Washington
Japan
Philadelphia
Jonathan Goble
Goble
Commander Perry
United States
Sentaro
Colgate University
Hamilton
N. Y
American Baptist Free Missionary Society
Imperial Parks
Yokohama
East
Toto
English Wheat Crop Lily Yields Two Bushels Low
Leiden daty 3 According to the Mark Lane Express the English wheat crop will average 28 bushels per acre, about two below normal. The same authority notes Russian crops damaged and says reports of government relief measures are a strange rumor reaching 435 in July and advises caution.
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Leiden
Daty
Mark Lane
Old Stage Coach Bougut Relic of Early Days
Lincoln Nebraska July 12 an interesting relic of pioneer days in Nebraska the old Kearney overland coach has passed into a new owner Carl Morton son of the ex secretary of agriculture bought it and shipped it to Nebraska City The coach bears marks of bullets and arrows from Indians It was a ten passenger Concord coach put into service in 1864 on the St Joseph Missouri to Kearney Nebraska route later serving Salt Lake City After railroads arrived the coach was sold and used by Pioneer Stage in central Nebraska It had been in Kearney for 21 years before the purchase Notable passengers included Brigham Young Mark Twain and Artemus Ward all reportedly unharmed in journeys
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Lincoln
Med
Nebraska
Carl Morton
Secretary of Agriculture
Kearney
Nebraska City
St. Joseph
Neb
Salt Lake City
Union Pacific
Pioneer Stage Company
Morton
Brigham Yours
Mark Twain
Artemus Ward
White House Crank Seeks Audience With McKinley
Paul Benjamin, a colored man with a bundle of papers, visited the White House seeking a talk with President McKinley. He claimed the clothes McKinley discarded served as a talisman granting him future paid positions. Officer W S Carter detained him for mental condition assessment at the Third Precinct.
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Washington
Paul Benjamin
White House
McKinley
AtcKinley
W. 5. Carter
McKinnay
Ise
Little Big Horn Battle Picture Promoted by Malt Nutrine
A colored lithograph titled Little Big Horn Battle portrays Custer and his troops in a grand framed scene. The piece, issued by Anheuser-Busch, uses heroic framing to recount Custer’s last stand and the deadly valley of the Little Bighorn with era-typical praise and vivid but restrained detail.
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Anheuser-Husch Association
St. Louis
Custer
Northwest
The
Little Big Horn
Anahis Metana
North Latte
Little Ble Horn
Lite Bie Horn
Hello
Terry
Rosebud
Tongue River
Lite Big Horn
Gibson
Little Big Morn
Big Horn Valley
Samson
Big Horn
Tie
Serosa
Sam
Te Joule
Blanke
Mother and Daughter Adjudged Insane in Providence Court
In Providence this morning a mother Ana Behan and her daughter, aged 24, were found insane by the Sixth district court. Once prosperous with property on Smith Hill and $40,000 in savings, they lost fortune after a London visit seeking high society. A letter claimed from the Prince of Wales led them to believe they were English nobility, a delusion that precipitated their commitment to Butler Hospital.
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Providence
Rya
Ana Behan
Smith Hot
Europe
London
Butler Hospital
Prince of Wales
Pension Ruling Expands Duty of Pensions for Off Duty Acts
Washington July 1 Assistant Secretary Webster Davis overturns a prior denial in the Henry Miller case, ruling a private who was wounded while assisting a comrade watering mules is in line of duty. The decision broadens eligibility for many line of duty pension claims and aligns with cases of soldiers hurt off duty pursuing authorized work.
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Washington
Webster Davis
Hiesry Miller
List Ghio Infantry
Miller
Guty
Davis
Pension Woren
Arranged by Mothers In London Society
London reports a betrothal likely between the Duke of Manchester and Miss Mary Goelet despite denials. The engagement is said to be supported by families, with the match seen as advantageous to the Goelets and questioned by the duke amid his modest income versus large estate.
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London
Duke of Manchester
Mary Goelet
Daily Telegraph
Lowe Moshers
Gedel
GORMAN ILLNESS KEEPS SENATOR AWAY FROM SENATE
Washington July 11 Senator Gorman was absent from all senate sessions last week due to illness at his country home Fairview near Laurel Maryland Neuralgic facial pain began with premonitory symptoms last Saturday and developed into a severe attack He was unable to vote on the tariff bill but paired with Senator Prye against the measure.
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Washington
Gorman
Senate
Fairview
Launl
Prye
Last of the Tramp Printers Inspires Baldwin Bee Story
Andy Redmond an incurable inebriate visited Baldwin and impressed the Baldwin Bee editor. The piece recounts Redmond known as Teddy who was jailed after drinking, stripped and burned his clothes in the jail stove. The jailer supplied a new outfit and Teddy served three days.
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Andy Redmond
Baldwin
Baldwin Bee
Redmond
Eeddy
Missouri
Heddy
Teddy
Debs Delays New York Visit Over Skepticism
Debs announced a postponement of his planned New York talk until autumn, citing that New York audiences are skeptical. He notes ample work for him elsewhere and says he will not travel in July as previously expected.
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Debs
New York
Eugene
Deb
4 Genuine Harvest Excursion to Southwest Regions
On July 20, 1897 the Santa Fe Route offers cheap excursions to Arkansas Arizona Oklahoma and Texas with fare plus $2 round trip liberal stopover privileges and a mid summer outing opportunity. For free descriptive land literature address W C Garvey agent A T & S F Ry Topeka Kansas. Beech Cherry Couch Syrup advertised at druggists as a remedy for coughs colds and consumption.
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Santa Fe
Arkansas
Arizona
Oklahoa
Texas
Great Southwest
W. C. Garvey
A. T
Settle 1,000,000 Debt to Resume Work at Columbus Buggy
Columbus Buggy Company assignees plan probate court motion to use assignment as creditors settle about 1,000,000 in debts. In days, 300 workers to return, with 4,000 possible by next summer. Also mentions “One Minute” patent medicine ads and a diarrhea remedy by Stansfield.
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Columbus Buggy Company
Columbus
Columbus Buxey Company
Bugsy Company
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