Not a Drop of Liquor Open to General Public in New York
New York reports say police enforcement of the excise law resulted in every saloon closed to the public. Saloonkeepers feared summonses, and even police clubs showed little disorder. Hotels varied, with regular guests limited but Fifth Avenue hotel serving at meals. In Kansas City Missouri, saloons ran openly with crowds clamoring for drinks while Kansas City Kansas kept joints closed.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Parior F
Kansas City
Rassis Cory
Kansas
Kan
Taylor Trial note on defense position and key witnesses
The state rested the Taylor case after a lengthy session at Camortrox Missouri. Defense witness Miss Van Wye testified she saw William Taylor near the bank, but cross examination weakened her credibility as the state prepares to impeach this testimony. Court adjourned until Monday morning with further testimony anticipated.
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Higgins
Camortrox
Taylor
Atio
Edward Barton
Dr. Stephensons
Clarence Whittaker
Jasmine Hoke
Taylors
Milan
Miss van Wye
William Taylor
Colonel Meyers
al Mendsy
Death of Colonel Wood in Jamaica Jamaica
Colonel Alfred M Wood two terms mayor of Brooklyn and Fortieth regiment commander died yesterday at his home in Queens In 1875 Colonel Wood was appointed United States consul at Castellamare Italy to hold the post for sixteen years The obituary notes his service before the Battle of Mull Run and calls him a prominent late 19th century public figure.
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Wood
Jamaica
L.L
Alfred M. Wood
Brooklyn
Mull Run
Mie
Queens
Fees
United States
Castellamare
Italy
Kidnapping Mystery Cleared Up in Wrens
Wrens Ken July 29. The city was excited to learn that Mabel Worth a local resident is actually Ollie Germain who was kidnapped fifteen years ago from Brown's Valley Traverse county Minnesota by Gypsies.
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Wrens
Ken
Mabel Worth
Ollie Germain
Brown's Valley
Traverse County
Mion
End of World Prophesied by Munger in July Sermon
In Simmershep Mass July 9 Elder Tilram Munger a leading Adventist spoke at the camping frontis and predicted the world’s end will occur in 1497 according to scripture.
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Mass
Tilram Munger
Bennett to wed New York socialite and Russian heiress
A Ferlin dispatch reports James Gordon Bennett is to marry Mrs Annephow the divorced wife of General Annen ieow a Russian who built the Trans Siberian era railroad. She is described as among Paris's wealthiest women.
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Bennett
New Yoak
Ferlin
James Gordon Bennett
Annephow
Annenieow
Paris
Disastrous Storm In Missouri Causes Washouts
Garven City Missouri reports a record rainstorm Saturday night leading to disastrous moods and washouts in Dade and Cedar counties. The item notes traffic disruption and damage as authorities assess the impact, and mentions an impending trip to attend a Kansas race meeting with round trip fare details.
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Missouri
Garven City
Dade and
Cedar Counties
Kansas
Aid for the Cubans Expedition Sets Sail to Cuba
Pamspetraia reports that by Tuesday or Wednesday the largest Cuban expedition yet left the United States under Colonel Enrique Collazo. The warship, speed of seventeen knots, with a 25 gun rating, has a crew of twenty five Cuban shipwrights and oarsmen to join a formidable battery before reaching Cuban waters.
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Pamspetraia
Cuban
Enrique Collazo
Counuty
Sandy Hook
Minnie Williams Alive A Letter Gives Holmes Victim Address
An anonymous letter received by a local paper states Minnie Williams Mrs Conner and an unknown man with a child live on Wabash avenue between Forty first and Fifty second streets. The writer, a Holmes friend, says he knows them and was recognized last week. He says he would inform the police but fears treatment and newspaper notoriety. He also says Holmes will produce Annie Williams at the proper time.
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Holmes
Crichon
Minnie Williams
Annie Williams
Silver Men Chosen In Democratic Delegates Race
In St Louis primaries silver men ran unopposed as gold standard factions stood down. Delegates to the Missouri Democratic state convention at Perthe Springs August 6 were elected with 16 to 1 votes for the silver wing. Across several counties, silver delegates were selected without contest, while gold men failed to win any contests reported.
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St. Louis
Perthe Springs
Missouri
Rumor of Belle of Memphis sinking with 85 on board
A circulated report from Memenis Tennessee claims the steamship Belle of Memphis, sailing from St Louis to Memphis, sank about sixty miles north with about forty deaths. No telegraph links to the riverfront can confirm or deny the disaster due to communication gaps.
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Memenis
Tenn
Belle of
Memphis
St. Louis
Ins Meant Suicide by Hiawatha Insurance Agent
T C Clark, an insurance agent of Hiawatha Kansas, became insane about ten days ago and made several suicide attempts. Yesterday he locked himself in, cut his throat from ear to ear, and fired a bullet near the heart, dying from self inflicted wounds. He had lived in Hiawatha for many years.
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Hiawat#a
Kan
T. C Clark
Hiawatha
Arms shipments reach Salt Lake settlers amid tensions
The Salt Lake hardware company shipped a large consignment of arms and ammunition by train north yesterday. The order, sent from St. Anthony, signals settlers in the Biz Hole country anticipate Native American trouble.
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Fms
Salt Lake City
Utah
The
Salt Lake Hardware Company
St. Anthony
Biz Hole
Train Plunges The Sea After Rail Mishap Near Hiroshima
In Yoronaca on July 24 a train carrying 400 Japanese soldiers fled the sea wall while heading to Kobe after landings at Hiroshima. The front section toppled into the sea, resulting in fourteen deaths and a fatal incident on the coastal line.
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Yoronaca
Hiroshima
Kobe
Too Hot for the Corn in Southern Kansas
Reports from Augusta Butler County and Corbin Sumner County describe a disastrous corn crop day as intense dry heat burns fields. Vigilantes organize in South Denver to oppose water shutoff by Denver Union Water over bill nonpayment before rates are read in contract with the city.
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Wicurra
Kan
Kansas
Augusta
Butler County
Corbin
Sumner County
Desvex
Col
South
Denver
Denver Union Water Company
The Deadly Toadstool near Anna
A family of movers near Anna ate wild toadstools mistaken for mushrooms. Three children have died and the mother and two boys are critically ill, not expected to survive. Local authorities report the incident as a tragic poisoning in Illinois.
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Anna
England Abandons Trinidad Claim
Lexpos July 29 report that the English bank in Rio de Janeiro received cablennouncing England has abandoned her claim to the island of Trinidad.
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England
Trinidad
Lexpos
the Chronicle
Rio de Janeiro
Tornado toll and storm floods strike Missouri and Kansas
Reports from Carmo Ti describe a Saturday afternoon tornado over the village of Three States on the Mississippi side. It struck a shantyboat killing George McClelland and wife and injuring three children who died. A farmhouse near Kenosha killed a man and wife, and a smokestack at Three States Milling was toppled. The tornado cut a 100 yard swath through woods. In Kansas City heavy rain caused record flooding with over four and a half inches from 5 am to noon, surpassing earlier storms in 1893 and 1895.
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States
Mississippi River
Here
Missouri
George McClelland
Kenosha, Wisit Barnes’ Ridge
Thomas
Three States Milling Company
Kansas City
Troost Park
Indian Trouble Forces Move Troops to Wyoming
Dispatches from General Coppinger report cavalry marching to Jackson’s Hole to quell Indian trouble in Wyoming. Additional troops are being sent to Market Lake from Fort Russell to be ready for action if needed. No further trouble is mentioned and Indians on Washikie and Duschesne reservations are described as peaceful, easing tensions.
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Jackson's Hole
Market Lake
Army
General Coppinger
Wyoming
Fort Russell
Washikie
Duschesne
Baseball Scores and Stanford Horse Sale Plans
Western League results show Kansas City over Indianapolis five to none Milwaukee defeats Detroit fourteen to seven Minneapolis tops Terre Haute ten to five St Paul overwhelms Grand Rapids thirty two to ninety five National League games include Cincinnati over Cleveland fifteen to nine Louisville down Baltimore St Louis beats Brooklyn four to two Chicago wins over Washington six to three Mrs Le land Stanford to sell her Palo Alto ranch horses amid university funding needs Auction sales planned in New York and San Francisco for 600 horses with Stanford financing the new year’s opening.
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Kansas City
Indianapoliss
Milwaukee
Detroit
Minneapolis
Terre Haute
St Paul
St. Paul
Grand Rapids
Stanford
San Francisco
Leland Stanford
Palo Alto
Jordan
Stanford University
Stock Barn at Colt Hill Stock Farm Burned in Lightning
A barn at Colt Hill stock farm in Mansuart Missouri burned yesterday at about 5 am, destroying four fine stallions named Revenue, Eros, Magnet, Librarian and Prince. The blaze caused about 19000 dollars in losses and is charged to lightning. The property belongs to Bagnel Bros. of St. Louis.
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Mansuart
Colt Hill Stock Farm
County
Revenué
Eros
Magnet
Librarian
Prince
Bagnel Bros
St. Louis
Flooding Strikes Wichita as River Bursts Banks
Severe flooding hits Wichita Kansas on July 24 as the Arkansas River rises to a twenty seven year high, flooding Morrison street and washing away the Mount Hope bridge, the county's largest. Local evacuations and damages are reported with emergency crews responding to the riverfront area.
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Wichita
Kan
Morrison Street
Mount Hope
Dying From the Vomito in Porto Rico Garrison
Advices from Porto Rico report vomito breaking out among the Spanish garrison on the island. The overall mortality rate among the cases is about twenty percent.
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Mapu
Porto Rico
Jealousy Tragedy Ends Two Lives in CrueveLaxy
In CrueveLaxy Ohio on July 2 Emma Mitchell a 16 year old colored girl was shot and fatally wounded by James Lock a musician who then shot himself in the brain. The double tragedy stems from jealousy and ends with two deaths.
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CrueveLaxy
Ohio
Emma Mitchell
James Lock
Edward Beecher Dead Brother of Henry Ward Beecher
Brooks New York July 23 Rev Edward Beecher brother of Henry Ward Beecher died yesterday morning at 18 years of age and spent much of his life in the ministry. The note mentions free-for-all and 2.17 races at Holton with Holton touted as hosting the fastest horses in America.
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Edward Beecher
Brooks
N. Y
Henry Ward Beecher
Holton
Cholera Devastates Japan and War Footing Expands
Yokohama reports nine thousand cholera cases with over five thousand deaths since the outbreak. Vladivostok notes Japan preparing for war, raising army and navy, two cruisers arrived, three more stoneclads ordered in England. Formosa unrest grows as imperial guards move to quell rebels aided by southern China. Port Arthur fortifications blown. cholera also in Korea and Liao Tung.
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Yokorama
Japan
St. Percussins
Novee Vremya
Vladivostock
Peru
England
Formosa
China
Port Arthur
Corea
Liao Tung
Ex Senator Lewis of Virginia dead and other items
News in brief reports the death of ex United States Senator Lewis of Virginia. It notes the suspension of Superior National Bank at West Superior Wisconsin and cites various incidents across the country including murders lynchings political shifts and legal actions involving multiple states and figures.
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United States
Lewis
Virginia
Superior National Bank
West Superior
Wis
Tennessee
McAfee
Lincoln
Henry Bradshaw
Paris
Texas
O. P. Fowler
Percy
Saxe-Colture and
Gotha
The Railroad Hog Racket On Suburban Cars
A World paper excerpt cites a New York World observation on six types of railroad hogs. It highlights crammed seating, leg crossing, grabbing vacant seats, peering over others papers, nosy behavior toward women, and blocking views with unfolded pages.
Ivory sources and tusk characteristics described
The article explains ivory as largely dentine from tusks of elephants and other mammals. It notes elephants and extinct mammoths produce the largest tusks, African tusks being the biggest among living elephants, and among 1951 exhibits a remarkable eight foot tusk. It covers tusk growth, trimming for captive elephants, value based on size, and the superiority of equatorial African ivory, known as green ivory when freshly cut.
Chicago's Bold Drainage Canal to Cleanse Sewage
The piece notes Chicago's planned 20 million dollar drainage canal with over 10 million spent already. It will be 165 feet wide and 18 feet deep and aims to carry city sewage to the Mississippi, solving regional sewage issues without harming Illinois or Mississippi valleys. It teases garbage contractors at opening ceremonies and praises Colonel Gen. Beautiful Waring. It envisions the canal impacting the Mississippi at St. Louis and Chicago pride.
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Chicago
Kiel
Harlem
Sao
Windy City
Mississippi
Illinois
Waring
Senate
St. Louis
Parliamentary grant division for elementary education in Britain
The parliamentary grant for elementary education in Great Britain last year split among Board schools 2,653,656 pounds Church of England schools 2,722,438 pounds British and non denominational schools 410,27 pounds Roman Catholic schools 321,471 pounds and Wesleyan schools 198,276 pounds. The average attendance across these schools stood at about 4,350,000 pupils.
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Great Britain
Doctors Try Manyon A Well Known Physician Tests Discovery
A Boston doctor testifies Munyon's Rheumatism Cure gave rapid relief from chronic rheumatism after one dose with a patient later improving within a day. The firm claims quick cures for acute, chronic, and related pains and offers free diagnosis from Professor Munyon. Remedies sold by druggists at 23 cents a bottle.
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Palin
Munyon
Tve
Muuron
Omeopathic Tome Remedy Company
Philadely T
Arch Street
Philadelphia
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