Palisades Blasting Halt Ordered by Supreme Court
May 16 The Hook Mountain blasting and quarrying by Mack Paving Co faced a setback as Justice Dickey ruled to restrain blasting and halt paving plans. Residents of Upper Nyack argued to save Hook Mountain from stone crushing, and the ruling could affect the Palisades to the south. Arthur S. Tucker and W. B. Meier represented the plaintiffs in the suit seeking an injunction to stop blasting.
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Ustice
Dickey
Hook Mountain
Nyack
Waleb
Palfeades
Bustice Dickey
Supreme Court
Upper Mack
Hook Anountain
Mack Paving Company
FES
Howk Mountain
Arthur S.tucker
W. B. Meie
Supreme Apure
Transparent trains redefine Buckingham Palace reception attire
London reports a historic shift in court fashion as transparent gauzy trains debut at Buckingham Palace. The innovation features crepe de chine and mousseline de soie over bullion embroidery, creating a light fairy like effect with edges wired to maintain shape, promising wide adoption in May drawing rooms.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Drawing Rover
Moadmvor
Medals For German Veterans in Brenham Texas Today
Veterans of Austrian Danish and Franco Prussian Wars who served under William I were awarded medals in Brenham Texas today. The engravings depict Wilhelm der Grosse and 85 veterans live nearby. Also includes an ad for liver pills and travel offers from San Francisco with a round trip fare and Great Rock Island Railway tickets.
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Brenham
Tex
William I of
Germany
Wilhelm der Grosse
Battle erupts as Princeton students clash with Pawnee Bill show
In Princeton New Jersey May 16 students and Pawnee Bill’s Wild West show clashed in a pitched battle that halted a parade. Police and President Patton intervened with a mass meeting leading to the show being moved from town though several wounded were reported.
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Princeton
N. J
Pawnee Bill
Patton
Princeton University
Bill
Tbe
Nassau Street
John Hine
Edward Dillon
Carnstagis
Gorman Nominated for Presidency by Amos J Cummings
Maryland born ex-senator Arthur Pue Gorman is praised as a capable, principled Democrat with long public service and executive skill. The message stresses constitutional restraint, party loyalty, and a leadership style resembling Monroe and Jackson, urging support as a strong, steady president.
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Maryland
New York
Amos J. Cummings
Tammay Hall
Journal
Gorman
van Ohese
Arthur Pue Gorman
Senate of
United States
Stephen A. Douglas
Senate
Internal Revenue
House of Delegates
House
Fnally
United
Grover Cleveland
White House
Benjamin Harrison
Cleveland
Reed
Giunte
Haltimore
South End
Monroe
Jackson
All Women Will Vote Prominent Suffrage Talk in Rochester
Miss Susan B. Anthony returns from Detroit where she attended the annual convention of the Woman's Suffrage association and says she is confident of ultimate success. She cites progress in several states and notes foreign nations like New Zealand are joining the suffrage movement, predicting universal recognition soon.
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Rochester
Susan B. Anthony
Detroit
Woman's Suffrage Associaton
Miss Anthony
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Idaho
United States
East
America
New Zealand
San Francisco Return Tickets On Sale May 15 18 1889
Travel offer for sixty dollars round trip with stopovers both ways from Santa Fe to Topeka. Final unit July 15 1889. Inquiries promptly answered by agent Thomas Le King. Also a health note on dyspepsia and Kodol cure. Names Geo W Stansfield Wilson Arnold Kane listed.
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Geo. W. Stansfield
W. H. Wilson
A. J. Arnold & Son
A. J. Kane & Co
San Francisco
California
Preumontt
A. 3. Kane & Co
Thos
le King
Santa Feron Topeka
W.H. Wilson
Two Children Die From Poison Potatoes in Dakota
A South Dakota case reports two boys ages 14 and 40 dying after eating frozen then thawed potatoes from a cave storage area on Yankton Reservation land. Physicians linked the deaths to a zymotic poison from decomposed tubers, following violent stomach pains and signs of apoplexy before death.
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South Dakota
Sioux Falls
Yankton Indian Reservation
J. D. Casteel
Jasper on a Solar Halo in Richmond
The Richmond scene reports a solar halo visible for hours causing fear among the city's residents, especially the Black community. The famed preacher Reverend John Jasper, age 187, discussed the omen with admirers, saying it signals divine warning of wrath to come and urging repentance as the mist faded with clearing weather.
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Richmond
John Jasper
Steel rails arrive from London for Boston Elevated use
A consignment of 300 tons of steel rail coards arrives from London for the Boston Elevated Railway. General Manager Bancroft says US orders would pay the trust price, so the London firm won the contract, landing duty paid with a 33 percent saving over consolidated prices. The Topeka Cash Dry Goods Co opens a job department on its second floor for damaged goods always advertised under that heading.
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Boston
London
Boston Elevated Railroad
Bancroft
Topeka Cash Dry Goods Co
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Sarsaparilla
Ayers
Palisades
N.Y
Sensation
Mey Drawing Room
University Town
Sabourand
Sutherland
Tacoma
Wash
Santa Fe
Singling Bros
Big Arenas
Lockhart's Sans
Elephant Comedians
BIG
Wonderful
Funny Elephant Brass Band
Topeka
AMD
Howley & Southeast Corner
Stein“and
Ranoos Avenue
Jasper
Boston Elevated Road
American Combine
DE Moss
L. M. Penwell
Odd Fellows
Quincy
Undertakers
de Moss & Penwell
Penwell
Barkley, Undertaker
Kansas Ave
Vecanine School OF Business
Penmarshir & TE
Quincy St
Czar
St. Petersburg
J. Petersburg
Nicolaieff
Dyer
the Savings & Loa
Oseietes
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