Ex Senator Ingalls Praises Wheat Prosperity at Kansas Fairs
Ex Senator John J. Ingalls speakers in Philadelphia and Kansas fairs extol wheat yields and U S economic upturn. He laments corn and fruit dry spells but notes 96 million bushels forecast, compares silver and gold standards, and predicts continued political fusing as 1900 elections loom. Ingalls tours Chautauqua circuits, drawing crowds, and plans Washington press work this winter.
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Philadelphia
John J. Inglis
Kansas
WJ. Bryan
Missouri
Union
India
Europe
Central America
Hla bin Fevis
Dryente
West
Chautauqquas
Flrs
Carthage
Mfo
Allen County
Tui
Sedalia Fair
Bryan
Wide Gulf
Hazleton
Ingalls
New York
Boston
Washington
Senate
Impure Water Kills Hundreds of Fish
Crowds watch from Wills Creek bridge as hundreds of fish die in polluted water above the heart of Cumberland. Boats scoop surviving fish, which appear to flee to clearer depths amid a strong, sickly odor. The scene underscores urgent public health concerns in the city.
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Cumberland
Wills Creek Bridge
W. Stansfield
Kansas Avenue
Robbery on Forty Second Street Diamonds Stolen
New York city witnessed a diamond theft as banker Toms of Pratt county Kansas had a valuable shirt stud snatched on a cross town journey to the Manhattan hotel. Patrolman Carew chased the suspect Joseph Wilkinson 21 of East One Hundred Fourteenth Street who was later held at East Fifty First Street station pending further identification.
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New York
C. Clarkson Toms
Pratt County
Kansas
Forty-second Street
Madison Avenue
Toms
Augusta
Frederick D. Toms
Keyport
N. J
Manhettan Hotel
St. Toms
Bankers
Carew
Dr. Toms
Fifth Avenue
Toma
Joseph Wilkinson
East One Hundred and Fourteenth Street
East Fifty First Street
Confiscate Lobsters and Warship Actions at St George's Bay
British warships close lobster factories on St George's Bay, St. Jenna, N F, confiscating goods. Residents vow resistance as French fishermen are cited. McLean campaigns Ohio race, arriving from Washington to campaign locally before November election. Chicago & Rock Island declares quarterly dividend rising to four percent.
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St. George's Bay
St. Jenna
N. F
St. Georges Bay
Rock Island
New York
Chicago & Rork Island Railroad
No Sleep For Three Months From Piles Cure Letter
A Pittsburg man praises Pyramid Pile Cure after months of sleepless suffering from piles. He bought three 60 cent bottles and claims complete relief, noting the medicine is safe, painless, and sold by druggists. The letter urges readers to request the Pyramid Drug Co. Albion Michigan booklet on piles.
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Wm. Handschu
56Th St
Cotton Alley
Pittsburg
Pyramid
Pyramid Drug Co
Albion, Mich
Carnegie’s Future Plans Abroad and Home Ties
New York reports Andrew Carnegie will spend the coming winter in southern France after a prior February illness. He plans a spring visit to Scotland at Skira Castle, with 20 000 acres along the coast. If beneficial, he may buy the estate and spend several months yearly there, while Frick says Carnegie will remain based in the U.S. with no need for constant attention to business.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
France
Carnegie
Europe
Scotland
Skira
H. Frick
Cat Steel Company
Pittsboro
Hia
Carnegie Steel Company
Peculiar Fish Diet Affects Three Illinois Teachers
Headline reports a strange case from Decatur Mil where three school teachers, Mrs. Youngold and two Misses Youngold, saw improved class sizes and faster learning after adopting a fish heavy diet. Doctors note their skulls reportedly enlarged to roughly twice their former size after starting the diet.
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Illinois
Decatur
Mil
White
Kaehel Youngold
Youngold
Charters Filed and Penal Birth Report in Minnesota News
The Wardbolt Brick Manufacturing Co is chartered with 150000 dollars capital. Directors include R M Works H Stewart O C Brett H B Wiley and G A Amos. The Thomas Parker Creamery Co of Hutchinson is formed with four dollars capital. Directors include Thomas Parker J W Parker J F Redhead and F L Huxtable of Hutchinson and M Stayton of Manchester. A baby born in Minnesota’s state penitentiary at 1 o clock this morning marks the institution’s first birth. The mother Nellie Frayer is serving a sentence for the murder of David Maxwell’s year old son at Moorhead.
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Wardbolt Brick Manufacturing Company
R. M. Works
H. Stewart
O. C. Brett
H. B. Wiley
G. A.amos
Thomas Parker Creamery Company
Hutchinson
Thomas Parker
J. W. Parker
J. F. Redhead
F. L. Huxtable
M. Stayton
Manchester
Paul
Minn
Minnssote Penitentiary
Nellie Frayer
David
Maxwell
Moorhead
Northwestern Refunding Mortgage Approved at Chicago Meeting
At a special meeting of stockholders of the Chicago & North Western railway today the proposed general refunding mortgage was approved and authorized without dissent by a vote largely exceeding two-thirds of the capital stock. Laxative Bromo Cures estale and Neuralgia. On guaranteed or money refunded, Grugeista, Price seve Privileges at Fairgrounds For Festival week for sale at 503 Kansas avenue, John Kiffin of Zanesville, Ohio, says a box of De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve cured piles. G. W. Stansfield, avenue.
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Northwestern
Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
John Kiffin
Zanesville
de Witt
DeWitt
G. W. Stansfield
Avenun
Defense Exposes Luetgert Alibi Plan At Trial
Chicago September report states defense will seek to discredit state experts and argue Mrs Luetgert alive with mental trouble. They plan to show bones are animal, prove rings not hers, and that Luetgert will testify in his own defense. Witnesses recount May disappearance and alleged financial distress.
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Chicago
Luestgert
Bis
Vincent
Ludgert
Luetgert
Germany
Vut
Defiing
Mnally
Tuthill
Wiiness
Luetsert
Goodrich
Braz
Ralph Mr. Bradley
Ludigert
Sture
Devnan
Adolph Delant
Rosa Gleich
Paullna Street
Jake View
Emma Schimpke
Lustgert
Gott Meba Schimpke
Emma
Rosa Guich
Schimpke
Luetvert
Trouble Over Court Orders In Mutual Life Case
A Wichita discussion centers on the New York Mutual Life Insurance case and potential clashes with state authorities. The speaker forecasts arrests for doing business in the state, possible contempt, and Governor Leedy may mobilize militia to back court orders. The scenario imagines escalating conflict between state figures and federal marshals.
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Wichita
Boyle
McKinney
Gov. Leedy
Unitarian Conference Debates Old Theology New Orthodoxy
In Saratoga on Sept 22 the Unitarian conference discussed The old theology and the new. Rev John W Chadn of Brooklyn spoke on relation to history and philosophy. Rev W S Crowe read on relation to Bible. Rev Charles F Dole of Jamnatea Plain Boston described contacts and differences between Unitarianism and the new orthodoxy. He said the new orthodoxy shares the same religious philosophy, aims, and pursuit of humane ends but has dropped medieval ideas like the devil and fall. The crucial point is that religious leaders must be free and unfettered.
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Saratoga
Unitarian Conference
John, W. Chadn
Brooklyn
Crowe
Charles F. Dole
Jamnatea Plain
Boston
Mr. Dole
Cripple Creek Man Invents Klondike Ground Thaw Device
N Parker Doe of Cripple Creek invents a gas thawing machine to melt ground for Klondike mining. A trial yesterday proved successful though no frozen ground existed. Six hundred units will be built and shipped to Alaska in spring for miners. The device uses gas in a tank to feed a blow pipe for ignition and directed flame.
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Cripple Creek
Klondike
Denver
N. Parker Doe
Ripple Creek
Nicaraguan Export Duty on Gold Sparks Industry Alarm
The August 15 decree imposes a heavy export tax of one dollar per ounce for gold ingots and two dollars per ounce for gold dust, effective immediately. Consular Agent Clancey at Bluefields reports the move as ruinous to a developing mining industry, as shipments rose by about thirty thousand dollars from the prior year.
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Washington
Nicaragua
State Department
Clancey
Bluefields
Sailors Jump Overboard For A Glass Of Beer
Two sailors from the gunboat Whiting leapt into the water near San Francisco seeking a schooner of beer. They swam about half a mile before being rescued by a boatman and brought to land, then waited to return to their ship while remaining dry after stowing corn.
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San Francisco
Whiting
SLEDS GOING NOW TO ALASKA ON STEAMSHIPS
Travelers bound for Alaska board Rosalee sailing from Seattle to Skaguay and Wrangell with Yukon sleds rising in use among prospectors. Typhoon damages reported from Yokohama after Empress of India voyage. shipping disrupted and fires feared. Local listings include free art exhibit by Arthur Peck and multiple photography and cleaning services.
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Alaska
Seattle
Wash
Rosalee
Skaguay
Victoria
Eugene
Wrangel
Buckeen
TH. Halt
Chicago
Dyea
B. C
Yokohama
Associated Press
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Tex
J. M. Knight
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Kingman
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Chas. L. Reeske
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ST. Louis
Rarita Fe
St Louis
Sereverr Co
Chamberlain
Ol Groggiste
Sehoat
Sohail
Meyer Bron
Louis, Mo
Kabie
John J. Ingalls
Brugeuss
Stansfield
Toms, Sanker
Pratt
Hes
Gotham
McLean
Ohio
Cinclaunati
John RB. McLean
United States
Mark Hapra
Kan-sas Avenue
A. Peak
Crosby
Attaid
Unitarians
Arthur Peck
Moniroe Street
Tom
John FP. Strickroll
Topeka
Kan
Gunther’s Pharmacy
6Th and
Jackson
Joe
World
di Medical Association
Buffalo
Mra W. Robinson
Lees Cumberland Co
Nova Scotia
Lo Tee Bouse
J. E. Rodman
West Eighth Street
Tel
Greenhous
Arthur Massey
Pforseshoer
Fifth Street
Horsea
St. Denis
Broadway
7Th St
Grace Church
I Curina
William Taylor & Son
John Dure
Proprieton
Ofice
Reaidenne
WM. H. Righter
M.D
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