Silver in England Warps Currency Policy Debate
The English currency debate centers on increasing silver usage despite gold standard sentiment. Bank of Ireland hints at backing plan to convert up to one fifth of coin reserves to silver under agreed conditions with France, while London bankers warn of political pressure. The issue risks a government choice between maintaining policy and appeasing bankers as the silver question stirs public and financial concern.
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England
Bank of Ireland
France
United States
Parsing a Fragmented Press Clipping Window
A jumbled OCR note aggregates scattered headlines and quotes from multiple papers. It hints at topics including politics in Port Arthur, Havana war talk, a wife shielding a husband, a yellow fever district, and fashion changes, all presented as stray clippings and misread phrases.
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Havana
Cuba
Parsons Sun
Arkansasity Traveler
Ficht & Kanaas
Wichita
Atchison Globe Bits of Society and Oddities
A column of humorous and odd observations from Atchison society touches on manners, fashion, and local lore. It references a Roman toothpick habit, Pomeroy’s bald head, and ungrateful wives, alongside comments on a North Atchison accident and Ash Luetgert trial interest.
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Pomeroy
Arkansas Railroad Proposition For St Louis Capitalists
Governor Jones to submit a proposition to St Louis capitalists for building a state railroad using convict labor under the Hash Bill. The plan would have the St Louis Syndicate finance bridges and equipment for bonds, while Little Rock would donate 375000 and the state board would receive 1000000 per mile in bonds. The trade board proposes a guaranteed performance by the syndicate and Little Rock agreeing to subscribe 175000. Senator J C South to act as governor in Jones absence.
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Jones
St. Louis
Board Ofrade
St.Louis
Little Rock
Sensinr J. C. South
Senate
Qurig
Pokagon Chief Claims Chicago Land Amid Twenty-Year Saga
Simon Pokagon says 130 acres of Chicago blocks once belonging to the Potawatomi were taken by error and now must be recovered. W H L Cox, a Chicago capitalist, holds most of the land estimated at $1,000,000. Chief Pokagon learned of the dispute while in Hartford after Mayor Harrison informed him at the World's Fair. He plans an amicable settlement with Cox, while officers review the boundary confusion that began in 1838.
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Chicago
Bento Harbor
Mich
Simon Pukagin
Ingalia
Hartford
Cent
Yelay
Leopold Pokagon
Leopold
Simon Pokagon
Yalna
W. HL Cox
Cox
World's Mall
Harrison
Pokagon
Chicago Railway Consolidation Aims to Run All Lines
Reports from Chicago indicate Yerkes Elkins Widener interests have approached the city traction crowd about forming a dominant company to control every surface street railway in and around Chicago within a year. A single executive, Charles T. Yerkes, would oversee operations. The plan includes guaranteeing fixed dividends on city railway stock and acquiring a majority stake.
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Chicago
Yerkes-Elkins-Widener
Gse
Chicago City
Yerkes
Negro Girls Sold Across New York Bust Revealed
A lurid New York expose reveals a network trafficking young colored women from the South to New York where employment agencies in southern cities recruit them. In the city they are inconsistently watched by men who seize earnings. The practice operates on the East Side and is so broad that lawmakers will be asked to abolish it.
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New York
New Fruit by Luther Burbank: Primis Hybrid Raspberry-Blackberry Cross
Santa Rosa Calif Sept 24 Luther Burbank announces a new fruit named Primis Hybrid a cross of black cap raspberry and Blackberry The berries are large up to 1 1/2 inches long and 3/4 inch in diameter The fruit resembles a raspberry in color flavor and shape but does not cup or detach from the stem The vines are prolific and thrifty and the right to the new fruit was sold to John F Childs of New York.
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Santa Rosa
Cat
Luther Burbank
Surbuck
John Fi. Childa
New Fork
Candy and Lye Kills Four Year Old Victim in Brutal Trick
A four year old boy died after a playmate soaked candy in lye, the child unknowingly ate it and wasted away over weeks. In Newport News Virginia, Rev W R Motley was struck speechless during a sermon before a large congregation and could not continue after reaching a climactic moment.
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Lorain
Charlie
Mne
Norsihie
Ned
Little Follow
Newport News
W. R. Motley
First Christian Church
Motloy
Potatoes Shortage Drives High Prices In St Louis Market
St Louis faces a potato shortage with prices rising sharply as supplies from Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan arrive. Commission merchants warn that imports from Ireland may lift demand further. Teasdale notes futures show steep margins for shippers and retailers, increasing consumer costs as November through January demand grows.
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St. Louis
Ireland
United States
California
Oregon
Utah
Colorado
Iyemtt Teasdute
Third Street Commission
Joading
Tobling
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Teasdale
East St. Louis
Bence
Noted Illda Orme Revealed as Ida Jones of Bloomington
Bloomington sept 24. The London assassination attempt on Miss Ilda Orme, a noted songwriter, reveals she is Ida Jones formerly of Bloomington. Daughter of late N N Jones a Normal Illinois stock raiser. Her brother is Buffalo Jones of Kansas famed for buffalo breeding.
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Buffalo Jones
Kansas
Bloomington
London
England
Ilda Orme
Ida Jones
Miss Jones
N. N. Jones
Illinois
Normal
Buffalo" Jones
Fies Jones
Orme
Louise Beaudet
United States
Big La Crosse Brewery Burns. Loss Reaches 300000
Fire at the John Gund Brewing plant in La Crosse Wisconsin destroyed the malt house and cold storage with about 12 000 barrels of beer lost. The plant produced 100 000 barrels yearly and employed 150 men since 1858. Insurance covers about half the estimated 300 000 loss. The office building survived and reconstruction planned after debris removal.
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la Crosse
Wis
John Gund Brewing Company
Smaktins
Dryas
Ume
Chicago Horses Show Promises Grand Dress Parade
The Chicago horse show in November aims to surpass Madison Square Garden events. John A. Logan, managing the spectacle, expects builders from New York Boston Philadelphia and England to enter over 1,000 horses, including draft carriage hunter and riding breeds. The first six days will feature women riders and multiple turnout tours as the city showcases its finest equines.
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Madison Square Garden
New York
Tesst
John A. Logan
Boston
Philadelphia
England
Chicago
Bailey’s collision on bicycle with wagon tongue breaks bone
Sherman reports A Bailey, a town merchant, riding with Drevel at night collided with a two horse wagon. The wagon tongue struck his breast bone, leaving Bailey sore but unharmed otherwise. The wagon tongue was broken in two. Also items note Mayor Harrison’s campaign speech planned for Cooper Union and various local ads.
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Sherman
Rex
A. Bailey
Chicago
Harrison
Richard J. Croker
Zaptemnmeng
Will Speek
Cooper Union
Thrashed The Pastor In Montgomery Church Row
In Montgomery Alabama on September 24 Rev G J Thrasher a reformed drunkard delivering a temperance lecture at South Montgomery Baptist church was assaulted by R J Martin a city saloon keeper. Martin rushed the pulpit pulled Thrasher off and struck him. Deacons intervened and arrested Martin.
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Montgomery
Ala
G. J. Thrasher
South Montgomery Baptist Church
R. J. Martin
Thrasher
Lars
Robers
Martin
Poole Co Denies New York Branch Plan
London Sept 24 Poole Co fashion tailors deny plans to open a New York branch citing high English import costs and expensive American labor. They say American customers will order regardless of tariff, and no branch appears likely soon. Washington Sept 24 Indian bureau chief Jones heads to New York over reports blankets meet contract specs. Inspectors find about 15 000 blankets of inferior grade. Free art exhibit by Arthur Peck at 835 Monroe Street each afternoon except Mondays. Festival week privileges on sale at 509 Kansas Avenue.
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Poole & Ca Deoy
New York
London
Messrs. Poole & Co
D. Berlinfante
Herald
Washington
Commissioner Jones
Indian Bureau
Arthur Peck
Monroe Street
Woman in cattle trade sails to England in male disguise
Hannah Webber, a London born vocalist and female impersonator, traveled from Chicago to Liverpool aboard the Ikbal under the name Harry Webber. She worked as a cattle tender on a cattle train and signed ship papers Aug 26, hiding her sex until near Mersey. She later revealed herself, received aid from officers, and returned to England in disguise.
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Hannah Webber
England
Baltimore
Ikbal
Chicago
Sedgemore
Harry Webber
Webber
Mersey
Barnett
Orde
Sheffield
Liverepool
Extravaganza a Success at the Columbia Theater
In Chicago on September 24 reports say Jack and the Beanstalk drew strong business as cold weather boosted attendance. Managers expect run time to extend beyond four weeks if possible and forecast surpassing the Columbia’s prior financial marks. The three shows since heat subsidy averaged over 1400 per performance, with Saturday matinee included, as Boston’s run underscored the show’s appeal with advance sales over 10,000 and a two week gross nearing 50,000.
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Chicago
Columbia
Boston
American Superiority in Workmen Compared
The Times prints a column on a conversation between an English engineer and an American factory executive. The American cites sharper workman faculties driven by ambition, higher wages, a ten hour day, and labor saving machinery that boost export trade, contrasting with British engineering industry.
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London
the Times
England
United States
Times Editorial Highlights Engineering Struggles in Exurbant Crisis
The Times foregrounds government naval contracts as a boom for workers while noting strikes and lost foreign markets. It warns of low mood and poverty in England’s engineering trade if demand for ships and guns wanes, urging attention to the ongoing crisis.
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England
the Times
Exurtand
War over a Squaw at Ft Hall prompts cavalry aid
Indian police at Ft Hall Idaho clashed with about seven Bannock youths over a girl’s placement in the agency school. Police were beaten as they tried to return the girl. Lt Irwin sought cavalry reinforcements. Interior secretary sent the request to the War Department with endorsement.
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Ft. Hall
Washington
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Hall
Ft. Hall Reservation
Idaho
Agency
Irwin
Secretary of the Interior
War Department
Fulton Loses the Fight Over Woodmen HQ Removal
Judge Showalter of the federal district court dissolves the injunction preventing the Modern Woodmen from moving their headquarters from Fulton. He rules there is no basis for the contention and that the case is in state court, Rock Island. An appeal was filed but the restraining order was not kept in force.
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Chicago
Showalter
Federal District Court
Fulton
Rock Island
United States
Notice at Topeka Insane Asylum seeks patients’ eligibility
Topeka Kansas September 23 1897 all persons not connected with this institution will be excluded from chances for the benefit and amusement of the patients per the superintendent’s permission.
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Topeka Insane Asylum
Topeka
Kansas
Skeleton of a Prehistoric Man Found Near Cedar River
Relic hunters uncover the skeletal remains of a large prehistoric man east of El Dorado Kansas on Cedar river mound. Arrow heads stone implements and pottery accompany the bones. Also reports of Indian plague near Odessa with rumors of spread in the northern Caucasus.
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el Dorado
Cedar River
Railroads face ICc hearing on warehousing soda and sugar storage
SA POLI 10 SODA AND SUGAR Are Commodities Favored by the Railroad Companies Chicago Sept 24 The interstate commerce commission began hearing American Warehouse association charges that railroads violated the interstate commerce law by warehousing goods longer than 43 hours Representatives from Chicago Northwestern Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Burlington and Quincy Chicago Hook Island and Pacific Chicago Grand Trunk Union Central Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Burlington Cedar Rapids and Michigan Central testified Local agents disclosed storage durations of 30 days and 3 days without extra charges Reports cited Rapallo soda and sugar as long stored commodities A Colorado Summer differs from summers elsewhere highlighting altitude climate and outdoor recreation plus an advertisement for a Colorado Summer booklet and Santa Fe route mention.
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Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
American Warehouse Association
Chicago & Northwestern
Baltimore & Ohio
Burlington& Quincy
Hook Island & Pacific
Grand Trunk
Uinots
Milwaukee& St. Paul
Burlington & Cedar Rapids
Michigan Central
Brown
Burlington
Miller
Lockett
Brinkerhoff
Northwestern
Australian Gold Arrives in San Francisco Mona Seizure of English Sevrings
Australian bank shipments of gold arrive in San Francisco aboard the Mona from Sidney via Honolulu. The vessel brings 125 boxes of English severings valued at 3,378,000 dollars and fifteen boxes of bullion worth 210,850 dollars, as exchange for bills of exchange. Various advertisements note Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and Herbine as health tonics with testimonials, including Kellam and Curten and Geo. W. Stanford.
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San Francisco
Mona
Sidney
Honolulu
Londo
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Wichita Eagle
Mak Ie
Lronta
Atchison
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Atchison Globe
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Chicaro
Elkins and
Widener
Burbank
Aize
Rood & Co
Lowell
Mass
Chicago Horses Horse Show
White
Teo. W. Stansheld
Kansas Avenue
Miller’s Pharmacy
Sixth and
Topeka Avenue
West Sun
Royal
Arama Romben
Woodmen
Race Island
H. Wetmore
India
Daily News
Odessa
Caucasus
Sapoli
Rocky Mountains
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Far
Kellam & Curten
Geo. W. Stanfeld
Miller's Pharmacy
Sixth End
Pape's Vineyard
Star Grocery
East Sixth Street
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