The Day is at Hand in Rev Dr Talmage Sermon
The sermon urges unwavering faith as the day of Christ’s coming nears. It celebrates arbitration over war, Christian joy, and global connectivity through telegraph and rail, urging courage and active witness while warning against despair and delay.
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God
Davenport Brothers
Andrew Jackson Davie
Goda Toshua
Davia
Paul
Keavesmire Heath
Christ
Sons of God
Palace of Hay at Toronto Exposition
The National Exposition directors plan a giant hay structure at Toronto to advertise hay production. A vast building of pressed hay blocks will rise on the fairgrounds with wheat and grain decorations. Northwest bales will supply the material, and districts will display their exhibits inside.
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Toronto
Canada
Master in Chambers Rules Dual Citizenship in Legal Precedent
A Toronto decision holds a person may be both a U S citizen and a British subject. Langmuir was sued in Paris over a 7000 promissory note. service on his lawyers was upheld as valid. The Master established a new legal precedent by confirming dual allegiance and proper writ service.
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Toronto
Canada
United States
Great Britain
New York Info Insurance Company
Paris
France
G. H. Bolton
Catte
Pisiatlus
Langmuir
Ammmons
A Manganese Bonanza Shocks Chicago Investor
E R Brainerd of Chicago gains wealth from a Lyndhurst tract after paying a bad debt. A vast manganese deposit, the richest in the country, is discovered on the farm, with $1,000,000 worth of ore visible. A New York syndicate seeks to buy or develop the site and work starts immediately.
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E.R. Brainerd
Chicago
Lyndhurst
Banye
King
Mr. Brainerd
Rain Plain Sight
New York
Brainerd
Riera
Kobe Wiped Out by Fire as 2500 Die in Japan Calamity
San Francisco received word via the steamer Dorica from the Orient reporting Kobe burned on August 26 with floods storms and earthquakes blamed for the disaster. The catastrophe is said to have slain about 5000 lives and caused extensive property losses across Northern Japan, with millions of dollars in damage.
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Japan
San Francisco
Kobe
Ireland's Year of Unexampled Prosperity Reported
The report notes Ireland's prosperity with bank deposits rising over six million dollars in joint stock banks and savings banks combined. Trifle receipts of the Irish railways also show record highs, signaling robust financial growth across sectors.
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Iréland
Ireland
Ryder Guilty in Talbotton Murder Trial
Dr W G Ryder was found guilty of murdering Miss Sallie Hmma Owen in Talbotton Georgia. The twelve jurors brought a quick verdict and he was sentenced to hang on January 15 1897 at Muscogee county jail with execution in private and no spectators beyond relatives. A motion for a new trial was filed Saturday afternoon.
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Dy. Ryder
Talbotton
Mias Sallie Hmma Owen
Ryder
Annon
Judge Butt
Muscoges
Talbot County
Choriff
Columbus
Muscogee County
Tailor Phelps
Morgan Speaks to Large Audience at Troy Alabama
Senator John T. Morgan addressed a large audience in Troy Alabama speaking two and a half hours on the money question He urged support for gold and silver coinage and urged populists not to abandon Bryan for a mere technicality He asserted the Senate would stand with voters to protect the cause and was cheered at the end.
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Troy
Ala
John T. Morgan
Alabama
Morgan
Bryan
Sowall
Senate
Rnin
Three Parties Fuse to Back Bryan for President
A Raleigh dispatch reports Democrats, Populists and Silverites have fused to unite votes for William Jennings Bryan. The plan creates an electoral slate of five Democrats, five Populists and one silverite, all pledged to cast ballots for Bryan and for vice presidential nominees of their parties. Changes require consent of the three party chairmen.
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North Carolina
Raleigh
N. C
National Silver Party
W. J. Bryan
Anycrite
Oleven
WJ. Bryan
Senator Stewart Gaa Questions Treasury Exchange Policy
A 1896 letter from Wiroim M. Srewanr to Secretary of the Treasury John G. Curliale questions legal authority to exchange silver for gold dollars. It probes how gold would be supplied, law sources for such exchanges, and whether bonds would fund future gold redemptions, amid references to McKinley era finance and alleged schemes.
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Treasury
Stewart Gaa
Secretary of the Treasury
United States Senate
Washington
John G. Curliale
Bar “Harbor
James P. Hess
Loulaville
Anid
Inn Mhdér
United Status
United States
Rotherhilds
McKinley
Wiroim M. Srewanr
Freight rates restored end of war impact noted
The Seaboard and Southern lines in the Southern States Freight association reset freight rates to prewar levels at 12:01 PM on Monday September 28. The move halves costs from the previous 50 percent wartime rise, with railroad officials unsure if the war is truly over. Observers expect further strategic moves by Beaboard General Manager St John as he pursues through sleepers and line withdrawals to influence routes and competition.
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Souther
Seaboard
Southern
Southern States Freight Association
I6 Cos
East
St. John
Beaboard
Dewboys
Heaboard
New Orleans
York
Bay
Chedspeake Bay
Mr. St. John
Crime of Thirty Years Ago Shocks Yazoo as Prominent Farmer Arrested
A sensational arrest occurred in Yazoo Mississippi on Monday as William Su Povick, a prosperous farmer living near the city, was taken into custody on a murder charge from 1866 in Russellville Alabama. He awaits governor’s papers while jailed. long known and respected figure faces trial.
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Geta
Barrer
Yazoo
Miss
William Su.Povick
Russellville
Als
Alabama
New York Democratic Ticket Reshaped Ahead of Convention
Porter la Piqond would head the ticket with Wilbur Porter from Watertown as governor and Frederick Lohranb of Donville as lieutenant governor. Robert Tituy of Buffalo was set for associate justice while Elliot Danforth bowed out, leaving Porter to top the slate with no change in the third spot. Bohraub, a German‑American, has served as district attorney, first commissioner of ageiq culture, and director of the state agricultural experiment station at Geneva.
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New York
Wilbur I. Porter
Watertown
Frederick 0. Lohranb
Donville
Court of Appeals
Robert O. Tituy
Buffalo
Elliot Danforth
John Boyd Thacher
Danforth
Senator Hill
Aadgs Porter
Frederick
Schrand Hentenagt
Bohraub
Abertate
Thias
Dewi -Vority
Dairy Commission
Ageiq Culture
Sohraub
Orst
Hie
Morton
State Agricultural Experiment Station
Geneva
Wanamaker Buy Opens Hilton New York Store Future
John Wanamaker of Philadelphia buys leasehold stock and fixtures of Hilton Hughes Co. at New York. Sale completed Monday. purchase includes real estate on Broadway and Tenth Street, delivery service, and all merchandise. Philadelphia Gym to occupy soon. Wanamaker plans immediate NY opening amid private sale terms.
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Hilton
Huger
John Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Hilton, Hughan & Co
New York
Ord
Wananamaker
Horace Risnell
Horace Risnell, Which Was Held At the Former's Tenlenes
Russell
Wanamaker
Onge
Widge Kuneelanid
Wankmaker
Gotah
A. I. Siswart & Co
Ip Mediately
Sailors Suffocated in Oil Barrel Accident Aboard Cyrus
Off Marona Hook Delaware River the front teamship Cyrus bound for Norfolk Philadelphia foundered in a barrel oil accident. Three crewmen Alfred Z Becks Hine Saggers Fred D Hitner and a stowaway died as a burning barrel sparked fire in the hold. Captain Simmons and the remainder battled flames. four deaths. Cyrus 2175 tons in ballast sailed with mostly English and American crew. Also New York case Judge Fitsgerald sets November 5 to hear demurrer against indictment of American Tobacco Company officers for unlawful price fixing.
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Cyrus
Simmons
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Marona Hook
Delaware River
Alfred Z. Becks
Hine Saggers
Fred D. Hitner
Gensel
Coroney Fry
Chs' Cyrus
Tobatco Company
New York
Fitsgerald
American Tobacco Company
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