Pink Tea Party Funds M E church plastering
A weekly Chronicle from Corydon reports a pink tea party hosted by local ladies at the new M E church to raise funds for plastering. The program featured music, recitations, and an essay by Reverend Akers, with receipts totaling fifty eight dollars and seventy five cents.
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J. Morrison
Haydn
Florence Sherman
Sugar Run
Ohio
8. Demmick
Tempet
Dimmick
Cynthia Merihew
Akers
Dem Bel
Jay ‘White
Bella Boggs
Bradford
H. O. Ostrander
Frank Noxon
Chicago
Hattie Dalrymple
Silver Creek
N.X
Linnie Tomes
Jove Hale
L. Tome
C. A. Derr
Pentonville
Prewsburg
Jamestown
Clara Williams
Addy.Case
Society officers elected and city improvements noted
The society elected officers including President L E Howe and secretary Gid Faatz with Gid Faatz as treasurer and critique. W C Norris became property-man as the committee plans to create an oasis. Other names include Mrs Gaylord Miss Livsie Hawker Hill and W J Norris. The item mentions a new public drag and a fishing issue at Mandell well, plus an addition to the school house nearly finished and a plan for better echoors under Mrs Gaylord.
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L. E. Howe
Gid Faatz
W. C. Norris
George Hawk
Gaylord
Livsie Hawker
Hill
W. J. Norris
Sega
Mandell
Kron. Hove
Michael Davitt Prominent Irish Leader in US Tour
The eloquent Michael Davitt, organizer of the first National Land League, will visit major US centers in coming months. A leading Irish figure after Parnell, he argues for land nationalization and Irish grievances while sustaining home rule influence. Davitt, skilled writer and speaker, aims to convince through plain speech rather than rhetoric.
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First Nationan Land League
Michael Davitt
United States
Parnell
Davitt
National Land League
Psment
Meath
Portland
House of Commons
Fullawe
Otlee
England
Diabolical schemes and Chicago anarchists exposed
Chicago August 2 A Pinkerton exposé details the city anarchist networks led by Parsons Cornish and Spies. It describes plans to attack wealthy residents with concealed syringes filled with prussic acid and lists meeting places of thirteen groups plus other anarchist societies. Also notes the McKean agricultural fair in Port Allegany Pa with purses totaling seven hundred fifty dollars and entry details.
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North Warren
North Warner
Warren
Farmers’ Club
Warren County
Tink
Charles 8. Wolfe
Union County
Walter T. Mills
the Voice
Chicago
Boston
Cornsh
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Pinkerton
Parsons
Cornish
Griefs
Theron
Fielden
Casey
Lake
Revolutionary Society
The
McKean Agricultural Society
Port Allegany
A. J. Huenes
Ree’y Port Aeny
Samuel J. Tilden Dies After Sudden Illness in Yonkers
The death of Samuel J. Tilden occurred at 8:50 p.m. after a brief illness that began with a chill and stomach inflammation on Saturday evening. He passed away peacefully in the Greystone mansion with Dr. Sia monds and Miss Gould nearby. Tilden, born February 9, 1814, in New Lebanon, was 72. Funeral arrangements are by Franklin A. Rigby. Andrew H. Green arrived to discuss estate. Political leaders mourn and predict a strong impact on the Democratic Party. The President sent a telegram of sorrow to Colonel Tilden at Greystone.
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Yusagis
S. OY
Samuel J. Tilden
Gresetene
Charles FE. Siamonds
Miss Gould
Mr. Tilden
Hudson
George W. Smith
Tilden
New Lebanon
Columbia County
Colonel Pelton
Moses
Henry Tilden
Franklin A. Rigby
Yonkers
Andrew H. Green
Greystone
Presbyterian
New York
Democratic Party
Seymour
Hendrickx
Hancock
McClelan
Thompson
Jeb Kelly
Fite John Porter
Murphy
Demuoc
Senator Plunkett
Wasuisetos
N.Y
J. Tilden
Grover Cleveland
Kansas in turmoil amid drought and prohibitions
A vivid paraphrase contrasts Kansas’s drought strife and prairie woes with Missouri’s prosperity. The piece mocks prohibition fervor in Kansas while depicting grasshoppers, snakes, floods of debt, and mortgage burdens as symbols of a troubled state versus Missouri’s touted peace and abundance.
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Kansas
Missouri
Congress Adjourns After Deficiency Bill Passage
Wasuixetox August 6 The president approved the deficiency sundry civil and river and harbor appropriations amid congressional adjournment. The action clears funding for multiple agencies and projects as lawmakers end the session.
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Congress
Harbor Hill
Mexicans for War and Border Tensions Rise
Despatches from Danlas and El Paso report minister Jacobson’s resignation in Mexico City amid calls for US protection of Texas frontier. Word says Cutline’s sentence may come tomorrow and Mexican sentiment toward Americans grows sharper. In Galveston county, officials face bonds over alleged delivery of a prisoner to Mexican authorities. Texas governors order ranger mobilization as border tensions flare with Remington guns en route to Sonora and cross-border fears intensify.
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Danlas
Tex
Mexico
Jacobson
Bayard
Dermal
el Paso
Mesienn
New
Cutline
el Paso Delporte
United States
Texas
Pls
Grand Central Hotel
Leeland
Texas Frontier
Galveston
Fox
Jude Hofiiter
Oxlesby
Diaz
NucGaces
A. T
Express
Torres
Sonora
Ameri Line
Aestis
Trebundl
Proposed Extensive Strike Sparks Rural Alarm
Reports from the South describe a coordinated push by organized groups to raise cotton picking wages to one dollar per hundred pounds, with threats of boycotts and sympathy strikes across railways and western states. The movement allegedly involves Farmers' Alliance factions and black and white workers, signaling rising labor tensions and cross group solidarity. Winter's Advance Guard brings record cold and snow, with heavy winds in New Hampshire and New Jersey, startling temperature drops and unusual early-season snowfall.
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Texa
Arkansas
Farmers’ Alliance
Wheels
Farmers’ Organization
Southwet
Local girl claims heavenly journey and prophetic gifts
Vernon Mississippi area reports a 15 year old girl named Modlie Pennington presented as a prophet and healer after a 60 minute revival claim. She described heaven with unorthodox imagery while crowds gathered. doctors certified her deathlike state but she revived and spoke of divine mission and miracles.
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Cones
Miss
Dub
Vernon
Inie
Lamar Counts
Ala
Modlie Pennington
Daugher
George Pennington
Heaven
Earth
Tol
God
Eric
Thomas Springfield
The
Baptist Church
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Chris Guenther
Northern Michigan
Guenther
Pelston
Emmett County
Michigan
Macmaw City
Charley Campbell
Edwards
Henry House
Cauley
Wm. Wisner
Titusville
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Youxasville
P.S
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Thomas
Clymer
Girove
Seear Grove
B. Lewis
Gorman
Chautauqua
Robert Cummings
Wellman Bros. & Co
Rice
Union Choor
Jagger
Tiona
Tioxa
Geo. Reynolds
Wesley Chambers
Bae Hall Club
Farnworth Club
Psworth
Psworth, §.--Mr. I. W. Norris
Nellie
Glenn Falls
Saratoga Springs
Nellie Seeley
Nellie Norris
Tiona Dramatic Society
McKean County Fair
Devantic Party
Bru.nt
Washington
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Iva. O
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