Civil War claims and Appomattox park debate spurred
Washington reports on claims of captured and abandoned property from the Civil War and the push for federal action, with debate over public lands for grazing and a proposed national park at Appomattox. Secretary Root opposes a park, while senators push for spending and “pork” in a public building bill. The piece also memorializes Amos J. Cummings, praising his patriotism and naval stance.
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Appomattox
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Lee
Yates Stirling
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Porto Rico
Navy Department
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Martinique
Moody
Navy
Stirling
Army
Naphtha Car Explosion Tears Through Sheraden Yard
A sequence of explosions at the Panhandle Railroad yards in Sheraden near Pittsburgh on May 1 killed at least twenty-five and injured hundreds. A naphtha car leaked ignited a blaze that sent flames 500 feet into the air, burning bystanders and spreading to adjacent cars. The property loss is estimated at $600,000 to $1,000,000.
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Sheraden
Harry FP
Smithey
Leverman
Dennison
Billy Taylor
Ubrichsville
Elmer Hunter
Albert McKe
Panhandie
McKee's Rocks
Panhandle Railroad Company
Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery touted for cough cure
An 19th century advertisement extols Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a thorough lung cure for obstinate coughs bronchitis and bleeding of the lungs. It claims no alcohol narcotics or substitutes and cites user testimonials including a Danewood Minnesota man who reports relief after eight bottles plus Sage’s Catarrh Remedy.
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Dr. Pierce
Mr. F. Skjod
Danewood
Chisago Co
Minn
Dr. Sage
Marriage in Jail Ends in Tragedy and Scandal
In Quincy Illinois Miss Lillie Carr wed Albert Javer in the county jail where he was held on charges by the bride. Afterward she hanged herself with laudanum. Earlier Javer had promised to marry her and was brought there from Leoria. The couple then left for the Carr home amid distress.
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Traver
Leoria
Quincey
Lawsuit Over Breach of Promise In Sangamon Court
Mise Nee Clayton sues McAtee for damages in Sangamon circuit court claiming breach of promise after he allegedly proposed on Christmas day and she agreed to marry but he refused. Pittsburg May details note the building trades strike winding down as iron workers return to work with 47 percent raise and eight hour day.
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Mise Nee Clayton
Sangamon
Tite
McAtee
Mise Clayton
Pittsburg
May
American Bridge Company
St. Louis
Talty and Fisher
Wallace
Harper
Heldrick
Mother seeks divorce for her underage son in Michigan
Julia Settiner acts as next friend for Charles Scribner, an infant husband, in a circuit court filing against Frances Scribner. The bill cites desertion and extreme cruelty by Frances, who is older and widowed, and notes Charles’s lack of trade and reliance on family support.
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Ieund Rapids
Mich
Ccircuit
Julia Settiner
Charles Setiboer
Young Scribner
Frances Scribner
Robbers flee after lantern shattered at Moville banks
In Moville Iowa Sioux City police report three men attempted to enter two banks. A lantern was smashed during the break in and the thieves fled on two horses leaving an old bicycle behind. Bloodhounds were sent from Sioux City to assist the investigation.
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Sioux City
Moville
Moville Bank
Farmers’ Bank
Sloux City
Farmer slain by boar in Meigs township attack
Jacob Roth, a wealthy Meigs township farmer near Zanesville Ohio, was attacked and killed by a savage boar. The animal gored him with tusks in a ferocious assault reported from Zanesville on May 13.
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Jacob Roth
Meigs Township
Market report shows cattle hogs and grain quotes across cities
Chicago and Buffalo market notes list hogs and cattle prices with ranges for packing and grading, plus sheep lambs and veal. St Louis and Milwaukee grain quotes show wheat corn and rye prices, with futures and cash figures across several months.
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St. Louis
Milwaukee Grain
Desolation in St Pierre after Mont Pelee blast
Destruction at St Pierre Martinique as volcanic blast flattens the city. Reports cite thousands of corpses, burning ruins, and poisonous fumes. U S relief efforts expand with Congress approving funds and ships carrying medical stores and provisions.
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St. Pierre
Bertin
A. G. Austen
Colonial Bank of Barbadoes
Solent
Falling Wall Kills Three Firemen in Dubuque Ironworks
Three firemen died and another was badly hurt at the Iowa Ironworks in Dubuque on May 10 during a fire when a wall collapsed on them. The victims were Frank Ganahl captain of the chemical company John Fitzpatrick and Chas Wise truckmen. John Melolard was seriously injured with both legs broken. Financial loss estimated at 15000 dollars.
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Lowa
Frank Ganahl
Chemical Company
John Fitzpatrick
Chas. Wise
John Melolard
Gans Knocks Erne Out in One Round to Claim Title
At Fort Erie on May 1 Joe Gans stopped Erne in the first round after a brief exchange. Gans landed a left to the face drawing blood, then a right to Erne's jaw as Erne fell and was counted out in 1:40. Erne's camp calls it a fluke but vows another bout.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Fort Erie
Joe Gans
Erne
Gans
Tle
Ministers Seek Sunday Closure of Cigar Stores
Noblesville Indiana May 15 ministers urge closing cigar shops on Sundays to curb teen tobacco use and church and home absenteeism. Cigar dealers refuse unless all Sunday‑run establishments close. a showdown looms as both sides pledge to stand firm.
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Noblesville, Ltd
Twe
Sweetest Baby Remembered In The World
A nostalgic note recalls how every baby feels like the sweetest in the world and how perception of sweetness changes with time and appearance.
New Tax Denounced and Ocean Merger Discussed in London
About 10,000 march in an anti tax demonstration at Hyde Park denouncing a penny tax on cheeks and calling for its withdrawal. Parliament debated grain duties and war financing as the Ocean Merger between Morgane, White Star, and Dominion Lines raised questions on British register transfers and Admiralty terms.
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Michael Hicks Hegel
Exetheyner Tes
House of Commons
William Vernon Starcourt
Sir William
America
Board of Trade
Geral Valfour
Morgane
White Star
Dominion
Admiralty
Arnold Porster
White Star Line
Crown
Deacons sue city officials over bloodhound case in Des Moines
In Des Moines a group of deacons from Valley Junction sue Mayor J M Brenton Chief of Police Fred A Jackett and other officers for 20000 claiming bloodhounds used by the city wrongly suspected them of chicken thefts and damaged their community standing.
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Des Moines
Tarvey McClurg
Tarvey Heller
Valley Junction
J. M. Brenton
Fred A. Iackett
Italian cruiser Calabria to represent Italy in Havana
The Italian government will send the cruiser Calabria to Havana to attend the inauguration of Cuba's new republic. Eight hundred workers strike in Denver across six major unions, with signs of wider spread. A fire destroyed the plant of the K Williams Paint Company at Easton Pennsylvania. Charles Lorano, 14, is jailed in Chicago charged with burglary.
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Havana
Italy
Denver
K. Williams Paint Company
Easton
Charles Lorano
Chicago
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