Weekly Call Informs On Wild Duck Season And Eurasian Rail Watch
The column notes the duck season is underway with calls and whistles heard nationwide. It mentions Prince Huxorr ordering 18,000 American railroad watchers for use on Russian lines, praising American timepieces. It also reports Long Island fox disputes, a psychic in Alameda claiming gold mine visions, and Bluffton servants proposing a union with pay scales tied to family size and nights out.
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Prince Huxorr
Bluffton
Ind
Gladstone to Ride Fresh Boom Through Hawarden Village
Press reports claim Gladstone, enthralled, will mount a wheel each morning in Hawarden village possibly with family. The Protestant Episcopal church plans a band of uniformed evangelists to preach Christianity and humanity, a step long recognized by religious leaders nationwide.
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Crcline
Gladstone
Hawarden
Protestant Episcopal Church
Crusoe Island Sunk Off Chili After March Earthquake
News reports from Chili say Robin son Crusoe island has disappeared with all signs of the isle gone. The tepee where Crusoe lived with Friday and his parrots is missing, said to have sunk beneath the sea during the March earthquake and removed from charts. Friends of our youth mourn the loss of this cherished locale.
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Chili
Robinson Crusoe
Crusoe
Friday
New York World Hails St Louis Voter Rise
The World pays an editorial tribute to St Louis noting surprising voter registration growth since the last census. It observes the city’s rise toward major cities like New York Chicago and Philadelphia, signaling momentum for the Mississippi Valley’s chief city.
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New York World
St. Louis
Mississippi Valley
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Chauncey M Depew's Ward Receives Fresh Obligation
The feminine portion of the country is under a fresh obligation to Chauncey M Depew. The gallant after dinner orator and political humorist has taken it unreservedly into his confidence. Rumor had circulated he would wed his ward. Chauncey is over 60. He says at this period a man is in his prime, implying marriage may be possible.
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Chauncey M. Depew
Chauncey
Sol Smith Russell Stars In A Bachelor’s Romance In St Louis
Genial American actor Sol Smith Russell pursues the even tenor of the season presenting Martha Morton’s new comedy A Bachelor’s Romance and scores another popular success at the New Century theater in election week St Louis. Symes Thompson cites London vaccination lectures noting three microbes described and a glysterine admixture increasing vaccine potency, opening a new field of research.
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Sol Smith Russell
Martha Morton
Russell
Century Theater
St. Louis
Symes Thompson
London
Foreign observer predicts calm after US election
The observer expects shock at the campaign and violence on election day, yet foresees little bloodshed compared with Europe. He believes once results are known the public will accept them and resume normal business, returning to routine after the political agitation.
Venezuelan doctors named for Mexico medical congress
The Venezuelan government appointed Drs. Eduardo Andrade-Penny Acosta and Guardia to represent Venezuela at the international medical congress to be held in Mexico City in November.
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Eduardo Andrade- Penny
Acosta
Guardia
City
Mexico
Elmer S. ‘Dundy
United‘States District’ Court For
Nebraska
Omaha
Ohio
Mascotte
Havana
Key West
Fla
Antonio Maceo
Trocha
Gomez
William A. Harris
United States
Harris-Corliss
Providence
Pinar del Rio
James M. Burns
Co. B
West Virginia Volunteers
Seventeenth United States Infantry
New Market
Frederick A. Lucas
Smithsonian Institution
Pribyloff Islands
Behring Sea
Louis J. Hancuett
Chauncey C. Foster
Business College At
Chicago
William J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
War Department
Hillary A. Byer
Ninth
Pennsylvania Infantry
Co. H
Antietham
John D. Stiles
Congress
Lehigh County
Allentown
Pennsylvania
Edward J. Ivory
Bell
Glasgow
Bow Street
London
Drought, snow, and unrest feature in mixed dispatches
A Bombay cable reports continuing drought in India with worsening crop prospects. Treasury gold reserves closed at 7118 732 040, with 368 800 drawn in New York. Western Nebraska saw ten inches of snow on the 29th and blizzardlike winds eastward. At Ohio State University a class rush between freshmen and sophomores on the 30th led to police intervention and pistol threats. US weekly failures total 270, Canada 40. Coal near Sudbury in Algoma matches Lehigh valley coal, sulfurfree. Bank of England shipped 500 000 in gold bullion to the United States on the 40th.
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India
Treasury
New York
Nebraska
Ohio State University At
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United States
R. G. Don & Co
Canada
Sudbury
Algoma District
Toronto
Ont
Lehigh Valley
Bank of England
Desperate bank robbery attempt and other telegrams
A night raid on Citizens' state bank at Goldfield Iowa failed after a dynamite blast shattered the door and alarms sounded as burglars escaped. A Seville cyclone wrecked homes and cut communications. Madagascar officials were executed and a premier resigned after a rebellion. Navy officers and dignitaries are noted, with October Flag Day observed and treasury figures showing a October deficit of 7.75 million. Steamer Campania brought gold to New York and treasury gold reserves declined to 117,316,309.
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Citizens’ State Bank
McVienry Bros
Goldfield
Seville
Spain
Antananarivo
Madagascar
Prince Ratsimananga
Eneinger
R. E. Peary
U.S. N
New York Navy Yard
Frederick W. Crocker
Naval Hospital
Chelsea
Mass
Massachusetts
Independence
Treasury
Andrew Smith Musanove
Mount Washington
Campania
New York
Europe
St. Seouls
Niagara
Illinois State News Breezes Through Crossed Marital Tales
Alexander McLeod and Mary McLeod of Lebanon renewed their marriage license in Belleville after a prior split and divorce battle over property. The Dixon murder case ends with James W. Sprague arrested in Springfield awaiting county transfer. Diphtheria outbreaks hit Peoria Lorain Galesburg and school recessions follow. Anniversary for Ayers pair. Rev. J H Sellers dies. Monmouth builds 3000 feet of brick pavement, first hard country road. Teachers’ exams set for August in multiple cities. Mrs Myers 80 crushed by a Mobile & Ohio train near Mill Creek. Mrs Schiller robbed after injury in Summerfield. Anna Brown, pioneer of Mount Vernon, dies. Sewing-machine agent Stephen Fears killed at Grape Creek. Pioneer journalist Jease Boles dies at 91 in Kewanee. Auctioneer John Wheeling dying in Pittsfield from alcohol. Springfield schools win bid for new high school building.
Bloody affray in Stennine after political meeting
At a Stennine political meeting Frank and Thomas Biggers and grocer W. S. Winkler fought. Winkler drew a knife and cut Tom Biggers in the head and Frank in the breast. Miller Anderson shot Winkler twice, once in the arm and once in the left side. Winkler wounded but not fatally. Frank Biggers badly hurt and not expected to survive.
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Stennine
Frank
Thomas Biggers
Winkler
Eetee Winkler
Tom Biggers
Miller Anderson
Frank Biggers
Biggers
Rockport Express Narrowly Misses Saugus River Draw
The Rockport express on the Boston & Maine eastern division escaped a plunge into the Saugus river when the engine derailed on a draw at Lynn Massachusetts. Engineer Doherty and fireman Jameson leapt to safety, though they were injured. Nearly 300 passengers were aboard the Friday 4 10 p m departure from Boston.
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Lynn
Mass
Rockport
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston
Saugus River
Doherty
Doherty and Tireman
Jameson
Deputy Sheriff Galloway Shot by His Own Posse
Dsemine New Mexico November 2 Deputy Sheriff Frank M Galloway of Silver City was killed by members of his own posse who mistook him for a robber in darkness during pursuit of border bandits. The posse had shouted without response and the robbers escaped.
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Galloway
Dsemine
N. M
Skelton Canyon
Arizona Line
Frank M. Galloway
Silver City
A Child's Sad Fate Fatally Burned Playing With Matches
Springfield Missouri November 1 Marie Lord four year old daughter of J H Lord a local Illinois Central ticket agent fatally burned this afternoon. While the family was away the child played with matches igniting them as a result her clothing burned from her body. Her mother arrived to help but the injuries were fatal.
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Springfield
Marie Lord
J. H. Lord
Ilinois Central
Death of Musgrove from 60 pound head burden
Andrew Smith Musgrove aged 28, stepson of William Bell Smith of 17 Rath Street Mount Washington, died October 13 at the county home Marshallsea. Officials report death from nervous prostration caused by the enormous weight he was forced to carry on his shoulders, the head weighing 60 pounds and the rest of his body 5844 pounds.
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Pittsburgh
Andrew Smith Musgrove
William Bell Smith
Rath Street
Mount Washington
Marshallsea
Musgrove
Calamity in New York Apartment Gas Leak
John Houston and his wife were asphyxiated by illuminating gas in their Columbus avenue apartment. Houston died soon after being found, while Mrs. Houston did not survive. Investigators blamed Houston for turning off the lamp gas at the fixture but leaving the rubber tube still supplying gas.
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New York
John Houston
Columbus Avenue
Houston
Quail hunt ends in accidental shooting near Hagerstown
Edward Armstrong of Fayette County dies instantly when his wife using a hammer leaf gun fires the charge into the back of his head during a Friday quail hunt near their home in Vandalia Illinois.
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Vandalia
Edward& Armstrong
Hagerstown
Fayette
Seville Cyclone Wrecks City and Province
A cyclone swept over Seville and the surrounding province on Wednesday, wrecking many homes and causing numerous deaths and injuries. Wires were prostrated, communications cut off, and appeals for aid delayed as the disaster affected a wide area.
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Neville
Spain
Seville
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