Snapshotters Target McKinley Votes Across Maine and Ohio
The day’s note highlights President McKinley snapshotted 3,000 times in a month, averaging over five images daily. An Ohio girl who could not choose between two suitors wed one and eloped with the other in a single day. Bangor lawyer A W Payne has cast 67 national and state votes in Maine, missing only once since 1833 due to illness.
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McKinley
Ohio
A. W. Payne
Bangor
Maine
Not a Poor Showing Despite Large Railroad Earnings
The latest Poor s Manual of Railroads for 1900 lists total earnings at 1 336 096 000 and net earnings at 447 741 044, contradicting the headline claim. In Pennsylvania the four leading cities have grown by 351 152 since 1590, with the state population estimated at 6 250 000, about twice the 13 colonies at independence.
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Poor's Manual of Railroads
Pennsylvania
Duels Surge Across Italy with High Fatalities
In recent weeks Italy saw duels provoke a deadly spree with four duelists killed in a single day across towns. Over the past year about 2,400 duels occurred and 480 deaths resulted, mostly among army officers provoked by trivial pretexts.
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Italy
British Museum prints unfinished catalogue after nine years
A recent announcement notes the British Museum printing of its catalog has dragged on since 1891, nine years past. It adds that storing the on file newspapers requires adding at least a mile of shelving every 15 years.
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British Museum
Biggest Soldier in the World Holds Giant Title
Sergeant Thomas Dalroy of the British army’s royal dragoons claims the world’s tallest stature at seven feet six and a half inches in bare feet. He wears two gallantry medals and is praised for battlefield courage and proportional build.
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Thomas Dalroy
Royal Dragoons
Thomas
Great Salt Lake Shrinking Threatens Utah Landmark
A report warns that Great Salt Lake, Utahs best known natural feature, is steadily shrinking and could become dry bed in decades if not remedial action is taken. Evaporation and diversion of feeders are cited as causes, with the latter potentially removable.
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Great Salt Lake
Utah
Thirty Millions for Streets in London Improvements
London undertakes unprecedented street improvements including widening major routes in busy districts such as the Strand and Holborn connections. About 30,000,000 has been spent or approved in the past 12 years, with most funds allocated in the last third of that period.
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London
Strand
Holborn
Early drinking culture spans Rome to Greece and Egypt
The text notes Roman soldiers discovering beer from barley in Germany. It recalls ancient fermenting practices across climates, citing Osiris around 1960 B C as teaching barley juice extraction and fermentation, while Greeks learned brewing from Egyptians around 300 B C.
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Germany
B.C
Missouri woman indicted for murder by morphine
Hannibal Missouri October 4 Aged 36 year old Frank Nesenhener dies at home July 15. His wife Alice Nesenhener is indicted for his murder by morphine based on coroner jury testimony. Sixteen month old child present as she is led to courthouse with guarantee of innocence. Insurance on Ida Emma and Mary deaths cited. Nesenhener insured for 500 with Ancient Order of Pyramids and 250 with Burlington Railroad relief. The couple, longtime residents, married fifteen years.
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Hannibal
Alice Nesenhener
Frank Nesenhener
Shoe Factory Fire Destroys Williamsport Plant
A four story shoe factory of J. E. Dayton & Co. in Williamsport is destroyed in a disastrous blaze. Royal Braid Co. and L. E. Whitman & Co. also suffered total losses. Loss pegged at 500000 with 250000 on Dayton. Insurance was limited. Several firefighters were injured by falling debris.
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Williamsport
J. E. Dayton & Co
Royal Braid Co
L. E. Whitman & Co
Dayton & Co
Russian Sailor Arrested in Cleveland Jewelry Death Case
Pittsburgh report says Charles K. Sammels, a Russian sailor who found the body of Miss Jane Corrigan of Cleveland after a yacht wreck, is arrested for robbing the drowned woman's jewelry worth $10,000. cuff buttons marked J C found in his pocket link him to the deceased.
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Pittsburgh
Charles K. Sammels
Jane Corrigan
Cleveland
J. C
Montreal official charged in warehouse fraud conspiracy
Montreal October 4 Thomas J Chisholm manager of the Montreal Cold Storage and Freezing Company was arrested Tuesday night on a charge of conspiracy. The arrest follows the previous detentions of McGillis and McCullough who were charged last week with defrauding the Merchants Bank of Halifax of 220000 through fraudulent warehouse receipts.
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Thomas J. Chisholm
Montreal
Can
Montreal Cold Storage & Freezing Co
McGillis
McCullough
Merchants’ Bank of Halifax
Illinois probate court fight and state fair woes headline
A Chicago musician and inventor John Q Astenius, age 54, sues to force probate court elections in Sangamon county and nearby counties after census-driven probate needs. The piece also notes a disastrous week for the Illinois State Fair with a projected loss of 15,000 to 20,000 dollars and poor weather reducing attendance. It covers Gen John M Palmer's will, grain shipments from Chicago, and the death of Lake Forest football player Lawrence Pierson.
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Supreme Court
Sangamon
Adams
Kane
St. Clair
Will
Washington
Akin
William F. Herndon
Fred W. Long
Charles E. Opel
Sangamon County
Tllinois
Board of Agriculture
Springfield
John M. Palmer
Register
Lawrence Pierson
Lake Forest University
Farmer Found Dead in Bed Near Green Valley
George Flexenhar a 25-year-old farmer of Green Valley near Tazewell county was found dead in bed from neuralgia of the heart following a surgical operation. Fred W. Becker ex-city clerk of Mattoon and noted southern Illinois druggist died after an appendicitis operation. D. W. Storm a Chicago board of trade man sues Kankakee asylum managers for 25000 for unlawful detention.
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George Flexenhar
Green Valley
Tazewell County
Fred W. Becker
Mattoon
Illinois
Saya
D. W. Storm
Chicago Board of Trade
Kankakee
Fields Unoccupied A Call To Build Churches Beyond Existing Bounds
Dr. Talmage urges Christians to cultivate untapped fields of usefulness and avoid building on other churches foundations. He likens the world to a vast field needing evangelism and compares church growth to life-saving missions, urging bold outreach to skeptics and the neglected, including urban poor and alcoholics, to rescue them with courage and faith.
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Louis Klopsch
Washington
Talmage
Paul
Corinth
Jerusalem
Christ
England
America
Church of God
South
Europe
Asia
Africa
North America
Scotland
Arabia
Spain
Churches of God
Blackwell’s Island
God
Hell
Jesus
Irish Bull Observes Loyalty of Countrymen in Battle
An Irish Bull notes loyalty as Shaughnessy remarks that Irish fight in times of peace invite trouble, but give him plenty of fighting to do and he is quiet as a lamb. Judge
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Shaughnessy
England
Qoirishman
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Llinois State
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Chicago
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First Methodist Church
Champaign
Mary Lee
Maud Martin
Decatur
Gen. Palmer
Eugene Lecomte Stoker
William Stoker
Centralia
Joe” Leiter
Bloomington
Chicago &Alton
Pierson
Lake Forest
Lexington
Dr. Talmage
Gical
Gind
Bunyan
United States
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