Notable early reformers and crime items in a rural paper
The notice mentions ant Henr. DuKaxt founder of the Red Cross and Geneva Convention originator said to be poor and ill in a foreign hospital. It also reports fourteen brigands executed at Athens and discusses pursuit of bandits in Indian territory. Also announces the first Canadian Christian Endeavor convention in Ottawa October 6 to 9 with a service at Aylmer, Quebec, birthplace of Dr. Y. E. Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henr. DuKaxt
Red Cross Movement
Athens
Greece
Ottawa
Aylmer
Quebec
Dr. Y. E. Clark
Great Endeavor Movement
Ireland Shows Sign of Growth Across Banking and Rail
Ireland has had a year of prosperity with deposits in joint stock banks rising over 6 million dollars and savings banks deposits also surpassing 6 million. Traffic receipts on Irish railways were at record highs, underscoring the overall expansion.
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Ireland
Portable X ray street fakery shocks credulous crowds
A street exhibition peddling a portable X ray device defrauds by posing as a medical wonder. The showman’s bold assurance attracts gullible spectators and swindles many for profit through flashy claims and spectacle.
Erratic Marquis of Queensberry Heir Seeks Business College
Lorp Sucito Douveias, son of the Queensberry marquis, plans a commercial education after a sensational marriage to a young actress. A bank clerkship may await him if he adapts to the place. The Swedish American community in Chicago marks 50 years since the first settlers arrived, now numbering about 100,000 with many churches colleges schools and hospitals and 40 newspapers along with 120 organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorp Sucito Douveias
Marquis of Queensberry
Chicago
Armenia turmoil warned as massacres feared
News from Armenia reports a grave condition with anticipated massacres. The sultan has ordered governors to be held responsible for any outbreaks causing property destruction and loss of life. Hush sack warnings have often failed to reduce unrest.
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Armenia
Miss Clara Barron Receives Melusine Honor
Miss Clara Barron is decorated with the Order of Melusine for achievements in science and the arts and for aiding the Armenian nation. The decoration is conferred by the prince of Jerusalem Cyprus and Armenia, with prior honors from the German emperor for services in the Franco Prussian War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Barron
Barton
Funny Fellows Parade Preparations Stir St Louis
Foy reports that parade details are with sub committees and floats are near completion with finishing touches. Democratic clubs in St Louis promise a welcoming reception drawing thousands of visitors to the festive event and royal greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foy
St. Louis
Licensing of Stationary Engineers Gains Support at Buffalo Meet
Statistics cited at the National Association of Stationary Engineers meeting in Buffalo support licensing for engineers. They report boiler explosions in the past five years averaged 26 per month, about one per working day. Accident insurers logged 3,536 cases over 16 years, averaging 224 yearly incidents with 4,508 killed and 6,448 injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
National Association of Stationary Engineers
Campaign memory of Hard Cider Log era in 1840s
A fragmented reminiscence describes the 1840 campaign energy around log cabins, ippecanoe and Tyler, with towns and cities building large log structures and wheel mounted units. Attendees drank cider and wore handkerchiefs as decor, while slogans and rustic tents marked gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave
Rumors of Sewall and Rosebery on Democratic ticket
A circulated rumor claims Mr Sewall may retire as the Democratic vice presidential candidate and that Chief Justice Clark of North Carolina will be placed on the ticket by the national committee. Meanwhile news items note arrests, travels, deaths, and political moves across Europe and the United States, including a New York hotel death by gas inhalation and a damning of court actions in Louisville.
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Sewall
Colonial Hotel
New York City
London
Prince of Wales
Lord Rosebery
Dalmony Park
Inlithrowshire
Leith
Crawford County
Iowa
Ottumwa
Ciaairman
Democratic National Committee
Gorman
Bryan
New York
Buffalo
Chicago
W. J. Bryan
Arthur Sewall
John Boyd Thacher
Toney
Louisville
Henry L. Stone
A. W. Breely
Sipnnd
Margot Hobart
Tlon
Garrett A. Hobart
Blaney
Grand Opera House
Washington
A. J. Weddell
St. Paul's
Cumberland
Union
Norristown
Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Trinity
Deaths and crimes sweep the Midwest and West
On the 14th Henry Lucky was killed at Waupalkoneta Ohio by a bull he was leading to a trough. A Detroit porter Harry Larraway was arrested on the 15th for pilfering Canadian mails between Chicago and Detroit, with Bank of Montreal losses. The jury in the Winthrop kidnapping case guilty after five minutes. On the 17th Private Hatton of Owen Sound was killed by a stray bullet during rifle practice at Niagara District Volunteers camp.
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Henry Lucky
Waupalkoneta
Harry Larraway
Detroit
Mich
Chicago
Bank of Montreal
O. W.' Winthrop
Campbell
Honolulu
San Francisco
District Volunteers
Niagara
Ont
Hatton
Owen Sound
Nations and ships move as tensions rise worldwide
On the 15th the U S cruiser Bancroft sailed for Constantinople touching Gibraltar for orders from Secretary Herbert before proceeding. The 16th letters warned war could draw India Canada and Australia in. The 17th British battleship Illustrious launched and Cincinnati sailed from New York to Bosporus to join Bancroft. An earthquake shook Baie St Paul for a minute. Treasury gold reserve stood at 115 424 424 with 96 600 withdrawals in New York. U S and Canada failures rose. Chicago Republicans traveled to Canton to honor Maj McKinley.
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United States
Bancroft
Constantinople
Gibraltar
Herbert
Cartes Dike
Great Britain
India
Canada
Australia
Dardanelles
Illustrious
Chattam
Cincinnati
New York
Bosposus
Baie St. Paul
Que
Treasury
R. G. Dun & Co
Chicago
Canton
Maj. McKinley
Dongola Taken Amid Dervish Defeat In Nile Campaign
Cairo dispatches report Dongola captured with no resistance, expedition seizing 27 grain-laden boats. British Egyptian forces score a strategic victory in the Nile region. Other items note a fatal Montana Union Pacific collision near Butte, explosive find in Chicago anarchist rooms, and bank and industry updates.
Valuable Gift to Chicago University for Inland Biological Station
Chicago University may receive a land gift of 3 000 acres around Wolf Lake and the connecting channel to Lake Michigan. Donors Mrs Edward Roby E A Shedd and B Shedd offer land worth about 800 000 to support a premier inland biological station with a two mile rowing course. If accepted, land will be arranged for ongoing experiments with breeding ponds and controlled habitats near the Hull biological laboratory south of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago University
Wolf Lake
Lake Michigan
Edward Roby
E. A. Shedd
B. Shedd
New Hull Biological Laboratory
Resignation of English Lutheran Pastor in Quincy
D A Sheller pastor of English Lutheran church in Quincy resigns due to ill health of his family. Founder of English Lutherism in Quincy he started with a small band in a former police station and built a large congregation and a $30,000 church. He plans to return to New York to renew missionary work there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. Sheller
Quincy
Sheller
New York
Unknown Man Passes Through Arcola On Bicycle
An unknown man, aged 40 to 50, with a haggard look rode west through Arcola bearing a large back card declaring I Am Going to Paradise. Local rumor calls him crazy.
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Arcola
Paradise
Barrs Celebrate Golden Wedding in Jacksonville
Mary L Samuels and William P Barr wed on September 15 1846 at Carroll ton. The couple moved to Morgan County in 1861 and have lived there since. They marked their golden wedding in Jacksonville recently.
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Carrollton
Mary L. Samuels
William P. Barr
Morgan County
Mrs. Barr
Jacksonville
Escaped Prisoner Caught Near Edwardsville
William Sykes an Alton prisoner charged with burglary who escaped from Edwardsville county jail was recaptured five miles south of Edwardsville by F J Barnsback, brother of the jailer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Sykes
Alton
Edwardsville
F. J. Barnsback
Miss Mattie Burke Dies After Morphine Dose
Charleston teacher Miss Mattie Burke of the public schools died after a morning illness from congestion. A dose of morphine was given and she never regained consciousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Burke
Charleston
Murdered His Divorced Wife in Railway Car
Edward Shannon of Belvidere shot his recently divorced wife in a railway car as she prepared to go to Chicago to live with their children. The couple had just resolved a bitter quarrel before the fatal act.
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Edward Shannon
Belvidere
Chicago
Woman Charged with Arson in Danville Case
Ethel Woods, an unmarried woman, aged 2 percent, was arrested at Danville and charged with arson. She allegedly tried to burn the house where her lover, who had deserted her, slept.
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Ethel Woods
Danville
Early Bureau County settler Emily Kennedy dies at 67
Mrs. Emily M. Kennedy, an early Bureau County settler who arrived from Pennsylvania in 1843, has died aged 67.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily M. Kennedy
Bureau County
Pennsylvania
Eighth Illinois Cavalry Hold Aurora Reunion
Survivors of the Eighth Illinois Cavalry, 145 men, gathered in Aurora for their annual reunion. General Farnsworth traveled from Washington to join the troops.
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Eighth
Illnois Cavalry
Wlinois Cavalry
Aurora
Gen
Farnsworth
Washington
Ravages of Hog Cholera Hit Red Bud Hogs
Hog cholera devastates the Red Bud area with hundreds of hogs dying daily over the past weeks, spreading concern among farmers and local officials.
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Red Bud
Mount Vernon parties win coal contract for railroad
The contract for coal supplying the Louisaville and Nashville railroad’s Mount Vernon division has been awarded to Mount Vernon parties for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Louisaville & Nashville Railroad
Mount, ‘Vernon
The State Normal Enrollment Sets Record
The enrollment at the state normal in Normal reached a record high with 565 names on the registration list marking the institution’s largest intake to date.
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State Normal
Normal
Ite
Fall of Dongola El Hafir Surrenders After Fierce Fight
Cairo Sept 21 dispatch reports Dongola taken without resistance after a hot engagement at El Hafir north of Dongola. Dervishes retreated south. 27 grain-laden boats captured. Maxim and artillery knocked down mud forts and trenches. Locals hailed the expedition as deliverers. cavalry watched from distance. telegraph line ends at Kerma.
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Cairo
Egypt
Dongola
el Hafir
Connaught Rangers
Kerma
Nile
el Yalfir
Anarchist's baggage found with dynamite in Chicago
Police uncovered two satchels and a large trunk filled with dynamite bombs in a four story brick building at Oak and Sedgwick. The owner, an anarchist last seen two years ago, left behind letters by Parsons and other executed anarchists. The trunk was opened by a landlady while seeking winter clothing. The owner remains unidentified.
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Montana Union
Salt Lake
Union Pacific
Butte
Mont
Woo Satchtels
Chicago
Oak and
Sedgwick Streets
Piqua Wabric Co
Piqua
Pispatcu
Paris
Great Britain
Patrick J. Tynan
Boulogne
Formmal
McAdoo
Newport News Co
Cramps
Scotts
San Francisco
Bestman
Sedgwick House
Texas
Parsons
Four Men Killed in Dynamite Blast at Worcester Water Works
An explosion in tunnel No. 2 at the Metropolitan water works aqueduct in Clinton Worcester MA killed four men and injured another. After drilling 22 holes six feet deep and placing six pounds of dynamite in each, the crew had fired two sections without incident when a third blast occurred as workers returned to adjust wires.
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Worceser
Mass
Metropolitan Water Works
Clinton
Eloele
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