New Horror as Rye Straw Paper Lets Cigar Wrappers Deceive
A Pittsburg report warns of patent wrappers for cigars made from rye straw paper soaked in tobacco stem solution. Norfolk inspectors found extra fine samples indistinguishable from genuine leaves. The plant is shipping tons to major cities, with fillers also using the material. Experts expect quick market response to curb the deception.
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Pittsburg
New York State
Pittsburger
Norfolk
Disgraced Charleston Seethes Over Dr McDow Acquittal
The New York Mail and Express denounces Charleston for the acquittal of Dr. McDow and the social honors he receives escaping justice. It laments the city’s moral standing and compares it unfavorably to punishment by destruction or earthquake.
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Charleston
Dr. McDow
New York Mail
ixXpress
Wedding Rice Shower Attacked by City Sparrows
A wedding ceremony ended with guests showering the couple with rice. As they departed, a flock of city sparrows swooped down, covering the pavement and feeding on the scattered grains.
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Net
Seven thousand New York cloak makers locked out
A broad survey of the week reports a strike wave and labor unrest from New York cloak workers to Cleveland switchmen. It notes political moves in Louisiana and Minnesota, a Cincinnati tannery fire, and other national incidents including weather disasters and a bank failure. The item highlights labor actions, political maneuvers, and notable incidents across the United States.
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New York
Vermont
Carrol S. Paige
Washington
Cleveland
Louisiana
New Orleans
Cincinnati Arpenters
Farmers's .Lliance
Minnesota
Millers’ National Association
Minneapolis
Butterworth
Park National Bank
Chicago
M. Lockwood
First Baptist Church
Cincinnati
North Carolina
Asheville
Lewis M. Bliler
Kansas City
Masonic Temple Association of Chicago
Kalamazoo College
Kalamazoo
Mich
Grant Monument
Wilkesbarre
Maine
New England Baptist Missionary Society
Ingersoll
Court House
Pittsburg
Houston
Austin
Tex
Schuylkill Seminary
Fredericksburg
Jamestown
Cornell
Ill
Bloomington
Kansas
Dixon
Charles Morrison
Shoals
Ind
Ait. Carmel
Western North Carolina Railroad
Melrose Station
Saluda Mountain
Melrose
Garth
Indiana Farmers Convene Organize State League
Indiana farmers met in Indianapolis on the 19th to organize a State League. Delegates from Farmers Alliance, Mutual Benefit Association, Grange and others pressed for reform agendas including anti liquor measures, elected Senators by the people, fair taxation, proportional county officer salaries, direct government credit to farmers, and free coinage. They urged parties to nominate aligned candidates or face independent bids.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Farmers’ Alliance
Farmers’ Mutual Benefit Association
The
Grange
United States
Congress
Farmers’ Organizations
Debate Over Wilson Original Package in Interstate Commerce Law
House judiciary committee members clash over adopting the Wilson original package amendment. Some prohibitionists fear it would overturn the prohibition law and shift power to states, risking centralization that could harm federal interests.
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House Committee On Judiciary
House
Indiana State News Chronicle of Diverse Local Events
Hartford City to gain a gas plant. Warsaw eyes Gold Spike railway shops. Marion women form a humane society. Oats crop damaged by Midge in Jackson county. Anderson to house a new wheel works. State reports fifty four life convicts in Prison North. Highway robbery concerns near Elkhart. Census enumeration faces general complaint. Bedford quarries targeted by a foreign syndicate. Richmond to celebrate Fourth with industrial parade. Wheat fields ravaged by sparrows near Jeffersonville. Ditridge glass factory to be secured by Anderson. Burglary at Peru depot nets $36. Wave of incidents across Indiana state.
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Jackson County
Anderson
Elkhart
Bedford
Richmond
Jeffersonville
Ditridge Glass Factory
New Brighton
Peru
Madison Township
St. Joe
Madison
Missouri
John T. Nohrman
Ireland
Boone County
Hortonville
Daniel Culp
Huntington
Terre Haute
J. J. Carter, Jr
Wabash
Purdue University
W. D. Miller
Lagrange
Aurora
Blackford County
Jasper Hill
Frankfort
Lottie
Adolph Geisman
Ft. Wayne
S. L. Rowan
Indianapolis
Monticello
Mont. Welch
Derby
Welch
Royal Cathcart
Miss Bugbee
Bristol
Etta Rollins
Laporte
Paris Green
Baltimore & Ohio
Child's Station
J. J. Keane
Catholic University
Washington
Charles L. Clarke
Walcott
David Spurgeon
Jacob Fiddler
Ann Williams
Edinburg
Fiddler
Spurgeon
Phillip
Josephine Fraglich
Fort Wayne
David A. Jones
Chicago
Rockville
Johnnie Shortle
Kokomo
Knights of St. John Society
John Wilmer
Cannelton
Michael Mills
Rushville
Wellstos
Explosion and deaths in Dunbar Hill Farm mines
A fire-damp explosion in the Hill Farm mines at Dunbar Pennsylvania on the 16th killed thirty miners. Workers were split into two drifts descending about eight hundred feet. flooding and a later gas explosion entombed many, while rescue efforts continued with hope of survivors.
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Gottlieb Seifert
Terre Haute
Williams
Anthracite Inspection District
Jasper Hill
Notorous Hill Brothers
Frankfort
Durbin
Hill
Hill Farm
Dunbar
Kerwin
Sandy
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