Notable Lady Somerset Addresses Temperance Audience
Lady Somerset, famed English temperance worker, addressed a large Brisbane audience in City Hall on moral and political Britain. Frances Willard and Anna Gordon spoke, praising the movement while outlining suffrage and prohibition aims as attendees praised the visitors and the event featured temperance banners and floral tributes.
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Hittsburg
England
Qld
Woman Christian Temperance Alliance
Women's Christian Temperance Uni
St. David’s Society
Pitrssurg
Focal Prohibitionista
Frances Willan
Miss Willard
Lady Somerset
Great Britain
Rooster Headless Yet Crowing After Decapitation
Mrs ieo Samples of West Fork Washington county chopped off a Leghorn rooster head two weeks ago. The bird survived, was fed through a glass tube, and still crows vigorously. The station agent at the depot nursed it back to health after the shock.
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Ieo R. Samples
West Fork
Washington County
Samples
New Orleans to Adopt Thorough Sewer System Contract
City authorities decide to hire a private company to build a complete sewer system within three years. New Orleans is currently without sewers and relies on open gutters and cart-dumped waste, a unique situation in the United States. Northern Ohio Farmers Up and Doing.
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New Orleans
United States
Ky farmer shot by wife after accusing affair
Greenup Ky March 1 Charles Crump a farmer of Argyllite was fatally shot by his wife last night. He had just returned from sawing lumber with his brother and the wife accused him of spending time with a woman before firing a pistol. The jealous wife is jailed.
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Greenup
Charles Crump
Lineen
Lauffenburg
Rain Hill Horror Identifies Five Victims in Liverpool Case
Liverpool scene of Rain Hill discovery grows wilder as five bodies buried under a house floor are identified. The murdered woman is traced to Marie James marrying Deeming in 1881. two brothers of Mrs Deeming confirm the body as hers. Williams alias Lawson linked to Hull and Beverley crimes. extradition and convict history surfaced. Further searches at Dinham Villa reveal no more remains yet.
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Hull
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Moni
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Dinham Villa
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Australia
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Elliott Grand Jury Verdict Manslaughter in Osborne Case
In Columbus a verdict of manslaughter was returned against Patrick Jelliott for the February murder of A Osborne. His brother W J Elliott is serving a life sentence for a related crime. Jury initially favored murder, then shifted to manslaughter on the final ballot as the trial closed. Counsel announced a motion for a new trial and sentence was suspended.
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Marsh Ly
Ben Rend-Red
Patrick Jolliitt
Osborne
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Elliott
Pat Elliott
Duncan
Broken Dor Tanner's Record in Crawfordsville Deaths
Crawfordsville Indiana March 19 The widow of Easy Tracy over 90 years of age who has been hourly expected to die for six weeks baffling doctors predictions and expectations He has laid helpless in bed for seven weeks dying from old age with no complaint or medicine and longer fasted than Dr Tanner during this time all have given up predicting the fatal hour
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Ind
Witauty
Tracy
Tanner
Man Runs Off With Minors and Stolen Horse Case Emerges
A Nebraska youth named William Winegar elopes with Laura Meecham and two teens, Lily and Mme Loargh, robs a neighbor, buys a prairie schooner, and leads a frontier outpost ten miles from town. The girls’ father tries to shoot Winegar but is stopped by others.
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Saiscous
Neb
William Winegar
Laura Meecham
Lilhy
Mmme Loargh
Lobaugh
Winegar
Tennyson Poetry and the Threat of Consumption
The piece argues poetry stirs hearts against tuberculosis and urges heed to coughing warnings. It cites Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a preventive remedy and contrasts it with other ineffective treatments, urging timely action to avoid loss.
Hill Speech Opens Savannah Visit and Northern Trip
Senator Hill arrived in Savannah for a welcome by a Negro band and the Hibernian society. He addressed the society on federal union and the presidential campaign, praising the South and stating New York will vote with Georgia. He planned a trip to Augusta after a stop in Atlanta.
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Senator Hill
Dixie
Hibernian Society
New York
Georgia
Federal Union
Ite House
Augusta
Atlanta
Reed Defends Republican Record At Portland Dinner
Hon. Thomas B Reed spoke at the Young Men's Republican club dinner in Portland Maine on national affairs. He contrasted Republicans with Democrats, critiquing the latter as a party of odds and ends and praising the Republican party as one of action. His remarks drew long applause.
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Bergain
Hill
Senate
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No Fighting This Year on the Prohibition Question
Des Moines March 18 The Republican state convention completed its district caucuses voting for Harrison in two districts while others are uninstructed but favor renomination of the president. Seventh district delegates opposed instruction citing Allison support. The convention so far is the largest Iowa has held for national convention delegates. Temporary Chair Cummings received applause for Blaine reference. The platform likely omits prohibition and backs the Gatch cheens bill before the legislature.
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Cummings
Blaine
Committee On
Campbell Comments on Tariff Focusing Campaign
In St Paul on March 18 Governor Campbell said the tariff will be the campaign’s only issue. He acknowledged being named as a possible party nominee but said his name may not appear before the convention unless a split occurs. He emphasized he remains active in politics and will support the party in any role.
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St. Paui
Campbell
Red Handed Counterfeiter Arrested by Kenton QC
A N Bailey was arrested with sixty five counterfeit silver dollars and metal ready for melting on his person. Eighty dollars of genuine greenbacks were found in his pockets. He awaits arrival of a United States marshal.
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Kenton QC
A N Bailey
United States
Mar
Ohio Farmers to Make Beet Sugar
A mass meeting in Norwalk Ohio discusses sugar beet culture and building a large sugar factory in Huron County. About four hundred farmers attend from across the country showing strong enthusiasm for cultivating beets this fall and advancing beet sugar production. The Huron County Agricultural Society endorses a premium for beets and supports the effort.
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Norwalk
Huron County
Huron Cou
Ural Society
Racy Claims and Odd Betting Talk From Ancient Ad Copy
Fragmentary ad style dialogue touts Dr Bull’s Cough and Salvation Oil promising remedies and race betting tips. Mentions Abdallah as a lame horse reference and a plan to whisper tips about a supposed winning horse. The brief text reads like archived vintage promotional chatter.
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Dr. Bull
Abdallah
Restful Sleep Promise with Simmon Liver Regulator
A claim promotes Sim mons Liver Regulator as a remedy for insomnia among readers. It asserts harmless reptile species exist and advises taking the product to secure restful sleep.
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Simmons Liver Regulator
Mother Gray's Sweet Worm Powders Promoted in Town
An old advertisement touts Mother Gray as a nurse from a New York Children's Home and markets her worm powder as a harmless, effective remedy now sold in nine stores. It claims to stop worms and restore vitality in sickly fretful children at 25 cents.
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Mother Gray
New York
New Rochelle Home of Paine and Huguenot Legacy
The New Rochelle village of 1689 history shows Huguenot devotion with women carrying stones and aprons full of mortar to build the first church. Thomas Paine lived there briefly, with monuments and a 1839 public memorial on North Street.
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Thomas Paince
New Rochewueg
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New York
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Washington
Congress
Paine
New York City
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North Street
Cnas
Paine Cat
William Cobbett
England
Panes
Boston
Peter Faneuil
Earth
Newgate
Albert J Potter
Chinaman Denied Citizenship in 1882 Law Clash
Indianapolis reports Panz Ym a well known Chinese man and husband of an American eloped to Ohio seeks naturalization under the 1882 law. The court rejects his bid saying pre 1842 steps do not admit Chinamen to citizenship. An appeal to the supreme court is planned.
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Panz Ym
Ohio
United
Supreme Court
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Ireland
Colonel Vivian
Marshall O. Roberts
Susan Lindicott
Boston
Grimwood
Manipur
Battle lines form over silver coinage bill next Tuesday
In Wasuination on March 1 the anti silver faction readied a stand against free coinage. Amendments aim to require gold pensions and halt certificate reissues, with bullion purchases ending and free coinage ceasing if gold hits an eight percent premium. The bill, set as a special order, faces a heated clash and possible previous question move ahead of a Thursday vote.
Wool Debate Restamed and Commerce Panel Action
In the senate Mr Manderson presided as chair due to the vice president pro tempore's absence. A bill from the commerce committee passed with an amendment to exempt American coastwise sailing vessels from state pilot fees, while Mr Jffer of Kansas proposed establishing an electrical experiment station to study propulsion power for farm vehicles.
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Senate
Manderson
Fonse
Council Bluffs
New Orleans
Frye
Committee On Commerce
United State Tr
Jffer
Kansas
March 14 Congress and state updates in a busy session
The Record reports Butler moving to correct the record amid an Iowa Massachusetts dispute. Other items include a Tennessee river badge bill, Anna Young pension, digest of congressional mules, and McKinley bill praise. March 18 notes Attorney General Miller's trust prosecutions and Norton led investigations into three Chicago trusts. Ohio wheat crop outlook worsens. Wickham sues barber. Minnesota Farmers' Alliance backs National Union plan. White Caps lash a Black man near Jackson Mississippi.
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Tennessee
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Tennon
Mutchler
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Jesse
Crutchfield
Congress
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New York
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National Union Company
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Miss
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