davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Telegram-herald., 1890-08-08
WHERE HAS SHE GONE?
Mrs HAIRY Osborne becomes a "Mysteri-
Disappearance"

DETRofr, Mich, Aug. Last Sun
day afternoon Mrs. Harry Osborne,
wife of a well-kqown Detroiter, left
home to visit her friend, Minnie stock
well, snd since that time nothing has
been seen of her. Miss Stockwell says
Mrs. Osborne called on her, and on
leaving said Sic was going to sec 4 GER
tam watchman, and promised soon to
return. which she failed to do. When
questioned by Mr. Osborne this watch
man denied any knowledge Of the lady,
but it is said by others that she often
spoke cf him. and that upon one oc-
casion, during Osborae's absence. she
was brought home in a coupe by thc
watchmaa Mrs. Osborne had a 2-yeai-
old 6oy and a pleasant home.
Telegram-herald., 1890-08-08
RICH WILL ACCEPT
IL he Secures the Republican Nom
inauon For Governor.
ACLEAR AND EXPLICIT DECLARATION
he Has Bees Traxeiapg Through ths
Upper Peninsula aad finas the RE
PnblIoans Determined a. airy
the state The b all.

sSS.eAsNt - xt-SStAs-stss-s.
DErRoIT, Aug. 7.--JOhn ]. Rich, State
Railroad Commissioner, ls IN Detroit
When questioned by the TEIEsRAS-
HERALD reporter he came out with tie
clear declaration that II nominated by
the Republican convention for GOV
ernor. be would accept. lie ssid
furthermore, he had been through the
Upper Peninsula and many of the larg-
er cities IN the State and never had he
seen Republicans more determined o
make a strong united pull 10 carry the
State.
Telegram-herald., 1890-08-08
RACES AT BUFFALO.
The Time Average Was Very slow Yes-
terday

asAsSNs NS>SssaA-stssAs
BUFFALO, y. y, August The
grand circuit race at the driving park
attracted about 6Oo0 people today. IL
was a typical racing day. There WAS &
hard track, warm sun and little wind,
yet the time average was slow This
was largely due 10 the fact that in each
class one or the horses was SO superior
TO the field that he walked away with
the prize as he pleased. Dawson, Hal,
Pointer and Alfred were the winners.
Summaries:
Telegram-herald., 1890-08-08
NO TUM0R FOUND.
school Mistress webb's Defense Gets "A
set Back.

t,cNess>t 70 w zVNstNAS-.sSVN.
Pontiac, Micn., Aug. As no COM
plant has been made, Justice Weber
refused to hold the inquest on the body
Of Frank Cooke, the school boy whose
death is said TO have been caused 10y a
severe beating from School Mistress
Webb. The defense expect 10 prove
that a tumor on the brain caused his
death. An autopsy was held, and the
absence of any such growth has
knocked out this mainstsy of Miss
Webbs plea. Her examination viii he
held August y, and hot legal fight Is
expected.
Telegram-herald., 1890-08-08
Lanunr woman Bouad TO Die.

LANssG. Mich, Aug. Mrs. Emma
Woolly. for the seventh time. at
tempted suicide last night. She took
strychnine. Sao is very iow and viii
probably die.
Telegram-herald., 1890-08-08

,rsNes,,s - - vt.f,sss sts,As
JACKSON, Mich. Aug. - Jackson
county has decreased IN population
AZ snce lssi. The city has gaineg
$50.
Telegram-herald., 1890-08-08
BUY ONLY THE BEST

IneY WI FfuFt llt LntAptSL
II PIANO has BELn ana KEfAINS
& reputation ani popularity VIII fhe pubiic
ior forty MY o. Hart years Is lf nui ifI nfst
pToof that lt possesses Superior qualities au
retains them. Whereas. uunai ifT hCN llapuliir
a piano has been. "a IN does uot retain ifs repu-
tatlou and popularity 10 ls because "a does not
rcfain its tonH. auf growing SHY 0f me tAiilr
after frW years ~ etaf. 10 sadly 0ltAp points
the purchase aU8 hi. friends. cnutre lrut. y
loses favor and r.. GIts iu almost t0ia loss of
sale Of such pianosi therefore oa uut trust n %
embellishments ana IND ucenents offered With
such pianos ~ either new uf old manuf4ctar-
ers but purchase a msguinceut
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WIND AND FLOOD.

Another Misslssippi Levee Breakss Sob
merging Many Plantations - 4 Fierce
Gale Adds TO tho IIsrdships Of the lns
habItants Of Arkansas City.
ARKANSAS CRY. Ark, April 5.-News
has reached here Of bad break In the
levee just above Catfish Point, Miss
The break occurred at o'clock Friday
morning, and was complete surprise.
IS the river was falling and the levee
was thought to be safe. The levee was
about fifteen feet high and was con-
structed principally Of sand. Tho
crevasse is nearly 900 feet wide and very
deep. It is rapidly widening. and there
Is no telling how much wider it will
become before the ends can be fastened.
Catfish Point is on big bend in the
river, Mound Landing being about ten
miles below and Bolivar Landing about
the same distance above. The entire
bend is in cultivation. and the principal
plantations are the Miller, the Connolly,
the Martin, the Edmunds and the
Ousley places. The break occurred be-
tween tho Miller and the Connolly
places. Every plantation is flooded, and
the depth Of the water will not fall
short Of twelve to fifteen feet. The
water will back up to Bolivar Landing.
will help to increase the depths there
and will make matters worse below
Mound Landing.
The break Is said to be by far
the worst that has yet occurred on
the Mississippi side. A tremendous
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that time an important report was re-
ceived from the committee on front-door
and back-alley nuisances.
For six months the committee had
been considering measures for the re-
lief of tormented housekeepers from the
dends who pull the door-bell or bang ct
the back gate, and the remedy that has
been devised is calculated to strike ter
ror to the hearts Of those against whom
the movement Is directed.
The report Of the committee on 'front.'
door and back-alley nuisances contained
two separate recommendations, accom-
panied by plans and specifications The
first suggestion dealt with the front
door and its abuses. After enumerating
the various classes Of book agents, ped
dlers, sewing-machine statesmen and
vendcrs Of matches and feather dust
ers, the report advised the adoption Of
IN automatic catapult for the abatement
Of the nuisance.
The device consists OF . powerful
spring concealed beneath the mat upon
the front step. The suave canvasser in
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-04-10
A CONVENT IN FLAMES.

Nuns Jump from the Windows Of . NH.
waukee Institution to save Their Lives
-Ons Fatally and Two Seriously Hurt.
MILWAUKEE, April 2. st J0seph's
convent on Greenfield avenue caught
fire Monday evening and as result two
sisters are dying, one is seriously in
jured and two hremen are slightly
wounded. The convent was . four
story building near the outskirts Of the
city. 1t was tenanted by twenty
Catholic sistefs and noyices when
the fire broke out Most of them
were in the upper stories and
when the alarm was sounded the panic
stricken inmates rushed for the stairs.
Three OF them were cut Of. Seeing
their peril they jumped from the fourth
story window. preferring death that way
to one in the flames. Sister Blorea 10
dying; Rose Minet . novice, can not
survive her injuries, and Marie Werner,
also novice, is suffering from terrible
injuries to her spine.
BY the falling of the walls two fire.
men-Lieutenant George Chase and
Pipcman Jacob Weber--were severely
injured. Both will recover. So fierce
were the flames that not vestige OF the
building was left but one wall, which
remained standing. The damage will
amount to 10000. on which there was
an insurance Of $4,000. The escape
Of the many inmates Of the building il
most miraculous.
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FACTS ABOUT FLAGS.

To ''sTRIKE the flag" is to lower the
National colors in token OF submission.
THE yellow flag shows vessel to be In
quarantine or is the sign of . contagious
disease.
DIrPINa the flag is lowering 1t slightly
and then hoisting 1t again to salute .
vessel or fort.
A FLAG Of truce" is white Nag, dis
played to an enemy to indicate desire
for parlcy or consultation.
A FLAG ut half-mast means mourning.
Fishing and other vessels return with
flag at halfmast to announce the loss or
death of some Of them.
FLAGS are used rs the symbol Of rank
and command, the officers using them
being called flag officers. Such flags are
square, to distinguish them from other
banners.
If the President of the United States
goes afloat tho American nag is carried
in tho bows Of his barge or hoisted at
the main OF the vessel on board Of which
he is.
THE red flag is y sign of defiance and
Is often used by revolntionists. In our
service it is mark Of danger and shows
. vessel to be receiving Or dis0harging
her powder.
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Tho above map shows the location and eA
tent Of the flooded areas. North Of Arkansas
City, for some distance shove the mouth Of
the White river, at Emporia Circle the land
on the Arkansas side is all under water.
70 the east In Mississippi, from Green
vile short distance below Arkansas
City nearly down 10 yicksburg, tho
whole basin Of the Deer creek and sun
flower river Is flooded and the back-water
threatens the Yazoo. On the westward again.
In Louisiana the Tensas basin is flooded from
the break in the Lake Providence leyees and
many rich plantations lie three and four feet
under the rushing tide. Where the river turns
TO the east there is another series OF crevnSses
above New Orleans, the water from which,
flowing into Lake Ponchartrain, saved New
Orleans from disastrous Hood Taken alto
gethcr, the flooded areas cover hundreds Of
square miles and will cause loss Of upwards
OF million dollars.
volume Of water is coming out OF the
crevasse and is sweeping every thing
before it. Houses, cribs, stables and
fences are being washed away, and
many head Of stock have already been
lost Mrs L. T. Martin lost fifteen
mules, and nearly all the corn, hay and
cotton seed on two or three plantations
have been swept away. No lives have
been lost.
New ORLEANS, April 5.-A special
from Arkansas City says: Another wind
and rain storm ragged here Thursday
night About l o'clock several
strong blasts Of wind in rapid
succession severely tested the
strength Of every house in town,
and brought the occupants out Of
their beds For several minutes It
looked as though the town would be
blown away. The terrors Of storm in
town covered by water to . depth Of
from eight to twelve feet, can hardly be
imagined. The Catholic church. an
elegant little structure, was blown
from its foundations and consider
ably damaged. The building was
flooded to the depth Of eight feet and
all Of the furniture and fixtures badly
damaged. A negro church was also
blown from its foundation, but did not
sustain very serious damage. Three or
four residences were treated likewise.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, April h-The COM
mittees Of the citizens relief fund sent
down the river to Laconia and Henrico
to investigate the condition of the flood
sufferers returned Thursday. They re-
port that in Laconia alone fully 600 peo-
pie, mostly negroes, are without food or
houses. Few houses are left in
the city, and in one gin house
there are $50 persons huddled to-
gether like SO many cattle. The water
Is from six to twelve feet deep on
the nlantatiOna Forty hO,,Sna marc
washed down by last Thursdays storm.
At Modoc. Ark. 42O people were found
to be suffering for food. At islands
Nos 46 and ~, below Helena, 1O0
people were found in the same condi-
tion, and at Henrico l25 more. In the
limited investigation made by the COM
mittee fully one thousand people were
found to be homeless and hungry. and
these were all found 1t points ON the
iv0E
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nocently steps upon the mat and pulls
the bell. When the maid opens the
door he sweetly asks: lis the lady OF
the house in?" and the maid as sweetly
replies: "Yes, she is in, !" At the same time
touching an electric button on the door
post, which releases the powerful spring
and away sails Mr.. Book-Agent in =
parabolic curve to the opposite side Of
the street. The committee reported
that device Of this character could be
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put in place for eighteen dollars. The
principal defect in the apparatus Is the
necessity for calling the hired man to set
the trap again after 1t has fred of
pcddlcr, but the associations engineer
hopes to remedy this
The second part Of the committees
report deals with the back gate prob
lem. and suggests the use of powerful
spring on the alley gate that can be no
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-04-10
HEAVY FAILURE.
Suspension Of Extensive Goods Manufact
urers In Pennsylvania.

Suspension Oh ExtonslvO 6OO0S Men0toCt-
urers In Pennsylvania.
CHESTER, Pa, April !. - Rhodes &
Bros, operators Of the Ashton. knowl-
ton and West Branch mills in Ashton
township, Delaware County, have sus-
pended. Judgments for 100000 were
entered against John B. Rhodes in
favor Of his brother Samuel and
this caused the assignment The land
on which the mills are erected is over
400 acres in extent Rhodes mansion
and 200 houses occupied by the oper-
atives being built thereon, the settle
ment comprising the village Of Aston.
Over 600 spindles were in use and
about 1000 persons found employment
about the place. The business con-
sisted Of the manufacture Of doeskins,
shirtings and Jeans.
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THE hAcK-GATE PROTECTOR At WORK.
leased at will by person standing 1t
the house door. When the whistling
and humping butchers boy backs up
against the gate and begins to initiate
stage thunder with his heels and the
gate the cook has only to step to the
door, pull tho string. and the opening
Ea.e fans the boy, basket and AZ, across
the alley aud against the opposite fence.
The cost of the back-gate apparatus
Is figured 1T six dollars each, with all
the attachments, and the device is cal
cu.ated 10 convince any noisy boy or
pr0wling tramp on the frs. trial.
Tho report of the committee was
unanimously adopted by the association,
and it Was suggested that the right TO
use tho two devices might be sold In the
different sections Of tho city. An ap-
pliaAtion Tor the exclusive privilege In
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Passed Away.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. April a-Hon.
John Reynolds, OF Olive Township, this
county. died Monday night from .
gastric ulcer, aged IS years. He was =
millionaire and owned controlling in
terest in the First National Bank, Of
South Bend. and First National Bank at
Michigan City. He was also president
of Buchanan's Mich Bank, and large
stockholder in the Union National Bank.
Of Chicago. He was an ex-Member of
the Legislature and widely known In
financial circles.
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What He Thourht 81 Them.

Wn1t HO Th00knt OH InOuas
Enthusiastic What do you
think Of the new hotel?
Prospective Guest (dihdently) -
Rather fine.
z. p. - Fine? Grand, think! Did
you notice the fresco work in the
dining-room and the new furniture In
the hall?
p. c. Yes, noticed them.
E. p. (persistently) - Well, what do
you think?
p. G. (gloonily) - Oh, I suppose I'll
have to pay for them before leave
Lippincott's.
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II don't see why you criticise tho mail
service. sent . letter to man In Chi
cago Q month ago."
''And when did he get it?"
HE didn't get it. The letter came
back to me in good shape, and that after
having gone way out to San Francisco"
Life.
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EAIrAsAx .a4cc.

Farmer Oatley (reading from news
paper TO his wife, It is estimated that
the recent dinner given BY Mrs Bunder-
blank was served at . cost OF at least
ten dollars plate. Gee wh.z, Msrthyl
what must the victuals have cost?
Mrs. Oatley--Lands sake, Joshua! and
such folks always has different pate
for every thing they eat. Tho Jury.
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WHY >. "-s xos pvs.od.

Charley Jones-We,i, did you propose
to Miss Rinks at the Tomrx.ns rscsp-
tion last night as you inten1ed?
Bobby Smith No; the conservatory
was occupied 1T tie time 1 wanted It
THAT SO? Who was in taareY
"Miss Binks and Tom Robinson -
Time.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-04-10

THE plan Is favored by some Of the
papers and likely to be adopted by the
Board OF Education in Boston to give
teachers who have served nine years
continuously . years vacation on half
pay. 1t Is claimed that constant service
In the schools skaters the nerves and .
period OF recuperation is needed. Tho
usual Western expedient of matrimony
for the lady teachers is not available in
the East on account of the surplus.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-04-10

DURING tho late snow blockade six
hundred passengers at Reno, New, to
amuse themselves, issued . handsome
little paper entitled ''The Snowbound,
q Souvenir Of the Sierra" 1t contains
very handsome illustrations Of the place,
and recites the efforts made to pass the
two weeks OF waiting.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-04-10

OHIO and one or two other States
have tried the parole or ticket-of-leave
plan to some extent with results that
are in the main very encouraging. New
Jersey is about to experiment in that
direction. The prisons in that State
are overiowing and this plan will fur
nish relief. 1t is claimed that under its
operation q much larger per cent Of the
convicts become good citizens and .
much better opportunity is afforded
them TO get out Of the bad ruts
and become useful members of So
ciety. Besides, the State is relieved
OF good deal of expense by this
method.
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Di0ereut ADVICE ID Dinsrent Cases.

Different Advice In Different Cases.
Patient-Well, what do you flnd IL the
matter, doctor?
Doctor-You are very bilious, sir, and
you must ct once stop drinking-by tho
way, do you live in your own home or
do you board?
Patient-BOard.
Doctor-Then, as was about TO say,
you must stop drinking chicory.-Judge.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-04-10
Tonasny's Nsivette,

School Mistress Tommy. what did
you discbey me for?
Tommy-Tos thought yoy'd whip
me.
School Mistress-What did You want
me to whip you for?
Tommy-yos pa said he would Il You
didn't, and he hurts -Harper's Baxar.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-04-10

THERE are to-day royal and imperial
orders in the world, with prodigious
assortment Of collars, crosses, stars and
other fancy insignia, laid up for the
tickling Of human ambition. The old
est is St Andrews Order, first insti-
tuted in England in 7S7. disused after
ward and re-established in 1910.
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What Was Wanted.

Tobey Wedd (nervous.y, Just before
tho ceremony - Say, Fred. see tiat
every thing goes off al right I'm 30
afraid there will be hitch in the pro-
ceedings somewhere.
Best Mana hitch! OF course I'll
see that there is-LaWrence Amsri,au.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-04-10
How It Happened.

A.-You are 50 modest don't SEQ how
you ever came to propose to your wife.
B.-That was very simple. Isaid moth
ing, and she said nothing, and SO one
word brought on another. Texas Sift
ings.
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The widow of jefferson Davis, since
his death, signs her name ". jefferson
Davis" Many persons doubtless sup
poses he has added the name Jefferson to
her Christian name, Varina. But this is
not the proper explanation. v. is the
abbreyiation of veuve, the French for
widow, and 1t is the custom of Louisiana,
and perhaps in other parts Of the South,
for widows to place that letter before
the Christian names of their husbands.
v. jefferson Davis simply means the
widow of jefferson Davis.
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The Ruling Passion.

Papa, what do you intend to give mo
for birthday present." asked young
girl OF her father, . well-known New
York magistrate.
''Give your" said the magistrate.
whose mind was evidently on some-
thing else, give you? Ill give you
six months IN Y. Ledger.
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Ready to BE Dlshsdl.

Little Tim Whose father is . poll.
tician)-Now, guess we'll have some
thing to eat.
Mother What do you mean, Timmyf
Little Tim-Why, every body issayin'
that pas ''goose Is cooked. Chicago
Globe.
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. Another Thlnr. Ye Know.

English Snob-Why do you 60 around
with that dawg? hate dawg. doncher
know?
American Dude-RIt not that dawg.
You would love that dawg. H.s mother
was owned by Is royal i9hness.
English Snob-Aw. noble twLtel Do
you mind II rat him on the 'ed.-Texas
Siftings.
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A PEDDLER KICKER.
Houssholders Have at Last Found
d Protector.

The Horseholders' Mutual Protective
and Beneficial Association has mapped
out vigorous policy for the new year,
says tho Philadelphia Record. and ex-
poets soon to inaugurate several impor-
tant reforms in domestic economy. The
last meeting of the association was held
on Saturday evening, January 4, and at
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the eastern end or the Thirtysecond
ward was filed that evening, and 1t 10
understood that the devices will first be
put into practical use in that section Of
the city.
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HERE is the name Of Western Ten
nessee colored girl. It is pronounced
IN sing-song way: Cary-Ann Happy
Ann Ann Eliza-Scales Blow-the- Bellows
Potterfield Rosa There
is much in such . name as that.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-04-10

WILLIAM WALDORF AsroR has ar
ranged IS filial tribute to his father,
the late John Jacob Astor, to place
massive bronze doors at the Broadway
entrance Of Trinity Church in New
York This memorial IL to cost 3loQ.
oOO.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-04-10

NATURE is very good. Eighty thou
sand years ago. in anticipation Of tho
past mild winter, she deposited thick
layers of ice in the Stevens mine on
Mount Mcclellan in California. They
have just been found.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-04-10

IT 10 stated that two million orange
trees have been planted in San Ber-
nardino County, CAL. since January l,
1&(,0
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A REPORT says that within the past
four weeks two hundred icebergs have
been seen floating in the Atlantic ocean.
No one but q mariner can realize the
menace which these monsters are to
navigation. Every winter vessels sail
from port and no tidings are ever heard
of them again. Until the sea will have
yielded up its final secrets, no one can
estimate how large a proportion of
catastrophes has been due to collisions
with these pitiless floaters.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-04-10

THE new German Chancellor, General
Caprivi, is an inveterate smoker and !
moderate drinker He manifests
marked preference for wine over beer.
which he touches very rarely and spar.
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Day and Night.

"She isn't handsome in the daytime.
but get her at night in the ballroom. BY
George! she is like one Of Hoyt's plays"
"What are you talking about?"
"'The Midnight Belle. .'"-Munsey's
Weekly.