Costly Waldorf Costume Ball Dazzles New York Society
Mrs Bradley Martin hosted a Waldorf Hotel costume ball drawing hundreds of elite guests. The $500000 price tag for one night sparked debate among preachers and society, with $200000 host costs and $360000 guest costs. Guests wore historic costumes and priceless family jewels, while John Jacob Astor was king and Mrs Bradley Martin queen. The event ended after a grand cotillion led by Elisha Dyer Jr as dawn broke.
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Bradley Martin
Flotel Waldorf
America
Isaing Belore
Mrs. Astor
John Jacob Astor
Hradleys Martin
Stuyvesant Fish
Robert van Cornaidt
Misa Gerry
J. Townsend Martin
Whitney Warren
Lispenard
Empire
Cotillon
Elisha Dyer, Jr
Waldorf
Gothams
Obituary of Gen Jo Shelby Veteran Civil War Leader
Kamigis City May 18 reports Gen Jo Shelby died at his country home eight miles from Adrian Missouri at four o clock in the morning. He had been unconscious since Monday and slowly dying. Shelby, famed for leading Shelby's brigade, organized cavalry in Missouri and fought in Missouri Arkansas Louisiana Texas. After the war he tried Mexico with Maximilian then returned to Missouri and later became U S marshal in 1880s. He was 65.
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Ives Fron
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Jo” Shelby
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Waverly
Price
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Louisiana
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Mexico
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California
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United States
Cleveland
Disruption of Steel Rail Pool Shapes Week in Trade
New York Feb 13 Dun and Co notes rail pool disruption as a major weekly event. Rail orders surge, prices fall to 17 dollars, and billet pool reconstruction stalls amid rival company war. Demand shifts touch ore, textiles, and cotton goods with broader economic ripples. Several notable deaths and civic events follow in brief notes.
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Carnegie Company
Chicago
Mesaba
Linois Steel
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Borden
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United States
Canada
Senate Advances Texas Judicial Districts Bill Over Veto
From Washington Feb 2 to Feb 15 reports detail Senate sessions on the Texas judicial districts overhaul veto override, arbitration treaty talks, immigration and agricultural measures, with executive sessions and committee actions. Also noted are actions on labor commissioner reappointment and Cuban journalist concerns.
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Olney
Sylvester Scovel
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Carroll D. Wright
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District of Columbia
House
National Soldiers’ Home
Vermilion County
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Post Office
Ny Te House
Navana
South Carolina
DeArmond
Not Guilty in OMalley and Sutry Trial at Chicago
A Chicago jury acquitted Alderman Thomas J. OMalley and John Sutry of murder charges in the Oak Street polling place raid of November 1804. The case drew national attention amid allegations of ballot theft and a fatal shooting during the act.
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Chie Eege Enda
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Fate of a Hero at the Yalu War Hero Captain McGiffin
Captain Philip McGiffin former naval commander and hero of the Yalu battle shot himself in New York at the Lost-Graduate hospital after a period of nervous prostration. He had recently shown signs of convalescence and was to be moved to a country retreat for further recovery.
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Uhile Noreton Mauiffit
Americnan
Yalu
Ant
War erupts as Christians bombard Canea and Crete
The Christian forces occupy surrounding heights and shell Canea on Sunday. Turkish batteries reply as Turkish and Greek officials move to safety aboard warships. Greek and foreign consuls evacuate to ships off Crete amid reports of bloodshed and protective actions by international powers. Separately, a Mason in Chicago faints prompting a Florida trip for recovery, and Virginia politicians urge U.S. intervention to aid Cuba’s independence.
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Prince George Berovitch
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Retimo
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