Lincoln Birthday Observances Span Cities and States
Dispatches report Lincoln's eighty eighth birthday celebrated nationwide with banquets, speeches, and school observances. Governors from several states attended Chicago events led by the Marquette club at the Auditorium hotel. New York marked the day with public displays honoring Lincoln alongside Washington. Other cities held banquets and toasts featuring elected officials and notable speakers. Banks and schools closed or altered schedules in tribute.
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Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Marquette Club
Auditorium Hotel
Michigan
Rhode Island
Iowa
West Virginia
Tndiana
Tanner
Ilinois
Northcote
Illinois
George B. Swift
A. J. Beveridge
Indiana
Grand Old Party
Gov. Lippitt
F. M. Drake
New Old Dominion
Gov. Atkinson
Mount
Stars and Stripes
New York
Washington
Grand Rapids
Mich
Lincoln Club
Sweets Hotel
Gonzales de Quesada
Newton M. Curtiss
House of Representatives
J. B. Corliss
Detroit
House
George 5. Fossa
Cuba
Antilles
Gonzalez da Quesade
Cuba Libre
Diad Albertini
Legation
Indianapolis
Ind
Springfield
Linvon
Minnneapola
Minneapolis
Minn
Minor News Items From Across the Nation
A scan of items notes several failures and incidents: the Commercial Savings Bank of Lead, SD, placed in receivership with H C Dobson and Dan Crane. two cattle thieves killed near Mendrdyville, TX. Charles Christy of Christy Minstrels dies in Kansas City at age 86. Banks close in West Superior WI and Helena MT with sizable liabilities. medical institute fire destroys Lancaster, DA. Dr. Simon dies of Jackson, W Va. Patten dies near Hicksville, OH. W J Hoard reelected Dairy Union president in Chicago. Hiram Purdy dies in Burlington, IA, founder of horse car street railway. Epping NH marks roller skate mile world record. Frank Waller wins six day bicycle race in Pittsburgh, VA. Fire in Phino TX destroys 30 buildings, over $100,000 loss. robbers steal $30,000 bullion near San Felipe, MX. Parliament buildings in Ottawa damaged by fire, $300,000 loss. Contepec, Mexico lava flow after earthquake. Labor Department report on wages issued. Charleston DC Savings Institution detects $27,000 defalcation by cashier Bock.
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Leeda
H.C. Dobson
Dan Crane
Mendrdyville
Pex
Charles Christy
Kansas City
West Superior
Wis
State Trast
Merchants’ National Bank
Ilelena
Mont
Lancaster (D
Simon
Jackson
Van
Benjamin Patten
Hicksville
Chicago
National Dairy Union
W. JJ. Hoard
Wisconsin
Hiram Purdy
Burlington
Ile
Epping
N. H
Frank Delmont
London
Frank Waller
Wittsburgh
Phino
Tex
San Felipe
Mex
Otawa
Ont
Contepec
Mexico
Department of Labor
Congress
Wright
Charleston
D. C
Appropriations for the Fifty Fourth Congress Forecast
The estimate shows a grand total of 1,044,463,000 for the fifty fourth congress with new and higher allocations across post offices sundry civil district of columbia military academy diplomatic and consular services and pensions. Speaker Reed and Mr Cannon reportedly view the rising appropriations with alarm as the senate plans further increases.
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Washington
District of Colu Military Academy
Senate
Reed
Cannon
Revolutionary Societies Forming Across Nation
Denver reports J R Sovereign master workman of the Knights of Labor writes to the Industrial Advocate urging war with a foreign nation as a text for his claim that secret revolutionary groups the Iron Brotherhood and the Industrial Army are forming nationwide to force remedies for the people by civil war rather than ballots. Other items note deaths and incidents: Rev Henry Theodore Cheever dies in Worcester aged 83. John W Marrs ex-city treasurer of Lexington killed his son and shot his daughter and sister before killing himself. Mary Evans and Bessie Morgan drown in Sharon Youngstown. Malvern burns again. ex Congressman D D Hare dies of apoplexy. Marion Cleveland christened at the White House.
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Col
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Industrial Advocate
Catwell
Iron Brotherhood
Industrial Army
Kentucky
Lexington, Ky
John W. Marrs
Mayra
Traveling inquisitor Li Jung Changyi mocked in London press
The London World critiques Li Jung Changyi for his questions and remarks during a U S visit. It says his host Brother Jonathan is incapable of appreciating sarcasm at Americans and calls Li a "murderous monster" for his perceived offenses.
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Li Jung Changyi
United States
London
Jonathan
Atlantic
Menerale
England
Lnckless Li
A Modern Solomon acquits a Trench Woman in France
A London Telegraph report describes a French court case where a poor needlewoman was charged with stealing two gold coins from her employer. She claimed the child in her arms took the coins by sight, and the judge tested the tale with coins on the desk. The child signaled for the coins, the court found her innocent, and the mother was acquitted.
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London Weekly Telegraph
Immigration question at New York factory prompts strike
A Mary Gay Humphreys piece describes shirtmakers in a New York factory facing immigrant competition. Black bearded men arrive with relatives, work shifts collapse as prices drop, and owners move work home to save costs. The girls strike, contend with cheaper labor, and eventually lose as the factory closes and workers are dismissed.
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Mary Gay Humphreys
Scribner's
Mam
Gathering Aquarium Stock and Fish Transport Practices
The piece explains careful selection and rest for newly caught fish before shipping to reduce mortality. It notes shore resting near capture sites, acclimation to captivity, and gradual feeding as best practice. A second vignette humorously describes a dentist encounter with a soubrette and her dental plate.
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New York Sun
Little Dear Disgusted by Rail Car Seating Incident
A Detroit Free Press tale describes a petite matron and her child on a streetcar. The mother endures refusals by several men to offer a seat, displaying scornful impatience while observers remark on the child’s weary gaze and the mother’s crisp retort about the trip.
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Detroit Free Press
Mamma
Early theological zoology on whales and pelicans
The piece notes medieval Christian thinkers misunderstood marine life. It cites Applieton's Monthly on whales luring fish with odor before devouring them as a devilish trap. It also recounts Augustine's claim that pelicans feed their young with their own blood, a tale tied to atonement and biblical imagery.
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Applieton
Hell
St. Augustine
Why They Didn't Appear A Hard Luck Story of an Author
Atlanta Constitution recounts Will N Harben once bragging of dozen accepted stories from a leading magazine. Editors wrote they were crowded, then hinted a conspiracy to hold work until death. Harben tore the note, then married, leaving the tale of stalled fame as Black Locks and gray hairs.
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Atlanta Constitution
Harben
Associated
Lighted Lone Tower Boy Keeps Coast Light Three Weeks
In a wild three week ordeal a 15 year old son of a lighthouse keeper stayed alone on a Maine rock during a brutal storm. He kept the light burning with little food and rest while his father searched for provisions. The event ends with praise from the relieved family and community. Additionally a note from Scribner's recounts a Turkish sultan who adores his children but bans bicycles as immoral and dangerous to the state.
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Scribner's
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Maine
Saddleback
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