World News Glimpses From a Distant Era
Victoria now rules a population of 907 million, surpassing any single ruler in history. Water power surges at 16 million horsepower from Niagara Falls as a major energy figure. A New York merchant saved 1.6 million in duties by threading worsted through silk imports. Tours from eastern states rise sharply as visitors reach Colorado, Yosemite, and the Pacific regions.
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New York
Iis
Colorado
Yosemite Valley
Rockies
Pacific
Ex-Queen Isabella Visits Eugenie in Tearful Reunion
Ex-Queen Isabella of Spain visited Eugenie and the two former sovereigns embraced and wept. Isabella reportedly told Eugenie that life presents fearful contrasts and reverses of fortune, noting that only those spared by death avoid such trials.
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Isabella
Spain
Eugenie
Philanthropic Ladies Build City Playground Patches
In New York several philanthropic ladies secured vacant lots in the city center and, by hauling in sand and erecting swings, ladders, parallel bars, see saws, and similar structures, created attractive playgrounds for children whose families cannot afford country trips or aire fund programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fresh Air Fund
Soap use in India viewed as rare natural curiosity
The text notes soap is scarce among Indians, mainly found in larger towns. It cites India’s total soap consumption last year as 5,000 tons, implying per person annual use was well under one ounce.
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India
Millionaire patrons known for musical talents
New York's wealthy class includes Jo. D. Rockefelier who favors the flute, W. W. Astor who plays piano and organ, R. P. Flower who enjoyed bones in a minstrel troupe, Andrew Carnegie with a Scotch bagpipe, J. W. Stalins violin, and Russell Sage who beat the drum in parades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sout
New York
Jo. D. Rockefelier
W. W. Astor
R. P. Flower
Andrew Carnegie
J. W
Stalin
Russell Sage
Scotland's census shows population quadruple in century
Tax census returns of Scotland reveal a rise from 1,608,420 inhabitants ninety years ago to 4,038,108 this year, while Ireland falls about 700,000 below its 1801 figure. Scotland, though smaller and with barren districts, prospers as Ireland declines. The high priest of the Parsees in Bombay sends autograph letters to American scholars Prov. Jackson and Prof. Lanman in praise of their Persian studies.
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Scotland
Ireland
Prov
Jackson
Columbia College
America
Lanman
Starvard
Itombay
Persia
Asia
Reunion of Crocker's Brigade Monument to Lincoln
The Iowa News Letter reports heavy rains damaged parts of the state but crop prospects remain strong with corn yields possibly the largest in years. It notes Crocker’s Brigade reunites in Des Moines Sept 28 and 29 1891, details officers, badges, and a Lincoln land ownership note. Also mentions Des Moines library and Jefferson county’s old collections, plus Irish farming wages and checks on Judge Love’s Keokuk vacancy.
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Dax
Iowa
Cherokee
All America
Crocker
Towa
Des Moines
C. W. Fracker
W. W. Belknap
Abraham Lincoln
Council Bluffs
Missouri Valley
Union Pacific Railroad
Lincoln
Crawford County
Robert Lincoln
Jefferson County
Henry Wallace
Ireland
Wallace
America
Judge Love
Keokuk
Town
Northwest
Woolson
Scientist Tests Strength With Fifty Subjects
A French scientist tested fifty men and women with a compressing device. The strongest man yielded 85 kilograms of pressure with the right hand, weakest 40, average 58. Among women, strongest reached 44 kilograms, weakest 16, average 33, showing little difference between tall and short individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuench
Real Mean Remarks Sparks Gossip Across Social Circles
In a fragmentary excerpt from newspaper quotes, Priscilla and Angelina recount a bold encounter with Jack Farrish, suggesting drunkenness and a tense social scene. Araminta dismisses Farrish as too fresh while Arabella teases about marriage prospects, reflecting sharp gossip among local figures.
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Priscilla
Jack
Angelina
Farrish
Araminta
Arabella
Mamie
Indianepolis Journal
Sorrowful end of Judge Warder shocks Chattanooga
Judge J A Warder of Chattanooga Tennessee who faced indictment for the murder of his son in law Simpson Tayette banker committed death by his own hand Tuesday night at his Lookout Mountain home. The beleaguered ex judge had previously survived a family tragedy that left his daughter wounded and his son in law dead and his mind troubled by melancholia. He traveled to the city seeking change amid monotony and then secured a pistol, placing it to his temple and firing, dying two hours later. Warder had been a prominent Republican, once mentioned as a gubernatorial candidate and served on the state supreme bench and as city attorney until his resignation Tuesday night.
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Warder
Chattanooga
Tenn
J. A. Warder
Simpson Tayette
Lookout Mountain
Fayette
Supreme
State
Hel
Stair
Jewels on the Altar at Saratoga Mission Rally
Devout worshipers at a Saratoga meeting of the New York State Christian Alliance filled an 8,000 seat hall over ten days. Amid sermons on foreign missions, donors laid gold watches rings and chains upon the altar with gifts totaling about 1500 and a contributor offering 460 in cash or kind. The crowd anticipated offerings reaching about 5009 as they sang praises.
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Saratoga
Saratroga
N. Y
Round Laka
New York State
Christian Allimnce
Cal. Burnshart
Kentucky
Louise Shepherd
HOPPERS IN COLORADO THREATEN GRAIN AND LIVESTOCK
In Colorado the grasshoppers of the locust species have devastated grain and livestock areas south of here. The swarm is spreading daily and now covers fields, driving sheep and cattle before it. Alfalfa, turnips, greens, and gardens suffer severe damage as the insects advance toward Beaver Creek and nearby grazing lands.
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Brusy
Col
Here
Kansas
Nebraska
Beaver Creek
Return of Waterloo man who deserted family decades ago
A Waterloo resident vanished fourteen years ago leaving his wife and several children. Believed dead, he reappeared seeking breakfast with his first wife unaware of his absence. It emerges he may have remarried, while the wife has since wed again and lived happily with her second husband. The community watches the reunion.
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Waterloo
Riot in Evans Courtroom Over Colored Miners Clash
Excitement erupted in Evans as colored miners arrived to take the whites' places, a constable and striker tried to arrest Charles Johnson for disorderly conduct, Johnson struck back with a car link injuring the officer. Johnson was bound over to the grand jury, his friends seized the court, and he escaped as 25 to 30 shots rang out with no serious injuries.
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Evans
Charles Johnson
Johnson
T'wenty
World's Fair Savings Company forms in Des Moines
A Des Moines organization filed articles of incorporation to create the Worlds Fair Savings Company. Its plan is to receive small weekly payments from subscribers, deposit in savings banks, and provide transportation and all necessary expenses for a week's attendance at the Chicago World’s Fair of 1898.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jowans
Des Moines
Chicago
Centenarian Des Moines Resident Celebrates 100th Birthday
Des Moines is home to a centenarian born near Bear Garden above Winchester Wisconsin. A former slave, he was 100 years old this July 4 with friends nearby. He cooked in Camp Douglas Chicago before the war but did not serve due to rheumatic trouble and age.
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Des Moines
Sampson Carter
Bear Garden
Winchester
Camp Douglas
Chicago
Terrible storm wrecks building killing five and injuring many
A northwest storm hit the city about 8 PM causing a three story frame structure near North Third street to collapse. Twenty workers and many bystanders were inside as rescuers battled rain and wreckage. Five men died including John Laur and Herman Paussey. several others were gravely injured. Fire department crews endured and a chief was hurt. Other storm damage reports from St Marys and Union City describe factory fires, building losses, and multiple lightning fatalities.
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Wart
North Third Street
John Laur
Charles Lucius
Herman Papussey
John Schof
Herman Paussey
Schofield
Semple
Tucius
Union Depot
Sprinarm
P. C
St. Marys
Bimel Standish Manufacturing Company
Livermore Fangs
North Jay
R. EB. Bryant
Bryant
Beans Corner
Wwllar Crester
Nicolo Valario
Donarto Conte
Lenape
James Dolan
Dolan
John Krelle
William Kane
Cgeorge Devutt
Enz
Kelly
Union City
Willis
Amherst Greek professor marks forty five years at college
Trier has taught Greek at Amherst college for forty five years while Tur College of New Jersey reports over four hundred thousand dollars in gifts this past year. Sure college began sixteen years ago with twelve pupils and has graduated six hundred young women with six hundred seventy nine on roll. Oldest living graduate is noted.
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Trier
Amherst College
Tur College
New Jersey
Sure College
Yaur
Gi Net
Ana Ny
International Congregational Council opens in London
The International Congregational Council gathered at Merhotial hall in Farringdon street with 300 delegates from England, the United States, and abroad. Rev Dr Dale presided, outlining topics from Congregational missions and education to church and state and world-wide missions, as Dr Northrop and Dr Quint led the delegation.
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Bid Ghurgh Council
Cantorones
London
Hoton
Merhotial Hall
Farringdon ‘Street
Offiss
Churches of England
Coutiall
BW. Dale
Birmingham
Eng
Allen
Dale
England
Mackennal
Joseph Parker
Bevan
Australia
Taiibaira
Oxford
Goodwin
Chicago
Northrop
Minnesota
Clark and Quint
Boston
Hate
Temperanes
International Federation For the Promotion of Peace
Dr. Bean
Melbourne
A. H. Quint
Th Congregational Union of
England and Wales
John Brown
Belford
Brown
America
John Bunyan
Society For the Liberation of Religion
Holborn
Alfred Ilingworth
West Bradford
Illingworth
A. H. Bradford
New Jersey
Noble
Rav. N. Boynton
A. HK. Bradford
Gymnast William Hanlon Dies After Crane Fall
During Adam Forepaugh's New Clinton show, a crane failed while Hanlon-Wolters gymnasts performed. William Hanlon, 81, fell from height striking his head and died within minutes. Coroner's jury ruled accidental death. remains with Forepaugh. wife ill in New York. no children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanlon Brothers
Clinton
Conroy
Adam Forepaugh
William Hanlon
Hanlon-Wolters
London
Academy of Music
New York
Robert
James Hanlon
Missing Dollar Count in Treasury Vault Transfer
Washington July 14. The treasury vault audit upon the transfer of treasurer from Huston to Neheker concluded the count of money and bullion. Beginning April 17, it involved handling and counting 614,511,582.32 dollars, including 20,048,000 in gold and 18,902,000 in silver coin. Every cent in the peoks of the office was accounted for amid irregular bag readings and weekly sums.
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Washington
Treasury
Huston
Neheker
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New York Commercial Bulletin
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Br. Teitowell & Co
Chledgs
Chad
Neb
Atchison, Kan
Wail
Chaao
RB. Howell & Co
First National Bank
M. Charnley
Howell & Co
Ffth
Tron
Spooner R. Howell
Omaha
Howell Timber Company
S. BR. Howell
W. N. Jewett
L. Chaffee Ia
Jewett
First National Bank of Chicago
Howell Lumber Company
Atchison
George W. Howell
West
OWA State News
Wairfield
Gibbs Brewing Co
Peoria
Brewing Company
Montezuma
Taux
Alonzo Dibble
Cannon Falls
Minn
Davenport
Jim
Shaw
Ottumwa
Joss
Sioux City
James McIntyre
McIntyre
William Dennig
Crooks
Burlington
J. A. Colver
Madison City
Stephen Hammond
Iowa Soldiers’ Monument Commission
Ludwig Strack
Boone
Oata
Henry Boswell
Green
Emmet
Boswell
Judge Collins
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