06 Dec 1893
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Newspaper
Alton Daily Telegraph
Location
Alton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1893
Page
1
December dispatches recount senate conjecture, appropriations, and national notices alongside urban fires. Reports cite Senatorial names, a nomination fight, a tax idea, and a presidential platform debate, then shift to fires in St. Paul and nearby towns with property losses and insurance coverage noted.
Fragmented dispatches report a tragedy in Haslemere Surrey with deaths and legal notices, plus political tensions in Paris and Cork. A deadly explosion disrupts near a locomotive yard, while reports from Bulawayo mention pursuit of Labonga and conflict. Civil unrest, epidemics, and railway updates fill the page with scattered incidents.
An advertisement extols new diamond dyes for cotton that claim to resist fading in strong soaps. It features a practical dyer’s testimonies, asserts superior colorfastness over other dyes, and notes ready availability, cost, and widespread adoption by professional dyers. mentions prices, locations, and dates in a broad trade context.
A garbled obituary note lists Guonas W. Gnarver who died in Kalamos while noted as a banker. Other fragments mention Vor autor and Cathie with unclear relations, referencing Bedoin and Kal famines without full context. The readable items point to a local death notice with multiple likely misreads.
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