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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Edinburgh
Express
Photographic notes and medical oddities in old columns
County Clerk A Hart of Staten Island aids amateur photography with flash insights. The article also covers Pedro Galan, a Mexican sailor with webbed digits, undergoing partial surgery at Pennsylvania Hospital, plus diverse celebrity notices from stage and opera, and social commentary on convict reform.
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A. Hart
Staten Island
Slate Road
Redemption of Damaged Money by Ohio Woman
The Washington Letter notes the redemption division values charred money accurately. Women experts examine burned fragments and often recover the full amount, as in a case from Ohio where a corner of a twenty dollar bill was returned to a mother. Mice and stove fires ruin currency, leaving only ashes and certificates.
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Ohio
Washington
War relics library planned by Loyal Legion in Philadelphia
Plans drawn in this city by the Military Order of the Loyal Legion for a library and museum of war relics, to become a valuable institution. The project aims to preserve war history for future historians and serves as a grand memorial in Philadelphia.
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Loyal Legion
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Ledger
Captain Dunham proposes stone dam to raise inland water levels
The Toronto Globe reports Captain J. S. Dunham of the Great Lakes vessel service suggests dumping thousands of boat loads of large stones in the Niagara River below Tonawanda and possibly extending steel structures from riverbanks to narrow the channel. The aim is to reduce lake outflow and raise water stages, a largely engineering question with potential high cost.
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J. S. Dunham
Great Lakes
Niagara River
Tonawanda
Toronto Globe
Evangelical ministers debated mustache ban resolution
The Rev M Pfitzinger proposed a resolution for Evangelical association ministers to drop mustaches. The motion, presented facetiously, narrowly failed with Bishop Esher supporting it and urging short mustaches for Holy Communion.
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Evangelical Association
M. Pfitzinger
The
Esher
Pfitzinger
Indianapolis Sentinel
Boy in Woods Kills Old Bear and One Cub Near Ebeene Lake
In Dexter Me Gazette copy, Charles Hoxie a seventeen year old hunter in the woods near Ebeene lake encounters an old bear and two cubs after separating from T W Ford. He shoots and kills the old bear with the first shot and follows with two more shots to kill a cub. the remaining cub escapes. The note calls it pretty good for a boy alone in the woods.
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Charles Hoxie
T. W. Ford
Ebeene Lake
Hoxie
Orneville Cor
Dexter (Me.) Gazette
Young Giant Lifts 865-Pound Barrel Then Dies
Remains of Adam Winter from Bastress township arrived in Williamsport. At eighteen he lifted an 865-pound barrel on a wager in Detroit, succumbing days later to injuries in a hospital there. Cor. Philadelphia.
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Adam Winter
Bastress Township
Williamsport
Winter
Detroit
Cor
Philadeliah
Stead Seeks Ghost Stories for December Review
W T Stead invites readers to submit well authenticated ghost stories for his Review of Reviews December issue. He notes apparitions may defy simple classification and could advance psychic science, urging earnest submissions from those willing to sign their accounts. He warns against scoffers, calling their laughter the laughter of fools.
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W. T. Stead
Mr. Stead
Stead
American art in the post Philadelphia era and Carnegie gift
Francis D. Miller notes The Century review of American art after 1876. He cites American schools and museums rising, artists training abroad returning home, and fidelity to foreign methods. He forecasts progress in portraiture and highlights Carnegie’s Pittsburgh museum as a world leader with annual income of fifty thousand dollars.
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Francis D. Miller
America
National Academy of Design
Europe
Miller
American School of Art
Carnegie
Pittsburg
Signor Campanini Sings English and Other Theater Notes
Adolph Depuis the noted French actor died in Paris at sixty six. A new railroad drama The Train Wreckers is planned. M Got has led Paris theater for forty years. William T Carleton linked to American comic opera since 1878. Alexander of Servia is a young king under study by European powers. Cincinnati completes a modern city hall resembling a cathedral costing nearly a million dollars.
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Jane
W. G. Jones
Marie Halton
New York
London
Gilbert and Collier
the Clockwork Man
London Lyric
Geraldne Ulmer
Lionel Brough
Eric Lewis
J. Robertson
Harry Monkhouse
Signor Campanini
Adolph Depuis
Paris
M. Got
William T. Carleton
America
Campbell
Alexander OF
Servia
Europe
Russia
Ess Xenia
City Hall
Cincinnati
Susan Gale Cooke Named Secretary of World’s Fair Board
Susan Gale Cooke, who succeeded Phoebe Cousins as secretary of the board of lady managers of the World’s fair, is the daughter of Dr. George Spaulding Gale, a Vermont surgeon. Educated in New York City, she married Sidney E. Cooke, a Stock Exchange member, before moving to Knoxville, Tennessee, where he died in 1883. She is described as cultured, engaging in conversation and possessing strong business qualifications.
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Phoebe Cousins
George Spaulding Gale
Vermont
New York City
Sidney E. Cooke
The
Stock Exchange
Knoxville
Tenn
Cooke
Redfield Proctor Vermont senator and Civil War officer
Redfield Proctor born June 1, 1831, in Cavendish, Windsor County Vermont. Dartmouth graduate 1851 and Albany Law School alumnus. He served as governor in 1878 and joined the army in 1861 rising from lieutenant to colonel by 1863. His principal business was marble dealing.
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Redfield Proctor
Page
United States
George F. Edmunds
Cavendish
Windsor County
Dartmouth
Law Department
University of Albany
Voyage Through Batak Country by Jules Claine
The article reports that Jules Claine became the sole white traveler to cross the Batak lands in Sumatra. The Bataks guard their mountain realm and defeat hostile bands, but after negotiations with Dutch traders they permitted Claine to traverse the area for scientific purposes. He visited the chiefs and received strong hospitality. The Bataks number about 20,000?
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Monsieur Jules Claine
Sumatra
M. Claine
Immortality Through Christ Through the Gospel Teachings
Review of the quarter emphasizes the theme of immortality in Christ from the raising of Lazarus to Christ’s post resurrection appearances. It traces Jesus miracles and teachings, the witnesses of eye‑level accounts, Pilate’s role, the crucifixion and the many infallible proofs of the Resurrection, and the spread of early Christianity.
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Pilate
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Macedonia
Corinth
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Alexandria
Peanut Vendor Temper Flare Under Tiny Purchases
A New York Herald observation notes how small acts like customers taking one or two peanuts each can irritate a peanut vendor, draining profits and souring temper as crowds pass daily through town. It contrasts with a similar grumble from an Italian fruit seller about peculators.
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New York Herald
Voice of man and child in nature cited by New York Ledger
The passage argues that human voice quality surpasses animal sounds and that Providence endowed children with proportionally powerful voices. It notes children’s cries can deter attacks by even ferocious animals, serving as defense and protection in a natural state.
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Providence
New York Ledger
Portrayed Silver Frames and Jewelry Trends
Jewelers Circular notes silver photo frames in varied sizes and ornate items like enamel medallions on watches rings and brooches. It highlights repousse ice water services with cupids, shell ash receivers with Japanese ornament, a gold heart pendant with turquoise, a gold blotter shaped like a foot sole and gold finish trends resembling chamois on heart shaped lockets and gilt spoons with filigree handles.
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Limoges
Electric Exhibition Opens in London and New Inventions
The Crystal Palace electrical exhibition opens in London on January 1, 1892. Innovations include a protective covering that preserves air or gas to boost static capacity and a safety mining cable that tears apart without spark or flame. Rome will be lit by electricity by year’s start, with Tivoli supplying power and Via Nazionale first lit. Discussions revive about Niagara to Chicago transmission after Lauffen to Frankfort demonstration. New push switch, an electric cane, concealed battery lamps, and mine safety lighting feature among 1890s advances. The Frankfort congress proceeds, with the next in Chicago planned for 1893.
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Crystal Palace
London
Rome
Tivoli
Via Nazionali
Lauffen
Frankfort
Niagara
Chicago
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Obigago
No seed potatoes distributed by department this year
The department of agriculture will not distribute seed potatoes this year. In previous shipments the eyes were found too perishable or freezing before planting, and whole potatoes are too bulky to handle.
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Department of Agriculture
Fraser river sturgeon weighed 856 pounds caught in BC
A Fraser River angler reported a sturgeon catch in British Columbia weighing 856 pounds. The enormous fish measured 12 feet 6 inches in length and 5 feet 2 inches in girth, marking a remarkable record-sized specimen.
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Fraser River
British Columbia
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