Louisville Kentucky Tour Describes City Life and Farms
A traveler recounts Louisville KY during a winter journey, detailing Broadway Beardstown Pike the Ohio river steamers tobacco firms and diverse shops. He notes agriculture fruit crops land prices roads fences schools and local life including races between whites and blacks and a 98 year old resident.
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Kentucky
Louisville
Iowa
Beardstown
Virginia
Hawkeye
Farmer’s Alliance
Rome
W. Ser Anderson
Spooner defends Federal election bill in Washington
Washington report notes Senator Spooner’s plain deliberative defense of the Federal election bill arguing it keeps the ballot box pure. The piece contrasts his calm, nonpersonal approach with Democratic opposition and discusses uncertainty over whether election bill consideration will continue this week or pause for rules changes.
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Washington, D. C
Spooner
Numerous 1890s News Snippets Highlight Diverse Disasters Deals and Discoveries
Reports note lupus patients improving after Dr Koch lymph injections. drownings at Muskegon. Ohio Oil Co doubles capital. Gould rail lines consolidate into Kansas Colorado and Pacific. Allen will funds Swedenborgian school in Glendale. Prohibition ballots at East Lyme. railroad mileage growth. counterfeit silver dollars probe. Pan American dollar plan. fires in Rochester and Saratoga. Port Jervis depot fire. Union Pacific laborers stranded in Portland awaiting pay.
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Central and
Southern
Kansas
Gould
Kansas, Colorado and Pacific Railroad Company
Charles H. Allen
Glendale
Ohio
East Lyme
Conn
Hall
Morris
Farmer Finds 70 Ounce Gold Nugget in Iowa Farm
Reports describe Hollowman finding a seventy ounce gold nugget on his Mahaska County farm on a Friday. The item is noted among a series of Iowa news including opera house efforts, county fairs, mining accidents, and local deaths.
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Hollowman
Mahaska
Iowa
Traer
Reinbeck
Jones County Farmer’s Institute
Olin
Forest City
Wm. Kohlpoth
Charles
Rose Hill
Shenandoah
Kinsley
Ireland's Revolution Publicized as a Shameless Brawl
The piece criticizes the Irish Revolution as a vulgar spectacle, contrasting it with American civic prudence. It laments how violence at home darkens Irish hopes abroad, compares it to historical American uprisings, and questions whether this incident will derail Ireland's larger national ambitions.
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Ireland
America
New World
Shay
We Observe Wit and Merit in Admirers
A reflective statement notes that wit and merit are found in those who view us with admiration. The speaker valorizers respectful gaze and suggests mutual appreciation fuels esteem.
Electric Bitters touted as purer medicine with wide cures
Advertised remedy Electric Bitters is praised for curing liver and kidney diseases improving blood purity and treating malaria headaches constipation and indigestion. The ad promotes full satisfaction or money back and lists price at L M Bosworth's Drug Store.
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Price & Cts
L. M. Bosworth
Startling Claims On Restorative Nervine From Miles
A Cleveland style ad claims Alphonso Hempfling of Butler Pa reports his son recovered from speech loss after Dr Miles Restorative Nervine. Other users including Mrs J R Miller Valparaiso and J D Taylor Logansport gained 20 pounds. Mrs H A Gardner of Vistula Ind reportedly cured of 40 to 50 daily convulsions and related symptoms by one bottle. Trial bottles and a book of cures offered free at L M Bosworth's with a guarantee of results.
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Alphonso Hempfling
Butler
St. Vitus
Miles
J. R. Miller
Valparaiso
J. D. Taylor
Logansport
Ind
H. A. Gardner
Vistula
L. M. Bosworth’s
Sudden Deaths and Heart Disease Cure Claims
Sudden death is often caused by heart disease which remains unsuspected in most cases. Symptoms listed include lying on the right side, shortness of breath, chest or back pain, irregular pulse, swelling, dry cough, and other distress. Dr Miles Heart Cure and Restorative Nervine are advertised as cures with free literature and a guarantee, claiming to treat nervousness and other ailments without opiates.
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Smith
Smith & Co
Omaha
Washington
Harrison
Morton
Supreme Court
Congress
Army
Navy
New York
Bellevue Hospital
Loomis
Kansas
Humphreys
State Board of Charity
Symptons
Miles
L. M. Bosworth
L. M. Bosworth’s Who Sells and Guarantees Dr. Miles
Memoirs of Talleyrand to be serialized in Century
The January Century will publish the first installment with a sketch of Talleyrand’s childhood his Parisian society entrance his view of La Fayette early Revolution notes and a notable exchange with Hamilton on Free Trade and Protection including his time in England and America.
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Talleyrand
la Fayette
Duke of Orleans
England
America
Hamilton
New Paris Swindle Uses Marquis de Mores Name in Telephone Trick
A Paris restaurateur, linked to the Marquis de Mores, fell victim to a telephone scam. A box of cigars was ordered for the nobleman and paid for by the restaurateur, but the box concealed a brick instead of cigars, revealing a clever ruse tied to political arrests and bail.
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Marquis de Mores
Juge d'Instruction
Loudon Telegraph
Emperor as a Sentinel in Potsdam Guard Duty
The German emperor, admired for religious piety and restraint from bloodshed, once stood sentry for four two hour shifts in a Potsdam garden, wearing a private soldier’s uniform. He reflected that many millions endure military life and die in wars for causes they do not care about. Cor. Glasgow Herald.
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Potsdam
Peter the Great
Williams
Glasgow Herald
Flogged in Spite of Law at University Disturbance
A London Telegraph cor reflects on a severe flogging amid university disturbances. Affected defendant appeals to Russia’s law fail, officials including M Verkhoffsky are dismissed after reported report to the emperor. Emperor's action follows inquiry into district nobility marshal and Gresser staff.
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Cates
Russia
St. Petersburg
M. Verkhoffsky
Gen. Gresser
Cor
London Telegraph
Caught Ball Fatality Ends Eureka Picnic
Ben Myers a colored catcher for the Southern Star Baseball club was struck on the neck by a passed ball during a Montgomery game. He died from a broken neck. he stood near the pitcher without a mask. The picnic was broken up and the club dispersed in confusion. Myers’ body was sent to the coroner for an inquest not deemed necessary.
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Ben Myers
Southern Star Baseball Club
Montgomery
Eureka Aid and Social Club
Pictcher
Myers
Dixon
Savannah
Rancher Sentenced After Drowning Cook in Barrel
A California ranchman ordered his coughing cook to stop and, unable to calm him, seized him and held his head in a barrel of water until he drowned. He has been jailed for twenty years.
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California
Detroit Free Press
Lake Ontario Disasters Totals and Damages
The report tallies 138 lake disasters in A on Lake Ontario with total damages of 246 dollars. Stranded incidents cost 43500 dollars and 90800 in other losses. Heavy weather caused 49100, ashore 10000, fire 85100, collisions 4100, sprung a lox 4000, damaged cargoes 74000.
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Lake Ontario
Salt Lake City Plans sixty five miles of abuat meas
Salt Lake City Utah announces plans to have sixty five miles of abuat meas in operation by the close of the summer. Local officials expect progress on the project and outline timelines for completion.
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Salt Lake City
Secret Oil Producers Conference Aims Alliance
A secret conference of oil producers from Western and Northern Pennsylvania was held in Pittsburg on the 11th, believed to form a producers alliance to challenge the Standard Oil Company.
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Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Standard Oil Company
The Greatest Strike in Heart Cure Discovery
The article extols Dr. Miles for discovering a New Heart Cure that purportedly eases heart disease and related symptoms. It claims astonishing demand and revolutionary treatment, offering a free book on Heart and Nervous Diseases and noting sales and guarantees by L. M. Bosworth with additional Restorative Nervine products.
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Miles
L. M. Bosworth
Fragmented dialogue from a dramatic social scene
A disjointed exchange depicts a caller with three girls and a friend of his receiving him, mentioning Tom Masson. The dialogue shifts to a romance scene where Mabel recalls a New Year promise, admitting she is engaged to Charlie Smith since March, and a marriage is implied.
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Tom Masson
Mabel
Charlie Smith
En- Pek
Ee Ellows
Misunderstanding Over Salary Leads to Partnership Papers
The exchange shows a firm head refusing a pay raise while noting the employee’s salary and marital status. The employee claims belonging to a building and loan association. the head then insists on signing partnership documents. The dialogue indicates an organizational pressure to formalize a partnership.
Redemption Notice and Tax Sale Redemption Details
State of Iowa public notice lists Lands and Lots taxed sale by the Treasurer of Doe Town on December fifth. It warns that redemption must be completed within the specified period or the tax title will expire. The notice includes attorneys Shields and Cook and references Lot 3, Block 2, Doe Town.
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State of
Iowa
Shields & Cook
Sg Doe Town
M. Stark
Harper's Weekly Journal of Civilization Preview
The excerpt presents Harper's Weekly as a longstanding journal of civilization, promising continued literary artistic historical and informational content. It emphasizes progress usefulness and public commendation.
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Harper's Weekly
Tran
Renny
Minke
Baie
Harper Brothers advertise annual subscriptions and bindings
Harper and brothers offer per year subscriptions to Harper's Weekly Harper's Bazaar and Harper's Young People with annual prices and free access details. They note cloth binding cases cost one dollar each and advise remittance by post office money order or draft to avoid issues. Address provided in New York.
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United States
Mexico
Harper & Rothers
Harph 2 & Brothers
New York
Brothers
Harp «Brothers
Harper's Bazar 1891 fashion and literature notes
1891 Harper's Bazar outlines fashion guidance for home and professional modistes. It highlights humor and wit features, with Agnes B. Ormsbee and Juliet Corson pieces alongside essays by Walter Besant and Tomes Hardy on women and history.
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Harper's Basar
Agnes B. Ormsbee
Juliet Corson
Mital Aiaeken
Walter 8 Besant
Tomes Haody
Harper's periodicals priced and bound volumes info
Advertises Harper's Magazine and Bazaar pricing for United States and Canada subscribers. Notes per-year costs, bound volumes, cloth cases, mailing terms, and payment options. Mentions serials begin with January issues and volume dating guidance.
Harper's Young People aims for 1891 readers
The brief notes announce the twelfth volume of Harper's Young People for 1891. It promises serials such as Men of Iron and A Story of the Plains, stories by various authors, science and travel articles, games and sports, and a mix of entertainment and moral reading aimed at boys and girls.
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Plains
Annie Bronson
Thomas Nelson
Hjorth Boyesen
Eawin Lassetter
Prescott Spofford
Mary EB
Harper & Brothers Offerings and Remittance Details
An old ad notes volumes and single numbers sold at five to three dollars, with remittances via Post Office Money Order or Draft. It instructs readers to avoid lament and to address correspondence to Harper & Brothers.
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Express Brothers
Harper & Brothers
Mexican Gulf Coast winter retreat near New Orleans
The article touts the Mexican Gulf Coast as an ideal winter destination near New Orleans. It highlights cold winters inland, but mild coastal climate, hunting and fishing near offshore beds, oysters, boating and picnicking with pine scent from the sea, and easy rail access via Illinois Central to a cosmopolitan winter escape.
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Illinois Central Rail Road
New Orleans
Mexican Gulf Coast
Corea
Manchester
Iooek
Electric Bitters Promised To Aid Health And Digestion
Fragmentary ad claims Electric Bitters aid digestion and liver or stomach issues. It mentions epilepsy benefits and urges following directions, with a recommendation by M. Bo worth, a local druggist. The text is rough OCR with multiple misspellings.
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Mae Ee
M. Boworth
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