Bicycle ownership among Iowa residents prompts curious claim
A humorous note in the Ames Intelligencer asserts that one Iowa inhabitant in every 180 owns a bicycle and enjoys watching others dodge for fun, reflecting lighthearted local musings.
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Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1894
Page
4
Banana peel helps clean tan shoes and sidewalks
A fragment notes that banana peel can brighten tan shoes and remove stains from sidewalks when applied judiciously. The remark presents a quirky, practical tip without context or sourcing.
Waite Not Married. Horse Tumble Mistaken for Union
Edward D. Waite associate justice of the United States Supreme Court was reported as not married but the notice clarifies he merely had a fall from his horse. The confusion arose from misreported bridle matters.
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Edward D. Waite
United States Supreme Court
Werner the Hamburg Blacksmith Unveils Bullet Proof Coat
Werner, a Hamburg blacksmith who invented a bullet proof coat, remains struggling like Dove the tailor but expects to secure a large stake in Hamburg from his invention.
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Werner
Hamburg
Dove
Actress Fractures Leg After Sidewalk Hole
Pauline Markham sues contractors after a Louisville sidewalk hole fractures her leg. She received $10 000 as the compensation for the injury and damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Pauline Markham
Mexico China treaty grants Chinese immigrants voting rights
The treaty between China and Mexico grants Chinese immigrants in Mexico full native privileges. Immigrants may be naturalized, vote, and hold public office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
China
Wealth of Great Britain. official 1885 capital figure
The wealth of Great Britain was pegged by the statistician of the board of trade at 10 037 436 000 pounds in 1885, about 50 187 180 000 dollars. An unofficial estimate places the nation's wealth near 60 billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Board of Trade
Arctic relief expeditions Prepare for Follow-up
The initial Peary relief expedition has begun in Arctic waters. Officials say subsequent relieving parties should be ready to follow promptly, ensuring continuous support and proper provisioning for ongoing relief efforts.
New Theory Links Auroral Light to Iron Dust Discharge
A spectroscope analysis of aurora borealis light suggests the phenomenon arises from electrical discharges among meteoric iron particles in the atmosphere, explaining the colorful displays observed in polar skies.
Salvation Army Expands to Forty Two Countries
The annual report shows the Salvation Army now active in forty two nations with 1,997 corps and 6,443 officers plus 10,328 local officers and 3,381 bandsmen. General Booth says about 200,000 people convert to Christianity each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Booth
Curious Tale of Mr. Chambers in London
On June 7, 1826, Mr. Chambers performed dangerous acts in London including eating phosphorus and arsenic solutions, swallowing boiling oil, and handling molten lead. He then sat in a 220 degree oven to watch a leg of lamb cook, prompting questions about his possible current weekly salary.
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Chambers
London
Immigration policy sparks talk of Asiatic influx
The piece notes strong restrictive measures on Chinese immigration and a heavy head tax, while warning of a rising influx of Afghans Nathans and other Asiatic tribes from India, described as a peril and nuisance in various ways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avustratia
India
Mary Anderson Abandons Stage for Family Fame
The article notes Mary Anderson's forthcoming book Memories of the Stage, explaining she left acting at fame's peak to focus on motherhood seen as a greater, nobler role. It highlights her two bright children and praises her as a superior mother rather than actress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Anderson
Cyclist prediction of future horse racing supremacy
Johnson’s mile on a bicycle in 1:56 narrows the gap between wheelmarks and thoroughbreds. The piece argues the trotter was left behind and a high gear, light weight cyclist could eventually rival running horses, as mechanical questions are quickly solved today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Mississippi Leads in Public School Enrollment Percentage
Census figures show Mississippi has the highest share of its population in public schools at 26.01 percent. Among 14,373,670 children enrolled nationwide, 12,957,468 are white and 1,416,202 are colored. White children include 6,612,648 boys and 6,344,820 girls. colored children include 683,407 boys and 732,695 girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Prehistoric City Unearthed in Guatemala Discovery
The Tur national museum in Washington reports Guatemala yields a large well preserved prehistoric city. At twenty feet a roofless ruin contains rubbish and domestic utensils, furniture fragments, weapons, stone implements, carved bourquois and precious stones. Skeletons indicate tall inhabitants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tur National Museum
Washington
Guatemala
World Railroads by Country and Global Investment
Figures show 406 416 miles of railroad worldwide with the United States at 174 784 miles. Europe totals include Germany 27 455, Great Britain 20 325, France 24 018, Russia 19 656, Italy 8 498, Spain 6 771, Sweden 5 258 and Austria Hungary 17 20. Asia 23 229, Africa 7 212, Australia 12 68. Global mileage invested exceeds 383 000 000 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
North
South America
Germany
Great Britain and Ireland
France
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Italy
Spain
Sweden
Asia
Africa
Australia
Assassination of Carnot Urges Stronger Government Action
The Detroit Free Press argues that great crime and sacrifice are needed to spur government to protect itself and suppress dangerous insubordination. It cites Carnot’s assassination to claim civilization must confront anarchism and rebellion wherever they arise, urging authorities to crush these twin evils.
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Carnot
Detroit Free Press
Cmd
Debates and votes mark week in Congress and states
The Week in Review notes a senate session gap, pension and desertion bill cleanups in the House, and tariff amendments including immediate sugar bounty repeal. It records a railway strike inquiry push, labor questions on women and children, and adjournments to early August.
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Senate
House
Commissioner of Labor
Tures Bay
Mr. Hill
Kyle
Allen
Peffer
Stewart
United States
National Bank
United States Treasury
U S Economic Update: Trade, Debt, and Labor Forces
May exports of manufactures reach 15199402 dollars while railroad construction slows to 495 miles in six months. Navy yard shutdown costs 3500 jobs. Immigrants barred total 2102 in ten months. June bank circulation rises to 207259307. debt and treasury balance shift. Government receipts 296960336. expenditures 366593359. Postal notes end. money orders introduced. Cleveland backs federal troops in Chicago.
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United States
Secretary of the Navy
New York
Norfolk
Mare Island Navy Yards
Treasury
Altgeld
Chicago
Cleveland
Montgom ery mother killed her children. other items noted
Mrs. Merritt Baxer of Montgom ery Vermont, unstable after a quarrel, hanged her four children. The nation reports weekly baseball standings with top clubs and percentages. Pittsburgh iron works shut down over 4,000 workers. U.S. mint earnings for year total 75,554,234.06 dollars. Salvador’s ex president Ezeta arrives in New York. National Editorial association begins its tenth annual meeting at Asbury Park. Window and iron mills idled in Pittsburgh affecting thousands. Vermont marble mills destroyed with losses over 300000. A bridge on the Canadian Pacific line collapses near Greenville killing five and injuring eight. Hudson Massachusetts burned nearly 750000. New Haven fireworks explosion causes 125000 in losses. Connecticut populists nominate Edwin C. Bingham.
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Ohio District
George W. Dunn
Tiffin
Congress
Greenville
Miss
Art Butler
K. B. Quaum
Chicago
Prendergast
Carter H. Ilarrison
Honey Grove
Topeka
Kansas
David Obermeyer
Wisconsin
D. Frank Powell
la Crosse
San Francisco
Nebraska
Hamburg
Edwin B. Winans
Michigan
H. M. Brooks
Illinois
David Anderson
South Haven
Mich
Jeffersonville
Ind
Emmons Endrich
Lansing
A. W. Nicholls
Montcalm
Gotpen
Albert Kent
St. Joe River
Fort Wayne
Learn Kwynopnoster
Warrensburg
New London
Samuel Coates
Sarah
Aueust ScuvaLke
Frederick Carl
Sheboygan
Wis
Merritt Baxer
Montgomery
Baltimore
Boston
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
New York
Cleveland
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Washington
Louisville
Jones & Laughlin’s Iron Works
United States Mint
Republic of Salvador
Charles Ezeta
National Editorial Association
Asbury Park
N. J
Free
Vermont
Proctor
Canadian Pacific Railway
Hudson
Mass
New Haven
Conn
Connecticut
Edwin C. Bingham
Cheshire
Mob hangs Unyvests HayDEN in Missouri
A mob took Unyvests HayDEN from the sheriff in Monett Missouri and hanged him after arresting him for shooting Boltz Greenwood a brakeman. Other items note bounties of hunger from railroad strikes and severe heat in June.
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Unyvests
Waite
Lake Calumet
Chicago
Michael
James Stevne
Martin Terian
Prof Moore
Ninth District
Illinois
James Lamont
Rockford
Congress
Harry Kling
New Orleans
St. Louis
Baltimore
Cumberland
Anya
London Confession Affects 1885 Plot On Parliament
In London Daniel Shehan confessed to attempting to blow up the parliamentary buildings, stating he acted alone not his brother who is imprisoned. The long article notes European actions after Carnot’s assassination, anarchist plots, and regional disasters.
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London
Daniel Shehan
Paris
Panama Canal
Carnot
Pantheon
Henry Thompson
Dole
Hawaiian
Syria
Thiess
Tokay
Hungary
Yokohama
Tokio
Japan
Eby, Blain & Co
Toronto
Ont
Saint- Ouen-sur-Seine
France
Riots and crimes rock several cities amid strikes
Strummers in Chicago torched 600 to 700 freight cars and destroyed switch towers as firemen fought flames amid striker interference. In Green Ridge Mo a farmer killed his wife and then shot himself. Other incidents include a 14 year old girl shot in Milwaukee and a man killed in a quarrel at Lake Minnetonka.
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Strummers
Chicago
Joan Trisworth
Green Ridge
New York
American Railway Union
Peoria
Debs
Joan Gripsey
Milwaukee
Beaver Lake
ApoLpa Orendorf
Cincinnati
Hot Springs
S. D
Knte Alleen
St. Paul
John H. Clapp
Lake Minnetonka
Lee Richandson
House
Committee On Ways and Means
The Boycott Stifles Freight Across the Nation
Chicago and other cities report halted freight traffic as the American Railway union and the railway managers association clash over strikes. Federal injunctions limit actions. troops deployed amid clashes at depots. Debs predicts settlement but violence and disruption spread from Illinois to California and Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Federal
California
Chicago
Managers’ Association
American Railway Union
Railway Managers’ Association
Lake Michigan
Big Four
Cincinnati
St. Joseph
Michigan Central
E. W. Debs
G. W. Howard
L. W. Rogers
General Managers’ Association
Woods and
Crosscup
Winston & Meagher
Michigan Central Railroad
Debs
Destruction of World’s Fair Buildings at Jackson Park
A fire Thursday night consumed major structures of the White City at Jackson Park Chicago. The Administration Building Machinery Hall Agricultural Building and Manufactures Building burned to smoking ruins by 6:15 in the Terminal Station area. Incendiary origin is suspected as winds and water shortages hindered efforts.
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Chicago
Court of Honor of the Fair
White City
Lake Michigan
Manufactures
Terminal Station
Rioters Burn Cars in Chicago Strike Turmoil Surges
Chicago faces heavy strife as rail yard fires devastate hundreds of cars and tracks. Military brigades and deputies flood the city while clashes injure and kill several, and inspectors prepare for broader labor actions amid a general strike threat by Chicago builders.
Heat wave claims life of local worker in Ia
In Crepar Raprios on July 3 a man named Joseph Skerritt collapsed from heat while setting up a binder near Palo. The heat lasting days with shade readings of 98 to 100 degrees contributed to his death within minutes.
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Crepar
Battle Flag Day proclaimed for Iowa
Gov. Jackson proclaims August 10 Battle Flag day in Des Moines Iowa on which Iowa battle flags move from the state arsenal to the capitol building for a ceremonial transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Des Mores
Jackson
State Arsenal
Capitol
East Liverpool forms bridge company to span Ohio River
The East Liverpool Bridge company is organized to build a general travel bridge across the Ohio River connecting with Hancock County West Virginia. Estimated cost is 200000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
East Liverpoot
East Liverpool Bridge Company
Ohio River
Hancock County
Works of Genius and Modern Inventions Highlight Innovations
Spindle substitutes for steel used in yarn spinning and steel barrels from varying sheet thickness enter use. A foldable baby carriage aids flat dwellers enabling one person to carry it up stairs. Paris sees porous glass panes for draftless ventilation. A spoonless mustard pot disperses mustard by a piston, keeping it fresh with an air tight seal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Odd Tales From a World of Strange Happenings
The article notes wildlife rise in Scotland with deer foxes and golden eagles, a cyclist ending a London to Constantinople ride started in March, and a Meath hunt ending comically with a plunge into the sea. It also mentions Michael Lash and his wife from Clinton Iowa journeying to New York in a road cart drawn by a mule with a yellow dog accompanying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owie
Scotland
London
Constantinople
Meath
Ireland
Michael Lash
Clinton
New York
The Boy Across the Street Poem Fragment
A Kansas City Star poem fragment by Catherine Zeigier contrasts boys across the street. It recalls a barefoot child named Bud wishing to be the boy across the street who can swim fish run and play freely without washrooms or fear. The piece critiques gendered constraints and rural toughness.
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Bud
Catherine Zeigier
Kansas City Star
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