Uncertain Chronology Note and Odd Weather Signals
The item notes that Vogue uses a strange 1894 equivalent year and mentions Vermont maple trees early by a month signaling a good sugar crop. It also reports a Connecticut tire factory incident where a cylinder head failure failed to derail a train, and a Missouri man predicts the truropet will sound March 6 1896 in Jerusalem time with a millennium to begin April 11 1696.
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Vermont
S. Wirt
Missouri
Jerusalem
Physicians Cite Rescue by Artificial Respiration After Lightning Strike
Physicians say lightning victims can often be restored with artificial respiration, but if natural respiration is restored, recovery chances are greatly improved.
California Woman Dies from Glanders After Horse Sneeze
A woman in California died recently from glanders caused by exposure to a diseased horse that sneezed in her face. The incident highlights the dangers of handling ill horses and the need for veterinary inspection.
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Wapy
California
Jousx Palmer’s Inventive Path from Violinist to Rail Check System
Jousx Palmer, noted inventor of the railway check system, started as a violinist in a small country town. He issued numbered checks for coats and hats and later adapted the concept to manage railway luggage.
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Jousx Palmer
Youth and tobacco poisoning identified in peas
Observations show young pea plants exposed to cigarette and tobacco vapors suffer nicotine poisoning. Symptoms include yellowing skin and multiple maladies from poison absorption.
Fashion Update: Tiny Gold Curl Replaces Bangs This Spring
Hair trends return with Bioxpe style featuring a tiny golden curl for very high foreheads. The curl is rare, replacing bangs as a bold, limited accessory for the season.
Toronto Death Reveals Contested Shoplifter Nickname
A Toronto obituary notes the death of a woman once famed in New York as Mother Mandelbaum a notorious shoplifter. The piece questions whether the sacred moniker should be used for a criminal and reflects on her long criminal career and public notoriety.
Coroner Returns Verdict on Starvation Death
A coroner's jury in Ayn Oregon ruled the man died of consumption after starving himself for thirty days. Some observers believe the verdict should reflect death from lack of consumption rather than consumption.
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Ayn Oregon
Death by one’s action as culture evidence
A New York medical society concludes that death by own action evidences culture. Few will care about truth. The act curtails time to learn the individual’s side and others show little inclination to investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Middleboro Treasurer Finds $500000 Unaccounted Funds
The town treasurer of Middleboro Massachusetts discovers five hundred thousand dollars in the treasury that cannot be accounted for. The discrepancy demands a new term to describe the case as a long age rather than a shortage.
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Middleboro
Mass
Portrait of a Woman in Puff Sleeves at the Event
A Pittsburgh workman recalls a scene where a woman sits with one hand at her side and her head resting on the other, her head covered by a veil and wearing a gown with huge puffed sleeves and a slender waist, reflecting the day’s style.
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Pittsburgh
Jase
Long Alaska village names stretch beyond Maine fame
Alaska presents unusually long village names such as Ahgomekhelanaghamute Ahgulakpaghamute Chokfoktolegha mute Kahlukhtughamute Kennachan aghamute Kyktokowtin Quiechoga mute Teenahotozna and Akgulurigig Jak, highlighting the contrast with Maine’s famed place names.
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Mase
Alaska
Maine
Mining cabin of John W Mackay on display at fair
At the California Midwinter fair visitors note the old mining cabin once lived in by John W Mackay as among the most interesting exhibits. His daughter contrasts its simple genuineness with aristocratic palaces. Another feature shows a cabin occupied decades ago by Senator Perkins, both built by their own hands.
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California
John W. Mackay
Perkins
Mullionaire
Browne of Civil War Fame Dies in Washington at 53
Francis Epwix Browne, famed for avenging the assassination of Col Ellsworth in Alexandria Virginia, died in Washington aged 53. For years he served as a clerk in the pension office there and earned a Medal of Honor from Congress for his act, which sparked northern patriotism in the early Civil War.
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Franscis Epwix Browne
Washington
Brownell
Alexandria
Col E. Elllsworth
Ellsworth Zouaves
Congress
Witwatersrand Reef Report Boosts Gold Prospects
A Christian Register writer notes the Witwatersrand reef in Africa extends 117 miles with richer gold at 1,200 feet than at the surface. Deposits may lie on a nearly level plane at depths of 1,500 to 1,700 feet. Gold claims cluster in twenty or more lots, operated by companies. Johannesburg, population 46,900 Europeans, has grown with churches theaters brothels schools and libraries.
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Christian Register
Witwatersrand Reef
Africa
Johannesburg
Dre Sewarno Wear Privatizes Vast Adirondack Lands
Dr Dre Sewarno Wear, president of Wagner Palace Car, controls the largest rate park in the U S. He owns about 200000 acres of wild land in the Adirondacks, fencing in about 100000, and maintains a 200 by 80 foot cottage with veranda. His regular home is Shelbourne Vermont beside Lake Champlain, where he holds about 4000 acres, with another city residence. He splits time between Vermont and Adirondack properties.
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Dre. Sewarno Wear
Wagner Palace Car Company
United States
Adirondack
Shelbourne
Lake Champlain
Vast Imperial Scene in the Nation’s Capital and Beyond
A sweeping round up of Senate and House actions includes immigration restrictions debated by Mr Curtis and a badge proposal for service members. Reports cover tariff plans, the sundry civil bill, and a United States coins investigation. Also noted are fires, murders, storms, and notable crime cases across Iowa, Missouri, Virginia, and New Mexico.
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Senate
House
Curtis
Army
Navy
Enochs
Ohio
Voorhees
Wepns Bay
TuuRsday
Sherman
Committee On Judiciary
United States
O' Neill-Joy
St. Louis
Monongahela
Pittsburgh
Senate Finance Committee Restores Cigar Tax Row
The senate finance committee decided to restore the old tax on cigars amid workmen protests. Congress received final correspondence from the president regarding whether the United States would use force to restore the queen in Hawaii. The Pollard Breckinridge trial recalls the plaintiff finishing testimony. Secretary of State Gresham accuses Great Britain of fault in Behring Sea dispute legislation. World gold production for 1893 totals about 150 million dollars per the Mint.
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Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Dole
Hawaiian Provisional Government
Willis
United States
Pollard-Breckinridge
Secretary OF
Gresham
Great Britain
Behring Sea
Bureau of the Mint
Washington
Multiple Fires Hit U S Towns Amid Losses and Deaths
Fire destroyed Isley & Co. tinware works in Brooklyn causing 200000 dollars in damage. Stanley's brewery burned in Lawrence, Massachusetts with 125000 dollar loss. Gloucester suffered a 100000 dollar fire in the business district. Ex congressman Washington Townsend aged 85 died at his Westchester home. Commodore William D. Whiting died aged Tv years in New York. Annie Baier aged 121 died in Philadelphia. Two duck hunters Spencer and Bennett drowned in East Greenwich. Esther Jacobs won 50000 in a breach of promise suit in New York. Delaware state convention in Providence nominated David Baker for governor. New Jersey Supreme Court ends eleven week senatorial deadlock upholding Republican Senate. John Suanpon fatally shot a man in Wilkes Barre and narrowly escaped lynching. Silas Gove died at Auburn Me aged 85.
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Isley & Co
Brooklyn
N. Y
United States
Neal Dow
Maine
Apostle of
Temperance
Stanley
Lawrence
Mass
Gloucester
Washington Townsend
Ocoop
Westchester
New York
William D. Whiting
United States Navy
Annie Baier
Philadelphia
Chambersburg
Cuakves P. Spencer
Edward H. Bennett
East Greenwich
R. L
Squay
Esther Jacobs
Henry B. Sire
Providence
David
Baker
New Jersey Supreme Court
Senate
Joux Suanpon
Wilkesbarre
Silas Gove
Immanuel
Prince of Peace
Auburn
Devastating Fires Displace 25 Families Near Charleston Kaw
Large forest fires in the Connelton mountains near Charleston Kaw devastate twenty-five families leaving them destitute. The article notes widespread hardship as evacuees and tramps flock to Massillon Ohio seeking aid from charity groups and relief efforts.
Death of Louis Kossuth and international incidents
The Hungarian patriot Louis Kossuth died at Turin aged 92 after a long illness. Reports mention mass executions for plots against rulers in Korea, a Malay massacre in Pantor, a Mexico boat sinking near Patzcuaro with six drowned women, and royal marriage negotiations in Britain. Further items note Kossuth’s burial wishes, a Grenoble church bomb injuring twenty, Brazil reinstating imperial anti rebellion decree, Hawaii potentially becoming a republic, and unrest in Pesth about Kossuth’s memory.
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Louis Kossuth
Turin
Corea
Pantor
Patzcuaro
Mexico
Prince of Wales
Maud
Rosebery
Grenoble
France
Gallien
Brazil
Hawaii
Thurston
United States
Buda Pesth
Kossuth
Senate not in session as Congress acts on tax funds
The senate did not meet on the 25th while the house passed a joint resolution allocating 210000 for salaries of deputy collectors to enforce the Chinese exclusion act. The ONeill Joy election dispute dominated the session as it resumed. Other items include murders, fires, strikes, and rising counterfeits.
Judge Delays Execution to Review Prisoner's Sanity
Judge Chetlain postponed Patrick Eugene Prendergast's execution to April 6 after ordering a sanity inquiry. A jury will determine if he has become insane since his Mayor Harrison murder conviction. Governor Gill declined reprieve despite petitions. Louis Kossuth, Hungarian patriot, dies at 92 in Torix with a dramatic public career outlined.
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Chetlain
Curiaco
Superior Court
Patrick Eugene Prendergast
Carter H. Harrison
Harrison
Prendergast
Springfield
United States Circuit Court
Criminal Court
Torix
Louis Kossuth
Karolyi
Monok
Zemplin
Hungary
Ume
Committee of Defense
Hawaiian minister Thurston recalled to aid new republic plan
The Evening Post reports letters recalling Lorrin Thruston to Washington and urges his return quickly. It also notes a permanent Republican government in Hawaii is near, with Thurston's services sought to help establish it, per advices from Honolulu.
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San Francisco
the Evening Post
Lorrin Thurston
United States
Washington
Hawaii
Honolulu
Thurston
Big Wheat Deal Closed By Peavey and Pillsbury
A large wheat sale closes in Minneapolis with Peavey Grain & Elevator and Pillsbury-Washburn purchasing all wheat in Peavey’s elevator system. The 3,250,000 bushel deal will be delivered over four months. The story also notes other unrelated items from London Rio de Janeiro and Des Moines.
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Miineapolis
Minn
Peavey Grain & Elevator Company
Pillsbury-Washburn Company
Peavey & Co
Tragic Lovers Hanged After Parental Block on Marriage
OsxaLoosa Ia March 22 The bodies of John Reed and Etta Shaw were found late Monday night hanging from a tree in Adams township both under 18. They had driven to the spot Sunday night after a refusal to wed. Cards pointed to their burial and double funeral. Funeral held Monday morning.
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OsxaLoosa
John Reed
Etta Shaw
Adams Township
Heavy Snow Delays Rail Travel in Germany
Beaux March 22 In parts of Germany heavy snowfalls interrupted railway service and piled high drifts on highways. Silesia reported continuous snowfall from forty eight to sixty hours, affecting travel and communication.
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Germany
Beaux
Silesia
Doubt as to Procedure in Prendergast Case
Chicago March 26. The sanity hearing for Patrick Eugene Prendergast begins in the same courtroom with daily sessions at 10 am and 2 pm and may last long. State Attorney Kern argues the procedure is an extraordinary safeguard of justice while Gregory doubts its finality. Prendergast shows little emotion. notes of intent to seek justice and testimonies from experts, including Dr. N S Davis, are planned.
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Cago
Patrick Eugene Prehacenet
Chetlain
Kern
Illinois
Luther Laflin Mills
James Dacey
Gaynor
Dacey
McHenry County
Mills
Supreme Court
T. D. Murphy
Gregory
Prendergast
United States
England
Knight
Higgins
McCooey
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Marquette
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Wharton
Tex
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Crawfordsville
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Virginia
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Kalamazoo, Mich
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National Soldiers’ Home
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Wisconsin
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Trenton Battle Monument
Laor
Sisters of Charity
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John A. Salter Seed Co
la Crosse
Miss Lovely
J. Cnentz & Co
Toledo
Mr. Pom Pus
Mr. Kerr Wal
Brown
G. M. F. Hampton
Piketon, Ky
Wilkens
Inter Ocean
Hale
Pike
California Fig Syrup Co
Seati
Scott Bowne
Richardson & de Long Bros
J. R. Douglasa
Hallstead, Pa
C. L Hood & Co
Lowell
Hood
Joan R. Dowe- Lass
Douglass & Belknap, Groceres and Provisions
Halistead
Pennsylvania
Weare
W. Baker
W. Baker & CO
Dorchester
Planet Mills
W. Lake St
W.L. Douglas
HALM
Ulver
R. Halm
Andregs J
Bardett Dearborn
Colchester
Santa Claus
Sai Corei
NK Fairbank Company
Hage
Sapolio
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