Smith family reunion draws ten thousand in New Jersey
Ames Intelligencer reports a Smith family reunion in New Jersey attracting about 10,000 attendees. Several Smiths were noted as absent. Oyster shells 20 inches diameter found inland near Yuma, prompting curiosity despite doubt. A Spokane youth seeks to rename Onion to Orion, an appeal likely to move tears in court. Sprayed salt from Wrightsville, NC storm traveled ten miles inland, giving trees a snowed appearance.
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New Jersey
Wrightsville
N.C
Grasshopper Devours Missouri Tobacco Crop
A grasshopper consumes a large share of Missouri's tobacco crop. The insect is described as not feeling compelled to spit on sidewalks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Russia’s harsh justice sparks fear over czarist rule
The piece laments severe penalties in Russia where killing an antagonist could bring long imprisonment and merely glancing at the czar risks exile to Siberia, describing the regime’s harsh and unequal justice as a sign of oppressive governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Siberia
Bicycle fire extinguisher attachment aids cooling blaze
The Boston fire department tests a bicycle mounted chemical extinguisher to fight small fires. Early results show promise as this device shifts firefighting tools from toys to practical gear for rapid response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Lincoln was not a spiritualist says ex Minister Lincoln
Ex minister Robert T Lincoln denounces a circulating claim that Abraham Lincoln kept a medium in the White House and served as a spiritualist. He states there is not an iota of truth in the story and urges the public to dismiss the rumor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
White House
Robert T. Lincoln
Quaker Bonnet Said to Shield Quakeresses from Cold
Dr Agnew noted ca tarrhal affections were rare among Quakeresses he attended, attributing this to their bonnets shielding the back of the head and neck from cold air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnew
Milk producers of Rappoltsweiler flood river in protest
In Rappoltsweiler an Alsatian dairy village cow owners pour their entire milk supply into the river following a dispute with customers over prices. The unusual action reverses the typical market flow, drawing attention to the standoff.
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Rappoltsweiler
Timefold Bath Paradox Painted in a New York Page
A New York paper whimsically asserts a thought experiment about time and longitude, suggesting a man could bathe one leg on Saturday and the other on Monday at the same moment while sailing east or west, highlighting playful prose rather than a factual event.
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New York
Mesmerizing at social gatherings cautioned by doctors
Readers warned that those inclined to submit to mesmerism at social gatherings should consult a competent physician. Even slight heart derangement could cause serious danger of sudden collapse under the mesmerism’s unusual influence.
A Call for Free Cook Books to Aid Families
A book authority notes there are over six hundred cook books in print and suggests free distribution to every home as a wise investment. The widespread influence of good cooking on reducing divorces and family unhappiness is highlighted as a goal for all states.
Labor-Saving Cranberry Harvesting Machine
The invention of a cranberry picker promises higher earnings for harvesters. Hand pickers earn about 2.50 to 3 per day, while machine operators could reach higher wages. However cranberry marsh owners fear damage to bushes and many refuse to allow the machine's use.
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Cranberry
Emin believed slain by cannibals ends reports
Earn Pasua is again reported slain by the same old reliable gentleman. It is alleged Emin has actually been eaten by can nibals. If true, the periodical death reports would end. It would have been better if Emin allowed Stanley to complete the forcible rescue and return to Europe. The old soldier did not want rescue and thus became food for man eaters.
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Earn Pasua
Emin
Stanley
Europe
American public steadies against cholera outbreaks
The notice of cholera in England and a Jersey City death drew little fear in the United States. Citizens display confidence born from prior alarms and precautions, showing a shift from panic to calm despite the disease's spread across the North River.
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England
Jersey City
New York
North River
Boston cigar dealer patents self lighting cigar device
Hoxuis P. Macomber of Boston patents a chemical preparation rubbed on cigars. When the pointed end is cut and lit, the mixture ignites and the cigar lights itself, letting smokers puff without matches. Treated cigars could be kept for weeks and ready for use in any circumstances.
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Hoxuis P. Macomber
Boston
Personal marked letters cause family rows
The writer notes women often mark envelopes personal hoping for faster delivery and cites embarrassing results. A business note in a clear feminine hand marked personal has sparked lively disputes in typically peaceful households, illustrating how the habit can backfire.
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Iia
Remarkable memory boy reads Genesis in three hours
BaRNwELt South Carolina reports a twelve year old with a prodigious memory. He read Genesis aloud in three hours and recited it again with only a few words forgotten. In presence of witnesses he repeated a sermon heard over two years earlier in Richmond, matching gestures and even coughs.
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Barnwelt
S. C
Richmond
Evisanon
Senate Debates Silver Bill Across Sept Sessions
The News of the Week reviews senate and house actions on silver coinage and related pensions. Teller and Pugh spoke against repeal. Morgan introduced a bill to keep silver in circulation. various pension, tax, and tariff measures were debated or proposed, with heat across states like Illinois and Wisconsin and incidents from fires to political contests noted.
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Senate
Teller
Col
Morgan
House
Monpar
Dolph
Ore
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Oregon
Pugh
Messrs
Mitchell
Stewart
Hewley
Territory
Utah
Nevada
Daniel
W. Va
Faulkner
New White House Baby Esther Cleveland Born
The text notes President Cleveland and Mrs. Cleveland welcome a daughter, Esther R. Cleveland, born at the White House. It reports both mother and child are said to be well.
Italian strikers seize Beadling Pa town amid terror
In Beadling Pennsylvania Italian strikers overtook the mining town terrorizing residents. Twenty eight were arrested as authorities moved to restore order. In Springfield Massachusetts L S Meintjes lowered the five mile bicycle record to 11 09 3 5 while Laurens Meintjes rode 26 miles 50 yards in one hour. The cruiser Columbia’s trial trip in Philadelphia set a speed best of 71 3 knots. Navy paymaster Jonix McMahon died of heart failure in Dorchester Massachusetts aged 51. Lt Governor Mcreaus Crosby of Michigan died in Boston. Frederick Ames vice president of Old Colony Railroad worth 25 000 000 was found dead in New York from apoplexy. A stranger’s body was found in Rev J S Marquis’s Washington Pennsylvania coffin. The barkentine Skobeleff of Portland Maine lost with seven crew. Fire destroyed 26 Spencer Massachusetts buildings valued at 300 000. Standard Oil trust dissolved with companies acting independently.
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Beadling
Springfield
Mass
L. S. Meintjes
South Africa
Columbia
Philadelphia
Jonix McMahon
United States Navy
Dorchester
Mcreaus Crosby
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Boston
Frederick L. Ames
Old Colony Railroad
New York
J. S. Marquis
Washington
Barkentine Skobeleff
Portland
Spencer
Great Standard Oil Trust
Laurens
Meintjes
Fires ruin Mount Vernon grain elevator in Mount Vernon Indiana
A blaze at W. C. Fuhrer Milling Co. destroyed the grain elevator causing an estimated 160000 dollars in losses. Other items note the world's fair adjournment by vote 29 to 9 and various regional calamities and crimes.
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W. C. Fuhrer Milling Company
Mount Vernon
Ind
National Commission of the World’s Fair
Chicago
Lake Shore Road
Kendallville
Columbus
United States
Spain
Adolp Krug
Seattle
Wash
British Columbia
Deadwood
8. D
Klamath Falls
Ore
Matt Zeifk
Fort Dodge
Floods kill 10000 in Shuntienfu prefecture China
Reports state fourteen villages were destroyed by recent floods in Shuntienfu, China, with about 10,000 lives lost. The article lists other global events including immigration policy disputes, an upcoming Paris exposition, and a fatal steamer fire in Leamington Ontario.
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Shuntienfu
China
Canada
New York
United States
France
Alfred Picard
Paris
Charles de Lesseps
Crimea
Taurida
Mecca
Tunisin
Holy Land
James Johnson
Alvinston
Ont
National Liberal Federation of London
Byron Trerice
Leamington
Rio de Janeiro
Buenos Ayres
Barney Wilkes
G. W. Gale
Ypsilanti, Mich
Windsor
Day in Senate and Robberies Highlight Early U S News
The 15th saw Sherman law repeal advocates in the senate while Cullom presented a veteran petition against undercover detectives. House debates and eulogies marked the day. gold and cash robberies struck Philadelphia mint and Mineral Range train. Fires, forest losses, Deadwood savings, track records, mail holdups, Spanish cloudburst, rising failures, and widespread unemployment followed nationwide.
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United States
Senate
Cullom
Illnois
Pension Office
J. Logan Chipman
Detroit
Mich
Philadelphia Mint
Mineral Range
Michigan
Boston
Cynthiana
Wisconsin
Deadwood
Washington Park
Chicago
Directum
Mascot
Tahlequah
S. T
Vitta-Canal
Spain
Staples Green
Livingstone
Ala
Emporia
Kan
Massachusetts
Bold robbers blow up express car and steal $150000
KenpA Sumter Ind Sept 13. A bold group robbed the U S express car on the Lake Shore line near Kessler sidetrack at midnight. They dynamited the car, rifled the safe of about 150000, fired on the crew, and fled as armed men scoured Noble county seeking the bandits.
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Kenpa Sumter
Ind
Noble County
United States
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Kessler
James Boys
Kendallville
Knapp
W. H. Weist
H. B. Hamblin
J. Newell
Lake Shore Railroad
C. H. Crosby
United States Express Company
Chicago
Byron B. Hamblin
S. Western Avenue
Hamblin
Bme
Messenger Weist
Ernest Marks
Louisville
Roy Jeppiner
Fred Moler
Omaha
Burning of the steamship Sher moksha on the Volga
Reports from Moscow detail a disaster when the steamship Sher moksha carrying oil and passengers on the Volga caught fire in mid river. Explosions tore the hull, oil spread over the water, and small boats attempting to flee were engulfed. Twenty-nine killed and fourteen fatally injured.
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Moscow
Shermoksha
Volga
Astrachan
Spanish and U.S. pledge via transfer of Columbus caravels
Spain and the United States renewed friendship as three Columbus caravels were transferred from the Spanish government to the United States guardianship. The vessels mirror the fleet Columbus used to reach the new world in 1492. Presentations were made by Capt. Concas and Senor Du Puy de Lome.
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CarcaGco
Spain
United States
Columbus
West
New World
Capt. Concas
Senor du Puy de Lome
Porcine Monster Headed to World’s Fair in New York
A 5 foot tall hog, 3 feet across the shoulders and long, arrived on the steamer Nomadic and will be shown at the world’s fair before heading to Chicago today. In Devin’s Lake North Dakota, an engine explosion killed Gustav Fleck, a leading German farmer, and mortally wounded Ed Walters with two others injured.
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New York
Chicago
Devin's Lake
N. D
Gustav Fleck
Ed Walters
Northern Wisconsin Fires Threaten Homes and Towns
Revere Guiles lend aid as forest fires sweep northern Wisconsin from Marshfield to Merrill. Hundreds of families homeless, towns isolated by fire, rail lines damaged, and forestry losses estimated at 5 to 6 million dollars amid fierce battles to protect mills and farms.
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Wisconsin Central
Milwaukee
Lake Shore & Western
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
M&ct
Frank McMillan
McMillan Lumber Company
Wisconsin
Marshfield
Henry Sherry
Manville
Michael Powers
John Miller
Planing Mill
McMillan
Here
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Merrill
Wis
Pine River
Scott
Swope
Powers’ Station
Marinette
Babcock
Tomah
Worden
Milwaukee & Northern Railroad
Destruction of a Tennessee Farm Residence Claims Three Young Victims
At Burntown Tennessee Milton Myers wealthy farmer near Millersville post office his residence burned Thursday night killing three children aged 10, 8, and 3. The rest of the family escaped. Mrs Myers leaped from a second story window with a two week old infant and is in critical condition. Loss estimated at 12000 dollars. Cause of fire unknown.
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Burntown
Tenn
Milton Myers
Millersville
Foresters Abolish Higher Endowment Tiers
In New Haven on September 16 the supreme officers of the Ancient Order of Foresters discussed endowment rules. They voted to abolish the $1,500 and $2,000 endowments, leaving $500 and $1,000 as the available amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Ancient Order of Foresters
Stung to Death by Bees at Brocton Farm
J W Peters a farmer north of Brocton attempted to hire a swarm of bees. The bees went maddened and stung his little girl to death. The incident occurred near Oakland Nebraska on September 16.
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Oakland
J. W. Peters
Brocton
Comptroller Eckels Speaks at Chicago Bankers Banquet
At the Grand Pacific hotel Chicago bankers hosted Comptroller of the Currency James H. Eckels. Lyman J. Gage presided as Eckels praised public opinion as a force, urged repeal of the Sherman act, and forecast renewed prosperity, industry, and trust in banks amid post panic recovery.
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Chicago
Curiaco
Bankers of
James H. Eckles
Grand Pacific
United States Senate
Senate of the
United States
Eckels
Comptroller
Thomas
New England
Pennsylvania
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Western and Southern Bankers See End of Mood Decline
New York dispatches from about 1,000 western and southern cities quote bankers and business leaders who say the panic is past and the outlook is cheery. Factories are resuming, money is easier, and cotton farmers report heavier than expected crops with ample credit to move it. Collections improve and the financial gloom ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Yellow fever outbreak feared in Brunswick, Ga
Washington reports several dispatches from Brunswick indicating a renewed yellow fever threat. Officials warn that without immediate, strong action by authorities the epidemic could worsen. Government officers are tirelessly working to protect public safety.
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Washington
Brunswick
Grinnell Bank Robbery Nets $300 in Noon Heist
Two strangers in a livery rig drove to the Grinnell savings bank at noon. One entered and claimed the other wanted to speak with the cashier. While the cashier was away, the outside man gathered loose cash totaling 300 dollars and fled through a side door. No crew was present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
Grinnell Savings Bank
Dropped Dead on the Track in Wixpsor Stallion Race
Barney Wilkes a $20009 stallion owned by G W Gale of Ypsilanti Michigan collapsed and died on the track Thursday in Wixpsor Ontario, officials report the event as sudden.
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Wixpsor
Ont
Barney Wilkes
G. W. Gale
Ypsilanti, Mich
Free Coinage Tests Pace Record At Le Mars Races
Le Mars Iowa September 15 features included the $2,000 2:00 class trotting race and the trial of Free Coinage by Steinway to beat the world pacing mark for 3 year olds. He clocked a mile in 2.11 5 beating the record on a regulation track.
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le Mans
Steinway
Rio de Janeiro Bombarded as Brazilian Rebel Fleet Attacks
Reports from Rio de Janeiro describe rebel forces firing on forts guarding the harbor and the city, with a civilian woman killed. The bombardment lasts about six hours, trials of the Aquidaban and other ships noted, while loyalty to Peixoto persists in parts of Brazil and many foreign ships remain neutral.
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Wasniveton
Gresham
Thompson
Rio
Charleston
Navy Department
Montevideo
Monror
United States
Detrout
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
London
Mello
Bay
Aquidaban
Republica
Arajano
Bugnos Ayres
Rio Janeiro
Peixoto
Tiradentes
Itacca
Bahia
Panama
San Pablo
Buenos Ayres
Porto Alegre
Bank Chief Arrested in Michigan Embezzlement Case
Aprian Mich Sept 15 About a year ago the bank of C P Bills Tecumseh shut its doors over thousands in debts Bills claimed to square accounts but disappeared Deputy Sheriff Pease arrived from Iddy New Mexico with the defaulting banker under arrest charged with embezzlement He posted a 2000 bond to appear for examination.
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Aprian
Mich
Bank of C. P. Bills
Tecumseh
Pease
Iddy
N. M
Death of a Judge Larrimore in New York
Ex Judge Richard Ludlow Larrimore a prominent New York bar member and over twenty years a judge of the court of common pleas died at his home on Wednesday. He was born in 1830.
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New York
Richard Ludlow Larrimore
Court of Common Pleas
Meinties Sets 26 Mile One Hour Cycle Record
Laurens S. Meinties rode 26 miles and 50 yards in one hour at SpringField Massachusetts on Thursday night, finishing the last mile in 2 minutes 11 and 3-5 seconds. He surpassed Stocks who lowered Meinties 24 mile record, completing 2% miles and 690 yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Laurens S. Meinties
Stocks
Meinties
Diamond Dealer Fails in New York
Julius Bernstein, diamond dealer and importer at 48 Maiden Lane, has assigned liabilities of 60000 with assets far larger. Dull trade and inability to obtain bank accommodations caused the failure in a New York financial notice dated September 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Julius Bernstein
Maiden Lane
Cheap Excursions to the West Offer Inexpensive Travel
An 1893 notice promotes low rate rail excursions via the North Western Line to Northwestern Iowa Western Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Manitoba Nebraska Colorado Wyoming and Utah. Tickets go on sale August 22 September 12 and October 16 and are valid for return passage twenty days from sale with go in privileges to the territories served. Details and rates available from A Thrail General Passenger and Ticket Agent Chicago & North Western Railway Chicago. Also notes a quip about monkeying with oneself attributed to Dr Darwin.
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West
Northwest
North-Western Line
Iowa
Minnesow
North Dakota
South Dakota
Manitob
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
A. Thra
Chicago & North Western Railway
Chicago
Nervous People Given Brisk Remedy Promoted
A fragment describes nerves and pressing distress eased by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters praised as a long standing popular tonic. It claims to regulate liver and bowels and cure malaria rheumatic troubles while noting a conversation about investing money in fluctuating stocks.
California Fig Syrup Remedy Advocated for True Use
The piece argues that Syrup of Figs, derived from plant-based ingredients, offers a permanently beneficial effect on the human system as a true remedy. It warns that deep vegetable extracts and mineral tonics sold as medicine are injurious, reflecting a stance from the California Fig Bur about proper medicinal use.
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Mineral Cary
California
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Union Furniture Company
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Terminal Railway Company
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Moore & Sirs
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Foreign Intelligence
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Neb
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Bright Business Outlook
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del Rio
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Washineton
New Mexico
Darwin
Galvestor News
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Hood
J. H. Tore
12Th St
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Tole HM
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Low Baths
Kansas
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