Tabernacle in Brooklyn Destroyed by Fire
Fire gutted the Brooklyn Tabernacle, pastor T DeWitt Talmage witnessed the loss. No lives were lost but the organ valued at twenty thousand dollars and the church estimated at one hundred fifty thousand were destroyed. Aid appeals were issued to rebuild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talmage’s Church
Brooklyn
Talmage
New York
Brooklyn Tabernacle
T. DeWitt Talmage
Tabernacle
Talmayze
Third and Schermerhorn
Young Men’s Christian’ Association
Soperintendsus RL
Eels
Sexton
Edison
Su Service Ious
Soltaasien
Ac Ouse
Talmagean Mt
Parence Accountas
Hega
Peorle
Larell Land
Providence
Novel steam engine bicycle trains on Coney Island rail
About 100 railroad enthusiasts attended the opening of the standard gauge Boynton bicycle railroad at Coney Island. The Sea Beach and Brighton line was purchased and fitted with a steam bicycle system where tandem wheels run on a single rail under two-story passenger cars. A guarded overhead rail and sand wheels keep the train on track, promising doubled capacity and reduced traction costs. An excursion over the Sea Beach line demonstrated a smooth two-story car forty-two feet long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conay Island
Tloynton
Sea Beach
Brighton
Coney Island
Boynton Company
Boynton
Sea Beach Road
Mismanagement of flood relief funds sparks protests in Johnstown
New York report details dissatisfaction in the Conemaugh valley over distributing half of the 3 million relief fund for flood sufferers. Clerks and accountants are accused of drawing high salaries as locals face destitution and winter approaches.
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Johnstown
New York
The
Herald
Explorer McNair Dead After Braving Kafiristan
W W McNair, tied to Indian surveys for over twenty years, died at Lonnox. The English explorer famed for penetrating Kafiristan in 1483 disguised as a doctor, shaved head and stained skin to avoid attention. He spent months studying locals and was nearly recruited as a colonial agent.
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Kafirstan
Lonnox
W.W. McNair
England
Asphan
Hisarak
McNair
Sweet Valley
Kauiristan
India
Charleston Union Screw Propulsion at 6666 100ths HP Test
San Francisco dispatch describes Irvin M Eons of Union Tron Works detailing Charleston class screws six feet in diameter with seven feet six inch pitch yielding 6666.666 hundredths horsepower at 19.4 knots. Reducing screw size and pitch could reduce speed, with contractors possibly acting to secure extra horsepower instead of paying 30000 fine for underperforming during the trial. Fatal railway workers crime reported in West Virginia as Dunn fatally shoots George Moore after a drinking incident involving alcohol from an express office.
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Charleston
New Yor
The
Herald
San Francisco
Irvin
Union Tron
Gannithe
Hei
W. Va
Entala Wlesburg
Preston County
Thomas Dunn
Georgee
Express
Sola Place
Dunn
Moore
Private Detective Killed in Bar Room Fight at Bruner
In Bruner Alabama Private Detective and ex Policeman James T Hilleary was shot twice and killed by an unknown assailant after a late Saturday bar room brawl. The killer escaped. The article notes Hilleary as a desperado and mentions unrelated film titles and a steamer arrival in a fragmented closing sentence.
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Millett
Angelus
Art Association
Bishop to Travel in Chapel Hotel Car for Episcopal Grounds
The Protestant Episcopal Bishop of North Dakota plans a traveling car serving as both chapel and hotel for his episcopate. From Sunday October 6 1889 a fast train from Atlanta will offer a through sleeper to Charleston via Augusta Yemassee and Savannah with further connections from Athens to Union Point for Charleston. E R Dorsey G P A Joe W Waits J P A.
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North Dakota
Atlanta
Charleston
Augusta
Yemassee
Savannah
Athens
Union Point
E.R. Dorsey
G. P. A. Joe
W. Waits
John Most Faces Island Sentence After Flaming Necktie
John Most bears a suspended sentence to the island and conducts himself with conservative discretion following the incident involving a flaming necktie and a distinctive architic beard.
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John Most
Uncertain Breath Remedies and Richmond Statue Plans
A discussion of bad breath and catarrh remedies cites Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy and Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as cures. Governor Lee invites General Wolseley to assist in unveiling the Richmond statue with Jefferson Davis possibly attending. The monument is hoped ready by December, amid speculation on future events and publicHealth issues.
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Sage
Lee
Lord Wolseley
Richmond
Jefferson Davis
Galloway Lambert Co Form Grocery Partnership
The notice announces a new grocery partnership Galloway Lambert Co to operate in the former Racket Store next to Jester, with James Galloway M O Lambert and W E Epps forming the partnership and inviting patronage. A second item reports the Park committee meeting to settle park procurement and urges city officials to deliver a top South park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galloway, Lambert & Co
J. Hoffman
Jester
Jas. Galloway MO
H. Lambert
W. E. Epps
Meaning of Strained and Turtle in Shakespeare
The piece debates the word strained in Portia and the phrase the voice of the turtle. It notes confusion among students and cites a Shakespeare teacher who clarifies that strained means constrained and that turtle likely refers to turtle doves, not mud turtles.
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Portia
Shylock
Browning
Paulina
Boston Transcript
Miseries of Ainu Sleeping Quarters
A report from Popular Science Monthly describes the cramped sleeping box inside an Ainu house. The ten by eight foot space sits under the eaves with futons and pillows, a mat curtain sealing the area, and poor air quality from oil, fish, and smoke despite basic comforts.
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J. K. Goodrich
Popular Science Monthly
Hall's Catarrh Cure Reward Ad and Endorsements
One hundred dollars reward offered for an incurable case of catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsers including F J Cheney Co Toledo West Truax Walding Kinnanyin Toledo Ohio H Van Hoesen Toledo National Bank attest Cheney's integrity. Cure is taken internally and targets blood and mucous membranes. Price per bottle and availability from all druggists.
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Hall
F. Cheney & Co
Teledo
J Cheney
West & Truax
Toledo
Ohio
Walding
Kinnan — Yin
Toledo Ohio
H. van Hoesen
Toledo National Bank
Golden Medical Discovery Promises Cure for Blood Diseases
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is claimed to purify the blood and cure consumption in all cases it is recommended for. An endorsement from Eben E Rexford notes his poetry earnings and the claim of relief for invalid mothers and sickly children through Richmond's Samaritan Nervine. N A Shuford of Meridian Texas reports cure for his wife after seven years of suffering.
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Pierce
Eben E. Rexford
Ladies’ Home Journal
Richmond
N. A. Shuford
Meridian
Texas
Advertised Patent Medicines and Remedies
A medicinal advertisement lists Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething and diarrhea, Acker's Blood Elixir for pimples and blood purification, and Bucklen's Arnica Salve for cuts and skin issues. Sold by L D Sledge & Co and John Crawford & Co with guaranteed satisfaction and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acker
L. D. Sledge & Co
Buckien
Arnica
John Crawford & Co
L. de Sleige & Co
Duty to Yourself and Objects of Health Remedies
Advertisement style note mentions Dr Acker's English pills as a cure for sick headache with small, sweet tablets that do not gripe. Sold by L D Sledge & Co. Also references Mrs Amelie Rives Chandler earning from writing and now pursuing art in Paris. Mentions Ayer's Ague Cure as a universal antidote for malarial poisons and system refreshment.
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Amelie Rives Chandler
Ateliers
Paris
Acker
L. D. Sledge & Co
Caution to Mothers About Laudium and Paregoric Use
Maternal warning against giving children stimulants and narcotics. advertises Acker's Baby Soother as a safe remedy. Claims to cure pains without quinium or morphine and promotes sale by L. D. Sledge & Co, Druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acker
L. D. Sledge & Co
Life and health tips and oddities appear in brief
A miscellany of medical ads praise Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets and Ayer's Sarsaparilla while urging iron vitamins and tonics. Notices include Buffalo Bill’s gift to the National Museum, fortune-telling nails, and muskrat housing trends along the Assiniboine River with a winter forecast from the Northwest Canadian.
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V .S. MccGullicuddy
Washington
National Museum
Buffalo
Bill
Assiniboine
Clarke's Flax Cough Cure Ad Promotes Remedy in Chesco Iowa
A Chesco Iowa Plaindealer excerpt touts Clarke's Extract of Flax Papillon Cough Cure with claims of rapid relief after three days of illness. An accompanying Clarke's Flax Soap is advertised at 25 cents and large bottle for $1.00. The note also mentions the Union League Club of New York reportedly swallowing the Blair bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesco
Iowa
Clarke
Union League Club of
New York
Blair
Clarke's Flax Remedy Promises Skin Cure All
Dr C P Henry of Chicago Illinois extols Clarke's Extract of Flax Papillon and Clarke's Flax Soap as universal skin cures with high success claims. Ads note Skin Cure 1.00 Soap 0.25 and promote Electric Bitters as a life enhancer. A stray line mentions a Persian shah lamenting returning from Europe.
Scrap of Paper Saves Her Life with Dr King’s Discovery
A desperate patient near death from consumption finds hope in a scrap of wrapping paper advertising Dr King’s New Discovery. After sampling a free trial and buying larger bottles, she gains strength and weight, rising from under seventy pounds to a robust 140. Trade names, doctors, and druggists are listed for purchase and trials.
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Dr. King
Fuller
W. Ti. Cole
Fort Smith
John Crawford& Co
LD Sledge & Co
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Johnstons
Ely
Explorer M’nair
Ayer
Otto of
Pavaria
Burstenreid
Samuel J. Randall
America
C P Henry
Chiesgo
Atal
Tyron
Ballston
Ore
Oregon
John Crawford & Co’s
Shah
Persia
Europe
William Waldorf Astor
Cardus
WC White
Arkansas River
Little Rock
Mr. Friend
Carter
Vanderbilt
Yale
Robert Bonner
Tennyson
New York Ledger
Mary
Myte
Nation Ile Nn
Clark
Rontotes
Epps
James Epps & CO
Lenton
Mason & Hamlin
Boston
New Tv
Poe
Mason
Hamlin
Hamlin Pianos
Cales
Gro. C. Thomas
C. Jst Ea Gmrg Ee Sthic Attorness
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