Howards Letter Gratitude and Ingratitude Across Society
New York January 5 story on gratitude and ingratitude among former recipients. The narrator recalls a barber shop boy, his charity, and the boy’s betrayal, then reflects on ingratitude in public life from mayors Hewitt and Grant to clergy and writers, urging kindness and gratitude.
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New York
Astor House
New Parlor Game Explains Electoral College
An article praises a new parlor game titled The Game of Politics Race for the Presidency that explains how states’ electoral votes determine the president. It notes the political surprise potential from a few thousand votes in key states and explains the Electoral College with examples like New York and Nevada. The game is available at toy stores or by mail from W. S. Reed Loy Company, Leominster, Mass, for $1.25.
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Harrison
New York
Cleveland
New Jersey
Indiana
Whch
Benjamin
Greer
Kactiguste
Nevada
Republic
W. 8. Reed ‘Loy Company
Leominster
Mass
More Dangerous Than the Original Horse Pistol Bottle
An intoxicated man arrested this week had a whiskey bottle shaped like an old fashioned horse pistol, producing merriment at police headquarters. The charge was joked about as being transferred from weapon to the man’s stomach, with a tin cap over the muzzle to avoid danger.
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Norwich
Dominion Parliament
Red River
Harrison and Morton Colored Republican Club of
New York
Cooper Union
James Laneston
Virima
E. F. Shepard
W. B. Rrick
O. O. Howard
Dominion of Canada
New York State
F. H. McCann
J. B. Watkins Banking Company
Lake Charles
Laredo
Tex
Michigan
James McMillan
Detroit
United States
Thomas W. Palmer
McMillan
Canada & St. Louis
Congress
Fentess
Miss. Frank
James Coleman
Haytian Republic
Legitime
Hayti
Bayard
Electric Sugar Refining Company of
Electric Sugar Refinery Company
London
England
H. C. Friend
Auburn
N. Y
New York City
Lower Broadway
Aroun Trinity Church
Herr Most
Herr Ost
James Sistrunk
John
Sam Grega
J. K. Birt
Barnwell County
South Carolina
Sistrunk
Leonora Pirt
Birt
Conra
Ton. IL
St. Louis, Alton & Ag
News in Brief highlights from scattered reports
Scattered items note Pleyser scouting Sara ted gaska for Eleventh Regiment. Bald-knobber recaptured. Hayti funds rumor denied. gas discovery in Newton NJ. Poughkeepsie Bridge test run. Delaware Legislature convenes with party splits. Reports cover murders, ship seizures, rail strikes, drownings, fires, accidents, court cases, and political shifts across multiple states and nations.
New England Agency promises cash for escape from Bible quote
An OCR fragment recounts a scam offering cash gifts and a newspaper subscription in exchange for 75 cents, plus a chance to win various sums. It references Winchester NH and dubious charitable motives, then shifts through diverse 1889 era items including railway orders, accidents, political notes, and sensational crime reports from multiple places.
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Pescape
Nso Onn
New England
ENGL
Winchester
New Hampshire
Kate Adams Disaster Death Toll Raised to Forty Two
United States inspectors probing the Kate Adams steamer fire report evidence shows 42 lives lost, including 15 children among deck passengers and 10 crew members, exceeding earlier tallies of 14. The incident occurred near Memphis, Tennessee, on January 4.
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Wood Woods
Oxie Inc Amin
Rene Se
Reading Rail Company
Duluth
Mipn
Leon ©. Duchesne
Mississippi
I. R. Stockdale
Port Au Prince
Legitime
Trey
N. Y
Preston
New York
Prince
J. Brainerd McClure
Hugh Flannagan
Wilkesbarre
Penn
Pinkerton
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Max Goldberger
Philadelphia
Anne Schultzerg
Eastern
Allison
Tennessee
C.F. Bates
H.C. Evans
Supreme Court
Ocean Beach
N.J
Free Masons
Knights of Pyth
As and
Odd Fellows’ Lodges
Ariel
Baltimore
Carthagena
Pesnonavere
Gibraltar
Levi L. Hall
G. Newary
William Waterman
J. A. Lamert
Michael Kennedy
Lambert
Natchez
Lake Providence
T. P. Leathers
New Orleans
Belle Wooster
Cork
Kate Carnie
Brunswick
Rotterdam
New Yoke
Cleveland (O
Andrew Squires
London
Plagout
Thomas Axworthy
Cleveand
Axworhy
Canada
United States
Kate Adams
Mississippi River
Trenholm
Stratford National Bank
Stratford Springs
Conn
Frank Delehanty
Joseph Delehanty
Cohoes
Delehanty
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Aeaeanig Plane
Scho
Mary Beate
Mexico
Romero
Iil
Ozar c. Mo
Dee
John
Wile Matthews
Dave Walker
William
Ryder
Shenandoah
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania & Lehigh Railroad
Arnoldsville
Adams Mass
Greylock Mill No. 2
Pennsylvania
John C. Grady
Senate
Henry K. Hoyer
House
Beaver
Pastors’ Union of Columbus
Harrison
Indianapolis
Union
Maryland
Helen Baughman
Chester
Robert McAllister
Kerr
McAllister
Memruis
Tenn
High Price for Bread Moves by West Mill Owners
In St. Louis on January 2, flouring mills citywide closed except Anchor mill which will shut after current orders. The Millers' Association pact affects 240 mills in the fall wheat belt, forcing closure or half-time operation during January.
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Chicago & Alton
citYre Reaera
Ch ‘O & Alton
Springfield
St. Louis
Mileeee
Wheaties
Vines
Adams & Westlake Manufacturing Compeny
Chicago
H m
Veendam
New York
Rotterdam
Sandy Hook
Awa
Chris Peters
Millers’ Association
Milwaukee
Fall Wheat Belt
Martial law grips Springer City Oklahoma in mass exodus
Telegram from Purcell reports Springer City with 3000 residents under martial law as the mayor and city treasurer flee. Army orders all citizens to depart while Purcell hosts fugitives from the promised land. Advertisements for Dr Sage's Denace Remedy flood the page.
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Springer City
Oklahoma
Kansas Ciy
Purcell
J. T
United States
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Darkey
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Third Avenue Eevated
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Neb
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United States Fish Commission
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America
Hardy
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Henry Maule
Filbert St
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Farm Journal
Inter-Ocean
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Park Row
Wit
H. Chidester & Son
Bond St
N.Y
Wrdt
the Weekly Globe
Department of Human Knowledge
Everett Brown
Grover Cleveland
Army
North America
Cyclopedia of Natural History
Charles C. Abbott, M. D
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Epps
Civil Service Gazette
James Epps & CO
Homoeopathic Chemists
Manchester
Lyon & Healy
U.S
Agents’ Journal
Bromisel Street
Wytf Myli
F. C. Fowler
Brooklyn
B.Y
J. W. Kenyon
Glens Falig
J.E. Shepard & CO
Powell & Clement
Main St
Cincir
F. A. Lehmann
BS Isittvend
Witaiu
Reture Mall
Moody & CO
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Porelguaoniriong
Chase
GFN Ickerson & CO
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J. H. Reeves
Marston
Park Plage
C.J. Mason
Minneapolis
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Leslie E. Keeley Company
Dwight
Illinois
T. D. Campbell
Boyleston
Ind
Andreas
J.C. Emory & CO
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