Horrors of Rocky Mountain labor on Canadian Pacific
The Chicago Inter Ocean reports harsh treatment of navvy laborers bound for the Canadian Pacific railway. Descriptions recount cold, crowded trains, brutal loading, meager rations, freezing camps, rampant disease, and high death risk as workers endure starvation, exposure, and coercive practices to keep them in the mountains.
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Chicago Inter-Ocean
Winnipeg
Rockies
John Morrison
Iadian Pacific Railway
Toronto
Uffalo
Detroit
Pittsburg
Chicago
Milwaukee
T, Paul
Rocky Mountains
Canadian Pacific
Owen Sound
Lake Huron
Port Arthur
Lake Superior
Rock Island
Calgary
Kicking Horse Pass
Bow River
Laggan
Williever
Pacific
Columbia
Kananaskis Falls
Vast plague of enormous blue rats afflicts Towanda area
In Towanda Pennsylvania reports describe a wave of unusually large gray rats overrunning farms and barns. The pests gnaw foundations and cisterns, terrorize households, bite people and livestock, and prompt planned community meetings to find extermination. Some fear a cross between Norway rat and muskrat.
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Towanda
Penn
Burlington
England
New York State Board Declares Cleveland Plurality
The New York State Board of Canvassers adjourned after a harmonious session. They confirmed unofficial figures, showing Cleveland led the state on the electoral ticket with an official plurality that matched prior estimates. Technical county errors were corrected by general consent.
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Cleveland
New York
Albany
State Board of
Broadhounds to be Sent After Convicts
A jail break in Tyler Texas ends with Albert Starnes and an accomplice guiding a partial escape. Fifteen inmates flee as Jailer Weaver is bound and gagged while guards pursuit begins. Two bloodhounds are to track the escapees.
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Tyler
Tex
Plaece
Albert Starnes
Weaver
H. Howard
Remarkable Footwear Exhibit in Sandusky Window
Miss Fannie Mills of Sandusky Ohio wears a size 4 29 shoe and weighs 186 pounds. A single shoe is on display at Theodore H Bell 411 Washington street, measuring seventeen by seven inches and nineteen inches across the instep. She drags her feet to walk, and is said to own the largest shoe in the world.
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Fannie Mills
Sandusky
Theodore H. Bell
Washington Street
Miss Mills
Aby Wowar
The Colors of the 26th Massachusetts at Winchester
The Twenty-sixth Massachusetts fought at Winchester on September 19 with 500 men, losing 260 and the regimental colors captured by the Twenty-sixth Georgia under Colonel Atkinson. Adjutant Smith, wounded, was shot while rallying his men. color guard and officers suffered heavy losses. The lost colors were never recovered as a unit, and survivors later recalled the brutal assault by Confederate batteries.
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Twenty-sixth
Massachusetts
Winchester
Clement A. Evats
Georgia
Sheridan
Jubal Early
Shenandoah Valley
Early
Grover
Gordon
KE. N. Atkinson
Massachusetts Regiment
Lowell
Brown
Serpence Thomas
Adjutant Smith
Smith
Brady
Fall River
Evans
Twenty-sixth Massachusetts
Hiram Kelly
Company A
Andersonville
Noble
Eighth New York Cavalry
Cedar Creek
Woman in Marblehead Narrates Heaven and Hell Vision
A Marblehead witness describes eight days in heaven and hell in a Salvation Army War Cry sale scene. She details glowing swords on a mountain, angels, and a rock of Christ, then portrays a hellish purple river and suffering figures, claiming prophetic visions and natural explanations for storms and currents.
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Marblehead
Salvation Army
Liberty Hose-Room
State Street
Indy
Smuch
Heaven
Hell
Christ
Bata
Arth
Gulf Stream
Adventurous 86 Year Old Wanders Giant World to New Hampshire Almshouse
Grafton county almshouse inmate Moses A Hubbard, age 86, recounts a life of travel from Concord Massachusetts birth to Boston and West Indies to Virginia and Texas. He describes mining in California, personal tragedy, vast journeys through Europe Asia and Africa, and final return to Bethlehem New Hampshire to die in poverty. He claims fluency in several languages and a wealth of travel notes.
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Woopsvilee
N. H
Grafton County
Isaac K. George
GLOBE
Moses A. Hubbard
Hubvara
Concord
Mass
McCallum
Hubbard
Wits
Boston
West Indies
Purchasea & Cotton
Indian Territory
Hin
Texas
California
San Francisco
Herve
Chicago
St. Louis
Arkansas City
New York
Metropolis
New Orleans
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Janeiro
Brazil
Liverpool
Edinburgh
Dundee
Greenbch
Scotland
North Channel
Belfast
Dublin
Queenstown
Ireland
Barcelona
Cadiz
Oporto
Spain
Mediterranean
Palermo
Sicily
Apres
Leghorn
Avenines
Genoa
Millay
Bologna
Trieste
Vienna
Tim
Amsterdam
Smeena
Beirut
Madrid
Moeha
Surat
Bombay
Madras
Calcutta
Singapore
Saigon
Hong Kong
Canton
Pekin
Constantinople
St. Petersburg
Paris
London
Newcastle
Australia
Santiago
South America
City of
Mexican Central Railroad
Portland
Bethlehem
Hugbard
The
Baptist Church
Silver Jordan
Boston Elocution Teacher Becomes Millionaire Wife in Turbulent Romance
Donna Madixxa a Boston elocution teacher married W B Daniels of Daniels and Fisher, then separated with $75 000 in property. She later joined Helen Blythe Creole troupe in Denver and Boston social circles, amid jealous confrontations with manager Edward Clayburgh and a Madrid presiding Spanish rival, Jim Harlem. She attempted self harm after jealousy, was treated, and performed briefly before another collapse.
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New York Times
Donna Madixxa
Cincinnati Despatches
Helen Blythe
Edward Clayburgh
Giraud Hotel
George Duhamel
Dunona Maaixxa
Boston
Boston School of Oratory
Lilian Abbott
Denver
Col
W. B. Daniels
Daniels & Fisher
Millionnaire Dry Goods
New York
Daniels
Atlegea
8 @ star
Strangiers
Paris
Douna
Jim Harlem
Clayburgt
No-Account Negro in Macon Grocery Case
In a Macon grocery a tall solemn-looking African American man presented a written order for six dollars worth of goods. The grocer questioned if Colonel Dunlap signed it, and the man insisted on a signed verification before trade. He alternatively scorns the idea and indicates his son Julius should improve before further business.
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Detroit
Julius
Immense Lake Mistasini Explored by Bignell Expedition
F. H. Bignell reports from Rupert’s Land after leading transport to Lake Mistassini. He and nineteen men, including Indians, reached Foam Bay and the Hudson Bay post with provisions for an eighteen month to two year stay. The lake, larger than expected, is fed by the Rupert River and may rival Lake Superior in size.
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Qufhec
F. H. Bignell
Lake Mistassini
Joan Bignell
A. J. Lowe
Geological Survey
Ottawa
Rupert's Land
Lake St. John
Foam Bay
Great Lake Mistassini
Hudson Bay Company
Moose Factory
Janes’ Bay
Bignell
Lake Superior
Hudson Bay
Miller
Sumer
Rupert’s Inlet
Great Lake
Mistassini
Maine
Labrador
Great Western Lakes
St. Lawrence
Rupert River
Saguenay
Rupert’s Land
New Yorks quirkiest novelty parade in a tiger driven phaeton
A grand Fifth Avenue equipage whirled along around 11 in the morning drawing a crowd at the Union League Club. An aristocratic phaeton with gold harness carried a tiger in boots and a poised female driver in an English jacket, gloves, and a long whip. A Scotch corgi rode near the tiger while spectators waved parasols.
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New York Sun
Thirty-ninth Street
Fifth Avenue
Union League Club
Scotch Cole
Fortieth Street
Phaeton
Fifty Year Old Butter Jar Found in Well Exhibition
Guilderland Station New York November 3. The Jupp family once famous Hudson valley butter makers stored butter in peculiarly shaped jars and submerged them in a farmyard well to harden in cold water. A jar sank in 1834 when its fastenings broke and was recovered fifty years later. The jar and about two pounds of butter are now on display at the McChesney farm.
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New York Sun
Guilderland Station
N. Y
Jupp
Hudson Valley
James McChesney
McChesney
McChesney Farm
Crisis in the Hocking Valley Strike
About forty leaders linked to the Murray City attack in the Hocking valley are to be arrested today. The moves threaten to trigger statewide militia involvement as strikers planned continued siege efforts funded from New York and other cities.
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Hocking Valley
CoLtumBus
Murray City
New York
Finance and Commerce Markets Calm Amid Flat Week
A quiet week closes with unchanged money markets and slack business. Banks hold surplus funds while loans show limited demand. New York funds trade at a 16 1 4 cent premium per $1000 and foreign bills firm. Week’s bank statement shows increased specie and reserves, with 277 national failures and a mixed bond market.
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Prime Corporation
Gangé
New York
Bank of England
United States
Canada
Ana
Market Report from an Early 20th Century Ledger
The article details overall improved business conditions from the prior week with quiet breadstuffs and dairy markets. It lists frequent steadiness in apples, beans and peas, butter and cheese, oats, and flour while noting large apple supplies and fluctuating Baldwin and Hubbardston prices.
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Orrick
Bogtoy
New York Markets Report Quiet as Prices Edge Higher
New York markets show a quiet session with rising price pressure in flour and meat. Cotton futures slump on foreign prices. grains and oils move with mixed signals as December to June futures vary and spot quotes wiggle.
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Rio
Java
Maracaibo
Jamaica
St. Domingo
Ste
Pricca
St Domingo
New York
Vermont
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Ansous
Pseies County
Choice Western
Cood
Choice Southern
St Louis
Ilinois
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Gloucester Fish Market Prices and Supplies Decline
In Gloucester the fish market reports weaker receipts but prices mostly steady to high. Fresh pollock, cod, halibut, and mackerel appear with varied rates, while cured fish and oils show mixed availability and pricing across multiple suppliers.
Live Stock Arrivals and Beef Prices at Brighton and Watertown
Week ending Friday November 3 shows arrivals of cattle sheep swine veal horses and hides at Brighton and Watertown markets. Beef cattle dressed weight prices ranged from 400 to 650 per hundred pounds with various quality tiers listed. Hides tallow and calf prices noted along with ranks for eastern northern and western stock and a general market snapshot.
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Brighton
Watertown
Aenae Bate
Ecune
Brees de Ness
Ik Kinony
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