Princeton Fire Field Hits Six Buildings In Burst
A fire in Princeton damaged six business buildings with losses estimated at 50 thousand dollars. Itasca county reassessment by Senator Dedon raised township valuations by 3,215,165 at state cost of 6,486. Coox county spent 200,000 convicting Pendergast. Baldwin to support Wilson bill amid protests. Mary Lease reinstated as Kansas state charities chief. ET cars used as hearses in Mexico. County official J A Bixby chosen for county overseer. Hoskins Alliance Advocate editor linked to insanity case. Republican league clubs to convene in Minneapolis in February. Public sentiment on Democratic administration questioned. The Distarce, official county paper, won contract for 1804. Subscribe to follow county matters.
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Dedon
Board of County Commissioners
Mary E. Miller
A. W. Miller
Michael Hagberg
Gotz
Crow Wing
Minnesota
Wing
Michael Moon
Legislature committee ordered to pay Rhodes in letter case
The investigating panel including Senators Donnelly and Morse and Representatives Walsh Winstrom Boggs Horton and Lockwood must each pay John J Rhodes 500 for seizing and removing his letter book from his office The payment will be drawn from a 50000 state fund for costs or verdicts The Staples World notes a Cass county meeting on the 13th to organize the county and mentions an outside organizer planning to travel to St Paul to push the effort The correspondent warns against placing strangers in county offices fearing negative outcomes
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Donnelly
Morse
Walsh
Winstrom
Boggs
Horton
Lockwood
John J. Rhodes
Cass County
Staples World
St. Paul
Neukirch
Pittsburg Dispatch
No License Faction Plans Saloons In Haverhill
Haverhill Massachusetts no license advocates plan to open a large saloon after May 1 selling whisky at 3 cents and beer at 2 cents a glass to compete with existing licensed stores. They will raise 2000 dollars for license fixtures and stock by subscription with 1300 dollars already pledged. An old law limits store numbers to 27 serving a 75 000 population and has created a profitable monopoly for alderman favorites.
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Haverhill
Mass
Twen
Aerial Balloon Triplicate Safety Concept Proposed
A historian discusses advancing aerial science by using a triple balloon design with outer safety shell inner containment and a leakproof core to enable longer flights and circumnavigation. The piece highlights potential polar and global photographic benefits and notes safety gains over single balloons.
One Hour With Thee And The Maiden Moon
A poem about a twilight stroll and a last hour of intimate memory. The speaker recalls a deep union of two spirits and the ache of parting, contrasting warmth with life’s cares. It closes with Cardinal Newman's thoughts on the ideal gentleman and humane conduct.
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Montgomery M. Folsom
Atlanta Journal
Beauty Parlor Swindle Hits West End Purchasers
A west end lady fell for a $36 Beauty Parlor scheme now common in major cities. She bought mostly empty boxes under the lure of good stock and a thriving trade, hoping the goodwill would be worth something. When ex-patrons threatened suits, she fled to avoid danger.
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West End
Chicago
Cincinnati Times-Star
Remarkable Bird Encounters and Menacing Pranks Drawn From News
The column recounts a joke about Joe Jefferson’s longtime helper Bagley and a tale from the Chicago Times about an actor naming him Joey and a drunken interruption during a performance. It also describes an Easton Ledger report of a barn swallow and sparrow duel ending with the swallow’s clever noose to hang the defeated sparrow, a macabre barnyard incident from Talbot county.
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Bagley
Mr. Jefferson
Joey
Rip van Winkle
Rip
Chicago Times
Haddawar
Easton
Chicago Tribune
Oratory In England and America
A quotation contrasts English and American taste for public speaking. It notes the House of Commons tradition and American appetite for speech, while observers observe juries dislike lofty eloquence and a growing aversion to being talked to in grand diction.
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Oratory
England
House of Commons
America
States
Scribner's
Pneumatic tire with cotton pad aims to thwart punctures
A new English pneumatic tire uses a prepared cotton wool pad covered with soft cloth placed between the tire cover and air chamber. The 50 ounce pad greatly reduces punctures even from sharp tools and costs little.
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England
Tough Chicken Causes Wrath at Regent Street Eatery
A gentleman in Regent Street complained a chicken was tough at a local restaurant. The waiter explained the bird's peculiar behavior, recounting they had to shoot it when it proved uncatchable. The tale ends with a witty misdirection attributing the shot to a weather cock.
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Regent Street
Magnetic bedside manners of a famed surgeon noted
Persuasive patient interactions marked Dr. Mackenzie whose presence calmed a furious brother after a death in his consulting room. He even guided him to sit in the operating chair and pay the fee, a demonstration of his almost magnetic influence cited in a medical address and echoed by the Philadelphia Ledger on school science.
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Labos
Ofor
Sud
James Paget
Enzie
J. Ernest Lane
Mary's Hospital
London
Philadelphia Ledger
Stand firm in principle against ridicule and fashion
The author urges fidelity to personal reason and grave morals despite ridicule. Do not defer to the times or seek approval from fashion, but act with a soul of independence and seriousness, even if seen as rustic or pedantic.
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Boston
Mr. A
Jenness Miller
Growing and marketing small fruits for local markets
The article advises diversified plantings of strawberries raspberries blackberries grapes currants and gooseberries with two or more varieties to extend the season. Home growers should start small and expand as profits allow, prepare soil well before planting, and focus on low cost production to deliver fresher fruit locally.
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St. Louis
Brokerage board members shaped early fashion trends
Joe Howard claims brokers first introduced many fashion items from cutaway coats to dog collars, noting that every article of fancy wear began with a broker on the board. The quip links brokers to the origins of formal attire and style in a playful historical aside.
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Academy of Music
Board of
Brokers
Joe Howard
St Louis Globe Democrat offers cheap national news weekly
The St Louis Globe Democrat promises a semi weekly eight page edition for one dollar a year, Republican aligned yet timely with news. Sample copies are free through Girone Paintime Co. An ad notes Northern Pacific railroad low round trip rates to Pacific coast points valid to April 30 1894 with stops allowed, promoting winter visits to Southern California and the San Francisco mid winter fair. Return fare listed include 6.50 to San Francisco and 80.50 to Los Angeles routes via the Missouri river, and 90.00 figures to other coast destinations.
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United States
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St. Louis
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California
San Francisco
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Pacific
Missouri River
Los Angeles
Missouria River
Ripans Tabules Gain Popular Use Across Medical Authorities
Ripans Tabules are compounded from a prescription widely used by leading medical authorities and are now presented in a form that is increasing in popularity nationwide.
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