Johnstown Flood Toll Grows as Mass Graves Pile Up
The Johns town disaster leaves thousands dead or missing as relief teams clear debris by dynamite and derricks. Two hundred forty six more bodies found today raise the total to three thousand one hundred thirteen with many identifications.
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Mother Earth
Sity
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Death Bridge
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Conemaugh
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Dibert
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Paris
Conemaugh Valley
The
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Price
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J Reidall
Tom Lanhart
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Umney
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Childred
Joseph Boff
John Cullen
Go Mich
John Hogan
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May Leutz
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George Root
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John Burns
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Tillie Fechner
Eliza Jones
K. Gerhardt Ladwiz
George Ait
Marvy Reilly
Frank Riily
Sebneil
Lambert
Cyrus Elder
James J. Frochenner
Tragedy at Silver Junction Silent Shooters Kill Two Ranch Robbers
At Silver Junction Montana Central station two Finnish brothers shot station agent F C Jobst in bed and killed telegraph operator Burrell. A posse including Sheriff Jefferies pursued them to a gulch five miles away where they were killed in a pitched firefight. The men, possibly named Quade, were linked to regional robberies. two victims are buried and a $500 reward is offered. The incident follows a broader seething vigilante era in the area.
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Old Town
Marysvile
Jay Gould
Empire
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Slver Junction
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Jobst
Barrett
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Burel
Bill Jonas
Wurderera
Jefferies
Beidler
Silver City
Quade
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Burrell
Great Falls
Great Farls
Siver
Glasgow
New London
Wis
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Mich
Shifting City Populations and Civic Confidence
Professor Charles Eliot Norton argues that cities fail to bond residents into a true community due to high transient populations and weak social ties. He claims New York exemplifies a city of strangers with feeble social sentiment and diminished civic pride.
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New York
Charles Eliot Norton
Scribner's
Philadelphia Woman Hears New York Pageant From Home
A Philadelphia woman using a long distance telephones diary reports hearing marching bands, church bells, steamboat whistles, and street shouts from New York during three days of naval and military processions. She wears a metal cap with an ear receiver to aid dictation for news. On Monday she heard Trinity bells and naval sounds. Tuesday she caught bands and crowd cheers during the military pageant.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia
New York City
Trinity
Sanitation Drives Johnstown Recovery And Torch Debate
State board of health dominates recovery efforts after the Johnstown disaster as Dr. Lee heads to Pittsburg to set up headquarters. An army of sanitary inspectors will clear wreckage with cremation debates rising while relief workers feverishly search for hundreds more bodies amid worsening stench and mass graves.
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State Board of Health
Lee
Pittsburg
Army of Sanitary
Boute
Morrell
Johnstown
Central Relief Committee
Hastings
Pennsylvania Bridge
Fourth Ward
Bowers Suspended by Minnesota Insane Asylum Trustees
In St Paul the Minnesota Hospital for the Insane trustees suspend Dr J E Bowers superintendent and officials at the Second hospital Rochester after a three hour meeting. They accuse concealment of a patient death on April 1 1889 and order immediate suspensions and transmission of the preamble to the governor.
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St. Paul
Insane Asylum
Bowers
Rochester Hospital
Minnesota Hospital For the Insane
Taylor Combs
Rochester
J. E. Bowers
Second Hospital
Homer Collins
A. H. Kerr
James Howe
Fairfield River Turtle Carved and Revisited Across Years
A popular Fairfield river turtle first appeared in 1847 spotted by John R. Joy who marked him with initials. He resurfaced in 1861 near the front, reappeared in 1868, and again in early 1889 with another inscription. Known as a local pet among river drivers at the boom, the creature was exhibited then released.
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Fairfield
John R. Joy
Benton Brown
Lewiston Journal
Paris Cracks Down on Cab Drivers Overcharges
Paris authorities arrest 30 cabmen and sentence them to one month in jail for ill treating passengers. Several drivers assaulted foreigners who objected to being overcharged.
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Paris
Family ties shape Vermont post office
In Saxton's River Vermont William H Campbell a Jacksonian Democrat was made postmaster four years ago. His wife a Republican has assisted as postmaster and, on patron recommendation from both parties, is appointed postmaster with her husband now serving as assistant.
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Boston
Saxton’s River
William H.campbell
Notable Minnesota News Roundup Struck by Frost and Thefts
Frost affects St Vincent area while J F Ford estimates half the crop lost. Burglary at Thomas Lynch residence yields jewelry but no money. Red Wing embezzlement suspect post bonds for October. City votes on electric light system bonus for water power project with strong approval. Meat inspection plans enacted at Caledonia with set fees. Various legal cases, railroad incidents, and agricultural notes follow with local officials and businesses named.
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
St. Vincent
J. F. Ford
Thomas Lynch
Waseca
George Uslar
Red Wing
Listener to Life in a City of Voices
Joe Howard reflects on human need for sympathy and listening ears. He notes women seek a companionable listener for joys and sorrows while men often boast of past mistakes and regrets, shaping personal narratives.
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Joe Howard
New York Press
Epitaph for a Restless Poor Woman of Longing
An old epitaph laments a poor woman who never found rest. It recalls her life in a house where no help was hired and her wishful farewell to a place with no washing or sewing. She speaks of nothingness and eternal ease, folding her hands as she dies with a final whisper of nothing forever.
Healthful homes through sanitation and drainage
The piece argues that healthful living starts at home with good sanitary practices. It warns that rural soils become saturated with filth from sink slops, reducing disinfection compared with cities. Proper drainage and ventilation are urged to lower rural death rates.
The Rising Young Man and the Long Letter
Fred Russell, a busy city resident of three years, vows to write weekly letters to his mother. After hurriedly composing a heartfelt missive, he learns in tears that his mother has died before she can read his words.
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Fred Russell
Albert A. Larson
Kirkman
Allen
Credit costs and thrift in the era of cash purchases
The article argues that good credit hurts buyers and benefits sellers, urging pay as you go. It claims credit incurs hidden costs far beyond interest, burdens honest debtors, and makes country stores dearer than city shops. It promotes lump sum borrowing and cash purchases over credit. It warns groceries bills reflect poor thrift in many homes.
Simple Cabbage Salad Recipe from Winter Tables
A seasonal cabbage salad blends fine chopped cabbage with vinegar sugar salt and mustard. Add two hard boiled eggs and optional celery for color and texture, served in a glass dish to brighten spring meals.
A few hints on health and household remedies
A man should seek permission of his stomach to be happy. For a boil apply a moistened skin from a boiled egg to draw out matter and relieve soreness within hours. Adds salt or gum arabic to boiled starch. Breathing laws reduce risk in so called unhealthful occupations. Zinc on live coals cleans stove pipes by vapor de composition. Restore feathers by dipping quickly in hot water and drying slowly by fire.
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Front Street
Water Front
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Colony Street
Post Intelligencer Weaper
Peo
Yesler
Western Union Telegraph Company
Post Intelligencer
Western Union
Front
Pearl Streets
Stetson & Post
Tacoma
Mexico
Aaron
Alaska
Primary school kiss joke shocks Chicago classroom
A teacher recounts how seven year old Johnny kissed Lilly Seton to provoke a class wide laugh. She kept order then punished them by making them kiss again, a turn of events she says she enjoyed along with the children.
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Johnny
Lilly— Seton
Chicago Mail
The Midnight Sun Sees Sun pause and pale hues over fjord
A traveler on a steamer watches a dramatic sunset and sunrise over rugged coastlines and a fiord. The sun appears to halt on the horizon before dipping, then reappears as the sky shifts from rose to primrose, pink, emerald, and blue.
Banker James Fise Seeks Pardon for Auburn Prisoners
James D. Fise, recently released from prison, seeks gubernatorial clemency for two Auburn inmates. Thomas Sheridan, a life-term veteran, killed his wife after she remarried and used his pay. Brady, jailed since 17, was condemned for an escape plot that killed a guard and has served thirty years. An appeal to the governor is planned.
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James D. Fise
New York
Auburn
Thomas Sheridan
Brady
Irish Pursuit Ends in Brooklyn Arrest of Husband
Mrs. Andrew Connolly and her children endured desertion in Ireland as the husband fled to America. She followed, he returned to the old country, she sailed home, and then he fled again to America. She crossed the ocean a third time to pursue him and caused his arrest in Brooklyn.
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Andrew Connolly
Ireland
America
Old Country
Brooklyn
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