Storm tolls and political moves across the nation
Reports from Sabine and Johnsons Pass La place the storm death toll at over 327. Dabney H. Maury named United States minister to Colombia. Typhoid rages in Swan Iowa with six to seven deaths weekly. Augustus Jessup, 24, richest young man in Philadelphia, earns over 60000 annually. E Milton Turner, about 60, dies of heart disease in Worcester Mass. John Keith, Massachusetts paper magnate, dies in Greenfield. Eastport Me fire losses reach 800000 amid plunder by Canadian thieves. Hadock murderers arrested. calls for punishment. Harvests in western Massachusetts and surrounding regions meet averages. Friction theory on heating metals under magnet influence discussed. Rose E. Cleveland leaves Literary Life post. Harrison, Grant’s body servant, now a Paymaster General office laborer. Frederick A. Gower rumored alive in Bombay. Shawomet Baptist Church in Old Warwick destroyed by fire. loss about 5500 with 8000 insured.
Noted Orators and Parade Marshall Named for Liberty Dedication
Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson famed for Hints on Speech making is praised as a polished speaker. General Charles P. Stone, chief engineer of the Statue of Liberty pedestal, is named Grand Marshal of the October 28 military and civic parade marking the dedication.
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Yway
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Charles P. Stone
Schofield
Bartholdi’s Final Act Before Leaving France
M Bartholdi will make a pilgrimage to his mother’s quiet Alsace home before departure. The elderly woman, aged around 84 or 85, is the model for the statue’s face Liberty Enlightening the World.
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M. Bartholdi
France
Alsatia
Mystery Mexican flower changes color through the day
Reports describe a newly found Mexican flower on a tree from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec that is white in the morning, red at noon, and blue at night, and releases perfume only at midday.
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Tehuantepec
German experimenter links compressed air to more electricity
Walter Hempil reports a discovery that a machine's electric output rises when operating in an atmosphere of compressed air, suggesting practical implications for future experiments. The note accompanies a military dispatch about relocating Geronimo and fourteen hostile Apaches to Fort Pickens Florida for custody, with eleven women six children and two scouts moved to Fort Marion Florida.
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Walter Hempil
Bat
Sheridan
Geronimo
Fort Pickens
Fla
Fort Marion
A Plea for the Grassy Road by William Hamilton Gibson
The November Harper's describes Gibson’s charms of country highways. He argues passionately against modern roads that erase rural lanes and old roads, urging preservation of their beauty.
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William Hamilton Gibson
Harper's
The Great Fishing Ground and Its International Questions
A November Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly review highlights The Great Fishing Ground and its international questions, plus features on Fort Qu Appelle, Charles Edward, Hatfield House, an Ocean Swordsman, Dueling at a German University, and the Pyrenees. The issue mixes travel, history, satire, and striking illustrations to appeal to readers as winter approaches.
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Montaly
Frank Leslie
Fort Qu Appelle
Charles Edward
Cecils
England
Holder
Jena
At & German
Pyrenees
Washington Letter on Cleveland Fishing Trip and Court Shipments
Our Regular Correspondent reports the President left Washington for a fishing and hunting trip amid a crowd of office seekers unhappy at being bypassed. The piece notes appointments, family ties in offices, fees for the Sheffield Consulate, and Mrs. Cleveland and Mrs. Folsom planning a new Prospect Place cottage retreat.
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Democratic Committee
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Hewitt
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Albany
Vilas
Col. Lamont
May Cadman
Franklin Building
Prospect Place
Remarkable Deaths Reported In Chile At Advanced Ages
Augustina Ahbumada dies in Santiago at 116 years old and in Talcara. Juana Gatica dies aged 180 leaving two sons aged 88 and 95.
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Augustina Ahbumada
Santiago
Chile
Talcara
Juana Gatica
Halloween Chronicle of a British Festival in Three Lands
William Sharp writes in Harper's November issue on Halloween customs across Great Britain Ireland Scotland and at sea. The article titled Halloween a Threefold Chronicle highlights superstition humor and ritual in diverse settings.
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William Sharp
Harper's
Peculiarities of the Sense of Smell Studied by Mitchell
Edinburgh researcher Mr. Arthur Mitchell notes varied olfactory responses. Some subjects smell nothing from certain plants while others distinguish odors finely. Others fail to detect differences or are repelled by scents that please others, and many lack any smell at all.
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Smet
Arthur Mitchell
Edinburgh
Hood's Sarsaparilla Ad Claims Pure Blood Health
A vintage advertisement asserts pure blood is essential for health and promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a purifier of the blood and a builder of systemic strength.
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Hood
Temperance Movement Urges Vigilance for Prohibition Law
W A Waicar argues that all temperance progress stems from conviction and warns against complacency. He cites the 1840 Washingtonian failure and 1872 crusade as lessons, urging sustained action through social, home, platform, press, organizations, and pulpit channels to uphold the prohibitory law.
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Woman's Crusade
Friends of Law
W. A. Waicar
Beavers Campaign Arrives in Wilkes-Barre with Grand Parade
Gen James A Beaver Republican Governor candidate and party entourage arrive by L W A R at 12 30 PM. A grand parade on the rink route features Plumed Knights Thistle Band Anglo American and Beaver clubs with around 500 in line. Evening speeches by Beaver Woodford Osborne Davies followed by a Women’s Christian Temperance Union convention and local entertainment updates.
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State of
Pennsylvania
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Davies
A. C. Robertson
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Kingston
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G. Murray Reynolds
Marx Long
Charleston
F. W. Rockafellow &Co
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Ranch 10
Bennett & Moulton Comic Opera Co
Howe
Colored Knights of Labor challenge white group over cotton mill jobs
The colored Knights of Labor plan to test the Richmond white Knights stance on equal employment for races by demanding mill work in Georgia. They threaten disruption if their demands are ignored.
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Colored Knights of Labor
White Knights
Richmond
Georgia
Order
Lares and Lustres of Autumn In New York City
Read of autumn fashions from New York stores and Eaton House, including Lady Taylor's opening, beaver cloths, ulsters, cloaks, jackets, and trims. Notes on Rhode Island politics and interest in the Rebel War history with Allan Pinkerton and the Spy of the Rebellion.
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New York City
New York Sun
Eagle Rock
Ridley's
Bristol and Rhode Island notices and court actions
Bristol county court term opens in Bristol Town. Rhode Island Institute of Instruction meeting slated at Music Hall Providence next week. Ex Governor Bourn near Lucerne with family. Bristol Light Infantry fair set for November to aid uniforms. District Court arraigns William McCaw for assault. bail posted. Carriage accident on Hope Street injures two men. Republican caucus selects Eddy as chair and lists convention delegates. Library additions and donations noted. Grand banquet for BLI Veteran Association held in Bristol. exhaustive genealogical list continues for multiple families. to be continued.
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Music Hall
Providence
Bristol Light Infantry
Agg
District Court
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Ebur Hill
Namquit Mill
B. L. I. Veteran Association
A. P. Nerone
O’bren
Bristol
David Waldron
Herbert F. Bennett
Herbert F Bennett
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Congress of the
United States
Oulaw James Hoard
Home for Destitute Children in Bristol Seeks Funds
Work on a new Bristol home for destitute children progresses rapidly and is well planned. The Managers urgently need three thousand dollars and appeal to citizens to donate through the Treasurer Mrs L Anderstrom, Advisory Committee members, or President Miss O Maria Shepard, with acknowledgments printed in the paper.
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Bristol
L. Anderstrom
Maria Shepard
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