Overland Mail Exchange With Mexico to Start July First
Arrangements between the Postoffice Department and Mexico authorize an overland mail exchange between San Diego California and Tijuana beginning July 1. The present plan calls for semi monthly service.
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Postoffice Department of the
United States
Republic of Mexico
Lower
California
Real de Castillo
San Diego
Cal
Tijuana
Mexico
Arthur
Wasson
Parker
Washington
Chandler
Frederick Smith
Smith
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Secretary of the Interior
Utah
Naval Retiring Board
Thomas H. Eastman
Post Office Department
Universal Union
Bolivia
Notable Deaths and Incidents Across States Stir Headlines
Obituaries report the passing of Stephen Alexander a Princeton astronomy professor at seventy six and long connected to the college. Collateral news notes Colonel Parker injured by dogs in Jamestown and a Philadelphia infant remains case in court.
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Stephen Alexander
Princeton College
N. J
Colonel Parker
Washington
Jamestown
N. Y
Isaac J. Hathaway
Philadelphia
R. N. Parks & Co
New York City
James A. Patterson
N. D. Wendell
New York
Albany
J. H. Callendar
Nashville
Tenn
District of Columbia
Quebec
New Brunswick
Lancaster County
Mavtp Lennon
John Lennon
Lockport
Joan Kennedy
Layton Station
Fayette County
Ashland
Pennsylvania State Senate
McCracken
N. L. Dukes
Young Nutt
Uniontown
Captain Nutt
Edward A. Vanderhoof, Jr
Frank H. Morrison
Frank F
Henry B. Vanderhoof
Petroleum vein struck at Rich Hill Missouri
Reports say Foote and Benmont well in Rich Hill Bates County struck a heavy petroleum vein at 600 feet. An expert compared the oil to the finest Pennsylvania petroleum.
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Foote & Benmont
Rich Hill
Bates County
Pennsylvania
Bohn Manufacturing Company
St. Paul
Minn
Chicago
Anderson
Jenny Lind
David Fourttain
Thomas George
Wells Burt
J. R. Brown
Cook
Janny Lind
Rubenstein Brewery
Ottawa
Wilcox
Tucson
Arizona
San Carlos
Teller
War Department
Wincut & McCorp
Merrill
Wis
Henry W. Jewell
San Antonio
Texas
Pecos River
New Mexico
Joseph Perkins
T. P. Handy
Dan. P. Eells
J. H. Rhodes
Enoch T. Carson
H. B. Hurlbut
Lake View Cemetery
Cleveland
Ohio
Mayfield Road
Frank O’connell
Little Missouri
Dakota
Northern Pacific
Fort Missoula
McCormick
Atrocities in Sierra Leone and cholera in Egypt noted
London dispatch reports brutal British actions against Chief Gbpowe with many allied deaths and fort capture. Cholera ravages Damietta with 129 deaths while Europeans flee. Montreal marks St Jean Baptiste Day with large French Canadian processions amid widespread provincial celebrations.
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London
Sierra Leone
Sene Gambia
Gbpowe
St. Jean Baptiste
Montreal
Windsor
Foo Chow
China
Damatia
Egypt
Mansura
Port Said
Alexander Galrt
Canada
England
Trevellyn
Ireland
House of Commons
Cowen
America
Anchoria
Boards of Guardians
Damietta
James Carey
Kilmainham
Queenstown
Bermuda
President Names Conger Washington Postmaster at D C
The President appointed Frank D. Conger as Postmaster at Washington D C replacing Parker who declined. Quartermaster General Ingalls seeks retirement from July first. Multiple fatal incidents and accidents are reported including a wife killing suicide, a shooting over a chicken quarrel, a rockfall drowning workers, a boiler explosion, a bridge collapse, a wheat-bin smothering, and mill closures due to water shortages. Additional items note a chemist’s death, a conviction in Paterson, and stray drowned bodies found near Staten Island.
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Frank D. Conger
Washington, D. C
Parker
Ingalls
Hiram Bratt
Keithsburg
Grant Brothers
Manning Brothers
Danville
George S. Grant
J. W. Manning
Grant
Muskegon
Mich
Ives & Hall
Whittlesey
W. H. Hallenbeck
J. S. Jeffers
Detroit & Jeffers
Shelbyville
Ind
Dixon
Ill
Fletcher Bros
Mageworthie
Arthur F. Taylor
Case School of Applied Science
Cleveland
Ohio
New York
Lung Poy
Paterson
N. J
Staten Island
Supreme Court Upholds Scott Law On Liquor Traffic
Ohio Supreme Court delivers full opinion in relation to the Scott law, holding the act within legislative power with broad discretion to regulate evils from liquor traffic. The decision states the eighteenth section of the schedule allows provisions against evils, not a blanket prohibition, and affirms sections regulating assessments and penalties while addressing lease and contract concerns. Justice Meckvaine writes for the majority. Justice Okey dissents.
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Ross
Pops
Milan
Tenn
Caries C. Jackson
United States Army
Detroit
Supreme Court of Ohio
Okey
Johnson
McIlvaine
Doyie
Upson
Columbus
Supreme Court
State of Ohio
A. J. Frame
Athens County
Samuel Benner
Levi Bauder
Court of Common Pleas
Cuyahoga County
District Court
General Assembly
Benner
Thomas Bolton
Bolton
Meckvaine, J
United States
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
Ohio
Miller & Gibson
Ohio State
Cooley
Ohio St
Hipp
C. J
van Horn
The
People
Youngblood
Sexton
State Vs. Frame
W. W. Johnson
Okey, J
Gladiolus Grouping Suggested by Horticulture Writer
A Revue Horticole writer urges planting gladiolus among groups of other plants to enhance color. Examples include amaranth, cineraria, and roses, with red amaranthus, white foliage of cineraria, and gladiolus blooms forming striking contrasts. The author lists variations using amaranthus, mignonette, adyranthus, and coleus.
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Revue Horticole
Valuable Bluebirds and a Georgia Orchard Keeper
J F Ellington of Palmetto grows about one thousand peach trees and raises bluebirds to fight worms. He houses nesting birds in gourds and boxes across his orchard, totaling about five hundred, and vows to punish anyone harming them as he would his pigs. The bluebirds eat bugs and worms and help control pests.
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J. F. Ellington
Palmetto
Georgia
Mr. Ellington
Atlanta
Constitution
Keeping a high ideal within reach of reality
The Chicago Inter-Ocean urges balancing ambition with feasibility. Straining after the impossible wastes energy and leads to discouragement, while dreams grounded in reality can grow into worthy, elevating achievements. The contrast between starstruck aims and mud-pie pursuits emphasizes practical, noble aspirations.
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Chicago Inter-Ocean
Four Hundred Dollars For Twelve Words Tale
Josh Billings told Joaquin Miller he once earned four hundred dollars for twelve words. A wealthy New York mercantile house offered that sum to feature a quaint saying in an advertisement. A New York Customs officer seized from Italians on the steamship Elysia a cache of daggers hidden in wooden fan like sheaths.
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Josh Billings
Joaquin Miller
New York
Fashion Rules: Dogs And Gloves Match Her Dress
A light note from the Norristown Herald stating that a young lady lacking a matching dog risks fashion missteps, and if she has no dog her escort should wear gloves to harmonize with her attire.
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Norristown Herald
Luther’s birth anniversary marked in Germany by royal decree
Germany observes November 10 and 11 as the four hundredth anniversary of Martin Luther's birth under a royal decree. In Pennsylvania the Supreme Court ruled that a railroad pass to a public officer constitutes a bribe in a cited case.
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Germany
Martin Luther
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Gough Warns Lecture Business Shrinking Amid Lure of Music
John B. Gough states audiences favor music and theatricals, causing a decline in lecture engagements and prompting a shift in public entertainment.
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John B. Gough
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Cambridge, Guernsey County
M. R. Patterson
Attorney-at-Law
Cambridge
Shaffner Building
J.C. Steele
Hutchison Block
Marlett
Marlott
Sam’s GC
Ludcock
Cosgrave
Main Street
Physicians and Surgeons
C. A. Moore
Cambridge, Ohio
Postoffice
L. C. Wells, M. D
Flameoeopathist
Taylor Block
Mar
Bliair,m.d
Davis Block
Herald Office
J.C. Warne, M. D
Wall
Prug
WH. T. Ramsey, M. D
Providence Hosital
Ational Medical Dispensary
Washington, D
Hutchinson Block
J. R. Downar
Eagle Hotel
Hotels
B. S. Hering
Andiim Hotel
J. M. Albaugh
Antrim
Jule
Erchange Hotel
John W. Robinson
Ester Elovase
Corner Market
Fourth Streets
Zanesville, Ohio
WM. Kirk
Thompson
Crow
Farmers Hotel
Mill Street
Wm. Rainey & Son
J. W. Lippincott
Beecher
Col. Broadway
South Streets
Quaker City
Washington, Ohio
James Smith
Prop
Globe House
Cumberland
James
D. K. Kyle
Marble and Granite Works
Lambert Thomas
E. Harper
Me. McPeee
Boots and Shoes
West Main St
Newnom & Moss
City Hall
Steubenville Street
Marrts
E. McCollum
Scambridge
W. A. Rainey
Old Red Corner
Allegheny Mountains
True & CO
Augusta
Maine
Novilly
A. N. Kellogg
R. H.shumway
Rockford, Ill
J. E. Shepard & CO
Elm St
Cincinnati
James Stevens
Scott’s
S. S. Carnes
Pine Street
Main
Cambridge, Oo
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R. B. Gaillien
New London
Conn
Harvards
City of
Virginia Military Institute
164Th Regiment
Rosser
Iowa
Des Moines
Buren RB
Sherman
O. H. Manning
Akers Linn
Reed
Minnesota
Hubbard
C. A. Gilman
Fred von Baumbach
Charles Kitteson
W.J. Hahn
J. H. Barker
Windom
Valentine
Robert E. Lee
Lee Chapel
Lexington
Jubal A. Early
Wade Hampton
John W. Daniels
Stonewall Jackson
Lampasas
C. H. Ross
Foreign Intelligence
the Scott Law
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