Paris Deaths and Global Wonders From 1890 Record
The 1890 Paris death toll shows 12 314 consumption deaths about a quarter of total. Other notes report Alabama geologist near Decatur finding gold and phosphate traces. Mastodon tusk discovered in Logan County Ohio. Belgian artist Oswald d Aurmene buys a castle with monk roots. Vesuvius excavations reveal frescoed rooms and a possible Kaiser bid. European staffs study Boer model corps amid horse shortages. Pension dispute ends in loss for veteran Salley. Signal station on Sierra Nevada peak guards fires. Boer farms burned bring feared land sales. Mount Joy bequest timing tale ends with legal ruling. Paris mouse hoard yields 40 000 francs. Count Gradenstein’s fate prompts sympathy.
A New Mint in Philadelphia Progress Report
The Philadelphia mint building nears completion with gray granite walls and roofs nearly finished. Interior work lags. contractor Charles McCaull cannot promise full completion until next May. The Spring Garden street doors will feature elaborate carvings. The numismatic room will be the building’s showpiece with rare marbles and extensive bas reliefs. The granite’s hardness challenges carvers who have toiled over the project for over a year.
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Mint
Philadelphia
Charles McCaull
Mount Desert
Spring Garden Street
New Mint
Cape Colony rebels and martial law in blue book
A blue book of South African dispatches from January to October reviews Cape Colony rebels and martial law. It highlights Dutch willingness to take up arms, strong border Dutch support, and quotes Milner and Blignaut on fears and motives guiding annexation aims.
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Cape Colony
Alfred Milner
Chamberlain
Wessels
Cape House of Assembly
Afrikander Bund
Roer
Kroonstadt
Mr. Blignaut
P. J. Blignaut
Orange Free State
Japanese Warship Cissie Loftus Seeks Divorce in Philadelphia
Cissy Loftus, noted actress and mimic, filed a libel for divorce in Philadelphia common pleas court against husband Justin McCarthy on grounds of cruel and barbarous treatment. Lawyer William G. Keir filed the libel in the name of Louise H. McCarthy at 1231 Arch Street, a location questioned by staff who denied knowing either party. The case unfolds amid confusion over identities with Loftus denying press access to her whereabouts while a McCarthy contact remains uncertain.
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Cissie Loftus
Cissy Loftus
Common Pleas Court
Philadelphia
Justin McCarthy
William G. Keir
Louise H. McCarthy
Arch Street
Keene's Tunnel Hero Saves Nannette In Blizzard
Sherman Keene, Cedarville blacksmith, braves a blizzard to rescue Nannette Morse after a snow slide traps her in the Morse schoolhouse. He tunnels through deep snow to reach her, tends her injured ankle, and carries her to safety. The pair wed in spring as the village hails the daring rescue.
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Prince T. Woops
Daily Story Pub. Co
Cedarville
Sherman Keene
Abner Coulson
Dr. Coulson
Sherman
Nannette
Keene
Mother Morse
Nanette
Wise
Morse
Morse's
Mrs. Morse
Nan- Rette
Morse’s
Prairie Chickens More Plentiful in Western Kansas
Western Kansas reports show prairie chickens are more abundant than in recent years. Farmers favor giving the birds a chance to multiply by limiting hunter activity and watching over the flocks.
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Kansas
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Colorado
Paris
Alabama
Decatur
Round Prairie
Logan County
Oswald d’Aurmene
Mr. Kruger
M. d'Aurmene
Vesuvius
Berlin Museum
Russia
Lorney L. Salley
Freeport
Ind
Ard
Paul Reicke
California
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Rocky Wilds
Pall Mall Gazette
Johannesburg
Mount Joy
David Conway
Conway
Jacques
Anton Perin-Gradenstein
Vienna
Count Gradenstein
Germany
New York Stock Exchange
Wall Street District
The
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Exchange
Cleveland and
Pittsburg
Beaver
Penn
Ohio River
Adam Casey
Albert Caughannauer
Express
Ohio ‘River
Barrow
England
Cate
Japan
Keene's Tunnel
Mountain Road
Lemion
Waybet Pwaycock
Saad
America
Peruna
Isaac Brock
United States
McLennan County
Tex
Hartman
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Security
Carter
Emeli
Cottey
Bon B
Atlanta, Ga
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