Niagara Flagship Raise Planned From Lake Erie Memorial
Congress approves 20000 to raise the Niagara and preserve it as a sailors home at Erie Pennsylvania. The ship will be land exhibited in a brick stone building on a Lake Erie bluff, custodianship by the Soldiers and Sailors Home. Perry and the Niagara are celebrated in the Lake Erie battle with the British fleet.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Congress
House
Senate
Arthur J. Bates
Niagara
Lake Erie
Erie
Secretary of the Navy
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home of
Perry
Bates
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Oliver Hazard Perry
Rhode Island
Robert Heriot Barclay
Barclay
Nelson
Trafalgar
Detroit
Lady Provost
Hunter
Little Belt
Scorpion
Ohio
Lawrence
Harrison
Malden Man Builds Barrel Cello Attracts Cirque Interest
Frederick Ss. Hall of Malden has crafted a single string barrel cello, producing a mellow tone from hollow oak. The inventor tested by playing arias from famous operas, attracted visitors and received a big circus offer he declined. Hall is known as a local composer of tuneful songs and marches.
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Malden
Mass
Frederick Ss. Hall
Hall
Banker Buys Waiter a Ranch in Colorado
Denver banker and railroad builder David H. Moffat, friend of Thomas Gay the Fifth Avenue hotel waiter, has bought a ranch near Routt Steamboat Springs for 4800 dollars. He plans to spend time there with Gay, despite past business tensions. An eastern capitalist briefly considered a $250,000 deal but balked when told the waiter was a social equal.
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Denver
Col
David H. Moffat
Mllionaire
Colorado
Thomas Gay
Fifth Avenue
New York
Steamboat Springs
Gay
Moffat
Mofats
Exports Rise While Imports Grow in Mexico Trade
The fiscal year ending June 30 shows Mexico exported $271,188,809 and imported $220,651,974. Coined silver exports neared $50 million with about $38.178 million in new gold imports. U.S. bought $186,010,052 of Mexican exports. Mexico bought $145,600,312 of U.S. goods.
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City
Mexico
United States
Great Britain
Germany
France
Eddie Mullin dies after 29 years in jail home
Eddie Mullin aged about 65 died at Cleveland General Hospital after living in the Cuyahoga county jail for 29 years. He wandered the streets in 1877 then chose jail life over freedom saying the jail was the best place since leaving the ship Alice. He accepted release but asked to stay, and the sheriff allowed him to remain near the jail while seeking work.
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Cleveland, O
Eddie” Mullin
Cuyahoga County
Mullin
Egypt
Hugh Buckley
Board of Public Safety
Alice
Army march length questioned by Brig Gen McCaskey
In his annual War Department report Brig Gen William McCaskey criticizes long infantry marches and extended camps of instruction as unnecessary hardships that could affect reenlistments. He argues three weeks in camp and marches under 100 miles would suffice, noting discomfort that drives soldiers away from reenlistment.
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Washington
William 3. McCaskey
South Western Division
War Department
Coast Artillery
Sam
Paris Widow Remarriage Rates Tale in Three Years
Statistics from Paris show widows remarrying quickly. Of 2,270 widowers, 148 remarried within 12 months, 628 within 13 months, and 2,233 remarried after three years leaving 7 single. Among 3,907 widows, 1,904 married within 18 months.
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Paris
Leprosy Heuristic Study Finds Hereditary, Noncontagious
American consul Eugene K Plumacher in Maracaibo Venezuela reports leprosy is hereditary to a degree, not contagious, and curable with proper nutrition. He details treatments, photos, secret medicines, and the challenges of food supply affecting outcomes among ten lepers in Venezuelan and Colombian colonies.
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Venezuela
Washington
Eugene K. Plumacher
Maracaibo
State Department
Plumacher
S. ©. Bothwell
Supreme Court of
Porto Rico
Plimaeche
Colombia
Oswego Jail Sees Mary Weathers Banishment For Singing
In Oswego Kansas Mary Weathers, a Black woman with a voice described as powerful, is released from jail on condition she leaves the county. Neighbors complained of her singing blasting through bars and nerve strain. Local officials, fearing she might demand pay for her singing, ordered exile.
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Oswego
Kan
Mary Weathers
Mary
Atlantic City Rule Bans Bathing-Suit Riders on Trolleys
Two women were refused entry to the cross town trolley in Atlantic City for not wearing stockings or full leg covering. The conductor cited orders and the women were forced to hire a bus home. Affected women in full bathing attire were also stopped from riding.
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Atlantic City
Priest urges marriage drive at St Charles parish
Rev. M G Scully of St Charles church Chester Pa warns that 60 to 60 eligible couples in Kellyville parish may soon become old maids and bachelors. He notes only four marriages this year and calls for earnest action to reverse the decline prompting excitement among young parishioners.
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Chester
M. G Scully
St. Charles’ Church
Kellyville
St. Charles
Scully
Krupp Daughters Buy Frugal Trousseaux in Visit
Berline Frau Krupp widow of the Essen sunmaker and her daughters Bertha and Arbara visited to buy their trousseaux. Despite immense wealth they spent not more than 250 dollars on each outfit.
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Berline
Frau Krupp
Essen
Bertha
Arbara
Trousseaux
Mystery of Valencia wreck looms near Carmanah cave
A Valencia steamer lifeboat and a pontoon were found in a barred coastal cave near Carmanah with eight skeletons. Lighthouse reports suggest the remains may belong to shipwreck victims entombed by a rock barrier, while Captain Gaudin questions the tale’s credibility and notes the cave’s debris and hidden passageways.
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Valencia
Pacific Coast
Victoria
B. C
Carmanah
War on Wildcat Mining in Denver Opens Plan to Protect Investors
The American mining congress will meet in Denver on October 16 to draft a bill punishing mining fakirs and promoters of illegitimate ventures. The proposal envisions state legislative action modeled on California law, aiming to curb fraudulent representations and channel investment into productive mining. It also calls for mine drainage districts and a national department of mines as a separate executive department.
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Denver
Col
American Mining Congress
California
Department of Mines and Mining
Each Man His Own Motor Boat Adaptation Helps Floats
A French inventor proposes a strapped water tight back box containing a petrol engine to power a person in water. The device aims to keep the wearer afloat and supply propulsion without swimming. The crank start is designed for life saving and emergencies, letting the operator move in the water alone.
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Commodore Perry
Bloomington
Tazewell County Fair
Massachusetts
Waiter
Eddie
Fredom
McCaskey
Infantry Branch
Fairfield
Daniel Bassett Leach
Bone Ito
Leach
Hue
Tle
Southern
Mitneis
Sea of Galilee
Tiberias
Capt. Gaudin
Gaudin
Wildcat
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