Utah discovers valuable coal bed near Richmond area claims
A Utah discovery reports a new vein of pure coke located about 140 miles south of a major city and within 15 miles of a railroad. The deposit runs 25 to 30 feet wide at surface with deeper potential. tested at five, it is sulfur free and smokeless, touted as superior to manufactured coke. Ownership is held by ex Mayor R. N. Baskip and associates, who claim 640 acres nearby.
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United States
Richmond
Utah
R. N. Baskip
Salt Lake
Forget Their Change In A Hurry After Purchases
A Chicago Times Herald account describes a man in a State street book store who paid with a dollar, rushed out, and left his change. The clerk recalled returning change at year end to charity from uncalled-for funds and wondered why customers never claim forgotten money.
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Chicago Times-Herald
Phrygian Cap Alliance and Reform Proposals Cited
The North American Review notes France’s uneasy posture from a new alliance between the Phrygian cap and the xnout, while Russian exiles in Zurich and Geneva face scrutiny. In England proscribed Russians gain freedom, with reformers like Stepniak distancing from terror. A young emperor might gain support if a representative assembly were introduced.
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French Republic
Cmrdain
North American Review
Zurich
Geneva
Lauwapne
England
Stepniak
Russia
London
Free Russia
Turkey
Alexander II
Intelligent Jury Anecdote Sparks Laughs In Backwoods Court
A Detroit Free Press anecdote recalls a rugged North Carolina squire and a jury that adjourned to a barn to decide guilt. The foreman admits they did not know the verdict and swear when the squire demands it. Spiders as pets are noted by a lady writer who observed a garden spider cared for under a glass.
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Detroit Free Press
North Carolina
Seket
Squire
Anys
Classified Advertising Rates and Terms
The notice lists pricing for daily and weekly ads by size and duration with rates for one inch at many intervals. Local ads charge per word with discounts for multiple insertions and black letters. special rates require contracts of 500 lines or more.
Kinney & Kinney Windstorm Policy Advised for Columbus
A note urges Columbus residents to consider a Kinney and Kinney tornado and windstorm policy. The writer downplays cost, describing it as a trifling expense, and emphasizes protection against severe weather in the wake of a forecasted wind storm.
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Kinney & Kinney
Carter's Cures for Headache Promises Refund
An old advertisement offers Carter's Casce:a Pills to relieve sick headaches with M. C. Dunnington, a druggist, promising a refund if the remedy fails. The notice urges buyers to avoid inferior products and rely on their own knowledge to select what they want.
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Carter
M. C. Dunnington
Starion Print Co Pledges Quality and Guaranteed Satisfaction
The Starion Print Co announces it offers work at fair prices with quality materials and guaranteed satisfaction for all solicited projects.
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Starion Print Co
Nansen's Carrier Pigeon Returns After 30 Months
A New York Mail and Express note lauds the homing pigeon sent by explorer Nansen. The bird, lost for thirty months, carried a message from the polar expedition to Mrs. Nansen, flying over frozen wastes and oceans to reach its mistress. The feat is praised as one of the world’s wonders and a testament to animal endurance.
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Careaien
Aesige
Nansen
Polar
New York Mail and Express
Special clubbing offer for Columbus Morning Star subscribers
Twice a week Courier Journal and the Weekly Star offered at 1.25 for one year. The Columbus Morning Star will combine with the Courier Journal for renewals and new subscriptions paid in advance. Sample copies of Courier Journal sent free on application. Send all subscriptions to Columbus Morning Star, Columbus, Ind.
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Courier-Journal
Weekly
Star
curier—Journal
Columbus Morning Star
Columbus
Ind
Great Southern Exposition routes to Nashville and Cincinnati
Nashville brokers outline rail connections from the East and Midwest to the Great Southern Exposition in Nashville. The Bra Four line offers through service to Cincinnati via New York Boston Buffalo Cleveland and Columbus with connections from Chicago to Louisville and Cincinnati. Information is available on request. A local vendor advertises cheap genuine Dongolia button shoes at a dollar and promotes substitute goods only when the public demands.
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Nashville Tenn
Cincinnati
New York
Boston
Buffalo
Cleveland
Columbus
Detroit
Toledo
Sandusky
Chicago Benton Harbor
Louisville
J. A. Newwron
Westbound and Eastbound Schedules for Big Four Branch
Train timetable showing mixed services on the Big Four R. and C. and H. and G. branches with arrival and departure times at Greensburg O. H. and G. June Ewington Burney’s Hartsville Hope Miller Lambert and Columbus junctions. Times listed in am and pm across multiple stations.
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Ly. Cint’s
Greensburg
Ewington
Burney’s
Hartsville Crossing
Hope
Miller's
Lambert’s
Columbus I Lv
Emperor’s English Lesson Sparks Taotai’s Humble Kowtow
The Chinese emperor, shown a Taotai named Liu Tao-tai, tests his English during an audience. The Taotai answers yes and is bombarded with phrases like How do you do and Are you well. He bows awkwardly, angers the emperor, who scolds him for borrowed reputation and orders him to study English for three years.
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China
Liu
Nanking
Liu Taotai
North China News
Faotai
England
Taotai
Song Birds Driven From Parks by Bicycle Crowds
An old South Park cop laments parks overrun by cyclists crowding out songbirds. He says once abundant orioles thrushes cat birds robins and warblers are replaced by sparrows as bicycles fill roads and shade spots leaving roosts scarce.
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Old South Park
The
Chicago Tribune
Rivalry of two towns over bridge divides Duluth and Superior
The piece recounts a long quarrel between Duluth Minnesota and Superior Wisconsin at the Lake Superior outlet. It notes a proposed bridge would unite the towns, threatening Superior’s independence and stirring local fears as discussions move through Congress.
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Duluth
Superior
Minn
Wis
Lake Superior
Senate
Washington Post
St. Louis
Northwest
Congress
Eo Steel
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Brown
Tim Ma Sais
Colar Sasers
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