The West Dominates the Nation in Exposition Speech
The speaker argues that the western states, led by Chicago, will shape America’s future with youth, strength, and vast resources. He warns against sectionalism and materialism while praising western unity, expansion, and the 1892 World's Columbian Exposition as a sign of national destiny.
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America
New York
New World
Gateway of Two Worlds
Father Knickerbocker
West
Washington
Old Knickerbocker
Atlantic States
Carlyle
India
Dr. Strong
Texas
New England
Hudson
Persia
Greece
Italy
Great Britain
Britain
Orient
Rooster Silence Plot Upsets Farmhouse Routine
A bantam tale describes Ellery and farmer Ellery masking a crowing rooster with a plank to force silence. The bird still crowed boldly at dawn, outsmarting the device as a hen watched and snoozed through the ruckus. The piece, from Minneapolis Journal, adds a parable about clever poultry and stubborn breakfast noise.
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Palani
Rarmer Ellery
Charlie
Ellery
Uncle Ellery
Minneapolis Journal
Murder Confession Ties Sailor to Five Year Old Shipmate Death
Joseph Evans, a sailor, was arraigned in Liverpool on his own confession of murdering Charles Boyle of New Orleans five years ago. He claimed a quarrel aboard the Discovery led to Boyle being thrown overboard near New Orleans. Boyle’s body later surfaced in the Mississippi River. the case was forgotten until Evans admitted the deed. Evans was remanded for trial.
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Liverpool
Charles Boyle
New Orleans
Boyle
Discovery
Mississippi
Evans
London Dispatch
Winter Forecast From Local Weather Prophet Cushman
Norwich Sun reports Loren Cushman of Plymouth claims a severe coming winter based on signs such as deeper corn husks with orange tint, jagged hog melts, large white goose bone spots, heavy nut crop, early food caches by wildlife, unusual bird roosts, frogs changing skins and seeking cool wells. He stakes his reputation on accuracy.
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Loren Cushmin
Plynouth
Dennison
Mars
Cushman
Norwich
N. Y
Novel Window Decoration By A Bright New Yorker
A young woman with little money rearranges her hall sitting room window into a decorative display. She installs a narrow top shelf with a cross strip to support blue and white plates, uses hooks for more plates, prefers plain sheer yellow silk curtains, and places blossoming plants in quirky sardiniere vases.
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New York World
Modern Lear in Hungary Ended by Family Plot
A Hungarian peasant Johann Csizmar, said to be the district’s richest landowner near Zombor, divided his estate among five married daughters before his murder. The daughters and five sons in law plotted to kill him, stabbing him and burning his body in fields. Five sons-in-law are under arrest and public opinion holds the wives equally guilty.
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Lear
Shakespeare
Hungary
Zombor
Johann Csizmar
Cordelia
Vienna
The Baron's Weapons and a Lionsgate Duel Tale
Copenhagen hosts Baron von Fircks famed for his entourage of wolves monkeys and a tame lion. A Danish officer clashed over his wife triggering a sword duel that dissolved when the negro messenger reported the baron ill. The next day the baron staged a six hour study room confrontation with the lion present.
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Copenhagen
Baron von Fircks
Duelig Ground
Aerated Water Confuses West Knoxville Residents
Citizens in West Knoxville Kentucky report water that appears milky due to tiny air bubbles. The water clears in minutes and engineers note the supply is well aerated, a phenomenon likened to air-lifted water in Pullman cars.
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West Knoxville
Pullman Ears
Two Famous Prisons to Be Demolished in Paris
Paris reports two renowned jails, Roquette near Pere la Chaise cemetery and St. Pelagie, slated for demolition. The Roquette housed the guillotine during executions and witnessed the archbishop of Paris and his brother shot by order of the commune in 1871, with his writings still legible on cell iron.
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Roquette
Pere la Chaise
St. Pelagie
Paris
Brooklyn Bookbinder Awarded for Toe Loss in Street Car Incident
Bookbinder Timothy C. Commerford sued for 20,000 after an Atlantic avenue car in Brooklyn ran over his left foot on Oct 11, allegedly due to the conductor's negligence. A city court jury awarded him 8,500.
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Timothy C. Commerford
Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Eagle
Game Aplenty on the Strip with Big Wildlife Attacks
The Cherokee strip reports plenty of game with quail, prairie chickens, pheasants, deer, buffalo and catfish. Hunters warn of dangerous wildlife including a seven foot cougar near Enid that required 15 bullets to kill, after slaughtering cattle and horses nearby.
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Perry
Ponca
Enid
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Tragic Fall From Window At Kensington Avenue Home
Adolph Miller aged 42 fell from a second story window to a brick alley behind his home at 2962 Kensington avenue. He was taken to Episcopal Hospital with a fractured skull and internal injuries. Mrs Miller cited his habit of sleeping with legs hanging from the window.
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Adolph Miller
Kensington Avenue
Episcopal Hospital
Fortune Told of Large Legacy Drives Newark Wife Insane
Mrs Henry Babst of Newark New Jersey was committed to the County Insane asylum after months of constant talk about Mrs Smith a fortune teller. Babst recalled a gypsy prophecy five years ago of a large legacy and a $2000 legacy arrived later, with another larger one foretold as his wife’s mind deteriorated.
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Henry Babst
Newark
N. J
County Insane Asylum
Tobin Bronze A Naval Sheathing Innovation
The New York Tribune reports Tobin bronze, developed by Passed Assistant Engineer Tobin of the navy and made famous by the cup defender Vigilant, as a salt water vessel sheathing. The Navy Department will test its suitability for naval ships amid widespread congratulations for the compound's success.
Midwinter Fair to Feature 266 Foot Electrical Tower
The Midwinter fair will include a 266 foot electrical tower with over 5 000 colored incandescent lights and an elevator to 220 feet. Four Moorish pavilions flank the space with galleries seating hundreds. a gold California bear tops the tower. The structure opens on eight approaches, serves as a band stand, and will cost about $30 000 to complete.
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Chicago
California
San Francisco
Sicilian Convict Pardoned After Self Sacrifice Revealed
Memphis cor respondent reports George Beni, jailed seven months earlier for stealing a watch, was pardoned by the governor after evidence showed he pawned the watch and confessed his innocence he sacrificed to shield Milazzo a fellow Sicilian whose family depended on him Milazzo later died exposing the truth prompting the pardon petition signed by the trial judge and governor action follows parish charity and justice themes.
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George Beni
Angelo Milazzo
Beni
Milazzo
Angelo
Memphis
Cor
St. Louis Republic
Bell Telephone Subscriptions Reach Millions in City District
The Philadelphia area reports nearly 8 million calls in the year ending December 25 through 3,259 Bell subscribers within the Delaware to Schuylkill, Kensington to the neck district. Surrounding districts contribute over 1 million more via connecting lines, totaling about 20 000 connections daily for 8 250 subscribers, a notable rise from the previous year.
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Bell Telephone Company
Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers
Kensington
the Neck
West Philadelphia
Frankfort
Camden
Philadelphia
Eye Injury Lawsuit Over Exploding Tobacco Cap
William Kenton of Greenburg Indiana lost his eyesight when a metal cap packed with powder in a tobacco package exploded and struck his right eye. He sues Black & Bro. Wheeling manufacturers for 10000 damages. Jurisdiction obtained by attachment garnishment and service on traveling agent. Trial set for February term.
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William Kenton
Greenburg
Ind
Kenton
Black & Bro
Wheeling
Chicago Herald
Connecticut Terrapin Habitat at Brackish River Flats
The natural haunt of the terrapin is mud where tides meet rivers or “where th water's brackish.” Flats along the Connecticut river east shore flood to five feet during high tides and harbor terrapin from early spring until the hard freezes.
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Connecticut
Connecticut River
Living Man’s Monument Defaced at Oakland Cemetery
Andrew J. Libby, a wealthy farmer and state fair favorite, had a duplicate statue of himself, erected years ago at a cost of 2500 dollars, broken nose and damaged by an iconoclast. Libby remains alive and vows action if the culprit is found.
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Andrew J. Libby
Oakland
Libby
Lewiston Journal
Heroic Servant Girl Saves Horses From Fire
A servant girl risked burns to rescue four cattle and several horses from a burning barn on a John Moser farm in Perkiomenville. Firefighters feared entering the blaze until she dashed inside and freed the trapped animals, suffering burns to her hands and face but escaping serious injury. The crew cheered her brave act as the barn burned.
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John Moser
Perkiomenville
Philadelphia
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