Spider Web Ropes for Balloons From Paris Factory
A French mission started rearing two spiders for web production and Chalais Meudon near Paris now operates a spider web factory. Spiders are grouped around a reel and wind thirty to forty yards of thread each. Washed threads form eight strands woven into strong light cords, costing more than silk but expected to fall in price.
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Board of Trade Journal
Chalais- Meudon
Paris
Graveyard digger faces overcharge dispute in old tale
An old Scotsman recalls a quarrel over grave digging charges. He recounts a past “grave-dinner” row and a long‑standing debt, saying the matter remained unresolved after years, amid warnings of a final chance to collect.
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Weekly Telegraph
George Gorman
Danbury
Conn
Pha
Tragas
Cites
Instructions to General Otis on Philippine administration
A Washington dispatch transcribes a dated message to General Otis from December 27, 1833, outlining proclamations to Filipinos and detailing the Secretary of War and President directives on governing the Philippines. The fragmentary text references Manila and official directives for U.S. forces.
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Otis
Wasmmnartox
D. C
United States
Philippines
Wasninaton
Oda
Manila
Secretary of War
Japalla
Manzza
Philippine Islands
McKinley
Washington
Aguinaldo
Sea Virginia
Ohio
Territorial
United States Proclaims Sovereignty Over Philippine Islands
The proclamation outlines U S sovereignty after Spain cession and directs a military government for Manila and 전체 ceded territory. It promises protection of persons and private rights, stresses allegiance, opens ports to friendly nations, and aims to win inhabitants’ confidence while maintaining strong authority to suppress disturbances.
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Manila
United States Naval Squadron
Dewey
Philippine Islands
United States
Spain
Paris
Bay of Manila
United
Islands
Philippines
Boiler Explosion Kills Ten at Barking Yard
A boiler in Tewett's Barking shipyard exploded during a test on Friday, killing ten men and injuring forty. Part of the boiler fell a quarter mile, wrecking the works and damaging nearby cottages where workers lived. The new boiler had been in testing.
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Raglan
Cable
Tewett
Barking
Auctioning of Lackawaxen Poor Woman Ends With Self Bid
In Lackawaxen Township Pike County an elderly poor woman Mrs Elmira Quick seventy seven was put on the block as no custom sale of the poor by the overseers. She bid herself five dollars a month to keep her, surprising bidders and officials who had started bids at forty five dollars a week.
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Tala Wirtans
Pineram
Lynn
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Matrono
Popo
Lackawaxen Township
Pike County
Elmira Quick
Lackawaxen
Warren K. Ratana Hatel
Rowland Station
Resoaerance
Wartan Ruta
Quick
Mrs. Quick
Pullman Town Absorbed by Chicago Sold to City of Chicago
The Pullman model town is to become a free community after the Illinois Supreme Court sustains Attorney General Maloney and the Pullman Palace Car Company directs a decree divorcing the corporation from its town. The town will be sold to bidders as the two thousand residences and public buildings pass to city authorities. The Pullman site and waterworks will transfer to Chicago.
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Cicadas
Bpecial
George M. Pullman
Pullman
Pullman Palace Car Company
Supreme Court of Milinois
M. T. Maloney
Pullman Company
Sta Churetow
Ita Hotel
Sangaifcant
Pullman Tron and Steel Company
Chienzo
Extraordinary crime tale of Braune murder plot and fallout
Vienna reports a tale of cold-blooded crime. John Braune killed himself after a failed murder attempt and a wife named Aona Braune conspired to kill her mother with a hired worker. Police halted the plot as the daughter was arrested.
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Kam Blin
Lennon
Vienna
Matl
John
Aona Brauno
Sean
Aung Braune
America 3 rises as top iron maker surpassing world peers
Article notes America's iron ore output rising to 600,000 tons annually, doubling exports since 1840s, with iron and steel exports surpassing imports in the late 19th century. It highlights momentum toward joining England and Europe as major iron producers and outlines historical trade shifts from 1890 to 1898.
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New
America
Europe
England
Amer+ca
Lake Super
Tony
Solk Peg
Benjamin F. Field Appointed U S Senator From Vermont
Governor Smith appoints Benjamin F. Fil led of Montpelier to succeed the late Justin Morrill as United States Senator from Vermont. Born November 14, 1832 in Orange, he studied at the University of Vermont and was admitted to the bar in 1854. He served in the Vermont Legislature in 1880 and acted as a loyal party member at the national level.
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Benjamin F. Field
United States
Vermont
Br. Awpans
Smith
Benjamin F. Filleld
Montpelier
Justin
Morrill
Mr. Filleld
Orange
University of Vermont
Montpelor
Soret
United States Wit
State Bar Association
Eestoent
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Fred Wartman
Germantown Ave
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Cassage
Montreal
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Hascar
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