Notable U S Attendee to Antwerp World Fair Named
A Cincinnati man, Trowas Egan, chosen to represent the United States at the Antwerp World Fair in May, recalls a life bouncing from Canada to Ohio with a German clergyman's daughter by marriage. He reflects on memory, brain action, and the era’s patent medicines including Hood's Sarsaparilla, Syrup of Figs, and Hatch's Universal Dough Syrup, noting widespread use and claims of cures.
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Trowas
Egan
Cincinnati
Antwerp
United States
Lrotnod
Canada
Ohio
Ravenna
Mary Walker
Mary
Forsy
Nicthoroy
Urga
Monsell
Tieng
Berlin
Republic
Hawaii
Washington
Tur
Conchcao
Ig Rlo
Yasquez
Honduras
Royalu
Tonista
Apxinator Minto
Bis
Bilbon
Spain
Global 19th Century Facts Mixed In Historical Snippet
A fragmented historical snippet covers world production in fabrics and ships, British savings and church investments, wealth growth in the US, and various trivia from technology to transport. It references European and American trade, notable figures, and developments such as the first lightning rods and the Languedoc Ship Canal, with a miscellaneous acknowledgment of cultural practices.
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Great Britain
Ernst August
Jales
Clyde
England
Europe
America
United States
New York
Languedoc Ship Canal
France
Straits of Gibraltar
Asia
Michigan
Market Day in Normandy Captures Caplain Town Life
A detailed scene of Caplain market in Normandy shows peasants buying vegetables, woolens, and crafts while stalls offer textiles, furniture, and a herb medicine wagon. The crowd, peasant women in black dresses and blue blouse men, fills the square as a well to do farmer and a gentleman farmer mingle. The day ends with peasants visiting a very old Roman church famed for its fourteenth century windows and a Christ recumbent figure, drawing prayerful crowds.
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Caplain
Normandy
Mother Hubbard
Henry
England
Christ
Army chat misreads roads as streams and forks
A wartime reminiscence recalls a sergeant in Kilpatrick's army asking the distance to Front Royal. The colonel measures metaphorically with three runs meaning three streams, a fork in the road, and miles, revealing a humorous miscommunication about distance.
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Kilpatrick
Wao
Front Royal
Oxk & Man
Hartford (Coun
Hawaii Crisis Letters Highlight Arms Question to Willis
President Cleveland transmits to Congress the Hawaii correspondence amid a dispute over whether Minister Willis is authorized to use force. Dole demands clarification on armed action, while Willis defends peaceful measures and protests the insinuation of U.S. meddling.
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Willis
Dolo
Cleveland
Congress
Hawaii
Dole
United States
Presidenot Dole
Wilds
Bourdary Gresham
Sanford B. Dole
Hin
Honolulu
Wills
K. Dole
Washington
Brinister
Mec
Perivale
Talmage to resign at twenty years in Brooklyn Tabernacle
The Rev. Dr. T De Witt Talmage announced at Sunday services in the Brooklyn Tabernacle that he will resign this spring after twenty two years as pastor. He cited three church buildings and praised trustees and congregants while noting ongoing financial pressures.
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T. de Witt Talmage
Lila
Brooklyn
N. Y
Talmage
Eliers
Prees
Talmago Folshol Spaskitiz
Talmago
Labernacle
Talone
Hou
Sage
Bats Loen
Terrible holocaust at Mexican mining camp huts
Advices from the Mojada mining camp in Mexico describe a fire set by bandits that killed eleven men and several women and children amid a cluster of huts. The report notes widespread grip illness affecting England and social disruptions from the epidemic, including cancellations of public entertainments in London.
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England
London
Tonquin
Chiis
Manchester
Luzax
AdNod
Ispersada
Chihuahua
Mtxlco
Secretary Carlisle Offers Five Percent Bond Subscriptions
Secretary Carlisle announces a public subscription offer for five percent bonds of the United States totaling 50 million dollars in registered or coupon form. Subscriptions close February 1, 1894 with bids at or above par, payable in gold, and allotments to highest bidders with right to reject.
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Carlisle
The
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Treasu
Praiabis Hiter
JG. Camasix
Bec
Carllalo
Oficina
Jesus
Two Boys in Distress Reported in Indiana Crises
Lawrence Thompson eleven, son of commission merchant George W. Thompson of Bentonville, commits self harm amid grip illness. Glen Ammerman thirteen hangs in a corn crib near Lyons Station. Parents report no clear cause. Also notes cotton seed price shifts and rising huntsmen in Maine to southern tracks.
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Lawrence Thompson
George W. Thompson
Bentonville
Ind
Glen Ammerman
Lyons Station
Bean and Pea Prices and Miscellaneous Goods
Listing of various bean and pea products with year codes and prices. Includes cholee choloes and cholce variants for 1898 1899, red and white kidney beans, marrow beans, and a biscuit turtle soup entry with company notation Sims Col. 1899 460.
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Sims
Col
Disbarred lawyer guilty. multiple dire events reported
The article details a disbarred lawyer Youn E Borin jailed in State prison for five years after forging his mother's mark. It also notes a long list of accidents and crimes from across the East and West, including train wrecks, drownings, ship stranding, and a mayoral election in Bedford, Kansas, with various victims and incidents referenced.
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Middle States
Youn E. Borin
Bontenocod
Boston
Mass
Joan G. Jonicox
Long Island City
N. Y
Long Inland
Ixkyilo
Haagyvanp
Xuloiaf
Cambridge
Maas
United States
Montgomery
Long Salmpl Sound
Myndo Oineteen
Suranton
Jupar C'xannel P.tnoursox
Gloucester
Antoun Axp Froro Gampin
Agal Olgitcon
Burleigh Grifin
James
Aaron Pitcher
Orgogo Lake
Andrew Albott
Delaware
Water Gap
Venn
George Albert
Torrves
New York
Andes
Alloa Inc
Jorsey Grount
Peckham for Justice Nomination Sparks Senate Battle
The article outlines Whester J. Peckham of New York City as a candidate for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, noting his career from Albany Law School to New York City District Attorney, his role in the Tweet trial, and opposition from New York Senators who preferred another candidate. It mentions his family ties to Judge Rufus Beckham and references the political maneuvering surrounding his nomination.
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United States Senate
Ovine
Whester v. Peckham
New York City
Supreme Court
Whester J. Peckham
Sureme Court
Rufus Beckham
New York Court of Appeale
Distriet Alornes
Cleveland
New York
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Tlk
Hornblower
Wheeler H. Veckham
Peckham
Albany
Albany Law School
St. Paul
Minn
Trem
Judysa Lytian Pramnathy
Alebany
John
Prolonged House Session Covers Ration and Reform Debates
The record details long discussions on extending inn policies and repealing election inns, a resignation in the Senate by Senator Wealthall, and appropriations for a General John Stark monument. Debates span tariffs, federal election laws, treasury authority, Hawaiian correspondences, and measures on sugar bounty and textiles.
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Assssissippi
Senate
Wealthall
Washington
John Stark
Messrs
Poffer
Allen
Carlisie
West
Cleveland
Wheeler H. Peckham
United States Supreme Court
Secretary of the Treasury
New York
Dralgo DL
Cultony
Benato and Worts clash over quo warranto bid in New Jersey
The Republican Benato in Trenton rejected Governor Worts's proposal for quo warranto proceedings to settle the Benato controversy. The Benato and House will hold a joint session on February a. Also noted are the fugitive financier Zeun, a cash shortfall at Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company, and other diverse items from this period.
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House
Barrows
Meson
Darrell
Johson
Johnson
Mat
Wehardson
Grosvenor
Coontbs
Mercer
Shmpson
Ae. Hitt
Hitt
Talbert
Charles W. Stone
Wheeler
Cleveland
Melina
New York
New Jersey
Benato
Trenton
Worts
Wiersa T. Zeun
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
New York Athletis Club
Coal
Stan Wamburg-American Line
Normannia
Genoa
Rappore
Amsterdam steamer heroically aids sinking Maggie E Well crew
Captain Stenger narrates the January disaster near the Maggie E Well. Six of Amsterdam's crew perished after their lifeboat wrecked in a snowstorm while rescuing American fisherman from the Maggie E Well. J Meyer F Requart A Oudyn A Rosch F Lehorn A Van Flost named among the drowned. four others survived.
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Rotterdam
New
Lehorn
A. van Flost
Stenger
Dorn
Distres
Alds
Galler
Nui
Maggie E
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Eree
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Slavener
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