Ostrich plumes and the feather curling trade in New York
The article details ostrich feather refinement from South Africa, tracing cleaning, dyeing, steaming, and curling by American feather girls. It notes age ranges, wages, and the rise and fall of feather fashion, with forecasts of a plumes revival and next fall’s brown plume trend. It also mentions the broader fashion shift to artificial flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Square
South Africa
Finien
Germany
Prince of Wales
New York
Benson
Furious elements devastate Kanawha valley region
Dispatch from Parkersburg recounts a night cloudburst that flooded the Kanawha and Little Kanawha basins. Rivers rose six feet in hours, destroying mills, barges, and crops, with dozens of deaths reported including Morristown residents. Widespread wreckage extended to Enterprise, Burning Springs, and nearby towns. Reports include rail washouts, bridge failures, and a steamer sinking. Separate dispatches note storms at Standing Rock Agency and damage across Ohio towns like Lancaster and Georgesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W. Va
Kanawha
Little Kanawha Lumber Company
Wests__mill
W. P. Padden
Keever & Co
Miller
Taylor
Charles Wells
Isaac H. Tucker
Martin Lawless
Tetemul
Tygart Bridge
C. P
Morristown
Jake Kiger
Joseph
Thomas
Bailey
Orville West
Richardson Farm
Pill Brush
Harris's Ferry
William Neptune
Little Kanawha
Bismarck
Dakota
Standing Rock Agency
White Horse
Black Eagle
Der
4 Canal
York Streets
Columbus, Hocking Valley
Toledo
Logan
Ohio
Georgesville
Franklin County
Marysville
Off Year Elections Highlight State and Senate Impacts
The piece notes this off year features twelve states electing governors, treasurers, and state officers on various dates August five in Kentucky and November five in many others. It mentions newly admitted states North Dakota South Dakota Washington and Montana drafting constitutions and aiming for full governments while eight new U.S. Senators will be chosen, with New York’s Senate voting in 1692 to replace William Evarts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Torney
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Nebraska
Supreme Court
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Virginia
North Dakota
South Dakota
Washington
Montana
United States
Congress
Senate
New York State
William 21
Evarts
Famine Threatens Dakota and Canadian Northwest Settlers
Reports describe extreme drought and winds crippling crops in Dakota and the Canadian Northwest. Emigrants near the Souris line report food shortages, with families subsisting on potatoes turnips and field rodents. Some settlers abort crops and parched regions force mass departures to save cattle. Only a few have resources while wheat crops fail.
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Dakota
Boundary Line
Canadian Northwest
Souris
Turtle Mountain
Ohio dam breaks in Hocking Valley flood disaster
An Ohio dam at Sharp's Sugar Grove on the Hocking Canal unleashed a catastrophic flood. Twenty miles of soil, crops, fences, and livestock were washed away though no lives were lost. Rail lines, roads, and bridges suffered extensive damage with costs in the hundreds of thousands. A separate report discusses plans to reduce the Mississippi River width and a $1,000,000 annual improvement estimate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking Valley
Ohio
Sharp
Sugar Grove
Hoclang Canal
Villay
Athens
Cincinnati
Washington
Baltimore
Mason Miner
Engineer Corps
Mississippi
Qulo
Ilinois
St. Louis
Large fires and disasters hit towns. deaths and damage flood reports
A broad sweep of late 19th century calamities. Lowell Street Railroad burned with heavy property loss. multiple fatal accidents in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. numerous fires destroy homes stables and factories. Killed include John Roush Aaron Shipe Arnold Francis. other incidents report drownings suicides and a boiler blast. Prohibition and political motions noted. mising airship America presumed lost. various regional incidents across New Jersey New York Pennsylvania Ohio Wisconsin Alabama and beyond.
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Eastern
Middle States
Lowell Mass, Street Railroad
Shamokin
Poon
John Roush
Aaron Shipe
Poth Valley
Chambersburg
Penn
New York City
Ventor Peter Campbell
America
Brooklyn
Edward Hogan
Jackson, Mich
New Jersey
George la Monte
Michael Stein
Lewistown
Arnold Francis
Kimes
Kimberton Creamery
Phanixville
Peon
Moses Veil
Dover & Orcorr
Jersey City
N. J
Frackville
Michael McGrath
Marriage and political events across Europe and Britain
Marriage portions for his children may be substituted for speedy grants. Earl of Fife, to marry the Prince of Wales's daughter, elevated to Duke of Fife. Gestrat Bou Langen to run for Chamber of Deputies in eighty Swiss cantons. Paris Hungary fire wipes out 400 houses and public buildings with many children missing. Edinburgh grants freedom to Mr. Parnell amid Irish independence hopes. Vaudel paper mills near Pontarlier burned. huge loss. O'Brien v Salisbury slander case verdict favors Salisbury. Liverpool cotton warehouses destroyed, loss about 300000.
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Tor Earl of Fife
Prince of Wales
Duke of Fife
Gestrat Bou Langen
Chamber of Deputies
Iighty
France
Paris
Hungary
Edinburgh
Scotland
Parnell
Vaudel Paper
Pontailier
William O'Brien
Lord Salisbury
Liverpool
England
Multiple Disasters and Deaths Reported in Late News
A patchwork of brief items notes people killed by a train in Providence R I. drownings in the Berrimac River at North Andover Mass. and a fire at Paris Hungary rendering many homeless. Insurrection in Crete and explosions, ship losses, and political moves in the United States and abroad fill the late news roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Mastoney
Robert Fisher
Providence
R. J
Robert F. WaiTmas
Harry E. Hornby
Berrimac
North Andover
Mass
Comstissarixs
Johnstown
Penn
Six Men Lynched by Indignant Citizens in Southwest
An account notes several lynchings following horse theft and murder. In Socorro County New Mexico six Mexican men were hanged at a solitary site after a battle with a pursuing posse. A colored man from Hinton Virginia was taken from jail and lynched. Two others, Joseph and Gabe Webster, reportedly involved in a Mississippi plantation murder, were also lynched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Dedrick
Albuquérque
New Mexico
Feelly
Socorro County
Bill Snow
Hinton
We Va
Joseph and
Gabe Webster
D. Pitts
Pantheon Plantation
Miss
World and regional notes from scattered figures
A garbled collection of statistics and claims covers England Ireland Jerusalem Alaska and the United States. Topics include widow counts and millionaire totals in New York emigration from Scotland to Chile Indian housing in the US and Alaska population figures minimal. It mentions a peach crop forecast and a London ice consumption figure along with various railway and postal notes.
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England
New York
Norte Trust
Formort
Jerusalem
Alaska
United Kingdom
Alaskan
Cron
The Flood Sufferers Distribute Aid in Johnstown
Judge Cummin and William R. Thompson arrived from Cresson to oversee a $900000 aid payout to flood victims. About 200 people waited as 63 received $5735. many refused or questioned sums, including C. B. Dick who lost $5000 but took only $80. Checks totaled 165 for $16535, with 149 cashed for $14685.
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Judge Cummin
William R. Thompson
Pittsburg
Johnstown
Penn
Cresson
Mr. Thompson
W. Horace Hose
John P. Linton
Sheena
Pala
John Warner
Conemaugh Valley
Cambria Tron
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cambria Iron Company
Olen
Itci
Early Baseball News From Major Leagues and Players
Summary of scattered baseball notes across leagues. Highlights include records by players such as Bnovthens of Boston with 100th hit, Desxy of Indianapolis with 13 home runs, O’Neill of St. Louis with 80 runs in 72 games, and Roser Cosxen leading first basemen with a .951 average. Mentions pitching changes, attendance growth at Cleveland, and a shifting roster scene across Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia teams.
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Rocunsten
Bnowsidg
Lousvilles
Gaxoty
Pittsburg
Grevetayn
Oea R
Louis
Monnivy
Lowsville
Prrrzsen
Bnovthens
Boston
Desxy
Indianapolis
Ghirteen
Gulsteener
Washington
Philadelphia
Twiicret
Cleveland
Comey
St. Louis
Roser Cosxen
New York
Tar Cincinnat Club
Petty
New Orleans
Kesaponis
Buet-Kelytebe
Cincinnati
Lacx
Elnsa
Chicagos
New Yorks
Bostons
Tuxy Bravo
Uialee
Oxtonp
Cambridge
Yale
Harvard
New Maven
Crinson
Canbridge
England
Britain
Croo
Clacawo
Iinke Manter
Asso Nation
Nutick
Mass
Clovaland
Chicago
Pittebury
Indigyapolis
American Association
Wen
Saat
Brookly Baltimore
I Athletic
Cincinns
Kausay City
ALD
Columbi
Tovnsville
Federal appointments list announced by the President
The President announced numerous federal posts including Pension Agent at Knoxville William Rule Tennessee Surveyor General of Wyoming Iliam A Richards and Dakota Bertius H Bullivan as land office registers and related receivers Indian agents and Treasury auditors names span Tennessee Wyoming Dakota Nebraska California Oregon Texas Virginia and other states with assignments in Cheyenne Visalia Denver and several territories.
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William Rule
Tennessee
Knoxville
Iliam A. Richards
Wyoming
Bertius H. Bullivan
Dakota
Charles H. Cornell
Nebraska
Valentine
Neb
Edward P. Champlin
Cheyenne
Martin J. Wright
California
Visalia
Cal
John A. McBeth
Colorado
Denver
Robert L. Freeman
Leroy Grant
Chayenne
I. J. Buford
Oregon
Bilitz
John P. McGlinn
Washington Territory
Neah Bay
D. J. M. Wood
Ponca
Pawnee
Otoo
Oakland
Indian Territory
M. M. Hurley
Indiana
Treasury
J. W. Franklin
Kansas
John Fehrenbatch
Ohio
Cincinnati
Charles M. Levy
Calfornia
Franklin B. Goss
Amass
Darnstable
Mass
William Gaston Henderson
Misa
Pearl River
Miss
N. Wright Cuney
Tex
Galveston
Henry D. B. Clay
Tha
Newport News
Internal Revenue
James D. Brady
Virginia
P.B. McCaull
Oseph W. Burke
Texas
Tewns
James J. Dickerson
United States
Milton C. Elstner
Louisiana
Evans
Vermont
St. Jesus
Canada
Jasper P. Bradley
West Virginia
Southampton
Eugene O. Foehicr
Seti
Piedras Negras
Mexico
Archibald J. Sampson
Paso Des Nortes
Horace E. Pugh
Newcastle
England
Four Men Die in Lincoln Cesspool Disaster
In Lincoln Nebraska four men died after entering a waterlogged cesspool to retrieve a dropped watch. A hole beside the pool flooded with rainwater and air rushed from the pit incapacitating workers. One man fell in and others attempted rescues, with three saved and four ultimately dead, identified as James Crawford Albert Kunkler John Cleary and Frank Maloney.
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Lincoln
Neb
Cesspool
James Crawford
Albert Kunkler
John Cleary
Frank Maloney
Prominent Figures in World Society and Politics
A sweeping snapshot lists prominent figures and high officials: Vernnr the composer is seventy four, Queen Victoria gardens with enthusiasm, Gexenat W. T. Swern is sixty nine, and James Greer the French statesman is eighty one. It notes royal tastes, pensions, travels, and institutional ties across Europe and the United States, with references to academia, government servants, and industry leaders.
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Vernnr
Queen Victoria
Governon Foraken
Cornell
Gexenat W. T. Swern
Jumes Greer
Pancr Bisitanck
House of Commons
Josep Chamberlain
Sim Spencer St. Jons
Mexico
London
Earl of Zetland
Ireland
Cuannes Russece
Rongrt Hammerling
Gratz
Austria
Enegish
R. A. Proctor
Lynching of Averill and Kate Maxwell in Wyoming’s cattle country
James Averill, postmaster at Sweetwater, Wyoming, and Kate Maxwell, famed cattle queen, were lynched by cowboys along the Streat Water River in Carbon County. The pair, accused rustlers, resisted with weapons as a posse entered their cabin, resulting in their execution on a cottonwood limb. Kate Maxwell, renowned for roving gambling house exploits, rode to the scene with a fierce reputation and a sharp rifle, while Averill publicly denied guilt. The incident reflects long-standing cattle theft tensions and vigilantism in the Sweetwater region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Averill
Kate Maxwell
Streat- Water
Carbon County
Independence Reef
Wyoming
Averill
Wweetwater
Tate Maxwell
Sweatawater
Maxwell
Chey
Maxwell Degenera
Winchester
Kate
Dei
Qnion
Promise Reig Ey
Tseless
Gool-By
Winle
Oklahoma
Sal
Hoadley Triple Murder and Suicide at Byron Ohio
Hiram Hoadley Jr murdered his wife and her father at Byron Ohio then killed himself after a failing marriage led to revenge. He pursued the mother and sister of his wife before turning the gun on himself, with three revolvers found on him. He had been a prominent Williams County politician and respected citizen.
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Litchfield
Thuaer
Hartford Courant
John T. Clarke
Georgia Court
Smithville
Tamar Winnings
Agnes
Columbus
Ohio
Hiram Hoadley, Jr
Byron
Hoadley
Hinself
Newman
Hundley
Jethen
Williams County
Double murder suspects in El Township farm tragedy
Two boys in Clayton County are suspected after John Elkins and his wife were found murdered in their El Township farm home. The elder son, 24, and his brother, who held a grudge against their stepmother, are main suspects. The eleven year old son slept in the barn and witnessed the aftermath before raising the alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Elkins
el Township
Clayton County
Elkins
Eloven
Knights of Labor General Assembly in Atlanta in November
The Knights of Labor announce their next General Assembly will meet in Atlanta, Georgia on the second Tuesday of November 1899. A discussion by Mr. Powderly outlines the order’s current membership figures and views on strikes, noting a rise to 800,000 with concerns about rapid expansion and strike dependence.
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Knights of Labor
Atlanta
Powderly
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Amsterdam
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