Martian canals spark speculations on life and works
A San Francisco Call excerpt notes Ferrotlo and Schiaparelli confirm long Martian water channels, possibly artificial. It ponders canals 2000 miles long, vast population hypotheses, and dwarfed Martian inhabitants. It compares canals to Suez and Panama scopes and hints at beet-colored Martian cabbages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferrotlo
Mars
Schiaparilli
Ploaet
Schigparilli Bollowyad
Perrotin
Pyramids
Egypt
Suez Canal
Nicaragua Canal
Panama Canal
Omaha
China
Anak Ng
San Francisco
National Baseball Notes and Arts News Capsule
Veteran Tommy Bond may return to pitching while New York player Gorr swipes bases in 23 games. Harvard and Princeton pitchers shine, Cleveland debates a base on balls in errors, and Chicago players clash as three-strike rules rise. Also reports on theater and Washington real estate history tied to Commodore Rodgers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Bond
Gorr
New York
Princeton
Bates
Harvard College
Cleveland
New Orleans
AlVoy
Vos Ben Ane
Western Association
Faen Prerren
Chicagos
Chicago Western
Mickey" Warasutas
McKean
Kilroy
Baltimore
Stage
New Haven College
Rockford
Ill
Parsons
Crusexts
Philadelphias
Scranton
Penn
Calihan
Jerse City
Louise
Mike Kelly
Boston
Catconer
Krock
Guxs
Chicago
Anson
Wielatters
Firrell
Massachusetts
Jong
Kelly
Unsling Gaaffnry
Lietrait
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Indianapolis
Wraslington
Brooklyn
Destructive Fires and Notable Deaths Across States
Eastern and Middle States report extensive fire damage at Tony Pastor's Theatre and Tam many Hall with losses around 75000 dollars. Horace Greeley associate Tnitas McEnnati dies in New York at age eighty one. Anthropologists' convention adjourns in New York as others race to finish the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern
Middle States
Tony Pastor
Ith Street
New York
Tammany Hall
Tnoitas McEnnati
Horace Greeley
The
New York Tribune
Metropolis
Exeter
N. H
Pennsylvania
Stockton
Penn
James Fparewan Doane
Hanover
Ottawa Cyclone Wrecks Homes and Kills Five
A fierce cyclone swept Ottawa and surrounding areas from the southwest, flattening dwellings and destroying buildings. The Protestant Hospital caught fire during the storm, endangering inmates who were moved to the ground floor. In Gloucester Township three men were killed in a barn collapse, and a Catholic church at Billings Brilga was wrecked during services. Perrault’s house and five of his children died instantly in Commton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
Gloucester Township
Billings Brilga
Progres
Commton
Che Hoase
O. Perrault
Perrault
Farmer’s Long Fast Ends? Wis Farmer Starves for Weeks
A farmer named Zinher, living five miles north of Ravine Wisconsin, has not eaten for nearly a month. He has worked little during that time. doctors failed to induce eating. Neighbors call it a rare aversion or possible insanity. He stands six feet and has grown gaunt, with clothes hanging loose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dohh
Ravine
Wis
Zacher
A Disastrous Voyage of the British Bark Balkklava
A battered account from Sin Frat 6 to Lonton after a year and seventy four days details severe misfortunes at sea. Most sailors deserted at Valparaiso, ten crew drowned in a Cape Horn storm, and the vessel later faced another wrecking incident while leaving port. The tale mentions a large Kentucky distillers gathering and a floating vessel rescue of the Nont and Ina families, amid flood dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vistava
Lonton
Salor
England
Caps Horn
Valparnoe Forrenates
Midnight Murder on Boston Mail Car Shocks Bangor
Veteran railway postal clerk Jerry Binclair was found murdered on the night express to Boston in Bangor Missouri. A deep V wound severed the left artery as the train departed, with Sinclair and two other clerks implicated. Fire at Lowell Mass. claimed nine lives, including a fourteen year old boy, while a case of alleged murder emerges in Gromfield Missouri over a possible wrongful death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. M. de Vane
Panaina
Hull
Canada
Cubs
SantaClara
Ktvsix
Ottawa
Tere Vyelous
Lghtning
Monaco
Divout Hergues
Ievy
Scotland
Curargie
Pittsburg
Penn
Tak Tiahan Chamber of Deputies
Bdg
Montreal
Canna
Erin
Vox Perteattan
Rergeaat McGowan
Royal Irish Constabulary
Simpson
Wallerstown
Ireland
Assford
Vurderer
Suiense
Loup Stavhey
Preston
Tavard
Robert Bine
Varina
Isle of Thanet
Kent
Jerry Binclair
Bangor Mo
Boston
Hunt
Sanger
Sinclair
S. Lyman Hayes
Ossipao
A. J . Selon
Mutiuen
Mass
Hern Ear
3. T. Towry
Sde
Sincar
William H. Lowell
Sinclair Ona
Lowell
Alfred Nallorand
Sthrouch
Thomas Wallerand
Hosvert
Nuamber
Howvert
Shy
Rank
Neenrol
Fisher
Gromfield
Dale County
George
Mia
Springfield
Abe
Tempest Fatalities at Fort Yates and Nearby Areas
A deadly cyclone at Fort Yates Dakota caused deaths including Shell King and others identified amid debris and flooding. A farmer near Usprmint was found dead. a companion drowned at a settlement six miles south. Indio losses were heavy as winds swept away possessions. An axe murder occurred at Tasalir near Monticello Iowa as an old man killed his son after lashing him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Yates
Dakota
Tasalir
Towashr
Monticello
Lows
Rothhaker
Norway Fire Destroys Town Businesses and Homes
A devastating blaze swept through Norway Michigan Sunday, destroying nearly all of the business district and forty seven houses. Firefighters from Iron Mountain battled the flames as residents saved scant belongings, with damage estimated at $220,000. Only two stores survived the inferno, leaving the town largely severed and dependent on aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Ats
Vyhe Fire Department
Tron Muumtauy
Eselone
Nceanp
Iron Mountain
Cloquet
Amd
Gesseau J. D.C. Atkins
Tdian Affairs
Varnum AL Batcock
Wi-cen-in
St Croix Falls
Wis
Arran
Ireland
Estregat Frepenick
Diverse Gleanings From Cities and Nations
A wide array of brief items notes unsettled church leadership in Boston amid pastor shortages, large tax and financial figures in rail and municipal projects, a strange cattle disease in Texas, a major Panama fire loss, and various social and political snippets. The jumble mentions Bohemian citizenship plans, a fur dealer transaction, a Kentucky man tied in death, and global tensions including plots and editor changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Alabama State Treasury
St Loui
Anio
Panama
Detroit
Carissia’ Service
Cincinnati
Tor
Chicago
Copeman Non Nestor
National
Taye
New York World
Josaph Pulitzer
Helencotieretty
Allanes
Mississipp
Afarel
Presbyterian General Assembly
Fourth Avenue Clicich
New York
Epi
Constantinopli
Athens
Berlin
Frasers
Thermalito
Gal
ACV
Mexico
Macon
Elgims Thyeley
Dozens Die and Many Injured in New York City Road and Crime Wave
A chaotic report lists twenty one killed and one hundred thirty nine injured in New York City since January 1 by horses and reckless drivers. It covers arrests, murders in Watertown and Bangor, a boat capsizing near Rockland and a mob lynching in Kentucky. It notes a typographical union convention in Kansas City, locust swarms in Algiers, and political actions in Maine Vermont and Rhode Island with various nominees and policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Auuint Wetter
Crimmiteschu
Saxony
Watertown
N.Y
Labor and industry trends across North America and Europe
The report surveys wage demands in Montreal building trades, a new Anniston factory expansion adding workers, and broader industrial indicators. It notes U S pig and iron output, a Pittsburgh surge, and labor force shifts, including工 per capita productivity and overseas textile and shipyard activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Labor
Congress
Pawrecker
Montreal
Canada
Carpenters’ Union
Adelaide Sik
Allentown
Penn
WABI
Anniston
Ale
United States
Suon «Manufacturing Company
Willercvt Machinery
Ala
Grafton
Cannan
Oraige
Groton
N. H
Pittsburg Ag
Tabor
Prirtanone
Typoraphical War
London
England
New York Union
Merclaga GH
Cherdatteyr
Malaga
Spe
America
Sidi
Firnt
Fayer
Atuyos
Murderous mother Whiteling confession seals prison fate
Mrs. Rarah J. Whiteling, forty, confessed to poisoning husband and two children for under $100 in Philadelphia. Coroner Ashbridge ordered exhumations. arsenic found. She claimed motive was to prevent Bertha from becoming sinful. Bodies buried in Mechanic's Cemetery. Whiteling locked up. later made full confession and was committed to prison.
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Rarah J. Whiteling
Ashbridge
Philadelphia
Winteling
Beales
Data Whiteling
Bertha
Wilh
G. W. Booth
Sosith
Willig
Thietrich
Smith
Job Whiteling
John Hancock’ Company
Herd No. 2 Benevolent Order of Buffalos
Ting
Ashbriga
Leffman Meade
Mia Whiteling
Sint Sis sTora
Snd
Moya
Mensing
Ranesek
Thompson _streets
Bertha Aio
Saar Signor
Ipo
Sean
Ceres
Senate and House Debates on Treaties Budgets and Appointments
The Senate passed a sitdelt at Nevel Academy bill and agreed to a conference report funding a $190,000 public building at Badgeport Conn. Debates covered the Fisheries Treaty, Diplomatic and Consular Appropriations, and consulate salaries. House proceedings centered on the Malls tariff debate and various internal revenue and tax measures, with votes on salt duties and other fiscal items.
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Senate
Jetra
Sitdelt
Nevel Academy
Conferenca
Badgeport
Conn
Paraguay
Uruguay
Vrazne
Heintvelman
Schimmelfenning
Truxtan Ets
Morgan
Gxay
Sherman
House
Téise
Breckinridge
Kentucky
Messrs
Malls
Tarsney
Dingley
Brower
Maine
Breckinrridge
Canathan
Randall
Burcows
Grosvenor
Ohio
Dayne
Pennsylvania
Browne
Intiana
Mitra
Heed
Marker
Bynum
Medical Corps
Navy
United States
Cinta States
Spanola
New York
Gettysburg
District of Columbia
Hotu
Vandever
Calton
Tesa
Glover
Musouri
Alliminus
Rotse Coens
Tito
Gal Mrama
Indiana
Selly
Aden
What is the matter with your blood health ransom warning
Public notice touts Warner's Safe Cure as blood purifier for kidney disease. It recounts testimonials from diverse individuals claiming cures and urges spring cleansing. The tone is promotional, urging readers to invest in the remedy and citing alleged success stories from notable figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clawland
Bright
Warner
Geo. F. Ridgeway
Murison Bt
Cleveland
Sherif
J. Plarnold
Camden
Tenn
W. D. Robinson
United States
Chain of Lakes
Batfa~lo
James Wight
Fifth Ave
New York
Wamera
Pie-tomr
Ayore
Casey
Dio Lewis
Ratway
Kadwal
Ocean Vampire Caught Near Tampico In Seining Incident
A monster described as a devil fish or ocean vampire was accidentally hooked near Tampico Mexico. Weighed about two tons, it lay dead on the beach when spread, resembling a giant bat with a five foot mouth. Length stood at fifteen feet and width seventeen feet from pectoral fins. Sightings had occurred before but attempts to net one failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ncre
Marysville
Cal) Democrat
Jauis Lewis
Daly
London Isues
Barrett
Betaeen Jefferson
Morones
Borne NewCuMb
Mar Almant Ravently
London
England
Tomy
Armasyer
Sarah Lernhad
Caro
Alexandra
Kate Rotia
Tampico
Mexico
A Curious Pack of Cards Showcases Governors Portraits
A Virginia governor asked for a portrait card, as an inventor plans a 48 card deck featuring 48 governors and four showing presidential candidates. The notes admire American ingenuity and hint at a broader cultural spectacle surrounding political figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witehugh Tee
Virginia
Blaine
Buller
Zultimore Herald
Weather Lore From Boston Journal On Wind Signs
Data on wind prediction from animals and sky signs suggests behavior of pigs loons and magpies forecast wind. Cloud shapes colors and barometric shifts are linked to storms with sayings like calm before a storm and heavy clouds indicating high wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cnet
Sumset
Classic Birthday Cipher Riddled with Portrait of a Pseudonym
A 19th century cipher puzzle asks you to compute from your birth year and age to reveal a nickname. Follow steps: add 4 to birth year, adjust by age, handle pre January 1 cases, multiply, subtract 677423, then map digits to letters (A for 1, B for 2, etc). The final number deciphers to a well known alias.
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RED Planet
O' Booth Catroot Tonsorial
Ava
Inquisitor
Razor
Weil
Orail
John Piper
Wirwinia
Neb) Chronicle
Washington
Commodore Rodgers
Henry Clay
Mediterranean
Jack
Clay
White House
Sickles
Barton Key
Payne
Secretary Seward
Lincoln
Rin Creamery
State
Bkins
Buffalo
Western
Ornstein
Northert
Yullow
N. Y
Gronor Herkimer
Eau Claire
Tuner
Ferdinand Mathias Aud
James Mark
Wisner
Nel
Tae Boner
St. Paul
Man
Cadeta
Whitney
Govan Lutheran Church
Mactiaon
Wisconchuol
Central City
Nob
Cal_ pono
Welster
As ' Ae Ee Minn
Csty
Paterson
Nah
Latlahasss
Bla
Sacraments
Cal
Coleres
Ganlald
Issa
Pataz
Department
la Tabertal
Peru
Balkklava
Tur
Nont
Ina
Wire
Maine Railway
Hia
Javon Hinson
Ephrata
A. Goretox
Jers
G. Sinclair
Bangor
Rockland
Ato
International Typographilcal Union
Board of Trade Hall
Kansas City
Wiliam Amison
Kumpf
James Fostrr
Colori
Jalat
Yun Department of Agriculture
Florida
Lorn 8Tanny
Algiers
Constantine
Gualma
Rhode Island General Assembly
Jonathan A. Chace
Union Labor State Convention of
Waterville
W. H. Simmons
Greenback
Vermont
Montpulier
Professor Seely
Middlebury College
Portland
Turleigh
Mls
Second Avenue
Missouri
J. M. Lowe
Movernor Price Ait
Arlington
Baltemoru
Chaieres
Io Pathan LD
Noahboeriza Town
Philip Ho Sheridan
Somer
CIA
McCorqinck
Ellersville
Fly
Alexavecr Rostorr
Ale Boring
Buidgepot
Bessemer Steel
Hay
Eifel
Pern
Ned von Heya
Austria
Mungie McCrachker
Welyville
Thermites
Colin Lin
Alarat Purpo Cs
Guyon
Lauria
Stewart
Secretary of the Treasury
Aum
Vullomade
Dolph
Peg Shei Lopa
Bauro-Mp- Silacs
France
Mail and Express
Qoran
Elko
Newa Aout Town
Emp
Balson
Longs
Giogle
Mius Ganneri
Anmenson
Physlelun
Boglavid
Theo
Lanic
Ana Pel
Brwaren
Foge
Hoots
Saraapuritia
Filenda
Pighbors
Hood
Tay Mey
Ivic Bosns
Sarsayrirlia
Hopa Suritoy
Su Newall SL
Deliis
Hoston Journal
Silliman
Yale College
Genu Meer
Procter
Gamble
Fred
Teamele
G.wells
Jersey City
Wels
Jerrey J
Sari Vt
Howe, Wu Leonard St
Haskeer
Address Book Pub. CO
Leonard Street
Wright
Gary Kent
Dr. Kilmer
de, Kinzer & Co
Waaghanston
SN. Y
Spire
Alsa
Bohn Sun & Co
Wit Malnat, Heninant
Ford
Ardadeay Sen
Can. Halle
Herbrand
Herrbrand
Presont
Oy Ae
Radway
Taitte
So Do
Mts
Radway & “CowNo
Warren Street
New Yorks
DUKE
Ladway’s
Munson & Hamlin
Therrin
StAson
Hamlin
Nial
Tregont St. Ciugago
Wabash Afon
Earlies
Nurtifelal Ae
Mdiad
Cinsser
Seman
Roo
Pan Ltd
Miehlan Casersitt
Fay
Fe State Normal College
Parreyeite
Horta
Leonard St
Snworth
Pettit
Santerm
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