Land of Fire exploration reports and native life details
Ten years after the Tora del Tuego notion, Tousson and Willome return from Terra del Fuego with plans to turn northern island ranches into productive stock areas. They note 20 000 sheep and 6000 cattle on Dawson Island, describe the Ona Indians and their camps, and mention Jesuit stock raising. They contrast English pioneers and local geography, and discuss fragile population and mobility along the coast.
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Tousson
Willome
France
Terra del Fuego
Etrolta of Magellan
Gonla
Patagouls
Dawson Island
Ronsson
Willems
Northorn
Straits of
Ma ‘Gellan
Cnijen
Alr Ocean
Chicago Times
Seabright Fire Devastates Town Destroying 400+ Buildings
A major blaze at Seabright near Long Branch consumes the business district, burning hundreds of homes and dozens of stores. Firefighters from multiple towns struggle as wind drives the flames. losses approach 800000 dollars with only partial insurance. A relief fund forms as residents seek shelter.
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Seabright
KN. J
Long Brooth
J. A. Buckalow
River Street
Beabright
Red Bank
Low Branch
West End
Elberon
Atreata
Peninsula
Pannacia
Beabright Inn
FR Gank
Octagon
Knapp & West
Rud's Drug Store
Postotten
BE. Church and
Parsod
Beabright Sentinel
Couser’s
Levy
Garfield
Cloughtey
Riverside
M. Garting
Porttones
Cook & Jarques
Cruft
Frank Martin
Frank Heldel
Water
RR Biber
New York and
New Jersey
Telephoto Exchange
Boise
C.N. V. Wilson
Buckelow
Owens
Asbury M. OE
Seabright Fromen
Shrewsbury
Ocean
New Jersey Southern Railroad
Ocean Avenue
Train wreck in Pennsylvania leaves multiple dead
A coal train derailed near Bellwood after losing control on a curve three miles from town. The crash killed the conductor and engineer and one brakeman, with others injured. Officials cite wet rails and air brakes failing as likely causes.
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Alegheny Mountains
Lloudaville
Penn
Bellwood
Pennsylvania and Northwestern Railroad
America
Nocky Mountains
Beli
Geronimo Slain by Arizona Deputies in Stagecoach Chase
Deputy Sheriff Gray reached Tucson with the slain Geronimo, a notorious Mexican stage robber, and his accomplice Leon after a five year spree in Southern Arizona. A gunfight near Pandto left Geronimo dead and Leon surrendering as authorities seized the robbers who had repeatedly attacked stage passengers and killed.
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Gray
Tucson
Arizona
Geronimo
Leon
Pandto
Geroniula
United States
Hea
Accon Les
Train disaster in Switzerland leaves many dead
A Swiss excursion train broke through a bridge on the Molagchen river near Stein Basel Canton. The cars plunged into the Rhine as passengers drowned. Sixty dead, at least thirteen cars wrecked, dozens injured. Also reports of large litigation over A T Stewarts millions tied to Irish claimants and threats of police attacks on the will.
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Switzerland
Molagchen
Stein
Basel
Germany
Soux
A. T. Stewart
Staten Sxeneraar Procron
West Point
Miliitary Academy
C. Mazon Moony
Franklin County
Mas
Carr
A. A. Yano
Philadelphia
Iacyee
Treen
Bardsley
Accounta
Supreme Court
Redwood White
Pattison
Richard G. Oellers
New York
Andrew Knatowiski
John Mellon
Mahanoy
Penn
Father Mollinger
Troy Aisi
Pittaburg
Princeton
Volo Nino
New York City
Sxvviii Berorreso
Newark
Bloomingdale
Pomp
Jonx Adams
Nisa Jossia Orr
William Orr
Escopal Church
Whitehall
N. Y
Lake Champlain
Chubb's Landing
Joshua Exume Exmerr
Our Fritz
Cornwall
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Washington
Justic Blatchford
Joseph H. Choate
Sheepshead Bay
Loaninka
Dante
Cassius
Amatonga Queen’s brutal impalement of subject reported
A Capetown despatch describes Amatonga Queen ordering an induna impaled in a public punishment before about 2000 Amatonga forces and missionaries. The detained chief reportedly resisted and attempted signaling for mercy while chiefs and locals witnessed the act.
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Capetown
South Africa
Amatonga
Induna
Behring Sea Dispute Sealing to Be Largely Stopped
President Harrison released the Behring Sea modus vivendi with Britain to halt sealing for a year. The accord sets a prohibition east of the demarcation line and restricts real-kiting. it allows designation visits to seal islands for witnesses and arbitration to resolve remaining issues between the United States and Great Britain.
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Harrison
United States
Great Britain
Bea
Heo
Navy
Treasry
Secretary of the Treasury
Revenue
Corwin
Rush
Secretary of the Navy
San Francisco
Behring Sea
Behring
Behring Bea
Her
Russia
Ant Ycenelas i
Bebtingen
Great Unitain
Seal
Washington
William F. Wharton
Star of the United State
Julian Pauncefote
G. OM. G
H. M
Awintia Waanrosrjseni
J. Benjaspin Harrison
United States of America
Bens. Harrison
Kebring Sea
Department of State
Binine
Soe
Ruwon
Thiedt
Epasia
Bakisbury
Roeala
Wharton
Lord Salisbury
Valth
Uritsin
Anil
Represent Atiece
National League and American Association Baseball Highlights
Scattered notes show Buffalo’s Joe Hornung noted as a top player while multiple clubs report strong batting and pitching, injuries and contracts. New York’s club endured a loss after a 10 game streak, Ppirnua Ruiney and others recover from injuries, and Clayton star Browning earns nicknames as the sport’s characters.
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Ant Joe Hornung
Buffalo
Keara
Dis Davis
Chered
Tex Boston
Denny
Cleveland
New York
Brrverrs
St. Louis
Tom Washington
Bizenhaven
Pitteburhs
Pircurn Krunoy
Cloctonat Association
Gon
New Karke
Tax
New Yorkn
Ruste
Panthans
Galvin
Pittsburg
Buver
King
Towes
Joan Wann
Brooklyn
Kelly
E IncInoatl Association
Bow
Harrington
Pete
Peter
Pietro
Kangaroo
Heo
Browning
World’s Fair Exposition Plans Include Indian Exhibit and Hospital
The Exposition will feature a lithography display by the Tas National Lithographers Association and a working post office model. An international regatta is proposed, with Native American groups from St Vincent and Peru to showcase crafts. An emergency hospital, led by Dr. John E. Owens, will cover injuries. Interior documents highlight Sioux Pueblo and Navajo exhibits. Construction of World’s Fair buildings proceeds with weekly contracts and a goal of completion by July 1892, with night electricity to speed work. The U S Government life-saving station at Jackson Park is designed as a three-story facility with a potential permanent placement.
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Tas National Lithographers Association
U. S
Peru
John E. Owens
Exposition Company
Interior
Boroham
Iife-boats
Jackson Park
Wheat and barley acreage growth amid drought and price effects
The Sase report shows winter wheat area near last year levels while spring wheat and oats suffer from drought. Wheat acreage rose modestly overall with significant expansion in several states, while barley increases were broad though tempered by Northwest drought and cool weather.
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Sase
Department of Agriculture
Wlinoijs
Ssour
Kanfis
Geenthe
Heade
Esin
Oregon
Daokotan
Washington
Lowl
Luconsin
New York
Pensylvania
Georgia
Texas
Ohio
North Dakota
Nebraska
Iowa
Atlantic
Fay Bates
Ohio Valley
Minnesota
Pacific
Wisconsin
California
Northwest
Juno
Cottar
Beheading of Altec Chinese Pirates in Port Scene
The China steamer from San Francisco reports the execution of pirate leaders at Eowoloon opposite Hans Kont. Fifteen prisoners were beheaded as crowds watched, with the chief executing officer taunting and swiftly dispatching each captive.
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San Francisco
Cal
Eowoloon
Hans Kont
Namoa
Coln
Tirat
Cie
Otlivers
Asq
Lal Atsat
Cama Dows
Hs Waa
Waa
Fatal Waterspout Strikes Frazier Greer County Texas
A waterspout and windstorm at night flood Frazier Texas causing extensive loss. Houses overturned or washed away, many people rendered homeless, and several deaths including Captain Phillips family, Burdone, and others along Red River. Rescue efforts followed as bodies and survivors were found. The disaster affected farms, stock, and crops across the area.
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Aterife
Frazier
Greer County
Texas
Theorrons
Turkey Creek
Yamp Poindexter
Biz Sister
Ian Nan Albright
Captain Phillips
Phillips
Edie
Leon
Gainesville
Red River
W. W
Lyon
Hickory Creek
Murderous Pirates Battle Off Batoum
Five Russian soldiers in a Batoum area clash with twelve pirates. The pirates fire on the Russians killing four, the pursuing boat recovers two more wounded soldiers, and a third pursuer boat sails after the pirates. One wounded Russian sailor later reaches shore with an account of the event.
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Batoum Natrange
Asalu
Ugo
Wood and Celluloid Silk Predicted for Future Apparel
The article describes wooden fabrics and celluloid as versatile materials. It explains how wood can be processed into a silk substitute, called artificial silk, using a patent apparatus. Chardonnet’s method yielded fine threads, colors, and new uses, though initial flammability blocked success.
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Meing
Louis Post-Dispatch
Leadville Cobbler Swindling Claim Backfires in Mine Venture
The Leadville Democrat notes a German cobbler in Leadville who dug a shallow yard pit and claimed ore to sell for 2500 dollars. He boasted of fooling capitalists, but buyers deepened the shaft and struck a rich carbonate vein. The cobbler then danced, claiming he had been swindled as the mine yielded about 1,000,000 dollars.
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Beenerany Foster
Meredith
Theoighta
Foster
Keystone
Philadelphia
Refloves
Drew
Gronar Bowie
Charles Washington
Washin
Washton
Bowle
Angtes
J. D. Owen
Treasury Department
E. T
Ohio
Immigration Bureau
Geexnal Gneaveros
Immigration Commission
Europa
Foster,The National Siautsans
Glen Echo
Washington City
Leadville
Cal) Democrat
Yankee Lock-Picker Captures Fame At Eighty
A.C. Hobbs, head of the Union Metallic Cartridge Co. in Bridgeport Connecticut, is eighty and forty years ago proved locks could be picked quickly. His famed skill earned him the nickname Yankee Lock-Pick er after he demonstrated picking a Bra rah lock at the 1851 London World’s Fair for a $1000 purse.
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A.C. Hobbs
Union Metallic Cartridge Company
Bridgeport
Hickory Mystery Hidden in Americus Timber
James Alexander a Americus Georgia woodworker found a hickory knot concealed inside a seasoned board. The knot lay several inches from the outer surface above the stump line, leaving scholars to wonder how it formed in the heart of the timber.
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James Alexander
Americus
Atlanta Constitution
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription for Female Health
Advertisement claims the remedy cures chronic diseases and disorders specific to women. It asserts benefits including restored female function, removal of obstructions, relief from periodical pains and irritation, invigorated system, enriched blood, improved digestion, and dispels nervousness with a guaranteed satisfaction.
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A. D. Cooley
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Los Angeles Express
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New York Life Insurance Company
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Oirywilliam Womon- Cumming
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Louisa Michel
Iquique
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Behring Sea Dispute
Modus Vivendi
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Indianapolis
Ker Warsz
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P Uncrye Sam
Australia
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L. Building Association
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Westphalia
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Association of Working Girls
French Chamber of Deputies
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Masa
Journeymen
Virginia
Frank D. Lee
Cassie F. Lee
Theological Seminary
Fairfax County
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University of Virginia
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Wolines
Seminary
Stan Bott
Vawker
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New Yorke
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Df. Beaton
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Lonteville
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Wiliam Gordon-Cumming
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Misa Florence Garner
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Vesey Dawson
Coldstream Guards
B. Robert Eyton
Sir William
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William T. Garner
Frost Thorne
Adele Hunter
William Gordon-Cumming
Hawaii
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Texas”’ Border
Batoun
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Roxbury, Mass
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Mather Kubkles
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Lovell Arms CO
Mas&s
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Psa
Galle
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Pinkhart
Gosy Lynn
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Wook
Muy Teke
Phos Ucsd
Blane Fearn
Seray
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Tony
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Corsten
Amazon Iver
South America
Order of the Garter
Earth
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U. Byborn
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Plage Yolo
Gentius
Phy
Lew
Simory
William Shakes
Earo
John Guttenberg
Peage
Ivela Atibe Rau
Sarna
Was & Jrook Stare
Ambronia
Aindex
Feiden
Ork City
Ping
Penkvagvat
Bato
Takoma
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