Election Echoes As Democrats Sweep Several States
Fall elections across fourteen states showed the Democratic ticket winning in New York Massachusetts and Iowa with governor races secured while Ohio and Pennsylvania backed Republican slates. New York results favored the full Democratic slate though Lieutenant Governor candidate Sheehan trailed at some points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Massachusetts
Ohio
Iowa
Pennsylvania
Masschusetts
Ohie
Jenesylvania
New York State
Sheehan
Roswell P Flower Leads Democrats With Sweep Across States
Democratic victory floods the nation though New York City lags in success. Flower wins big plurality over Fassatt in the city, while Democrats gain assemblymen across multiple districts. Cochran, Little, and Chaplain secure congressional seats. Republicans win several state seats and counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Hill
Plower
Fassatt
Assemblymiln
Alfred Ft. Conkling
Frei
Gibbs
James L. Wells
Benatard
Tammany
Assembly
Westchester
Dutchess
Wayne
Delaware
Jefferson and
Steuben
Bourke Cochran
Francis B. Svinola
Joseph J. Little
Boswell P. Flower
Alfred C. Chaplain
David A. Boody
Nehemiah M. Curtis
Russell
Jefferson
St. Lawrence
Democrats poised to control New York legislature
The report outlines election results across states with Democrats gaining ground. It notes a tied New York Senate split of sixteen Democrats and sixteen Republicans, with the Lieutenant Governor’s casting vote favoring Democrats, and highlights results in Massachusetts Ohio Iowa Pennsylvania and other states, including governor races, legislative gains, and party dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Senate
New York
Brooklyn
Chaisa
Ser
Congress
Ety
Commodore P. Vedder
Cattaraugus
Chaptaugia Coo
T. Edward
Farmers’ Alliance
Beate
Law Jeraey
New Jersey
Burlington
Cips
May
Udson
Hunterdon
Middlesex
Passaic
Prominent Figures Scribble Lives in Fragments of 19th Century Notes
A mosaic of brief, unrelated mentions covers Panneiu lo t no formal will, the Tax Sultan of Turkey’s age, 82 year old 2ENNYSON composing a comedy, the German Emperor’s early rising, and other varied items. It notes Gl adstone’s old virgin speech, Tabor claiming wealth, Wagner’s daughter lacking musical talent, and Stevenson’s travel fatigue. Additional snippets reference ex-Governor Bons Taylor lecturing on fiddling, Empress Augusta Victoria’s anniversary, and Governor Botts’ appearance. The column paints a collage of prominent names, states, and anecdotes with scant coherence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panneiu
Turkey
Richard Wagner
Liszt
Russe 8Agx
Bpacher
Troy
New York
T. P. O'Connor
Parnell
Hs Bastled
Bons” Taylor
Tennessee
Robert Louis Stevenson
Samoa
England
Augusta Victoris
Germany
Emperor
Governor Botss
Ale
Ten Thousand Killed In Japan Earthquake Casualties Swell
A private dispatch from Japan reports a devastating quake on Hondo Island and surrounding areas. Nagoya province sees about 2000 deaths and 18000 homes destroyed, while Gitu and Kano Rasamatsy suffer heavy losses and railroad damage. Fire amid wreckage likely worsened fatalities. Total deaths may exceed ten thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trrenty
Japan
Hondo
Nagoya
Gitu
Kano
Rasamatsy
Xagoya
Kasatuntay
Haye
Chilean refusal to accept responsibility for Baltimore attack
A Santiago cablegram reports Chili's government refuses to accept responsibility for the Baltimore assault on American sailors. Washington’s State Department is alerted as Minister Egan, Commander Schley, and Consul McCreery seek decisive action. Valparaiso authorities bar Baltimore crew ashore and market boats, amid rising tensions and rumors of a Chilean Legation attack in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Chili
Sys
Chillan
Mineister
Egan
Washington
Ezan
Schley
McCreery
State Departments
Intendente
Valparaiso
United States
Baltimore
Five Lives Lost as Hamburg Hotel Fire Kills Firemen
A disastrous blaze swept a hotel in Hamburg suburb Berpedorf, killing five firemen who rushed to rescue inmates. The rapid spread and building collapse trapped the rescuers despite two volunteers reaching the top floor before the structure fell, engulfing all. A minstrel troupe trapped on the upper story narrowly escaped before flames sealed their fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berpedorf
Hamburg
Germany
Convict stockades burned as miners free Tennessee prisoners
Rioting miners freed convicts at Briceville Coal Creek and Big Mountain stockades in the Tennessee mining regions. About 450 escapees fled toward North Carolina and Kentucky after stockades were emptied and burned. Local guards offered no resistance as the mobs dispersed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Tennessee Mining Company
Knoxville Iron Company
Briceville
Coal Creek
Bricevile
Taginning
Coal Crea
Offutts
Ofutts
Clinton
Wille
North Carolina
Kentucky
Aitter
Lberated
Chumley
Huchanan
Waldern’s Range
Bricavilla
Big Mountain
Oliver Springs
Tennessee Stockades
New Gleanings and Global Oddities
A garbled mix of reports notes global shortages and epidemics, plus local curios. It mentions Smerara ban, London telephones, New York Hebrew population, Mali tin supply, Silesia epidemic, English floods, counterfeit Swedish money, Spain and France suffering from food, American shotgun demand, San Antonio ABUEEP price, forgery in Germany, Triple Alliance signings, Florida orange crop, Minuteman ship commissioned, Oklahoma gold quartz discovery, Italian civil service suspensions, record rainfall in Britain, wheat imports needed, fires in Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota, a plant in Vera Cruz producing a healing agent, livestock on western ranges, Palermo lava formation, Kentucky constitution validity challenge, and a large book deal with University of Chicago purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smerara
London
New York
Malaat
Silesia
England
Spain
San Antonio
Texas
Germany
Austria
Italy
United States
Minutonomah
Oklahoma
Chandler
Great Britain
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesta
Vera Cruz
Mexico
West Foots
Palermo
Kentucky
America
Cablegram
University of Chicago
S. Sion
Borin
Broad New Jersey fire leaves homes lost and property damage
A major blaze in Clinten, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, destroyed a large portion of business properties, killed ninety? nine buildings, and left fourteen families homeless. The total loss is estimated near 100000. The report also notes various other global incidents and local officials, including Boston City Registrar Nicnovad P. Arodoxro and various court actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinten
Hunterdon County
N. J
Nicnovad P. Arodoxro
Boston
Mass
Philadelphia
Penn
Mercantile
Binpoguer
New York
Taland
BA. P. Cannen
Minster
New United States cruiser launched at Baltimore
The steel cruiser No. 10 was launched from Columbian Iron Works Baltimore amid ceremony led by Miss Florence Malster child of the president. Detroit witnesses, 404 attendees, as the 2900 ton vessel slid into the Hatapsco river, with Commander Brownson present to assume command upon commissioning. The Detroit is 257 feet long, 37 feet beam, 14.14 feet draft, designed for eighteen knots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Steel
Columbian Tron Works and Dry Dock Company
Baltimore
Secretary of the Navy
Christenal Detroit
Florence N. Malsver
Daugher
Wiliam T
Aten
Tings
Gucle Sam
Solesax
Hatapsco Ag
Cruisar
Captin Wagner
Meer
Willard H. Brownson
Maverick National Bank of Boston in Trouble
The Maverick National of Boston has failed after a long predicted crash. Liabilities unclear but deposits near five million dollars and potential liabilities may reach about fifteen million. Outside speculation blamed. President Potter, once famed, led a bank seen as shaky since January amid sensational market concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maverick National Ants
Boston
Mass
Maverick
New England
A. Potter
Evans
Wallstreets
Potter
Washington
Cotton Steamer Oliver Beirne Burned Near Vicksburg
The steamboat Oliver Beirne from St. Louis burned to the water’s edge at Milliken’s Bend above Vicksburg. About 700 bales of cotton and 100 tons of freight were lost with around eighty passengers and crew. Estimated twenty lives lost, with names of several victims given. Survivors escaped largely in night clothes as flames spread rapidly, and villagers aided in rescue and shelter. The boat was built at Jeffersonville four years ago, insured and valued around $61,600, with construction cost over $100,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Beirne
St. Louis
Milliken
Vicksburg
Mise
Shorty
Trolva
Aire
Waddell
New Orleany
Sam Entricken
Omaha
Thorsogian
Guy Tod
Massie
Adams
Eafety
Planga
Bird
Missouri River
Aho
Labour World Sketches From Global Work Life
Fragmented notes recount diverse labor topics: Boston banquet, 30000 unemployed in Craco, French bakers favoring local flour, eight hour days for English sailors, unions in New York and New York City, idle cigar makers in Key West, anti tenement campaigns in Boston, many labor societies in New York, apprentice schools in Austria, England, and Japan workers naming employers, cork production in Spain, Canserole mills near Pittsburgh reducing gas use, non union strike troubles in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bostos Walera
Crcaco
Englusiso
New York
New Yon
Key West
Fis
Boston
New Yon Crrr
Constantinople Dogs Described as Feral Country Type
The St Louis Post-Dispatch notes the common Constantinople dog is tawny and foxlike with a sharp nose and bushy tail. It portrays the breed as stealthy, not bold, thriving on daily bones and force, reflecting natural selection in urban life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Lesson From a New England Matron News Note
A Sun correspondent recounts a matron in old New England lecturing her many children after her husband is elected local militia Corporal. She urges the children to shun neighbors’ offspring. The distressed youngsters as bedtime echoes mutter warnings as the parents discuss the new dignity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Prisoner crafts clocks and locks in Maryland Penitentiary
Tobias F Hudson, confined in Maryland Penitentiary for thirteen years for horse theft, has spent nearly nine years of isolation. He turned to clockmaking and electricity, creating miniature marble monuments, a burglar alarm for the warden’s room, and a padlock design that prevents escapes. His works fill his cell with intricate devices and books, earning commutation time and a planned release in 1894. Also recounted is hermit George Libby found dead near Flintville Pennsylvania after fifty years in mountain solitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Tobias F. Hudson Haa
Hodson
Angerstown
George Stonebraker
Firet
Ose
Woyler
Huson
Weyler
Board of Visitors
Hss
Hadaon
Hudson
Ballimore Sun
Rermit
Daddy
George Libby
Flintville
Penn
Hind
Libby
Apeko
Restaurant Counter Row Sparks Sandwich Dispute
A Philadelphia Times report describes a clash at a restaurant counter where a guest refuses a sandwich marked with mustard and notes prior dissatisfaction, while Walter insists the order was mistaken and the sandwich was served. The fragment hints at ongoing tension over service and quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atte
Walter
Is There Snow on the Moon
The Philadelphia Telegraph reports at Lick Observatory Calif ornia Professor Molden and staff capture clearer lunar photographs. If the white spot on a mountain is snow it implies an atmosphere and possible habitability, challenging the view of a dead moon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lick Observatory
California
Molden
Big
Mownt
Hamilton
Lick
Holden
Arizona
Philadelphia Telegraph
Remarkable Deep Sea Sponges and a Fox Story
The piece describes sea nests and other deep water sponges with intricate forms and feeding mechanisms. It also recounts a tale from the Irish coast where a drowning fox seems to recover, tricking fishermen and crossing to an island during low tide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trish
Geath
Ahorn
Lalbor Tribune
An India Rubber Plantation in Assam 1873 1885
Government of Assam started a rubber plantation in a forest at the foot of the Himwayans in 1873. Seedlings spread from tree forks to ground by 1885, beds forty feet wide protected by forest. By 1590 the plantation spanned 1100 acres with 16054 wealthy plants and seedlings valued at £1000. Profitability will take years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Assam
New Orleans
Picayune
Vanadium Deposit Found in Mendoza Province
A significant deposit of vanadium, a rare metal used in dye setting for textiles, has been located in Mendoza Province, Argentina. The find is noted as highly important, with previous main supply from the Urals and high value cited at 81500 dollars per ounce. Chicago Herald reports the discovery's potential impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mendoza
Argentine Republic
Ural Mountains
Chicago Herald
Halts Catarrh Cure Promises Relief For Catarrh
F A Rood of Toledo endorses Hall’s Catarrh Cure claiming it cured his wife after fifteen years of suffering with catarrh. The ad promotes treatment for croup, eye ailments, and general health with trials and mail orders. It lists Dr. Kline and Dr. Linus Thompson’s eye-waters and various medicines available from druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.A. Rood
Toledo
Ohio
Hall
Also Mentioned on This Page
Election Echors
Flower
McKinley
Roswell P. Flower
William
Aingsachusetts
Prohibition
Les E. Kimball
People's
Henry Winn
H. W. Robinson
Rosell
Allan
Russella
Obo
Cleveland
William Archinley
Forahoga County
Campbell
Hamilton County
McKitnley
People’s Ty
Aguro
Neal
Democratic Executive Committee
Asshinley
Louis
Des Noines
Boles
Missimippi
Amissouri
Wheeler
Robert E. Pattison
Wee Theorekn
Davis
McM.gregg
Berke County
John W. Morrison
Allegheny
George D. McCreary
William Z. Shield
Register of Wills
Robert FE. Wright
A. J. Tillen
W. Redwood Wright
Inco
F. Jentins
Burecx
Town
Cape May
Huron
Hicker
House of Assembly
Virginia
Democrata
House of Delegates
Mississippi
Walter McLaurin
J. F. Satsions
J. H. Askew
Webenaski
Nebraska
Amianes
Arevo
Ranning
Supreme CourtJwige
Staryland
Frank Brown
Vannort
South Dakota
John L. Jolly
J. B. Wood
W. H. Smith
Colorado
Belknap
Vth
Nerose
Kansas City
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Ill
Prono Mont
Govrned Chill
Blaine
Senenal Ertrox
A. Dibfatch
Indian Head
Weashington
Potomac River
Australia
Madagascar
Tus
French Senate
Prince of Wales
Midland
Canada
Gail
Quebec
UsiteEp
Puryss
Miguel
Miniter
Fingner
Baot
Rio Grande
Beaves
Calvis
Cseereereteenee
Arluy
Lani
Areeers
Cresmiery
Ieee
Leberg
Katy Cotte
Harley —Nu
Hontan
Chyere Orthera
Chatee
Wulg Islet
Watertown Mass
Sanket
Hutter—Creamery Extra
Serrces
The
Maverick National
Oliver Rose
the Labor World
Zailmalygla
Curmy Anraun
Canserole
Pittaborg
Poon
Ucl
Abindange
Isborne Fort
Atrika
Hood
Ivor
Philadelphia Times
ullaLow
Kentor
Buffalo
Santis
Seit
Luraamphs
Jose Worstel
Sila Upkinton
Shazelting
Warren
P Owichester
Ennyroyal
Asters
Orean
Lotroden Islands
Philippines
New Fork Mail and Express
Paris
Luxembourg
On St. Clair
Cuba
Donald Kennedy
Roxbury, Mass
Kennedy
Ely
Mall Street
New Fork
Abic
Brothels & E
J. Eugene
Rochester
New York Journal
Horstu
Gragatats
Cu. Decas A. P. Hoxpie
Keres Garaz
Kline
Phila
Nore
Linus Thompeson
Sheridan
Baialissas
ENS
Hoston
Newton, Ill
St. Jacob Orn
T. C. Dodd
ST. Jacobs Oil
Mer
Jesse Barker
Kansas
G.G. Green
Sole Man'fc
Woodbury
N.J
Epps
Taian Beadiaa
Humboldt
Bre Bexar
Txoxrsox
Frea Barsota
Garfeld
Tex
S’ Sc
JDNES
Binghamton
Woodburys Paciat
Aise Piatigl
Waris
Iskind
C.N. Newcomb
Davesport
Aumond
Hotchsten
Laven Ct
Dulane
Princltiea
Trustral
Sou
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pasco
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!