Britain reels from fierce east coast gale and shipwreck toll
A mighty storm battered the eastern and southern English coast wrecking ships and drowning sailors. Lifeboat crews from Hythe and Sandgate saved twenty seven on the Bienvenue, while two crew members died and more vessels foundered. Across the Channel France and Portugal report widespread damage and injuries from the gale.
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England
London
British Isles
Hythe
Sandgata
Rhors
Lea
Ned
Baey Ware
T. B. Fluger
Ban Frin Thio
Bremen
Hastin
Cama
Hytha
Bienvenue
Pviz
Dover
Sandgate
Moda0
Liverpool
Sydney
Dungeness
Belo
Bt Cath
Lfe
Paris
France
Starn
Portugal
Thanksgiving Proclamation by President Harrison 1891
The 1891 proclamation designates Thursday November 26 as a day of thanksgiving to God and a time to observe worship, family ties, and charitable aid. President Harrison emphasizes nationwide prosperity, religious liberty, and gratitude, with the seal to be affixed and the proclamation issued in Washington.
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Harrison
Walington
United States
Benjamin Harrison
United States of America
United
Washington
Tee Bexlawiy Hanna
Palo Alto Stallion Stan Ford Leads Trotting Mile Record
Palo Alto star Stan Ford's peerless stallion Palo Alto trotted a mile at Stockton California in 9 8 8 an equal to the world record for trotters. Marvic Rivers guided the horse to a strong finish as the timekeepers noted the split times and the crowd praised the near record performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Alto
United States
Stanford
Elco- Honor
Stockton
Cal
Uno
Marvic
Rivers
Shane
Quyrcers
Waterbury mayor R Bacowrr arrested in fraud case
Waterbury Connecticut mayor R Bacowrr has been arrested charged with receiving about 3700 francs in a fraud scheme. The report also notes memorial events for Charles Stewart Parnell in Newark and other court cases, fires, and local incidents across New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esatern
Biddle
R. Bacowrr
Waterbury
Conn
Mra
Sarah E. Kally
George
Lotta Townsend
Dannomora
James Sugapan
Joseph Colosinsky
Clear Spring
Woat Pittaton
Pongoman
John Thomas Ruddy
Beast Pathia Ares Fa
Bargettetown
Penn
Thomas Whitedday
Eiziasen
OmaSheer
John McFarland
Aarne
Norrand Avenas
Brooklyn
N.Y
Reak
ApMigst
Geonom
H. Cooren
N.S
Navy
Chamber of Commerci
New Eagh City
Ourreac
Bi Pottar
Ithessor Briggs
West Virginie
Businses
Chauncey M. Depew
New Jersey
Injario
Internal Revenue Commissioner Reports Tax and Production Metrics
John W. Manson's annual report to the Secretary of the Treasury presents fiscal data on receipts totaling 140,005,410 with collection costs at 4,210,004 and projected expenses of 4,522,580. It notes tobacco tax changes, distillery data, oleomargarine production, and projected current year receipts near 150,000,000 with detailed bounty payments anticipated under tariff acts.
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John W. Manson
Internal Revenue
Secretary of the Treasury
Spittta
United States
Ucers
Royal figures and curious idiosyncrasies compiled
A compilation of eclectic notes on royalty and notable figures, including Queen Victoria expressed as robust, Danish ToE of seventy four, a Russian silver wedding, and various biographical tidbits. It surveys physicians, editors, adventurers, and military servicemen with dates and places linked to their claims.
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Queen Vicronz
Glapstone
Toe Ueon
Denmark
St. Petersburg
de Exerxy
Lawren McCurpy
New York City
J. McCune
Philadelphia
Tug Oamo
J. M. Satuom
Cambridge
England
Baron AntHon Boisscsmp
Grost Financial House
Burros Wiritay
Germany
Paunext
Derbyshire
Gronor Ekxexwan
Ancupus Jouayn
Austria
John Orth
Ean
Micnaru Bootie
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mande
Fire Devastates Columbus Row House. Five Found Dead
Early morning flames roared through a North High Street tetement row in Columbus Ohio destroying the row. Five members of the Bothera family aged from three to thirty perished incl two adults and three children while the parents tried to escape with the infant. Firefighters initially failed to search but later recovered bodies amid the ruins leading to suspicion of arson.
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North High Street
Columbus
Ohio
Ramaged
Charles Bothera
Charles Bethers
Elizabeth
Corrie
Ning
Myrtle
Alx
James
Natove
Tornado devastates Arroyo Seco and Santa Fe province
A violent tornado swept through Santa Fe province in Argentina destroying Arroyo Seco and causing many deaths and injuries. A railway train at the station was overturned and passengers buried in debris. Crops damaged across the region near the Paraná River, population about 100 000.
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Santa Fe
Arroyo Seco
Parana
Labor unions and worker groups spread across nations
The text outlines union activity worldwide with mentions of seven hour days, labor bureaus, conventions, and organizing drives. It notes unions in England France Poland the United States and Australia, plus remarks on women workers and the history of craft and trade unions in America from 1803 to 1870.
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Queensland
Gormornt
Bohemincarn
Brovan Fishing
Etar
Lorpor
England
France Street Railway
Virginia City
Igi Tae Bon
New Yong
Inprarapotis
Atlanta
Go) Federation of Trades
Crakow
Lemborg
Poland
Tax Brotherhood of Locomotive Fireamm
Indianapolis
Ind
Wong
Chicago
New South Wales
Rhode Island
Europe
Paris
Manici
Henri Roville
Hawilt
Hotel de Ville
United States
New York
Graborki Isa
Tae Central ‘Labor Union
Nashville Tenn
San Francisco
Cal
Southern Pacific Railway
Mia Taland Brarford
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Journeymen
Shiowrights
Fedoraeaeae En Is
World’s Fair Notes on International Exhibits and Plans
Reports from the exposition detail nations joining the fair including Barbadoes French Guiana Ceylon and Korea. Preparations include an agricultural display a forestry exhibit royal society commissions and women’s exhibits with notable figures and funding. A nocturnal historical lantern procession is planned with elaborate floats and about forty to fifty floats costing around 700 each.
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Sronow
TBE
Buchanan
Harrison
Dutch Guiana
Mexico
Morocco
Chicago
Ecuador
L. Taxagur
M. Ikods
Mikado
Jackson Park
Kilmer Medicine Company grows as demand expands
A review notes the Kilmer Medicine Company of Binghamton New York has grown from a small start to large five story factory extensions. The Dr Kilmer line including Bwami Moor kidney remedy gains popularity across states through reputation rather than advertising. Also mentions lunchroom appetites and a few business anecdotes from Chicago and Richmond.
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Dr. Kilmer Medicine Company
Binghamton
N. Y
Dr. Kilmer Company
Kilmer
Ita
Buffalo
The Shoemaker On Walking From The Hip Not The Knee
A shoemaker explains how to judge a walker by shoe wear. He says good walkers move from the hip, bending little at the knee, while poor walkers bend the knee and rely on the stronger muscles. The piece cites the St. Louis Globe Democrat on walking form and notes a medical use for pure mutton tallow as a healing agent. It ends with a New Orleans piece and an Austrian vine planting note.
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St. Louis Globe- Democrat
New Orleans
Picayune
Curious Earthquake Effects in California Streams
The central and northern California quake opened springs on Poloula Rancho and Tocont, with waters ranging from ice cold to 100 degrees. Artesian wells at Vallejo and Grundlach’s Rhine farm surged, boosting output, while gas wells near Joyo’s farm increased and a cold spring became hot.
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California
Sonoma County
Poloula Rancho
J.E. Poppe
Polpula Rancho
Tocont
General Vallejo
Rhine
Jacob Grundlach
Grundlach
Apes. Joyo
Boston Transcript
Rattling Snake Barred by Curious Swake Duel
A Clifton Times correspondent recounts a strange encounter after water on spring land. Two youths pursued a rattlesnake monster described as half black half spotted with a horn on its tail. A five foot blackawake swallowed a two and a half foot rattler. both died within an hour.
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The
Times
Clifton
Cannon ball messengers in 1851 Broonwick siege report
The Philadelphia Record notes Tenden cannon balls weighing about five pounds used at Broonwick in 1851. Hollowed sides held letters sealed with lead, with tarred rope attached to signal to townsfolk when fired. Similar messages sent during the 1840 siege of Tarth.
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Broonwick
Tarth
Philadelphia Record
Intrepid Captain Lee Dies at Hoffman House in Philadelphia
The Chicago Herald reports Captain Lee, a fearless military instructor for the Corcan army, died suddenly at the Hoffman House in Philadelphia. He once ordered the King and cabinet from a parade, earning respect for his decisive action though it sparked a revolt. He trained troops alongside two American officers and elevated their standards beyond those of the Japanese.
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Lee
Hoffman House
Philadelphia
Coren
Corcan
Leo
Chicago Herald
Usefulness of the Orange Tree and Its Diverse Byproducts
The article notes that orange trees offer more than fruit. Flower distillates yield delicate perfumes, unripe fruit provides orange oil for colognes, long shoots fetch material for wickerwork, and yellow wood serves fancy furniture. Flower water masks medicines and flavors foods, while other byproducts add value. Also cites a U.S. farm mortgage figure of 15,850,575,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Hros Press
Oriental Shopping in Cairo Bargain Bravado Noted
In Cairo during a stay Osnon Liddon and his sister Mrs. King shopped where a courier named De Nicols prodded a price cut. After tense bargaining he bought goods amid protests and later smiles as the seller relented to keep customers.
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Cairo
Osnon Liddon
Mrs. King
the Courier
de Nicols
de Nicola
Emiles
Jandshaldags
Bee Notes On Insect Power And Vocal Membranes
A York Telegram excerpt describes bee power with a bee drawing twenty times its weight and movement up to four miles per hour. It notes wings, vocal membranes, and air breathing organs, and lists bee sounds as signals for queen laying, swarm, drone expulsion, and newly hatched queen calls.
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W. Cowan
Aldnioen Amt
Abu-U-U
York
Man with the longest beard cut it off
Phil Henson, famed for the world’s longest beard, found it burdensome and cut it off. Followers planned to appoint him to oversee the beard’s display at the World's Fair in Chicago, but he chose to remove the feature. The beard measured ten feet.
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Phil Henson
Soe 'Cpus
Chicago
le Beard
Corinth
Aie) Herald
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Indian Territory
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Short & Forman
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Steamboat Inspection Service
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Wilson
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Rio Grande Do Sul
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Edward Rice
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Piccett
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New York Herald
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Michigan Avenue
Skinner
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Richmond
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Kline
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Jaane Thompson
Hood
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Malden-on- the-Hudson
A. G. Parels
Donald Kennedy
Roxbury, Mass
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Austria-Hungary
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Detroit Free Press
Friends of Tux Companion
Lois Mallets
New England
Mary Catherine Lea
Homer Greens
Dickon
Harold Frederic
C. A. Stephens
Fanny M. Johnson
Free S. Bowley
Sahara
Lossing
Brown
B W. Thomson
Wii Alles Dromgoci
Andrew D. White
Cornell
Timothy Dwight
Yale University
E. H. Capen
Tufts College
Q. Stanley Hall
Clark University
Francis L. Patton
Princeton College
James Bryce
M.P
Andrew Carnegie
F. B. Thurber
Camilla Urso
Edison
G. P. Lathrop
Henry Clews
Amelia B. Barr
Jeanette L. Cilder
Kate Field
Suez Canal
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W. E. Gladstone
Count de Lesseps
Cyrus W. Field
Sir Morell Mackenzie
George R. Davis
Windsor Castle
Queen Victoria
Kensington Palace
Lady Jeune
H. W. Lucy
the Marquis of
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Nugent Robinson
Railway Life
Col. H. G. Prout
N. Y. Central
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Supt
Mich
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Roundhouse
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Molly Barry
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Mass
Harold Wayon
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Testis C.N. Newcomb
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Handis Tha Nowateat Chomics
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James Epps
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J. Eugene Whitnor
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Teneo
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Deanty
Itu
Bala
Soap
Ieee
Sottvan Rodosiky
A.W. McComMicg
Lydia E. Pinkham
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