Postmaster General Reports Rail Mail Service Improvements
Washington reports a committee findings that rail mail service doubles each decade and a 1900 target of at least 200000 miles with 25 million dollars yearly cost. It details past pay inconsistencies, space versus weight, and recommends a new basis using space and speed, with fixed pay per linear foot and adjustments for special trains.
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Washington
Congress
Richard A. Elmer
W. B. Thompson
Isaac C. Slater
Post Office Department
British Post-Office
United States
Postmaster General of
Great Britain
Connec
Tragic Grand Trunk Collision Kills Twenty-Seven
A Toronto derailment near Parkdale leaves 27 dead and about 30 wounded. Freight conductor George Barber is arrested for alleged improper conduct. Inquest held as hospitals treat injured and city mourns.
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Toronto
Grand Trunk Railroad
Union Station
Bolt Works
Parkdale Boundary
George Barber
The State Board Hardens Stance in Western Union Suit
Harrisburg, Pa. Jan 3 The State Board of Accounts led by the Auditor General State Treasurer and Attorney General has reversed its earlier plan to settle with the Western Union Company for 50000 instead of 147000 The attorney general was misled or has changed position and will pursue the case to trial against the delinquent Telegraph Company.
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Harrissource
State Board of Accounts
Western Union Company
Cassidy
Western Union Telegraph Company
Treasury
Democratic Party
South
Republican Party
North
Union
Burlington
A. T. Stewart & Co
Curcaco
Ill
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
J. B Weatherford
E. Murray
Jackson, Mich
F J. Cheney &Co
Ohio
Harber to bring Delong crew home via St. Petersburg
Secretary Chandler received a cable from Minister Hunt in St. Petersburg stating Harber, in Tomsk yesterday, will reach Orenbourg on the 15th. He is tasked with transporting DeLong and companions’ bodies home via the railway to St. Petersburg and then to New York, expected February 1.
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Washington
Chandler
Hunt
St. Petersburg
Harber
Tomsk
Orenbourg
Calamity at Huron Will Dam Claims Five Lives
The Huron will dam near Hoventon Michigan burst killing five people including Charles C. Raymond a bank teller his son and a servant girl and Hower Raymond his wife and her son from the Allouze Mine. A citizens meeting raised four hundred dollars for Mrs. Raymond and her two children saved by her bravery.
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Hoventon
Mich
Huron Will
Charles C. Raymond
First National Bank of
Houghton
Hower Raymond
Allouze
Veteran Timothy Sullivan Dies at 103 in Bellefontaine
Bel lefontaine Ohio January 8 veteran Timothy Sullivan died Monday at his son in law John Currans home He was 103 the oldest Logan County citizen and a lifelong Democrat known as Old Tim Sullivan He never missed an election and lived in Bellefontaine for fifty years
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Bellefontaine
Ohio
Timothy Sullivan
John Curran
Sullivan
Logan County
Tim Sullivan
James McLeavy, Noted Runner, Dies at Glasgow Infirmary
James McLeavy once champion pedestrian of Scotland and fastest runner in England, and track master of the Manhattan Athletic Club, has been dismissed from the Royal Infirmary at Glasgow as incurably paralytic.
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James McLeavy
Scotland
England
Manhattan Athletic Club
Royal Infirmary
Glasgow
Why Southern Democrats Are Impatient
The piece argues Southern Democrats seek restitution for losses from the Civil War and emancipation, proposing payment for emancipated slaves as a political reward. It critiques H. H. Carlton of Georgia and a Constitutionalist interview, warns of renewed violence, and predicts Republican gains as Democrats fight over surplus revenue and Reconstruction aims.
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South
Court of Claims
Texas
Georgia
H. H. Carlton
Athens
Augusta
Carlton
Congress
The
Constitutionalist
North
Uncle Remus
Bill Arp
Texas Siflings
Exas
Democratic Party
Democratic Congress
Democratic Court of Claims
Democratic Supreme Court
Chicago Tribune
After 1865 the South faces a political harvest in doubt
The N S Tribune assesses postwar Democratic strength, noting a late but promising harvest of partisan influence. It argues Democratic unity cracks reveal a long pattern of hollow promises and asserts Carlisle’s elevation tests the party’s sincerity and practical governance.
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Telegraph
Party of Progress
Washington
Democratic Party
Ngs
Carlisle
Randall
Senate
Congress
N.S. Tribune
German canal plan gains definite form in Reichstag
The Bath to North Sea canal idea takes shape as Bismarck drops objections and a bill for necessary powers will be presented in the Reichstag. Estimated cost for the Holstein cutting ranges from 30 million to 35.6 million dollars.
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Bath
North Sea
Bismarck
Reichstag
Holstein
Butter and milk quality debates in Illinois and New York
An Illinois survey notes 412 butter and cheese factories mainly in northern counties. A Orange County New York dairyman finds milk priced at three and a half cents per quart compares to butter at twenty eight cents per pound, showing milk can match butter value in production. Separate cautions warn tobacco smoke taints butter, with Dr Tifft noting smokers cannot detect adverse effects on butter flavor.
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Illinois
Orange County
N. Y
Dr. Tifft
Aerating Milk for Cheese and Butter Making
The article argues aeration of milk is not worth widespread farmer effort. Airing curd before souring improves odor removal and cheese quality, especially with Cheddar style. Modern methods favor curd airing over milk aeration, as few farmers will air milk effectively. producers should air the curd themselves for best results.
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Live Stock Journal
The Milk Room Fact for Good Butter Making
The article stresses a proper milk room with pure air and steady temperature separated from cooking odors. It advises avoiding tobacco odors and using ice cooling in summer when feasible, noting milk absorbs scents readily. An Eliot Indian Bible of 1663 sold in New York for 1250 dollars.
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Massachusetts Ploughman
New York
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