Death of Collis P Huntington at Pine Knot Lodge
Collis P Huntington, president of the Southern Pacific Railroad and director of multiple rail and steamship firms, died at Pine Knot Lodge near Raquette Lake Adirondacks after a sudden choking spell. He had appeared healthy earlier, with Mrs Huntington and his secretary present. Wall Street valued his fortune at 40 to 50 million dollars. news sparked a major sensation in San Francisco where his career had been closely followed.
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Raquette Lake
N. Y
C. P. Huntington
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Pine Knot
Adirondacks
Gov. Lounsberry
Mr. Huntington
Huntington
Oneonta
New York
Southern Pacific Company
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
California
California Pacific Railroad Company
Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railroad Company
Guatemala Central Railroad Company
Wall Street
San Francisco
Collis P. Huntington
Universal Peace celebration opens in Mystic grove
Mystic Conn Aug 15 Exercises mark the thirty fourth anniversary of the Universal Peace union and the thirty third of the Connecticut branch with four days of sessions. Alfred H Love of Philadelphia presided as chairs and addresses by Hezekiah Butterworth Jacob Proth and others followed a morning routine of letters and committee appointments.
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Mystic
Conn
Universal Peace Union
Connecticut
Peace Grove
Alfred H. Love
Philadelphia
Hezekiah Butterworth
Boston
Agnes Kemp
Harrisburg
Rey
J. E. Grammer
Baltimore
Jacob M. Proth
Accotink
Zion Congress reports Zionist growth in Canada
At a London Zion Congress meeting Clarence de Sola described the Zionist movement as flourishing in Canada. Other items note McKinley’s travel rescheduled to depart today, heavy gold engagements for Europe totaling 8.5 million this week, a fatal lightning strike in Springfield Illinois, a Jamestown Ohio family murder suicide, ex Senator Ingalls near death in Las Vegas New Mexico, Paris exposition awards totaling 42 790, Baron Russell of Milloween funeral, four Hall City steamer crewmen drowned at Blue Point Landing, and banker Antono Pesce missing with 16 000 unaccounted for amid Italian depositor activity.
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Zion Congress
London
Clarence de Sola
Canada
McKinley
Washington
Europe
Baring, Magoun & Co
Heidelbach, Ickelheimer & Co
Springfield
Ill
John Colman
Jamestown
A. G. Bingaman
James Bradley
United States
John J. Ingalls
Las Vegas
N. M
Ingalls
Southwest
Baron Russell of
Milloween
England
Brompton Oratory
Matthew Russell
Hall City
New Orleans
Memphis
Blue Point Landing
Miss
New York
Antono Pesce
Pesce
Italy
Deutschland Sets Eastward Ocean Record For Speed
A Plymouth cablegram reports the Hamburg American steamer Deutschland left Sandy Hook August 8 at 3 35 p m and arrived in Hamburg Tuesday morning in a record eastward passage of 8 days 11 hours 45 minutes. It marked the fastest time for any ocean steamer with a top day run of 552 knots and an average speed of 23 32 knots.
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New York
Plymouth
England
Deutschland
Sandy Hook
Hamburg
Markets See Wheat and Corn Rises Across Chicago and New York
Chicago and New York market reports show wheat and corn higher with firm oats and steady rye. basis includes September and August quotes, with mixed movement in barley and pork, lard, and short rib prices. Beef and pork markets indicate steady to firm tone, while live stock in Chicago and South Omaha shows active cattle and hog trading, with various grade quotations.
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Arly Ohios
New York
Minnesota
Chicago
Cholea
Texas
South Omaha
The Dentist In Polite. 4 North Side Dentist Tricks Women
The piece recounts a young polite dentist who uses a staged stern cue to quiet talkative female patients during fillings. He asks them to open wide and, when needed, to open very wide, triggering a wide yawn that ends their chatter. The anecdote is labeled a mean trick by the Chicago Tribune.
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North Side
Chicago Tribune
Two Pieces of Art and Regal Garb in Antiquated Lore
The excerpt recalls W J Stillman’s Bed of Ferns and Ruskin’s harsh critique of the deer and man in the landscape, recounting Rossett’s angry reaction to removing figures. It then shifts to a detailed description of a Knight of the Garter’s regalia, including the blue mantle, star, garter motto, George badges, and the eight-point star.
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Saranac Lake
W. J. Stillman
Atlantic
Ruskin
Rossett
George
St. George
Raleigh Beaten Out of Sight and a Curious Test
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quote describes Lord Raleigh sacrificing his cloak for the queen and a Western bride’s shocking act with ashes of her first husband. A Paris ear test uses a vibrating fork to detect deafness by bone conduction. A Rochefoucauld line on perseverance echoes. The note mentions Spitzbergen to claim common maladies are unknown there.
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Raleigh
Lord Raleigh
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Paris
Bis Un Trap? A Deceptive House Plan and a Missed Train
A Maryland man renting a pension for a house on installment away from the city plans a quiet evening in town. He deceives his wife by telegraph, claiming a delay. His wife’s reply reveals it was received at 4 23 as proof of the ruse, in a Washington Post note.
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Baltimore
Chicago
White
Weather Bureau
Washington Post
Nature as Armorer Revealed in Crustacean Defense
The article contrasts medieval human armor with nature’s armor in crustaceans. It notes plate armor’s perfection in the fifteenth century and then argues that lobsters and other crustaceans preempted these devices by evolving protective shells long before human inventors. It cites Strand Magazine as the source.
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Lfe
Strand Magazine
Sailor Humor From Vice Admiral Kennedy Memoir
A breezy excerpt from Hurrah For the Life of a Sailor recounts naval nicknames and makeshift remedies aboard ships. The captain with yellow fever inspires a burial drill on deck while the gunboat commander jokes about dividing medicines into two bottles for a patient’s stomach pain, claiming no man ever returns for a second dose.
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Leutenant
Kennedy
Strained religion and courtly quips surface in 1828 diary extract
The Kennebec Journal cites a Waldoboro diary entry from June 1828 showing a Sunday meeting clash between Congregationalists and Universalists with both sides occupying the church, defeated by Universalists, followed by a night guard with clubs. It notes the era’s lively humor and quotes jokes about politicians versus statesmen and a lawyer’s lampoon, along with a shopkeeper saloon dialogue.
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Kennebec
Charles Creamer
Waldoboro
Congregational Meeting
Congregationalists
Universalists
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Coane Gunerial Opera
Dr. Donald Wallace Company
St. Louis
Horsman’s Drug Store
Pine Knot Lodge
Collis P
FOR Universal Peace
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Mme. Nemethy
Vienna
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Nemethy
Berlin
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Queen OF the
Ocean
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George J. Grammer
Grammer
Zanesville
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Spitzbergen
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Brooklyn
Iowa
Pierce
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