Oil wells shut near total production drop request
A movement to halt pumping in oil regions has revived with aims to lift prices after output exceeded 18 000 barrels per day triggering steep price declines. Widespread stoppages reported across Pennsylvania and nearby fields, with some violence as rigs engines and tanks were damaged in the push to curb supply.
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Clinton
N. J
Kalbfleish
Brooklyn
Mary Frances Wade
Ther
Harvard College
Edward Stokes
James Fisk, Jr
New York
Pennsylvania
Bridgeport
Cuban Navy Restoration Demand and Election Control Debate
The Cuban Republic demanded the U S State Department restore a seized Cuban navy off Newport R I. A Texas delegation urged the President to keep military from polling places and let civil authorities run elections, warning of riots if not. News notes cover canal purchase, lawsuit over Arlington House admission, counterfeit stamps, postag e board delays, money order disputes, naturalization certificates tax exemption, and stamp duty expiration.
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Lone Bear
French Government urged to aid Jews in Crate crisis
Oue reports that Minister Washburne seeks action to end persecution of Jews in Crate and that France may grant equal rights to residents of all creeds. Turkish Ambassador Pasha is dead as European affairs shift with monarchs and dispatches.
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Crate
Np Eee Pasha
France
Marne
Haute Marne
Lancashire Cotton Mills
Santa Anna
Juarez
Mexico
Death by Self
The body of Alice Blanche Oswald, an American girl just short of twenty, was identified after she drowned herself at Waterloo Bridge in London. An inquest read a letter describing destitution after arriving as a nursery governess, begging forgiveness, and stating she preferred death to another wretched morning. The jury returned a verdict of suicide while in a state of temporary insanity.
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Alice Blanche Oswald
Langham
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Pall Mall Gazette
Emperors Dine in Mixed Uniforms at Berlin Court
The Pal Mall Gazette lauds the trio of emperors at White Hall Berlin as they wore Russian Prussian and Austrian orders. It imagines a grim possibility of war triggered by mislaid uniforms and wonders how Bismarck would react to such symbolic discord.
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Pal Mall
Berlin
White Hall
Austria
Alexander
William
Gazette
Prince Bismarck
Death of Asa Wuitney once opposed Pacific railroad
Asa Wuitney a noted early agitator for a Pacific railroad, who later refused to subscribe a cent, has died at his home near Washington. The obituary notes his long campaign for the project and his ultimate withdrawal from funding.
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Asa Wuitney
Pacific
Washington
Extraordinary death by own action of Two Brothers
Two German brothers RK and G Mahler, both smooth markmakers, were found dead two miles from Baltimore with pistols by their heads. The case, considered a suicide, followed extensive detective work revealing they bought two pistols in Baltimore, discussed ending their lives, and walked to a secluded thicket to shoot themselves twelve feet apart.
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Baltimore
G. Mahler
Northern Central Railroad
Steubenville
Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio
Cincinnati
Washington Road
Maryland
Ancient Egypt antiseptic wood preservation noted in report
Col. T J Cram cites ancient Egyptian knowledge of wood antisepsis in preserving sycamore coffins from two millennia. The dug out coffins, solid blocks with a fitted lid, remained strong after long storage, due to a bituminous impregnation. The lost art of Egyptian preservation may or may not be recoverable. Bismarck runs a paper mill a distillery and a beet sugar manufactory.
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T. J. Cram
Chief Engineers
Extraordinary Mule Race From Canton To Sioux City
A seven hundred mile? No. A dramatic 75 mile mule race from Canton Dakota Territory to Sioux City Iowa concluded with Gardner driving a pair of mules to a time of seven hours and thirty five minutes. Russell failed to finish as his mule apparently gave out. Gardner’s time is claimed as a record.
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Canton
D. T
Joseph Russell
J. ©. Reynolds
Sioux City
Dakota
Russell
Gardner
Siouxr City Journal
Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe Gives Readings From Her Works
Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe speaks at a public reading event presenting passages from her notable writings. The gathering draws readers and admirers and highlights her literary contributions.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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