Revival signals and curious notes in old press
The passage notes revived business activity, forecasts of good times, and diverse curiosities. It mentions a Paceninoquoddy descendant joining a Maind Sona order, a Frenchman in South Carolina amassing 160 acres of asparagus, and Venezuela’s proximity raising safety questions. It cites sunMoon light ratios, Danville free industrial school efforts, and a fading treasury gold interest as financial clouds lift.
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South Carolina
Savannah News
Immigrant Drive Spurs New South and Electric Advances
In White county Georgia a mountain stream appears to run uphill along a steep incline. New York park planners foretell a summer display of about one hundred large banana plants in favored locations. Southern immigration movement gains momentum, signaling broad benefits to the region. Richard Vaux of Philadelphia is remembered as a colorful, if not great, figure of fifty years past. Electricity’s rapid growth is highlighted by New York City’s 15,014,688 miles of transmission lines and a Boston inventor’s spiral-groove self insulating wire. England’s interest in ship canals and Panama Canal financing attracts British capital to complete the project.
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New York
New York City
Boston
Yenkage
American railway project near Havana would reach Key West
A planned US railway would run within 119 miles of Havana with a terminus at Key West connected by island trestles and bridges. Hey West lies 350 miles south of Jacksonville, with trains expected to reach the town in two to three years. The article hints at ambitious speculative schemes and grand plans.
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Havana
Key West
Florida
Hey Weat
Jacksonville
Gocurrences of the week roll into rapid mend
In the nation’s capital counterfeit stamps circulate widely. Winter wheat conditions compare to last April. Cleveland denounces a minister over intemperance claims. Mint officials Harris and Jones suspended. A bank insolvency pays creditors. Treasury rules bar judge compensation until conviction.
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Department of Agricultura
Cleveland
Athasachusetts
Lita
Ernest Harris
John C. Jones
Carson
Northern National Bank of
Big Rapids
Mich
Springer and
Kilgore
Olaloma
Notable Society and Local Disasters Chronicle
A sweeping column lists notable personal mentions and local calamities. It notes Charles H. Manaur, ex-controller of garrency, sailing for Honolulu. deaths in Nebraska and Holland. Mrs. David Joyce in Lyons, and Mrs. Miles in New York. Lord Tamington and George N. Curzon wedding plans. Gen. Alger’s voyage from the Orient. Thomas W. Wood’s Montpellier gallery project. letters to Edison. Rev. Dr Read’s newspaper interruption anecdote. Mark Twain autograph quip wars. various fires, drownings, shipwrecks, and industrial mishaps across Illinois, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Arizona. also Wyoming cattle losses and the St Mary’s Church arson attempts. multiple accidents at Peoria and Goshen. a sunken schooner near Day Headlight. and the English colony Rocky Ford in New Mexico.
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David Joyce
Hyorne
Lyons
William ‘S Joyce
Miles
Nelson A. Miles
New York
Lord Tamington
George N. Curzon
America
Curzon
Lester
Russell A. Alger
Ddison
J. J. Read
Trinity Church
Newburg
Sutter
Lake Lindon
Mich
Robert Boyer
Abingdon
Henry Bgoumier
Lively Grove
Brooks’ Landing
Cumberland River
Hasenwinkle & Co
Hudson, I
J. T. Rhea
Carthaze
Tenn
Susquehanna
Golgable
Wyoming
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Washiigton
D. C
Daniel McCabe
Peoria TL
American Glucose Company
William Bowman
Goshen
Ind
Mr. Bowman
Josiah R. Smith
Bath
Baltimore
Boston
Lone Star
Rocky Ford
Rio Pecos
Albuquerque
N. Apex
Vast list of 19th century crimes and world events reported
A broad compilation notes multiple murders looms, indictments, suicides, political upheavals, and international affairs. It cites Omaha killings, Denver burglaries, Mississippian stabbings, Texas lynching threats, British politics, China and Japan peace talks, Cuba, India military actions, and various U.S. legal cases.
The Game of Goolt The Leading Golfing Women
The piece surveys society’s embrace of private golf grounds from Essex County Club to Ne wport and Rhinebeck Mars Astor, highlighting Miss Virginia Farr, Gertrude Vanderbilt, Helen Gould, and other high society players. It notes golfing gowns, bicycle spectating, and social rivalry as women take the lead in the sport.
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Anys
New York
Clulm, Democrat
Washington Park
Chicago
Essex County Club
Manchester-by the-Sea
Newport
Golf Grouiite
St. Toula
New Orleans
San Francisco
Georgitt
Deal Golf
Rhinebeck Mars
Astor
Mr. Astor
Virginia Farr
Rivnte Golfinka
Cornelius van Terbilt
Miss Vanderbilt
Gertrude
Mnks
Miss Loulas
McAllister
James Bloodgood
Helen Gould
Golf Vicks
Hudson River
Irvington
Anna
Countess Castellaine
England
Lnst
Stuumer
Duss Gould
George Gould
Sloane-Webb-Stokes-Shepard
Lincoln Inauguration Audit Hints Johnson Intoxicated Reception
Personal reminiscences in Century recount Andrew Johnson’s shaky oath as Vice President elect at Lincoln's inauguration. Hamlin nudged him, and many cabinet members reacted with alarm as Johnson, reportedly under the influence, misaddressed officials and staggered through the ceremony before kissing the Bible in a dramatic, public gesture.
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Brooks
Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Hannibal Hamlin
Hamlin Wade Ap
Andrew Johson
Senate
Mr. Stanton
Sesgaard
Mr. Welles
Torney
The
Navy
Hamlin
Johnson
Lincol
Seward
Stanton
Welles
Speed
Donnison
Union
Henry Wilson
Summer Ware
Nelson
Chisé
United States
Preserving Eggs for Long Periods
Practical guide on egg preservation describes storing eggs in lime water to arrest decay. The recipe uses water lime salt and a mix of baking soda cream of tartar saltpeter borax alum, yielding a solution to preserve about 150 dozen eggs in a barrel. The method cautions against cracking shells and notes the liquid may be reused once.
Etiquette lesson from Evelishwoman on time at the British court
Demorest's Magazine notes a stringent rule: in New York society venues must begin meals exactly three minutes after invitations are time stamped. Tardy guests pay excuses to the hostess, with similar limits for luncheons and breakfasts. weddings allow half an hour, all printed on a leather-framed card in private carriages.
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Demorest
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Charles H. Manaur
Garrency
Chionko
Ate
Orimindh
Doinien
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Batley
Omaha
Neb
Philip Gastron
Denver
John Stevens
Marion Township
Noble County
Ohio
Rouston
Tex
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Sarah Yaytor
Natchez, Miss
Will Payne
Iis
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William T. Bosley
English
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Indian Territory
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A. Ford Hursley
Chippawa County
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Mayfield
N. Y
Archibald Snyder
Snyder
Warner
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Marie Launenberg
Waterbury Rope Works
Pat. Dwyer
George Sharpe
Fred Crowe
Hlinois Glass Works
Alton
Porelyn
China
Tapan
William Gully
Commana Ii Hung
Chang
Deh
Sotgala
India
Gilgit
Cbitral
Satfe
de Lessops
Costa Rica
Colon
Venezuelan Congress
British Museum
Oscar Wilde
Mr. Stobertson
Chitral
Malakand
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Admiral Stephenson
Royal Arthur
Victoria
B. GC
Beringsea
Atchison Road
Tat" Masterson
Smyth
Tammany
Massachusetts
McNulty
Whisky Trust
Iowa
Cherry Valley
Kansas Supreme Court
American League
Schweinfurth
Afessiah
Palmer
Ulhols
Democratic Central Committee
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