Riverboat and Italian lodging house in late 19th century notes
The piece describes the River Queen ferry in Washington serving a segregated audience amid debates over race and memory of Lincoln. It also reports William Jarvis’s Milan project opening a Rowton-style male lodging house with fixed rates, strict rules, and shared kitchens, aimed at working and lower classes.
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William Jarvis
Milan
State Department
Rowton Houses
London
Italy
Bicycle in the Army Aims to Replace Mounted Infantry
MajGen Sir Frederick Maurice tests 1300 cyclists at Aldershot in a voyage to Bagshot. The riders carry rifles and ammo and complete maneuvers with discipline, speed, and few tire failures, prompting talk that bicycles could become future infantry.
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Frederick Maurice
Maurice
London
New York Press
Aldershot
Bagshot
Song writers plan benevolent protection society
Billy Jerome leads a group of song writers organizing a society to shield members from unscrupulous publishers and to aid indigent composers. They aim to recover royalties from publishers and set up a fund for artists in sickness or poverty, noting Charlie Graham’s rise and fall.
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Billy Jerome
Charlie Graham
Graham
Paris Academy chief disapproves germ test plan
Dr Braoudel head of the Paris Academy of Medicine publishes a statement opposing Dr Garnaults plan to inoculate himself with bovine tuberculosis to test Prof Kochs theory that the disease is not transmissible to humans. He underscores safety and ethical concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braoudel
Paris Academy of Medicine
Garnault
Koch
Bragudel
Sexes in New York State Census Bulletin Highlights Balance
A census bureau bulletin reports New York State has 50.3 percent females to 49.7 percent males among 7,268,894 residents. It details city and borough distributions, foreign born shares, and race counts including 99,232 Black, 7,170 Chinese, 354 Japanese and 5,257 Indians in the state totals.
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Census Bureau
New York
New York City
City
Bronx
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Queens
Richmond
Albany
Buffalo
Mule Teams a New Washington Fad Signals Fashion
Mrs Reginald De Koven wife of the composer and a Washington beauty set a trend by appearing in a high doge cart drawn by two tandem mules. The stylish turnout drew attention on the street and may inspire others to adopt mule drafted jaunts as a seasonable novelty.
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Reginald de Koven
Washington
Farmers Urged to Repair Roads by Rural Free Delivery Office
Rural free delivery division of the post office advocates good roads as essential. Reports flood in from all sections where rural carrier routes suffer poor conditions. The postmaster’s office issues instructions to patrons to address route repairs promptly.
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Garth
A.S. Johnson
Battle Creek
Mich
Post Office’ ‘Department
Two Teens Seek Quick Wedding After Rooster Battle
Thornbury O Hodgensville tale ends with a duel of bantam roosters choosing a groom. The pair courtship moves from Hodgensville to the county clerk, but the clerk rejects the 18 year old bride, prompting a trip by train to Jeffersonville Indiana for a potential wedding.
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Thornbury
Hodgensville
Indiana
Thomas
Nellie
Jeffersonville
Ind
Taswell Music Teacher Kisses Spark Town Scandal
Evansville correspondent Robert F Foss, a Taswell Crawford county resident, reports six young women faced arrest for kissing him on the public square. Foss, a music teacher, says he was publicly kissed and vows to seek remedy in court while townsfolk mock his claim and ridicule grows.
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Evansville
Ind
Robert F. Foss
Taswell
Crawford County
Foss
Blind Man's Long Journey and Founding Railways
A fragmented line notes a blind man’s long journey and a founding of railways, hinting at a historical travel or engineering narrative with sparse readable details. The text references movement, discovery, and infrastructure linked to early rail transport.
Official bulletin on President McKinley after assassination
The first official bulletin from Private Secretary Cortelyou reports President McKinley shot at 4 pm. A bullet hit the upper chest and another wound opened the stomach but the abdomen was closed without drainage. The operation succeeded and the patient stood the procedure, offering guarded hope for recovery.
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Buffalo
McKinley
Cortelyou
George B. Cortelyou
President McKinley Wounded. Nation Remains Restful
Bulletin updates from Buffalo report the President resting with slight fever and good pulse while doctors monitor him. Calls for calm as bankers act to prevent market panic after the assassination attempt. Roosevelt expected to assume leadership if fatal. Notable figures express their grief across the country and abroad.
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New York
McKinley
Allen’s Foot-Ease advertised cure for tired feet
The ad promotes Allen’s Foot-Ease powder as a remedy for painful smarting nervous feet ingrowing nails corns and bunions. It claims instant relief from sting and comfort for tight new shoes and sweating hot tired feet. Sold by druggists and shoe stores or by mail for 25 cents stamps trial package free.
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Allen
Alem
Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Collision Claims Seven Lives in Jamestown Area
In Jamestown North Dakota on September 9 a mixed Northern Pacific train from Oakes struck a road engine near the station causing a flat car to collapse. Five men were killed and six seriously injured, two later dying. The harvest hands on the car at Lamoure were unnamed.
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Jamestown
N. D
Northern Pacific
Oakes
Lamoure
They Work While You Sleep Case Carers Candy Cathartic
An old advertisement touting Candy Cathartic tablets by Gemuique marketed as a digestion aid. It claims to repair digestion and bowels during rest with a stamp of oC on the tablet. Sold by druggists for 10 cents.
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Ioc
Man shoots and kills foe near Marysville
Heck Newman killed Darius Moran at Moran’s home two miles from Marysville Kentucky. Newman says Moran threatened him repeatedly. Newman is jailed in Marysville after past police court appearances and an injury from resisting arrest.
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Marysville
Heck Newman
Darius Moran
Newman
Moran
Jell O New Dessert Pleases Family at Grocers
Commercial note promoting Jell O as a new dessert option with four flavors Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry available at grocers for 10 cents. Encourages readers to try it today.
Consumption Threatened Cure Reported in Illinois Letter
A Cham paign Illinois resident Mr Unger describes a year long hacking cough mistaken for consumption. After trying many remedies and doctors he used Foley's Honey and Tar and was cured with no further trouble. Rush ton's drug store advertised the remedy.
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Cc. Unger
Maple St
Champaign, Ill
Foley
Rushton
The Museum Beetle Pest in Nature
A curious beetle, described as the museum beetle, lives only in museums and eats exhibits. It damages wool, furs, bric-a-brac, wood, pictures, and chemicals, thriving despite caretakers' vigilance, likely plaguing nearly every museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dal
A& Queen & Fellow
Advert for Liverfipa and Liver Pills
An advertisement lists Little Liver Pill boxes at 5c for 16 pills 10c for 40 pills and 85c for 106 pills. It notes sale in Elkhart and names C. H. Leonard and EB Felt as parties, with a defective depot reference.
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Elkhart, Inc
Oy C. H. Leonard
EB. Felt
Pear
Depo
End of Handshaking Demanded to Spare Presidents
Washington reports a renewed push to abolish the crowd handshakes imposed on each president after the Buffalo tragedy. Critics say the practice exposes leaders to peril and should be ended as a public duty.
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Washington
Buffalo
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