Washington Monument Elevator Ready for Fifth Level Use
The Washington Monument elevator is ready to carry passengers to the five hundred foot level once Congress authorizes. Preparations continue to improve the base surroundings with a mound and lake filling after fish removal. A watchful staff guards the site as 10,800 passes issued since April show strong public interest in the ascent.
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Washington Monument
Congress
Babcock Lake
Washington
Monument
Louisville Courier-Journal
No Sandpaper There In Detroit Tale Of A Lost Dollar
Detective John Webb recalls a pedestrian encounter near Bates Street Market about a silver dollar lost from a pocket. A stranger wagers Webb to search, then jokes about sandpaper and a bite of a file after Webb claims the coin. The dollar is eventually found as the man admits it bears a nick.
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John Webb
Bates Street
Detroit Free Press
Falling in Love and the Natural Mate
Grant Allen argues that love and instinct shape marriage beyond wealth, rank, or parental pressure. He notes attraction to opposites and the enduring value of love as guide to happiness, predicting future moral shifts and cautioning against arranged or cousin marriages.
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Grant Allen
Nature
Lord Chancellor
Royal Society
Waiting For a Decline in New Dollar Silver Certs
An exchange in a Utica Observer item notes a friend asking about new one dollar silver certificates and whether coins can be replaced. A Norristown Herald blurb adds a phrenologist claim that fullness under the eye signals language, with a caveat about fist-caused fullness implying very bad language.
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Utica
Norristown Herald
Voice Lost to Tobacco Smoke On Broadway Car Ride
A well dressed woman aboard Jacob Sharp’s car explains that inhaling any tobacco smoke makes her voice vanish though it returns when the smoke ends. A reporter and other passengers recall similar dramatic relapses in other shipwreck tales, noting the odd nervous reaction.
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Broadway
Jacob Sharp
Cuba
Connecticut
Oregon
Fulda
Hoboken
New York Tribune
Fast Iron Clads Rivalry Eyed In Transmarine Race
The St James's Gazette notes Italy leads in fastest iron clads with four ships exceeding England and France. It suggests a race around the Isle of Wight or Lucca to Marseilles to decisively test speed between Italia Warsprite and Devastation, sparking healthy international rivalry.
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Italy
England
France
Isle of Wight
Lucca
Marseilles
Italia
St. James's
An Interesting Letter From The Pittsfield Episcopal Fair
A humorous note about Oliver Wendell Holmes sending two poetical letters to a Pittsfield fair. One stanza hides a dollar bill with verses about a beloved. The second item recalls a clergyman who forgets in the pulpit and ends a prayer with By the way, amen.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Pittsfield
Argonaut
Indian skeletons raised in Minnesota prompt unrest
A brief squib notes another Indian rising reported from Albert Lea Minnesota where a large number of original skeletons have been resurrected and cautions trouble is anticipated. The remark references Carl Pretzel's Weekly and the Boston Transcript in a clipped, period tone.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Boston Transcript
Early equines brought to America and colonial mule use
The article traces the first arrivals of horses in Florida by Cabeca de Vaca in 1527 and De Soto in 1539, notes Jamestown imports in 1609, and early Dutch and Higginson introductions. It details Washington introducing mules after 1783, Interactions with the royal studs, and a famed jack named Compound. It also mentions a Detroit estate will and various 19th century notices.
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United States
Florida
Cabeca de Veca
de Soto
Jamestown
Virginia
Higginson
Massachusetts Bay
New York
Washington
Spain
Madrid
Lafayette
Malta
Napoleon Faces Alps Then Creates The Simplon Pass
In this column of phrases and notices a mix of historical anecdote and ads is presented. It mentions Napoleon’s retreat from the Alps and the Simplon pass, Dr. Pierce's cures for blood and lung diseases, a library gift by George W. Childs to Bishop Whipple, a fire at William Raeder & Co.'s glue factory in Ayer Massachusetts, and Miss Rose Cleveland and the White House invitation.
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Napoleon
Italy
Alps
Pierce
William Raeder & Co
Ayer
Mass
Miss Rose Cleveland
White House
Judge Bagby Rules Against Insurers in Insolvent Case
Judge Bagby in Chicago held Samuel Nickerson J A Ellis and KE W Peet and the old Republic Life Insurance Company liable for paying 23000 to J W Farwell on Oct 30 1886 while insolvent. The court found the payout masked as salary but funded for Republic stock. The decree orders Nickerson Peet and Ellis to refund 35000 to the receiver. Defendants appealed.
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Bagby
Chicago
Samuel Nickeron
J. A. Ellis
KE. W. Peet
Old Republic Life Insurance Company
J. W. Farwell
Mr. Farwell
the Republic Company
Nickerson
Peet
Ellis
Monarch Laundry Works Giveaway Prompts Reader RSVP
A promotion offers 100 Self-Operating Washing-Machines to readers who send their names to Monarch Laundry Works at 89 and 91 Randolph Street in Chicago Illinois. The ad cancels with a call to action and the remaining text contains multiple unrelated product pitches and notices.
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Monarch Laundry Works
Randolph Street
Chicago
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Michael O’brien
Ange Palms
Little Sisters of the Poor
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Francia F
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Sither
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Sherman
Mexico
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Argyle
George W. Childs
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Mr. Pierce
Summerville
D.C
Columbia
Charleston
Teldevor
Cox
Paradise
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Warner
All Druggiste
Lemore
Dunham
Allen
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Mediterranean
Williams
Lyon
Canneau, Hazann & Co
Uaswkell
Hazago & CO
Hoorl
Hood
W. F. Woop
Bloomington
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C. S. Hood & CO. Apothecaries
Lowell
Musa
Jooxome House
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Lief
Ably Brothers
Druggista
Owego
Isaac Thompson
John L. Thompson, Sons & CO
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Lome
Stunt Mason & Hamlin Organs and Piano Co
Boston
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Cortcuna
Porran Davao and Caxmicar Co
Masa
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J.C. Bryant
Allege
Buffalo, N
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Ohio
J. V. Bb. Golley
Milwaukee
Pensions
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R. G. Kh
A. P. Lacey
Paton
Paten
Washington, D. C
M. J. Meyonegal
General Purchasing Agency
Philadelphia
de Bagger & CO
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Fitzgerard & O U
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SCOT
N.Y
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Joseph Gillotts
Inventio
Canal St
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Wass AY
Ik1ou
T.hentia
Murray Hill
Pierkd Yin
Hite Wire
Liebig
San Francisco
Dr. Tutt
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Tever
Ague
Tutts
Murray &J
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Rochester, NN
Mees
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Wayne, DuPage Co
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