Report on carrying mails by railroads urges reform
Washington January 2 The Postmaster General submitted a committee report on improving mail service by railroads. It notes decade doubling of mileage and forecasts 200000 miles of service by 1900 at 25000000 dollars annually. It criticizes unequal pay, space versus weight, and inconsistent speeds, and presents detailed recommendations for space, frequency, speed, and pilot rail post offices with British examples.
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Wasileton
Jan
Congress
Richard A. Elmer
W. B. Thompson
Isaac C. Slater
Raiway Adjustment
Imnes
Th Post Office
British Post-Office
United States
Postmaster General
Great Britain
S.th
Riots in Dromore as Orangemen and Nationalists clash
New Year's Day turmoil in Dromore Ireland with mass meetings of Orangemen and Nationalists. Police cavalry and infantry separated rioters. two thousand Orangemen and about two thousand Nationalists attended rival gatherings amid stabbings and gunfire.
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Dromore
Ireland
Drowone
Orangemen
T. D. Sullivan
W. O’brien
National League
Trillick
Feld
Drownre
Stuart Knox
Lord Tossmore
Iessles
George Hamilton
Claude Hamilton
Major Hamilton
Lord Caledon
Lancers
Hussars
McCgiven
Tallway
Terrible accident on Grand Trunk Halway near Humbe
News reports a suburban tram striking a freight train on the Grand Trunk Railway near Humble, killing about twenty seven and leaving many injured. Eye witnesses call the scene heartrending as doctors race to treat the wounded. a jury is impaneled to view the bodies amid city gloom.
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Tonoxto
Jan
Grand Trunk
Humbe
Elriy
Bolt Works
Grand Trunk Railway
Varied 19th Century News Items From Local Papers
Reports from Mutford and Mt. Vernon amid wage changes and property fires. Indirect notes include mail routes, a Harvard student suicide autopsy, a sunken launch, ship losses, Emancipation Day in Atlanta, Gambetta memorial events, and local health scares. Diverse items span England, France, and the U.S., touching on politics, crime, and social issues.
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Covington
Court House
Vicksburg
Providence
Conway Brown
Harvard
Brown
McCrary
Atlanta
Bishop Turner
Hell
James MacLeavy
Scotland
England
Manhattan Athletic Club
Royal Infirmary of Glasgow
St. James
America
Berlin
Oni
Clwood Medium
Philadelphia
Rome
Italy
Treviso
Gourke
Gray Saien
United States
Elwood
Ferry
Paul Bret
Gambetta
Tennessee
W. A Johnson
Paducah
Rver
Chaibton
St Bandry Parish
Point Aux Loups
Cumberland
Tex
Edward Winship
Tyne
North Shields
Lies
Thames
B Chambers
Smith
Youns Cohumbas
General Knox
Baal Lambert
Wood
Jambletonian
Membrino Pitot
Middletown
Phil Sheridan
Dictator
Happy Mecham
Almont
Harold
Belmont
Jay Geoukl
Messenger Duroc
Aberdeen
Electioneer
Massachusetts
Worcester
John M. Barker
New York City
Sheta Thaksin
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Telegraph
Wisneapolis
Minn
Tower City
Dak
Drtorr
Frank Mather
Detroi Butlder
Boltale
Burpfalo
Stev
Francis Hawley
Hamronn
Hawley
Quebec
wAt
Tonquly
Paris
Saigon
Sontay
Courbet
Champernx
Warman
Gquvy
Gievy
the Elysee
France
Jwige Galbraith
Kerr
City of
Corry
Capt. Whittelsey
TATE
John Degarmo
Mutford
Buffato Merchants’ Exchange
Mt. Vernon
Posey County
Ind
Henry Dexheimer
Ree
John A
John Roeblings
Trenton
N. J
Joseph D. Murphy
Teum Theater
Philadel
Oakley
Center Street
Lyon Bros.’ Palace Drug Store
Dunkirk
Hey] Biock
A. H Marsh
Gidley & Bloss
N. Y
Wirtner & Rulling
Tinware
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