Doll fails in toy business and other scattered items
A Philadelphia man named Doll fails in the toy trade. A pirate skull with two twenty dollar coins is found near Conyers Georgia. John C Fremont Jr becomes a lieutenant in the regular army. Anount resident has a Baltimore woman hired to cook terrapin for state dinners. Captain Edward Alcott, who paid Jefferson Davis his first salary, lives in Covington Kentucky. Professor Waring of Yale suffers after stepping on a needle. English towns under ten thousand show little growth, while ports and seaboard towns grow more.
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Congregational Churches in England and Wales Reach 4347
The Congregational Year Book of England reports 4 347 Congregational Churches in England and Wales with a total seating capacity of 1 363 357.
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English Baronet's Wife to Visit Washington Soon
Lacy Heskers wife of a well known English baronet will travel to Washington in the near future. She is the daughter of Mr Sharon a former senator now wed against his will to Sarah Althea Hill.
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Jamaica Turns Against Mongooses After Rat Control
In Jamaica, mongooses brought to curb rat problems now face a new challenge as locals, fearing killings due to superstition, seek methods to remove the animals. The debate centers on balancing pest control with cultural beliefs.
Dickens tour profits and counterfeits noted in reminiscences
Mr Dolby records that Charles Dickens last American tour yielded a net profit of 95000 after expenses. Two counterfeit notes, one for 2 dollars and one for 20 dollars, were received during the tour. At a Williams College alumni dinner in Boston last Tuesday, President Carter cited Jonathan Phillips as the sole Boston donor to Williams College, giving 5000 dollars.
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Nose reshaping device gains popularity in the country
A French nose reshaping invention used by many at night promises to alter a stubborn nose shape. The remark by Mr. Evans about long sentences notes that those who object to long sentences are often the worst offenders in court.
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Migration of Women Proclaimed as Britain Benefit by YMCA Leader
Lorp Suarrespury, leader of the YMCA movement in England, argues that Great Britain would gain most from mass female emigration, predicting 300000 to 500000 women. Lorp Lyrron, during Queen Victoria’s proclamation as Empress of India, altered a medal’s inscription to Victoria Empress of the Arena and sent the jeweled piece to an equestrienne.
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Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert to undergo repairs
Over £50000 will be spent on repairing and ornamenting the royal yacht Victoria and Albert. The queen owns two other vessels, the Osborne and Alberta, both in good repair, while Labouchere notes the Victoria and Albert has seen little use in twenty years.
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Chicago Licenses Bring $1.7 Million Under New High Law
Chicago collected 1,699,000 from licenses last year, an excess of 1,090,000 over prior years. Of this, 1,400,000 came from saloon licenses under the high license law, eight months of operation since the law started May 1.
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Three English Provinces Set For Major Music Festivals
Three large musical festivals are planned in England this year in Birmingham Hereford and Bristol. Birmingham will feature Gounod Mors et Vita and new works by Dvorak Mackenzie Stanford Cowen Ander ton and Prout.
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Italian dramatist writes five act tragedy after Paris case
Signor Tito Marinoli has premiered The Revenge of Mme. Hugues or a Woman Who Kills at the Fossati theater in Milan. The drama features M. Clovis Hugues and wife M. Morin Mme Gatineau and M. Antoine de la Forge. Reported as enormously successful.
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Gladstone’s Nice Recuperation Inspires Probing Letter
Iris recalls the last trip of Mr Gladstone to Nice for recovery. A friend found him in a garden writing a reply to an Eton boy on a point in Homer. The PM apologized for the interruption, saying it was a pleasure to aid a former Etonian in learning.
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Iowa News Items Headlines and Local Developments
Postmaster J. N. Miller of Clarinda resigns. Cedar Rapids votes March 2 on amended charter. LeMars debt shifts 1883 and 1854 figures. Storm Lake elders note coldest winter. Davenport to prep for cholera era. Alfred Jones dies aged 70, founder near Iowa City. Missouri Valley tramps must work two hours daily. Clinton council rejects cow ordinance amid criticism. Hamburg Plow works burns, loss 43000 with 25000 insured. Iowa State Medical Society session in Cedar Rapids in May. Cholera pamphleteering stirs sewer debates. Iron bridge 2200 feet proposed over Mississippi at Keithsburg. Russell Sage leads company. Rock Island line to extend Winterset branch southward. Irish potato crop 1884 yields 12593000 bushels at 27c per bushel. Harding in Decatur suffers Feb 15 blaze. multiple stores and barns burn. Farley sash and door firm closes for winter, 160 workers laid off. Burlington Gazette calls current telephone rates robbery urging cuts. Keokuk lauded for 100000 dollar government building appropriation. New filings: Northwestern Coal and Mining Des Moines, 20000. Skating Rink and Opera Greene, 1459. Sixty-eight liquor license applicants from 20 counties. 30 retail seekers. Wapello County elder recalls 1842 winter with 3 feet snow, sparse stores, cheap rails. Peru lots sale bill eyed. tax-free lands to be taxed or forfeited. Dubuque Telegraph-Democrat: Diagonal rail likely Waterloo to Dubuque, not McGregor route. possible reuse of Dubuque & Sioux City line.
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Weekly Review of Snow, Fires, Rail Wrecks and Global Events
Snowfell near Lynchburg Virginia on February 14. Fires in Cincinnati and Lynn Massachusetts caused heavy losses. Michigan legislature proposes a constitutional liquor amendment. Rail and mine disasters kill and injure workers. Stock earnings rise for Chicago Burlington Quincy. Political shifts in Nebraska Oregon and Oklahoma loom. International tensions flare in Egypt and Korea with reports on Khartoum and Seeoul Palace.
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Senate Passes Des Moines River land bill and anti foreign labor act
Congressional records show the Senate debating the Des Moines River land title bill and voting on the anti foreign contract labor measure. The session included consideration of Indian and agricultural appropriation bills, with votes on tabled or passed amendments and companion House actions on post office and river projects.
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Cornerstone to Be Laid at Texas Capitol March Second
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Butter and Cheese Association Holds Ninth Annual Session in Enfield
The Iowa Butter and Cheese Association wrapped up its ninth annual meeting in Enfield Iowa after four days of sessions. Speakers covered abortion in cows milk fever and dairy practices while officers were elected and a bill draft on butter adulteration was authorized for the next Legislature. The constitution was amended to move annual meetings to December first Tuesday.
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Secret Invinci bles meeting details explode in France
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Western stock company files articles of incorporation
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