Notable Bits From The Nation In A Mixed Bag Of Topics
A New York millionaire proclaims a man with 2 million dollars has all he can spend. Boston millionaire Benjamin P Cheney marries the daughter after waiting years. Washington lawyers play Baltimore lawyers in baseball. Deed wording erased by an officer. Tulane’s $600,000 gift to New Orleans educational funds faces tax exemption challenge. Electrical patents flood in, South Carolina phosphate dredging grows, mint output booms, nickel and penny production volumes noted. New York port activity, Massachusetts New Hampshire boundary dispute, olive culture in Century magazine, cattle prices in Mexico, a poem from Colonel Ingersoll, Belva Lockwood as leading female lawyer. Washington letter highlights her large practice and income, and mobility on a tricycle. Heaven will no man to secure iness by c
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New Hampshire
United States
California
Washington
Belva Lockwood
Iness
Mary von Elsner
Mile
Marie Litta
Bloomington
Europe
America
London
Paris
Neganee
Michigan
Illinois
Charles E. Simmons
Farmers, Loan and Trust Company
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Minnesota Railroad
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern
New Orleans
Board of Health
Rouch
Louisiana State Board of Health
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Iowa News Items Highlight Drownings and Senate of Odd Fellows
A Cedar Rapids boy drowns in a slough amid a roundup of Iowa notes. Reports cite a 110 year old Davenport resident, a large potato crop, and various local events from Ottumwa plow works stock increase to Hawarden bridge contracts.
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Iowa
Mary Kennedy
Davenport
Iowa Hotel Keeper’s Association
Burlington
Dubuque
Burtis
Irish American National League
Creston
Ottumwa
New York Fire Destroys Three Steamers at Pier
A dock fire in New York spread from a Calcutta bound ship Deloss to the Perseverance and Col Adams. Firemen and dock workers were injured as rafters collapsed. Captain Lawrence Deloss and family reportedly drowned. four hundred dollars in jewelry valued and river thieves loot noted. Total losses reach about 2.0 to 3.0 million dollars.
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New York
Haris ‘K
Lawrence E. Deloss
Calcutta
Deloss
Perseverance
Col. Adams
Custom House
Harridan
Harbeck’s
Lawrence
E. Deloss
Grove
Lawrence Deloss
Yellow fever at Vera Cruz and aboard ships near New Orleans
The Surgeon General reports yellow fever with high May and June deaths and declining new cases, unusually active among shipping. Seven percent of American sailors died aboard ships, with Norwegian vessels most affected as they depart port. New Orleans quarantine notes cite ships from Vera Cruz with cases and a missing local outbreak.
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Marine Hospita Service
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Hamilton
Washington
Alexandria Line
Guiteras
Marine Hopital Service
Buthesire
J. Jones
Pres. Board of Health
United States
Cotton Worms Alarm Texas Planters In Weekly Review
The Weekly Review notes cotton worm appear in Texas causing fears for crops. It also covers political events in Massachusetts and Virginia, labor strikes in New York and Chicago, land sales in Kansas, and various notices on cholera and rail service developments. Multiple mentions of public figures and regional actions accompany the broad roundup.
No family should be without Chamberlain's remedy this summer
The piece urges keeping Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy on hand for emergencies. It emphasizes its life saving use before a physician is summoned and promotes its necessity for summer months.
Fire at Silver Cord Mine Burns Buildings and Machinery
The Silver Cord Mine at Leadville suffered a July 15 blaze destroying buildings and machinery. Loss estimated at 70,000 with 25,000 insured. Cause traced to a kerosene lamp upset and Gov. Grant is listed as company president.
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Leadville
Gov. Grant
Glenn Falls Paper Mill Co
Glenn Falls
N. Y
Tragedy in Bedford as Officer Kills Lady then Ends Life
England reports a lawn tennis party near Ship Inn in St Cuthbert's Center town where Lt Devere shot Miss McKay and fatally wounded himself. Jealousy is suspected. both victims are prominent in society with widows as sole survivors.
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Ship Inn
St. Cuthbert’s
Center Town
Mr. Devere
Miss McKay
Devere
International Literary Association
Berne
House of Commons
Bradlaugh
de Lesseps
Paris
United States
Guardian Angel of a Circus Venture
An elderly Michigan couple visits a Detroit circus drive on a Monday morning. The wife Mary prevents her husband Perry from entering side shows, then loses him in the crowd. She enlists a boy to help locate him and plans to reclaim him before he spends all their money at the fair.
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Anamosa
Albert Harvey
James Jack
Mary Jack
Norristown
Edward Hyland
Brighton
Conn
Philadelphia
Sophia Wartman
Watertown
Wis
Henry van Slyke
Jefferson County
S. M. Cave
Dakota
van Slyke
Cave
Detroit Free Press
Dobbin
Perry
Bunkie
Barney-oh
Europe
Harry
Perry Baker
Bob
Ma’am
Storm Rips Des Moines Area with Wide Destruction
A Iowa storm on July 15 16 caused extensive damage across Central Iowa. Des Moines areas suffered unroofing and downed trees as winds peaked near Mitchellville and farms and towns like Chester Center Grinnell Newton Avonson Kellogg Newton and Des Moines reported damage to buildings crops and fruit trees. A Davenport owner’s family escaped a lightning strike while another home burned. Mitchellville mill and other structures were wrecked with substantial losses.
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State Register
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Conrad
Des Moines Observatory
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Chester Center
Grinnell
Congregational Church
College
Newton
College Farm
Avonson
F. H. Hancock
Davenport
J. H. Gardner
E. W. Galloway
Kellogg
van Meter
Avoca
Reaprye
Bernville
Womelsdorf
Myerstown
Peoria
Pekin
Here
Bemis
Smith
Hodges
P. P.U. Ry
St. Louis
Joplin
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Missouri
Macon
Burlington Junction
Whitehall
Ruskin on Courtship and Prolonged Trials
The essay argues that true courtship rests on open, prolonged probation. It prescribes seven years as the orthodox period, insists on public knowledge of the relationship, and condemns modern mob-courtship marked by secretive, costly courting and shallow impulses. It urges clear confession and brave acceptance of rivals.
Miracles of Art Seen as Reflections of Self
The author argues that wonders of art are not miraculous to the creator but natural expressions of his soul. Statues, paintings, churches, and poems are viewed as shadows projecting from within.
Spoopen dyke Destroys Lunch on Train
Drake's Travelers' Magazine recounts Mr Spoopen dyke and his wife sharing a railroad lunch that spirals into comic chaos as he battles beans, Bologna, and other deli items. The scene shifts from a gleeful anticipation to a slapstick finale with a window and a hungry appetite.
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Drake
Travelers’ Magazine
Mr. Spoopendyke
Allright
Mrs. Spoopendyke
Spoopendyke
Charlotte
Dahomey King Tries ElephantMounted Cannons
A San Francisco Post item recalls Dahomey mounting Krupp cannons on elephants. At a royal review one shot killed the prime minister and wrecked the palace while the elephant rampaged through the crowd and band. The king quips the system needs enemies to adopt it.
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Dahomey
San Francisco
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