Banking Charters Expire Renewals Proceed Without Delay
National banks face charter expirations as of February 24 but most are moving to new charters smoothly. The government leases a vault in St Louis for silver dollars worth about 4.06 million dollars. Rob ert Bonner buys Fifth Avenue land in New York for 25 thousand dollars and rejects a 1 million dollar offer.
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Sife Deposit Company
St. Louis
Robert Bonner
David Davis
Senate
Loeber
Davis
Hoffman & Mass’ Clothing House
Akron
Ohio
German Lutheran Church
Logansport
Ind
Loisean Patent Fuel Company
Philadelphia
Mitchell’s Candle Factory
New York
Forest Destruction and Floods Weigh on Connecticut Claim
The passage argues against a simple link between timber loss and floods, noting Cincinnati’s flood near 1832 levels despite extensive deforestation. It cites Connecticut’s greatest flood in the last century and limb of rural settlement, suggesting floods varied with forest cover and population. The piece invokes divine providence in human affairs.
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Cincinnati
Connecticut
New England
IOWA POLITICAL TIDE SHIFTS ACROSS TOWNS
The Iowa brief highlights anti license victories in Shelby Cresco and Van Meter, with defeats in Spencer Winterset and Perry. It notes mayoral races including Fisher in Marshalltown and Holmes in Iowa City, plus fires at Iowa City Barnum Ottumwa and Barnum incidents, and multiple endorsements for prohibition or license tickets across counties.
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People’s
Shelby
Cresco
Spencer
Harlan
Ledwich
Winterset
Fisher
Marshalltown
Crawford County
van Meter
Mr. Pleasant
B. W. Coker
Monroe
Iowa City
John J. Holmes
McComb
James Harrison
Coon Rapids
Daniel Bigelow
Delevan
Wisconsin
Davenport
Cass County Packing Company
Atlantic
Yale gifts 60030 to chemical lab at Yale College
A.E. Kent of the days of 1853 donated 60030 dollars to Yale College to fund the chemical laboratory. The item is part of a weekly review of general news including mines, railroads, fires, and notable obituaries.
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A. E. Kent
Yale College
Prediction Debate Sparks Comic Exchange
A German man argues weather forecasts fail to matter after a storm predicted proves accurate. A New York doctor quips that tiny feet signal a spicy temper, noting such comfort for women with large feet won’t help. The piece ends with a satirical remark on men’s wisdom.
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New York
News From Abroad Treland and Irish Distress Loom Large
The report covers Irish famine relief in Mayo with 70 relief lists and 30 famine fever cases, land act debates with Lords Landsdown Dunraven Waterford and Cowper, emigration plans for 40 000, and Parnell Egan fund notes. It also mentions Madrid balloon tragedy involving Captain Mayet and an associate tied to Barnum acts, plus English debates on pigeons shooting law and Lady Florence Dixie accusing Parnell trustees of misused funds.
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Limerick
New Hampshire
Hodnett
Earl Spencer
Meniford
County Mayo
Lord Landsdown
Ireland
Dunraven
Waterford
Cowper
Lord Carlingford
George Hamilton
Duke of Abercorn
Land League
Gladstone
Dublin
Tuke
United States
Canada
Parnell
Patrick Egan
sPa x
New York
Havana
Madrid
Mayet
Barnum, Bailey
Hutchinson
America
Florence Dixie
Times
Biggar
Land League Fund
A Comedy of Errors on Two Matching Brothers
Two Liverpool brothers separated in boyhood reunite by a shipboard prank. An American impersonates the Englishman and the Englishman’s impersonator joins a double mistaken-identity dinner plot. The four men discover they are all in fact two sets of brothers. They laugh and share a traditional English dinner.
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Liverpool
America
England
Remarkable Nerve From a One-Armed Soldier
A one-armed veteran found by Napoleon in faded uniform with sword at his side refuses to denounce government neglect. Napoleon awards him a Legion of Honor order for his lost arm, promising the cross if he loses the other hand. In a sudden act the veteran severs his remaining hand to claim the pledge.
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Napoleon
Legion of Honor
Retirement vs Company: A Philosophical Contrast
A concise reflection contrasts the mind’s decline in retirement with the mind’s fade in society. It asserts that helping others is nobler than dwelling on intellect, urging virtue over self focus.
Washingtons New Pension Law Affects Disabled Veterans
A March 5 circular from the Commissioner of Pensions outlines immediate increases for veterans disabled above the knee or elbow and those incapacitated for manual labor. No new application is needed. pension certificates will be reissued at higher rates. The note also covers reorganization of Mormon Church matters and a separate Internal Revenue update on tax reductions and impending stamp changes.
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New York
Philadelphia
Towanda
Panama
Joseph B. Loomis
Springfield
Mass
Daniel Levett
Ohio
Martin Luther
Washington
Commissioner of Pensions
Secretary of the Interior
Act of Congress
Commissioners of Pensions
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
The Microscopists Dinner Parody in The Times
The New York Times humorously sketches a fictional dinner where microscopists inspect every food item with oscillating microscopes. They uncover hairpins in beefsteak and whortleberries in pudding, sparking heated debate among thirty eight skeptics and eleven believers about the waiter’s possible mix up.
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The
New York Times
White
Black
Professor Black
Mrs Vanderbilt's Chamber in Lace and Rose Light
The scene centers on Mrs Vanderbilt in a luxuriously bedecked bed chamber with pink satin and lace. A visitor, dressed in damp waterproof, sits at the bed foot amid palace-like splendor, remarking on the remarkable setting and contrasts with European palaces. The narrative notes their past reversed roles and the unusual grandeur in New York.
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New York
Europe
Heaven Dawn of Repentance Guides a New Beginning
A reflective line proclaims that true repentance marks the start of an enduring day, the dawning of a perfecting era beyond earthly life. The verse frames repentance as the catalyst for spiritual renewal and lasting transformation.
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Heaven
Pope Leo XIII Dines, Governs, and Reads Bishops Reports
After mass Leo XIII receives Cardinal Jacopini and the Vienna nuncio, then attends councils until midday. His dinner is modest, and in the afternoon he reads bishops reports and nunciature dispatches, with Belgium of special interest. A grave, restrained sovereign, he guides reforms with moderation and personal oversight of all church affairs.
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Leo XIII
Jacopini
Vienna
Belgium
Holy See
Leopold I
Pius IX
Paris
Mgr Gilbert
Perugia
Cardinal Pecci
Bonghi
St. Bernard
Benedict XIV
Clement X
Rome
Sacred College
Holy Father
America
Vatican
France
Austria
Italy
Arizona Desert Through Colorado River Route Described
Harper's Magazine tours the Arizona and Colorado Desert region from Dos Palmas to the Colorado River. The piece notes stark landscapes, historical trade routes, stage lines, and the potential of irrigation to redeem land for agriculture and pasturage. It highlights desert features, resource potential, and the idea of the desert as a productive laboratory.
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Harper’s Magazine
Arple
Coney Island
Long Branch
Dos Palmas
Colorado River
Prescott
Arizona Territory
Southern Overland Main
Arizona
Colorado Desert
Corn And Bean Soup Recipe For Cold Weather
Two pounds beef and a pound pork simmer with beans onion carrot celery in a gallon of water for five to six hours. Cool skim, reboil, add two quarts canned corn an hour before serving. Season with cayenne and salt, serve with optional boiling cream. It is chance that makes brothers, but hearts that make friends.
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Ingredien
Extravagant Economy Critique in Lewiston Journal
The Lewiston Journal condemns cheap construction and shoddy goods as extravagance. It argues defective chimneys cause fires and urges proper work, better materials, and honest pricing to avoid wasteful costs.
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Lewiston
Journal
Maine
West Waterville
Keep Appointments Beva and the Hour Named
A compact note stresses punctuality as key to success. It urges maintaining timeliness and honoring schedules as essential habits for personal and professional reliability.
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Martin O'Connor
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John W. Henderson
Mose O'Neil
Muscatine
C. G. Sexton
Weldon
C. B. Chase
R G. Brown
Owen Freeman
Albert Hodge
L. L. Greenlee
State Medical School
Sherman
Akers
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the University
G. Gardner
Central University
Dental
J. W. C. Coxe
D. D
Weekly Review
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Canton
New Orleans
William Mays
Indianapolis Gas Works
San Francisco
Wm. F. Downs
Central Branch
Union Pacific Road
Atchison
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Joseph T. Ryerson
Chicago
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Dora Inez Calvert
Greenbrier County
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Crime and Criminals
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Uriah Mayer
Middleburg
Gretchen Kintze
George Carson
Harwood
the Guarantee Safe Deposite Co
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Missouri
Clarance Hite
James Gang
Hite
J.C. Linpalt
Lll
Moses T. Ray
Merchants’ and Planters’ Bank
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Curtis
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Catherine Metzgar
Samuel May
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Mre May
Germany
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Little Rock & Fort Smith
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Field
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Louis Michael
Japan
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Merstallinger
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Internal Revenue Taxation
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