Salina notices and town gains in 1892
Salina news reports Rev Andress sermons at Lutheran church and ongoing Y M C A meetings. several residents move or improve homes. district notes reflect rising property values with a new court house planned and lack of sidewalks debated.
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Salina
Andress
Sweden
Lutheran Church
Ethell
M. E
Cunningham
William Dunlap
Teeter
Brighton
Me Collins
Alex Gordon
Parsons
John Menson
Hoss Long
Shlollander
Mr. Dunlap
Frank
Lem
Nelson
Jelmer Edmund
Edmund
Jos. Schillerstrom
Agricultural Prices and Horse Sale Notice in Fairfield Iowa
Agricultural price list lists WAHEAT three quarters and oats at 20a2cts with corn 70cts. Clover seed five dollars per hundredweight and Timothy one to one dollar ten. Cattle ranges from stock steers 2.70 to 3.25, fat cattle 4.00 to 5.00, hogs 1.00 to 4.30, sheep 5.50 to 400. Produce includes butter 2.023 cents, eggs, potatoes 25 cents per bushel, apples 70 cents per bushel. Wood priced at 4.5 per cord, hickory 45.00 extra. For sale or trade, Norman, English Shire, French-Canadian and Morgan horses visible at Norvell's stable in Fairfield Iowa.
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Timothy
Norvell’s Bare
Fairfield
A. Case
Glasgow
Iowa
State of Iowa
Jefferson County
John KR. Gasaway
Caroline Gibson
Louisa Hilton
Leonard Hilton
Thomas J. Gasaway
E. Gasaway
Martha Gasaway
District Court
Sarah Ann Remine
Moses Remine
Robert F. Ratcliff
Builder wrongly jailed in Avise given freedom after alibi proves
A builder from Avise in Cham pagne was arrested by two gendarmes and taken to Chalons where the judge accused him of theft and murder. After three days of public handcuffing he was freed when the alibi proved true, but left humiliated. the judge offered a ten franc payment as compensation.
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Avise
Champagne
Chalons
Paris
Wind Power Trial Lights Mills Near London
England explores wind as a power source for electricity. A flour mill windmill powered a small dynamo, charging a storage battery that lit arc and incandescent lamps nightly. The test proved wind could provide usable power despite low output.
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England
London
Prison Jewelry Making Planned at Illinois Penitentiary
The southern Illinois penitentiary in Chester will start producing pearl buttons and pearl jewelry for the state. Warden Murphy, returning from Auburn New York, hired three experts to supervise the project. The entire product will be sold and the state will bear manufacturing costs. One hundred convicts will be employed, with claims the move won’t affect free state labor.
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Southern Illinois Penitentiary
Chester
Murphy
Auburn
N. Y
Eleven year old Annie Delamater buried after toy balloon death
Annie Delamater died Sunday after choking on a rubber balloon. Her father, a widower, fell on stairs en route to the funeral home and was hospitalized at Gouverneur with paralysis in both legs in critical condition. Burial held at Mrs. Kane’s home on Henry Street.
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Annie Delamater
Partridge Harvest Surprises Hunter in Oglethorpe
George J. Wynne and Pat Wynne of Oglethorpe county were out hunting when George fired at two partridges and discovered he had killed seventeen more unseen birds. The incident was reported by the Savannah News.
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George J
Pat Wynne
Oglethorpe County
Savannah News
Pastor Builds Hovey Avenue Baptist Church With Own Hands
Muskegon correspondent states pastor J. C. Jacob led the project to raise and finish a handsome new church. He secured lumber from city firms, laid foundations, erected the superstructure, painted the interior, and chose butternut sycamore and black ash for the finish. Property worth about $5,000, church cash outlay under $1,000.
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New Hovey Avenue Baptist Church
J. C. Jacob
Muskegon
Mich
Cor
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Captain John Stout Remembered For Steamboat Bravery
The Philadelphia Ledger recalls Captain John Stout of Mississippi who died recently in New Orleans. He earned praise for brave acts at the wheel of the Robert E. Lee during a 1882 blaze at Yucatan plantation, saving many lives by keeping the boat ashore and escaping down a log chain. He also leaped from the J. W. White in 1886 near Bayou Sara, barely surviving a second fire.
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John Stout
New Orleans
Robert E. Lee
Yucatan Plantation
Stout
J. W. White
Bayou Sara
Philadelphia Ledger
Indians Freebooters Shrink Sloops Load After Capes
A Victoria trading sloop was waterlogged off Cape Flattery Washington after a blow. Indians refused to abandon the boat until paid with all on board. They towed the vessel into Cape Beal, prompting the Port Angeles Tribune to label the coast Indians as regular freebooter sharks.
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Victoria
Cape Flattery
Wash
Cape Beal
Port Angeles Tribune
Seven-Year-Old Hero Rescues Drowning Child
In Des Moines a seven year old boy named John Green saved the four year old daughter of Senator Lewis when a yard cistern boards broke and dropped her seven feet into water. Green plunged in to pull both to the surface and held them above water until help arrived fifteen minutes later.
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Des Moines
John Green
Lewis
Green
Interest on Twenty Dollars from 1826 Bank Deposit
The first book issued by the Institution for Savings in Newport Massachusetts shows a twenty dollar deposit on opening day April 5 1826. No further deposits were made and the accumulated interest to date is 898 cents. The volume remains in the depositor’s family.
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Institution For Savings
Newport
Mass
New York Press
Priestly Carer Appears Amid Local Miracle Hype
A Catholic priest without a parish gains prominence as a miracle worker in the area. Doctors doubt his cures, attributing them to imagination, yet many report relief after prayer and relics. The 50 year old man attracts anxious followers who believe in his divine aid and his effect on recovering patients.
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New York Cor
Chicago Tribune
Protection by Smoke from Prost Experiments in Artificial Clouds
In the Jardin Acclimatation under the Agricultural society, residents tested artificial smoke to shield plants from frost. Resinous boxes burned to release dense fumes but the fog failed to rise properly and drifted toward the seal pond. Similar fogging methods have yielded better results in the Gironde vineyards. Staff officers observed, hoping the method could mask troops or batteries in war.
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The
Agricultural Society
Gironde
Jardin d
Paris
London Telegraph
A Battered Old War Eagle
A wounded gray eagle was shot near Dres back bridge on Big Pine. It was captured and taken to Dresback's store. a brass strip around its neck bore Memphis Tennessee August 15 1864 Samuel C Boils Co G Sith O V 1. The bird has a wingspan over three feet and is confined in a cage.
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T. W. Landers
Dresback
Big Pine
R. Dresback
Memphis
Tenn
Samuel C. Boils
Co. G. Sith O. V
Ohio Democrat
Dublin pillar stunt ends with magistrates discharge
In Sackville Street Dublin a Cork watchmaker and a companion climbed Nelsons Pillar and walked the parapet. A crowd gathered as two constables reached the top and arrested them. The men were brought before the magistrates and discharged after claiming the act was a freak.
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Sackville Street
Dublin
Cork
Megistrates
Pall Mall Gazette
Child Chooses To Give Up School In Lent
A family scene at the dinner table features a five year old boy who dislikes school. The mother asks the eldest daughter Ethel what she will give up for Lent. Enid immediately responds that she will give up school, revealing a lighthearted family moment from the New York Tribune.
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Ethel
Enid
Mamma
New York Tribune
Philadelphia to New York in Ten Minutes Flying Machine
An Philadelphia inventor, H Gawthrop, outlines an electric powered flying machine using trolley lines to drive a large fan. The flat decked craft would be steered by a hinged stem and rudder with a movable weight for balance. Operators must stay about 100 feet high with careful handling and wire secured to poles.
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Philadelphia
New York
H. Gawthrop
Gawthrop
Philadelphia Inquirer
Niagara Falls paper company weighs power use options
At a Niagara Falls paper company meeting officers reviewed about twenty power schemes for the 180 foot water head. Only three were deemed adequate. tested wheels will receive water at Holyoke as plans proceed. Contracts for a cofferdam, tunnel, and shaft were let. tunnel length about 500 feet with a 10 by 12 feet cross section. The shaft reaches 140 feet deep and measures 14 by 40 or 45 feet.
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Niagara Falls
Holyoke
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