Fire devastates Lonix. Creston firemen save key buildings
A large fire in Lonix on the 7th destroyed a bakery origin and spread across the street, threatening homes and a mill. Creston firemen arrived to beat back the flames, saving McDonald & McKirt's warehouse, Alles & Co mill and elevator, with total losses over 75000 dollars, insured about one third.
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Solomon Style Verdict Keeps Dog Hair in Court
In a Shanghai mixed court a dog ownership dispute ended with the washerman awarded the basket of clipped hair and the butcher receiving the rest of the dog. The dog showed loyalty to the butcher when called, while the washerman produced hair as proof of ownership.
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Desedate on the Sea and a Sailor's Offer
A playful exchange ends with a cork popping as a joke about yacht ownership unfolds. Vermont offers a state bounty of $1.50 per bushel for killed grasshoppers within its borders while warnings urge proper handling to avoid stuffing offerings with insects.
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Detroit Free Press
Exposition Dates Set. Admiral Farragut Widow Dies
Col Burke notes that opening ceremonies shift to December sixteenth with exhibits due by December tenth. President amends Rule nineteen to exempt money custody offices from examination. Rear Admiral Alexander Murray dies November tenth. Mrs Virginia Loyall Farragut, widow of Admiral Farragut, dies after a life of abolitionist activity and public service, with a noted social and charitable record. A harbor incident describes a fish or bridgie with two large fins spotted near a pier, after a hunter fired at it.
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Union Pacific quarter earnings and rate cuts report
Union Pacific reports quarter ended September with net earnings of 3.887 million, investment income 516 thousand, total income 4.603 million, fixed charges 1.348 million, government due 0.799 thousand, surplus 2.388 million. Hoosac Tunnel cuts Boston Criceg first class to 16 dollars, 36 percent, Boston to 8. Louie second class to 18 dollars, and Gen Geo W TeW dies in Newport Rhode Island May 8.
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Violence and deaths mark election day in Douglas County
Alsup was fired upon and killed returning from his precinct polling place as tension over local politics flares. The incident ties into a long history of family tragedies and factional disputes between Assup and anti Assup groups.
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Douglas County
Assup
Aeis
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Destructive fires devastate Pala ka Florida business district
Dispatches report Pala ka Florida burned nearly all business houses on city streets. Loss estimated at $250000 with $250000 insured. Two firemen injured by flying timbers. Griffiths block Graham s hotel Hart s buildings Larkin House Fulhem House Presbyterian church all burned. Napoleonville fire claims Capt J B Whip lington fatally trapped.
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Catholic Chapels Sacked and Christians Harmed in Canton
Dispatch from October 31 reports Canton province suffering Catholic chapel burnings and widespread Christian pillage. Two bishops, thirty mingméeers, and seven hundred Catholic refugees flee to Hong Kong amid violence.
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Hong Kong
Canned Boston Beans in London Stir Odd Comparisons
A Brooklyn Times quips that canned Boston baked beans reach London but fail to match a Boston girl’s pleasure of eating from a twelve quart tin with a big iron spoon. The Chicago Sun humorously suggests vigorous brushing with a heavy moustache as a remedy for a ticklish face and mouth. A poem notes a single thread of a woman's hair binding the past and a tear.
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Curious sea monster sighted off Yell in Shetland
Eyewitness from Lerwick reports a large dark creature seen at Barra Voe on the Island of Yell. Fore fin rose three to four feet, resembling a boat sail, while the after fin stood about one foot shorter. The behemoth darted and circled, disturbing the sea as it pursued fish near the pier head.
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London News
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Jumpist From Jumping Creek Tells Circus Tale
The Jumpist from Jumping Creek in Detroit recounts a comic street encounter at circus grounds. He boasts of jump feats, bets a stranger, loses cash hidden in a boot, and laments being outwitted while claiming the culprit rode off with the money.
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Detroit Frese Press
The Courage of Dr Rabbeth at Grays Inn Road
A London hospital tale tells of Dr Samuel Rabbeth who performed a life saving tracheotomy on a child with diphtheria and died of the infection. The 28 year old senior medical officer sacrificed himself in duty, earning praise beyond war time bravado.
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Rabbeth
Little girl vows to become famed Bible entry
A young girl, disappointed her name wasn’t in the Bible, declares she will be so good that another Bible will be written and her name included.
Lawyers Blackmailed By Pretty Uncorrupted Women
Philadelphia Times recollects a scene on Walnut street where a lawyer details a blackmail attempt by a tall blonde. He secretly had a clerk listen, and the woman left without committing to paper, promising to return, while noting lawyers often fall to such schemes. The piece also surveys varied curiosities from cholera deaths to Mexican electric usage and English asylum abolition debates.
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Walnut Street
Aged Trunk Refuses to Budge on Wrong Train Tale
In a humorous exchange a stubborn aged trunk delays a baggage man who finally hauls it aboard. The trunk declares its fate is to ride the wrong train or end up at the wrong hotel, while the baggageman suffers a ruined back and is told the trunk wrecked only an express truck.
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Bill
Irregular Yet Notable Items From The Nation
Reports span diverse topics from Washington Territory hardships to New Jersey cookery plans. Other notes mention Canadian gun factory proposals, wine demand, cattle profits in Texas, a two headed child production in Tennessee, an Indiana bakery indictment, and a Philadelphia cigar seller noting thefts. The United States produced 74 percent of world corn.
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The Two Crowds at an Ohio Station
A commercial traveler recalled a striking scene in an Ohio town where a wedding party in a palace car contrasted with a somber group around a hearse. A coffin, said to hold a dying young woman, was carried away as the bride and groom departed in joy. The man blamed the groom for the young woman's death following a broken engagement.
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What Girls Ought to Learn in Home Life and Culture
A nineteenth century essay argues that married women should cultivate minds and morals to sustain home life. It asserts that personal charm fades without学习, and domestic literacy and taste strengthen family happiness and religious atmosphere. It praises self-improvement through study at home.
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