Like father like son and councilmen in review
A reader asks if Councilman Kelker resigned from the Pennsylvania company and if he works for Consolidated Street Railway. The column urges council members to act for the people and face constituents, noting trust and duty over influence. A defense of American naval history follows with a 1812 era quotation and Macaulay cited.
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Kelker
Pennsylvania Company
Consolidated Street Railway Company
Mr. Kelker
Pennsylvania Freight House
Blissful Joys of Motherhood in January Ladies’ Home Journal
Isabel A Mallon writes of For His Royal Highness the Baby in January Ladies' Home Journal. She explores infantile wardrobes beds and the longing of motherhood, ending with a reflective thought on the depth and happiness of raising a child.
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Isabel A Mallon
Ladies’ Home Journal
Street Car Riot Flare Ups In Philadelphia
A mob of about 10 000 gathered on Girard avenue and stoned street cars after ex employees protested preference for new non union motormen and conductors. Police dispersed the crowd and company restored service while old workers were re employed. Nearby incidents included arson at John Lowther Welsh’s German town residence with 20000 dollar loss.
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Philadelphia
Girard Avenue
Second
Third Streets
John Lowther Welsh
Union Traction Company
Germantown
Welsh
George Kennan
Missing Bay City broker linked to Florida trip
Alex Knopfel a wealthy Bay City Michigan broker remains missing after traveling south with his wife. They registered at Cincinnati Burnett House and he left his room Tuesday night about 11 O clock and has not been seen since. The case follows his illness and odd behavior cited by authorities.
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Cincinnati
Alex Knopfel
Bay City
Mich
Jacksonville
Burnett House
Knopfel
Man Survives 125-Foot Bridge Plunge River Rescue
In St. Paul Henry Menier leaped from the Wabasha Street Bridge into the Mississippi River yesterday afternoon. He swam ashore uninjured after the 125 foot drop, witnessed by a crowd as rival Steve Brodie watched.
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St. Pau
Steave Brodie
Henry Menier
Menier
Wabasha Street
Mississippi River
Turks Capture Zeltoun in Syria Action
Advices from Aleppo report Zel toun fifteen miles from Marash has fallen to Turkish troops after an insurgent Armenian hold. Inhabitants reportedly fled to the mountains. Strathnevis steamer, long delayed, is being towed into Port Townsend near Cape Flattery.
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Rome
Aleppo
Zeltoun
Marash
Port Townsend
Wash
Cape Flattery
Elderly man Frank Mitchell of Akron turns 104 at Christmas
Frank Mitchell, a former slave who escaped to join the Union army and served as a servant to President Garfield, celebrated his 104th Christmas in Akron Ohio. A second fragment mentions Mrs Celia Carron of New York rushing across a roof in a six story tenement.
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Frank Mitchell
Akron
Garfield
Ohio
Celia
Carron
Clinton Street
New York
Biography Highlights Show Humble Roots of Congress Figures
A Washington dispatch reviews how many congressmen describe their boyhoods as humble, citing Lorimer White and Walter Evans as examples. It notes pride in rising from adversity, with some also detailing ancestral glory or dramatic career shifts including Henry Clay Miner and Brewster.
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Henry Clay Miner
Arizona
Washington
Congressional Directory
Lorimer
Chicago
Congress
Congressman White
Walter Evans
Louisville
Kentucky
Congressman Harris
Ohio
John Harris
General Washington
Monmouth
John Hamilton
Congressman Buck
Louisiana
Mr. Buck
Durrheim
Grand Duchy of Baden
Germany
Anton Buck
United States
Buck
New Orleans
New York City
Mr. Miner
Signor Blitz
South
New York
Congressman Brewster
Rochester
Bank
Clearing House Association
Genesee Valley Railroad
Rochester and Irondequoit
Rochester and Lake Ontario Railway
Eastman Kodak Company
Murphy
Walter Wellman
A Fast Flying Californian Train Service Announced
The Wabash and Santa Fe routes offer a three and one sixth day journey from Fort Wayne to Los Angeles with a single change of cars. No. 41 departs Fort Wayne at 1 35 pm for Kansas City arriving next morning at 9 am and connects with the California Limited for Los Angeles. The Santa Fe train runs via a new all new equipment including drawing room sleepers and a dining car. Tickets and reservations available at Wabash offices with brochures and full details. Holiday excursions Also listed with dates and low rates via various lines including the Pennsylvania and Nickel Plate railways.
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California
Fort Wayne
Los Angeles
Pasadena
San Diego
San Francisco
la Grande Station
Kansas City
Decatur
Springfield
Hannibal
Moberly
Kansas City Union
Santa Fe
KR. G. Thompson
Ind
P. S
Clergy Fare Rates Held Steady for Next Year
Railways under Central Traffic association keep clergy rate at one and a half cents per mile for the coming year. Regular accredited clergymen may buy reduced fare tickets on Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburgh as in 1895. Holiday and exposition time offers include discounted Wabash and Nickel Plate tickets from several stations with specific sale dates in late December 1895 and early January 1896.
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Central Traffic Association
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Wed
Buffalo
Chicago
Wabash Railroad
Notice of Application to Board of County Supervisors
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will make application to the Board of County Supervisors of Allen County Indiana. The details are not fully legible in the document.
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Fort Wayne
Allen County
F County
Allen’ Co
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