Pingree reforms push for cheaper streetcar fares in Detroit
The Chicago Record notes Mayor Pingree’s stance against street railway monopolies and his push for municipal control and cheaper fares. Detroit may adopt an eight for 25 cent scheme with transfers, signaling broader battles over franchise power and public transit costs. Fort Wayne readers are told they will vote again for a 3-cent fare, echoing Detroit’s example.
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Chicago Record
Pingree
Detroit
Tom Johnson
United States
Fort Wayne
TRE
Evenxine Post
Evening Post
F. Berry St
Ind
The Doomed Armenians Massacres Reported
Christmas brings fresh horrors in the Kharput district as 13 protestant ministers tied to the American Board of Foreign Missions are killed for clinging to Christianity. The text condemns Turkish persecution and European inaction, urging stronger action by the powers.
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Kharput
American Board of Foreign Missions
Europe
England
Public Opinion Seethes Over War and Politics
A 19th century column mocks imperial greed and public policy. It laments Armenian suffering and critiques a British invasion of the South African republic. Satirical jests target Dr Jameson, a spider metaphor contrasts urban transit, and local governance debates on pole taxes. Governor Morton faces nomination hopes. A commission to fix bond syndicate boundary fines is urged.
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South African Republic
Dr. Jameson
New Swindlers and Edison War Plans
A column recalls swindler cases tested by accident insurance firms with claims denied for fraud. It cites a bank cashier in a village and a Iowa claimant found falsifying gunshot injury. The piece then outlines Edison’s imagined use of submerged torpedo cables to deter distant warships along the coast.
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Iowa
Edison
Thomas A. Edison
New York
Edis
Horror of impure vaccination linked to fatal reactions in Fry family
A Boston telegraph report details a disturbing case where Amos Fry and his four children suffered severe illness, skin eruptions, and blood poisoning after vaccination with material from a neighbor. Amy Fry, 17, lost an arm and remains gravely ill, while others show lasting damage and potential physical wreckage.
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Boston
Amos Fry
Grand Tour of Old Mexico The Egypt of the New World
Gates announces a 1896 Mexico tour by special Wabash train leaving Toledo at 11 a m on January 14. The vestibuled Pullman train includes a palace dining car and library car, will cover 6600 miles, and Mr Gates will join to narrate details, with a tour book offered to participants. Details available from R G Thompson P T A at telephone number 6.
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Gates
Mexico
Toledo
Wabash
Fort Wayne
R. G. Thompson
Swindler confronts grocer over past change error
A man resembling a farmer accuses a grocer of short changing a woman on butter and reveals a $2 overchange from four weeks earlier. The grocer denies recognition, but the exchange ends with the accuser declaring it would cover a mare shed and warning against future tricks.
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Quad
Detroit Free Press
Electric kissing billed as universal pleasure
A humorous osculatory expert notes kissing feels good because lips teeth and jaws are nerve rich. He jokes that kissing emits an electric current without devices and would be universally accessible, with Edison charging annual dues and kiss phones being disconnected for nonpayment.
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Edison
Winona Herald
No Cold Turkey at Last Stop Says Mosely Wraggs
Mosely Wraggs and Tufford Knnutt recount their journey asking for turkey and pie at stopping points. They describe a roast turkey and scalloped orstets at one house and pie across the road while seeking more provisions and a foyer.
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Mosely Wraggs
Fragments Hint at Quiet Breeze and Calm Eves
A clipped line reads There is one thing certain a gentle breeze stirring the ere lene the rein. The passage hints at a tranquil scene with a poetic phrasing.
Boundary line debate and new national library beacon in Washington
Venezuelan boundary commission doubts locating a line with Britain. Senor Andrade says Spanish archives aren’t decisive. Washington unveils a superb new national library building praised for architecture, with talks of electric power at Great Falls and a shift to terrace rooms, stirring Capitol intrigue.
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National Library
Senate
WasHineton
Venezuelan Boundary Commission
Great Britain
Venezuela
Madrid
Senor Andrade
Guiana
Spain
Demerara
Georgetown
Essequibo
British Guiana
United States Commission
England
National
White House
War and Navy Departments
Treasury
Pension and Patent Offices
Smithsonian and National Museum
Dead Letter
Cabin John Bridge
Surgical and Medical Museum
Fish Commission
Congress
Parliament House
Berlin
Washington
National Capitol
Great Falls of the Potomac
Falls
Capitol
Senate Chamber
Capitoline
Walter Wellman
Comprehensive list of historic diseases and ailments treated
A catalog of conditions including blood poisoning syphilis gonorrhoea stricture varicocele hydrocele and loss of manhood with a focus on impaired memory weak back impotence and all diseases arising from self abuse kidney and bladder diseases Bright’s disease and diabetes noted as successfully treated marked by frequent urinary urgency and bloody mucous in urine.
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Bright
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