Sioux City man claims $32,000,000 English investment for railroad to San Francisco
Donald McLean, Sioux City projector of the Pacific Short Line, asserts he has secured all capital for a Sioux City to San Francisco railroad. He says $32,000,000 English capital is arranged and that all investment arrangements are complete. The line was planned to Ogden and from there to the West Coast.
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Sioux City
Donald McLeah
Pacific
O'Neill
Neb
Ogden
Utah
San Francisco
McLean
Death of Grayville Editor Frank H. Clarke Shocks City
Grayville mourns the loss of Frank H. Clarke long time editor of the Grayville Independent after taking morphine in a personal crisis. The death occurred Sunday morning and has sparked many rumors about the motive. Clarke was a prominent southern Illinois figure for about eighteen years.
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Albion
Grayville
Frank H. Clarke
Minois
Indict Mob Participants in Holt Lynching, Judge Orders
Owensboro Ky December 29 Judge Owen urged the grand jury to thoroughly probe the Holt lynching. He demanded indictments for all mob participants and to identify those who composed the mob responsible for murder.
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Owensboro, Ky
Owen
Holt
Diamond lab plan would make large diamonds at Niagara Falls
A Washington scientist proposes a lab at Niagara Falls to manufacture large diamonds from carbon. Other items note a Buddha birthplace discovery in Nepal, numerous obituaries, a bank suspension in Superior Wisconsin, a Marquette store sale, and a fire destroying Broome county court house.
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Washington
Niagara Falls
London Times
Calcutta
Buddha
Muscatine
Alden Burrill Robbins
Galena
Ills
Benjamin Christy St. Cyr
Frederick
Charles W. Hoffman
United States Supreme Court
San Francisco
A.is. Marehand
Kentucky
Youngstown
Roswell Shurtleff
Philadelphia
Charles
Parish
Bank of Superior
Wis
Lewis Grabower
Marquette
Mich
Weather Outline for Regions from Indiana to Wisconsin
The twenty four hour outlook reports local showers in Indiana and Mindy Light followed by clearing skies and southerly to westerly winds. Lower Michigan sees showers and cloudiness with warmer southeastern areas and brisk southwesterly winds. Upper Michigan stays generally fair with fresh brisk southwesterly winds. Wisconsin remains generally fair, possibly with local rains on the lake and warm southerly winds. Iowa is generally fair after threatening southeastern weather with southerly winds.
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Washington
Indiana
Mindy
Lower
Michigan
Upper
Wisconsin
Iowa
Financial Markets End-Year Dismay and Chicago Grain Quotes
New York money on call at 14 2 per cent with mercantile paper and bankers bills trading. sterling heavy. Chicago Board of Trade quotes show mixed grain with wheat and corn movements and limited oats activity. pork and lard futures noted. Chicago live stock prices list cattle, calves, and lambs with varied quotes and day’s receipts.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
United States
Pacific U's
Chicago Grain and Produce
Crrcaco
Board of Trade
Burbanks
Bay
Hebron
Chicago
Chicaco
Union Stork
Cigar as a Social Force and a Son’s Lesson
A Chicago paper reports an Oak Park man at odds with his father over smoking. The son argues cigars are a social fact and teaches his father to smoke. After three tries the father quits. the son finishes the cigars and the pipe ends up with a mocker of the tale.
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Oak Park
Chicago
Iris Son
Quick profits and a boy's fairy tale dream
A Washington Star note highlights a boy's practical whimsy mixing business with childhood fantasy. At breakfast he dreams of a fairy queen offering three wishes and cleverly asks for four, showing imagination and a cautionary stance toward temptation.
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Washington Star
Bicycle fad debate overheard in city social circle
A young man in a Prince Albert coat argues with a bright city woman about bicycle riding. He dismisses women's cycling as a passing whim while noting bicycles are increasingly criticized as a craze. He concedes that many people have ridden bicycles during the era.
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Washington Star
Mr. Slimmins
Queen Receives Child’s Simple Letter and Photo
A nine year old girl Catherine, daughter of Dr. Smith of Dumfries, sent a brief note to the queen in acknowledgment of the monarch’s long reign. Three days later Miss Phipps replied with thanks for the “nice little letter” and the queen sent a photograph for Catherine’s room.
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Catherine
Dr. Smith
Dumfries
Miss Phipps
Her
Oyster Caught in Pipe Sends Curiosity to New York
Henny Davis a Rock Hill oysterman found a young oyster wedged in the mouth of an old clay pipe while tanging on Huntingfield. The mollusk measured 2x214 inches and could not be removed without breaking the pipe, a remarkable find reported from New York.
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New York
Henny Davis
Rock Hill
Huntingfield
Miner Finds Petrified Arm in Staffordshire Stone
A Staffordshire miner reports finding a petrified arm embedded in solid ore. The elbow joints move as if flexing, giving the impression of flesh and blood within the stone.
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Staffordshire
Advertising Eyes in Stuffed Animals Shine at Night
A Chicago fur dealer brightens his shop window with mounted stuffed animals whose eyes glow from small incandescent globes wired to store electricity. The effect, seen at dusk, draws crowds to the display of a polar bear leopards lynxes and a Rocky Mountain lion with glowing emerald and yellow eyes. The dealer recalls seeing a similar device in London and adapted it locally.
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State Street
The
Chicago Chronicle
London
Who Shot Nelson According To Guillemard Memoirs
A Paris columnist cites the Memoires de Robert Guillemard claiming he fired the fatal shot that killed Admiral Nelson. Guillemard, a one armed sergeant, described firing at a decorated officer on the Victory deck, unaware it was Nelson. He reported the incident after leaving his post and informing his commander.
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Jules Clarette
Paris
Nelson
France
Boston Herald
M. Jules Clarette
Robert Guillemard
Guillemard
Victory
Toulon
Turkish War Indemnity Reduced by Russia Yet Again
Russia again allows a reduced Turkish war indemnity payment while extending the term. The 1878 contract set £420000 yearly for 100 years, 1892 cut to £160000, now Russia accepts 25 percent of the total and extends the schedule to 400 years, aiming to preserve claims long after Ottoman demise.
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Russia
Turkey
Ottoman Empire
Bell in the Contribution Box Sparks Church Curiosity
Alice Morse Farle recounts a church where a small bell hid in the contribution box rang only when money was given, a trick used to reveal stingy churchgoers during the collection in the sermon.
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Alice Morse Farle
Woodcock Eggs Threaten Sweden Breed
In Sweden the woodcock eggs are highly valued by locals and markets in Brockholm show large numbers for sale. The practice risks drastic reduction or total extinction of the species due to continued demand.
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Sweden
Brockholm
Consumption Among Nepgace from Colored Deaths Surpass Whites
A medical paper reports in eight large southern cities the share of deaths from consumption among the colored population exceeds the total mortality by more than 50 percent greater than that of whites.
Doctor claims Tallerday's Female Panic cures pain
Dr C M Wright of Blaine Illinois, a veteran woman physician, testifies Tallerday's Female Panic relieves pain after other remedies fail. She says two to three bottles restore appetite and strength, and patients feel better and get well. Emmert & Burrell sell the tonic.
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C. M. Wright
Blaine
Ils
Golden Wand of Tact Guides Social Etiquette
A Ruth Ash advice column urges a shy girl to use tact and proper speech to fit social norms. It advises speaking clearly, avoiding inappropriate topics, and engaging with others through everyday subjects like ribbons, flowers, sweets, and novels to gain sociable success.
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Ruth Ashmore
Ladies’ Home Journal
Bean shooter mischief in Brooklyn classrooms shocks teachers
A New York Sun report describes Brooklyn public school boys turning to bean shooters to shoot English sparrows each fall. The principal collects the handfuls of shooters from pockets as teachers orchestrate the takedown, prompting surprised grins and a quick scramble to claim gear.
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Brooklyn
New York Sun
Dennison Hotel Manager Praises All Cure For Diarrhoea
Major T Picton of the state hotel at Dennison Texas extols Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as an infallible cure. He says he uses it in his family and in his hotel with unqualified endorsement and frequently administers it to guests. For sale by local dealers.
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Lewiston
Maine
Eoon
T. Picton
State
Dennison
Texas
Chamberlain
Major Picton
Emmert & Burrell
Holiday Excursions Via The Maple Leaf
One and one third fare for round trips to stations within two hundred miles. Tickets on rule December 24 25 31 and January 1. Return limit January. For details see the Chicago Great Western Railway Maple Leaf Route agent.
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Chicago Great Western
Maple Leaf
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