Brasilian Naval War News and Rebel Movements Edge Varied Fronts
The New York Herald reports Rio de Janeiro fear and resignation as Brazil’s government and rebel fleets threaten a naval clash. Rebel ships crowd near the bay while loyal forces arm forts, land troops, and fortify Cobras island as Peixoto’s men receive European war supplies via an overland route.
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New York Herald
Montevideo
Uruguay
Herald
Rio
Peixoto
Metro
Rio Grande Do Sul
Fort Villegaignon
Cobras Island
Europe
Suritos
Exhibitors face losses after World's Fair fire
Washington officials say exhibitors must sue for negligence if seeking to blame exposition officials. Government not responsible for goods in bonded warehouses but may remit duties on destroyed merchandise. Railroads are blamed for delays in removing exhibits. Buyers who purchased post fair deliveries in Chicago may also lose due to the fire.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Chicago
The Big Fight in Jacksonville Fla Proposed Bout
A glove contest in Jacksonville under Corbett Mitchell conditions is planned for this week. Green Harris of Tennessee opposes Perry Watkin of Florida with a $2400 purse and is seen as a challenge to Governor Mitchell. If allowed, it could push the Corbett Mitchell clash forward. if stopped, it may settle the matter.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Corbett
Mitchell
Green Harris
Tennessee
Perry Watkin
Florida
Duval Athletic Club
Corbett-Mitchell
Britain to Build Eight Warships and Cruisers
The London Daily News argues Britain must construct eight additional warships eight first-class cruisers and numerous smaller vessels to match Russia and France. It suggests the government aims for more than parity to cover all possible combinations and emergencies.
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London Daily News
Great Britain
Russia
France
Fire at Lafayette D. N. Foster Furniture and Carpet Co
Fire at Lafayette Indiana damages the D N Foster Furniture and Carpet Company building owned by A G Carnahan. Firemen cannot reach the flames and the insured stock coverage totals 11 000 across nine companies. Building insured for 14 000 with comparatively small loss expected on the structure.
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D. N. Foster Furniture and Carpet Company
Lafayette
Ind
A.G. Carnahan
Last Year’s Crop Report Totals Several Grains and Hay
Government crop report records last year’s yields including wheat 204,000,000 bushels corn 1,619,000,000 bushels rye 26,510,416 bushels barley OsN19405 bushels buckwheat 31L bushels potatoes 183,004,205 bushels tobacco 83,025,005 pounds and hay 5,766,163 tons.
Child illness outbreaks and avalanches reported in Europe
In Vandalia Til a grip like disease is sweeping children who collapse and die suddenly. In Urbino Italy a three-house avalanche at Porte d Azzo in the Apennines buried seven people, three found dead.
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Vandalia
Til
Urbino
Italy
Porte d‘Azzo
Apennines
Eastern notes on industry and politics from Hartford to Detroit
The itemized report surveys William Rogers of Rogers Manufacturing in Hartford, George Westinghouse Jr. gaining control in Pittsburgh, renewed litigation over Chicago mayor William Ogden, and a series of incidents including a New York congressman’s health, a Lakewood fraud attempt, and varied weather and crime notes across the United States.
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William Rogers
Rogers Manufacturing Company
Hartford
New York
Orlando B. Porter
New York City
Fifth Avenue
Democratic Club
George Gould
Lakewood
N. J
Edson
Chick
Brooklyn
D. Lothrop Company
Boston
Bethlehem
Baron von Dreiber
Krupy
Lieut
Jacques
Bethlehem, Tren Works
Mauneel White
Mississippi governors push state farms plan to end convict leasing
Governor Stone urges the Mississippi Legislature to end convict leasing this year and buy State farms. In other items, Howard, a promoter of foreign claims, is sentenced in Jackson to nine years for unlawful mail use. A mad bull injures three in Louisville and a Florida governor vows to block the Corbett Mitchell prize fight unless court confirms legality.
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Mississippi
Stone
Sesion
Howard
United States
Jackson
Penn
Cohumbus Ohio
Fune
Louisville
Kry
Floyd Street
Annie Goldstein
Gov
Mitchele
Florida
Supreme Court
Wot
MircHeLy
Fragmented political notes and weather across nations
dispatches report Republican nominations in New York and Pennsylvania for Congress and a Hawaii investigation call for James Blount. Pension rulings shift after a deficiency bill. Knights of Pythias prep encampment in Washington with plans for up to 160000 visitors. London records a severe cold wave with widespread exposure deaths and frozen rivers. Troops advance in Brazil amid Santa Ana’s fall. World’s Fair stock dividends expected and German educational exhibit arrives in New York.
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James Ti. Blount
Macon
Washington
Lochren
Long
Michigan Supreme Court
Congress
Knights of Iythias
Wahington
Public Comfort
James TR. Carnahan
Order
Jor
White House
Cmpress
Senate
John W. Ross
District of Columbia
Ohio
William Bleckner
Oak Harbor
Corwin
San Francisco
Honolulu
Mare Ieland Navy Yard
Mohican
United States
Corwin 'x
London
Great Britain
Dover
South Dewnshire
Durt
Lincolnshire
England
Isle of Wight
Yar
Cornwall
Spain
Zorita
Burgas
Moscow
Nijni Novgorod
Kharkof
Santa Ana
Ordeven
Cual Spreche
Chau
Spreckels
Tawaiian Commercial Company
New York
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Gambler Ward N Young Leads List of Names Across States
A long list of individuals including Ward N. Young of Gambler and Allen E. Cowen of Batavia appears alongside Charles A. Wyckoff of Celina and Charles E. Chritchfield of Mount Vernon. Other names include Proctor Seas of Orrville, J. E. Montgomery, Va Wert, and Trinoia James F. Robert son of Camp Point with William Lee and John Culbertson of Delavan. The roster also mentions Allen Clampitt of Highwood Leonard W Chambers of Jacksonville Ephraim A Ray of Oregon Samuel W Tailiferro of Roseville Indiana Edgar A Smith Converse David A Fawcett of La Grange H O Cook Pendleton and A R Ebert of Hammond.
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David A. Fawcett
la Grange
H. O. Cook
Pendleton
A. R. Ebert
Hammond
No-to-bac hailed as boon to tobacco quitters
A 1893 testimonial cites Aaron Gorber and others who report cures from tobacco with No-to-bac. Claims include improved health and mental condition after using the Sterling Remedy Company product. The ad promises a dollar per box and a three box money back guarantee, with Chicago and New York addresses.
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Aaron Gorber
C. W. Ashcom
Col
Samuel Stoutener
Samuel
J. C. Coblar
Lessing Evans
Frank Dell
Geo. B. May
C. Q. Skillinton
Hanson Robinett
Frank Hershberger
John Shinn
Sterling Remedy Company
Noto-bac
United States
Canada
Chicago
Randoph Street
New York
Spruce Street
Everett
Meeching and Archaism in Early English Usage
The Gentlemen's Magazine notes Meeching as an old archaism tied to underhand or illicit meanings in Hamlet and Elizabethan usage. It discusses its shift into American speech, linking it to words of secret or underhand connotation and comparing it to other foreign-derived terms.
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Hamlet
Miching Malleche
Mr. Skeat
Stoep
Mosey
Gentlemen's Magazine
Two Buccaneers Foiled By Boat Trick And Gendarmes
In Ajaccio the Cucc brothers fled to Sartene and forced a boatman to sail. The boat rocked to make them sick, then the boatman ferried them to shore and a larger boat carried gendarmes who captured the pair before they could escape. The Contemporary review.
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Chambers
Atood
Chhambers
Rogers
Franklin Grove
Ill
Cucc
Ajaccio
Sartene
Cacchi
Royal Saxon Anniversary Celebrations in Dresden
Saxony prepares for the fiftieth anniversary of the king's entrance into the army on October 24. European courts will send representatives to Dresden to honor the monarch. The crown prince will appear in the Saxon regiment uniform as an honorary officer.
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Saxony
Europe
Dresden
Germany
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