Up to date Geographical Bureau peddles obsolete maps
A brisk door to door salesman from the Up to date Geographical Bureau pressures a New York woman with claims of rapid U S expansion making global maps obsolete. He offers latest maps of Hawaii Cuba the Philippines and requests neighborly information before signing up a monthly 74 cent subscription.
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United States of America
Hawaii
United States
Porto Rica
Cuba
Repubile
Philippines
New York Tribune
Reunion After Civil War Soldier Found by Son
In 1861 John Swackhammer of Susquehanna County enlisted in the Army of the Potomac and rose to sergeant before being listed missing after Fredericksburg. Years later his son Stephen, while at Camp Alger, met a Philadelphia regiment recruit who claimed Susquehanna as home and identified the father as John Swackhammer, killed in the Civil War. The son’s father, after Fredericksburg, endured prison at Andersonville and Florence and lost memory of family and homeland. The reunion scene unfolds as the son learns his surname and heritage amid rugged Susquehanna County.
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John Swackhammer
Enn
Army of the Potomac
Fredericksburg
Swackhammer
Philadelphia
Camp Alger
Falls Church
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County
Andersonville
Florence
Susquelwina County
Boston Herald
Shafter
Joe’ Wheeler
Libby
Wheeler
Klondike
United States
Vermont
Senate
House
San Domingo
Porto Rico
Texas
Cuba
Getanna Gomes
Spain
Western Inventor Designs All-in-One Child Furniture
A Western inventor creates a combined chair crib cradle bed and walker for children. The device features a square frame with caster legs and a suspended achat on extending arms that adjust to form the cradle or bed.
Burials Reported in Bughuid Westmin ter Abb
No fewer than SI persons have been buried in Bughuid in Westmin ter Abb, a brief notice noting multiple interments in the parish.
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Bughuid
Westminter Abb
Soldiers of Fortune in Tampa Carp
Richard Harding Davis describes soldiers of fortune and war correspondents in vivid tales of danger and travel. He lists varied exploits from Africa to Cuba, Greece, and Asia, noting their disguises, travels, and brushes with empires and battles.
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Soldiers of Fortune
Tampa
Carp
Kremlin
Mosque of St. Sophia
Kettner
Malasian Peninsula
Africa
Borneo
Marquis Yamagata
Korea
Kitchener
Egypt
Maceo
Cuba
Edam Pasha
Thessaly
China
Russia
Soudon
Greece
Knicklebocker Club
Rough Riders
Richard Harding Davis
Scribner's
A Musical Monkey Gibbon Arrives at the Zoo
A rare gibbon apes the label hylobates agilus with a tufted crown and velvet fur. the only captive of its kind known, it came from near Siam. Superintendent Brown plans an article on its habits noting its musical notes span an octave. The creature intrigues visitors with its plaintive songs.
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Hylobates — Agilus
Asia
Siam
Brown
Dane
Philadelphia
Soldier Refuses Pay Test Case For Patriotism
A Coedbest volunteer at Miata, Mhi, refused $34 pay claiming service was pure patriotism. The December event with the See ong Alabina regiment left the paymaster without precedent to follow. The government stands ready to settle if the soldier seeks payment later.
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Arin Tite
Miata
Mhi Receniy
Seeong Alabina
Joeqiad
Don Carlos Valued At Twenty Million Dollars In Report
The report states Don Carlos, identified as a capitalist, is valued at 20 million dollars. It notes a comparison to his status as a statesman and monarch, with the latter described as demonstrably worth less.
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Don Carlos
Hela
Aguinaldo
Beteyg
Ines
Aggie
Vital foreign born population totals and global notes
The item lists foreign born residents by country including Germany 2,784,894 and Ireland 1,871,509, with others from Britain, Sweden, Norway, Scotland, and more. It notes U.S. foreign parentage at 20,676,046 in 1890, then covers various wartime and global topics from energy from sewage to ship losses, rail projects, and economic trivia.
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Germany
Ireland
British
America
Newfoundland
England
Sweden
Norway
Scotland
Russia
Italy
Poland
Denmark
Austria
Bohemia
France
China
Switzerland
Wales
Netherlands
Mexico
Hungary
Belgium
Luxembourg
Cuba
West Indies
Portugal
Central and South America
Spain
India
Asia
Japan
Greece
United States
Plant Which Cures the Blues
A laughing plant grown in Arabia yields seeds that, when ground, produce a powder with effects like laughing gas. A small dose makes a sober person dance and laugh loudly for about an hour before exhaustion and amnesia follow. Montreal Pharmaceutical Journal.
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Arabia
Montreal Pharmaceutical Journal
Floating Island of Arsenal Island Observed by Missouri Resident
Janes R. Jobin of Missouri claims the so called Arsenal Island in the Mississippi hosts his home. The island, owned by J B Pittsfield of Wines, is occupied by Jobin and features a modest five room house amid willows and oaks. Surrounding storage and poultry yards overlook several acres of fertile land, with Arsenal Island noted to have shifted eight thousand feet since 1853.
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Janes R. Jobin
Missouri
Mississippi
Arsenal Island
J. 8. Pittsfeid
Wineis
Jobin
Detroit Free Press
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Exeter
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New York
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Trans Siberian
Ntussi
Windivostock
Port Arthur
Dr. Angell
Turkey
Bank OF Fremont
Fremont, Cdra
Svean Bart
Newt. d. Baus
Epoch 'sAlation Banking
Permant
D. N. Young’s
Cuan
Pavan
James Love
John G. Yeagley
Fremont
Indiana
Emory G. Melendy
Ind
D. H. Patchen
A. P- Seavelts
Burd Millinery Biore
Stephen A. Powers
Arronigr Am Law
Netany Puszio
Reeves
Angola
B. F. Wolfe
Manns
Pioass
Fremont Eagle
Cincinnati Northern Railroad Company
Pase Bryan, O
Cincinnati & Jackson Mail
van Wert & Jackson Express
Jackson & Cincinnati Mail
Jackson & van Wert Express
Sereteccossa
Jackson
Cincinnati
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G. P. A van Webt
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