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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1893
Page
4
London chimney sweep Mr Puast, said to be the last living representative of the English Plantagenet line, explains he uses Plant instead of Plantagenet for social position. Souvenir coins may be issued from a World’s Fair board fund.
A woman labeled as a Prawn facing a coal bill dispute sued for $10 000 in damages. The jury sided with her for $2 500 as she argued improper blacklist actions and financial harm. The case centered on alleged unfair credit handling and the Mor kist up phi wan inability to secure ersdity sr.
A garbled OCR passage mentions a poet and a visitor. It references Sar, Arnold, and a request by “the Taiyrt of Asta” to see him. The text is incomplete and reads like a partial dialogue or stage direction from a literary piece.
An old description details py engraved eggs created by writing on shells with wax or paint, then soaking in an acid solution to reveal bold lettering. The method uses the wax as a resist so only the exposed shell is etched by the acid.
Hasan's debt three years ago stood at $2 500 502 with government property valued at $7 577 576 including public lands worth $2 186 950. Census exports reached $13 025 304 mostly sugar while imports, about half that sum, exceeded $6 512 652. Over 75 percent of imports came from the United States.
The article notes Hawaii's agriculture largely controlled by 67 big firms with total capital around 33 million. Of this, about 41 percent is American, 1.5 percent British, 6.02 percent German, and 40 percent American including Hawaiians of American descent. Cane arrears total about 64 thousand, with wader sice 7 thousand 420.
A legislative bill in Pennsylvania proposes buying 250 acres at Valley Forge where Washington's army camped. A $30,000 appropriation would acquire the historic site and convert it into a public park to preserve the forts and intrenchments built by the Patriot army.
A galacto meter using a blue glass ball floats only in pure milk to test milk purity. Separately, nickel production has surged from 400 tons in 1878 to over 5,000 tons annually with New Caledonian ore supplies and other districts lifting total to about 10,000 tons. Nickel occurs in various minerals including a bright green hydrated silicate in New Caledonia.
In Springfield on Feb 16 17 and 18 the Illinois Senate advanced several bills including halving the college fund interest for Southern Normal university and adding 2 500 for that institution, altering county term counts, funding for the State Dairymen's reports, licensing changes for judges and officials, and road improvements. A Japanese ballot change and prison goods marking were debated. the session adjourned amid routine committee actions and proposed constitutional convention discussions.
Lonpox Feb 20 Mr Gladstone’s home rule bill was read in the House of Commons. The measure creates an Irish legislature with a council and assembly under the queen, defining powers and limits including religion, crown rights, and imperial finances. An appeal for aid to Ireland supporters in the United States and Australia accompanies news of likely Lords opposition and a possible general election.
A boiler at Newberry's sawmill 75 miles from Priosburg exploded Saturday. Romo White, colored, was killed. Newberry, William Morris, James Woods and Henry Clay were severely injured and others slightly hurt.
Thomas Benson, a wireworker at Braddock wire works Rankin station, was struck in the right ear by a half inch rod that ran through his neck after bouncing above the rolls. He was pulled free as the wire continued moving before the rolls were stopped. Doctors say he will die.
Preparations for Mr Cleveland's inauguration are nearly complete as crowds of thousands are expected in Washington. Pavilions along Pennsylvania Avenue will seat about 100000, with another 100000 likely to line the parade route. Hotels are raised in price and capacity, with Metropolitan, Welker’s, Normandie, Shoreham, Arlington, and Wormley’s all filled or nearly so. The ceremony begins with the oath at the east front, followed by a parade led by U S troops and state militias, fireworks, and an inaugural ball at the Pension Building.
An Industrial Home for Colored Girls was dedicated in Tennessee by Mrs. Clinton B. Fisk. Mrs. Janes Petty of Green County Kentucky is 107, mother of fourteen with thirteen living. youngest is 59. Fanxir Monawa, a freed squaw from Lolo Mohawk, was described as the finest-looking woman at a Bangor Maine supreme court sitting.
The 16 counts allege that as president of the Second National Bank from 1883 to 1934 Eno misapplied funds totaling about 3.97 million dollars. He fled to Canada in 1884 to avoid arrest, later admitting bail in New York and facing extradition efforts amid a banking panic context.
W N Roach a Democrat from Grand Forks was chosen to succeed Casey in the U S Senate. The sixty-first ballot produced Roach with 43 votes and then 51 on the final tally as Republicans swung to him. Roach thanked the joint convention and pledged to aid the majority. He has resided in Dakota 13 years and is a wheat grower with a family of four.
Kansas City report states western roads face severe car shortages as eastern lines withhold locomotives and cars for storage and local use. The shortage is estimated at about 600 cars per day, choking shipments and delaying commerce across the region.
Crowds filled St Peter's as the pope entered the cathedral at 9:45 in a public ceremony. Military cleared the building as cardinals and clergy surrounded the pope on a sunny February day. The service lasted forty five minutes, followed by further blessings at St George's and St Sylvester. Weather remained mild, and city streets were orderly with widespread religious observance.
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