Paris Economic Statistics Reveal Food and Transit Scale
The 1886 annual Paris Prefecture return shows Paris consumed over 400 million eggs and 251 million cubic meters of gas, plus livestock totals and meat and dairy output. It reports births and deaths, hospital activity, marriages and divorces, and heavy transit use by Omnibus, tramways, boats, and rail. It notes prosecutions for adulteration and police actions, with foreigners among arrests.
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Paris
Seine
Omnibus Company
London Times
bronze statue of Solomon Juneau unveiled in Milwaukee Park
The article notes the Juneau statue unveiled in Juneau Park as both an event and a tribute to Solomon Juneau, Milwaukee’s first white settler, merchant, mayor, and postmaster. It describes the pioneer figure as an emblem of Milwaukee’s early history, growth, wealth, and beauty amid expanding luxury homes and lake traffic, while acknowledging the area’s woodland past.
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Solomon Juneau
Juneau Park
Milwaukee
Juneau
Milwaukee Sentinel
First Annual Session of National Division of Sons of Temperance Opens
The Boston meeting marks the opening of the first annual session of the National Division of Sons of Temperance. The report shows 5,851 new members, 84,379 total. South Carolina adds twenty two divisions, three reinstated. Pennsylvania shows the largest gains, Ontario the largest decrease. National assets total $7,330.
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Boston
National Division of Sons of Temperance
South Carolina
Pennsylvania
Ontario
Largest excursion in Colorado history on Midland railway
A July 12 excursion in Colorado Springs organized by the First Methodist Episcopal church carried over 725 people in three trains. The trip went to Spinney's Station in South Park with a main stop at Eleven Mile Canon. Attendees praised the scenery and the railroad's splendid equipment and noted the road bed is in fine condition and ready for immediate operation.
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Golden
Gosperx
Tucker Gulch
Clear Creek
Glencoe
Dry Gulch
Golden Gate Canon
Colorado Strinas
Colorado Midland Railway
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Midland
Spinney’s
South Park
Western Wyoming Coal Fields Attract Eastern Investors
A party from Philadelphia Pottsville and New York has spent two weeks surveying Wyoming coal fields centered at Twin Creeks Sweet Water County on the Oregon Short Line. Led by P W Sheaffer the group aims to secure a large tract and start a full development plant, signaling a major boost to Wyoming Colorado and regional coal industries.
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Curyenng
Wyo
Wyoming
W. H. Sheaffer
Philadelphia
P. W. Sheaffer
Pottsville
Pennsylvania
Twin Creeks Sweet Water
Oregon
Colorado
Denver News
Making the Husband Pay in a Peculiar Suit
John Hoey of Jamaica Long Island received a $200 check from P H Cassidy Auditor of the New York Wood Haven Rockaway railroad. Hoey sent expenses for ice cream rides dinners during courtship of Margaret Lemars who married Cassidy. Cassidy paid after learning of the breach of promise claim.
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New York
John Hoey
Jamaica
Long Island
P. H. Cassidy
New York, Wood Haven & Rockaway Railroad
Hoey
Margaret Lemars
Cassidy
Denver
Notorious convict Rodney Burns sent to Elgin asylum
Rodney Burns, jailed for involvement in the Rhonace murder in Chicago in 1850, was taken to Elgin Insane Asylum by Warden Mc Claughery. Once insane from overwork, he learned rapidly, mastering English, Greek, Latin, French and German in three years, filling his cell with books.
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Jollier
Rodney Burns
Rhonace
Chicago
Elgin
McClaughery
Rodney
Captain O'Donnell
Denver
Arbitration talk and farm notes from London and Colorado
Sir Wilfred Lawson presided over the International Arbitration Association meeting in London with David Dudley Field urging an Anglo American tribunal. In Colorado, farmers report strong crops with flax for cattle feed near Fort Morgan, corn growing well in Kiowa and the rain belt, and wool production projected at eight to nine million pounds for the year.
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Advocates of
London
Sir Wilfred Lawson
International Arbitration Association
America
David Dudley Field
England
Geneva
Field
New York
Fort Morgan
G. R. Baker
Baker
D. H. Wood
Elbert
Arapahoe
Bent
Biore
Little Thompson
Boulder County
Colorado
Canada
Locust Plague Ravages 10000 Acres of Crops
The surrounding country is alive with grasshoppers and locusts. Trees buildings and streets are covered as millions move with the wind. Crops are destroyed on over 10000 acres and vegetation is devoured to the roots. Insect numbers are increasing rapidly.
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Perna
Miny
Russian soldiers ordered back to regiments from furlough
All soldiers who are absent on furloughs have been ordered to rejoin their regiments. The directive targets any personnel away from duty and mandates immediate reporting to units. High command emphasizes discipline and readiness across forces.
Absolute Cure Abietine Ointment Offers Skin Relief
An advertisement touts Original Abietine Ointment in two ounce tins claiming cures for old sores burns wounds chapped hands and skin eruptions and piles Sold by W B Mason at 25 cents a box or 30 cents by mail Also notes Dr J H McLean's Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier and mentions the United Treasury holding of $482 433 917.
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W. B. Mason
Nipped In The Bud Cure Claims For Calvert Remedies
An advertisement urges early treatment for consumption and nasal catarrh. It promotes SAN TA ARIE as a remedy for consumption and CALIFORNIA CAT-A-CURE for nasal catarrh, offered by W. B. Mason at $1 or three for $2.50.
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California
Santa Arie
W. B. Mason
Two Treason Suspects Sentenced At Leipsic Trial
Two of the accused on trial at Leipsic for treason in connection with Schnaebels incident were sentenced to five and six years' imprisonment respectively.
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Leipsic
Schnaebels
Advice to Mothers on Teething Sickness and Remedies
A collage of health ads tout Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children claiming immediate relief from crying and pain. Also notes its claimed cures for dysentery and diarrhea, with a 25 cent bottle price and wide druggist availability. An unrelated snippet mentions Andrew Carnegie library honor and a note on Prince Ferdinand in Bulgaria. Also advertises Dr McLean's Little Liver and Kidney Pills at 25 cents a vial sold by W B Mason.
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Winslow Nothing
United States
J. H. McLean
W. B. Mason
The Brightest Newsroom Voice in Greeley
The Greeley Tribune emphasizes its position as the city’s leading daily with a bold claim to be the brightest, most newsy and best source for local reporting and community updates.
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Sons of Temperance
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Andrew Carnegie
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Austria
Asta
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