Odd 1891 News Roundup From The New York Sun
A broad digest notes weather postponements in Texas and Alaska foreshadowing of a cold winter. It reports alum mountain findings near the Gila river and Alaska coal discoveries. Also covered are Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson's congressional freedom gift, an enormous Sharpsburg apple, Austrian succession talks, teachers needed in New Mexico, English council banter, Scranton wheel, Virchow’s 70th birthday honors, Nicaragua canal progress and land grants, US cattle range shifts, and tea and coffee as life staples with theine as their energizer.
Turtea shrub cultivation and long term yields
This excerpt describes Turtea as a genus of shrubs in the Termstroemiacem order near Camellia. Seeds sowed 4 to 5 inches deep and 3 to 4 feet apart sprout with rains, forming large clusters that require little care beyond occasional weeding. Leaves are not harvested for tea until the third year. each shrub lasts seven to ten years before renewal.
Cyclone Destroys Homes in Conneaut Ohio
A severe cyclone struck Conneaut Ohio at 6 30 PM destroying about thirty houses and injuring residents. The Record butter tub factory sustained heavy losses and stock destruction estimated at fifty thousand dollars. Telegraph lines, depots, and several other buildings were damaged with total losses near one hundred thousand dollars.
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Conneaut
Cleveland
G. J. Record
Record
B. E. Pond
Lake Shore
Nickel Plate
Welden & Babbitt
Orin Hartshorn
Charles Patterson
James Ferguson
Silas Hiler
East Conneaut
Five Die in Minnesota Railway Wreck
Five persons killed and seven injured in a Soo railroad wreck near Glenwood Minnesota. The westbound regular train collided with an extra, the caboose telescoped, fatalities include Wolmes Beon Conrad Prince Brazil Lyle John Coffin. Wreck cleanup by Drs Allen Bradley and others. Authorities reportedly arrest conductor Woodson and engineer Smith, fault placed on them.
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Minnesota- Glexwood
Minn
Thorsen Station
Here
Soo
BE. Wolmes
Newbury & Co
St. Paul
Fred Beon
Conrad Prince
Brazil Lyle
John Coffin
Monticello
Mann
Dr Allen
Glenwood
Bradley
Holmes
Fred Benn
Svo
Woodson
Smith
Extra
Explosion and Fire Destroy Mining Supply Factory
A mining supply factory in Cleveland owned by United States Mine Supply Company was destroyed by a heavy explosion followed by fire after 6 PM Tuesday. Three workers died and several were injured as twelve employees fled, with the charred ruins later revealing the bodies of John Fink age 14 Alfred Schaeffer age 17 and Paul Pfannkuche age 27. The loss is about $7,500.
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Cleveland
United States Mine Supply Company
John Fink
Alfred Schaeffer
Paul Pfannkuche
Spanish Villages Flooded Report Distress Increases
Mapri Oct 28 Across Spain floods cause heavy damage with acute distress among the poor. The Ebro river rises flooding Tortosa and isolating many villages. Crops and livestock are lost as villages near Aranada are fully inundated.
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Mapri
Spain
Ebro
Tortosa
Tarragona
Aulches
Uree
Aranada
Notable Odds and Ends from Coast to Plains
A Cordele Georgia citizen caught a rabbit wearing a gold chain. A Slater Missouri woman pricked her finger on insect powder and endured months of pain. In Grundy county Missouri mail carriers allegedly share love letters with young pigs. A Searsport Missouri resident found clam beds along Mosman's ledge and hauled away seventy five bushels. Milford Georgia man placed a note in a cotton bale seeking buyer details and received a Moscow manufacturer reply. A Newark New Jersey pigeon shoot featured a Harrisburg Pennsylvania pointer dog catching a wounded bird six feet in the air, described as a remarkable catch.
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Cordele
Slater
Starlight
Grundy County
Searsport
Newark
N. J
Harrisburg
Curious Urban Oddities and Local Trials
A survey of cities notes Boston spent 10000 dollars gilding the state house, New York plans a cent diet kitchen, and \\u2014 in the umbrella market \\u2014 New Yorkers spend 4200000 dollars yearly. Brooklyn’s Rupert Suaw owns the old gun tied to Israel Putnam, while Philadelphia hotel staff value reaches 80000 dollars amid insolvent owners. A 40 year old quarter once issued in New York has resurfaced, and Philadelphia’s exchange is to be named The Philadelphia Bourse. a New York man awarded 6500 after a 50000 suit following a horse kick.
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State House
Boston
New Yorks
Cmpaco
Rupert Suaw
Brooklyn
Israel Putnam
Philadelphia
New York
General Exchange
Philadelphia Bourse
Curious Medical Oddities and Local Notices
A Baztimon man suffers eleven years of earache before relief drives him insane. A Waynesboro child swallows a galvanized staple with no ill effects. Dr. Kellar removes a threaded needle from William Ellis’s foot after years of mystery. A Miscagsbpy boy in Louisville adores water after a shooting. two months in a tub ends only with screams on leaving it. Salvation Oil bottle offered as cure to pain. early ads urge cautious use. Wood Thompson retires from Oxbow Baptists, moving to Keingield. letters note his Germanizing ministry. Subscription drive for The Henry Republican and Western Plowman at $1.50 each. order both.
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Waynesboro
Dr. Kellar
Pottstown
Willam Ellis
Ellis
Louisville
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Ron
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Laule
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Alonzo G. Fisher
Washington St
Sella
Kxupson
Noble St
A Heckman
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Okie Boat CO
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Lacon Woolen Manufacturing Company
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Lacon Woolen Manufacturing Co
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Call and Gee Us
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