Various scientific notes and local curiosities from a period newspaper
A collage of short items includes grain storage experiments, St Petersburg University reopening after suspensions, Pompeii treasure estimates, Italian succession intrigue, gas as a potential humane execution method, farming game bans in Pennsylvania, cloud height studies, a doctor’s fee paid in wood, a somnambulist incident in Bart Sawich, Utah church declarations, Prince Albert’s children learning trades, Pension Office annual report figures, Speaker Read’s desk damage, vast Dead Letter Office statistics, Icelandic volcanic activity versus Vesuvius historic eruptions.
Train collision near Joliet kills foreman and injures four
A eastbound freight and a westbound gravel train on the Elgin Joliet Eastern Outer Belt Line collided near a trestle west of Joliet. Thomas Lawlor assistant foreman died. Four others, including David Davis and Joseph Bolasnikas, were severely hurt. Engines and firemen jumped to safety as cars wrecked. Cause cited as misread orders.
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Joliet
Joliett
Elgin Joliet & Eastern Outer Belt Line
Thomas Lawlor
David Davis
Will
Thomas Davis
Joseph Bolasnik
W Welker
Aging man turns back from fair in chilly day
An elderly man on a farm, sans overcoat, braves a cool day and foregoes a visit to the fair after a friend warns of unpreparedness. He blames his wife for not packing warmer attire while noting women’s supposed intuition and observation.
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Bart Sawich
Justice Miller
Waastinetoy
Abraham Lincoln
Miller
Massachusetts Avenue
Chicago
Muiulkert
Trenton
Twelfth Street
Oman
Alice Bennett
Bright
Pennsylvania State Medical Society
Joe Howard
New York Press
Alice
Gold discovered in paying quantities at Arbuckle mountains
Oklahoma reports a gold discovery drawing hundreds to Arbuckle mountains while old remedies and cures flood the market. The piece notes salaries at the sugar trust and forecasts anxieties about an upcoming election. It warningly mentions the grippe returning to Europe and promotes Old Soul's Catarrh Cure and Bull’s Baby Syrup priced at 25 cents.
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Ayer
Jorge Pereira
Porto
Portugal
K James
Dorchester
Mass
Grubb
Burwellville, Va
Ohio
Cortana
Pete McCartney
Ohio Penitentiary
United States
New Orleans
McCartney
Union Army
Louis
Sete
Colorado
Tregaury
Washington
California
New York
Spain
Ayersville
Texas
Cortes
Arbuckie Mountaingy
Oklahoma
Ta Grippe
Europe
America
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J.alston
Quitman
A. J. Kiser
Steick House
Va. A
N. W. Serb
Sidsonia
Ark
Mj 6
Ayer & CO
Lowell
Gga
Scott’smulsion
Wott & Bowne
N.Y
DBS, Starkey & “Ealen
Btarkoy & Paten
Ben
Dn Mtarkoy & Paten
Perses
Gotar
L. Conrad
Lutheran Obadelphia Yitt Usaries
Cushing
D. D . Rochester
Cen
Penn Nixon
Inter-Ocean En Worthington
New South
Birian Hy
Ussaman
Queneme
Kan
Antader Ritchié
Iverncas
Scotland
Mes Meauel V.ortega
Freanilla
Zacatecas
Fem
Dra Starkey
DEE
Starkey & Palen
Philadelphia
John Riley
Loomington
Claas
Manifest
Old Island
Cake Conand
Ron
Philiadelia
Smart
Benny
Gqronree Burt, Burror
University of St Petersburg
Pompeii
Fenumisasp di Lessurs
France
de Lessups
Victron Empantri
Italy
Russia
Germany
Mt. Pleasant Township
Westmoreland County
Bullskin Township
Fayette County
Prof Morrer
Carleruhe
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
Morsesport
Utah
Prince Albert
Prussia
Frederick
Cosmissionre Baum
Pension Office
Capitol
Wanterg
Carclesaness
Pheladelphia
Namdief
Etter
Iceland
Marks
Vencamie
Icelad
Iecland
Veauville
Lake Front
Committee On
Blakes
Pete M'Cartney
Lane City Box
Collinston
Connecticut
Hartrom
Connecticut Labor Party
Henry Baldwin
Warner
Rock Island
Denver
Beatrice
Nebraska
Johnny Joker
Missouri River
St Louis
Boonville
T’ecatea
Galena
Jobo Eastman
Sioux Falls
Eastman
Bioan
W. Cole & Co
Black Hiver Falls
Wis
E&p A Powel
Heory
Sugar Trust
Ayven
Sivinos
Wisconsin
Iowa
Missouri
Minnesota
Dakota
Principae
Miiwaunkke & St Pau Railway
Poswevl
Manusver
Amd
Tmokot Ag
Gro
Tefford
Asntiaend Maas
Thi Ags
Ob. Tucker
Mitewat Wnt
Orenee
Ada
Weasv
BG Hagan
Lord Conant
Milwaukee
Wise Conain
Hood
Thompson & Sons
Lacon
P. B. Jacobs
Henry, Illinois
Dr. Snyder
Sapolio
COAN
Henry, Ellinois
Marshall County
Crystal Peninsular
Diamond Peninsular Wood
Carbon Peninsular Coal
Naval Peninsular Cook
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