Wounds of Europe and America News in Week’s Briefs
A wide slice of international and domestic items highlights turmoil and progress. Bismarck’s daughter betrothal reported. Turkish Servian frontier troop movements and battles noted. shipwrecks and fires cause casualties. labor and political shifts ripple across Canada, Russia, France, and the United States with elections, legal affairs, and public notices shaping the week.
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Wouwligne
Bismarck
Wendlzuen- Jorberge
Belgrade
Constantinople
Trebigne
Downington’ Wood
Shropshire
England
Chinian
France
Montreal
Canada
Church of L'Evectree
Quibord
Vienne
Montenegro
Jeader
London Standard
Russia
Grand Trunk
Madrid
Oyarzun
Turkey
Paderborn
Prueala
Stagecoach Robbery Foiled by San Francisco Men in Oroville
Three San Franciscans including W A Von Schmidt and Robert J Tiffany aided by a driver foiled a masked stage robber eighteen miles beyond Oroville. A treasure box containing $10 000 was saved as the gang retreated into the canyon. Wells Fargo dispatches praise the quick action and offer a $500 reward for the robber's arrest.
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Robiter
W.A. von Schmidt
Son's
Robert.j. Tiffany
Quincy
Oroville
von. Schmidt
Reachine Town
Von
Tiffany
Claude Duval
Paul Clifford
von Schmidt
Mr Tiffany
Mr. von Schmidt
Mr. Tiffany
Wells-Fargo
Pratt
San Francisco Chronicle
Suicide report shows U S deaths exceed France
The St Louis Republican surveys July and August suicides in the United States, noting at least 110 cases since July 1 with 85 male and 25 female victims. New York leads with 27 cases, shooting most common, and motives range from “tired of life” to domestic troubles and insanity.
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St Louis Republican
United States
France
New —York
Ohio
Missouri
Iowa
Louisiana
New Jersey
Massachusetts
California
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Connecticut
Wisconsin
Nevada
Rhode Island
District of Columbia
Kansas
Alabama
Maryland
Nebraska
Horse inspection notes for French army conditioning
The text describes methods to assess a horse before enlistment or service, including balance on all legs, pupil dilation differences in stable vs light, eye contraction when exposed to light, and reactions to a light strike to test vision. It also mentions signs of a horse being twitched with a cord or subjected to painful operations based on scars and temple condition.
Clerking in Chicago and the lure of city life
A Kansas editor cites a Chicago Courier Journal letter describing clerks as soulless automatons, earning six to twelve dollars weekly, facing crushing conformity, high living costs, and strict foreman control. The piece laments urban glamour vs. farm values and depicts clerks as worn by mechanized work and social pressures.
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Bors
Kansas
Teave
Chicago
Courier
Journal
Tribune
Strength of iron columns by solid to hollow conversion
To determine a safe column, first compute the diameter of a solid iron rod needed to bear the compressive load. Then replace the solid section with a hollow tube of the same cross sectional area to achieve the same strength with less material.
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