The New York Telegram and Miscellaneous News
A collage of misported items notes Spaniards rarely naturalize, canal costs from Touen to Paris, and a 827 trial. a Denver fire damages S28 worth of goods blamed on John Barker. Obituaries and portraits include King Albert of Saxony, prison head shapes in Joliet, deserters, and a New Orleans pension policy. Reports on English industrial gloom, adventurous travels by women, and a Texas wheat field project near Vista.
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The
New York Telegram
Spain
Aig
Ravel
Denver
Col. Buethane
John Barker
Barker
Janze Leach
New York
Mo Jueh
Bible Standard
Gospel Record
H. W. Johnson
St. John’s Church
Government Employment and Salaries in Uncle Sam's Pay
A long survey of federal and district employment details, noting about 200000 workers sustaining the U S government with salaries and wages totaling around 175 million dollars annually. It cites census data on Washington staff, department distributions, and the civil service system with competitive exams and official exemptions. It also recounts a Sioux language anecdote involving Judge Noah and Red Cloud at Washington.
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United States
Seco
Ps Guvernnusit
Washington
Department of State
Treasury Department
War Department
Navy
Interior Department
Pension Bureau
Department of Justice
Department of Agriculture
TeGamen
Department of Labor
Army
Smithsonian Institution
Wie Civil Service Commission
Civie-Onser Buaresus
Soecia
Hare
Gorleans Picayune
Guyedhur
Noah
Burewu
Frank Carpenter
Ramsey
Minnesota
Red Cloud
Teed Cloud
Chicago Herald
Machine Made Prayers and Well Safety Notes
An sketch notes two topics from The Ledger. First a description of prayer devices using a rotating hollow cylinder to symbolize repeated prayers, common in Central Asia. Then safety guidance on wells detailing gas dangers, test methods, and ventilation procedures to permit safe descent and work.
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Central Asia
Amber Scarcity and Imitation Trade in Amber Goods
Amber is dwindling as fossil gum from ancient trees becomes rarer. Real amber, once abundant in the Baltic, German Ocean and Black Sea regions, grows scarce and costly while imitation varieties fill the market for cigars and pipes. Demand remains high in India and China where amber idols are valued, and the text notes amber’s broader mythic appeal.
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German
Baltic
Black Seas
India
China
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Advertising Trick In Lion Tamer Tale
An anecdote recalls Driesbach the once famed lion-tamer. In a New York show twenty years ago he emerged from a blood-soaked cage after a staged fight with a tiger. The audience reacted in horror as he wore a sling and plastered face, but later it was revealed the wounds were fake. The gore came from a sponge with rose pink, and the display was a calculated advertising stunt.
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Driesbach
New York
A Particular Crew. Excited Lady Questions Ship In Distress
An anxious exchange unfolds about a ship in distress as a lifeboat crew rushes to shore. One character questions why no action was taken, while a lifebuoy informs that the crew has been sent ashore. The scene reflects haste and concern.
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Boen
Frank Ganley
Cheyenne
Wyo
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Bonanza
Big Horn Basin
Buffalo
Ganley
Bu‘fale
Jez
Union Pacific
Wreels
Bamenza
Temperance issue calls for constitutional alcohol ban
The article argues for a constitutional amendment to prohibit alcohol, labeling it a deadly poison. It cites the temperance advocacy press, reports on a Wyoming freightman Ganley who drank proximate turpentine whiskey with fatal injuries, and includes medical and religious warnings about alcohol use, with remarks on temperance movements, global notes, and the spread of prohibition ideas.
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Dr.h. Durant
Temperance Advocate
An Yxcident in the Life of Mr. Purgeow
A fragmented reminiscence recalling the evangelical influence of Mr. Knill, a missionary who mentored a child to preach, with later scenes of revival in London churches and arbor prayers. The piece blends religious reflections with poems and quips, ending noting Bacchus and wine teaching.
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Bpurgeow
Kuill
St. Petersburg
London Missionary Society
Jesus
Christ
Mr. Knill
Liat
London
Alexander Fletcher
Chhildren
Surrey Chapel
Dowland Hill Chapel
Knill
Dane
Woltonunderedee
Hiss
Richard Kill
Chester
Starbourne
Gal
Quarrel Follows Man’s Suspicious Health Advice
A humorous musing links domestic strife to biliousness and liver issues, recommending Dr White’s Dandelion in the Louse as a safeguard against family jars. The quarreling man is portrayed as meaner and prone to sour moods, with comical warning against marital spats.
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Shanlt
Dr. White
Queen of Haly Wears Magnificent Parliament Opening Dress
The Queen of Haly appeared at the latest Italian Parliament opening in violet satin embroidered gown with a darker violet velvet mantle. A forget me not blue velvet bonnet edged in gold lace and a pale blue feather plume, secured by a large pearl diamond clasp, completed the ensemble alongside pearl earrings and triple pearl rope jewelry.
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Haly
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Indiana Progress
Touen
Paris
Tuyen
Thais
State of
Imbereutade
Detroit
Joliet Chl
Albert
Saxony
Ile
Bohemien
New Orleans
John Bae
England
Wen
Russia
Mary Walker
Stanley
Kennan
Alaska
Norway
Texas
Vista
San Mithie Begris
Uncle Sam
Trinidad and Tobago
Caribbean
Columbus
Fowley
Tobago
Juan Fernandez
Pacific Ocean
New York Weekly
Popular Science Monthly
London Lancet
Escalapian Medical Society of England
A. G Bartley
Punjab
RUM
Africa
Windsor
Canada
Victoria
Temperance News
Colony of
Ilinois Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Boston Herald
Boston
Tretewis
Merthyr
Wales
Great Britain
Minister of Public Instruction
New South Wales
Richardson
Wyoming
Oklahoma
W.C.T. U
Japan
Iowa
Bean
Iate
World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union
G. E.F. Morgan
Henry Somerset
Zanzibar
John Donne
Bacchus
Wag
Jupiter
Semele
Hood & Co
Lowell
Masa
Sipane Fen
Juuson
Shera Ormera
Rieh
Ind
Towa
Howest
fereripCa
Chicago
Hopedale- Ortu
Harvaard
Armberat
Washinghon Street
Bre. Gnatzesy & Unx
Elmost, Cincinmati
Dobbins
Turkey
C Ex & Co
Toledo
Parnell
Hlood
Hood
UL Uo & Co
Lowell, Chase
Kansas City
Ulver
J. Bh. Bauerein & Co
Jaulaws City
Morton Kansas
J. H. Bauerlein & Co
Kansas City, Mo
Benj. Lewis& Co
Security Building
Lee Wa
Kline
Arch St. Fa
Missouri
Kausas
Texis
Arkansas
Buuynt and Sold
Tyler A Co
Kamume City
Mets
Tyler & Co
Beechan
BSN
Jenks
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Chemical Laboratory of the World's Dispensary
Meepical Association
Main Street
Buffalo, N.Y
J. W. Fennimore
Kent Co
Del
Dover
G. G. Green
Woodbury, New Jersey
U.S. A
Mae
Cole Chesebreagh Mig. Co
State St
B.ckanle & Co
Bb. T
Frazer Axte
BSE
Ectatotee
Sdderen
California
Bar Francisco
Cal
Walle
Tee Beynat
Jamie Catlege
Conde Ely
J. H. Schenck & Son
Philadelphia
Esate
Pisos Benedy
Melief
Catarr
Ora
Powlery .Org
Book Pub
Leonard
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