A Dog Con His Travels on the London Rail
A London spectator reports a dog traveling alone on a train from Uxbridge Road to Sloane Square. The dog boarded with female passengers at Addison Road, rode to South Kensington, then dashed for the stairs at Sloane Square, evading capture. The animal, a white and tan mixed Scotch terrier with greyhound traits, appeared thin and anxious, like a wanderer seeking a return to an old home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Spectator
Uxbridge Road
Addison Road
Iy Remutuihus
South Kensington
Sloane Square
London
Modern Beehives Replacing Old Round Style Across Europe
The article notes the old round straw beehive is rarely used outside Germany and Austria, replaced by square wooden hives. A New Jersey farmer sought two old hives via a New York dealer, who located one on Long Island. the farmer also found one himself. Beekeeping supplies offer bees, colonies, and queen bees shipped nationwide by mail in queen cages with candy for travel. Queen bees travel to Australia with about a 50 percent survival rate after 45 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savings Bank
Germany
Austria
New Jersey
New York
Long Island
Australia
New York Sun
Remarkable Pulpit at Mechlin Cathedral
A Brooklyn Eagle item notes the Mechlin cathedral pulpit, the second finest in the world, crafted from oak with life size figures of Christ and the woman. The carved grapevine sounding board and oak leaves form the canopy, while the base features a fallen rider on a horse. The creator’s intent is left to visitor interpretation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechlin
Brussels
Christ
Calvary
Brooklyn Eagle
Onion Based Diet Against Smallpox At City Hospital
Dr Barbour of the City hospital endorses raw onions as a preventive diet during a smallpox epidemic. He claims onions absorb the disease’s poison in smallpox rooms, wither and die in such environments, signaling strong disinfectant properties. A London visitor asks about George Eliot’s residence. Mrs Cross reportedly lived and died at the address in question, per the Boston Transcript.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbour
Cheynewalk
London
George Eliot
Cross
Boston Transcript
Fragmented 19th century news items among pithy notes
Brief items from a historical newspaper include political talk on a Russian throne, Yale losses, Cuban rebel actions, boxing contests, currency discussions, art exhibits, typhoid reports, imperial plans, bail in a murder case, naval cruises, escaped convicts killed, a noblewoman’s illness, a city clerk’s return, debt totals, gold buying, civil service employee growth, treasury deficits, toll road politics, poisonings, a notable death on Put in Bay, spring health prompts, silver conventions, China and Japan comments, mint coinage, tariff leadership, Italian voyage to Naples, church treasurer embezzlement, Japan defiance, a southern exposition invite, college antics, a runaway engine scare.
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Washington
Javeron
Yale
New Haven
Verlin
Evansville
Spain
France
Russia
Germauy
Japan
Fulton Gordon
Louisville
Kaiser
Norwegian
Woodward
U. T
Countess of
Kimberley
Daniel W. Souder
Fort Wayne
Treasury
United States
Kentucky
Vanceburg
Hinttsville
Kan
John Brown, Jr
Harper’s Ferry
Put-in-Bay Island
Lake Erie
Hood
Tennessee
Illinois
Benton McMillin
Poultney Bigelow
Delares
Naples
Kiel
Admiral Kirkland
Henry Washausen
St. Jacobus’ Luther Church
Chicago
London Times
Toussia
Atlanta
Cleveland
Oberlin College
Wheeling and Lake Erie
Norwalk
Bacon's Celery King for the Nerves Promoted
Glad Tidings proclaims Bacon's Celery King as a grand specific for numerous ailments including dyspepsia liver and rheumatic complaints. It claims the tonic stimulates digestion regulates the liver and restores vigor with samples free and various local dealers listed across Indiana Penn Run Hillsdale Purchase Line Marion Center Blairsville and others.
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Bacon
Daugherty Bros
Indiana
J. C. Rugh
Penn Run
B. Beringer
Béringer
H. B. Hawes
Cherrytree
G. W. Gromley
Hillsdale
W. L. Houk
Purchase Line
R. N. Parks
Marion Center
J.C. Cuddy
Atwood
E. Green
Plumville
B. F. McHenry
North Point
M. G. Miller
Blairsville
Reduced excursion fares for church meeting at Decatur Ill
Rail and travel notices advertise reduced fares for the German Baptist Dunkards meeting in Decatur Illinois May 28 to June 8. Pennsylvan ia Rail Road offers round trip tickets from west of Baltimore to Decatur with return by July 9. Union Pacific lists first class round trips from Missouri River and Kansas Nebraska areas to southern western states with minimum $7.00. Multiple local advertisements follow including Doan s Ointment for itching and butter and eggs price offers. M Bid Christmases and Mystic Cure medicine are noted with endorsements from Promise City ex postmaster T F Anthony and local druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunkards
Decatur
Ill
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Baltimore
Lancaster
Reading
Sunbury
Union Pacific
Missouri River
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
Idaho
Weiser
Beaver Canon
E. L. LoMax
Gen’ Pass
Omaha
Neb
Houston & Nesbit
M. B. Kline’s
T. F. Anthony
Promise City
Iowa
Herrick Bro’s
Indiana
Houston’s
Empfield’s
Protest From the G A R Over Confederate Memorial
Boston May 2 Department Commander Thayer urges Massachusetts Grand Army posts to condemn Chicago’s proposed Confederate memorial shaft set on May 30 as blasphemous to the Union. He argues it honors treason and questions government support, urging comrades to record their protest and resist silent approval. A personal health note and book notices follow, including a rheumatism remedy endorsement and a new elocution book by Edwin Gordon Lawrence.
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Boston
Department
Thayer
Grand Army
Massachusetts
Chicago
Mason and Dixon’s
Lincoln
Edwin Gordon Lawrence
Lawrence School of Acting
New York
West 42d Street
Reduced Rates to Pee via Pennsylvania Railroad
On May 20 and 21 the Pennsylvania Railroad will sell excursion tickets east of Pittsburg and Erie for a round trip at a minimum fifty cents. Tickets good to return by May 23, open to the public for a Philadelphia visit for the Odd Fellows Temple dedication on May 21, with fast express trains to New Jersey seashore resorts and a few unrelated notices and advertisements following.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows’ Temple
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pittsburg
Erie
Quantico
Canandaigua
New Jersey Seashore
North-Western Line
Chicago & North-Western Railway
West
Northwest
H. A. Gross
Broadway
New York
T. B. Vaille
South Fourth Street
Dissolution Notice of McElhoes & Findley Woolens Firm
Notice of dissolution states the partnership between J A McElhoes and J A Findley under McElhoes & Findley Taspean dissolves with J A Findley retiring. Business remains with J A Findley for settlement and will continue by McElhoes & Peterman. The public is wished continued generous trade. April 1, 1895.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. McElhoes
J. A. Findley
McElhoes & Findley
Taspean
J.A. McElhoes
McElhoes & Peterman
SUCCESS IN BUSINESS. Backache relief from Dean's Kidney Pills
In a Pittsburg case, workers report persistent backache and urinary issues rooted in kidney trouble. Dean's Kidney Pills are urged as the safe remedy, with Jas. Murray of the Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph stating rapid relief and no relapse. Sold at druggists for 50 cents a box or by Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo NY postpaid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Jas. Murray
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
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P. R
Decatur, Il
Doan
Pitcher’s Castoria
THE
Confederate Monument
D. E. Carr
Harrison Street
Kansas City
Wisconsin
Chamberlain
W. I. Moore
Homer City
R.N. Parks
Pennsylvania Railroad
Alden
Charlotte Bronte
Humboldt
8. F. Scott
Blue Ridge
Harrison Co
Watson & Keener, Attorneys
Castoria
C. 8. Apple
American House
Levi McGuire
Orphans’ Court of
Indiana County
Blacklick
State of
Pennsylvania
Wm. Kunkle
Nicholas Barroon
James Long
Robert Wilson
Minnie Landfair
John McGuire
James McGregor
West Indiana Borough
West Indiana
Act of Assembly
Delle
Anthehcan
Sidney Marlin
Sec’y
Council
Barbara Stewart
Washington Township
Geo. C. Stewart Smay
Jennie Henry
Copper
Green Township
Frank Henry
Cookport
Prothonotary’s Office
Washington Butler
James Libengood
John Tomb
R A
Peelo BR
Watson & Keener
Wm. E.nickle
East Mahoning Township
James M
Houston & Nesbit’s
Frank Douglass
Allen Medical CO
Washington & Water Sts
Mass
Evrmada Arrmotor CO
Chionge
Sanford & White's
ELKIN
Sanford & White
Philadelphia Street
Vance Puce
M. F. Sharretts
Indiana, PA
Miles
G. W. McKinsey
P. M
Kokomo
Ind
Dr. Miles
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Kikhart
Atlantic Refining Company
Pittsburg, Pa
Sri
Taovss
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