Strikes and jobs figures from Pennsylvania 1891 report
The 1891 annual Bureau of Industrial Statistics report lists strike losses across Pennsylvania from Braddock to Allegheny county, with detailed sums for coal mines, mills, and trades. It notes 60 strikes, only two succeeding, and shows a 928-workshop workforce including 124,582 men, 71,983 women, and 20,693 children ages 12 to 16.
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Bureau of Industrial Statistics of
Fenneylvania
Department of Internal Affairs
Braddock
Jefferson Township
Hilldale
Monongahela City
Hodcarriers
Carpenters
Sharpsburg
Scott Haven
Allegheny County
River
Survivors Return as Whaling Ship Tells Harrowing Tale
The whaling steamer Mary G. Hume, Captain Tilton, docked in San Francisco after 14 days from Ancalasia. Out of the two winters in ice and two years ashore, only two crew members remained forward. Two drowned at Unalaska and another died en route north. Arctic voyage casualties numbered several. The ship’s watch logged 38 whales with bone and oil valued at $690,000, losses followed a major fiist accident.
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Spena
Mary G. Hume
Tilton
San Francisco
Ancalasia
Unalaska
Arctic Ocean
Fiest
Will Likely End of Laureate Tennyson Nears
Lord Tennyson, English Poet Laureate, lies seriously ill in London with worsening debility. Bulletin notes his condition deteriorating after a gout history, with influenza accelerating the bed confinement begun Friday.
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Lord Tennyson
London
Tennyson
Quiet Echoes From a Turbulent Past and Oddities
A long medley of verse and prose recounts a playful streamlet scene with Lalage, then shifts to a dated elephant tale of Dourga avenging Bennett on a plantation. The piece also lists curious notes on inventions, hypnotism, animals, and ancient Argive coins, ending with Arkansas name origins.
Milk laboratory for infant foods in Boston described
A Boston milk laboratory prepares infant foods per physician prescription with carefully selected cow milk, 16 percent cream, and precise temperatures. Milk is processed in clean vessels, sterilized, and mixed with sugar from wild sugar, then warmed by the nurse before feeding babies.
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Boston
New York Post
Midnight Sun Impresses Swedish Summer Visitors
The St Louis Republic describes Sweden’s summer light, where Stockholm’s sun barely sets for four hours daily in June. At a Gulf of Bothnia peak, the sun shines perpetually for five days, drawing crowds aboard steamers from Stockholm to witness the phenomenon, contrasting with winter darkness.
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Sweden
Stockholm
North
Pols
Gulf of Bothnia
St. Louis Republic
A Rose Factory at Nice Park of Roses explodes in bloom
The Literary Digest notes Nice parks and hills along the Var where the Park of Roses, Josephine Villa, and Carras market gardens cultivate roses for winter sale. Antoine Mari founded the estate, using simple, efficient greenhouses to yield abundant flowers from December through April, averaging 500 dozen roses daily at peak.
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Nice
Literary Digest
Var
Nico
Carras
Antoine Mari
Provence
Paris
Mt. Mari
Park of Roses
Parisian Plaids and Cold Cream Recipes Featured
The page blends society notes with fashion and beauty tips. A Parisian plaid craze is noted, advising how plaid silk blouses pair with skirts and black sashes for a period look. Also includes a New York Tribune recipe for cold cream using beeswax almond oil and spermacetti, with optional camphor for healing qualities.
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America
Holland
New York Post
New York Tribune
Why cooks wear white hats in kitchens
A New York Advertiser piece quotes a cafe chief defending white hats for cooks. He argues caps protect against drafts and neuralgia, and help keep hair contained in hot kitchens, noting many workers still suffer without head coverings.
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Miller
New York Advertiser
Pretty Rusk daughter noted among Cabinet kin
A Washington correspondent praises Mies Rusk, daughter of the Secretary of Agriculture, as one of the prettiest in Cabinet circles. She aids her mother, manages the house, plans menus, and handles markets, all with common sense and a poised, self-possessed nature. She loves Washington life but values a quiet home.
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Washington
Mies Rusk
Rusk
Miss Rusk
Mise ‘Rusk
Europe
Miss Foster
St. Louis Republic
Lettuce Opium and a Skowhegan Pauper 92
Lettuce yields a form of opium with sleep inducing properties similar to poppy. The piece notes the impractical danger and medical distinctions, then reports Miss Betsey Traumbell’s death at the Skowhegan almshouse after ninety two years of town support since birth. She lived despite limited intellect and reliance on indoor and outdoor work.
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Betsey Traumbell
Skowhegan
Pianist Leopold de Meyer Plays for Sultan in Odd Run
The late Leopold de Meyer, famed Dresden pianist, once visited Constantinople to perform for the Sultan. He borrowed a grand piano from an Austrian secretary, set it in a palace reception room, and, after fear of the three-legged instrument, performed cross legged on a mat without pedals, pleasing the monarch.
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Leopold de Meyer
Dresden
Constantinople
Legation
Palace
Boston Globe
New York Club Struggles Highlight 1876 Baseball Outlook
The article surveys the New York Club and league prospects, naming players like Spa, Dove, Knowles, and Anson, noting pitching concerns, weak base stealing yet evolving management aims. It mentions financial losses from recent games and a major fire at Louisville Baseball Park, with $10,000 to $12,500 insured total loss.
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Fr. Lovis
Spa
Dove
New York
Frrommrs Niewons Anp Stary
Boston
Satantes
New Yorks
Wer
Chicago
Clarkses
Cleve
FircHer Tunny
Tae
Clarkson
Louisville
Train Strikes Streetcar at Brighton Crossing
A Cincinnati Fairmount streetcar was hit by a Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern train at the Brighton crossing on Wednesday evening. The collision killed passengers John Fries and John L. Murray, and John Fitzpatrick the conductor was seriously hurt. two other passengers Jacob Fizpage and James Johnson were badly cut and bruised.
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Cincinnati
Fairmount
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
Brighton
John Fries
John L. Murray
John Fitzpatrick
Jacob Fizpage
James Johnson
Nickel ore find near Duluth outlined as rich deposit
A rich nickel deposit has been located near Duluth Minnesota. The ore body runs about twelve miles in length and nine to ten feet wide with considerable depth. Prospectors expect significant value from the site and plan further surveying. The discovery could boost regional mining prospects and related industries.
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Duluth
Minn
Resignations and notable figures listed in mid century notes
The text lists various figures from military, politics, and the arts, mentioning Parcr Brixwince and his sons resigning from the German Army, the Kaiser’s mysterious atest freak, and other names such as General Pope Sherman C F Bionorm and George W Joizan. It notes cadets at West Point and the Havana Free Soil candidate for vice president, plus Parsee parliament members, Mascagni and Papenxwsxr Dractivs.
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Parcr Brixwince
Hoyal
Faince Biswarce
Vankes Ie
West Point
John Pope
E Sherman
C. F. Bionorm
Hightrope Walker
Europe
Grorce W. Joizan
Indiana
Zeventy- Tve
Havana
Free Soil
Joshua B. Giddings
Mer. Nair
Erite Mare
Ieee
E&ie
Pierro Mascaeni
Cavalleria Steana
Sicily
Milan
Mascazni
Fusion completes in Minnesota and North Dakota politics
The Populists and Democrats finalize fusion in Minnesota with Democratic president electors withdrawn and People's party electors endorsed. O'Brien remains the sole Democratic congressional candidate. In Aurora Illinois two girls die crossing a railroad track after a foot is caught in rails. Over an inch of snow falls in Quebec. A Northern Pacific collision at North Town Junction kills Fireman Hell and injures eight. Fusion also completed in North Dakota with Democratic electors withdrawn.
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State Department
Harrisburg
People’s Party
Prohibitionists
People's Party
Lake Shore
Wildcat Hollow
Btoneboru
Stoneboro Fair
Elmer Bruner
Smbria County
Board of Pardons
FOE Rr
William Caldwell
Philadelphia
Mt. Joy Dast
Jacob Michael
Minnesota
O'Brien
Congress
George Raymond
Aurora
Ill
Quebec
Northern Pacific
North Town Junction
Hell
Democrats
North Dakota
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Lewis Sarven
W. W. Lyons
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Joux Suico
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Webb
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Peterman & Co
Sate Fish Commission
Neme
The
Washington Review
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Wits Empriccp
Williamsburg
Empfield
Plate Department of Light
Lebanon
East Pennsylvania Synod of the Antheran Church
Seasion
Lancaster
Grorce Wilson
Union Drawn Steel Company
Beaver Falls
Bellefonte
Bed Wey
Yankton
Charles Winchester
Sieieg
Lalaze
La'age
Lalage
Mamma
D. A. Mackellar
Independent
el Ephants
Byron
Christian Union
Bennett
Dourga
Jim
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Indianapolis
Phidon
Argos
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Daniel Weber
Pottstown
Penn
Clayton
St. Louis
John SP. Shine
Dedham Centre
Mase
Allen Milton Browning
Bountingdon
W. Va
Silesia
Prussia
Ogha
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Grand Surrey Canal
West India Islands
Africa
Trinidad
West Indies
Arkansas
Boston’s Milk Laboratory
Wooden
Mildred
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Frantien Elise Weelker
Herr Heyl
Mayence
Germany
Heydicker
Heyl
New York World
Fashion Notes
Delare
Ceiecseees Cave
Pittsburg
Western, New
Cho Besser
Ancy Cremery Gin Creamery
Naise Co & Cooking
Goshen Wen
Wisconsin
Sweitzer
Imburger
Pa & O
Sears
Ohio
Med
State
East Librety
Pittsburg Stock Yards
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