Eleventh Census Prospects and Population Estimates
The article details plans for the 1890 census led by Superintendent Porter with 2,000 clerks and 60 enumerators per district. It outlines expanded data including production, health, crime, illiteracy, and veteran lists, plus new stats on gas, debts, and taxation. Estimates suggest a U.S. population near 67,000,000 to 70,000,000, with complex trust on colored and immigrant growth and likely rapid future expansion toward becoming the world’s most populous nation.
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T. Kay
Frank R. Williams
Congress
Joan
John
Henry Gannett
William C. Hunt
Massachusetts Bureau of Labor
Frank IR. Williams
Louisiana
Kenry C. Adams
David T. Day
Tings
Porter
International Marine Congress Opens in Washington
The international marine conference in Washington aims to improve high sea signal codes to boost navigational safety. Delegates include Admiral S. R. Franklin, Capt. William T. Sampson, Sumner L. Kimball, and others from the U S and Europe with Mexico represented by A O Monasteria.
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Sta
High
Congress
L Kimball
Franklin
WM. T. Sampson
Monasteria
Cleveland
R. Franklin
William T. Sampson
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Sumner L Kimball
Life Saving Service Bureau
China
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
A. O. Monasteria
Gliding Railroad Hints at Water Powered Train Concept
A French led exhibit describes a gliding railroad using water as propulsion. Cars rest on water beds with turbine drives beneath, eliminating noise and wheels. The system requires a continuous water supply and precise valve mechanisms to lift and release water in upright tubes along the track.
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L. D. Girard
Monsieur M. A. Barre
M. Girard
Girard-Barre
Halpine torpedo boat and the strange Slattery affair
A Harper’s Weekly note details the Halpine torpedo boat, copper and 23 feet long, with a 100 pound explosive shell driven by a shore controlled electric link, plus a javelin head spar for entangling nets. The piece also covers Capt Slattery of St Louis, wounded and robbed of diamonds, amid a murky motive tale involving Klosterman, Hunt, Hickey, Barton and Mehan, with Slattery a former Union captain born in Ireland.
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Harper's Weekly
New York Bay
Capt. Slattery
St. Louis
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Klosterman
Alexander Hunt
P. Slattery
Edward Klosterman
Klostermans
John Hickey
Harry Barton
John Mehan
Hunt
Missouri
Ireland
St Louis
Propulsive river power aims at faster, cleaner trains
A description outlines a propulsion system where one man can move a 110000 pound train, using river current as power. Engineers claim practicability along fast streams, with no smoke, dust, or noise, reduced wear, and braking advantage, predicting 110 mph speed with safety, while noting unresolved machinery challenges.
Giant Footed Minister Farnham Unveiled in North Carolina
The Rev John Farnham long known as E Foot John is a 6 foot 10 inch, 410 pound Methodist Episcopal minister from Charlotte. A cobbler in the city has crafted mammoth lasts and oversized boots to suit his feet, ending his roaming itinerancy as clergymen move from town to town seeking proper footwear.
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America
John
North Carolina
John W. ‘Arnham
Methodist Episcopal Church
Charlotte
Farnham
Brother Farnham
The Mince Pie Theory and Sleep Claims
A Philadelphia Record quotation notes a shoe house supply line on Highth Street and lampoons the idea that half soling a reverend's boots is a rare privilege. It also cites Eggleston's American Medical Journal claim that eating before bed aids sleep, while warning it does not cure insomnia.
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Philadelphia
Eggleston
Philadelphia Record
New Telescope Lens Folly and Odd 19th Century Notes
A garbled miscellany notes a lens capable of 1 204 700 000 inches, a cook burning water, 2700 turkeys in Hanford California, and Mantois glass for large telescope lenses. It reports on a Chinese attaché betrothed, cheaper cochineal harming Canary Island exports, London to receive Paris hair couture, and large Tory and Liberal women's groups in England. Also mentions a Day's Crossing Pa boot wearer, a Mexico medical graduate celebrated with bullfight, Scott's wealth, New Mexico’s suffrage stance, stove construction, a boot theft trial in Logan Ohio, and a planned American and foreign girls training home under Sunshine Institution with $50 000 capital.
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Canary Islands
The
Sunshine Vssion
John A. Logan
J. Ellen Foster
Kate Sanborn
Frances Willard
Pioneer's Joke Echoes Lincoln Laughs in Illinois Tale
A humorous Illinois anecdote recalls a pioneer named Owen who resembled Abraham Lincoln. In Chicago a reporter mistook him for the Republican nominee, joking about Horace Greeley. Owen replies with a playful swap to share likeness to Honest Abe and Horace Greeley.
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President Lincoln
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Lincolns
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Abe
Gun details and unclear fragment in OCR note
The provided text includes measurements for a gun with a 13 inch caliber and a 40 foot barrel. The remainder of the fragment is garbled and unreadable, hindering a complete summary of the intended item or event.
Largest gun in the world demonstrated at Meppen trials
Reports describe a giant gun tested in Meppen in the presence of Russian officers. The orange of the Essen firm claims a 4 foot long projectile weighing 1800 ounces pierced 194 inches of armor and traveled 1312 yards beyond the target, marking it as the world’s largest gun. Also mentions Leopold king of the Belgians as an anti tobacco reformer and a hot weather anecdote about Sir Henry Knight.
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Orange
Essen
Detroit Free Press
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Anti-Tobacco League
Adam
Anda
Sir Henry
Sir Henry Knight
London
Chicago Herald
General Election Proclamation for Indiana County 1889
Sheriff D C Mack announces a general election to be held on November 5, 1889, detailing offices to be filled including Treasurer and District Attorney, voting locations by township, and election rules with ballot and turnout procedures. It lists multiple township sites from Armarg to Young and specifies polls open seven a.m. to seven p.m. with strict voter eligibility and voting-by-ticket requirements.
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David Anthony
Blacklick Township
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Banka Township
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Blacklick
John KE. Henry
Blairsville
Said
Buffington Township
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Brushvally Township
Wolfs School House
Said Township
Young
Hugh Blakely
United States
Elessics
The
United On
Jone Pears
Institute of Learning
Srcriox
Senate House of Representatives
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Assembly
Congress
le Mbs Bectes
Sal
An Invariable Sign Script Fragment Recent Text
Fragmentary OCR notes describe swelling ankles and breath issues with unclear references to names and places. The readable bits mention a person named Tom EB Hildeheand and a company or product context, but the overall context remains obscured and uncertain.
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Hildeheand
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