Litigation Burdens Across Nations Compared
United States leads in civil suits with about 150 000 state cases annually and 75 000 yearly in one New York district court. Internationally France uses arbitration to settle up to 100 000 cases a year, often over wage disputes, reducing costs for both sides. The density of cases per thousand people in the U S sits near 76 to 50, with a larger pool of lawyers and higher disputed amounts than elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
An Tre
Vox Dupution
Secucid
France
Gutluah
Germany
New York
News
King in Exile Behan zin of Dahomey at Fort de France
A traveler reports Behan zin of Dahomey living in exile at Fort de France Martinique with his wives and daughters. He bows to greetings, knows about a dozen French words, enjoys European music, and remarks the surrounding country as pretty. The residence path is steep and near the harbor where the French warship Duquesne is stationed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Behanzin
Dahomey
Steg
Fort de France
Martinique
Liehroad
Itkeequs
Duquesne
London News
Buenos Ayres claims supreme status among southern cities
Buenos Ayres is shown as the largest city in South America and the southern hemisphere by census figures, with an estimated 655,688 inhabitants on December 31, 1894. The write up compares it in size to major European and North American cities, notes rapid eight year growth of about 50 percent, and places Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, Lima and Mexico as benchmarks elsewhere. Also mentioned is a North River hole and a New York letter noting Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills as remedies and purifiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitaker
Australasia
Melbourne
Rio de Janeiro
Buenos Ayres
Buenus Ayres
South America
United Kingdom
London
Glasgow
Liverpool
Birmingham
Manchester
Salford
Europa
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
St. Petersburg
Constantinople
Moscow
North America
New York
Brooklyn
Chicago
Philadelphia
Our City
Latin World
Madrid
Naples
Rome
Europe
Rio Janeiro
Santiago
Lima
Mexico
New World
Surprising Aqueduct Pier Discovery Near Potomac
A Washington Letter reports excavations under the aqueduct bridge piers over the Potomac reveal the masonry rested on rip rap rather than solid rock. The old work used loosely placed stones with little mortar, implying structural weakness and a potential collapse risk deemed notable. A plan to remove defective pier sections and cost estimates will go to the Fifty fourth Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aqueduct
Potomac River
United States
National Cemetery
Arlington
Fifty-fourth Congress
Washington
Tragic Bicycle Accident in Battersea Park
A fashionable lady riding behind a stationary water cart in Battersea Park was drenched when the driver released a spray of water. Her bicycle slipped on the wet road and she fell, while onlookers warned the driver who halted and later learned of the incident.
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Battersea Park
London
Eight Months Blind Cured by Local Doctor
A letter from Harry Harr of Luxok near Greensburg Pa. dated August 21 1895 reports his daughter’s eye disease lasting eight months with ulceration and white scars. After medical trials including five doctors and one homeopath no benefit appeared until treatment by O W Sadler M D of Pittsburg. Ten months later the daughter can bear light and feed herself with eyes bright and clear.
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Luxok
Greensburg
O. W. Sadler
M. D
Penn Ave
Pittsburg
Sig
Harry Harr
Butterworth and President Harrison Mosquito Tale
Gus Butterworth, Ridgeway House regular, claims to have slapped a mosquito on a man who turned out to be President Benjamin Harrison. Harrison joked about the neck bite, and the two spoke cordially aboard a trolley in Cape May. Butterworth still has the deceased mosquito as a keepsake, per the Philadelphia Inquirer. Also advertised: Olive Blossom remedies for female complaints sold by Daugherty Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Butterworth
Boniface
Ridgeway House
United States
Mr. Butterworth
Benjamin Harrison
President Harrison
Cape May
Butterworth
Mr.Butterworth
The
United
Mr. Harrison
Philadelphia Inquirer
Daugherty Bros
Toole's Wasted Melody and Medicine Notices
A fragment recounts Toole visiting Sims Reeves at St Annes and startling him with a folk song joke. It then notes Rushford editor W F Benjamin praising Chamberlain’s medicines in Iowa for coughs colds and bowel complaints, sold locally by Daugherty Bros and others, plus a testimonial for Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil relief from a finger burn in three minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Annes
Sims Reeves
Mr. Toole
Toole
Jane
Trafalgar Bay
London Globe
W. F. Benjamin
The
Spectator
Rushford
N. Y
Chamberlain
Dexter
Iowa
Daugherty Bros
Indiana
W. I. Moore
Homer City
M.G. Miller
Blairsville
R. N. Parks
Marion Center
Johnstown Veteran Credits Kidney Pills After War Wounds
Samuel Edwardson of 215 Hickory Street, Johnstown Pennsylvania, a Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania veteran, describes a long health battle from wartime hardship to a kidney ailment. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills for relief, noting reduced back and kidney pain and disappearance of urine burning sensation. He urges others to try the remedy sold by local dealers and Foster-Milton Co. Buffalo NY.
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Samuel Edwardson
Johnstown
Hickory Street
Fifty-fifth
Pennsylvania Regiment
Edwardson
Dean
Griffith's Drug Store
Foster- Mitton, Co
Buffalo
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Puenos Ayres
New York's River Tunnel
North River
Hoboken
Hood
Spinal Weins Ire Fant
Rowe College
Main St
Conservatory OF Music
D. I. Rowe
A. M
J. Telford
Swan & Simpson
Indiana, Pa
John H. Pierce
J. M. Cunningham
Philadelphia Street
John L. Gerry
J. M. Cunningham Building
M. C. Watson
Frank Keener
Watson
H. Tomb
Farmers’ Bank
George W. Hood
Hetrick
Ljands
S. M. Jack
Jack & Taylor
Attorneys-At-Law
Ljanss
D. B. Taylor
John N. Banks
Philastelphia Street
Lanss
Samuel Cunningham
John 5
Fisher
Cunningham
Exter House
Isaac Griffith
Philadelphia and
Fifth Streets
Xdiana House
J. W. Clements
Ira Myres
ClAwson House
W. H. Clawson
West Indiana House
C. J. T. Lone
Central Hotel
J. M. Brown
D. M. M. Davis
Nixon Building
North Sixth Street
G R. Churchill
T. Miller
Water Street
S M. McMaster
Justice OF the Peace, Conveyancer & Scribner
W. ©. Shields
Livermore, Pa
Armour & Co
Frank Douglass
PENN
Sanford & White’s
ELKIN
Sanford & White
Dr. Miles
New York Weekly Tribune
Satabell
Indiana Progress For
Dr. Peal
Puat Meprimmn Co
Cleveland
Daugherty Bro's
Blairsville, Penna
Ohio
Daugherty Bro’s
Inprana
Thompson
Insurance Agency
Os. G. Groft
Light
Seccma
P.O. Bex
R. J. Becx
Saltsbuaw, PA
G. Cameron
Penn’a
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