Encouraging Signs From Coal Barons at Leisenring Farewell
At Fifth Avenue hotel and Hoboken docks a large gathering of Leisenrings Kemmerers Wentzes and other coal barons bid farewell to E B Leisenring president of Lehigh Coal Navigation Company whose ill health ends his direct supervision. Barons voice hopeful business outlook noting iron industry gains and renewed orders for locomotives and railroad iron from Brazil and American railroads. Bethlehem armor plate and other steel activity show rising demand, with major iron companies booking more orders in six weeks than prior months.
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Fifth Avenue
Hoboken
Leisenrings
Kanmerers
Wentzes
Righters
Lehigh Valley
Goodby
E. B Leisenring
Lehigh Coal Navigation Company
Europe
M.S. Kemmerer
Brazil
Schenectady Works
Bethlehem
M. P. Handy
Senators and Baseball Story From Early Convention Time
Washington Letter recounts Senator Hill recalling his first sight of Senator Gorman and shared love of baseball. Hill, from Elmira Alerts, notes a New York City convention in the sixties with a parliamentary mishap resolved by a chair who led the session, later identified as an old National of Washington. Both senators are avid fans, though Gorman and Hill face current tariff battles in the senate.
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Senator Hill
Senator Gorman
Maryland
New York City
Atlantic Coast
Elmira
Alerts
Washington
Gorman
Nationals
Senators Hill
Senate
Hill
Butler
Army of the James
Pennsylvania
Atlantic City
Philadelphia Record
Regents report notes rise of women in New York education
Regents statistics show 23,556 girls and 18,248 boys in secondary schools with girls awarded most of 138 honor certificates. Colleges host 2,923 girls and 4,043 in professional schools, and many women study law medicine art and music. Census lists 238,597 women teachers in 1890. Regents credit higher education for preparing women for home life and professional paths.
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Regents of
The
University of New York
United States
Regents
Newspaper Mortality in US Hits Record in 18 Months
The San Francisco Argonaut notes sharp declines in American newspapers as 273 papers in New York suspended from June 1593 to June 1694. For first time since 1569 the total cataloged by the directory falls below last year, blamed on hard times and the Democratic free trade panic.
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United States
New York State
San Francisco
Kipling’s Early Courage Inspires Vigorous English Boy Image
A capital story portrays Rudyard Kipling as the epitome of a bold English boy destined for fame. It recalls a 12 year old Kipling aboard a voyage with his father, enduring sea sickness, while the father faced a dramatic yardarm rescue tale that ends with Kipling clinging on and surviving.
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Kipling
Rudyard
Mr. Kipling
Armour's Poor Relations Reveal a Clever Brother Act
A Chicago correspondent jokes that Phil Armour keeps his poor relations rich. Armour laughs, sharing a tale of a persistent letter writer who sought $500, then $1,000 and two years, only to demand his wife be included. The banker’s wit exposes the humor of family fortune and shrewd persistence.
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Board of Trade
Phil Armour
Chicago
Richiman
Armour
Packer
Tlinois
The Gold Fever Excerpt From 1848 California Rush
The St Louis Globe-Democrat recounts 1848 San Francisco gold fever. Pioneers describe mass sales of real estate and merchandise to fund journeys to diggings. Rowboats, tools, and bottles rose in price as three-fourths of male residents left for the mines. some prospered, many returned poorer.
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San Francisco
Matthew L. Farrell
California
Sacramento
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Boston Lady’s Multifaceted Card Deigns To Public Life
A Boston woman crafts a varied public persona with cards listing Solicitor of Insurance Kirmess manager Rubber coats and cloaks to measure and Bicycles to order. The piece notes fashion shifts for growing girls and cites London World remarking on the American fashion surge and ice cream sodas.
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Boston
Kirmess
Castoria Nostalgia in an Old Advertising Rhyme
An old promotional verse highlights Castoria as a trusted remedy across generations from infancy to motherhood. The repeated lines emphasize Castoria as a comforting constant for children and their caregivers.
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Senators
Mr. Hill
New York
Mr. Gorman
Women and Learning
Big Packer
Flood
Hood
Fanny
Daugherty Lios
Auphor
Orphans’ Court of
Indiana County
Mary J. Wimer
Levi McGuire
William R. Wimer
Indiana
John 8. Fisher
Court of Common Pleas
Franklin McGuire
Daniel Ruffner
William McGuire
Green Township
John L. Getty
Audrter
Andrew Getty
Robert J. Beck
Salisbury
J. H. Hill
C. H
You
C. S. Apple
Scientific Optician
Hall Building
Market Street
Pittsburg, PA
Oweora Vwii
J. R
Jmpf & Son
Philadelphia
Herman Cohen & CO
Parner and Brokers
Broadway
South Fifth Street
Phiadelphia Pa
Miles
Liberty Street
Pittsburgh, PA
la Belle Americains
London World
HA. Arcure
Oxford St
Brooklyn
N. Y
Ita
Castoris
Bowir F. Panpyx
12Th Street
Th Ave
New Yi
Tax Cerrave Company
Monrar Sraxer
New
Youk
Cre
Congress
Sharretts
Indiana, PA
New York Weekly Tribune
Indiana Progress
PENNA
People’s Store
Fifth Ave
Castoria
Wheeler & Wilson M’f’g Co
Work & Young
Fifehes
Swan & Simpson Insurance Agency
John L. Pave
Philadelphia Street
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