Flood era wreck and rescue at Conemaugh Valley
A civil engineer recalls the great 1839 flood and its aftermath, detailing treacherous passage from Altoona to Johnstown to inspect the railroad bed, encounters with wreckage and looters, discovery of a fireman saved by quick action, the flood's terrifying rush, and a survivor's account of the disaster aboard a locomotive as the riverburst sent chaos through towns and stations nearby.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Mpany
Altoona
Nstown
Morse
Remsining
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Jim
Nan Engins
Conemaugh Valley
Johustown
Canaries Inspire Summer Window Sign Anew
A humorous column notes bird fanciers display signs about canaries taken to the board during summer. It reflects on social satire about wealth, politics in France, and a quill pen to toothpick factory near Paris, with asides on labor and a lightlocal joke from Shamokawa.
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Tennyson
France
Paris
Shamokawa
Jerry McNulty
How to hang pictures for best effect in rooms
The Washington Tribune advises hanging oils sloped from wall top while etchings and water colors sit farther from the wall. Light side to windows for shadows, avoid pairs that kill value, hang at comfortable height, large designs may justify high placement, and use moldings rather than nails for hanging.
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Washington Tribune
Fashion Notes and Royal Sympathy in Brief
Life previews a racy image of romance as a wife rests her arm on a suitor. Vogue reports on coats with large sleeves and empress of Japan's annual public appearance in native dress. Downside: Downs women gift Princess May of Teck a harp with a broken string. A new hair adornment, a diadem bow of ribbon, trends with loops behind curled fronts and hidden bands.
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Japan
Downs
England
May
Teck
Marrow Toast and Beverages From a Historic Menu
A New York Evening Post recipe describes marrow toast: large shinbone, marrow removed in one piece, sliced thick, mixed with parsley lemon juice salt cayenne onion, heated spicy marrow poured over toast, served hot. Also sherry cobbler and Russian tea with lemon and sugar, pineapple beverage with citrus and water, served with spoons.
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New York Evening Post
News Chronicle From A Patchwork of Events
The president provides 200 dollars to Oil City sufferers. Sidney Dillon regains consciousness and may live a week. A lynching occurs in Apalachicola Florida as a man named Kaulker is killed for assaulting an eight year old girl. A fire hits Macslin and Slater’s malt house in New York, three men die, loss about 100000. W R Chambers wins Decatur mayoralty by thirty votes amid large female turnout. The New York Tribune printers unionize under Whitelaw Reid. Election looms. Father Gessener of Elizabeth New Jersey accuses city officials and a newspaper of colluding with saloons. Hunt levee near Quincy Illinois breaks flooding vast territory. Near Deming New Mexico two suitors and a visiting Mexican officer collide over a senorita. the officer and the girl's father die, others wounded.
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Oil City
Sidney Dillon
Wm. Kaulker
Apalachicola
Fla
Macslin & Slater
New York
W. R. Chambers
Decatur
New York Tribune
Whitelaw Reid
Father Gessener
Elizabeth
N. J
Hunt
Mississippi River
Quincy
Ill
Deming
N. M
Parrot training and park adventures in old street chatter
A collage of colloquial city dialogue and ads: children talk to a parrot about swearing, park strolls, dodging horses, and mischief by a creek sign. The clipping also mentions watch sales, patent tonics, soothing syrup for teething, cautions about medical ads, and a Buffalo excursion from Indianapolis with June travel dates and round trip fare.
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Smith's
Buffalo
Misgara Falls
N. Y
Indianapolis
Tilin Sis St
Kentucky-are
Catarrh Sufferer Reports Cure at Indianapolis Clinic
Miss Mamie Sweeney of West Ohio Street describes months of catarrh and related ailments urbanized by misdiagnosis, then rapid relief after February 13 treatment from Dr Stackhouse and Dr Newlin. She praises the Municipal Institute and invites contact for others seeking care. The ad lists specialties and hours for the Stackhouse Municipal Institute and notes mail treatment available.
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Mamie Sweeney
West Ohio St
West Ohio Street
City
Mamie Sweenay
Stackhouse Minical Institute
North Illinois Street
Indianapolis
Ind
Unlawful Gas Service Interference Act Provisions
Sec 2 and 6 of an Indiana act prohibit any person or entity from making connections or reconnections to gas mains or service pipes without written consent. It also forbids turning on or off valves or interfering with appliances, enlarging mixer orifice, or using natural gas for heating without mixers. Violators face fines from five to one hundred dollars upon conviction.
Annual meeting of American Medical Association opens in Detrott
At Detrott the annual meeting of the American Medical Association begins with 5,000 physicians expected to attend. Representatives of 100 colleges will be present. The institutions’ buildings lands and scientific apparatus amount to at least 33 million dollars. The notice also advertises Suits bargains. See page 4.
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Detrott
American Medical Association
City Markets Price List Highlights Local Groceries
A dense price list from city markets shows smoked meats, canned vegetables and fruits, coffee, sugars, lard, butter, and dairy products with varied per pound or per unit rates. It cites diverse items from biscuits, hams, and sausage to dried beef, pickled meats, and lard, along with wholesale flour, feed, and live poultry prices.
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Weumspay
California
Morgan & Gray
Indiana
Tierces
Tiercas
Lion
Cordoba
Ban- de Ee
Java
Yarmouth
Polk
Johnson
Messina
Lic Ib
Hale and Brocale
New York
Alaska
Alfzifa
Timothy
Garman Millet
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