Odds and Ends Raked Up in Gotham and New York
A late 19th or early 20th century column salutes diverse odds and ends from New York and surroundings. It notes the oyster industry employing many along the shores, early election booms for pawnbrokers, and quips about theatergoers, gum habits, and political chatter. It also mentions new craze games, pie unions feuding, and a Brooklyn boy’s 20,000 mile shipboard zoo aboard the cruiser Buffalo with pets and trained animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Tolson
Brooklyn
Buffalo
Tolson
Singapore
Malta
Colombo
Song Kong
Sailor Lad
New York
Heroic deeds of Chinese Christians in the Pekin siege
A Cor. report credits Chinese converts with pivotal roles during the siege of the legations. Dr. Morrison persuades authorities to shelter converts, Chinese labor builds defenses, messengers risk death, and Li Wu Yuan, a 14 year old boy, delivers crucial dispatches hidden in porridge and clothing. Sir Claude MacDonald honors the boy with a $500 education grant while Morrison vows a public confession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Seige
Legations
Conger
Claude MacDonald
Dr. Morrison
Li Wu Yuan
Liu
Tien-Tsing
Legation
Morrison
China
Tuesday Ballots Set for Electors and State Officers
New York dispatch outlines upcoming elections as presidential electors are chosen nationwide on Tuesday while 25 states vote for governors and other officers. It notes 28 states will elect new legislatures and 20 will elect U S senators with Delaware Montana Nebraska each choosing two. Constitutional amendments are pending in several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fifty Seventh Congress
Maine
Oregon
Vermont
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesot
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Yampshire
North Dakota
South Carolna
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Nevada
United States
California
South Carolina
Scrub Woman Died Worth $20 000 Widow’s Will Sparks Challenge
New York officials report Mrs. Sarah Carey a 60 year old scrub woman from Waltham Mass left $20 000 in savings banks. The deposits include long accumulated interest and some were made 42 years ago. She left $1 000 to a sister and the remainder to charity. The sister seeks to break the will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sarah Carey
Waltham
Mass
Steamer Hilliarty Sinks After Snag Strike
The steamship Hilliarty, commanded by Capt. Thomas B. Sims, struck a river snag near Memphis on Friday night and sank. With 30 passengers and 4% crew aboard, all were rescued by a barge. The vessel was valued at 125000 with cargo worth 715000 and may be raised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Hilliarty
Thomas B. Sims
Norfolk Man Charged With Shoe Store Theft
William Jones of Norfolk Virginia was arrested and charged with stealing a large number of shoes from Henry Schmidt’s shoe store. His case was continued before Judge Daly after the shoes were found hidden in Garfield Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jones
Norfolk
Henry Schmidt
Daly
Garfield “Park
Judge Grants Custody to Pendleton Liveryman
Judge McMaster awards custody of Willie and Pyra Collins to John Lewark of Pendleton, a cousin of the stepfather. After a tangled family history involving divorce, remarriage, and a Tennessee death, the court names Lewark guardian with authority to allow the mother to keep the boys. The mother and boys show happiness, while the grandfather mourns the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpert Lewark
Pendleton
Aparm
John Lewart
American laborer aids large export growth in nine months
The American workman contributes over 1,000,000 dollars daily to U S exports. Through September 1900 the value of manufactured exports reached 338,678,243 dollars for the nine months, tripling 1890 and about 2 1/2 times 1895. Major exports include iron and steel, oil, copper, wood, leather, cotton goods, implements, chemicals, and vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Treasury Department
Prisoners Planned Escape In Wichita County Jail
Mrs. C W Simmons wife of the jailer in Redge wick county warned in a dream of an escape attempt. She awakened her husband and found Charles McCoyallas Ross under sentence for horse stealing cutting bars with nine others ready for a wholesale breakout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita, Kas
C. W. Simmons
Redgewick County
Chas. McCoyallas Ross
Liberty
Twin newborns attract attention in Hartford
Mr and Mrs Charles C Hammer of New Britain welcomed twins weighing 14 pounds total and 7 inches long each. Both girls have underdeveloped eyes and are not yet opened. Attending Dr Kelloms reports they are progressing and may need incubator care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Chas. C. Hammer
New Britain
Teitner
Iinger
Kelloms
Mixed Local News Briefs From Chicago and Beyond
A collage of short items notes Ching Cheng alive after reports of suicide in China, Battleship Texas repaired, Sahara balloon crossing planned, Lincoln monument near completion in Springfield, Chicago crime and social notes, a Norfolk man to hang for assault, Chicago underground mail tubes planned, others include thefts, a kissing charge in New Zealand, a released Chicago man, a family tragedy in Georgia, a Mo railroad fatality, a found letter warning of family tragedy, and DC officials urging Grant memorial bridge construction across the Potomac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ching Cheng
China
Texas
Sahara Desert
Lincoln
Springfield
Chicago
Thomas Macklin
Elsie Smith
Law to Himself Diet Promise in Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
A column extols individual dietary choice and promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a safe, effective aid to digestion. It argues digestion underpins health, claims tablets enhance gastric juice and relief from dyspepsia, and notes availability from druggists in the United States, Canada and Great Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Polynesia
Stuart
United States
Canada
Women Assaulted by Negro Thief Near Osage Street
Miss Elizabeth Heber and Miss Ells Walker were assaulted Friday night on New York near Osage Street. Opera glasses were stolen from both women. He was about five feet two, very dark, heavy set, with a mustache, wearing a black suit and black soft hat. Police described the suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Heber
Ells Walker
New York
Osagest
Miss Heber
McAllister Shuts Down Silk Mill After Son Arrests
James McAllister closes his Paterson silk plant after his son Walter is arrested for the murder of Jennie Bosschieter. About 60 workers laid off as the mill ceases operations. The elder McAllister had started the mill six years ago to help his son’s business prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Bosschieter
Paterson
James McAllister
Mr. McAllister
Walter
James McAllister & Co
City Markets in Indianapolis Provisions Listing
November city market report from Indianapolis lists smoked meats bacon lard and fresh pork items with prices per pound or per hundredweight. It includes hams shoulders sausage dried beef and pickled meats, fresh vegetables like potatoes beans onions cabbage celery and fruits including cranberries bananas lemons and limes with varied crate and barrel pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California &c
Indiana
Bermuda
Grocery price list and varieties in a dated column
A dense catalog of retail prices across fruits vegetables nuts canned goods cereals spices and farm staples. Entries include oranges lemons grapes pineapples and persimmons, confections and teas, canned fruits vegetables and seafood, dairy eggs butter, oils, salts, flours, grains, coffee and sugar, meats and poultry, coal and drugs with assorted per unit and per case rates listed.
Cincinnati Train Schedule Fragments At City Ticket Office
Partial OCR shows timetable snippets for Cincinnati routes including fast mail and ex services to Detroit Dayton Toledo and Detroit and Cin. columns with times in early morning and late evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington-st
Cincinnati
Toledo
Detroit
Chicago Train Schedule Fragments From Night Office Listing
An OCR fragment lists ticket office at 3 W Washington Chicago with times and routes including Chicago express and vestibule service. Includes Monon accommodation with 4.00 pm and 10.00 am. entries show departure and arrival windows across the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington St
Chicago
Chicago F
Chicago Express
Chicago Vestibule
Lafayette
Paso
Columbus & Spring
Ohio Special
Lynn Accommodation
Payton and Xenta
Spencer
Col
Ind. & Louis
Logans
Mai
Vandalia Lines
T. H
St. L
West
St. L. Ace
St L
Western Express
Vt. H. & Effingham
St. L and
Pennsylvania
Route and schedule details for city ticket office services
A fragmented timetable lists departures and arrivals for lines between Washington and Anderson accommodations, with times such as 6.45 am and 2.50 pm, plus connections to Cleveland New York Boston routes and a Knickerbocker service. It reads like an old transit card with city office routing and fare notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson Ac’mdat
Union City
N.Y
Bos
N. Y
Lim
Boston
Rail schedule fragment shows mixed long-distance trains and stops
The listing compiles numerous train services with origins and destinations such as Benton Harbor St Louis Chicago Cincinnati Columbus and Peoria. It includes assorted accommodations and express trains with varied times and halts across midwestern routes.
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Gotham
York
Marya de
Sound
Board of ‘Health
Ozvar Reed
Tom Reed
Gen
Dan Sickles
Belmont
Wm. K
Vanderbilt
Archbishop Corrigan
Constantinople
Paris
Nile
Organized Labor
New York City
E. of L
United Journeymen Pie Bakers’ and
Lega‘tion
Seiged
Tien-Tsin
Wall
Meseseneger
Ashington
The
Papa
Babes
John Holder
Norfolk, Va
Henry Paul
Henry Charlton
Edward Kiernan
Weehawken
N.Z
S. S. Morris
J. W. Gates
W. G. Brimson
J. E. Hammond
Inlaw
T. J. Wall
Elberton
S. P. Culley
Higginsville
District of Columbia
Grant Memorial
Potomac
City Markets
Indianapolis
Lisbon
Neon
W. Washington St
Kentucky Ave
Brazil
Ves
Ridgewood
Phoenix A
Empire
Ideal
Windsor
Ariosa
Lion
Jersey
Young Hyson
G. S
Chees
New York State
Limburger
Johnson
Fish and Game
Best Balttimore
Best
Ite
Pittsburg
Kanawha
Winifrede
Raymond City
Jackson
Island City
Blossburg
Timothy
Chas. L. Hartman
Boyer
Court House
Chich Estes
Chick Chemical
Madison Wueere
PRILA
Duchar Engich
Cub Sloan Drug CO
Ind
Railroad
Tim
Dally
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway
Indianapolis & Leaissilis Railway
City Ticket Office
Washington-at
Cleveland Line
Benton Harbor Line
Berton Harbor
Benton Harbor
U.liam
Wabash
ST. Louis L
St. Louis Accom
St. L. S. W. Lim. da .Gem
St. Louis Limited, Ds
U. H. & Mattoon Ac
T. Louis Ex, A
Greensburg
Cin
Alex.'s
Smpm
Man N. Ver
Lo'ls
Poy N. Ver
Louis
Peoria Line
Peoria
Bloom
M & Ex
Peoria & Bloomington
Champaign
Peoria & Bloom
Springfield and
Columbus Bine
Vernon and Madison
Martinsv
E & Vin
Dayton & Xenia
East
Logansport
Martinsville
Knights. & Rich
Phil
Balti
Wash
Dayton & Spring
Columb’s
Man
Colum
Martins
Vin
Pittsburg & East
Lake Erie
Estern
Mich
Chi. Lim
L’porte
Deestur & Western Ry
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