Spectacular Niagara Illumination for Paris Exposition
The Paris exposition plans call for an electrical cascade at the front building and a Niagara Falls illumination rivaling any prior spectacle. Two 230 foot towers will host spectrum floodlights, with arc lights in the caves beneath the falls. A colossal buffalo statue, with its eyes shining by two searchlights at night, will greet visitors.
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Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Great Falls
Chicago
Beulah Hill Steam Boiler Delivered After Prayers
A Maine Central freight journey becomes a faith test as Sandford and Douglass lead prayers for a steam boiler bound for Beulah Hill. After delays and orders to Portland, the boiler finally departs, is tracked by Douglass, and arrives on time fulfilling the heavenly prayer plan.
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Beulah Hill
Sandford
Douglass
Portland
Durham
Maine Central Railroad
Freght Transportation
Goat hides go unsold as leather demand rises in Wilmington
Local morocco producers in Wilmington report busier workloads with lower profits as raw materials jump 25 to 35 percent and finished leather climbs about 10 percent. They expect further price hikes while a goat skin shortage drives demand for men’s and women’s shoes alike.
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Wilmington
Del
Morocco
Paine exhibition shooting blamed on cartridge maker
Columbus officers investigating Thursday night’s Paine exhibition incident determine no fault by Fourth regiment. Cartridges were issued by Paine's manager from original packages. Other unopened original packages contained ball cartridges, with balls matching those removed from victims. Responsibility now centers on the cartridge manufacturer.
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Columbus
Paine
Irish Chief Roddy Arrives As Winnebago Chief Nominee
Chief Roddy also known as White Buffalo, elected by the Winnebago Indians to succeed Black Hawk, arrived in St Louis with a party. He plans to camp in the exposition coliseum during the season and returns to Indian life with pleasure after Black Hawk urged his succession before death.
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ST. Louis
T. R. Roddy
White Buffalo
Black Hawk
Roddy
Coliseum
Engineers Elect Officers at National Convention
ST. LOIS Mo Sept 9 The convention of the national association of engineers wound up its business Friday The following officers were elected President Herbert E H Stone of the department of engineering Harvard university Vice president Patrick Leahey New York treasurer Daniel Delaney Cincinnati
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ST. Lois
National Association of Engineers
Herbert EH. Stone
Department of
Engineering
Harvard University
Patrick Leahey
New York
Daniel Delaney
Cincinnati
To Guard the Plague Reinforcements Deployed at Frontier
Madrid dispatch reports that three thousand troops have been ordered to reinforce the plague cordon along the frontier, heightening military presence to curb spread.
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Madrid
Negro in Ky Receives Unexpected Legacy Near Louisville
In Paducah on September 9 a request sought Fletch Moore a colored man. Moore, once a boy with farmer John Moore near Louisville, was found after years away. At 14 he accidentally shot a man while defending his boss’s fence. a lengthy legal fight followed. He now inherits $2 in cash and a £25 acre farm but fears returning to the old locality.
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Paducah
Fletch Moore
Louisville
Moore
John Moore
Multiple Fatalities Reported in Overseas Dispatches
Clyde Sheets of Battery I died in Havana on September 4 from yellow fever while aboard Transport Sidney en route to Manila. In Delaware Thomas Hatten, 40, was electrocuted after contact with a live wire Friday. In Missouri H M Roberts of Hannibal killed his son Sidney in his sleep and then himself. Insane
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Clyde Sheets
Havana
Sidney
Manila
Yokohama
Thomas Hatten
New Castle
Del
H. M. Roberts
Hannibal
Fataily
Remedy earns global fame in bowel complaint care
The great success of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in the treatment of bowel complaints has made it standard over the greater part of the civilized world. For sale by all druggists.
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Chamberlain
Chicago Express Train Car Class Notation Note
Trains marked Dy Daily C Chair Car P Sleeper D Dining Car P Parlor Car A A Zion Superintendent.
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Chicago Express
Dys
Richmond
Sti Louis
Indianapolis
Mail Express
Western Express
Richmond Accom
Sun
Crly
Vincennes Fexpress
Cairo Express
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