Local Advertisers and Officials in Kane PA Area
A fragmentary page lists N M Orr attorney at law on Fraley Street Kane PA, Jones Justice of the Peace office in Griffiths Block, Sarver House proprietor Mrs C Wy Kina with $2 daily rates, and Warren PA hotel, plus milliner and dressmaker N S Whiting on Chase Street. Some names and addresses are partially obscured.
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M. Orr
Praley ST
Kane
Jones
Justice OF the Peace
Griffith's Block
Siegert
Sarver House
O Wild Wind Poem Excerpt by William Struthers
A compact verse note from William Struthers in Home Journal extols a wild wind across lowland hills and moor, praising its fierce chorus, thyme scented bracken, and haunting, unsettled echoes of past joys and love.
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William Struthers
Home Journal
Col Oglesbys Mistake An Anecdote About Grant
A Creensburg PA reader recalls Col Oglesby acting as Cairo commander when Grant arrived unseen. A dusty plainclothes man asks for a sheet, writes an order relieving Oglesby, and reveals himself as Brig. Gen. U.S. Grant. Oglesby learns his chief has arrived and gives proper respect to Grant.
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Grant
Cairo
Col Oglesby
War Department
Oglesby
U.S. Grant
Bigadier
Ing
Gen. Grant
Creensburg
Head Waiter Describes The Strain Of Reserved Seats
A head waiter recalls the tedious task of reserving regular boarders seats in a hotel dining room. Regulars insist on fixed spots, outsiders intrude, and shifts spark complaints from guests and management. Women are especially particular about visibility, making the job more stressful.
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Els
Ciobe-Democrat
Chilean Chile hueque and the llamalike flama beast of burden
Consul Baker's Report notes the chili hueque as an alpaca by climate, once used for burden but largely replaced by mules. Among native sheep the largest is the flama, valued as a beast of burden with a 100 pound load, four to five feet tall, with deer like body, cloven hooves ending in talons, and a hard six by three inch breast plate the animal rests upon.
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Peru
Consul Baker
Retold Plains Telegraph Pole Tale At Delmonico’s
Old timers recall the first telegraph line across the plains with a dramatic tale. A pole 100 miles west of Laramie was hacked by Sioux, rebuilt, then destroyed by a mine ambush. A young man, later Western Union manager, laid a mine in the hole, two armed friends guarded it, eight Sioux danced a war dance, and the mine killed eight, wounded three, and blew the hole clean for another pole. Delmonico’s added a festive flourish as the tale spread.
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New York
San Francisco
Plains
Laramie
Redskins
Western Union
Delmonico
New York Sun
Fremont Man Wins Damages Over Freezing Incident
A Fremonter recovered $2,000 damages after losing his feet to freezing while intoxicated. The story notes a Fremont resident’s recovery and compares his plight to the value of business property in Lincoln.
Diphtheria Clusters On South and East City Sides
A West End informant notes a striking diphtheria pattern with nine of ten cases in families on the south side east west streets and the east side of north south streets. The writer admits uncertainty about the cause after examining available data.
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West End
The Birth of the Greenback in the Treasury Engraving House
A Washington Gazette tour of the Treasury’s engraving division details the creation of bank note plates. It explains model making, engraving by specialists, transfer presses, and the four-plate system ensuring exact replication to guard against counterfeiting. The piece covers the press room, numbering, drying, and counting checks, vault security, and the care of plates, with notes on staff, shifts, and eventual recycling of worn notes into pulp.
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Bureau of Engraving and Printing
O'Neal
India
Martha Washington
Mr. O'Neal
United States
Dalton
Mass
Treasury Department
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington Gazette
Character of a Turkish laboring class in Bulgaria
A diplomat describes Turkish life and character after a Bulgarian uprising, praising temper, honesty, hospitality, religious devotion, and domestic fidelity. He notes industry from farmers to merchants, loyalties to sultan and faith, and a serene, content disposition with simple pleasures and social routines.
James Whitcomb Riley at Chickering hall a poet in verse and method
The Indiana poet James Whitcomb Riley captivated an intellectual audience at Chickering hall by reciting When the Frost Is on the Funkin and sharing his working methods. He described his approach as writing from natural feeling without a fixed system, and spoke of inhabiting the old farmer voice when rendering dialect poetry.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Chickering Hall
James Russell Lowell
Bunner
Eggleston
Cable
Richard Henry Stoddard
Mr. Riley
Riley
Maj. Pond
New York Mail and Express
Gem chrolastrolite praised as Michigan’s unique jewel
A Yankee scientist lauds chrolastrolite as a gem unique to the United States and found only on Isle Royale in Lake Superior. The Michigan island, about forty by five miles and roughly twenty miles from the mainland, hosts amygdaloid trap with the mineral in almond cavities. About 31,500 worth are sold annually, per the Chicago News.
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United States
Michigan
Isle Royale
Lake Superior
Michican
Chicago News
Plague of Professional Philanthropists in New York
The Philadelphia Press argues New York hosts many professional philanthropic women who seek headlines by joining boards and benevolence. It says these self styled donors crowd the scene, lavish money, and patronize others, while working women reject patronizing supervision and prefer practical sustenance and independence.
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New York
Cat Steals Half Roast Chickens In Uptown Restaurant
A cold evening scene unfolds as a forlorn cat sits outside a restaurant window. A patron, moved by pity, opens the sash and the cat leaps in to snatch a half roast chicken from a table, then dashes back outside.
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Puss
Snuff Chewing Told By Bowery Tobacconist
A Bowery tobacconist warns that chewing snuff is rising in the neighborhood especially among young women. He describes cheap five cent packets of mixed tobacco and salt with spices, used by forming a paper scoop to place under the lip. He says the snuff makes carriers feel dazed and appears like intoxication after light beer. He traces the habit to the South and to a degraded class.
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Bowery
New York Evening Sun
Chrome man prizes design contest with votes and intrigue
A chrome man advertised designs and offered prizes of 1000 00 and 250. Visitors voted at a show where one artist gathered hundreds of tickets while 969 led. A ticket manipulation by 999 supporters surfaced, and the card with five votes, from the artist’s family, was favored after a council of war.
The Patriarchs and the Upper Circle in New York Society
A census in New York reveals that out of nearly two million in the metropolis and suburbs only about 700 qualify as “in society.” Ward McAllister heads the Patriarchs, a club of 100 rulers who invite seven peers each, with invitations decided by secret vote. The system chapions exclusivity far above Mrs Astor’s famed balls.
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Delmonico
Patriarchs
Ward McAllister
New York
McAllister
William Astor
Pittsburg
Yale Professor Tricks Local Clothier of Tuition Scam
A Yale professor, visiting a Buffalo area clothing store prior to Thanksgiving, posed as a student and agreed to a suit. The salesman proposed billing the father for 40 or 50 dollars with a promise of quick balance, a scam the professor realized and declined. He warned it could ruin the pilfering ruse.
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Yale
Buffalo
New Haven News
Alcoholism in Persia Reported by Dr Jablonowski
Dr Jablonowski notes in a Polish medical journal that alcoholic liquors such as brandy and wine have become widely used among the Persian upper classes. He cautions that alcoholism in various forms is now very common as many drinkers scarcely pass a day without intoxication.
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Persia
Jablonowski
New York Post
Old War Horse Chub Returns From Rebellion Service
An elderly horse named Chub, ridden by Col. Galligan of Illinois during the war, is said to be the only survivor of the rebellion’s horses. Now 30 years old, Chub remains in daily use as a carriage horse owned by Mrs. Galligan in Geneseo, Illinois.
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Chub
Col. Galligan
Illinois
Frank R. Stockton's Career
The piece reviews Frank R. Stockton's literary journey from mockery to acclaim. It notes early publisher skepticism and a long manuscript wait, but highlights his perseverance and eventual success as a favorite of the New York World.
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Frank R. Stockton
Stockton
New York World
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N M. Orr
Fraley Street
Mra. C. Wy Kina
Warren, Penna
Irstow
Thos. L, Kane
Sain Magowan's Drug Store
Harriet A. Kane
Kane, PA
Evan O'N
Magowan's Drug Store
P& Wlr
N. S. Whiting
Chase Street
Feo Banee Hotel
W J, Armstrong
Kane, Penna
Gillis’ Drug Store
Rai Hotel & Restaurant
Re, Looker
VeoRe E Folerman
Keystone
Ellander Stand
J. Tate & Co
Jewerr
Pessa
N .K. Wendelboer
Liberty Stefet
Warnen, PA
Axp
Warren
Ghouse
W.W. Brewer
Bed
Irwett
Perna
Pittsburg and Western
Ondfale
Rochester
Erie
Lottie Searles
Greevres Street
Preston
M. D
LaMont Pharmacy
MO. A. Mell
Kane, Mkean County
Penna
Omee
John C. Backus
Sheridan Gorton
Eens & Gorton
Law
Smethport, PA
Offics
Reckus
Court House
ATL Legal
Keystone Billiard Parlor
Ane
Yonphell
P. O. Box
Pases & Burdick
Smethport, Penna
Scivio Young
Clyde Kime
AMD Comveyancer
Ridcway
Elk County
George M. Orr
Col. Oglesby
Iias
Kane Cas Lichtard Heating CO
Methodist Church
Howells
Corson
Ouse
Heen Ous
Priet
B. F. M’connell & Co
People's Meat Market
O. B. Lay’s
Ing Post Office
Empery
Kkane
Milichell & Knapp
W. P. Weston
Esa
Hartford Phoenix
Niagara
Liverpool
London and Globe
London
Lancashire
Neen
Department
Bureau
Emeute
Bulgaria
Legation
Saleimlik
Erzs
Turkey
Lord Palmerston
Henry Roscoe
British Association
Manchester
Saturday Review
James W. Riley
Indiana
Burlington
Free Press
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