Washington News and City Building Report
Washington news notes a global conference on standardizing measurements and naval inquiry into a collision between Tallagonea and a Baltimore schooner. The 1894 housing report records 82 brick and 132 frame dwellings built in Washington, with totals and costs, marking a peak year. The text also mentions Representative Washburn and family travels, with plans after holidays and a proposed retirement for Mr. Washburn.
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Tha Glaba
Alii
Collinion
Uhiki
Ha Department
Washington
Fundey Moraidaya
Sud
Washburn
Arlington
Minnesota
Goun
Eaphonore
New Haven
Rail and River Notes on Albers Railway Tunnel Dinner
The opening of the Albers railway tunnel was followed by a grand dinner honoring two dozen foreign diplomats from Austria. Officials toured Take Countance and Was woreys vhiorn. An official banquet was hosted by the rainialern with about three hundred guests attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albers
Austria
Parara
Casualties of the Week and Local Fire Tragedies
A hazy roundup reports multiple disasters and deaths in Dedham Loudon Bronst and Adel with fires, lightning and a fatal elevator incident. Incidents include mills and lumber yards damaged, homes destroyed, and workers among the injured or killed. A young boy died at Adel elevator. a county school official shows signs of senility and shifting behavior. a dining house employee died in Latavutty. a railroad official from Dew Malia is noted among the deceased.
Crimes and Criminals In the Dakota Territory Headlines
A garbled spray of crime items reports ALDUnigne John Lang a Dqyerian wounded his wife then shot himself. Widespread notices offer rewards for murderers of Mrs Adelaide Y Jameson and others. Gov Crowley orders execution of Frank Young with 90 day respite. A Fort Mervoula incident leaves a soldier dead. Several lashings and arrests roll through Newcastle and Lake Mills areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldunigne
John Lang
Burdow County
Dak
Munch Radh
Adelaide Y. Jameson
Lotigh
John Brean
Milan
David Barnard
Brooks Post Office
Crowley
Dinkeley
Gallatin County
Prank Young
Young
Dan BeCarty
Cooks
Fort Mirvoula
Mout
Jaros McMahon
Thiermy
North Star boot and Bho company assets dispute noted
The North Star boot and Bho company of Minneapolis reportedly faces a claim of 46001 dollars amid a restructuring where Alma won alerting business years ago and stock and building were sold for 5200 to B and 4 M Pierce, allegedly about half the real value. Personal notes cover a Massachusetts political death, a Wisconsin senator’s Texas trip, and various obituaries and wartime recollections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Bayee
Cougroan
Massachusetts
Lexington
United States
Sawyar
Wis
Texas
Hin
Edgar
Allart.De Groot
Richland Springs
N. Y
Vanderbilt
Wai Waa
John McCollough
Bapliton Beach
Mixed Corrections and Social Notes From City and Nation
Reports from New York clothiers labor concerns to a public funeral, plus remarks by Rev Dr Noyman Hall in Mount Vernon church. Notable social items include Miss Etta Puens elopement with Alexander Nerven and industry updates on U S employment, bank failures, and corporate movements across Chicago Philadelphia New York and Mobile with names and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan Bron
New York Clothiers
Worcester
Mann
Central Labor Union
Torii
New York
Waitigi
Bie
Prema
Lyt
Hall Proacheil
Axwmnblinn
Tremont Tenpla
Nermon
Etta Puen
Urnbull
Chicago
Alexander Nerven
Tien Wall
Shein
Andro
Wan
South Ride Episcopal
Mmalles Tyadarn
Jane Man
Aduotg
Tiulykope
Vast Foreign Flashes Signal War News and Economic Hints
The century ad campaign is noted with large deficits and adjustments. Reports cover troop movements toward Khartoum, French and British press reactions, Irish protests in London, and a plan for indemnities and irrigation works. Wine prospects in France, Wagner opra, and disease figures in Italy and Spain are briefly outlined. Timothy Harrington’s letter to Freeman's Journal reflects Irish parliamentary sentiment.
Conviction Reversal Belief Tied to Local Police Support
Tom asserts Miles Joyen and four others convicted of Mastatrags murder are innocent. Harrington says police share this belief. Claims that evidence used for conviction was fabricated with official connivance are being prepared to be proven.
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Tom
Miles ‘Joyen
Harrington Sey
Barrington
Circular tightens Grand Army rally rules in New York
A grand army circular from Assistant Adjutant General Squires of the Grand Army of the Republic New York department warns against partisan critiques at meetings and prohibits discussion of political office nominations. In Madison, Richard Lang, a notorious Chicago crook, was captured in the act of fencing stolen goods from Julius Zoptic Co. The total value stolen reached about $3,000 with only $1 recovered. Lang, fifty, has a lengthy criminal record across Wisconsin Michigan and Indiana and recently completed a five year term for safeblowing and stealing in Michigan.
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Adj
Squires
Grand Army of the Opublic
Department of New York
Grand Army
Repubtion
Madison
Wis
Richard Lang
Chicago
Alot
Wilka
Julius Zoptier & Co
Chiat
Lwin
Lane
Hina
Phnona
Wiscourin
Michigan
That
Indiana
Wato
Do Jolf
Michigayity
Fraudulent Telegraph Man Tied to Erie Company Theft
A Lowell based stockholder and manager I N Downs is accused of defrauding the Erie Telephone and Telegraph Company of 40,000 dollars. The scheme involved a 24,000 swap and altered payments from a 20,000 base, with Downs allegedly misappropriating the remainder. Downs vanished for Europe last August. his whereabouts are unknown. Charles West, Cincinnati hotel founder and art museum donor, died in Minneapolis after a life of speculative ventures and a fortune estimated at 1,000,000 dollars.
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Milan
Interakte
Horva Thievox
Grasn Bumnera
Whiten
Tadi
Sheffield
wxGov
C.van Zandt
Nawport
United
Lott
Talynd
Anthony
van Zandt
G.W. Buchannan
Washington Territory
Chohalta
Oregon
Bucanan
Azul
J¢ Vo Aroal Apontin
Cartinge
Smith
Erie ‘Telephone and ‘Telegraph Company
Lowell
Mass
I. Ndowns
White Aswlum
Loell
Dakols Telephone Com
Downe
Erie Company
Wiediestern
AFM
Uve
Downs
Europe
Charles WW
Minneapolis
West
Cinsinnati
Exon Park
Wont Waa
Wreck of British gunboat Wasp off Irish coast
A British gunboat named Wasp was wrecked on the rocky coast of Ireland on Tuesday morning. Fifty two men drowned, with only six survivors. The wreck occurred after the vessel struck rocks and tore a hole, making it impossible to stay afloat. The Vaillant went to assist and gather details, while rescue boats carried survivors from the wreckage.
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Ireland
Tour Fane
Vaillant
Tarn
Oficera
Strick
Xrock
Wales
Anda
Tha Craw
Victories of Gen Gordon Reported in Sudan Campaign
Telegrams from Dongola and Khartoum detail Gen Gordon gaining two victories in the recent days and the siege of Khartoum being lifted. Messages mention Mahdi authorities executing a sheikh’s son in law and Khartoum relief leading to tribals submitting. Berber population quoted as tranquil with chiefs seeking mercy and pledging to follow the Koran.
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Gordon
Cairo
Soudan
Dongola
Khartoum
Mahal de Arnoue
Wattle
Gonlon
Rabel
Kordofan
Beth of Anguat
Obald
Thaiko Seidi
Hia Son
Masbara Repayta
Khavin-El-Mooaby
Comedia
Gandog
Chicago Markets Report From Turbulent Spring Trade
Fragmented OCR shows scattered commodity quotes including barley pork lard dairy and hay with prices such as 10.75 for pork and 2.0 for hay. Mentions Milwaukee and New York markets with assorted grades and lots, but the legible data are limited and partial.
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Chicago
Tglve
Guincant Abe Ryo
Milwaukee
Mown York
Tatter
Choise Roar
Choice Creamery
Quinine Use and Price Trends in Medicine
A Mail and Express discussion quotes an older physician decrying widespread quinine reliance in prescriptions. It notes rising demand despite price cuts, causes including market influx after tariff changes, and major producers shifting from Europe to the United States, with Philadelphia as a leading modern supplier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Mail
Exproan
Wen
Warrin
Mail and Express
Congress
Alexander Boehtinger & Co
G. C. Myer & Co
Lunderstand
Peru
Ceylon
Liberia
Java
United States
Germany
Italy
Philadelphia
Be Soon Forgotten in a Scrap-book Memory
A fragment recalls H T Helmbold famed for lavish newspaper patronage and a palace on Broadway. It notes his decline and questions his current status as Montagne, Wallack’s leading man, died in 1878 in San Francisco. The piece laments fading fame in New York theatre circles.
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Long Branch
Cen Wud
H. T. Helmbold
Helmbold
Europe
Heia
Montagne
Wallack
Fifth Avenue
New York
Lamb management and a bequest noted in odd combine
An English flocksman prefers castration at about one month to improve mutton quality and tenderness in lambs while ensuring better dam milk. A Worcester will reveals a $7,000,000 estate split among heirs, incl. $1,000-$5,000 to many, and $70,000 to the American Antiquarian Society. The will names Stephen Salisbury Jr. as executor. Also cited is a 1874 Pacific depth of 4,665 fathoms near Beliting’s Sea and a 731 fathom Atlantic midwater hinting at submarine mountains 10,606 feet high.
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Stephn Salia- Dury
Worcester
Maas
George Bancroft
American Antiquarian Society
Stephen Salisbury, Jr
Pacific Ocean
Beliting'’s
United States
Atlantic
Last Words and Deathbed Echoes Across History
A column surveys famous last words from leaders like Napoleon and Chief Justice Parsons, comparing their final utterances with other historic finales. It notes anecdotes about Webster and Lord Campbell and reflects on how deathbed phrases reveal character, followed by notes on plans for a Dublin Galway ship canal and a grand Niagara Falls park project, plus curiosities about a giant world globe vase and celestial observations.
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Tnatice Parsons
Mantachunotts
Parsona
Harvard Law School
Anawera
Hou
Biog
Tord
Non- Tomdanes
Lord Campbell
William Pitt
Daniel Webster
Everatt
Webster
Jeffrayn
Dublin
Galway
London
Koda
Niagara Falls
Goat Island
Prospect Park
Hill & Murray
Thomus Tugby
Boate Park
Che Barnard
Cambridge Observatory
Switzerland
Norway
Sweden
Gotha Canal
Misa Emma Thursby
Deacon Bodkin Tells How He Won His Wife
In a rustic tale, Deacon Bodkin recounts courtship and the night he climbed a corner post to enter through a window, enduring paint-splashed clothes and the village reaction as a humorous legend of elation and marriage. California physicians increase at the rate of 240 per annum.
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Bodkin
Sawantha
Milton
Tove
Marthin
Tate
California
Slaughter of Western Game Sparks Indian Famine Debate
In remarks attributed to New York Bull and others, the Indian destitution along the Northwestern border is linked to rampant game destruction. The piece cites 1872 to 1874 buffalo slaughter exceeding 5 million hides, condemns hide hunters and amusement killing, and calls for stricter laws and government hunting to avert famine among tribes dependent on game.
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New York
Canada
Doige
Hantera
Alexander
Second Cavalry
Yellowstone Park
Sporsmen
Haya
Transmigrations of an Anecdote in Harper's Magazine tale
A long recounting of a wedding trip anecdote circulated as a true story and told as if originating from several observers. Clergymen, editors, and travelers are cited as sources to explain a recurring tale about a groom unable to afford his wife on a wedding trip. The dialogue-like sequence traces multiple versionings and ends with a reflection on propriety and human nature.
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Harper's Magasine
Oledo
Chicago
Pete Mina
Hin Atingteas
New York
Mins
Europe
Danube
Penth
Paris
Atranger
Togbing
Has
North Germaas
T. A
Aid
Buty
Fim
Gara
Newport
Onnan
Change in Army Drill Tactics in General Order 64
Military readers note General Order No 64 prescribing new drill lengths and cadences for U S Army march. The step from heel to heel is set at inches with cadences of 90 and 120 for common and quick time, and the flank and back step measures are inches. The order aims to swing the pace, reduce rapidity in quick time, and shift from rigid time marching to a swinging style.
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Chonter Democrat and Chronicle
United States Army
Rma
Bibliotheque Nationale Tops World Library Collections
The Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris leads global guest collections with about 2.5 million volumes and 39,900 manuscripts. The library holds over 2,000,001 printed works and 4 Righty Showsand volumes of valuable grail works. In 188% the library saw continued use by readers and scholars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bibliothequa Nationale
Femave
French National Library
Paria
Stel Keepa
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Tira
ANON
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Dedham
Ist
Granis
Loudon
Sarva
W. A. Foniguite
Adel, Lown
A. H. Pinley
County
Dun Sainty
Win
Haa
Dowunwille
A.eacher
Rayan Morgan
Latavutty
Ind
Waihiathon Tan
Dew Malia
Wilmington
Del
Ed Reddell
Ronan
C. L. Poney
Aren
Henry Clay
Louiesville
Hriday
Mach
Haruins
Tan
Broon
Lake Mills
Iowa
Hancock Eimnty
James Algoo
Bdot
Abou Gealur
Central City
Tord Wolsey
Wady
Times
Pall Mall Gavatlo
England
Hombe
Radomokk
Vie Cuna
Warna
France
Bordeaux
Champagoa
Richard Wagner
Critoria
Bayrenanth
Naples
Spain
Mt. Paul Marketa
Waest
Timothy
Siiry Fair
Jeremia Mason
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