First World Fair Memorabilia and Oddities Across Time
A blend of curious notes from The Gazette includes a first world’s fair half dollar sale at $10,000, remarks on human ailments and optimism, feats like Niagara rope walking, interracial tensions, and tributes to women in war. It also covers immigration policy claims, famed performers, comet calamities, and a call to fasts with mixed reception.
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New York
Niagara Falls
Memphis
O. O. Howard
Epitome of the Week in Congress and Nation
Reports from December 6 to December 12 recount the week’s agenda in the Senate and House, including bills to repeal statutes on supervisors and immigration, a proposed national quarantine, and banking reform. The period records lynchings in Tennessee and Mississippi, election tallies across Nebraska Michigan and Montana, a Chicago murder case, a century mark death in Chicago, and multiple regional political shifts and racing election outcomes.
Government reports show vast mail and revenue figures
The year ends with the railway mail service handling 9.59 billion items. Treasury shows 425.87 million revenue and 415.96 million expenditure, surplus 0.91 million. Future revenue 45.36 million and expenditure 461.34 million with 2 million surplus projected. Cash balance 120.99 million. Postmaster Wanamaker reduces registered mail fee to eight cents from January 1 1893. Attorney General notes 5.75 million expenses, 2009 civil suits and 18,724 criminal prosecutions. War claims mount, convicts pardoned 71 of 505. 2 billion in stamps ordered for 1895. Clearing houses report 1.45 trillion weekly exchanges, up 18.3 percent vs 1891. Immigration restriction support in Congress tallies. East: Public Ledger building fire loss ~225k. 10,000 iron and steel workers unemployed in Pittsburgh. Gouin estate valued at 100 million. Homestead relief for 75 destitute families. Jersey City rail collision injuries. Massachusetts election results. Green Castle fraud loss 5,000. death of geologist John Strong Newbury. pardon of Henry Frise.
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Wurrr
Foster
Treasury Department
Treasury
Congress
Miller
Wanamaker
New York
United States
Philadelphia
The
Public Ledger
George W. Childs
Iron and
Pittsburgh
Jay Gouin
Homestead
Jersey City
N. J
Massachusetts
Harrison
Cleveland
Russell
Haile
Greencastle
Jacob B. Crowell
Jefferson Woolen Mills
Jeffersonville
Mass
Tur
John Strong Newbury
New Haven
Conn
Henry Frise
Genesee County
N. Y
Nickel ore find reported near Keokuk Iowa
Assistant state geologist Keyes reports a rich nickel ore discovery near Keokuk Iowa the first of its kind announced in Iowa. A Chicago lawyer C Gresnam loses a bid to force interstate commerce witnesses to testify and produce books as the court rules it cannot be made subsidiary to lower courts.
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Cuanes KR. Keyes
Keokuk
Iowa
Dioper C Gresnam
Chicago
Attack on Lunatic Wing and Other 19th Century Tragic Accidents
Reports describe a destroyed lunatic wing at Lampis poorhouse in Finland where seven inmates cremated. shipwrecks in Catanza harbor Italy with ten drowned. the death of Dr. Werner Siemens in Berlin. massacres near Chitral India. a German murder in Valeria Italy. labor turmoil in England and Ireland. multiple fires causing heavy losses. notable deaths and naval budget figures.
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Lampis
Finland
Catanza
Italy
Santa Veners
Tor
Werner Siemens
Berlin
Chitral
India
Schumann
Vis Tonte
Valeria
Lancashire
England
Died in Prison Martin Burke One Cronin Conspirator
Martin Burke died in Joliet prison after long consumption. He was linked to the Cronin murder but gave no confession. Burke, a hired conspirator under Dan Coughlin, helped prepare the cottage and aided in the crime. He was arrested in Winnipeg and extradited to Chicago, where he stood trial and received a life sentence.
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Martin Burke
Drs Cronin
Wossen
Joliet
Jonmr
Cronin
Dan Coughlin
Ile
O'Sullivan
Iceman
Burke
Frederick
Father Daniel
Forrest
W. S. Forrest
Supreme Court
Carlson Cottage
Iceman O'Sullivan
Carlton Cottage
Hakan Martinson
Express
J. . Simonds
Williams
Colmne
Clark Street
Carlsons
Crofin
Antille
Carlson and Martinson
Expressman
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Martingon
Omeerr Collins
Charles Carlson
Chicago
Coughlin
Trish
Trist
Dr Cronin
Macland
Quadruple Hanging at Louisville Jail Yard
Four men Dennis McCarthy Stephen Hite Grant Thomas and Nelson Lewis were hanged at sunrise in Louisville Kentucky's jail yard the first quadruple execution in the state. The defendants faced the crowd with varied gestures as cords dropped and doctors later confirmed death. McCarthy killed his wife and unborn child. Hite killed Albert Baurman after a saloon dispute. Thomas was convicted on circumstantial evidence in the Girdle Coleman case. Lewis killed a youth named George Dean after a dance dispute.
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Louisville
Louisvinia
Dee
Dennis McCarthy
Stephen Hite
Grant Thomas
Nelson Lewis
Thomas
Hite
McCarthy
Lewis
Thomas McCarthy
Tite
Tlite
Slite
At & O
Lis
St. Louisa
Albert Baurman
Baurman
Girdle Coleman
George Dean
Dean
Iowa's Figures Show State Officer and Congressman Pluralities
The executive council reports the recent election results with Republican leads in state offices. McFarland leads secretary of state by 22,778. McCarthy auditor by 22,221. Leeson treasurer by 22,164. Stone attorney general by 6,382. Perkins railroad commissioner by 22,594. Congressional pluralities list Gear, Hayes, Henderson, Updegraff, Cousins, Lacey, Hull, Hepbern, Hager, Dolliver, Perkins with various margins.
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Des Mores
Executive Council
McFarland
McCarthy
Leeson
Stone
Perkins
Gear
Hayes
Henderson
Updegraff
Cousins
Lacey
Hull
Hepbern
Hager
Terrible Suffering from Drought Hits New Mexico Cattle
A New Mexico cattleman reports over two years of drought drying watercourses and irrigation. An estimated 75,000 to 100,000 cattle have died or are starving, with losses expected to reach 38 to 40 percent. sheep losses are also heavy, especially in Colfax and neighboring counties.
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New Mexico
Denver
Col
Colfax
Atlanta Cure Claim of Cancer Remedy Promoted in 1892 Ad
A 1892 Atlanta claim describes a boy cured of mouth cancer after extensive surgery and a regimen of a product called 8. 5. 8. The note attributes the cure to this remedy, with the family asserting no recurrence after six years. The article blends quotes and ad-like promotion with other snippets from period advertisements and humorous lines.
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Atlanta
Mesers
William
J. Re Menpoer
Factory St
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