Oldest Lynn shoemaker and notable 19th century items
The Gazette notes Panrott of Lynn Mass claimed as the oldest shoemaker at 102, and cites Gov Haastrves appointing Christian K Ross as port master in Philadelphia. It also reports farmers owning 625 million acres worth over 15.04 billion, vs 294 million acres worth 83.27 billion in 1850, and mentions milk yields rising with soothing songs in Switzerland. Miss Anna Gould, George Gould’s sister, engaged to Count de Castellane with a spring wedding expected in New York.
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Gov. HaAstrves
Philadelphia
Christian K. Ross
Charlie Ross
Anna Gould
George Gould
Count de Castellane
Paris
New York
George Could
Branding by arrow steel knife edge marks animals
The Tux Arizona Indians use a steel branded arrowhead fixed on an arrow and shot with a bow to burn the brand into the hide. The Pekin Gazette, aged 1000 years at Norman conquest, is credited with having 1 000 editors beheaded, a record contemporaries doubt anyone can break.
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Arizona
Pekin Gazette
England
Dead Teeth Trip Demons Down to Deafness
In the United States over 800,000 are totally deaf with many more partially hearing. Experts now link entarrhal and related mouth afflictions to impaired sight and hearing caused by dead teeth lingering in the mouth.
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United States
Watre River notes 65 below zero and cold wave forecast
The report from Watre River Vermont notes unusually low temperatures with 65 degrees below zero on a given day and a cold wave predicted. Other items cover damages verdicts in New York, steamship coal use, Russian war potential, relief funds, and state immigration efforts.
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Watre River
White River
Gettysburg National Military Park bill advances in Senate
Proceedings from February 4 to February 7 cover the 53rd Congress with key actions including the Senate passing a bill for a Gettysburg national military park, a favorable report on Justice Howell Jackson’s retirement, and debates on gold bonds and diplomatic budgets. Numerous local disasters and notable deaths appear in the week’s roundup.
Schofield nominated for lieutenant general post in army
President approves the bill creating the rank of lieutenant general and nominates Gen John M Schofield. Week ending week's stock exchange totals reach 979 505 040 dollars with a rise from prior week. Severe cold causes widespread suffering and several deaths including a ship crew frozen on Martha's Vineyard. Denton and Marquez killings shock New York while prize fighting bill passes assembly. Fire at Walker A Rothmond mills in Philadelphia costs 100 000 dollars. Coal mining deaths rise in Wyoming district. Tidal wave along the north Atlantic coast devastates homes. Italian counterfeit money floods Pennsylvania coke regions. Betty McElroy marks 100th birthday in Somerville. John Leavitt Stevens dies in Augusta Maine. Minnesota makes Lincoln's birthday a legal holiday. Michigan populists nominate candidates for supreme court and university regents. Fire losses total 125 000 across Newark. Union Pacific mine No 1 at Hanna Wyoming suffers 10 000 dollar loss and 400 workers lose jobs.
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Congress
Secon
Senate
House
Gettysburg
Howell Jackson
United States Supreme Court
Great Britain
Republic
Mitchell
Ore
Tharris
Tenn
District of Columbia
Treasury
United States
Wepnes Bay
Hawaii
Chicago
John M. Schofield
Fray
Willis
Lodge
Turovenoc
New England
Martha's Vineyard
T. B. Dickson
Joseph Hostwick
Martin Lee
William H. Hill
Washington County
New York
Ernesto Marquez
Enrique Marquez
New York Assembly
Walker A. Rothmond
Philadelphia
Wyoming
Lucknow
North Atlantic
Pennsylvania
Newark
N. J
Somerville
Betty McElroy
John Leavitt Stevens
Harrison
Augusta
Minnesota
Lincoln
MichiGan
Greenville
R. B. Taylor
Bay City
Supreme Court
George H. Smith
Benzie
W. J. Lowers
Macomb
Union Pacific
Hanna
Wyo
Extreme Cold Grips Britain and Docks Freeze at Southampton
Across Great Britain extreme cold prevails with the Southampton docks freezing for the first time in fourteen years. Queen Liliuokalani abdicates Hawaii's throne in favor of the republic. Chinese ironclads Chen-Yuen and Ting-Yuen sink at Wei-Hai-Wei. others disabled. Nelson wrecks off Douglas, Isle of Man, drowning ten crew. Gulick Seward and Rickard condemned to death for Hawaiian revolution complicity. T B Walker jailed for life.
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Great Britain
Southampton
Liliuokalani
Hawaii
Chen-Yuen
Ting-Yuen
Wei-Hai-Wei
Tur
Nelson
Douglass
Isle of Man
Gulick and Seward
Mr. Rickard
T. B. Walker
United States Army
Senate votes to lay cable to Hawaii with $50000 funding
A 4 to 25 Senate decision approves laying a cable to Hawaii and allocates $500,000 to begin the work. The House advances clerks on the salary roll, debates civil service funding, and Charleston era notes. Multiple fires and shipwrecks worldwide are reported alongside political and naval developments.
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United States Senate
Hawaii
Stockbridge
House
Civil Service Commission
Ottawa
Kan
Honolulu
W. J. Epwamps
Livermore
Cal
Tuk
Clara F. Friend
Gloucester
Mass
Liverpool
Crescent Tobacco
Louisville
Louis WY. Place
Point of Woods
N. Y
Sarah Jackson
Bettie Fishback
Georgetown
James Graybeal
la Porte
Ind
William Jones
Ohio
Delaware
Philadelsia
Camden
China
Japan
Chesapeake
Tur Union Station
St. Joseph
Trial testimony reveals plan to kill Catherine Ging
Claus A. Blixt testifies that Harry Hayward plotted to murder Catherine Ging for money. He describes Hayward's instructions to stage a restaurant payment, kill her in an elevator, and use green goods to finance eastward moves, with Blixt pressured to aid while fearing for his wife.
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Minn
Harry Hayward
Catherine Ging
Claus A. Blixt
Hayward
Nye
Haywards
Mr. Nye
Blixt
Lirry Hayward
Thxt
Ging
Harry
The
Ozark
Tina Tumbler
Slixt
Miss Ring
Miss Ging
Hennepin Avenue
Kenwood
Minneapolis
Queen Signs Modus Vivendi to Open Trade with Cuba and Porto Rico
In Wasmincrox on February 8 the modus vivendi with Spain went into effect after the queen signed it three days earlier. The arrangement keeps tariff levels on American imports to Cuba and Porto Rico the same as under the McKinley act reciprocal convention. In Milwaukee, February 9, three intake tunnel workers, Gus Stayner, Tom Anderson, and John Brown, are reported lost at Lake Michigan after a boat search failed to find any survivors.
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Eyanaville
Fod
David Bastin
Jons Boex
Omer
Mich
Chicago
Mary Ireeman
Dunn
Rockville
Frank Morgan
Charles Eagle
Phil Johnson
Denison
Indianapolis
Oregon
Joseph Grant
Richland Township
United States
John Trumbull
Caledonia
Wis
Milwaukee
LiAvourer Kip
Jim French
Cook
Catoosa
Spain
Cuba
Porto Rico
Lake Michigan
Foley
Gus Stayner
Tom Anderson
John Brown
Port Huron
Queen Lil Abdicates in Hawaii Republic Move
The queen renounces the throne and swears allegiance to the Republic of Hawaii. She pleads for clemency for rebels, seeks privacy, and notes she acted without presidential input. Military courts, a police raid, and a reported arsenal underlie charges of treason and conspiracy amid arrests totaling about 350.
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Republic of Hawaii
Hawaii
Liliuokalani
Robert W. Wilcox
Samuel Nowlin
Interior
Charles T. Gulick
C. W. Ashford
Antone Rosa
W. W. Ashford
W. H. Rickard
Congress Rejects Administration Financial Bill in House
Washington February 8 The House debated relief plans for three days and decisively rejected each proposal. The Springer bill offering 500 million in fifty year gold bonds failed 127 169, Reed substitute 109 187, Cobb Cox substitute 55 184, and the engrossment and third reading were refused by 159 21.
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House
Washington
Committee of the Whole
Reed
Bryan
Dem
Neb
Matthews
Cox
Tenn
Cobb
Ala
Secretary of the Treasury
Yeas
Wonderful Escape from Cremation by a New York Workman
Frederick Erickson a 44 year old employee at Tatham Bros shot tower No 87 Beekman street New York escaped a fierce fire by leaping through flames between floors and stairs to safety after his retreat was cut off He jumped repeatedly to lower landings and finally fled to the street where helpers removed his burning garments
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New York
Tatham Bros
Beekman Street
Frederick Erickson
Local Gazette Snippet of Remedies and Quips
Fragmentary notice cites Galveston News with a quip about speed and slows. It mentions Harehound and Tar as remedies for whooping cough and Pike's Toothache Drops claimed to cure in one minute.
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Hare
Pike
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Ladies' Home Journal
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Galveston
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WORLD
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Tase
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Walter Baker & CO
Dorchester, Mass
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