Retirement of Generals Schofield and Toward Stirs Talk
The Gazette notes the retirement of Civil War era generals John M. Schofield and O. O. Toward from active service. It mentions Prof Uptox of Brown University measuring a sunspot 18,000 miles across. Other items include Harsh tax thoughts on the czar, ship fever aboard, ex Senator Evarts changing his habit, and a Fall River woman sent to an insane asylum for odd beliefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Schofield
O. O. Toward
Uptox
Brown University
Divan Cyn
Fall River
Mass
Insane Asylum
Edison seeks sun telephony to hear sunspots on phonograph
The wizard Edison aims to establish radio phone contact with the sun to hear sunspots. He plans to relay the signal to his phonograph so boys can insert a nickel and listen to solar activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison
Probed Hotel Royal Fire Linked to Elevator Shaft
Reported cause of a New York Hotel Royal fire points to an elevator shaft leak found by a candle used near a gas fixture. Twenty lives were lost, with a note on a separate claim by coal-heaver Joan Hambrox seeking $150000 from Chile. Other items recount Lincoln clemency, Jesse James tale, Col Ford rumor, and a Wolverhampton judge ruling on packaging sugar with paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Royal
New York City
Granville Invents Underground Power System for Trains
A colored inventor in the east has developed a method to power moving cars and trains using wire brushes contacting underground conductors. No exposed wires will be visible. A New York test was highly successful and hailed as a milestone for African American achievement in electrical engineering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granville Woops
East
New York
Electric dental work arrives in Troy patient awaits
A Troy dentist introduces the electric motor for tooth treatment and predicts electric fillings soon common. He notes the growing marvel of electricity replacing traditional methods as a key in modern offices and suggests patients may soon pay for rapid, in-office care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
N. Y
Eve
Dictionary Brown and Alaska Can Help Profitable Yukon Birds
Agrtutr I. Brows nicknamed Dictionary Brown for flawless proofs corrects Webster with pen and ink. Alaska sale proves lucrative as exports exceed the $7,000,000 purchase price. Captain De Haas returns from two years in Alaska and foresees a rich canning business for wild geese and ducks at the Yukon mouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Russia
de Haas
Tacoma
Yukon River
Epitome of the Week reports multiple congressional actions
The week covers Senate bills fixing life saving station pay and naval records division creation, a national sanatorium proposal for tuberculosis, and exams for enlisted men. House matters include McMillin presiding, a commonsense probe of the eight hour law, and a flag desecration bill. Reports note fires, earthquakes, accidents, a run of political moves, and a few notable deaths and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tursuay
Senate
War Department
McMillin
New Mexico
Colorado
West
Hale
House
United States
Congress
Five Civilized Tribes
Indian Territory
Sherman
Andrew Stewart
Twentyfourth
Pennsylvana
Alexander K. Craig
Grain supplies and social news from Washington
From Washington our visible supply of grain in the United States on the 23d was Wheat 41 475 788 bushels corn 10 085 217 oats 230 755 rye 1 901 108 barley 1 624 602 Mrs Harrison reelected president of the Daughters of the American Revolution at their Washington meeting The exchanges at leading clearing houses during the week ended the 26th totaled 1 072 408 401 dollars versus 1 589 012 453 dollars the prior week The year over year rise was 82 8 Our business failures in the United States for the seven days ended the 27th numbered 270 up from 209 the prior week and 201 for the corresponding week last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Harrison
Daughters of the American Revolution
Washington
Basin news items from 1900s era scattered incidents
At McKeesport Va two children burned to death and their father Michael Lynch nearly died saving them. An express train fatally injured three on a Pittsburgh pleasure trip. In Brooklyn Wills foreclosed a mechanics lien on Dr Talmage tabernacle and it may be sold. After a wagon trip Charles and Julia Smith arrived in Tooston from Chicago. The Post Publishing Co in Pittsburgh fined 300 dollars. Barr and Mills fined 50 dollars each plus costs in a libel suit. Newport artillery marks 150th anniversary and will appear at the world fair. Empire state express on New York Central outpaces ice yachts on the Hudson. Ice yachts lose races. Newmarket Savings Bank of New Hampshire suspended with about 191000 dollars in deposits.
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McKeesport
Michael Lynch
Pittsburgh
Alice Gaskill
William Dewar
M. G. Zeigler
Brooklyn
Charles T. Wills
Dr. Talmage
Charles
Julia Smith
Tooston
Chicago
Post Publishing Company
Messrs
Barrand Mills
Quay
Newport
R. I.) Artillery Company
New York Central
Empire State Express
Hudson River
Savings Bank
Newmarket
N. Hi
Major silver strike near Telluride and other 1900s crimes report
Colorado reports a large silver find at Last Dollar mine near Telluride with ore said to be worth 40 000 dollars per ton. The same year details include a Keeley contract to treat addictions in the U S military homes, a Detroit GOP convention date, a Glendale train robber sentenced, lynching in Arkansas, a Monterrey ore discovery, a Canal Bank teller absconding in New Orleans, a Missouri murder by James Hill, two Ayley brothers murdered near Kingsville, mail losses of 200 000 dollars in Minnesota, and 22 horses killed in a Whiting refinery fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Telluride
Leslie B. Keeley
Dwight, Ill
United States
Detroit
Glendale
Adelbert D. Slye
Warner, Ark
George Harris
Parks
Tyre
Monterey
Mex
New Orleans
Charles
Jumonville
Canal Bank
St. Louis
James Hill
Colore d
Wralray
John
William Ayley
Kingsville
Minneapolis
West Superior
Wis
W. W. Townsend
Standard Oil Company
Whiting
Ind
Foreign intelligence reports amid European turmoil and disasters
Destitution marks Austria’s laboring classes as Vienna streets overflow with hunger. A Guatemala ambush near Zacapa kills a party including Gen. Enriquez. In England a factory chimney collapse at Cheekheaton traps and kills many young women. Berlin sees 4000 unemployed men march to the emperor’s castle, clashed with police. many wounded and prisoners. A quarry explosion near Ajudah Portal claims eleven lives and injures five. North Sea ships Loughbrow and Forest Queen collide at sea. crew of the Forest Queen except captain drowns reach fifty five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Vienna
Enriquez
Zacapa
Cheekheaton
Eng
Berlin
Emperor's Castle
Royal Palace of
Ajudah
Portal
Orr Flamborough
North Sea
Loughbrow
Forest Queen
Senate Delays and Disaster Reports In A Busy Session
The Senate wasn’t in session and a house report backed changing term dates for senators representatives and future congress meetings. The same week saw disasters including 300 boats lost and 800 dead at Oport Portugal and a gas explosion injuring workers at Knowles Taylor Knowles pottery.
Horrible murder burnings shock European village
In Viexen on February 27 a band of masked men killed Mary Loppers by binding her, pouring petroleum over her dress, and setting it ablaze. They watched as she burned to death, then left. Authorities say she was suspected of having murdered her husband and the assailants were his friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viexen
Minin
Buleowins
Mary Leppers
Forest Queen Sunk in North Sea Collision Kill Count Estimated
London reports a North Sea disaster after the Forest Queen and Loughbrow collided off Flamborough. The Forest Queen sank rapidly with all hands lost except the captain. Estimated deaths reach about fifty five. extent of Loughbrow's damage is not yet known.
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North Sea
Londons
Loughbrow
Flamborough
York County
East Riding
Forest Queen
Rich Father Aids Poor After Keener & Pike Collapse
In Meredosia and Naples area a wealthy father distributed 12000 dollars to widows and very poor creditors hurt by the failure of grain dealers Keener & Pike, who held deposits from many low income towns. The move brings relief though remaining liabilities are vast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keener
Jacknsonvithy
Meredosia
Naples
Keener & Pike
Morgan, Scott, Brown, Pike
Cass
Young Keener
Census of Idle Toilers in World's Fair City Soon Taken
A census of unemployed workers in the city will be conducted to deter influx from other places. Mayor Washburne and trade union leaders discussed the plan, with an estimated 50 000 idle men in the city connected to the world’s fair. A Polish newspaper clipping offering 3 000 000 laborers for Chicago was cited as evidence of recruitment by steamship interests. A World’s Fair directory committee will be asked to address the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuicano
Washburne
James A. O'Connell
James Monahan
Trade and Labor Assembly
Monahan
Poland
Chicago
Berlin Riots Rampage Through Rosenthalerstrasse
Report of Friday clashes between police and a 4000-strong mob in Rosenthalerstrasse continues. Police use sabers against rioters causing numerous injuries while looting follows. Troops not yet deployed as authorities brace for further outbreaks amid public appeals to stay indoors. The emperor appears briefly, crowds cheer, yet unrest persists in Berlin.
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Tollee
Tancix
Rosenthalerstrasse
Brandenburg Gate
Unter den Linden
Thiergarten
Berti
Schloss Freiheit
East End
Vorwarts
Lonpox
Berlin
The
Times
Vriday
Killed the Bride in Newry City Firearm Tragedy
News from Newry Kansas reports a wedding night tragedy as a buckshot blast from a charivari party shot through a bridal window, killing Miss L Bratley. The shooter is unknown and authorities probe the incident amid a broader mining disaster update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newrork
Ark
A. Swearingen
Miss L Bratley
March Wide Awake appeals with seasonal poems and serials
The March issue features Miss Brastow's A March Mood frontispiece and wintery imagery. It includes Indian life chapters by Mrs. Sturriet Maxwell-Converse, Lieut. Col. Thorndike's One Man's Adventures, and serials by Maria McIntosh Cox and Abd el Ardavan. Poetry by Ward Kendall Bates and others, plus the Men and Things department. Published for 20 cents a copy or 4.40 yearly by Lonmer Co., Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Brereton
Maria McIntosh Cox
Kanana
Abd el Ardavan
Herbert D. Ward
Elsie Kendall
Clara Doty Bates
Wipr
Atthg Newsdealers
D Lonmer Co
Boston
Industrial figures and notices from various regions
Industrial output figures include six million hats from Danning Connecticut and six thousand watch crystals per day per worker. Vermont surpassed seventeen million pounds of maple sugar. Lancaster County Pennsylvania produced nineteen million two hundred seventeen thousand eight hundred pounds of tobacco in 1889. Also mentions plans for rail competition to Portland and a World’s Fair access route. Includes notes on sheep raising in Dakota, railway pamphlet from Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul, and local humor and ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danning
Conn
Tuer
Adirondack Forest
Vermont
Lancaster County
United States
Dakota
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
J. H. Hiland
Genl
Golden Medical Discovery Promises Year-Round Blood Health
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is advertised as a tonic that stimulates digestion and nourishes the blood. It claims to purify and strengthen the system, aiding scrofula, blood taints, and consumption while working in all seasons and offering a guaranteed benefit or money back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Golden
Golden Medical Discovery
August Flower Cited as Cure After Long Illness
Lorenzo F. Sleeper of Appleton Maine swore under oath that August Flower saved him after eight years of dyspepsia. He claimed three doctors failed to help and that every meal distressed him, but the remedy cured him and he declared there is no medicine equal to it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Flower
Lorenzo F. Sleeper
Appleton
Maine
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Marshfield
Swearingen
Joan Maney
Wheeling
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Knowles, Taylor & Knowles Pottery
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Rochester
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Elfirst
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Smith, Gray & Co
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Loman Brown
Palmer
Loman
Talma
Charles White
Havemeyer
Dey Street
Sutton
Lincoln, Neb
John P. Sutton
Irish National League of America
Gannon
Lewiston
John Huleck
Lieut
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Chili
National Committee of the
Krebs
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I. T
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Kansas
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Pass
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Lake
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Turner
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McVicker’s Theater
Somerville
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Glens Falls
Pike
Lane
Scott
Scott & Bownr
South Sth Avenue
Reid
Chas. B. Allaire
Pharmaceutical
of Allaire, Woodward & Co
Allaire
Sylvan Remedy Co
House of Walter Baker & Co
W.baker & CO
Dorchester, Mass
Chicago Medical and Surgical Institute
van Buren St
Col. Wabash Ave
Ill
van Buren Street
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