Nineteenth Century Outlook Mixed With Odd Facts
The page blends miscellaneous notes on global debt, disease viewpoints, language translation, oatmeals stock, meat exports from Paris, horse and mule flesh, longevity claims in Russia, a pianist with toes, and American college libraries. Harvard leads with 85,000 volumes. Yale 200,000. Cornell 150,000. Columbia 90,000. Syracuse 75,000. Dartmouth 68,500. Princeton 68,000. A Vienna club plans arranged marriages between rich men and poor women.
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Harvard
Yale
Cornell
Columbia
Syracuse
Dartmouth
Princeton
The Alarm Over Three Meals a Day Epidemic
A satirical note argues that eating is treated as a disease and będzie require a power greater than gold cures to end the American habit of consuming three meals daily.
World births show more girls than boys each year
The article notes that female births outnumber male by 100 to 90, estimating 2 to 3 million more girls born annually. It also covers varied items from a long Hotaka diary in Koschin, Russian relief trusts, and other global notes.
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Hotaka
Koschin
Epitome of the Week in Congress March 14 Summary
A Senate bill to extend federal jurisdiction in the lynching of Italians in New Orleans is introduced. House passes Indian appropriation. free wool and binding twine bills reported. Proposals include creating the northern district of Michigan and canal aid petitions, with district and pension bills advancing in later sessions.
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Tursday
New Orleans
Senate
Post Office
Michigan
Wrooxes Bay
Nicaragua Canal
Idaho
House
W. J. Sewell
Martin T., McMahon
John Mitchell
Bonebrake
District of Columbia
Tuensday
Dubois
Mississippi River
Chippewa River
Wisconsin
West Newton Slough
Minnesota
Lee
Sailors seek claims against Chile for injuries at Valparaiso
The Baltimore sailors filed verified claims against the Chilean government for injuries from the Valparaiso riots last October, totaling $2,065,090. Other items note the public debt, sugar bounty payouts, weekly exchange totals, and the resignation of U S minister Pedro Montt after election to Chilean congress.
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State Department
Baltimore
Valparaiso
Ist
Treasury
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
United States
Chili
Pedro Montt
Chilian Congress
Noted 19th Century Tragedies and Political Nominations
A roundup of violent incidents and political moves includes an accident at McKeesport rolling mills, a child’s suicide in Freeport, and a drunken wife-burn murder in New York. Also listed are gubernatorial and congressional nominations, census population figures for New York and Brooklyn, Yale president Noah Porter’s death, a major fire loss in Philadelphia, and the Grant memorial cornerstone set for April 27.
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McKeesport
Edward Norstrum
W. C. T. Warnpwort
Bristol
Rhode Island
Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Myron B. Wright
Congress
Illinois
G. W. Fithian
Freeport
Charles Kepple
New York
George Rankin
Stevenen T. Hopkins
Pleasantville
N. J
Mr. Hopkins
Mary Garvig
Duquesne
New York City
Brooklyn
Lucy Ridley
Noah Porter
Yale College
New Haven
Conn
Timothy Harkins
Mark Hopkins-Searles
Edward F. Searles
Elmwood
Mahanoy City
J. B. Ayer & Co
Philadelphia
Grant
Gen. Grant
Baltimore & Ohio
Parkersburg
W. Va
Columbus
Ind
Emanuel I. Kinney
Amos Miller
Dexter
Cooper
Sprinkle
West
Ep Russe
al Robinson
Nashville
Tenn
Tir National Bank
Coldwater
Mich
Reading
Menoens
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Black River Falls
Wis
East Liverpool
H. B. Porter & Co
Dp Ikert & Co
Crosser, Ogilvie & Co
Wilson
Quarrel Turns Fatal at Fayetteville Primary Election
In Fayetteville Tennessee a quarrel at a primary election led to the fatal shooting of Gaton Rogers and his son Tom by Officer Sam Hunter. The same night a disturbance damaged William T. Reid's stores and the Michigan Fruit Tablet and Confectionery Company in Detroit, with losses estimated at $200000.
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Ivy
Fayetteville
Debcates to the Republican na tional convention from Oklahoma were instructed to vote for President farri gan
Debates to the Republican national convention from Oklahoma instructed delegates to vote for a favored candidate. Reports cover a deadly wreck in W Va injuring fifteen, including fatalities, plus a string of other incidents across the nation.
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Debcates
Oklahoma
Farrigan
Multiple disasters and crimes shock the world in brief
Reports recount a scaffold collapse in Liverpool injuring three and killing eight, a Newgate execution in London, harsh weather fatalities in Newfoundland, a deadly train collision in Brazil, quarries blasting in Germany, port gale drownings in Portugal, urban unrest in Dantsie, and various political and personal tragedies across major cities.
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Liverpool
Muir
Newgate Prison
London
Trinity Bay
Newfoundland
Cuyambuca Station
Brazil
Aschen
Germany
Portugal
Dantsie
Edwards Pierrepont Dead Aged Attorney General Dies in New York
Edwards Pierrepont died at 6 30 AM at his home 105 Fifth avenue after a four day illness. He was born March 4 1814 in North Haven Connecticut and had a long career as lawyer judge and diplomat including United States minister to Russia and later England. A large estate dispute in Wisconsin links Mrs W H Conklin to a $200 million French inheritance with a potential $5 million share for her.
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Rarnoans
Michigan
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Hinsdale
Burkhalter
Indiana
Samuel M. Jones
Versailles
Congress
Chicago
Henry M. Scudder
F. N. Dunton
Kansas City
Timothy MbeaAneni
Mobile
Ala
United States
Williams
Richmond
Ind
Nebraska
Lincoln
Farrell
Longview
Tex
Manx B. Cons
Abraham
St. Louis
Iowa
Des Moines
Tur
United States Senate
House
Marine City
Mich
I. J. Moxracen
Washington
Kansas
Salina
Memphis
Tenn
Cole
Harald
Enward Trerrevont
Grant
New York
James Deno
Cincinnati
White
Port Huron
Frank Moran
Tux Ocean
Teach
Tybee Beach
Savannah
Vienna
Dexter
Tron Mountain
James Harverstick
Noblesville
Barrios
Guatemala
Edgar G. Drew
Lowell
Mass
Leowie Brinsem
Felix Green
Brussels
Ton Contin
John Butler
Sarah Washington
Brownsyville
Edmonton
WasninarTos
Behringsen
Lord Salisbury
Pribyloff Islands
Navy Department
Mohie
Behring Sea
Edwards Pierrepont
Fifth Avenue
North Haven
Conn
Yale College
Columbus
P. C. Wilcox
G. Oakley
Superior Court
Union Defense Committee
John A. Dix
Hamilton Fish
A. T. Stewart
United
Witty Bits and Local Quips Across Newspapers
A collage of jokes and snippets from several papers including the New York Herald and Boston Post. Observations range from comic lines about evil stars to a Pearson joke about a man losing his hands, and a Massachusetts note about King's Daughters circles.
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N. Y. Herald
Chicago
Boston Post
Bread Riots Abroad Stir in Dantzic and Berlin
A Dantzic dispatch describes bread riots sparked by unemployment. Thousands gathered, seizing bakeries and meat shops, while authorities offered relief works. Rioters distributed meat and flour by family need amid clashes with police and attacks on stores.
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Danegh
Dantzic
Prassia
Berlin
Leipsie
Dantzie
Germany
Noah Porter Dies Ex Yale Ex-President and Educator
Dr Noah Porter ex president of Yale College dies in New Haven after a period of illness from grip and pneumonia. He shaped Yale growth from 1871 to 1886 overseeing new buildings and elective curriculum and authored works on Human Intellect and Kant ethics. Born December 14 1811 in Farmington Conn he graduated Yale in 1831.
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Yale
New Haven
Conn
Noah Porter
Yale College
Porter
Merriam & Co
Theodore D. Woolsey
Art
Peabody Museum
New Theological Schools
Sloane Physical Laboratory
Bishop Berkeley
Samuel
Sarah
Young Ladies’ Seminary
Farmington, Conn
Farmington
Five Workmen Missing in Niagara Falls Tunnel Debris
Five men are missing after a recent accident in the Niagara Falls hydraulic tunnel in Lockport New York. A named victim is Charles Deggs a Black worker. the others are said to be Italian and Hungarian. Recovery will take days as debris area is reached.
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Niagara Falls
Lockport
N. Y
Charles Deggs
Minister Montt Resigns as Chilean Minister in Washington
Valparaiso reports Minister Pedro Montt resigns from his post after being elected deputy for Petorca. The Chilean government may ask him to stay until a successor is appointed. Minister Egan likely returns to the United States in April. Also: Lillian Weeks dies after a rope-jumping contest in Pamapurrita. four children aged about 10 participated. Weeks jumped 840 times without missing.
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Egan
United States
Valparaiso
Pedro Montt
Washington
Petorca
Aconcagua
Pamaperruta
Lillian Weeks
Forty-fourth Street
Wilkesbarre
Lillian
Worker killed by fall in Chicago Ashland block shaft
March 6 report from Chicago states Red Gergen a construction worker for the Ashland block at Clark and Randolph streets fell from the sixth floor elevator shaft and died instantly. Local investigators review the accident to determine cause and safety lapses.
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Chicago
Red Gergen
Ashland
Clark and
Randolph Streets
Fragmented yearbook snippets feature medical ads and quips
A collage of brief paragraphs and ad blurbs cites catarrh cures, patent medicines, and light humor. Items mention Hall's Catarrh Cure, Pike's Toothache Drops, and Lane's Family Medicine, with scattered remarks about editors, poets, and railroad ads.
Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription for Women Aids Health
A distressed woman needs Dr. Pierce s Favorite Prescription a restorative tonic and nerve support crafted by an experienced physician to treat female ailments. It promises to correct functional derangements and chronic weaknesses with a guaranteed money back when unsatisfied. The Pleasant Pellets are described as best pills for liver stomach and bowels.
Sun Spots Signal Possible Cold Summer
The Sun shows a 100000 by 140000 mile spot now broken into smaller patches. Electrical phenomena follow and a cold season is predicted as heat from the sun falls about four percent. Readers are advised to avoid summer colds and use Reid's German Cough and Kidney Cure from Sylvan Remedy Co of Peoria Illinois, 25 cents for small, 50 cents for large.
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Old Sol
Reid
Sylvan Remedy CO
Peoria
Ill
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Foreign Intelligence
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Clark's Cross Roads
Janesville
W. H. Conklin
France
Massachusetts
Minister Montt
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Brooklyn Life
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Elmira Gazette
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N. O
Picayune
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Pike
Lane
Weestern Siam
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Shippine Stowers
Cowe
Laak Butchers Stehiere
Barney
Louis
George Wilkinson
Lowville
Salvation Oil
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ELY Bros
Warren
Ico Phayeever
Harter Medicine CO
St. Louis, Mee
Faldosee
FARGO
C. H. Pargo & CO
John A
Ite Salzer
OSSE
Rentars
National Opoise CO
State St
U. S
G. W. Simmons & CO
Oak Hall
Boston
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