Vast array of oddities and facts from the Gazette page
A survey of curious notes on copper value, wealth of Dreker, river lengths, postal misdirections, Bible outreach in Genesee County, coin wear, farming customs, planetary humor, a lone chime player, London wheelmen, cannon ball speeds, Earth rotation, alarm clock dreams, a New York couple’s death pact, Berlin swindlers, a generous boarding-house keeper, Mrs. DArner’s ranch and mine, and Virginia women funding Mount Vernon replicas for the Columbian exposition.
Edison Wins Appeal Over Illumination Patent Rights
The United States Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Edison Electric Light Company against United States Illuminating Company on the incandescent light dispute. The seven day total for leading exchanges reached 1.908 trillion dollars, up from 1.058 trillion the prior week. Business failures in the week ending the 7th totaled 220, higher than 208 the prior week and 270 a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Court of Appeals
Edison Electric Light Company
United States Illuminating Company
Edison
Aor
United States
Collision injures and deaths in New Jersey and New York incidents
A street car and passenger train collided in Orange New Jersey, killing one and seriously injuring others. A fire in New York burned fifty two horses belonging to a contractor. The report notes various other deaths and incidents across the region, including political events and notable figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange
N. J
New York
Patrick Egan
Chili
Democratic Clubs
CG. F. Black
Pennsylvania
Cleveland
Parnines
Utica
N. Y
W. M. Res
Darlington, Runk & Co
St. Davids
Philadelphia
Kinney Bros
W. Bb. Curren
Buffalo
National Real Estate Congress
Riv. Tomas Coast
Providence
R. I. G. M. Warraker
New England Farmer
Boston
Tor
Mary A. Wray
United States
Springfield
Mass
W. W. Windle
F. W. Pirer
Coney Island, N. Y
Freight Train Collides With Street Car In Cincinnati Kills Two
A collision in Cincinnati between a freight train and a street car left two dead and three seriously injured. Reports say both vehicles failed to stop at a crossing as the wreck caused extensive damage and fear among bystanders.
Multiple world events sweep through late election returns and disasters
Georgia returns show Gov Northendem leading by a large margin as the alliance wins eight of 17 counties and the Democratic congressional ticket is elected. The column surveys varied disasters, executions, fires, wrecks, and political shifts across the United States and Canada, noting executions in several states, a fire in Sand Lake Michigan, a Trappist monastery fire, and Venezuelan conflict battles alongside sports league standings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Northendem
Alliance
Peffer
Kansas
Robert Fosterr
J. L B. Morgan
Holly Springs
Miss
Ennanp Enis
Milwaukee
First Baptist
Studson
Wis
Sharon Will
California
Supreme Court
William Sharon
Sarah Althea Hill
Lenone County
Wakefield
Mississippi
G. W. Gayles
Rhode Island
Melville Bull
A. B. Capron
Detroit
James Rogers
William J. JamiIson
Quincy
Ill
Charles Aaron
Awo
Pearsons
Sand Lake
Mich
Minprep Brows
John Williams
Spartanburg
S.C. Williams
Henneman
Mildred Brown
W. S. Akerly
Lisbon
Stanwood
Coatesville
Ind
William Sharp
Ss. D. Marner
United States Internal Revenue
Tennessee
William Winson
Anderson
8. C
Anna Trinsne
Newberry
S. C
Williston
N. C
Joan Honan
Henry, Ill
Lacon
Buchanan
Missouri
Three Great Days for Columbian Exposition Dedication
The official dedication ceremonies for the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago run Oct 20 to 22 with a preliminary ball Oct 19. A grand parade led by Gen. Miles and a full formal program in the manufactures building feature inaugural events, state and national officials, and a national salute at sunrise.
Exposition Ceremonies Plan Open Air Displays
Details for October events at Washington Garfield and Lincoln parks include a fireworks night on October 21 with changes to the original program. Inaugural ceremonies for the world congress auxiliary will occur that evening with President Harrison as honorary chairman and Archbishop Ireland delivering the oration. October 22 closes the ceremonies with dedications of state buildings and military maneuvers. Admission to Jackson park dedication is by invitation or by purchasing exposition stock. Seating arrangements provide for 90 000 in the Manufactures building and 35 000 more, with 15 000 reserved seats for invited guests and general seating for others on a first come basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Exposition Company
Harrison
Auditorium Hotel
Citizens’ Committee
Joseph Stockton
Miles
Henry L. Turner
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
National Reserve
National Guard
Loyal Legion
First Regiment
Michigan Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Jackson Park
Philadelphia
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of Agriculture
Diplomatic Corps
Supreme Court of the United States
House of
Senate of the United States
House of Representatives
Army of
Board of
United States Government
Mvers
City Council of
United States Cavalry
Light Artillery
Twenty-ninth Street
Thirty Fifth Street
Thirty-fifth Street
Grand Boulevard
Washington Park
Fifty-seventh Street
Exposition Grounds
Manufacturers and Liberal Arts
Lake Front
Manufactures
John K. Paine
Cambridge
Charles H. Fowler
D.D
Ll.d
California
City of
Hempstead Washburne
Harriet Monroe
G. W. Chadwick
Boston
Reading B . Sarah
le Moyne
Haydn
Lady Manepers
Potter Palmer
Columbin Cotte
Worlds Columbian Commission
Telelyjah Chorus
Handel
William
Breckinay
Belythyetl Banner
Bia
Chauncey M. Depew
New York
James Gibbons
Baltimore
God
Beethoven
B.C. McCook
Washington
Garfield
Lincoln Parks
Congress Auxiliary
Ireland
Dynamite Attempt Hits Non-Union Boarding House in Homestead
At the Mansion house in Homestead Pennsylvania an unknown assailant tossed a cartridge through a window causing a major explosion that damaged the boarding house and frightened thirty eight occupants. No one was hurt and the strikers committee condemned the act offering a $100 reward for the suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homestraw
Mansion House
Seventeen Year Old Pleas McCoy Sentenced For Life
Pleas McCoy, 17, convicted in Hatfield McCoy feud of murdering Bird McCoy, an officer. The life sentence stems from a planned killing by Pleas at Bird’s side after church. Dyer, his relative, arranged the crime offering a gun and pistol as payment. Bird McCoy died from multiple gunshot wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleas McCoy
Hathield-MeCoy
Buiston
Tenn
Pike County
Bird McCoy
William Dyer
Dyer
Bird
Gas tragedy at Franklin Street house ends in death
Maggie Keating a domestic found dead in bed at 5 am with Alice Donovan and Julia Lehan unconscious as gas leaked from a room burner. Donovan and Lehan revived and treated at hospital. authorities suspect Keating may have turned off the gas or not shut it off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L
Maggie Keating
Franklin Street House
Alice Donovan
Julia Lehan
Keating
Donovan
Lehan
Mapie Keating
Miss Keating
Crespo Takes Caracas as Venezuela Revolt Succeeds
A dispatch from Admiral Walker to the navy department confirms Crespo's victory in Venezuela and that the existing government has fallen. Crespo will soon head the new government, with Caracas in his possession today and a formal leadership change expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Admiral Walker
Navy Department
Crespo
Venezuela
Walker
Venccurla
Caracas
Gen. Crespo
Rates to the World's Fair Cut 80 Percent by Rail
Cincinnati dispatch notes that the Central Traffic association general passenger agents adopted a single trip ticket plan for the world’s fair. Tickets from all points within represented territory to Chicago will drop 20 percent from tariff, and Chicago origin tickets also reduce by 20 percent. No conitions required for reduced tickets in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Central Traffic Association
Chicago
Steamer Collision Off Port Townsend Causes Loss of Life
The Canadian Pacific steamer Premier and the steam collier Willamette collided in dense fog near Whidby Island ten miles south of Port Townsend. Four men were killed, one drowned, and seventeen injured. Rescue brought three dead and all the wounded to Searrie by the steam tug Goliath.
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Mexico
Tampico
Vera Cruz
Sampson
Congress
Sigourney
J. J. Luckey
Toledo
Ont
Chicago
Weston
W. Va
Memphis
Tenn
Jack Davis
Texas
Dick Barker
Louisville
Crespo
Caracas
Huron, & C
Sinas A. Gerr
Alleghenny County
N. Y
Niagara Falls
Palmer Ashmore
Cleburne County
Ala
Premeir
Willamette
Port Townsend
Wash
Benjamin Anderson
Felix Stevenson
William Stevenson
Lake Winnipeg
Manitoba
Thomas Brooks
Pickens
D. C
Jerry Hughes
Eastley
Joan Cavanaigh
Berreto
New Orleans
Cleveland
Doston
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
New York
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Baltimore
St. Lows
Washington
Searrie
Canadian Pacific Navigation Company
Premier
Whidby Island
Goliath
Johannas Moe
Tacoma
Frank C. Wyncoup
D. J. Wyncoup
John Rankin
Seattle
Point No-Point
San Francisco
Anderson
Tie
Goliah
Crespo Proclaimed Provisional President of Venezuela
General Crespo is proclaimed provisional president after 8,000 troops entered Caracas. A cabinet is announced and the move aims to restore order. Reports confirm the escape of de facto president Villegas Pulido and his ministers to a Martinique bound vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caracas
Joaquin Crespo
Crespo
Raimundo Andueza Palacio
Pedro Ezequiel Rojas
Leon Colina
Senor Pietro
Roman Alvarez
Gen. Vietor Rodriguez
Leopoldo Baptista
Munoz Telewest
Silva Gandolphy
Ramona Guerra
Senor Andrade
Villegas-Pulido
Martinique
France
Prairie fire devastates Dakota farmland and towns
Hunox South Dakota October 10 thousands of acres burned and homes destroyed as a prairie fire swept 10 miles by 20 miles threatening Broadland and Hitchceck. Citizens and volunteers fought the blaze aided by workers from Hunox in windy 40 mile per hour gusts. The fire originated from a timber claim fire break.
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Hunox
S. D
Broadland
Hitchceck
Mixed Readings From Neighbors and Notables
A miscellany of odds and ends notes various claims of political totals a gold nugget found in Byron Maine and a Tennessee elder who seldom voted It also mentions a mischance with a glass eye the global reach of the European rat a Kansas schoolteacher appointment and a warning to pupils about maintaining reputation amid harsh discipline.
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Jane B. Reid
Virginia
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National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
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Grant County
Ore
Florida
Goforth
Robert Jones
Thomas Arnold
Robert Asbury
Idaho
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People’s Party
Coffeyville
Kan
Delton
First National Bank
Ecashier
Puames
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Mount Velia
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J. H. Rice
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Sioux City
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Supreme Court of Indiana
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Winnipeg
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Gabriel Vital Dubray
Varis
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Haslemere
England
Joan Tissier
Toronto
Homestead
Dakota
Tennyson
Prince of Wales
Lord Salisbury
Westminster
Turk
Byron
Fiener Crozzer
Montgomery County
Hoxsie
Conta, Morrison, Plummer & Co
Hosteter
Atelison Globe
Everal
Swift
Vm. S. Looaus
Shreveport
Winenx
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta, Ga
James T. Durette
Earlysville
Boschee
DR. Vim
J. F. Smith & CO
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