American Plows Into Mexico Service Pipelines And New Machinery
A Azusa California corporation plans to spend 109000 dollars piping water for irrigation to replace open ditches. Manufacturers study a voting machine from Paris that records votes in minutes to reduce error and absence from desks. Dutch labour trends described include wages in Dauphin County and varying mill occupations.
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Troy Times
Mexico
Rochester Tumbler Company
Pennsylvania
Azusa
Los Angeles County
Cal
United States
Germany
South Carolina
Chicago Tribune
Dauphin County
Harrisburg
Bessemer Steel Works
Palais de l'Industrie
Paris
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
M. Debayeux
Pungent Paragraphs and Plaster Puzzles
A collage of wry clippings notes humorous quips and snippets. The item cites varied remarks from multiple newspapers including Philadelphia North American Somerville Journal and Omaha World with jokes on reading secrecy and daily life plus a tease about a Batavia NY factory and a elopement scandal.
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Batavia
N. Y
Chicago
Philadelphia
Somerville Journal
Lyman Beecher
Hawes
Norristown Herald
Omaha
Mr. Hendricks
Bobby
Sanday
Harper
Explaining puts and calls in stock privileges
John E. McCann explains options like puts calls and spreads as contracts with makers such as Sage Gould Kennedy or White to buy or sell stock at set prices within months. He illustrates with Western Union and Telegraph trades, then discusses straddles and spreads and the risks and profits for holders and makers. The piece also touches on touches on Chinese pigtails and peasant life, contrasting commerce with culture.
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John E. McCann
Russell Sage
United States
Russell Saze
White
Jay Gould
Harvey Kennedy
Western Union
Sage
Kile
Kennedy
Mr. Gould
Telegraph
Cnil
Fecal
Circumstances After Cases Involving Frayed Bell Nuisance
Fragmentary dialogue shows Mr Goode criticising a chestnut bell as a nuisance and considering chastisement for a guilty party. The exchange mentions a person named Fung and a reference to carrying a bell and a deadly outcome.
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Mr. Goode
Bull blocks track forces train to halt in Connecticut
A bull wandered onto the railroad line near West Madison, Connecticut, and refused to move as an express train approached. The engineer halted the train and dispatched a brakeman to urge the animal off the tracks, avoiding a collision.
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Madison
Conn
Shestnut Bell and the FiveStory Shake Tale
An odd tale from the Free Press recalls Carl Dunder narrating a comic incident about a cheatnut bell. He jokes of feuds with Shake and a plan to warn a stranger while describing misadventures with a bell used to signal weather, taxes, and mischief in Woodbridge street.
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Shake
Eaferybod
Canada
Shestnuta
Latest Style Carriage Ordered By Rich New Yorker
Old Mr Clamwhopper, noted for wealth, visited a prominent New York carriage maker and ordered a family carriage built to his taste. He demanded the very latest style with armorial bearings, insisting on something new and fresh beyond common designs. A New York Telegram item highlights the fashion focus and the pursuit of novelty.
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N. YF. Telegram
Dead Kansas farmer and Odd Fellows leader dies in Torexa
Dr. H. J. Cansiff a longtime Kansas resident and head Odd Fellows master died of heart disease. Funeral with Odd Fellows procession set for 10:30 tomorrow in the city. The Kansas Farmer issue features a detailed crop stock and weather report from across the state noting mild winter, strong stock, abundant feed, rising immigration, and generally favorable conditions for wheat oats and corn.
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Torexa
Kes
H. J. Cansiff
Kansas
Odd Fellows
Van
The
Kansas Farmer
Enforcing the Law in Parnapenrata Under New Safety Director
Director of Public Safety Stakely, newly appointed, orders lieutenants of all police districts to strictly enforce laws against gambling, policy and poker playing, prize fighting, sparing for points, and Sunday liquor sales. He says saloons open on Sunday should trigger prosecutions, though police are not to act as spies.
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Parnapenrata
Eighteen Miners Die in Savanna Coal Mine Explosion
A Savanna coal shaft blast today killed six miners and left twelve rescued workers suffocated by gas. Total toll reaches eighteen with most victims described as Italian foreigners. Rescue parties entered the mine but were overwhelmed before retrieval. Fuller details awaited from Vinita.
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Kansas City
Times
Vinita
Savanna
Convicted in Ward One Election Conspiracy
Four judges and clerks of election in the first ward were convicted in the criminal court for conspiring to defraud in the last municipal election. Charles Isiah Walters, John Brandon, John B. Sumner, and William S. Byrne faced charges of placing ballots in the box and listing nonvoters on poll books. An appeal was filed, and the penalty imposed was two years in prison.
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BaurMoge
Chas
Isiah Walters
John Brandon
John B. Sumner
William
Byrne
Knights of Labor sub division meets in Wilkesbarre
Sub division No.1 of the miners national assembly Knights of Labor is in session in Wilkesbarre Luzern Cambria Lackawanna and Schuylkill counties are largely represented The great feature expected is a decision on demanding a ten percent wage raise for miners in the anthracite region
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Knights of Labor
Wilkesbadre
Miner’s National Assembly
Luzern
Cambria
Lackawanna
Schuylkill
Estate of Sarah J Chapman Notice in Kansas
In Douglas County Kansas on March 28 1887 the estate of Sarah J Chapman deceased was placed under administration by the Freban cent ort me conn Bee. All interested parties are advised to act accordingly and attend to the estate matters. William S ndw administrator. Joel White clerk certifies copy of county commissioners order on file and published in the Lawrence Weekly Journal January 34 1887.
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Gtrcuit
United States
District of Kangan
Garwood N. Attwood
Benjamin B. Ate Parland
Chancery
McFarland
William I H. S Smith
Saith Court
Thia Issenit
Cherokee
Kansas
Benjamin B. McFarland
Emeline McFarland
Bassett & Perkins
Itia
Posacanion
Lawrence Weekly JourNal
Lawrence
Thomas
Frank J. Thomas
Charls'd Teas
Douglas County
State OF
Sarah J. Chapman
Douglas
County
William
Ransa
Doonan
Said
James H. King
W. C. Howard
Ljwin
Board of County Commissioners
A. D
Samuel 5. Riggs
H. D. Whitusa
J. W. Shepherd
Wakarnaa Township
A.D
Sail Wakuruea Township
Lawrence Wrekly
John Walton
Joel
White
Joceran Fe
Joel S. White
Wm. Sl. Carey
Samuel Burgan
E. Zimmerman
Grant Township
Towit
Grant
Board of County Commissioner
Enid
Dougas County
Walton
WM. Draper
Dovetas County
Sonny of
Doulas
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Peking
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Thibet
Forbidden Land
Carl Dunder
Reil
Bendal
Woodbridge Street
Dunder
New York
Cleveland Bay
Chatsworth
WM. Roe, Vinland, Douglas Co
Kan
Sam Jones
Magnetic Appliance CO
Dearborn St
Ill
Ledics
Aldghyzicien
East Tedia
Powes
Rochester N.Y
Collals
C. Lawrence
Muse
Jo-Twet Hugil Blair
Mape
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Northern
Pacific
Chase, Lambory
Land Com
N. P
St. Paul
Mion
Bone
H. Hanterr & Co
Portland
Maine
Foster
Arry Petzold
Catherine Petsold
Hansa
Catherine Petzold
Petzold
Catherine Morris
Barker & Summerfield
Plain
Famiy Journal
Family Journal
New York Weekly
J. B. Randall
Montreal
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