Eyewitnesses and curiosities from a Gilded Age paper
The item surveys diverse snippets from 1893 news including a 104 year old Chicago world’s fair visitor, rail robbery counts, Edison’s Niagara power dreams, archeological finds at Lachish, and a roll call of presidents’ causes of death. It blends anecdote, science, travel, and finance with light humor.
Warnings of a Nation in Turmoil and Tragedy
Domestic turmoil unfolds with a string of suicides and lynchings, factory fires, bankruptcies, and mass unemployment. Reports detail Marvy Cannpweie’s death, Ray Bart’s long walk wager, multiple hangings in Texas and D.C., and a Virginia lynching. Fire destroys Lockport plant. rail and banking woes loom as mortality and violence color daily life.
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Marvy Cannpweie
Middle Fork
Ray Bart
Chicago
New London
Ida Hiers
Waterloo
D. C
Isaac Harper
Calera
Union
Lockport
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Global tensions and disasters across 1910 era world
Reports from Europe and Americas note clashes over home rule in Britain, new German tariffs on Russian imports, a Paris suburb fire destroying thirty houses and 4 million francs in damage, and crimes and labor unrest in the United States. Cholera spreads in Russia while strikes hit Finnish coal and London miners hold firm. A Prague convict confesses to a murder, and a Boston mill scene closes factories, with business losses and insolvencies surfacing nationwide.
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Siam Fears French Blockade Escalation in Siam
Aug 1 dispatches from Bangkok Koh-Si Chang report seven more French gunboats arriving, bringing total to thirteen as France presses demands. Rear Admiral Humann orders a second blockade to take effect in three days, threatening Bangkok port and British ships Pallas and Swift, while Paris directs actions. London and Batavial reports note British puzzlement and France seeking a peace basis, with Siamese submission uncertain and talks about frontier settlement and Mekong restrictions.
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Cambodia
Mekong River
National Grand Army of the Republic encampment program
The official programme for the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Indianapolis in September outlines events from September 1 to 7. It includes receptions, parades, naval and grand army events, church services, Tomlinson Hall activities, fireworks, and farewell ceremonies.
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Hail the Woman's Relief Corps
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Wheat Crop in England Yields Poorly This Season
London aug 1 the mark lane express reviews the British grain trade noting wheat crop quality varies from bad to barely good with an average yield not to exceed 27 bushels per acre total 7 087 400 quarters forecast. root crops including potatoes have been fluctuating as cool showery weather limits progress and a fair seed barley crop is anticipated with improved pastures while demand for feeder grains remains red hot.
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London
Mark Lane Express
Wine Awake and Literary Farewell in August Issue
The August issue of Wide Awake magazine celebrates a farewell, merging with St Nicholas. It features a 150 page edition with stories by John Willis Hay, Louisa May Alcott fans, and an article on The Story of Wine Awake. The issue costs 0 cents and is available from D. Lothrop Company in Boston.
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