Proposals and Curiosities From Global and Local Pages
A compilation notes peony banks for New York public schools with London trials showing deposits by 5 266 children totaling 35 020. It also mentions California split proposals, Judge Connolly’s contested will, a navy statue for the Capitol, and various notes on industry and science including a Bank of England profit report and a French Masonic Congress discussion.
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New York
London
Hildren
War news and Centennial attendance mark East weekly summary
European warlike reports dull after initial surge in New York markets. Commodore Vanderbilt death rumor stirs Wall Street. Centennial Exposition totals show 7,085,077 paid visitors since May 10. Naval cadets dismissed for hazing. some may be reinstated. Cotton condition across ten states falls to 4 dollars per ton on September figures.
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Europe
New York
New York City
Col. McLaughlin
James H Martin
Michigan
MicLaughlin
Allegheny County
Philadelphia
Chat Sebawick Hist
Commodore Vanderbilt
Wall Street
Lock Exchange
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Colon
Kissa
Georgia
Viketsia
Bay Psalba
Shurtlett
Eston
Sydney R Ryder
Providence Bookeller
Cambridge
Maas
Tus
Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
Weather, politics, and fraternal notes in scattered items
The clipping reports California rain and wheat stock damage at railway stations, plus obituaries and Indian agency letters. It also notes sitting Bull's alleged request for ammunition trade, military movements toward the Cheyenne river, and various fraternal lodge elections in Kentucky and Arkansas with member counts and offices listed.
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California
Jouv Tarts
Arizona
Philadelphia
Mitchell
Fort Peck
Montana
Sitting Bull
Jattle Buck Elk
Cheyenne River
Crazy Huree
Tabernacle
Chicago
Louisville
Geo. W. Bain
B. Demare
Harrisburg
G. W. W. T. Mies
Stella Mills
Glasgow
G. W
Tom Needham
I. R. Loman
Benton
Grand Lodge
United States
North America
Grand Lodge of Masons
State of
Arkansas
M. M Maguire
W. Williams
W. H. Howes
J. F. Hill
J. E. Barber
Fourth annual meeting of Army of Tennessee held in Lincoln Hall
The fourth annual meeting of the society of the army of Tennessee convened at Lincoln Hall this morning with about 125 members and many spectators. Speeches were delivered by Gen Grant, Sherman, Hickenlooper, Logan, Thayer, Garfield, and Chief Justice Waite. The afternoon saw the unveiling of Gen McPherson’s statue.
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Society of the Army of Tennessee
Lincoln Hall
Grant
Sherman
Hickenlooper
Logan
Thayer
Garfield
Waite
Gen
McPherson
Pasipant Grant
South Carolina
Destructive fires and crimes sweep multiple towns
A severe fire in Louisville destroyed wholesale houses in one block owned by Turner & Co and damaged the Alexander Hotel and other businesses with losses over 30000. Other blazes devastated Jordan New York and Bricksport Maine with millions in damage. A deadly explosion in Pittsburg killed 15 and injured many. A murder and arson probe emerges in Bricksport while theft and burglaries trace to a New York residence. A grain dealer in Montreal absconds with 30000 in liabilities and flees toward Chicago.
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Louisville
Heiser & Harris
Davis & Hardins
Carson & Daniel's Grocery
AL V5ses
Messrs. Turner & Co
Cincinnati
Alexander
G. A Weeks & Co
City Furniiture
Jordan
Onondaga County
N.Y
Munro
8. S. Sperry
Zug & Co
Pittsburg
Canistota
N. Y
Beecher
Trim
Bricksport
Shamoken
Northumberland
Nick Taylor
Joe Lardner
George Grady
John Dugan
Biz Bully
Shamokin
Northern Central Railroad
J. J. Searing
New York
Montreal
Canada
Bonneville
Chicago
Indiana and Ohio Returns Highlight Republican Gains Across Tickets
In Indiana and Ohio results, Republicans gain across statewide and congressional races. Harrison leads Williams by 5 719 in Indiana totals. Newsom tops state treasurer votes with 16 945. Indiana legislature shows 53 Republicans to 45 Democrats with independents. In Ohio, Barnes appears set to win secretary of state by about 7 000, with five statewide gains and two contested districts. Hamilton County tallies show Naylor and Banning leading in districts for Congress, and Wallace and Taylor leading for sheriff.
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Indiana
Mr. Willanis
Harrison
Harrington
Willams
Newsom
House
Senate
Franaxpo Woop
Ern Greas
New York
Tammany
Congress
Naylor
Force
Banning
Matthews
Wallace
Taylor
D Bernard
Kiehborth
European tensions spark global war fears across markets
The article reports rising unease over a potential European war with stock declines in London and uncertainty in Paris Vienna and Berlin. Russia’s anticipated involvement and a possible mobilization plan surface as ministers prepare for possible military command shifts while civilians abroad are ordered home.
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London
Paris
Vienna
Berlin
Lord Napier
Ristics
Russia
Constantinople
London Daily Telegraph
England
Asia
Scothi
Shanghai
Black Sea
Bucharest
London Daily News
Belgrade
Servia
Turmoil over armistice plans and European crisis intensifies
Paris Temps reports Prince Gortschako l’s view that Turkey’s six month armistice offer fails to please Serbia and Montenegro. Russia seeks a month to six weeks armistice with possible extension, while Constantinople braces for war. Montenegro vows to stay in until Christian liberation. Germany could restrain Russia via Bismarck to avert a broader war. Duke of Abercorn resigns as viceroy of Ireland. Marlborough to succeed. Serbia likely rejects six months, Russia to treat as rejection.
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Servia
Paris Temps
Gortschako
Turkey
Montenegro
Russia
Constantinople
Porte
Tue
United States
Spain
London Times
Europe
Germany
Prince Bismarck
Danube
Bulgaria
Austria
Bismarck
the Times
Duke of Abercorn
Ireland
Duke of Marlborough
Vienna
Rusia
Why a Distant Lamp Looks Blurred
A note on seeing a distant lamp with both eyes shows a radiant corona around the lamp formed by two superposed coronas from each eye. The corona narrows with pupil dilation and suggests excessive refraction from the crystalline lens, not the cornea or pupil, with lens curvature as the likely cause and the lens structure producing the observed rays.
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Hubert
Napoleon III Vampire of Charity: A Brief French Humility
Napoleon III faced vast civil expenses yet remained restrained in personal salary. A cabinet scene revealed his dwindling funds as he joked about his last francs while M Barrot secretly borrowed 10 000 francs to fund local charities. The episode ends with a three year old warning his mother as a carpenter trims doors.
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Connolly
Tweed Times
Louisa
John W Healey
Napoleon
Napoleon III
M. Ferdinand Barrot
Opium Eater Plague Surges in New England and Providence
A medical alert notes a rising opium habit in New England led by Providence druggists and physicians. It describes varied causes from illness and despair to hereditary craving, profiles opium users from wealthy to poor, and explains the hypodermic syringe method and its costs. It also mentions a lone Providence case calculating thirty years of use and a new English paper process patent.
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New England
Providence
Tts
Quaker Repays Old Oxen Debt in Providence
An elderly Quaker phoned a Providence store claiming to settle a payment from about thirty years ago. The note for 70 dollars on a 120 dollar loan, with 50 paid and the balance as a note endorsed by the store patron, had long since become outlawed, yet the Quaker insisted the endorser accept payment. The firm member noted the debt had lapsed by law, but the Quaker remained resolved to clear his record.
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Providence
R. I
Be Clubs for Editors and a Breakdener Chance
A mother curses a boy's plan to send a club to an editor who pays for copies. Tommy guesses editors use clubs to punish nonpaying subscribers. The item ends noting English ladies die from large doses of chloral.
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Tommy
Freshest Gleanings. Oddities and notes from a crowded column
A collage of curiosities and anecdotes covers insurance, long walks, asparagus and mushrooms, a 76 year old preacher, a Paris charity donor, a Canadian Centennial scare, a Tennessee family with many children, Cardinal Mannina’s finances, ancient glass, Alpine dangers, a London solicitor lost in a crevice, a bank robber’s playful theft, arsenic in fashion, a Norfolk railroad tale, Bellini exhumation, and a streetcar romance gone awry.
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Westton
Liverpool
Tyny
Paris
Central
Africa
Bayard Taylor
Tupper
Washburne
Switzerland
China
New York
Hawkins County
Tenn
Cardinal Mannina
Catholic Charities
Herculaneum
Pompeii
Alps
George W. Johnson
London
Franz Saarbuck
Northfield
Jessie James
St. Louis
Olive Logan
Air Line
Chile
Nero
W. Whitehead
Hartford
Conn
Bellini
Pere la Chaise
Italy
Puteaux
Hus
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Santa Cruz
Peace
Supply
Capitol Grounds
Washmeton
Frank
Knoscumens
Sesson
Tutata Urtande
Roe Banat
Bylya
Pesta
Dreier
Tae Reneen
Bank of England
Sreangise
Brenchley
Cedar City
South America
America
France
Cowen
Worth Durham
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