Havoc of Telegraph Wires in Blizzard Ravages City
New York dispatch reports the blizzard caused complete havoc to telegraph and telephone lines. Up to 4,500 wires down and 250 poles broken, with estimated damages around 250000. Widespread outages affected Western Union Postal Telegraph Metropolitan systems. ships and coastwise lines reported disruptions amid snow and ice. Restoration efforts expected to take two weeks.
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New York Dispatch
Front Telegraphone
Postal Telegraph Company
Aedeone
Edly
Metropolitan Telegraph and Telephone Company
Fepweed Piladelpha
Trenton
New Brunswick
Alan
Union
New Jersey
Jersey
Long Island
Staten Island
Highlands
Uley
la Bretagne
Conard
Auranta
Trumy
Qerilion
Thiey
Saisees
Huaravting
Fire Island
Barnegat
Save
Ogden Utah City Vote Faces New Citizens Party Challenge
Dissatisfaction with the Gentile administration fuels a rising anti ring mood in Ogden. A new Citizens party seeks Mormon support to edge the Liberals in a close city race. Elsewhere the Meichoudist Episcopal Freedmen's Aid Society marks a jubilee in Cincinnati for 25 years of work. Colorado Springs Electric line conductors strike over wage cuts from 55 to 49.50 per month.
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Ogden
Utah
Liberal Party
Citizens’ Party
Bee
Freedmen’s Air
Freedmen’s Aid Society
The
Meichoudist Episcopal Church
Cincinnati
Colorado
Colorado Springs
Texas Pistol Law Fails to End Prison Time
The Texas House killed a measure that would remove a thirty day imprisonment feature from the pistol law. The revised statute still fines carriers 25 to 200 dollars and allows jail time of thirty to ninety days, though not mandatory. Also noted is GA K Appolatwse and a update on the National Memorial Hall Committee appointment replacing Judge Walter Q. Greyhaw.
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Texas
GA. K. Appolatwse
W. G. Veasey
G. A.B
3. Oglesby
The
Nations Memorial Hall
Walter Q. Greyhaw
Sunday School Lesson Insight on Elijah at Hore
A compact review of the Elijah Hore narrative tied to common church teaching. It connects the Hore experience to personal faith, revival, and the tension between divine move and opposition. It notes still small voices, spiritual nourishment, and the need to heed God amid public stir and skepticism. Next week features Ahab's Covetousness.
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Malden
Elijah
Hore
Carmel
Dan
Beersheba
God
Eijah
Ahab
Poult
Jezebel
Shu
Ashtoreth
L Khigs
Elijaly
Elia
Ruth
Alok
Jeverel
John the Baptist
Jesus
Bureau of Information
Christ
Sen
Fila
Seiside
Isadah
God Boinetines
Israel
Chistian
Spuke
John Peddle
Philadelphia
Signatures and handwriting praise reveal refined epistles
The text notes signatures of celebrities Lowell Higginson and Mrs Frank Leerie as refined, graceful, and strong. W M Rossetti and Christina Rossetti write plain, neat letters, while the poet Foogiclios is described with simple, round handwriting.
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Lowell and Higginson
Frank Leerie
W. M. Rossetti
Christina G. Rossetti
Foogiclios
Mother approves union of Mabel and Clarence Dashaway
An elderly Chicago matron praises her daughter Mabel and confirms her engagement to Clarence Dashaway. She declares he is noble and chivalrous, and that no objection will stand in their happiness. Mabel expresses joy at finally achieving this match with her beloved.
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Chicago
Mabel
Gamle
Clarence
Clarence Dashaway
Mamma
Maher
Rulhalo Thidiga
Protect Your Health With Hoatetter's Stomach Bitters
Seasonal health warnings urge using Hoatetter's Stomach Bitters to aid digestion and excretion in winter. The tonic is said to open the bowels purify and regulate the system, ease rheumatic twinges digestion woes and restore appetite spirits and overall vitality with a vegetable stomachic and invigorant.
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Hoatetter
A Dandy Printer of Other Days
An aged printer recalls Tom Stewart known as a dandy printer in his era. He describes a moment when the governor's message could not be printed due to type limits, and Stewart directed the foreman to set the caps, a story printers would appreciate.
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Tom Stewart
Tor Stewart
Advertising the Canrrorsia Fig Syrup Co remedy gains notice
An illustration shows the value of extensive advertising for a merit article. The Canrrorsia Fig Syrup Co markets a new laxative syrup from delicate fruits and plants. The piece warns against cheap substitutes and notes the product is manufactured by the Cull forma ily syrup Co. of Sit Pranetsey Cal Louisville Wy New York NY. Christina of Spain is praised for improving charm of manner through effort, despite unattractive initial appearance.
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Canrrorsia Fig Syrup Co
United States
Forma Ily Syrup Co
Sit Pranetsey
Cal
Louisville
New York
N.Y
California Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco
Louisvive
Abemory
Tent
Ee Loiselle
S37
Fifth Ave
Mount Washington In Winter and Other Essays Preview
A miscellany advertisement style segment lists upcoming magazine content from the Senses Magazine for February 1691 including Mount Washington in Winter by Edward L Wilson and a feature on Japan. It notes illustrations, poems, and other pieces, with subscription details and a brief publisher note.
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Senses Magazine
Mount Washington
Edward L. Wilson
Japan
Africa
J. Scott Keltie
Frank R Stockton
Livingstone
Charles Seribaur
Broadway
New York
Fireproof Dwellings in South America Defy Fire Risk
The New Orleans Plempine reports non combustible houses rising in Buenos Ayres and Montevideo. Builders use scarce hardwoods, bare frames, and layered brick and tile floors and roofs. No lathings or wainscoting, doors have frames set during wall construction. A house so built cannot be burned.
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New Orleans
South America
Buenos Ayres
Montevideo
Hall's Catarrh Cure Endorsed by Doctor in 1887
Dr L K Gor suchh testifies after forty years in general medicina that Hall's Catarrh Cure by J Cheney & Co. cures all catarrh cases if taken as directed. The advertisement claims a $100 reward for any uncured case and lists Toledo as the manufacturing city with local dealers.
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Torino
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
Direg
L. K
Gor5uch
M.D
Cmice
ST. J. Cheney & Co
Props
Toledo
G. Berdold
Druguiats
Miss Mokns Engaged? In Town or Parlor Inquiry
A fragmentary exchange asks if Miss Mokns is engaged, with one speaker noting she is in the parlor and the Ukht appears unsettled, suggesting the odds of engagement are rising as conversation unfolds.
Kemp's Balsam Cough Cure Ad Claims Fast Relief
An old promotional blurb touts Kemp’s Balsam as the best cough cure. It promises to treat coughs colds sore throat chest pains and influenza and bronchitis with immediate relief after the first dose. Large bottles priced at 40 cents and $1.
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London
England
Warning in Tints and Time Saving Light
Early in the notice, guidance urges choosing comfort and health by avoiding long chores in difficult spaces. It promotes Dobbins' Electric Roly as a labor lighter available through grocers. The piece plays on fashionable values and personal care with terse, period tone.
Remarkable recovery after Hood's Sarsaparilla use
War B. Tayon of Emporium Cameron County credits Hood's Sarsaparilla with ending a months long battle with rheumatic fever. He describes extreme weakness and near death before starting the remedy in spring. After four doses his appetite and health improved, and he asserts no rheumatic trouble since.
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JeRa End
Hood
Fteah
Tayon
Emporium
Cameron County
Piso's Remedy for Catarrh Promoted by Major
A newspaper snippet features dialogue with Major urging Uncle Eph to stop drinking and mend his ways. The text contrasts hardship from monthly bills with the perceived best, easiest remedy, Piso's Remedy for Catarrh, sold by druggists for a price.
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