Artesian well yields fuel water in Stockton home
A Stockton man sunk a seven inch artesian tube 840 feet to reach water. He inserted a four inch tube to 1200 feet, found gas in the water, and by laying pipe has secured both fuel and water for his house from the same well. Rovumanta notes its divorce laxity and strict youth conduct. A letter says girls have little liberty and dancing twice risks social ruin.
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Stockton
Cal
Rovumanta
Bucharest
Editorial on punishment and reform in American justice
The excerpt urges harsher enforcement of laws and swifter justice after a Cincinnati riot. It argues that low murder executions reflect a defective system and mob violence, contrasting Anglo continental courts with U S procedures. It calls voters to demand reform and judges to apply rigorous, direct criminal trials.
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Cincinnati
Monument to receive ten electric lights
Ten electric lights are planned for the top of the Washington Monument. A playful postscript from Punch laments a rough finish and a friend’s dusty critique, underscoring the era's modernization mood.
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Washington Monument
New York Advertiser Notes Hand Painted Bon Nets
Mrs Geunpy of the New York Mail comments on hand painted bon nets pairing with old painted faces while the Commercial Advertiser hopes for news of the extinct tide. The text hints at future scientists unearthing a figure and inflicting it upon an innocent world.
Refund funds for settlers along the Denver and St. Joe line
A sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars is appropriated to refund settlers in Kansas and Nebraska the amount they paid under a prior compromise when their lands were disputed along the Denver & St. Joe railroad corridor.
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Denver & St. Joe Road
Kansas
Nebraska
Zoological Show Promises Snakes as Principal Attraction
A humorous exchange compares wine and whisky to family roles before noting a zoological show featuring snakes as the main draw. The snippet cites comments from the New York Commercial Advertiser Boston Post and Philadelphia Press.
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Sin
N. Y
Tom and
Jerry
Boston Post
Ofigins
Philadelphia Press
Smile in Back Bay as will item read aloud
A smile spread through a Back Bay horse car yesterday when a famous will was announced. A white haired man shared with a friend that the deceased left five thousand dollars to a gentleman once engaged to her daughter whose engagement was broken long ago. The exchange suggested compensation for disappointment as the reason.
Union Pacific to fence track to curb cattle deaths
Every winter many cattle shelter on the Union Pacific railroad cuts and are killed by trains. The company will enclose its track with barb ed wire fence from North Platte westward to divide grazing areas and prevent roaming. Cattlemen may object, but UP asserts the fence protects both the railroad and cattle, likely benefiting all parties in the long run.
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Union Pacific
North Platte
Stock losses along B page overblown says correspondent
Palisade and Benkelman correspondent N A Way reports in Cheyenne that stock losses along the B and M road are exaggerated. He counted carcasses from Berkelman to Haigler and Haigler to Ray and Ray to Eckley, noting many killed by cars and storms. Cattle drifted, water and feed scarce, yet most stock visible is cattle and some are in water or Frenchman. The 7VE stock company of western Nebraska feeds many cattle with light losses. Hagerman reports cattle in good condition up river.
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N. W. Stock Journal
Palisade
Hayes County
N. A. Way
Journal
Benkelman
Cheyenne
Berkelman
Haigler
Ray
Eckley
7Ve Stock Company
Nebraska
W. M. Hagerman
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Hitchcock Land District
A. J. Willey
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Lee Johnson, M. D
Graduate Medical Department University
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C. L. Nettleton
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Augusta
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