Fatal matches kill three in Cleveland and Chicago incidents
In Cleveland at 101 Franklin avenue Annie Freel five and Johnny Freel eight set fire to their clothes with matches. The girl died and the boy was badly burned as their mother tried to douse the flames. In Chicago Mrs Anna Seil stepped on a match lighting her dress and suffered fatal burns. Her landlord and sister Kate Large faced injuries and fright as witnesses describe the scene.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Annie
Johnny
Freel
Franklin Avenue
Chicago
Anna Seil
Seminary, Avenue
In The Nick Of Time A Train Nears Horse Car
At a Grand Trunk crossing on Archer avenue a street car signalled to proceed while a passenger train approached. The conductor urged the driver to stop and the engineer stopped the train within about two feet of the car. Panic injuries included Hanton with head wounds and Mrs Killen with a broken leg.
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Chicago
Cascano
Grand Trunk Railroad
Archer Avenue
Grand Trunk Road
Cir Jus
Hanton
Thawed Dynamite Injures New Haven Stone Blasters
In New Haven on February 9 a gang of stone blasters on the New York and New Haven railroad thawed a piece of dynamite in their shanty. An explosion shattered the shack and injured all the men. Foreman Lt. Barber of Colchester may lose both eyes and suffer serious injuries. Charles Kelly, Daniel Sullivan, John Sullivan No. 2 and John Sullivan No. 3 were hurt, with one eye likely lost and facial bruising. All were deafened and hospitalized.
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New Haven
Conn
New York and New Haven
Theishanty
Lt. Barber
Colchester
Charles Kelly
Daniel Sullivan
John Sullivan
Williamatic
John ‘Sullivan
Firemen Injured as Walls Collapse in Norfolk Fire
Eight firefighters were trapped beneath collapsing walls in a large three story brick building on Hill Street Norfolk Va. The blaze destroyed the building and damaged nearby ones. Eight men were seriously injured and one possibly fatally. Loss estimated at 30000 dollars.
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Norfolk
Norrfolk
Axaping
J. H. Sterberg& Co
Archbishop Walsh Criticizes Harrington and Parnell
Archbishop Walsh issues a circular to Roman Catholic clergy denouncing Timothy Harrington for backing Parnell and urging clerics in the National League to oppose him. The clergy and public largely repudiated Parnell, and Walsh calls for league members to resist his supporters. Pierre Lorillard gravely ill in Jacksonville as of February 7. Fitzsimmons signs travel contract under Otto von Claro. Rome names Perteux minister of war amid cabinet reshuffle.
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Walsh
Dusin
Timothy Harrington
National League
Parnell
League
Syes Parnell
Tee
Treaty Proclaimed Reciprocal Trade With Brasil by Harrison
President Harrison announced full completion of negotiations with Brazil through Secretary Blaine and Minister Mendonca. The proclamation details a new reciprocal tariff framework, exempting U S products and reducing duties on many Brazilian imports, effective April 1, 1801, and 25 percent reductions on a broad schedule.
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Harrison
United States of Brazil
United States of America
Paril
Brazil
Favorable Comment on Brazil United States Trade Treaty
Charley R. Flint of the New York Commercial company praises the Brazil United States reciprocity treaty as opening a large promising South American market for American manufactures and agriculture. He argues the treaty, with better transport and an American bank, could boost U S prosperity and reduce European competition. In New Orleans merchants largely agree predicting benefits for national trade and shipping lines to Rio de Janeiro. Patrick McBride notes divisions among Connellsville coke operators regarding postproposed shutdown plans.
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New York
New Orleans
Charley R. Flint
New York Commercial Company
Brazil
United States
South America
Flint
Congress
Europe
New Organs
W. B. Schmidt
Here
Rio de Janeiro
Our
New Republic
Prrrsaura
Patrick McBride
United Mine Workers of America
Columbus
Ohio
Connellsville
Elevated for Philadelphia Market Street Railroad Approved
Philadelphia council approves ordinance to advertise sale to highest bidder for construction of elevated railroad on Market street. In Columbus, Foster's chances for treasury portfolio seen as bright by his supporters.
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Philadelphia
Market Street
Foster
Columbus
Ohio
Treasury
The Red Man in Winter Tepee Life and Moccasin Making
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt surveys tepee life with details on winter shelter fires and bedding. It describes tepee construction, ventilation, and storage, plus the daily meals of flour bread and meat. It also covers the craft of leggins and moccasins from deer skins, tanning, brain fat usage, and lacing with sinews, noting gear and methods across tribes.
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Rocky Mountains
America
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ghostly Drug Clerk Haunts Croesen Shop in 1659
A doctor’s tale from Croesen in Silesia recalls the death of terrace Monigh a drug clerk and servant. After burial a phantom, exact in form, haunted the shop for six weeks weighing drugs and serving customers while frightening staff. Princess Elizabeth Charlotte ordered the corpse burned and the shop later vanished in a 1741 fire.
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Weere
Croesen
Silesia
Errace Monigh
Sare
Elizabeth Charlotte
Crossen
St. Louis Republic
Cats and kittens in playful boisterous frolics and aging gentleness
A brief survey on cats and dogs enjoying childlike play, from lively kitten frolics to mature sedateness. It notes animals’ fondness for sport, the ease with which cats tolerate rough handling, and the humorous slight of being ridiculed, citing W. H. Larrabee’s Popular Science account of a cat named Pusset.
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Lindsay
Wood
W. H. Larrabee
The Attorney's Dog
A Boston lawyer and his dog enact a comic legal scheme over a bone. The dog sues the bone thief and wins, seizing the bone then retreating to his kennel as possession becomes law. A quip on legal action and possession ends with a playful moral.
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Boston
Cevield
Reuben Higgins
J. W. Farwell & Seginst Chi Work
Vevenites
Arene
George Seiple
Higgins
Confectionery Window Wishers and Tide Tales Recounted
A Scots Irish English tour group eyes a confectionery shop beauty and debates small coin for a chat. Separately, the Bay of Fundy’s fierce tides at St Johns are noted with twenty to twenty four feet rise in fair weather and higher surges during storms, illustrating extreme tidal behavior.
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Bay of Fundy
Atlantic Ocean
St. Johns
St. Louis Republic
The Victim or Goeth to Be Married
Fragmentary dialogue reveals a heated exchange about marriage with insults and confusion. The speaker contests the engagement to a woman named Fanny Brown, calling her common and expresses disbelief at marrying her.
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Fanny Brown
Work of a Cloudburst A Paradise Valley Destroyed
A cloudburst sweeps a serene valley in a dramatic, violent surge from distant hills. Animals flee as a towering wall of water rips through trees and rocks, flattening landscape. a lone sorrel horse leads the retreat while onlookers witness nature’s raw power. Fire follows in Sheboygan, claiming a child’s life in a separate incident.
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Parallel Ranges
Paradise
Heaven
Earth
Soan
Minnesota Bank Robber Arrested in Brandon
John Zimmerman, who robbed a bank at Waseca last August, has been arrested in Brandon. He was brought here with his wife and will be held pending extradition proceedings.
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Minnesota
Winniree
Man
John Zimmerman
Waseca
Minn
Brandon
Two Thanksgivings and a Practical Joke Hero
The text contrasts a tranquil village Thanksgiving scene with a practical joke in a southern city where a young man was mocked as a bank robbery suspect. He fled, later learned the ruse, found success in Montreal through savvy speculation, and returned wiser. The items reflect themes of gratitude and sudden fortune.
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Canada
Montreal
Philadelphia Enquirer
Painted Skeleton Graves Unearthed in Crimean Excavations
Archaeologists in the Crimean excavations report painted human bones found in two graves, six skeletons in one and one in another. Professor Grempler of Breslau links them to ancient Crimean inhabitants the Cimmerians. He suggests bringing the finds to Paris for exhibition at the autumn anthropology congress.
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Wesselovski
Grempler
Breslau
Moscow
Crimea
Central Asia
Paris
Congress of Anthropologists
Boston Transcript
Supreme Court Upholds Damages Against Telegraph Company
The North Carolina Supreme Court confirmed a lower court ruling awarding J. T. Young of Craven County ten thousand dollars against Western Union Telegraph Company. Young's wife fell ill in Columbia, South Carolina, and despite her telegram requesting his immediate return, the message reached him six days late, and she died before he learned of her illness.
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State Supreme Court of
North Carolina
J. T. Young
Craven County
N. C
Western Union Telegraph Company
Young
Columbia
S.C
New Berne
Russian artist Nicolai stirs Berlin with Christ before Pilate painting
Kate Field reports Nicolai’s work crowds the Berlin salon, described as horribly fascinating and crowding viewers. Critics find it vastly inferior to Munkacsy’s Christ before Pilate yet concede it has power.
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Nicolai
Berlin
Munkacsy
Kate Field
Washington
Fashion Notes and Odd Facts From The Era
The piece comments on neck dressings growing in size and versatility while scarf pins simplify in design. It notes a revived plain gold ball pin with turquoise, the return of pipes in private spaces, a long distance bird race in France with 2746 entries, and a cannon height report. It closes with a Hart County hog claim of 625 pounds at 14 months, 7 feet 7 inches long.
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Fernandina
Pierre Lorriford
Rome
Rudini
Perteux
Luszati
Morin
Government of
Brasil
House of
United States’ of America
Imr
Benjamin Harrison
THE
Red Man
New Mexico
Ute
Mr. Patrick
Craytur
Mr. Bull
Mr. McAndrew
Birmingham Mercury
Sheboygan
Wis
H. E. Roth
Roth
Mr. Putneick
Mabel Hayden
Jenness-Miller Magazine
England
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