PAULS RECEPTION AND NEW ORLEANS VISIT
A long, fragmented account describes reception plans for President Wefan in New Orleans with processions, carriages, and a review of clubs, followed by remarks at the Ryan German choral society. Separate items note Fred May’s duel-related trouble in New York, a shooting incident near Newport, and a gang member killed near Toward Monroe.
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Patt
Pengain
Wefan
Yrief
Qaiety
Ryan Rete German Choral Society
Ryan Verybody
York
Fred May
New York
Newport
Bates
Equity
New Orleans
Fifth We
Prietor
May
Duffy
Opening Day Sparks Chicago Internatl Military Jubilee
The report notes today as the normal opening day for Chicago internatl military jubilee with preparations ongoing for a fuller opening on Monday or Tuesday as artillery battalions arrive and the camp is readied. Separately, Glasgow reports yacht Mabel owner Muir plans a ninety ton cutter to contest next year’s America's Cup with designer Fife of Fairlie and master Duncan of Gourwk named for the Scotch Nupetitor role. New York notes Mike Kelly of the Boston ball team pressed manager Mutrie about yesterday’s postponed game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ciuenco
Chicago
Glascow
Muir
Nston
Mabel
Fife
Fairlie
Robert Duncan
Gourwk
Kelley Hints At Move From Boston To New York Next Season
A reporter overheard Kelly and teammate Murrie discussing possible terms to join the New York club next season. Kelley expressed desire for a release this fall and hinted at dissatisfaction with his Boston position, suggesting a New York move may follow.
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New Yorks
Murrie
Kelly
Kelley
Boston
New York
Miller Missing From Brookings College Board
Silion Sept 30. M V Miller president of the board of trustees of the agricultural college at Brookings is missing. Earlier this month he mortgaged 200 cattle to the Tluron Bank and secured a 3200 loan on them. On Sept 7 he left for Chicago to buy stock for the college farm and has not been heard from since Sept 12. Bank agents searched Wessington for the cattle and found they were not there. Miller did not own that many cattle. Fears that he took territorial funds accompany the vanishing. Dispatches went out but nothing learned.
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Silion
M. V. Miller
Agricultural College
Brookings
Tluron Bank
Chicago
Wessington
Miller
Fire at English Kitchen lodging house in Detroit
Fire tore through the four story English Kitchen on Jefferson Avenue at 3 15 am. Firemen found lodgers at upper windows crying for help. three were missing. Two dead named Elisha Stroh from Breckenridge Missouri and an unknown man about 25. Loss about 33000 with survivor Charles Peleron, 22, in doubtful recovery.
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Detroit
Mich
Jefferson Avenue
Charles Peleron
Elisha Stroh
Breckenridge
Bellevue Bank Failure Shocks Norwalk Area
Norwalk Ohio October 1 excitement in Bellevue due to the failure of a long established bank in Muron county. Last midnight papers of assignment name T C Wood as assignee. Liabilities near 100000 with poor investments and mismanagement cited, but depositors are secured and will lose nothing.
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Norwalk
Ohio
Bellevue
Bellevue Bank
Muron County
T. C. Wood
Judge Palmer and country papers clash in standoff
The Alexandria Herald notes a mutual low regard between Judge Palmer and rural newspapers. The piece frames a stalemate where neither side yields, highlighting tensions over press independence and judicial scrutiny.
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Alexandria
Is This a Slur? Judge Palmer’s Sioux Falls Press remark
The Bismarck Tribune notes Judge Palmer risks his delegateship by labeling the Sioux Falls Press the "justly recognized leader of Dakota daily papers" and questions the impact of this characterization on his political future.
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Bismarck Tribune
All a Matter of Taste and a Penny-a-Liner Whine
The Woonsocket Times calls Judge Palmer a model man but ridicules the paper as a penny-a-liner, patent-inside backwoods institution. The piece notes the irony and suggests a lighthearted view of local journalism.
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Palmer
The
Woonsocket Times
the Times
Temperance lecturer Finch targets Sparks over Dakota views
A Mitchell Republican note claims temperance lecturer John B. Finch uses his talks in the region to praise Sparks and criticize Dakota people, suggesting Finch may be angling for a land office position.
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Bismarck
Mitchell Republican
John B. Finch
Sparks
Finch
Baseball Gossip Sparks National League Interest
Indianapolis offers big money for Ram sey or Louisville. The Cuban Giants show a strong season with 152 games and 88 losses. Dalrymple eyed as Pittsburg manager, Fagan joins Theo Mets from Rutland VT. Van der Ahe plans Oct 16 Cuban Giants game against St Louis and Detroit. Betting buzz grows for the World Series with Detroit as favorite. Boston pursues Clarkson and Thompson, matching past Kelly bids, while praising Boston’s treatment of players.
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Tndianapolis
Ramsey
Louisville
Dalrymple
Pittsburg
Theo Mets
Fagan
Rutland
Troy
van der Ahe
St. Louis
Detroits
Detroit
Browns
Mike Kelly
Boston
Antiphone Ear Device Lets Conversation Through
A Yankee department clerk inventions a small ear diaphragm called the antiphone. It fits inconspicuously in the ear and blocks wagon noises ice cream sellers and vendors while letting the nearby speaker be heard. The device works like polarized crystals, passing some sounds and blocking others.
First Colored Troops Enlisted By General Butler
Gen Butler writes to a Boston paper denying Massachusetts enrollment of the first colored troops in the Civil War. He states that in 1862 he enlisted three regiments of colored men in New Orleans and sent them into action well before such troops were employed elsewhere.
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Butler
Boston
Massachusetts
New Orleans
Chicago Times
Hay Fever Susceptibility Across Populations
A medical writer notes hay fever primarily affects English and American people especially among the upper classes and men. The north of Europe shows near absence, while France Germany Italy and Spain report rarity. Projections estimate New York City at 2,000,000 and Brooklyn at 3,000,000 at the next census.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
France
Germany
Italy
Spain
Newark City
Brooklyn
How to Make Keysy Spells and Odd Dialogues
A column fragment compiles humorous sketches and miscues from society life. It includes Deacon Burdette’s views on daily life, a quip about a milk man, and vignettes on taste tests and a Prussian king’s rebukes. It also mentions a playful drugstore scene and a wagging farmer joke, ending with a quip about an author and book sales.
An Unbuttoned Cherry and Witty Snippets
A collection of brief quips and anecdotes from papers like Columbus Dispatch The Epoch Life and other sources. Jokes about cherries amateurs mischief and puns appear alongside a note that Cedar Rapids records Dr Carver breaks glass balls in two minutes and fifteen seconds reflecting a rapid display.
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Cedar Rapids
Carver
Religious items from the era Historical church topics in 1890s
A digest of religious news notes spans conferences and locations. St Louis forthcoming for methodist general meeting in 1890. Presbyterian missions raise over 2.15 million since 1874. Maine judge rules choir whispers lawful. Baptist Missionary Union reports 9,842 baptisms in a year. Cuba hosts three Protestant churches on Havana Matanzas and Cienfuegos. Jewish mission seminary founded at Leipsic, second after London. Franconia to be christianized by St Kilian in 1889. Miss Charlotte Austin leaves 80,000 to Episcopal causes. NYC cathedral fundraising near half complete. Presbyterians touted as largest Protestant body. World Presbyterians counted at 34,351,887 in 1872. Eleventh church congress set for Louisville October 18-21 with debates on church name and apostolic succession.
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The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
St. Louis
Presbyterian Church of the United States
Maine
Baptist Missionary Union
Cuba
Havana
Matanzas
Cienfuegos
Leipsic
London
Wurzburg
Franconia
St. Kilian
Scotland
Charlotte Austin
Cairo
Greene County
N. Y
Episcopal Diocese of
Albany
Oak Hill Church
Episcopal Church
Protestant Episcopal
New York City
Gotham
Presbyterian Church
McCosh
Philadelphia
Louisville
Cincinnati
Detroit
South
Richmond
Randolph
Phillips Brooks
Seymour
Thompson
Prince
Childlike Quips and Mischiefs Across Newspapers
A compilation of brief humorous anecdotes about children from various papers. A Duluth four year old hopes for heaven after a run in with the corrective rod. a girl imagines her uncle’s memory as tired and forgetful. a child learns to bow by copying a monkey. another recalls heaven as outdoors inside every room. a boy ponders olden times gunplay in Sunday school. a girl says her elbow feels dizzy after a tumble down stairs.
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Duluth
Band Organ Monkey
Binghamton
Johnny
Washington
Buffalo Courier
Queen Victoria Denies Writing a Book and Other Society Notes
A collection of society items reported from the era notes Queen Victoria denying authorship of a forthcoming book, a young Mexican girl slated to perform as a bullfighter, the Duchess of Cumberland resuming duties after mental health issues, and Miss Fredericks of Columbus eloping with a poor Ohio State student. It also mentions Miss Minnie Foster of Warren consuming arsenic for complexion, the Boston widow Mrs Henry P. Kidder described as the handsomest and wealthiest, Mrs Logan nearly recovered from an accident and planning to move her husband’s remains to Chicago, and guards watching the Rock Creek church cemetery vault where soldiers stand night and day.
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Duchess of Cumberland
Fredericks
Columbus
Ohio State University
Minnie Foster
Warren
Boston
Henry P. Kidder
Notable Literary and Estate Updates Across Authors
The estate of M Katkoff is valued at 1 400 000. Eight hundred dollars raised for Walt Whitman goes to the good gray poet. Justin McCarthy prepares a second volume of History of the Four Georges. Sidney Luska to serialize for Wide Awake, testing a writer for children. Stevenson plans a winter in Japan or New Zealand rather than Colorado. Dr Garnett says Carlyle’s mystery heart is ripe for plucking. Miss May Kendall to publish From a Garret verse collection.
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M. Katkoff
Walt Whitman
Justin McCarthy
Sidney Luska
Robert Louis Stevenson
Japan
New Zealand
Colorado
Garnett
Carlyle
Shooting at Bats by a seasoned sportsman
A veteran shooter notes bats are the hardest targets to hit due to agility and sharp turns. He recalls holes puncturing wings failing to drop them, and a tale of a bat flying off with twenty wing wounds told by the Kansas City Times.
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Kansas City Times
Notable Visions of Sages and Rulers Across the World
A string of quick sketches notes Charles Dickens’s son’s planned Oct itinerary to America, talks with newspaper men, McPherson’s cigar habits, Ohio governor Foraker’s youth, Crispi’s Garibaldi past, Henry George’s wealth, Wilde’s charm for Anderson, Ingalls’ barber joke, Waller delaying return to New London, Edwin Gould joining Western Union, Spain’s baby king, Marlborough’s American eagle holdings, Ferdinand Ward’s printing at Sing Sing, Prince Psai Too birth, Dom Pedro’s world travel, Miss Walker and Muchmore marriage quip, Proctor eyeing Florida star gazing, Belknap’s quiet Powhatan Court House life, and Bismarck curbing park leaves ban.
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William Walter Phelps
John R. McPherson
Governor Foraker
Ohio
Premier Crispi
Italy
Garibaldi
Henry George
Oscar Wilde
Mary Anderson
Ingalls
Waller
United States
London
New London
Edwin Gould
Western Union Telegraph Company
Spain
Ferdinand Ward
Sing Sing
Wall Street
Imperial
Prince Psai
Prince Chun
Dom Pedro
Brazil
Baden- Baden
Egypt
England
Miss Walker
Cincinnati
Muchmore
Walker
Fragmentary History Snippets From 19th Century Notes
A miscellany of curiosities includes Calumet & Hecla shaft No 9 rock that crashed into a Michigan house, Sugar Hill’s hotel employees who are divinity students and a French Latin speaking scrub girl, the carat seed origin of a weight term, precise milligram scales, Holland Michigan fruit train totals, an ocean steamer stopping distance, a Fulton Market pig supplier for Joss worship, and a St Paul remark on children and parental handwriting similarities.
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Sopchoppy
Florida
Calumet & Hecla
Michigan
Sugar Hill
White Mountains
Holland, Mich
Chicago
Fulton
Joss
New York
Brooklyn
Jersey City
St. Paul
The Extinct Australian Lion Found in New South Wales Diggings
Recent Wellington cave discoveries in New South Wales reveal well preserved jawbones of an extinct Australian lion. Professor Owen of the British Museum deems it a marsupial lion about the size of the African lion, tied to post pleiocene deposits with Tasmanian tiger and devil remains. The find supports earlier theories of a carnivorous predator coexisting with Diprotodon.
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Wellington Caves
New South Wales
Mines Department
Museum
Sydney
Richard Owen
British Museum
Victoria
Owen
Australia
Chambers’ Journal
Water power usage by manufacturing branches
The Boston Budget notes five branches of manufacturing account for 85 percent of water power usage. Plouring and grist mills 3.4 percent, sawmills 22.7 percent, cotton mills 12.4 percent, and woolen mills 44 percent. Iron industry uses very little water power.
Ayer's Pills Restore Appetite and Digestive Health
Ayer's Pills are advertised as purely vegetable with no calomel, safe for all ages. Personal testimonials from Darius Logan of Wilmington, C C Clark of Danbury, Philip Lockwood of Topeka, Henry Hemmenway of Rockport, and John Lazarus of St John report relief from dyspepsia, constipation, headaches, and general debility after taking one or more boxes.
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Aver's
Ayer
Darius M. Logan
Wilmington, del
C. C. Clark
Danbury, Conn
Philip Lockwood
Topeka
Kans
Henry C. Hemmenway
Rockport
Mass
John Lazarus
St. John, N. B
Various Inventions and Weather Note From A Sweep Of Items
A mix of tech notes and curiosities: copper will harden wood. a Boston man patents an electrical boot blocker. Irish inventor Hazlett introduces a glass blowing machine. H R Stickney of Portland runs a kerosene engine and plans a compound version. London asylum saves over 4000 dollars yearly with soft water. Also report of fifty nine flowering plants found in mummy wrappings and a loco locomotive used as a cheap hygrometer near railways. Two Irishmen joke about rail passes in a Texas saloon.
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Boston
Francis Hazlett
H. R. Stickney
Portland
London
Her Falling. Courtness Tid Bits Snubs Snavely
A fragmentary item features Mrs. Snavely of Birmingham Alabama resisting a dip with a polite prompt from Courtness. The piece hints at real estate speculation bravado and a dismissive remark.
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Courtness
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