G A R Veterans Encampment Opens Amid Rain
St Louis on September 26 reports a misty rain as Grand Army of the Republic veterans gather for the encampment the largest assembly since the war. Firemen parade with Coppi’s band and city police. crowds line the streets anticipating a historic event. Kansas delegates prepare to honor Andy Rankman who just turned a century old and served in 1812 Mexican War and the Civil War.
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St. Louis
New York
Coppi
Gotham
Grand Army
Washington
Kansas
Andy Rankman
Senator Riddleberger vows lively senate in coming session
Washington reports Senator Riddleberger vows aggressive action in the next senate session, claiming he can tie votes by siding with Democrats. He says this is retaliation for past snubs, aiming to unsettle Republican allies as he nears the end of his term.
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Washington
Riddleberger
Senate
Tommy
Smink Ritoff
Office Boy
Mr. Scrivner
Boston ‘Transcript
Three Men Poker Fight Stabbing at Waterloo Village
In Virginia between Washington and Alexandria three men fought after poker games anding whiskey. George Iolmes a brickyard worker stabbed Henry Beach fatally and Tom Taylor. Beach died at hospital. Taylor to recover at home. Holmes jailed.
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Washington
Waterloo Village
Alexandria
Virginia
George Iolmes
Henry Beach
Tom Taylor
Beach
Taylor
Holmes
Catarrh Remedy Promises Quick Relief
A 19th century ad touts Dr. Sage's catarrh remedy claiming rapid relief from dizziness indigestion eye inflammation headaches lassitude and nasal discharge. It promises to end discomfort and the social awkwardness caused by a loathsome disease.
The Disadvantages of Neighboring Houses Being Alike
A collection of humorous anecdotes from Oscar Wilde and others about misdirected social encounters. A guest dines next door by mistake, a couple misrecognize friends at a party, and a cowboy tale circulates in Boston. Also includes Vienna style jokes, a grape arbor scene, office boy dialect sketches, and a hotel gossip quip.
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Tani
Imine
Mrs. Moulton
Boston Herald
Dreary Outlook in Humor Column Sparks Editorial Note
Editor complains of lacking humor and promises a fresh issue titled the Dreary Outlook. The column hints at a mix of obituaries and local figures, including a bank cashier and aldermen, framing the day’s tone around sighs and soap and flannel.
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Hunmoris
The Thistle in New York Harbor A Scotch Yacht Arrives
The Scotch yacht Thistle arrived in New York harbor to intense interest from American yachting circles. Captain Barr, reticent on dimensions, projects confidence and predicts a strong showing against the Volunteer. Navigator Kerr and crew display a buoyant, humorous spirit as they discuss the craft’s speed, design, and readiness for the forthcoming America's Cup race.
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Thistle
New York
Ocean
Kerr
Capt. Barr
Capt
Barr
New York Bay
Tompkinsville
Burr
Clara
Bary
Shooting at Bats and Minnesota Pension News
An expert notes bats are hard to shoot due to their speed and agility. In a lighter note a bat supposedly flew away with twenty holes in its wings. Separately, Minnesotans were granted pensions with increases for Nathan B. Watson Patrick Hoey Charles Smith J N Kruger and a restoration and increase for Charles H Dilbree.
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Kansas City Times
Washington
Nathan B. Watson
Minneapolis
Patrick Hoey
Cleveland
Charles 8. Smith
West Union
J. N. Kruger
Mankato
Charles H. Dilbree
Winnebago City
Wide Range of 19th Century Notes From California to Virginia
A digest of diverse items notes land under cultivation in Ireland high at 76 988 acres last year. In California James Wethered owns a California gold era snuff box from 1948. Tulare residents face illness from large numbers of black spiders. Elgin dairymen form a winter protective league amid forecasted harsh weather. The wealthiest Philadelphian Isaiah Williamson grows famous for sudden fortune. Chicago elevator capacity hits 28 550 000 bushels with a record grain stock in April. Averages of horse teams and antiquated transport appear alongside stories of Sioux captivity and a miner losing both hands near Oro Arizona. Eight railroads converge toward Big Stone Gap in Virginia Kentucky with plans for an industrial town and rich ore resources.
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James 8. Wethered
San Francisco
California
Tulare
Cal
Elgin
Philadelphia
Isaiah V. Williamson
Chicago
John Brennock
Genoa
Pipe of Peace
Newsboys
New York
Childrens Aid Society
Forty-fourth Street
Second Avenue
Japan
Yokohama
Albany
William McDiarmid
United States
Healdsburg
Sonoma County
Edinburgh
Stockton
Willian Beck
Washington
War Department
Sitting Bull
Deadwood
Isth
Daniel Rogers
Oro
Ariz
Big Stone Gap
Virginian
Kentucky
Snake Stories From Across the Nation
An Omaha farmer loses six calves to rattlesnake bites. William Steffers of Highland Minnesota dies after a rattlesnake bite despite whiskey and remedies. David McGranahan of Yellowstone Wisconsin amputates a bitten finger after striking the snake with a hatchet. A chicken in Richmond Missouri battles a grass snake and regurgitates it after failing to swallow. Charles E. Jackson of Halifax Florida reports a pet snake swallowing a rat nose first in a cabinet scene.
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William Steffers
Highland
Minn
David McGranahan
Yellowstone
Wis
Richmond
Charles E. Jackson
Halifax
Fla
Jackson
Sherman urges West Pointers to defend guiding flag
General Sherman addresses West Point cadets urging unwavering loyalty to the government. He warns that protection shifts from veterans to the young and frames service as a lasting, glorious duty with life risk acknowledged.
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Uts
Demographic Sketch of Woodbridge Residents
The Chicago Herald notes Woodbridge has two septuagenarians, eighteen petogenarians, and two nonogenarians totaling about 1,900 years among its elderly. In 1883 the town had twenty five citizens aged 80 to 90, and the average age remains similar.
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Woodbridge
Chicago Herald
Modern Innovations In Mexico Dress Changes Prompt Debate
A Mexico Letter notes a cultural shift as traditional attire like sombreros, serapes, and vivid colors give way to London-made garments and American style hats. It highlights wealthier classes adopting new fashion while lower strata abandon the serape for shoddy overcoats, altering the vibrant street scene.
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Mexico
London
Extinct Australian Lion Objects of Debate Confirmed Finds
New discoveries from Wellington caves New South Wales reveal undoubted remains of an Australian lion including complete jawbones. Professor Owen of the British Museum regards the creature as a pouch bearing lion about the size of the African species. Separate finds in New South Wales and Victoria match post pleiocene deposits alongside Tasmanian tiger and devil fossils. Owen also speculated on a carnivorous megafauna coexisting with Diprotodon, now seen as supported. The Buffalo Courier notes a fortune for inventing a decent straw hat.
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Wellington Caves
New South Wales
Mines Department Museum
Sydney
Richard Owen
British Museum
Victoria
Owen
Australia
Chambers* Journal
Lying in Davison Aaron Hanson and Surrounding Counties
A fragment lists counties in southeastern Dakota including Davison Aaron Hanson and Sanborn as samples. The OCR text is incomplete and reads as a partial sample of regional references without clear context or a connected narrative.
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Davison, Aaron, Hanson, Sanborn
Dakota
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