A DEY GOODS TRAGEDY
A brief report notes a disturbance at a dry goods store where a person spoke harshly and gestured aggressively, causing an upset scene. The incident records no serious injuries and provides limited names or locations.
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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1879
Page
3
Albany Stage Lines of Olden Times Recalled by Veteran Rider
A courteous veteran recalls the Red Bird Line and rival lines operating from Cortlandt Street to Albany. He details Concord coaches, 8 am departures, 10 mile horse changes, and a $10 through fare. The route passes Sing Sing, Peekskill, Fishkill, Poughkeepsie, and Albany taverns before midnight arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Star
Concord
Walbridge
Red Birdine
Ion
Red Bird
Cortlandt Street
New Church Street
Broadway
Greenwich
Washington Streets
Merchants’ Hotel
New Church
Greenwich Streets
Bloomingdale
New York
Sing Sing
Peekskill
Highlands
Fishkill
Rutger
Eagle Tavern
South Market Street
Oyster trade links Long Island to English taste
An American abroad learns England’s love of coppery oysters and notes Great South Bay oysters with similar taste surge in demand. Oysters from Patchogue and nearby towns ship to England via New York firms, rising from thirty to seventy-five to eighty cents per hundred as the trade grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuer
England
Great South Bay
Long Toland
Patchogue
Great Booth Bay
New
Nine Yankee in San Francisco and a missing family tale
A traveler in San Francisco recounts questioning a New Yorker about his life. The man says he has a wife and six children in New York but has never seen any of them, prompting a flurry of puzzled pauses and further inquiries about his blindness and marriage. The exchange ends with the curious remark that one child was born after the speaker left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Patrenath
New York
Interrogatie Gain
Economic activity up as winter demand grows across trades
The report notes a revival in the sewing, tailoring, and ready-made sectors as winter orders rise. Jewelry, cabinet making, piano manufacturing, and flower trade see renewed momentum while builders and railway workers expand employment, with 8,370 in factory hands and 8,000 railway laborers at work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Dior
Republique Francaise
Darkness and danger of mining shafts described
The Virginia City Enterprise narrates how darkness in mine shafts creates a paralyzing illusion of a solid floor. It compares depths of 1,000 to 1,500 feet with daylight heights to illustrate miners’ fear and the peril of crossing shaft openings and rickety timbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia City
Enterprise
Kerosene Safety Warnings From Cornell Professor
Professor Burt G Wilder of Cornell has patented a Kerosene Warning Tag for oil packages. The tag urges buying the best oil and outlines safety steps: keep lamps secure and away from drafts, fill daily, never light a partly empty glass lamp, avoid filling at night, keep flames covered, and extinguish fires safely if oil spills or clothing catches fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burt G. Wilder
Cornell University
Sharp Eyes Outpace Animals in Keen Vision
A proverb notes humans and birds have sharper eyes than dogs or foxes, with birds showing especially keen eyesight. It cites a turkey noticing a hawk before the predator nears the fence.
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