New Year's Day Holiday and Odd Global Facts
The item notes New Year's Day as a legal holiday in all states except Massachusetts New Hampshire and Rhode Island. It mentions a 6271 mile mail route from Key West Florida to O nalaska and reports a modest fin e of 1825 for 865 bass seized by Maine fishermen. It also cites a Budapest hygienic congress on stammering and reports the death of Nikonas Savin in Sara tov Russia aged about 125 after joining the French army in 1798.
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States
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
John Carle & Sons
New York
Pi Princess Paulina Now Seen In New York
The 10 inch tall dwarf known as Pi Princess Paulina, born in Holand, is 19 years old and weighs nine pounds. She reportedly speaks four languages fluently while living in New York.
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Paulina
New York
Holand
Roadways laid with cheap cotton cloth in Massachusetts
In Massachusetts cheap cotton cloth is laid over sand to prevent sand from surfacing through broken stone. The method is said to serve a good purpose, but questions remain about how long the material will last.
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Massachusetts
Creelman criticizes Japanese barbarism in World opinion
The New York World quotes Creelman asserting that the Japanese are as barbarous today as in the past when they allegedly piled up a mountain of human ears, reflecting harsh rhetoric of the era.
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Creelman
New York
the World
Emperor ignores pleas as Chinese mother-in-law punishes wives
The article notes that the mother of the Chinese emperor recently had two of his secondary wives whipped for presuming to advise her. The emperor reportedly did nothing visible, remaining distant during the incident.
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China
Hunt ingdon Named for University Patron in 1777
In Huntingdon Pennsylvania the town was named to honor the eighteenth century patron of the University of Pennsylvania. Pro vost William Smith of Penn founded the settlement in 1777 to acknowledge the university’s benefactor.
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Huntingdon
University of Pennsylvania
William Smith
University
Little City
Electric power trials on Baltimore and Lehigh line
The Baltimore and Ohio plans to substitute electricity for steam on the Baltimore and Lehigh route using Susquehanna water power at Conawingo Falls. The note adds a reflection on future widespread electrification of locomotives.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Baltimore & Lehigh
Maryland Central
Susquehanna
Conawingo Falls
New York Enacts Compulsory School Law
The new New York compulsory school law imposes five cent fines on parents who fail to educate their children. Habitual truants may be arrested and confined in asylums, while districts neglecting facilities risk losing half their state apportionment. The law’s enforcement and impact remain uncertain despite its good aim.
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New York
Epitome of the Week in the Fifty Third Congress
A weekly digest of acts and debates in the Fifty Third Congress from January 8 to 12. Notable items include passage of Wisconsin Minnesota Michigan homestead relief, defence of currency policy, and speeches attacking the president. It also notes deficit bills, taxation debates, and various appropriations and bills on murder definitions, pensions, and liquor licensing.
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Senate
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Lodge
United States
Hawaiian
Sibley
Dem
Wadsworth
New York
Diplomatic
Post Office
Hill
District of Columbia
Fripaye
Senator Hill
MecPherson
William Johnson
Fayette County
Tenn
John A. McClernand
Springer
Clark
Savearbay
Faulkner
Alaska
George L. Shaw
Treasury Deficit Grows As Year Opens
A treasury statement shows this month’s expenditures exceed receipts by 213743 dollars, raising the current year deficit to 33778204 dollars. Ellis Island passenger totals for 1894 include 92561 cabin and 188164 steerage visitors. US business failures fell in the latest seven days to 420 from 474 in 1893. Three men suffocated during a burglary attempt in a New York flat. A counterfeit ten dollar legal tender note dated March 3 1863 was found, bearing series 1580 and check letter B, with Rosecrans as register and Nebeker treasurer and Webster portrait seal.
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Treasury
Ellis Island
N. Y
United States
New York
Rosecrans
Register
E. H. Nebeker
Webster
Immigrant arrivals and disasters reported in The East
The column records 11 106 immigrants arriving in New York with 166 barred as paupers and 53 as contract laborers. It notes poison cheese sickening 27 in East Bradford Pa and a fire at Godley flourmill and an elevator in Scottsville N Y destroying 20 000 bushels of wheat with 125 000 loss. Other items include 16 000 election clerks in New York unpaid, a double suicide in New York City, a death in Lynn Mass after 47 days fast, a Bradford Pa firemen frostbite and substantial damage, and the death of Carey B Moon longtime manager of Moon's Lake House in Saratoga Lake N Y aged 82.
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Dumine
New York
East Bradford
Scottsville
N. Y
Godley
Louris Gross
New York City
Berry Paer
Lynn
Mass
Bradford
Carey B. Moon
Moon
Saratoga Lake
Saratoga
Multiple State and Local Incidents Spark Mood Across Midwest
Ohio Governor McKinley ships provisions to starving miners in Hocking valley. Illinois legislature in joint session canvasses for state officers and declares Republican victors. A receiver named for Fidelity Loan and Trust at Sioux City. Nitro explosion at St Marys kills three. Belleville couple wounded by thieves. Wyeth horse collar factory burned at St Joseph causing 150000 loss. Orson W Rollins and wife found dead in Minneapolis. Indiana legislature 59th session opens with Newby president pro tem and Adams speaker.
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Ohio
McKinley
Hocking Valley
Legislature of
Illinois
Fidelity Loan and Trust Company
Sioux City
St. Mary's
Belleville
Ind
W. E. Hinshaw
Wyeth
St. Joseph
Minneapolis
Orson W. Rollins
Indiana
Newby
Senate
J. G. Adams
House
Notorious murders and disasters sweep across towns in 1900s period
Reports list hangings of Groner Marre and Boddy Wooden in Chattanooga for murder. a fire in Foster Iowa destroys twenty buildings. a seminary in Minneapolis suburbs suffers destruction. execution of William Taylor for murder in Kentucky. football rule revisions urged by Northwestern presidents. Indiana legislature session and governor reads biennial message. verdict against Western Union in Minnesota for libel. ample mail found in trunk of a post office robber in Youngstown. failed train hold-up in Mississippi. deadly wedding party wreck near Lebanon Indiana. Hocking Valley study finds 1200 families needing aid. divorces in Missouri. fire at Barnesville Ohio costing $125,000. Reno conviction of Mrs Hartmann for killing Senator Foley. Justine schooner wreck off Washington coast. Batprier home fire injures nine. bank robbery by masked men near Ottumwa. Bill Cook captured in Fort Stanton. breakfast with Col Scheller-Deboue death in Galena.
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Groner Marre
Boddy
Marion Ross
Chattanooga
Tenn
Foster
Fin
Norwegian Lutheran Seminary
Minneapolis
Tim
William Taylor
Squire David Dotty
Madison County
Richmond
Chicago
Northwestern
Indiana
Matthews
New Ulm
Minn
Samuel D. Peterson
Western Union Telegraph Company
George Streephy
Youngstown
Indianola
Miss
Sheila
Lebanon
Ind
Jacob Moss
Mary Overleese
Ohio
Hocking Valley
Joan Money
Eliza Mohney
Harrisonville
Barnesville
Reno
Nev
Alice M. Hartmann
M. D. Foley
Washington
Justine
J. H. Batprier
Jefferson
Ottumwa
Bill Cook
Fort Stanton
White
Ulysses G. Scheller-Deboue
Gen. Grant
Galena
World and Local News Digest From The Era
Foreign intelligence reports Armenians condemned to death despite innocence claims. J B Tyrrell completes Hudson Bay exploration and reaches Winnipeg. Fire in Toronto wholesale district causes 600000 damage and one death. Alvin L Dennis, 83, dies in Birmingham father of the American watchmaking system. Japanese General Nogi captures Kai Ping after four hours of combat with 200 Chinese dead. Two drowned in Niagara on the Lake. Ex-Queen Liliuokalani petitions for life annuity and Hawaii annexation. United States and Italy seek Morocco satisfaction over pirate boarding. French steamer Acanis foundered off Cape Cavec and thirteen feared dead.
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Erzingham
Hudson Bay Territory
J. B. Tyrrell
Winnipeg
Times
Toronto
Can
Alvin L. Dennison
Birmingham
England
Cleveland
Hawaii
United States
Italy
Morocco
Acanis
Cape Cavean
Senate bill to carry out 1800 arbitration resolution
Long senate summary notes an introduced bill to implement an international arbitration decision adopted by Congress in 1800. The record also covers debates by Senators Gorman and Hill on tariffs, a resignation from Illinois, and various other 19th century events including disasters and crimes across multiple states.
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SukuMmMan
United States
Senate
Congress
Gorman
Maryland
Hill
New York
John C. Black
Illinois
Indian Territory
J. P. Bronx
Buena Vista
Joan Harris
Paxton
Neb
Brine
Chamber of Deputies
Dupuy
New
Hebrides
Waldo
Gulf of Mexico
St. Johns
N. F
Micnager Parsko
John Minisha
Wilkesbarre
J. M. Pierce
South Dakota
David Page
King’s Mountain
Abington
Washington
Olympia
Joseph H. Meeker
Lecompte
No Change Seen in Trade Outlook Early This Year
R G Dun reports January trade shows little change from holiday lull. Demand weaker in cotton and woolen goods, prices steady or falling, and stockpiles rising. Production costs and freight trends vary, with limited expansion in business and mixed factory activity across sectors.
Peculiar Case of a Woman Cured by Pink Pills
Mrs Sallie G Bowen of 1849 Meighan St Philadelphia told reporters she was diagnosed with advanced consumption in July after a long bout of sweating cold fits and a terrible cough. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with restoring her health after trying other medicines and losing weight. The pills cost 60 cents a box or six for 2.50 and are sold by druggists or directly by the Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
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Philadelphia
Episcopal Hospital
Sallie G. Bowen
Wm. G. Bowen
Meighan St
Shelmerdine
Clementine St
Maiden Forsakes Suitors For Love At A Football Game
A playful verse portrays a spinster hopeful who rejects many offers to marry but quickly loses her heart at a football game, attracted to EN's center rush. The poem contrasts romantic resolve with sudden sports-aided passion in a breezy 19th century voice.
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Charles E. Nettleton
N. Y. Sun
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