Curious Facts and Odd Predictions in a City Paper
The piece notes Cuba measures 750 miles long and 30 to 150 miles wide and mentions three expeditions planning to reach the south pole next summer. It also cites Boston police records with 31 200 drunkards last year and reports 19 949 patents issued by the general commissioner’s office in Washington.
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Cuba
South Pole
North Pole
Boston
General Commissioner’s Office
Washington
Bold Cholera Cure Claim Sparks Skepticism
The report notes a claimed miracle remedy for cholera while admitting no volunteers willing to test the medicine.
Crater Lake Declared World’s Deepest Lake in Oregon
Crater Lake in Oregon is described as the deepest lake in the world with a circumference of five miles and a depth of 2000 feet. The lake sits as a water bowl inside an extinct volcano, illustrating its striking geological setting.
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Crater Lake
Oregon
Pho nendoscope Enables Doctors to Hear Body Sounds
A new instrument called the pho nendoscope lets physicians listen to sounds from the heart lungs liver and other organs to determine health or disease.
Judge Parker Remembered As Hanging Judge Of Arkansas
Fort Smith Arkansas judge Parker who died weeks ago earned the nickname Hanging Judge of Arkansas after twenty years on the western district bench. In his court 154 capital cases were tried and 84 defendants were hanged. A new gunboat Annapolis was launched in New Jersey and christened by Miss Porter granddaughter of Admiral Porter. A champagne christening by a Porter woman pleases all beverage adherents.
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Parker
Fort Smith
Artc
Arkansas
Western District
Annapolis
New Jersey
Porter
Admiral Porter
Medical Warning on Cocaine Abuse and Dangers
Medical men warn of cocaine misuse highlighting risks from snuff use for catarrh turning into an intoxicant. Excess use leads to serious throat disease and a dangerous habit is now well understood by practitioners.
Connecticut’s Patent Rise Sparks Old Year Reflections
The Connecticut Yankee notes 940 patents granted to state residents in the past year, a record unmatched by others. The piece humorously critiques public folly, ingenious shoes with heated water in heels, and promotes health as beauty, while surveying odd book titles from early English reformers.
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Patent Office
Connecticut
Proceedings of the Second Session Report Highlights
A summary of Senate and House actions from the week. Ba con advocates congressional power to recognize new governments. Bills include oleomargarine regulation, free homestead lands, retirement age, and a Cuba purchase proposal. Senate adjourned to the 18th with various appropriations and commissions noted.
Washington December trade and year totals and notable events
December exports and imports show gold at 405 856 dollars and 2 572 271 dollars respectively while the year totals reach 56 742 844 and 12 766 438. Silver December exports 6 819 dollars and 45 and imports 1 279 801. Full-year silver exports 63 029 336 and imports 12 504 577. Washington business failures total 455 in the week to the 15th, with clearing houses reporting 1 047 860 662 in exchanges. Treasury deficit for early January stands at 6 860 963 and year to date 44 763 360. Joseph Willard, 77, founder of the Willard hotel, dies in Washington. American National Woman's Suffrage Association to hold annual convention January 26 to 30 in Washington.
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Washington
United States
Joseph Willard
Willard Hotel
American National Woman’s Suffrage Association
Notable Gas Tragedies Across Cities Highlight 19th Century Perils
In New York William Ferguson and Jacob McKenna suffocated by gas in a hotel incident. William Moore, Pennsylvania’s oldest editor by tenure, dies in Pittsburgh. Thomas Platt named Republican candidate for U S senator to replace David Hill. Street car accident in Pittsburgh injures five and harms about 30 others. A wire destroys the old Narberth stone barn opposite Gen Wayne hotel. Dun and Bradstreet report gradual countrywide trade improvement over two months. Mrs Vil liar kills her child then herself near Port Leyden. Annie Rouisse and two children drown on thin ice in North Leominster. Joel Headley, former New York secretary of state and historian, dies in Newburg aged 82. Margaret Mary Reynolds and Annie Conneally suffocated by gas in a Boston tenement.
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New York
William Ferguson
Typographical Union No. 6
Jacob McKenna
William Moore
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Thomas C. Platt
United States
David B. Hill
Gen. Wayne Hotel
Narberth
Dun & Co
Frank Villier
Port Leyden
N. Y
Annie Rouisse
Johnnie Connaughington
Gertrude Crowley
North Leominster
Mass
Joel T. Headley
Newburg
Margaret
Mary Reynolds
Annie Conneally
Boston
Train Fatalities At Columbus Crossing Reported
Reports say Mamie Reed and Fred Donley were killed by a train at a crossing near Columbus Ohio. The incident is recorded in local dispatches with no further details released at this time.
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Mamie Reed
Fred Donley
Columbus
Wisconsin
John OC. Spooner
United States Senate
William F. Vilas
Jolbn H. Couch
Kansas Court of Appeals
Scott
Indianapolis
Treasury
Monetary Commission
Bsugpvest
McKinley
Jain Sherman
Ohio
John D. Rocke- Teller
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church
Cleveland
Minnesota
Grand Lodge of Masons
Wisconsin governor proposes pardons board and reform school
Gov. Scofield urges legislative action including a pardons board, revision of banking laws, and a juvenile reformatory. In other items, Denison man confesses to 16 wives, a New Orleans coast steamship loss, and multiple bank failures and disasters across several states.
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Scofield
Wisconsin
Denison
Tex
Thomas Lowe
New Orleans
Eva
Ocala
Fla
Merchants’ National Bank
Oregon
John H. Mitchell
United States Senate
Fox Paper Company
Crescentville
Monterey
Jennie Browning
Kentucky
Jonas Wackensmith
Punch Evans
Dover
Sullerton
Neb
Citizens’ State Bank
Sherman
Buckner
Dallas
Milan
Benjamin Su. Davis
Tabbard Inn
Rugby
Tenn
Wheeling, Lake Erie & Pittsburgh Coal Company
Cincinnati
Wheeling & Take Erie Railway Company
Iron Mountain
Texas Pacific
Forest
Bank of Conway
Mmo
Indianapolis
Commercial Wheel Company
Columnus
United Mine Workers of America
M. D. Gatchford
Ohio
Flat Rock
W. Va
Lew Grim
Deaths and clashes across global fronts in 1895 era
Notices report William D. Warner the US consul at Cologne dies in South Carolina. Bombay faces bubonic plague with about 900000 fleeing. Honolulu reports Minister Willis died on the 6th. Cuban city Santa Clara falls to Gen. Gomez. Luis Someilan sentenced for conspiracy in Havana. British plan to annex Benin and depose its king after a massacre. Dominion Savings Bank of Yarmouth closes. Madrid cabinet to push Cuban reforms. German empire population reaches 52279901 in 1895. Astor naturalization rumor denied.
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William D. Warner
South Carolina
United States
Cologne
Bombay
India
Honolulu
Willis
Gomez
Santa Clara
Cuba
Havana
Luis Someilan
Benin
Dominion Savings Bank
Yarmouth
N.S
Madrid
William Waldorf Astor
Great Britain
Nationwide affairs and incidents reported in late news
Senate approved army appropriation and the $21 729 255 legislative executive and judicial expense bill for year ending June 30 1898. Nicaragua canal debate and Francis interior secretary nomination confirmed. House acts on liquor sales to Indians and patent laws. Staffordville fire. Ex Gov Long named navy secretary. Nevada legislature in session Carson. Arthur Palmer kills family in rant. three critically hurt. Dan W Jones inaugurated Arkansas governor. Palatka confesses bridge disaster plot in Cahaba Alabama. Earthquake shocks felt in Red Bud Illinois. Huntington Indiana windstorm damages infirmary. German bank in Louisville closes. liabilities 260 000. Centinela Relampago gunboats blown up near Mango Cuba. Boston exchange closes. Tillie Anderson sets cycling record in Indianapolis. Minnesota savings bank in St Paul suspends payments. Coffinberry dies on arrest attempt in Garrett Indiana.
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Army
United States Senate
Military Academy
David R. Francis
Missouri
Interior
Staffordville
Conn
Long
Massachusetts
Navy
McKin Jey
Nevada
Carson
Arthur Palmer
Mamaroneck
N. Y
Gertrude
Leonard
Dan W. Jones
Arkansas
Little Rock
Sam Palatka
Atlanta
Great Cahaba (Ala
Red Bud
Huntington
Ind
German National Bank
Louisville
Centinela
Relampago
Mango
Cuba
Boston Stock and Grain Exchange
New England
Indianapolis
Tillie Anderson
Minnesota Savings Bank
St. Paul
H.N. Coffinberry
Garrett
Plague and Famine Grip Bombay in Widespread Crisis
From Bombay reports the bubonic plague and famine devastate large urban areas. The city’s population declines drastically as deaths rise past 3,000 with about 170 new fatalities daily, while Europeans show few cases. Relief funds are being raised but food shortages persist for millions across districts.
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Bombay
India
Europe
Mecca
Mother Earth
Honolulu Minister Willis Dies on January Sixth
Advices from Honolulu report Minister Willis died at 8 30 in the morning of January 6 following a severe cold contracted in San Francisco. The steamer Monowai carried the news to San Francisco arriving last night.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Monowai
Willis
Islands
Iowa Electors Elect McKinley and Hobart for 13 Votes
The Iowa slate of electors met in Gov. Drake's office and cast their ballots for McKinley and Hobart. E H Conger was chosen to deliver the ballots to Washington and Felix T Hughes to carry results to Judge Woolson. Present were Edwin H Conger Des Moines Eldred 9 James Clinton Felix T Hughes Keokuk John Connie Marengo G H Richardson Belmond Amos Babcock New Hampton Welcome Mowbray Elberon William A Nichols Albia Edwin H Addison Maxwell Paul Maclean Creston David L Heinsheilmer Glenwood Daniel C Ciage Reanee City Henry J Lenderink Orange City.
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McKinley
Hobart
Towa
Gov. Drake
E. H. Conger
Washington
Felix T. Hughes
Woolson
Edwin H. Conger
Des Moines
Eldred
James
Clinton
Keokuk
John Connie
Marengo
G. H. Richardson
Belmond
Amos Babcock
New Hampton
Welcolme Mowbray
Elberon
William A. Nichols
Albia
Edwin H. Addison
Maxwell
Paul Maclean
Creston
David L. Heinsheilmer
Glenwood
Daniel C. Ciage
Reanee City
Henry J. Lenderink
Orangeity
Auditor McCarthy Reveals 1897 Public Finance Report
State auditor C G McCarthy released the 1897 financial report noting $693,459.10 in warrants cut and estimated 1898 expenditures at $2,248,072.41. Total 1897 warrants reach $2,836,631.51 with $196,383.40 cash on hand and $2,137,445.68 expected receipts totaling $2,333,829.08 in resources, leaving a deficit of $202,702.43.
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C.G. McCarthy
Treasury
Elopement Sparks Chase Across Iowa
Charles City residents William Fairbanks and Mrs. George Fertig, both married, eloped from Dubuque prompting Fertig to suspect infidelity after learning his wife withdrew 1300 from a Charles City bank. The couple reportedly headed south, and Fertig, a liquor dealer with a prior fighting record, shares a similar history with Stormy Jordan.
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William Fairbanks
George Fertig
Charles City
Dubuque
Fertig
Fairbanks
Stormy Jordan
Fatal Whipping at Grant Park School Ends in Death
Des Moines boy Flarry Oliver aged 11 dies shortly after being whipped by teacher Miss Florence Mills at Grant Park school. Oliver had known heart disease. whipping did not cause the fatal attack. Parents decline coroner’s inquest and will take no official action.
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Flarry Oliver
Des Moines
Florence Mills
Grant Park School
Storm Lake College Denies Closure Report
Jefferson dispatch wrongly claimed Storm Lake college had closed. The institution is flourishing with about 160 students and bright prospects, and the error was due to mis information.
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Storm Lake College
Jefferson
Town Auditor Finds Debt Less Than Forecast
State Auditor McCarthy reports Town is about 170000 dollars better off than expected as of January 1. Projected year end debt was 561000 dollars. actual debt stands at 399000 dollars, shown by outstanding warrants.
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McCarthy
College of commerce at Jefferson closes its doors
Several Iowa items report closures and calamities including the Jefferson College of Commerce shutting down due to hard times and dwindling attendance. The list notes deaths across the state, defalcations, investigations, and a range of personal and public misfortunes.
Traveling Library And Lamb Feeding Report From Iowa
Des Moines reports the traveling library near ready with 2500 well selected reference books for clubs and study lines. Ames Town station completes a lamb feeding experiment with pure bred breeds showing about 0.5 pounds daily gain and mutton costs under 14. cents per pound. The Des Moines home for the aged penny collection plan faces committee delays and state support questions. Gold Leaf Mining Co of Dubuque with 250000 capital incorporated to develop recently discovered Prescott Arizona mines.
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Kinne
Deemer
Sabin
Ames
Bulletin of the
Ontario
Can
C. F. Curtiss
Canada
Chicago
Curtis
James Wilson
L. Pfaelzer & Son
Iowa
Home For
State Teachers’ Association
Des Moines
Des Moines Friends of the Home
Frank J. Sessions
Waterloo
James Callanan
A. Slimmer
Waverly
Gold Leaf Mining Company
Capital
Dubuque
Prescott, A. T
Work-A-Day World Reports Diverse Labor Trends
The item notes boys in Moor Bank New South Wales earning six pence per quart picking caterpillars. It highlights a prolonged glass factory strike reducing warehouse activity and a busy season anticipated. It mentions new coal mines opening in Virginia and Tennessee alongside rising coal and coke demand and miner needs. It also states Mexican women are not employed in many clerical or sales roles. San Francisco mayor informs trades assembly that organized labor will join a city charter committee. Atlanta reports twelve cotton factories at full capacity with no idle periods during the panic and steady wages.
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Moorbank
Virginia
Tennessee
San Francisco
Trades Assembly
Organized Labor
Atlanta
Tuerri Noticed by Pastor Sparks Pride in Church Absence
The Atchison Globe notes that Tuerri, by absenting herself from church, inspires a pastor to feel a swell of pride in her devotion and standing within the community.
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Tuerri
Digestive Relief and Frugal Cures Cited in Ads
An 19th century style ad fragment touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a gentle laxative that relieves bowel trouble without griping. It also promotes Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer with a free trial bottle, and includes moral quips from the New York Weekly.
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Dr. Kline
Arch St
Phila
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