Expressions and facts on religion crime and science in a 19th century paper
The Express reports diverse items including penal servitude counts in Britain and Australia from 1870 to 1895, a claim that a thermic carbonaceous motor uses most coal energy, the intro of Hallelujah and Amen by St Jerome around AD 390, Montana divorce rate at 14.26 percent with 228 divorces, Welsh roots of dad and the Lord's Prayer opening words, and Dr Helfting on red noses caused by vascular changes treatable by brief electricity.
Canary bird in RockLane speaks articulate sentences
In RockLane, Maine, a canary bird sings clear sentences that any stranger can easily understand. The bird reportedly learned to talk without any special teaching.
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RockLane
Rose Petal Toss at Weddings Gains Fashion England
Fashionable English wedding custom shifts from rice to rose petals, deemed more elegant and effective. Hungarian millennial celebration planned for next year promises twelve months of festivities on a scale befitting a major historical milestone.
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England
Donkey Cross Mark Superstition Across Spain and Italy
The article notes a superstition among early Christians that a black back-mark on a donkey resembling a cross was miraculously placed on the animal that carried Christ during his triumphal entry into Jerusalem. It is said to persist today in Spain and Italy.
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Jerusalem
Spain
Italy
California mining oil and fruit booms drive state progress
California once famed for gold now leans on its fruit industry while oil discoveries lure Pennsylvania workers west. The oil wells prove highly profitable and a significant portion of Pennsylvania's oil colony relocates to the Pacific slope, signaling continued mineral impact on the state's growth.
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Caliversta
California
Pennsylvania
Pacific Slope
Piranuts Crop Outlook and Peanut Experiments
Reports from the south say a very short piranuts crop is likely this year yet successful peanut-raising experiments unfold nationwide. Washington and Oregon farmers report good crops and a small but solid yield in Liddeford Maine. A noted observation says barns are likelier to suffer lightning in the first half of the year, with a warmer full barn perhaps drawing lightning because heated air rises from straw and hay.
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South
Washington
Oregon
Gloucester Cod Losses and a World Bible Revision
A fall column notes Gloucester fishermen lost at sea during the cod season, reflecting the ocean’s deadly toll each year. It also reports the completion of a 1970 started Bible revision, praised for accuracy though omitting the authorized version, and obituary of Joan Pursior Guay of New Brosville Virginia County, Va, detailing a long life, a law-free record, and surviving family.
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Gloucester
Mass
Joan Pursenior Guay
New Brosville
Pittsylvania County
Isu
Lie
Luke Thurs
Jiotesa Thal
Anu
Geo
Per Dios Maine Dicense
Jerusalem Jewish population growth in history
The piece notes the idea of Jews repopulating Jerusalem as a historical possibility. It cites former U S consul Qe Sela Mevrdd stating Jerusalem’s 47,000 inhabitants include 27,000 Jews and predicts a continuing, faster rise in the Jewish proportion.
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Jerusalem
Qe Sela Mevrdd
United States
der Usilei
Holy City
Washington News Highlights and Obituaries
Epitome of the Week reports the death of actress Mrs. D. P. Bowers in Washington at 65 and Rear Admiral Robert W. Shuteldt at his home. It notes stock exchanges totals for the week, rising 18.2 percent from 1904, and US business failures totaling 26 percent. It cites Postmaster-General Jones proposing 17 million dollars for postmaster compensation and 10.5 million for clerk hire, plus Gen Miles detailing coastal defense shortcomings.
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Washington
D. P. Bowers
Pied
Robert W. Shuteldt
Ile
Corea
Tehauntepec
United States
Jones
Gen
Miles
Amy
Secretary of War
Marriage of Duke of Marlborough and Consuelo Vanderbilt
The Duke of Marlborough wed Consuelo Vanderbilt at St. Thomas Church in New York. The article lists multiple regional events including census figures, deaths, elections, and labor strikes across New York and nearby states.
Detroit Journal building explosion claims many lives
An explosion in the Journal building Detroit killed at least 17 and injured 30 others. Reports say 67 bodies were recovered from the wreckage. Other items note chain of events including bear attack in Wisconsin and various political and crime updates.
Various 19th Century News Snapshots From US Newspapers
A collage of brief items: deaths in Crimea veteran Lewis Collins at Valparaiso. incendiaries fail to destroy a Cleveland home. Drake leads Iowa governor race. Janesville murder and seven orphans. William Newiman hanged in Clinton Arkansas. Limminghan rolling mills close in Alabama. Theodore Durrant’s sentence deferred in San Francisco. Iowa City pair reach Macon after 5 weeks. Harry Wayward denied new trial in Minneapolis. price drop of Chicago Tribune. Majors & Co. cotton firm failure in New Orleans. Huntington officials haul 100 moonshining prisoners. a mob lynching near Argyle Georgia. twins Robert and John McCord in Vincennes Indiana. constitutional convention bans lynching participants from office. Chicago Burlington & Quincy train runs 80 miles in 40 minutes. Farmers' and Merchants' Bank of Uriechsville Ohio in receivership. Edwin Berin and wife killed near Green Bay by ex-Congressman Albert Watkins who died in Tennessee ages 60.
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Lewis Collins
Balaklava
Crimea
Valparaiso
Lad
Cleveland
Iowa
Drake
Babb
Janesville
Wil
Koward Day
William Newiman
Clinton
Ark
Limmingban
Ala
Theodore Durrant
San Francisco
Blanche Lamont
Tl. Blair
Iowa City
Macon
Supreme Court
Harry Wayward
Minneapolis
Catharine Ging
Chicago Tribune
Inter Geean and Limes Herald
TL d. Majors & Co
New Orleans
Huntington
W. Va
Argyle
Lyn
Lewis Jefferson
Robert
John McCord
Vincennes
Ind
Columbus
D. C
Chicago, Burlington & Quincey Road
Galesburg
Mendota
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank of Uriechsville
Five vegetarian leaders in mas sacre of missionaries in Hwasung
Reports describe severe harm to five leaders during a mas sacre of missionaries in Hwasung China amid muttered advances by Russian forces into Armenia and a broader regional crisis. Erzercum notes deplorable conditions in Asiatic provinces and a terror regime.
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Hwasung
China
Erzercum
Russia
Armenia
Cubs
Monarchy Party
Rio de Janeiro
Yire
Sil
Montreal
Canada
Tavana
Frank G. Lenz
Wpittsbumh
Riots and crimes in distant lands and domestic incidents
A riot at the English mission near Jerusalem led to missionary escape but several mission servants killed. News notes tallies include New York horse shows opening at Madison Square Garden, drought-driven hunger in Ja macin, 6 000 starving, a Wells Fargo robbery in Colorado Springs, a 16 year old murder near Eldorado Arkansas, shipwrecks and drownings, rail violence against Mormon preachers, Indian killings in Colorado, Chicago clothing firms lost to fire, Kentucky legislature party splits, San Francisco to Alexandria order, coal mine explosions in England, and grain stock totals and agricultural forecasts. A lynching damages provision considered in South Carolina, a British ship lost, and a proclamation lifting meat inspection bans for cattle from several regions.
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Jerusalem
New York
Madison Square Garden
St. Elizabeth
Jamacin
Wells-Fargo Express
Colorado Springs
Col
Perkins
Eldorado
Ark
William Hales
Philadelphia
Ashland
Lost Canyon
Colorado
Chicago
Kentucky
Dale & Divis
Trenton
Herbert
San Francisco
Alexandretia
Turkey
Plackwell
England
United States
Department of Agriculture
South Carolina
Ait Milford
Long Hind
Norway
Sweden
Tolland
Great Britain
Ireland
North
Central
South America
Mexico
Result of the Recent Vote in States Bradley Elected Kentucky Governor
Latest returns from Tuesdays elections show Republicans winning in Maryland Kentucky Ohio New York Iowa Pennsylvania Massachusetts Kansas Nebraska New Jersey and Colorado. Kentucky voters backed Bradley for governor by about 12 009 plurality. Mississippi and Virginia propped Democratic strength though Mississippi ran no Republican ticket. Ohio and New York show Republican leads with Senate and House tilts favoring Republicans.
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Duke of Marlborough
Consuelo Vanderbilt
W. J S. Vanderbilt
St. Thomas’ Church
New York
New Jersey
George R. Sherman
Port Henry
N.Y
Lie
Bentley Shoe Company
Casinovia
N. Y
Pennsylvania
Haywood
Wilton Hawkins
Cunastota
Albany
James C. Matthews
Recorder’s Court
Actors and Actresses of America
Joseph Jefferson
Warwick
Cooper
O'Neil
Palmer
Ming
P. J. Dwyer
Journal
Detroit
Denver
Narry Clark
Ltstine
Dave Folston
Mike McGuire
Foxboro
Wis
Methodist Episcopal Church
Chicago
Milwaukee
Eugene Debs
American Railway Union
United States
Secret Service
Massachusetts
Ohio
Iowa
Maryland
Entucky
Nebraska
Utah
Mississippi
Virginia
Cornelia Alford
Oberlin
Woc
U. J
New Orleans
Bank of North America
Adam Wookie
Millersburg
Kankakee
John Polkinhorn
Samuel Kent
Calumet
Mich
Eugvene Kelley
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Kansas
Colorado
Wing
Assembly
John W. Griggs
Plurnlny
Alex
T. McGill
Senate
Greenhulge
Slaywood
House
Blackburn
Norman
Anderson
Democratic State Committee
James R. Garfield
Brice
Foraker
Kurtz
Republican State Committee
Towa
Drake
Habb
Martin
Norval
Supreme Court
Maxwell
Gup
Heber M. Wells
George Q. Cannon
Isaac Trumbo
Democrate
Consuelo Vanderbilt Becomes Duchess of Marlborough in New York
The wedding at St. Thomas church featured Consuelo Vanderbilt and the Duke of Marlborough with lavish decorations and a procession. The bride’s gown and lingerie cost 6720 dollars with diamond slippers valued at 175 dollars. The ceremony concluded with a reception at Mrs. Vanderbilt’s house followed by a carriage tour.
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Consuelo Vanderbilt
Duchess of Marlborough
New York
Duke of Marlborough
St. Thomas’ Church
Littlejohn
Hotter
John Wesley Brown
Warren
Miss Vanderbilt
Episcopal Church
Mr. Vanderbilt
Frohman Presents Marie Hubert In The Witch
For three weeks beginning November 18 Gustave Frohman presents Marie Hubert with a specially engaged company in The Witch New scenery and costumes Jimy Timmy Grogan is takin of gittin him a bicycle Mickie Him He aint got the price for de wind not goes in de tives Tit-Bits
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Gustave Frohman
Marie Hubert
the Witch
Jimy
Timmy Grogan
Mickie
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