World’s fair profits fund Maine couple’s trip
The Maine man used pumpkin-field profits to finance trips for himself and his wife to the world’s fair. A New York Boston railroad is planned to cut thirty miles. A social philosopher predicts women will run clerical work and men do housework in generations. False teeth were found in the fair’s lost and found. The Columbina claims 2417 knots as the fastest cruiser. A Bavarian notice asks for a lost wife Anne with a reward for safe return.
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Maine
New York
Boston
West Point Superintendent Flags Football Risks
The West Point academy head opposes football saying it poses excessive danger to life and limb for cadets and argues they should face no more danger than bayonet charges.
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West Point Academy
Brazilian steamer Tl Cid attached for debt
Court orders theTl Cid halted over unpaid debts and states that after settling the cooks’ salaries the vessel may proceed to its next port, illustrating how wartime fortunes hinge on the actions of a few crew members and a stable of officers.
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Glory
Health Grant During 1893 Summer and Fall Notable
The record notes universal good health in summer and fall 1893, with no epidemic and distress averted. Eastern and western cities report lower death rates than in many years, signaling broadly improved public health conditions.
Susan B Anthony on suffrage gains and state prospects
Susan B Anthony argues that more people have joined the woman suffrage movement in the last decade than in the thirty years before. She predicts New York state could boost the cause and Kansas may seek full suffrage next year, though only municipal suffrage exists there currently.
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Susan B. Anthony
New York State
Washington
Kansas
World’s fair sobriety noted amid vast attendance
The recent world’s fair reports 28 000 000 attendees and only 156 cases of drunkenness, less than one per day, a record praised as a victory for American sobriety and culture. A syndicate of rich Englishmen plans a London theater version of the court of honor to host America’s success.
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London
America
Queen Victoria’s lap of luxury for royal dogs
A whimsical portrait of Queen Victoria owning fifty five pet dogs living grandly. Their dining room features carpeted floors and portraits of ancestors, some with hair from departed pets. The dogs admire their gallery and scorn ordinary dogs, celebrating their royal status.
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Victoria
Dead Sea navigation and electric canal propulsion noted
The sultan plans to exploit the Dead Sea with two boats moved from Jaffa to Jerusalem by rail then by road. Abdul Hamid aims to profit from local salt bitumen and sulphur. An Erie canal electric propulsion test moved a boat at 4 mph, promising broader canal use and long distance power transmission from Niagara to Buffalo and Albany.
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Dead Sea
Jaffa
Jerusalem
Abdul-Hamid
Erie Canal
Erie
Buffalo
Albany
Niagara
Language of the monkey family scholar tours homeward
Prof Garner returns from Africa with two chimpanzees claiming conversation ability. He envisions schools replacing classical languages with chimpanzee speech, arguing Darwin would approve the philological breakthrough toward simian linguistics.
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Prof. Garner
Africa
Darwin
Frenchman claims tornado destroyer tower invention
A French inventor proposes a high tower with a torpedo at its top. The torpedo would explode when struck by a tornado, creating atmospheric disruption to dissipate the storm. He suggests encircling tornado districts with towers to guard cities.
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Jie
Epitome of the Week Highlights
Thurston disputes Blount report claiming US troops aided queen overthrow. Gold production forecast at 145 million dollars. Republicans plan permanent HQ in Washington with Joseph Manley in charge. Week ending 24th shows 057,775,080 in exchange clearances, down from 1,016,417,201 prior week. Seven days ending 84th log 87 business failures, vs 884 prior. No presidential appointments until Congress convenes.
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United States
Congress
Dozens Die in Fires and Disasters Across Cities
Reports from New York to Springfield detail multiple calamities. A hotel fire in Pa killed several, a fatal blaze in Springfield wiped out millions in business, and a theater complex in Columbus suffered a one million loss with two men perishing.
First National Fast Day Celebrated Across Germany
The article notes a March 1898 law enabling the first annual national fast day in Germany. It reports widespread destitution among Indians in Canada and famine deaths exceeding four hundred in a Quebec province town.
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New York
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San Francisco
United States
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Matebela
Zambesi River
Chihuahua
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Javary
George Lifon
Island of Pentecost
New Hebrides
Ont
T. D. Rodgens
Alpine
Louvie-Loubiron
1808 Treasury figures and world events in brief
United States Treasurer Morgan reports net ordinary revenues for 1808 at 55 810 028, up from the prior year. total receipts with public debt reach 752 871 214 and expenditures 773 007 908. Also noted are a Delhi earthquake toll, Chicago deaths, a fatal pistol duel in Texas, a mass murder in Indiana, and labor unrest in Philadelphia.
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Morgan
Bripner Parnes
Essie Ward
Chicago
Furtunn
Kushan
Persia
Massey
Olds
Hico
Tex
Clinton Jordan
Seymour
Ind
Thomas Muncany
Omaha
Knights of Labor Assembly
Philadelphia
Hannibal
Sylvester Larned
Republican Party
London
Detroit
Tur
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William J. Mize
Jaks Smaefer
Frank Ives
Schaefer
Ives
Boca Grande County
Laury & Conus
Boston
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Goshen
Elkhart
Ill Starred Humans. Trains Kill Three Girls At Xenia Ohio
Three young women Sallie and Sophia Kelso daughters of a Xenia bank teller and Leva McDill daughter of a university professor were killed when struck by a westbound Pan Handle train near Xenia while returning from a sick girl’s visit.
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Joseph Turner & Sons Worsted Manufacturing Company
Tors St
Jonas Saxe
Wisconsin
Xenia
Sallie
Sophia Kelso
S. M. Kelso
Lelia McDill
David MecDill
August McSween
Mitchell Wooten
Ozard
Ala
Newborne
Tenn
Lee Bradshaw
Pat Moffatt
Ed Gilbert
F. O. Johnson
Aberdeen
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Fred Gustafson
Paddock-Hawley Iron Company
St. Louis
C. M. Overman
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Henry Clay
Springfield
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank of Minneapolis
Maria Coon
Quincy
Detroit
Mich
Edson, Moore & Co
Wooster
Robert Ewing
San Francisco
Honolulu
Myra Weed
West Indianapolis
Chicago
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Ture
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M. Kelso
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David McDill
United Presbyterian Seminary
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Tire
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Dyer County
Wilson Dry Goods Company
J. I. Swindle
H. I. Williamson
Wilson & L
Pat Slooper
Pettis Holland
E. M. Hall
George
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Ains
Wash
James Kendrick
Patrick Quirk
Post Street
Spokane
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Quirk
Kendrick
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Strikers Tighten Gridlock Across Rochester and Lehigh Valley
Recap of a statewide strike bulletin shows rail disruption from Sayre to Buffalo. Rochester division halted as conductors walk out, while Lehigh Valley hires Chicago Burlington and Quincy crews, with strikers offering $500 to lure them back but workers vow to stay.
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Burrano
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Chicago
Burlington & Quincy
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Big Western Road
Lehigh
Brotherhood
Stevens on Hawaii Lecture Highlights American Policy
Ex United States Minister John L Stevens spoke at Somerville on Hawaiian affairs. He urged a united foreign policy, discussed civilizational, commercial, and government questions in Hawaii, criticized Liliuokalani’s regime, and defended eventual American annexation under the U S flag with a stable constitutional framework.
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Boston
United States
John IL. Stevens
Somerville
United Front
Pacific
Liliuokalani
Lilivuokalanii
Washington
Hawaii
Honolulu
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Claus Spreckelg
America
Hawaiian Islands
McDonald Stevenson Schweringen and Johnson Guilty in Lottery Mail Plot
In federal court a jury found President McDonald Secretary Stevenson Treasurer Schweringen and Director J Johnson guilty of using the mails in a lottery scheme. Johnson was not arraigned and released. Stevenson and Schweringen posted $1 000 bonds and McDonald $5 000 until December 7 sentencing. Penalty includes fines up to 500 or imprisonment up to one year or both.
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Chicago
Guarantee Investment Company
McDonald
Stevenson
Schweringen
J. &. Johnson
Johnson
MacDonald
Floods in Japan Cause Heavy Losses Along Inland Sea
Reports from Vancouver dated November 24 describe a catastrophic storm that devastated Nagasaki harbor and damaged Yokohama and Tokyo areas. In Oka yarua prefecture 167 lives were lost and 2400 houses destroyed, while Yameda quihi prefecture saw 320 fishermen drown as many bodies drifted ashore.
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B.cgc
Yokohama
Nagasaka
Tokio
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Yameaquehi
Brilliant Billiards: Schaefer Extends Lead Over Ives
Curacao reports Schaefer ahead of Ives in a record setting match. The totals so far are Schaefer 1 600, Ives 1 518. Both players broke the public average for 800 points and the high run record of 280, with Schaefer posting 343 and Ives 268.
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Schaefer
Ives
Receiver sought for American Casualty Insurance case
Seventeen hundred thousand dollars was lost by the American Casualty Insurance and Security Company of New York within four years. The losses stem from poor management since June 1890. A receiver has been requested to handle the affairs.
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New York Chamber of Comerce
Carlisle
James Hughes
John Kelley
J. P. Wilbur
Robert Stanley
Barney Wilkes
J. J. Wrenn
Daniel Wrenn
New York
Fitzsimmons
Lehigh Valley
42D
T. V. Powpuriy
Philadelphia
Knights of Labor
American Casualty Insurance Company
Antonio Ledetcky
Springfield
Mass
Joseph Dion
America
Agricultural Department
Grange
Wilkesbarre
Buffalo
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Scranton
American Casualty Insurance & Security Company
Pine Street
Rusk Remains Interred at Viroqua Wisconsin
A large crowd gathered in Viroqua to honor Jeremiah M. Rusk ex governor ex congressman and late secretary of agriculture. President Harrison and other dignitaries attended the service amid flags at half mast and mourning. The funeral featured ex tempore sermons a Masonic burial service and a mile long procession to the grave.
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Gen. Rusk
Indianapolis
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la Crosse
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Gov. Peck
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W. D. Hoard
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Henry C. Payne
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Edwin Willits
Angus Cameron
Hioard
Fairchild
John 3B. Cassaday
Frederick Winkler
Twenty-fifth Wisconsin
Col
Henry Casson
Military Order of the Loyal Legion
Grand Army of the Republic
The
Odd Fellows
Labelle Lodge
Frigid Midwestern Morning Reports Twenty-Five Below
The 7 am readings across St. Paul and Minnesota towns hit 6 to 25 degrees below zero with little wind and clear skies. Reports from Sauk Rapids 24 below and Fargo 25 below document the extreme cold. Also noted is a robbery of farmer Alfred Johnson near Rockford Illinois and the insanity ruling on former billiards champion Joseph Dion in New York.
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North Dakota
Manitoba
Sauk Rapids
Fargo
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How Many People It Bothers and a Comic Exchange
A humorous paragraph on dyspepsia and its symptoms praises remedies like Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters for relief and includes a classroom joke about treating typhoid fever. The exchange features a patient, professor, and a student delivering a clever punchline.
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Impa
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