Rapid changes and figures mark distant times and tongues
The note cites 30,000 veterans of the old union army dying last year while Argentina’s population leaps from 1.35 million in 1860 to about 4 million now. A court in Alnois sets the price of a stolen kiss at $250 after a girl demanded $915,000. It also notes the English language has shifted greatly over a millennium, now distant from its 1000 year past and nearer to German.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentine Republic
Alnois
Maine Lobster Season Closes Amid Low Returns
Lobster factories on the Maine coast shut their doors for the season after a disappointing run marked by many visiting ships and poor yields. A citywide study noted a surprising ignorance among students about cows, while the author quips that restaurant butter fares no better.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Impressive Local Treasurer Emerges in Shantum District
A magistrate’s daughter in Shantum has taken on treasury duties. She manages the accounts, pays bills, and pursues delinquent debts, marking a notable appearance of a new woman in China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Shantum
Dowager Empress Drives Li Hung Chang Tour Idea
The empress dowager of China conceived the Li Hung Chang voyage to study European and American institutions for China’s welfare. She is described as having a large head and strong will guiding the mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Li Hung Chang
China
Europe
America
Saws Hufen a Chwenmerau Gwynbysg Menu Item
A Welsh menu item appears among the restaurant notes with the phrase Saws Hufen a Chwenmerau Gwynbysg. The text hints at a culinary term and a likely linguistic tie to Welsh dishes, while a reader notes a tenuous connection to a relative in the mince pie context.
Alaska marble prospects target several bays for mining
Reports note excellent marble quality across Alaska at St. John the Baptist bay Whitestone narrows Rood's bay Mitchells bay and Marble bluffs with plans to prospect by skilled workers for opening and marketing. The Audubon society pushes to end bird plumage on hats while a Florida paper cites continued slaughter of plumage birds urging women to stop wearing dead birds' wings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
St. John the Baptist Bay
Whitestone Narrows
Rood’s Bay
Mitchell’s Bay
Audubon Society of
New England
Florida
Oklahoma to become leading cotton state
Gov. Kenfraw declares Oklahoma on track to become a top cotton producer. He notes the antebellum slogan cotton is king fits Oklahoma and predicts the coming year will bring genuine prosperity if current indicators hold, with cotton yields expected to be the greatest ever gathered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Kenfraw
Canadians Consider Emigration to Brazil and Liberia
The piece notes 1 000 Canadians may emigrate to Brazil despite Montreal authorities. It cites a Brazilian commissioner and concerns in the Canadian House of Commons. It also reports on U S to Liberia emigration where many of 202 settlers landed at Monrovia last spring died or suffered, making return to Africa seem a dream.
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Brazil
Montreal
House of Commons
United States
Liberia
Monrovia
Africa
Warning to Young Women About Matrimonial Bureaus
Miss Lizzie Graffmyer of Pittsburgh warns other women after a correspondence with a matrimonial bureau led to marriage for $25. Her husband-to-be borrowed $25 and vanished, while another man named Dr Charles King claimed two hearts and fooled doctors with alternating beats. A Ming says he has appeared before readers nationwide with no explained cause.
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Lizzie Graffmyer
Pittsburgh
Charles King
Waterbury
Conn
Ming
Epitome of the Week From Washington
A monthly comptroller of the currency report shows national bank notes in circulation September 80 at 233 552 080 dollars, a month rise of 4 025 531. Public debt, exchanges, failures, and mint coinage figures are summarized along with weather damage to cemeteries near Washington. The pope deposed Bishop Keane as rector of the Catholic university in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Comptroller
National Bank
Philson
Baltimore & Ohio
Treasury
United States
Interior Department
William A. Little
Georgia
Cleveland
Merchant Marine of
Bureau of Navigation
General Land Office
Keane
Catholic University In
Church
Cyclist breaks records and hurricane tolls reported
Denver rider Clinton Coulter set a mile record at 1 59 1 5 beating Suger's 2 00 2 8 mark. Florida hurricane killed 67 and left 62 injured with many homeless and starving. Boiler explosions in Michigan and Santa Fe line caused deaths and injuries. Rock River Methodist conference in Freeport opposed women lay delegates. Mexico Missouri and Jenneretta Louisiana reported fatalities and fires. Bryan accepts both Democratic and People's Party nominations.
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Denver
Col
Clinton R. Coulter
Suger
Florida
Mills
Novesty
Mich
Nelson Mills
Jerry Lewis
Ezra Scribner
Ezra Duel
St. Louis
National Association of Democratic Clubs
C.F. Black
Pennsylvania
Committee On
Chicago
Mexico
Lutzinger
Overbaugh
Hames
Jenneretta
Flatland
Judson
Clay Landing
Manatee Springs
Suwanee River
Peoria
George Williams
Babe
Williams
Spencer Academy
Antlers
Echo Mountain Range
California
William J. Bryan
People’s Party
International Dispatches and Disturbances Reported Worldwide
Dispatches from multiple capitals note a sultan appointed committee to probe Constantinople massacre. Aberdeen fire injures 13 fatally. Spain plans 40000 more troops to Cuba. Fez Jewish quarter fire kills and wounds. Turkestan fever kills 10000. Vienna dispatch denies pacific eastern settlement. Canada reports 1651 failures and 12219000 liabilities. William Morris, poet and designer, dies in London at 62.
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Turkey
France
Germany
Austria
England
Constantinople
Aberdeen
Scotland
Palace of Varieties
Spain
Cuba
Fez
Morocco
Turkestan
Vienna
Canada
Antonio Macco
Trocha
William Morris
London
East events mix gangs, storms and sporting results
The East reports on a Notel Norman kidnapping caper with $10,000 stolen, a deadly Pennsylvania hurricane causing multiple deaths and million in losses, a National association of Booksellers convention, and a Temple Cup baseball game in Baltimore where the Orioles won 7 to 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poston
National Association of Booksellers, Newsdealers
Wilmerding
Syracuse
N. Y
Pennsylvania
Pottsville
Reading
Shamokin
New York
D. M. Hurley
I. H. Wilson
Lt. F. Fisher
Co. G. Bennett
J. R. Howe
Worcester
Mass
Whitehead
Ten Eyck
United States
Ten Kyck
Massachusetts
Boston
Roger Wolcott
Buffalo
Baltimore
Baltimores
Clevelands
Alfred Streul
Sterling
Lesser
Grim multi-state disaster and crime notes from 1900s era
A river barge sank off Milwaukee killing four sailors. A Burlington ceremony injured 11 including Gov Drake and VP Stevenson as the stand collapsed. Nebraska Democrats nominated Robert S. Bibb for governor. A fatal runaway near Atlantic Iowa. multiple deaths from arson, suicide, and accidents across Texas, Ohio, Kentucky, Missouri, and Oregon. Bank robbery in Joseph Oregon and political moves in Indiana tied to national Democrats.
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Government
Milwaukee
Burlington
Iowa
Drake
Stevenson
Nebraska
Omaha
Robert S. Bibb
Gage County
Atlantic
Mary Funk
0. Netz
Nathan F. Spellman
Anna Ricker
Holgate
Ladonia
Tex
Jane Knapp
John McFarland
Carrie Mcfarland
Paola
Kan
George B. Anderson
Thomas Newkirk
Middlesboro
Minnesota
Methodist Conference
General Assembly
Joseph
Ore
First National Bank
Indiana
National Democratic Party
Various National News Briefs From Baltimore to Michigan
Reports from Baltimore show a 6 to 2 score in a third game. Laconia Car Co fails for 350000 in Laconia New Hampshire Illinois. United States and Canada face 5200550 in September fire losses, down from 1895. Dayton Ohio firms McIrose and Lyon Lumber and Pierce Coleman Lumber fail for 125000 and 100000. Cincinnati hosts a six day Cuban relief carnival. Hartford plans a statue for Sarah Beecher Stowe. Hoboken brewery owned by Lyman Andrews burns with 100000 loss. Snee Mills Maine resume after three months idle, employing 2000. Detroit Free Press office fire causes 60000 damage. Habbin foundry and Cliff Higgins bindery suffer 30000 losses. Postmaster General Wilson tightens third class mail notices. “Please send out” and “Please post up” risk first class rates. “Personal” and “To be called for” allowed in address. Connecticut town elections show Republican gains. Mount Pleasant Bank in Michigan closes with 67000 liabilities. Emperor Francis Joseph notes good relations with powers. Michigan forest fires near Nes tor ia and Humboldt quelled by rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Baltimores
Clevelands
Laconia Car Company
Laconia
N. IL
United States
Canada
Dayton
Mclrose & Lyon Lumber Company
Pierce & Coleman Lumber Company
Cincinnati
Spain
Hartford
Conn
Sarriet Beecher Stowe
Hoboken
N. J
Lyman Andrews
York Mills
Snee
Free Press
Detroit
Habbin Type Foundry
Cliff & Higgins
Wilson
Connecticut
New Ifaven
Bridgeport
Ansonia
Derby
Natugatuck
First National Bank of
Mount Pleasant
Mich
Francis Joseph
Hungary
Nestoria
Humboldt
Michigan
Florida hurricane devastates coast and inland towns
Across Florida and nearby states the hurricane caused widespread destruction. Reports flag up to 100 deaths in Florida with millions in property losses and towns wiped out or flooded including Cedar Keys and inland communities.救
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Florida
Jacksonville
Fly
Cedar Keys
Lfe
Ila
Gulf of Mexico
St. Mary’s River
Gulf
Georgia
Frightful Santa Fe wreck near Osage City claims seven lives
An eastbound Santa Fe train exploded its boiler few miles north of Osage City Kansas at five in the morning. Engineer and fireman killed. One passenger William Beckler from Los Angeles killed himself after the crash. Seven bodies recovered. three injured. Victims include workers from Topeka and Chillicothe.
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Osage City
Kan
Santa Fe Road
New Mexico
Peterson Coal Chutes
William Beckler
Los Angeles
Chicago
Beckler
Jues Angeles
Cal
Strump
Topeka
Harry Hollister
William McAdams
Tramp
Chillicothe
Land Office Report and Bishop Keane Retirement
Commissioner Lamoreaux presents figures on public domain land selections totaling 13 200 000 acres with railroad and homestead entries and rail patent gains. The report details cash receipts and total acres patented while noting vast vacant land and yearly surveying activity. Also Bishop Keane of the Catholic University of America announces retirement after papal correspondence offering archbishopric or abroad post. Prison Sunday urged by the prison reform congress with clergy services planned October 15.
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Lamoreaux
Washington
General Land Office
Secretary of the Interior
United States
Milwaukee
Prison Reform Congress
Canada
Trade Review Highlights Westward Money Movement and Mixed Signals
The Dun report notes continued westward money flow surpassing interior receipts for the quarter, with gold imports and treasury reserves rising. It cites improved commercial loan conditions, signs of cautious investment, a higher failure total tied to political causes, rising wheat prices amid short crops, and mixed steel and wool market activity with hopefuls of stronger demand ahead.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Australia
Treasury
Bessemer
Pittsburgh
Association For Iron Bars
Banks and trust companies reveal nationwide cash totals
Comptroller Eckels reports an extensive survey of banks and trust firms nationwide. Data covers 5,723 reporting institutions with total cash of 413,124,849 and deposits rising to about 2.4 million depositors in national and other banks. Totals include gold coin, certificates, currency and notes across several categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
United States
National Bank
Atec
Martinelli Arrives in New York as Papal Council Question Looms
Mgr. Martinelli archbishop of Ephesus and newly named apostolic delegate to the United States docked on the Cunard liner Campania. He stated the pope had not yet decided who would succeed the deceased Bishop Ryan of Buffalo and Bishop Curtis of Wilmington and denied being empowered to set up an ecclesiastical court in the United States. He left for Washington after the interview as Mgr. Satolli planned to sail for Europe on the 18th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mgr. Martinelli
Ephesus
United States
Cardinal Satelli
Cunard
Campania
Ryan
Buffalo
Curtis
Wilmington
Congregation of the Propaganda
Roie
Washington
Mgr. Satolli
Europe
Yale Defeats Amherst In Season Opener 12–0
Yale hosts Amherst in New Haven on Wednesday afternoon and stifles the visitors with two first half touchdowns to none in the second half while Pennsylvania crushes Gettysburg 82 to 0 in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Yale
Amherst
Massachusetts
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg College
Electric street railways and new battery claims headlined
Monterey diversifies with a local capitalist buying the street railways to install electric service ahead of other Mexican cities. Hartz markets a France patented storage battery claiming eight thousand hours for twenty ten‑candle lamps, while Biddeford tests a rail track tester linked to a power house. Roentgen rays spark fraud cases as a French “hair remover” is arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monterey
Mexico
Keely
Hartz
France
Sioentgen
Ase
Biddeford
Roentgen
Vanderbilt University
Notable Oddities and Facts of Unusual Interest
A collection of curious assertions on seasickness in monkeys eye disease from opera glasses in theaters and extraordinary claims about trees languages criminals and longevity. It notes a 450 foot eucalyptus in Gippsland Australia and a walking polyglot cardinal Mezzofanti.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gippsland
Australia
Cardinal Mezzofanti
Bryan
California
Massachusetts
Texas
India
Philotacea Electrica
A. C. Olds
Kansas City
Europe
Japan
The Winter's Furs And Modern Fur Combinations
The article notes sharply rising prices for genuine chinchilla skins while highlighting affordable imitations. It describes new season trends combining chamois leather with long haired furs in varied colors and embroidery, plus extensive use of feathers ribbons lace and metallic accents. It also mentions bison seal imitations gaining popularity and the convincing fake sable and blue fox fur trends as seen by Dry Goods Economist.
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the Express
Monticello
South Atlantic States
Savannah
Charles E. Murray
Robert Turner
United States Revenue
Tybee
James McClure
Fanny Jackson
Southville
Riley Williams
Sea Island
White House
Lincoln
State Department
Paient
Naval Observatory
Great Britain
Capitol
Woodley
John R. McLean
Middle Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lockhaven
Jack’s Mountain
Gettysburg Cemetery
Gettysburg
Adams County
National Cemetery
Round Top
Culp's Hill
New Iron Observatory
Cemetery Ridge
Sixty-sixth Ohio Regiment
Staunton
Richmond
Shenandoah Valley
Alexandria
First Baptist
St. Elmo Baptist
Roberts Chapel
M. J. South
Lake Shipping Surfers
Lake Michigan
Grand Haven
Chicago Harbor
Land Office Report
Trade Review
Eckels
Martinelli
Sebastian Martinelli
Illinois
Iour
Popular
Illinois Central R.R
A. H. Hanson
P. A. I. Cont
Star Brothers
Louisiana
Rockport
Meeps Nursery CO
Yucatan
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