Diverse 19th Century World News Items Across Continents
Multiple brief items report on global events including the death of S Taft in Burlington, Kaiser’s plan for a warship squadron for King Alfonso’s coronation, bubonic plague outbreaks in Mecca and the Punjaub, a fire at Erie Lithograph plant, minstrel Sam Luca’s illness, a U.S. monk notary appointment in Bardstown, a divorce in Washington Indiana, annexation news from Ocean Island by Britain, and a brevet lieutenant colonel nomination connected to Lord Francis Hope.
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Berlin
Alfonso
Spain
Mecca
Arabia
Jeddeh
Medina
Calcutta
Punjaub
India
Bardstown
United States
Joachim
Gethsemans Abbey
Jack” Hanning
Owensboro
Nelson County
Washington
Ind
Wr. Whitting
Chicago
Victoria
B. C
Acrangie
Ocean Island
South Seas
HLM
Pylades
Australia
Edward VII
London
Lord Francis Hope
May Yohe
Putnam Bradiee Birong
Guiguinto
Luzon
Strong
Japan
Lady Francis Hope
Lord Hope
Major Strong
San Francisco
The
Orient
Lady Hope
Senate panel opposes direct election amendment
Senator Burrows chairs privileges and elections committee and says a large majority oppose the house resolution for direct popular election of senators. He plans a point hearing and a thorough review with another meeting next Tuesday, but expects no final action then and anticipates an adverse outcome.
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Publishers
Press Dispatch
Washington
Burrows
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
House
Weighall
Investigator Appointed to Probe Chicago Postmaster Charges
Washington dispatch reports Civil Service commissioner assigns J. J. Kemp as examiner to investigate T. W. Witter's charges that Chicago Postmaster Coyne’s staff were reduced for political reasons. Kemp will be in Chicago on March 26 to begin inquiry.
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Publishers’ Press Dispatch
Washington
Civil Service Commissioner
J. J. ‘Kemp
Wilcox Jury Fails to Reach Verdict
Norfolk dispatch reports the Wilcox jury likely will not file a final report and stands eight for hanging and four for acquittal, with activity from Sheriff Grandy in Elizabeth City North Carolina.
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Publishers’ Press Dispatch
Norfolk, Va
Grandy Wires
Elizabeth City
N. C
Fire Destroys Winnipeg Warehouses Overnight
A great fire roared through Winnipeg Manitoba in the midnight hours burning the Canadian Pacific warehouses. Dispatches report communications to Winnipeg are out as crews battle the blaze and efforts to assess the damage continue.
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Publishers’ Press Dispatch
ST. Paul, Minn
Winnipegs
Man
Canadian Pacific
Winni Px
Scott's Emulsion Promises Help for Consumption
An advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as a reliable remedy for consumption. It claims the product aids weight gain and reduces coughing by acting on the lungs and improving the system, inviting readers to request a free sample from Scott & Bowne, chemists, 409 Pearl St.
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Scott
Scott & Bowne
Pearl St
Divorce Applicant Kidnaps Children in Civil Dispute
Mrs. Frank Adams Acer, awaiting a divorce ruling, abducted her five children from Buffalo where they lived with grandparents. She drove them across the river to Toronto and notified her husband. Toronto police declined arrest, saying the matter lies in civil court.
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Publishers’ Press Dispatch
Buffalo
N. Y
Frank Adams Acer
Acer
Ali
Toronto
Queens Hotel
Bert Stevenson Re-elected Unanimously Fire Chief Ad Interim
Bert Stevenson the North Mill street fish dealer was unanimously re elected first assistant fire chief Friday evening by the Vigilant Hook and Ladder company and the Phillips Hore company. Other departments elected chiefs to preside over their districts in Chief Connery’s absence with Teddy Mosely John Clark Joseph Beard William Boyd Benjamin Reed named as second to sixth assistants.
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Bert Stevenson
North Mill Street
Vigilant Hook& Ladder Company
Phillips Hore Company
Stevenson
Connery
Teddy Mosely
John Clark
Joseph Beard
William Boyd
Benjamin Reed
Murderer Carter Hanged At West Virginia Penitentiary
Geo Carter colored was executed at 6 45 pm for the murder of Chas Whistler colored in Charleston after a two day period of singing and praying on the scaffold. The 1801 killing followed a card game dispute and the case repeatedly reached the governor and pardon board.
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Publishers’ Press Dispatch
Moundsville
W. Va
Geo. Carter
West Virginia
Chas
Whistler
Carter
Charleston
Pardon Board
Miners Convention Adjourns to Monday in Shamokin
In Shamokin Pa the miners convention adjourned until Monday after failing to finish business. A wage scale was adopted but details were kept private. A committee led by Mitchell and district officers will draft a resolution for Monday urging an eight hour day and union recognition and to seek further concessions to avert a strike.
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Press Dispatch
Shamokin
Mitchell
Fish for the Shenango Stocking Aims by Doerr and Grimm
Louis Doerr and J Elmer Grimm of Sharon secured assurance of enough fish to stock the Shenango River. Fish will be released into the dam above Sharonville early spring with Senator James B Emery vowing support to distribute a large number when ready. Captain Kimball of the Life Saving Service reports a fire near Oregon Inlet and a stormer seen departing on the same day.
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Louis Doerr
J. Elmer Grimm
Sharon
Shenango
Sharonville
James BD. Emery
Preay Dispatch
Washington
Kimball
Life Saving Service
Kitty Hawk
N. C
Skeeper
Oregon Inlet
Stormer
Daviient
Dasher
Anarchists Blow Up Mayor Residence in Brussels
In Brussels on March 22 anarchists detonated explosives at the residence of Mayor Derhalex of Brinche in the coal mining district. The house was destroyed and wreckage scattered widely. Several people were injured. Derbaix, the mayor, is a conservative member of parliament.
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Prey Cable
Brussels
Derhalex
Brinche
Tesiden Baling
Derbaix
Extraordinary case of a dying man’s spirit visit
A young Heidelberg educated man dies days after a mysterious nighttime vision on his mother’s porch. A doctor dismisses it as a dream until an appendicitis proves fatal. Afterward a New York psychic says the spirit visiting the mother was his father, though his father had long been dead.
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Mirot
J. _Bavagedin
Ainslee
New_ York
Bean
Heidelberg University
Jof
New York
Frogs Dominate Edible Frogs Trade In US Markets
Cold Storage notes the US frog industry totals about 2 million frogs yearly. New York markets see 500 pounds daily during peak season, with supplies from the west then Maine and Canada. Prices range from 25 cents to 1 dollar per pound as seasons progress, with large frogs weighing around 4 pounds. Thousands are frozen in cold storage. Live frogs are not sold for eating. about 5,000 are used by Columbia College and schools for dissection at 15 to 25 cents each.
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United States
The
Food Commission
New York
Maine
Canada
Fulton
Columbia College
Shakespearean Orators Prevail In Grove City Contest
The Grove City college literary contest between the Webster and Shakespeare clubs was held Tuesday night. Judges Rev Dr Smith Allegheny College Rev Dr Johnson Geneva College Rev R G Ferguson Westminster College Prof James B Medelland presided. The Shakespeare club won.
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Webster
Shakespeare Clubs
Grove City College
Dr. Smith
Allegheny College
Johnson
Geneva College
R. G. Ferguson
Westminster College
James B. Medelland
Shakespeare Club
Morse Stessing Sentences Two Years in Cumberland Case
Dania Gaskill pleaded guilty and was sentenced in Oakland yesterday to twelve years in the penitentiary for a crime involving a team and horses from 38 years ago. He recently returned, stole another team, and was caught. Dr. BK Detcheon’s Ann Diurette may be worth over $100 for parents of a child with bedwetting issues.
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Cumberland
Maren
Dania Gaskill
Oakland
BK. Detcheon
Curta
Atika
Tt Grréste
Gen. W. Clatten
Blood Wine touted as cure for consumption by Boston doctor
An article promotes Blood Wine as an effective remedy for tuberculosis outlining lung function and hygiene, with testimonials from Dr. Brainard Av. Andrews of Beachmont and assurances of widespread physician support. It claims rapid relief from coughing and breathlessness and offers free samples at local drugstores.
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Brainard Av, Andrews
Beachmont
Boston
Mass
New England
Harvard College
Nn U
Brood Wine” Co
Ikagrand
Geo. W. Clutton’s
Grug
Paisley’s
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St. Cloud Hotel
Ypide -Jnn
Mahoningtown
J. N. Buver’s Sons
L. S. Morgan
South Sharon
Typi Village
Lomk
Inquire En Castle Employment Bureau
Janice Aryenue
Bell
Keerks
J. P
the News
Stata
Hileman Co
J. N. Enner
Ad- Bem
Washington Street
C. E
Israe
Charles McConnell
South
Walnut Street
Office of Builders’ Exchange
Mariet Street
Universal Cor Dept. A
Philadelitt
Miss. McGee
Staundry
New Castle Employment Bureau
Neshannock Events
Bell Nhone
S. Norris
North
Beaver Street
M. C. Department
Pepe
Neshannock Avenue
Neshannock Laundry
South Mill Street
East Long Avenue
Lidte
Harrison Street
H. B Dean
Seventh Ward
City
Highland Avenue
Garfield Avenue
G. W. Moody Paper & Twine Company
Main Street
New Castle
R. Forgan & Co
Croton Avenue
Lincoln Avenue
Prine
Shafter
City Waternhouse
Ezra Ashimore
Mercer Street
BE. A. Conway Co, Merchant Tailors and Furnishers
Washington St
Strathers
W. N. Wilson
Struithers
Oak Street
upper-Fourth Ward
Wm. J. Moffatt
Pittebirg Street
Long Avenue
Carson Street
Brown
Reynolds Street
School House
Braemar
Mahoning Avenue
Liberty Street
New School House
Big Run Street
Sutton Street
TP. Williams
McKee
South Bill Street
Cascade Park
Alburo Station
Dewey Avenue
Clyde Morrow
Shaly Street
Milton Street
Martin Street
Wm. McConahy
VanHorn
Jefferson Street
Meeting of the Round Table
Vost
Pennsylvania
Lista
E. W. Anderson
Cail
S. Ray Street
Moravia Street
I. II. Conway & Co
Lafe
D. RR
Forgan & Co
Homeliess
Cape Town
Burlington
Russell S. Taft
Supreme Court of the State
Reading
George W. Brownback
Dover
Erie
Ottawa
Erie Lithograph & Printing Co
Walker
Sam Luca
Lukas
Wilcox
Winnipeg
Wh, Hooker & Co
Sn, C
Paisley
Hutton's Pharmacy
Centar Street
Cherry Street
Lafayette Street
Johw Y. Sheehy Insurance and Real Ealate
N. Liberty Street
Bell ‘Phone
Hemp
Morse Stessing
Paris
Citizens National Bank
New Castle, PA
Board OF Directors
Thos. W. Phillips
J.P. H.cunning
David Jameson
Samuel McCreary
M. H. Henderson
John
W. Phillips
L. 3
HOLT
John H. Lamb
Cashier
Hodgkinson Bros
Makers of
North Mercer Street
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