Wimbledon shoot off and world news in foreign flashes
International items include Wimbledon results with Canadian players leading the field, a proposed royal marriage payment, Egypt and Dervish losses, railway and road notes, and a quake destruction report. Also covered are the Searle Connor boat race, French naval spending, and the Tung chow railway edict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Deputies
America
Searle"'Connor
London
England
Searle
Eastern items echo political and local unrest in 1880 era
The page reports on Milwaukee inviting Grand Army veterans to the encampment, Oklahoma City political strife with U S troops requested, court-martial risks for officers, Mississippi Sullivan Kilrain cases, and crop and trade notes across Illinois New Jersey and Pennsylvania. It covers cattle, wheat, and wool forecasts, shipboard yellow fever, a New Jersey leprosy case, and regional weather damage.
Two Chiefs of Police Convicted and Sent to Pen
The article reports two Portland chiefs of police convicted and sent to prison. It notes actions by the Board of Equalization, local market conditions, and various regional incidents across Oregon and California, including fires, crimes, and public notices through the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olds
Pen—Board of Equalizaton
Stockton
Proverbial Wit and Etiquette Notes in Upon Rochester Union
A collage of maxims and social advice bursts from the era, citing Locke Burke Colton and others. It blends aphorisms on wealth and industry with etiquette quirks and humorous tips for dining and social behavior. It also mentions royal honors and signatures of writers, plus playful inventions like a Sure Snore Killer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portuy
Ives
Rochester Union
The Shoe Store Tragedy of Mrs Width
A long expert shoe clerk faces a comical yet fatal encounter when Mrs Width tries on increasingly small shoes. The customer causes a shock by insisting on tiny sizes, and the clerk collapses exhausted by the ordeal and the bizarre fashion request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ile
Hearing defects in railway workers urged for safety tests
Dr Robert Barclay advocates ear disability testing for pilots engineers and other railway workers noting some hear poorly to some sounds yet hear others clearly. He cites cases of boilermakers who miss ordinary speech in noisy environments but hear a distant whistle only up close and urges comparable tests to vision standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Barclay
Boller-Malers
Ile
la Louis Globe-Democrat
Beets Sugar Making Machines Describe Washing and Slicer
The article details washing beets to remove mold dirt and stones, then trimming poor quality portions by a carousal. It explains weighing and feeding beets into a slicer with rotating knives that cut beets into thin slices for diffusion, aiding purity and material tracking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Almy
Seeoce Monthly
Montreal Estranged Relations With Canada’s Metropolis
The article recalls Montreal’s historic trade ties with the lake states and New England, noting a shift after telegraph and railroad advances. It describes past American influence in Montreal’s firms, hotels, and shops, and how commerce now depends less on American leadership, with only a few Americans remaining in larger trades. It adds a stray report on a sunflower seed lure for rats tested at the Washington Zoo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Lake States
New Enogland
Europe
Ontario
New England
Hoston Hardware
Feandedt
Inna
Hochelaga
C. MH. Fitrnham
Harper's Magazine
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Salen
Egypt
Congo
Russell Harrison
Victoria
Hamburg
William
Norway
Laver
Thompson
Djarkend
Semiretchinsk
Bohemia
E Bay T
Carroll Mackenzie
Mme. Nolle
France
Nolle
Paris
New York
Viscount Danto
Earl of Clancarty
Belle Bilton
Valkyrie
Righ Tenanta’ Defense League
Berlin
Queensland
International Socialist Congress
Reichstag
Prince of Wales
Earl of Fife
Tungchow
Marquis Tsing
Jesse Grant
Lincoln
United States
Frederick
Athens
Italy
Humbert
Salamis
Greece
Hellenic Society
British School of Archeology
Turkey
Bnge
Firth of Forth
London Police
Salvation Army
Pee Nay
Dover
An Ist
Ile of Wight
Osborne
Alderslwt
Anthracite Coal Company
Coniff
B. C
Milwaukee
Texas
True Light Baptists
Oklahoma City
General Sherman
Fort Riley
Kan
New Jersey
Chicago
Philadelphia
Mahone
Virginia
Springview, Neb
H. WH. Maupin
R. G. Horr
Valparaiso
Pittsburg
Penn
Blaine
Kansas
Gerge Clark
Minneapolis
Chicago Board of Trade
Cheyenne Agency
LD. T
Niagara Commissioners
Lillinois
Rowe
New York Johnstown
Wold
Tracadie
Gloucester County
New Brunswick
James A. Patterson, Jr
Waynesboro, Va
Anton Bolak
Belvidere
N.J
Michael Bellinshire
Oxford
Indian Territory
Utah
William P. Sweepe
Premier
Quebec
Mud Creek
C. H. Treat & Co
C. H. Treat Manufacturing Company
Georgetown
Grand Army
Warner
Mississippi
Mississipi
John M. Stone
Covernor Lowery
Marbleheat
Maas
Merlin
Edward Burgess
True Light
South Carolina
Newso
Kanawha Valley
W. Va
Ham M. Roach
First Infantry
Alcatraz
Cal
Bloomington
Haaff
Mr. Haaif
The
Pacific Coast
Portland Market
the Shuttle Iron and Steel Company
Los Gatos
Napa Cannery
Seattle
Petaluma
Tamento
San
Colusa
Oregon
Santa Rosa and Sebastopool
Harney Valley
Pomona
Portland
San Jose Times
Garden City
Pasadena
J. W. Woodward
Visalia
A. W. Callen
Old Grizzly
Prescott
A. T
Nevada
Sierra Counties
Oregon Penitentiary
Town Hall
Piven Switch
Nev
Joe Manuel
Gila Bend
Salt Lake
Frank Toal
Los Angeles
Ellensburg
W.T
Arizona Board of Equalization
Pima County
San Diego
Deady
Portland, Or
Ching Ah Sing
San Francisco
Wo Sing
San Jose
J. D. Craigton
Homer Smith
Sacramento
Forest City
Pike City
W. V. Gatley
Watsonville
William Wooly
Garvanca
A.C. Williams
Arthur Giraham
Boston
George Nutting
Crook County
New Mexico
William Moakler
Portland and Willamette Railroad
Joseph N. Mates
Parnter
Keith Inst
Seattle Tron and Steel Company
Pittsburg Iron Thien
Samon Hay
Jee Song
J. W. Pierson
Pierson
Klamath
Henley
Cascades
Guatamala
Java
Costa Rica
Rio
Sicily
Eastern
California
Sill Denna
Valley
Hopa
She
GMAIN
Locke
Colton
Boston Commercial Bulletin
Persia
Edwin Arnold
Sadi
M. Chevreul
Milan
Jesus
Bayard Tayloe
James
Wilkie Collinag
William Willie Collina
Austin Dobson
Henry Austin Dobago
Edmond Coase Haw Willian
Dem
Brander Matthews
Samuel DuMeld Osborne
James Lawrence Hutton
Edward Howard Seely
Frank Stockton
Francis Richard Stocktwo
Cotillon
AGL
Tis
Canada
Washington Zoological Gardens
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