Destructive Tornadoes Hit Several Southern Towns
Reports from Atlanta to Macon describe a destructive cyclone sweeping from southwest to northeast across the western edge of Georgia through Rome Cave Spring Cartersville and Jasper. Casualties noted at Cave Spring with homes wrecked, fences forests and farms damaged, telegraph lines down hindering details. Damage also reported in Kentucky Illinois and Ohio with factories hotels and warehouses affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Rome
Cave Spring
Cartersville
Jasper
Cuntium
Lundhed
Columbia
Avery
Pine
Serlow
Ladny Vears
Bell Telephone Rights and Baltimore News Briefs
In a discussion with a New York Press correspondent, Zenas E. F. Wilbur explains the lasting legal obstacles for the Overland Company against Bell Telephone. He notes Bell’s broad patent portfolio and perpetual contracts shaping future competition, amid other Maryland and national notices on law, railroads, and local institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Press
Zenas EF. Wilbur
Interior Department
Bell Telephone
Overland Company
Bell Telephone Company
Addam
Bell
Mr. Bell
Drawbhaugh
Drawhaugh
Blake
Tinedore Vaile
Bell Company
Varius
Dell
Ernst
Greenfield Items and Local Social Notes
Fragmented report details a social gathering and local events in Greenfield. Mentions guests, hosts, travel back from a distant event, and a referenced Monarchy banking note. Reports on weather and travel conditions describe hard roads, sleighing, frost, and geese flying north last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Frost
Kentucky Tragedy Reported Near Milton Affray
A Madison Ky dispatch says Milton area reports an affray seven miles southwest of Milton in which a man named Stephens and his former wife and her second husband were wounded. The woman is said to have been killed and both men mortally wounded, unconfirmed by papers in Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Madison
Journal Rays
Milton
Stephens
Bucklen's Arica Salva Medical Wonder Sale
Bucklen's Arica Salva advertised as a universal cure all for bruises cuts ulcers sores fevers cancers piles chilblains corns tetter and skin eruptions. 25 cents per box sold by Garrett & Breele. Mentioned Chinese giant speaking eight languages and warnings about early coughs and Croft's Phosphites offered by Jeimer Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrett & Breele
Serious Railroad Accidents In Trenton And Bridgeport
Harry McCullough was killed and Ed Jones seriously injured by a train in Trenton Ohio. They were at the Cres cent street iron mills strike and left for Cleveland. A passenger train near Bridgeport Ohio struck a hand car injuring several West Wheeling residents. A Wabash line wreck near Glenwood Missouri left six injured. The report ends with a humorous couplet on spreading falsehoods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry McCullough
Ed. Jones
Trenton
Ohio
Crescent Street Iron Mills
Cleveland
Cleveland and
Pittsburg
Bridgeport
John Marion
Patrick McDonough
John McDonough
West Wheeling
Jrfey Oreon
Keokuk
Iowa
Wabash Road
Glenwool
Bridal Tours Cut to Three Days and Quiet Talk
A brief note suggests bridal tours can be kept under three days with couples staying indoors to discuss remedies such as Dr Bull's Cough Syrup, described as safe and pleasant for use during the visit.
Irish Conger Eels Told By An Irish Fisherman
An old Irish fisherman recounts massive conger eels off Ireland and their behavior. He describes their size up to ten feet, their affinity for deep water and rocks, and their dangerous nature when hooked. He recalls handling methods, market in Dublin, and encounters near Kingston harbor with spectators fainting. He also notes they can attack dogs and escape back to sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twaa
Ireland
Newark Bay
Irish
St. Patrick
Dublin
Kingston Harbor
Visitor reflections on America and writers from Lord Coleridge
In a London letter to Elliott F. Shepard Coleridge debunks a plan for a formal volume on America. He notes Gladstone hopes for a strong authentic work and suggests De Tocqueville or Goldwin Smith, while praising American kindness and hospitality. He laments his own limits as a writer and the kindness he received. A second note jokes about Japanese shoe policies and house carpets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Coleridge
London
Elliott F. Shepard
America
Gladstone
de Tocquevilles
Goldwin Smith
Shepard
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Gomber
Lat Boreler
South Market
Prederick, WD
Turton
Miller
Marsland
Medart
Mali
Heep Draliy
Arhuy
Joun Gomber
Lin
Mens’, Boys & Childrens
Emare
Cyothanar
Mies
Sondey
Hartog Wineberg, L.n.marrket Strert
Jalim
Eresel
Key West
UNDER
City Hotel
TeUlLedtine
Frederick Andy
Pennsylvania Line
Frederick and
Pennslvania Line Railroad
Northern Central Railroad Company
Baltimore
Frederick
Charles BE. Tratl
Breenen W. Wirre
Rhiyfe
Macs
Frascinis
Daring & Thevis Kere Veterinv
New York
Bou Eai
Opera Hone
Cincinnati
Paducah
Chess
Carley & Co
Tolacco
New Orreans
Volumbus
Porton
Philadelphia
Maryland
Elias O. Dawson
Easton
Baltimore Mercantiles Trust and Guarantee Co
Board of School Commissioners of
Mount Washington High School
Board of Medical Examiners
Columbia and Port Deposit
Hessians
Rusk
Packmond and
Danville
Bradley T. Johnson
Potomac
Virginia
Supreme Court
Wendell Phillips
Douglass Institute
John P. Campbell
Faith Presbyterian Church
Balto
Europe
Holy Land
M. E. Church Union
Heuins
Terie
Aston
Bucklen
Croft
Jeiner Bros
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