TWO NEW GOVERNORS IN NUTMEG STATE IN INAUGURAL WAVE
Albert W. MelIntire, a former Conejos County district judge, is slated to become governor of Connecticut on January 15 succeeding Waite. The Pennsylvanian born Yale graduate has a long public record and will lead a reformist administration amid a wave of GOP victories. Vincent Coffin, Middlesex businessman and state senator, is elected in a Democratic district and will assume the governorship. Also a note on an Ohio incident where William Cantwell attacked a church with a Bible during a prayer meeting before being jailed in London.
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Waite
Conejos
MelIntire
Itsburg
Yale
William Cantwell
Springfield
Ohio
Daleville
London
This Cat Displays Three Eyes in Leesville Home
A cat owned by the Jenkins family in Leesville Ohio reportedly has three eyes. Two are in the normal places while a third sits behind the left ear. The animal is described as an excellent mouser and able to watch both ahead and behind.
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Jenkins Family
Leesville
Ohio
George W. Rea Dead Noted Trapper and Hunter of West
George W. Rea of Blackfoot Idaho died aged about 55 years he was regarded as one of the greatest hunters and trappers of his time. He left Pennsylvania for the Rockies forty years ago where he became famed for Indian hunting and woodcraft guiding Col Miner Roberts and Captain Hall enlisted him as a guide and escort during survey and guard duties.
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George W. Rea
Blackfoot
Idaho
Pennsylvania
Rocky Mountains
Great West
Miner Roberts
Northern Pacific Railway
Rafid
Northwest
Rea
Hall
Leprosy in Dakota Swedes Refugee Case Lands in County
A case of Asiatic leprosy is reported in western Grand Forks County North Dakota. Jens Olsen a 17 year old Swedish boy orphaned and cared for by an uncle has the disease. After discovery the uncle turned him away. County commissioners moved him to a hospital then to a small cabin on a farm where he will be kept isolated.
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Grand Forks
North Dakota
Jens Olsen
Noonan Elected GOP Congressman From Texas Twelfth District
George H. Noonan the Republican congressman elected from Texas Twelfth District is noted as the first GOP member from the Lone Star State since Reconstruction. Born in Newark New Jersey in 182% he settled in Castr and served thirty years in various public roles. The text also briefly describes an electric lamp carriage designed for night visibility, though details are fragmentary.
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Texas
Jorge I. Noonan
Congress
Twelfth
Lone Star
Judge Noonan
Dwell
N. J
Castr
Memorial Tribute to Veterans and Lincoln in memory of Opequan heroics
A long tribute praising Civil War veterans, recalling patriotic duty and the Old Guard of Lincoln era. It honors Surviving veterans across hospitals, cites Sergeant Philip Petty as Medal of Honor recipient for saving the regimental flag at Fredericksburg, and includes anecdotes from the Lincoln era, the 12th and 130th Pennsylvania units, and a Kalamazoo regiment’s Civil War service, with reflections on memory, patriotism, and national gratitude.
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Hacker
Republic
J. F. Simpson
Paola
Lakes
North
Gulf
South
Reveille
F. D. McGillicuddy
Mansfield
The
National Tribune
Philip Petty
Jackson Summit
Harrisburg
12Th Pa
Troy Guard
130Th
Fredericksburg
136Th
Petty
Congress of the United States
Daughter of a Bishop and the Bishop's Daughters
The passage profiles Sarah Potter daughter of the Bishop of New York as his trusted secretary and counselor. It notes her education in stenography and typewriting and describes her clerical duties and hours in her father's office. The tone emphasizes energetic, capable work by women connected to church leadership.
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Potter
Sarah
New York
Sarah Potter
Aga
Look at the Girls by Calle Her Sex Shop Windows of Creation
A woman interview with a New York Sun reporter argues that women are the shop windows of the universe and must be looked at. She defends female attention, rejects prudish bans, and mocks a Richmond schoolmaster who tries to curb male gaze, asserting the natural impulse endures.
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New York Sun
Richmond
College Bs Municipal
Salvation Army
Tommy
Mary
Virginia
Attenuated Horse Triggers Officer's Unwanted Sympathy
A South Chicago officer encounters a thin sorrel horse tied to a hitching post and questions the owner about feeding. After a volatile exchange, the officer ends up in a buggy dash that ends with the horse rearing and the officer dazed as the animal returns to the post. The owner then quips about feeding the horse, while a separate note mentions a high speed passenger locomotive in Altoona and a joke about a child and bread. A Pennsylvanian town reports many residents over 90, still active.
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Chicago
S. PLC. A
Eyelone
Vandalism at Capitol Spurs Fear for Archives
The capitol senate area has suffered repeated vandalism over years with a break in a basement closet, theft of barber shop razors and shears, and destruction of other items. Officials fear intruders may target valuable pictures, statues, or archives. Police force size cited as a possible factor in poor protection. Dec 24 Nattonat Captor.
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Senate
Capitol
Irrigation breakthrough in western Kansas and Nebraska
Discovery shows artesian wells can irrigate drought hit lands. Water abundant 150 to 200 feet deep, wells with pumps and windmills cost about 350 dollars. Ten to twenty acres per well, comparable to ditch irrigation costs. Capital may fund wells with annual rental payments while cultivated area and yields rise. Farmers optimistic about region's prospects.
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Deven
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa patent office ruling honors Tilden in broom corn patent case
The Iowa Patent Office in Washington D C on the 11th decided in favor of Tilden of Des Moines to separate coarse and fine broom corn for broom making. Lee had a patent in 1892 and Tile Gen filed in 1893. Tuomas Gayp J Ratpu, Des Moines solicitors, note copies of drawings and specifications can be mailed for 25 cents.
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Tilden
Lee
U. S
Washington, D.C
Tile Gen
Sune
Tuomas Gayp J. Ratpu Onwie
Solicitors of Patent
Des Moines
Dee
Brazilian trouble and Talmage to preach in New York
Montevideo Dec 31 Rio Janeiro faces panic as troops refuse southward and officers resist command amid fears of renewed rebellion in Rio Grande do Sul More than 200 officers arrested and rumors swirl of releases President Moraes fears Peixoto arrest could trigger conflict In New York Dr T D W Witt Talmage announces January 6 sermons at the Academy of Music with new Congregational Church style music and arrangements
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Montevipro
Uruguay
Rio Janeiro
Moraes
Peixote
Rio Grande Do Sul
Peixoto
Talmage
New York
T. D ‘Witt Talmage
Brooklyn ‘Tabernacle
Academy of Musle
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