Miscellany of World Notes and Notable Facts
A collage of curiosities and reports from around the world. Observations range from rail safety notions and a New York dealer’s profit gambles to astronomical notes on double stars and a glacial landmark at Holyhead Cemetery. Also included are remarks on West Point prospects, a Vienna dogma, and legal trivia on murder trials across the United Kingdom.
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Holyhead Cemetery
Hrooklint
Mass
John -Royla O'Rwidly
Women in America Employed in Remunerative Work Rise Sharply
The article reports 300 097 women, about 30 percent of the total population, employed in remunerative occupations, up from 21 343 percent a decade earlier. Women expanded in nine of eleven occupation classes including government service and trade while decreasing as laborers.
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America
Fifty First Congress Daily Recap of Debates and Bills
Senate considered election supervisors and armament measures to the Battlers, while the House passed a tobacco rebate bill and discussed a Chicago post office project worth 4 million dollars. Other actions included pensions for General Stoneham, Grant's remains removal to Arlington, and various state and national issues.
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Senate
Atetornoy
House
Siouz-Indiana
George Stoneman
Geners Grant
Arlington Cemetery
Chicago
United States
Bill Wnas
Republic
Attington Cemetery
Murlny
Bringh
Denver
Col
Roion
McKinney
Mission’ Theigns
California
J. W. Hathaway
Montand
Nouge
Death of Cincinnati Enquirer owner McLain noted in Washington
The death of Washington journalist and Cincinnati Enquirer proprietor McLain occurred in Washington at age 74. The report lists federal election results and weekly financial totals, noting a decline versus prior period and U.S. agricultural stocks with corn oats and wheat figures.
Notable 19th Century Trials and Obituaries
The East column notes Joe Coburn dies of consumption in New York. Boston’s Homeopathic Society supports abolishing capital punishment. Pittsburgh hosts the National Tailors Association, electing Td. Cunningham as president. Dyxtet D. Payrnne ATER leaves 2.1 million to colleges and 94 thousand to hospitals in his will. Several firms face failures and financial troubles in New York and New Jersey. The American Sabbath Union reports a strong revival of Sabbath observance. Wool and shop firms in Boston report shipments and store networks facing losses. An arrest in Chambersburg for swearing eighty profane oaths under a colonial act.
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New York
Joe Coburn
Tims
Tint Homeopathic Society of Boston
Pittsburth
National Tailors’ Association
Td. Cunnningham
Philadelphia
Dyxtet D. Payrnne Ater
Tate
Rogkars
Cusimtan & Co
Lydonville
NuMrinaane Bross & Wxiler
Pnterson
N.J
Massachusetts
Pork Winson
Chambersburg
Jealous husband fatally wounds wife then dies in barbed wire incident
In St Paul Minnesota Enward Finney of St Paul killed his wife in a jealous rage and then fatally shot himself. Other items note a Chicago trust plan to raise prices, the 22nd annual National Board of Trade session in New Orleans with Pred Fartey re elected, a Evansville foundry failure for 1 002 000, a Montpelier fire destroying town center buildings, and census counts showing Des Moines and Evansville population figures. - This item also reports a Wellington shooting, a Topeka workman death on the State House dome, a lynching in Roebuck Mississippi, a Texas crow Indians land cession in Montana, and a Dougherty Indiana incident.
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Makera
Chicago
National Board of Trade
New Orleans
Std
Pred Fartey
Thomas ‘Seamin & Son
Evansville
Ind
Montpelier
Des Moines
Ill
Wellington
L. Sage
David Hoke
Arkansas City
Kaw
Hank
Topeka
Kan
Deegan
State House
Roebuck
Miss
Moses Lemon
Dennis Martin
Gus Aron
Montana
Foreign Intelligence and Turmoil Across Worlds
Reports of Emma of Jretland taking the oath before Dutch Parliament amid global unrest. Mass destruction in Tai Ping Yoo China with 300 dead from government powder mill explosions. A French wedding assassination near Clermont. Mass killings of Christians in Hoong Tuy Tsin. Spanish expedition in Caroline Islands suffers losses and villages burned. Liverpool firm Boumphrey Co. faces $250,000 loss. Drowning tragedy at Tipton. Italian Parliament speaker cites recent elections widening state strain. Westbarne steamer reports freezing deaths in the Black Sea. Halifax deaths linked to suspected poisoning bottle. Parnell party arrives in Dublin and disputes over United Ireland paper control. Acting editor Budkin notes anti-Parnellite actions and newspaper seizure.
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Emma
Jretland
Tai Ping Yoo
China
Clérmont
France
Hny Sos Society
Hoong Tuy Tsin
Spain
Caroline Islands
Ketani
Liverpool
Joseph
Boumphrey
Foyn
Teensberg
Norway
Tipton
Eng
Kine Simbert
Chamber of Deputies
Black Sea
West-barne
Mausnatn
Ginteu
Halifaax
N.S
Parnell
Dublin
United Ireland
Hieconpany
Budkin
Senate Bill Advances Education Grant for Alaska
A Senate lth w bill reported favorably appropriating 820000 for education of Alaska children. House actions include anti counterfeit dies and molds, election law penalties, fortifications funding, and postmaster salaries. Reports from New York debts, lynching in Florida, mass shootings in Arkansas, and political shifts in South Carolina.
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United States
Senate
Alaska
House
Fau
Waite
New York
Venabla & Heyman
Henry Siebert
Ifuron
Dan Wintrass
Quincy
Fla
Jenny Lind
Ark
Charley Joplin
John Miller
Miller
Dr. Stewart
Dr. Wort
Auser
SH Carolina
John TL. M. Irby
Wade Stampton
National Senate
Kalamazoo
Mich
Louis Scott
Ma. Parnete
Dublin
Cork
United Ireland
anticParnellites
Spritycer Morton Clank
Washington
Pine Ridge Ng
S. C
Senators to be chosen this winter list and results
The article lists prospective successors and current holders across many states and parties, with names such as Sherman, Aldrich, Dawes, Hoar, Hooper, and others noted for upcoming Senate elections. It records terms ending and figures in each state, reflecting a broader winter slate of legislative appointments and expected outcomes.
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Abawa
Zerm
Montana
Margon
W. F. Sanders
Nanan
Nevada
Stewart
Stonado
Bampsaine
New Jersey
J. BR. McPherson
Tuhiy Blodgett
Ae Ie
North
John Sherman
Calvin
Brice
Quay
Rhode Island
Blackburn
Fr. Pettigrew
John G
Cartisi
William
Isham & Ae
John H. Bowen
Richard Cake
A. BP
Gorman
Justin
S Morrill
Wilson
Geo
F. Edmunds
Marsachusetts
George F. Honn
John W. Daniel
Henry Te Dawes
Tolin
S. Barbour
Michigan
Washington
F.b.brackbridge
I. Wbos
SIBOS
Janai
Aviahy
Mesota
West Virglinia
Davinalt
Chas
B ‘Forwell
Jy i Tapslis
Kon
J. B. Buatis
Li Vest
JP. Jones
H. Seties
Delegates Named From Territories and States
The document lists delegates including Clarence D. Clark from Wyoming, Marcus A. Smith for New Mexico, Autoble Josaph for Oklahoma, and David A. Harvey for Utah, among others. It appears to catalogue official assignments or selections across multiple territories and states.
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Wyoming
Clarence D. Clark
Atsoma
New Mexten
Oklahoma
David A. Harvey
The Quirky Case of a Woman’s Fragrant Injection
A physician recounts the odd encounter with a fashionable woman who paid fifty dollars to have a vial injected under the skin of her arms and neck to release a perfume. He notes a later inflamed spot and refuses further experimentation, calling her the funniest patient.
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the Decrreator
Doc
Dascribe
West Trifty-Seventh Street
Paris
Hare
N. Y. Press
Harpoon Recovered From Whale Carried Sixty Years
The Beluga steam whaler arrived in San Francisco with news of a harpoon recovered from a whale in Behring sea. The artifact bore the Montezuma name and dates back sixty years to the Moctezuma, a New Bedford craft that ceased whaling in the South Seas long ago.
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Lehring Sea
San Francisco
Chicago Herald
South Seas
Behring Sea
Dodford
Charleston
Commission to Define Church Law at General Conference
A commission of seven initiators elders and bishops will study the church constitution and determine what parts are church law versus legislative. The body will prepare a substituted set of paragraphs to replace sections of the current discipline. The commission is expected to convene for at least a week.
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Smemberah
Hitehvedls
Chicengoy
Antonio
Tex
Jacob Rathirsta
Dihughan
Moitpalie
Buffdio
Hiram L. Sibley
Mariotta
Samuel H. Elbert
RN Widenoy
Los Angeles
Cally.t
Sweet, Topokh
Kanv
R. W. Ray
Indianapolis
National Board of Trade endorses key reform bills
The National Board of Trade reconsiders the Torrey bankruptcy bill and urges passage of shipping bills, naval reserve, reciprocal trade, revised banking laws, postal telegraph, penny postage, and census revision. Chicago Board of Trade opposes grain standardization and Butterworth bill. Hamilton A. Hill re elected secretary treasurer. Delegates banqueted at Hotel Royal. In Montana a treaty yields 1,500,000 acres for $44,000, opening ceded lands to settlers in April.
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National Board of Trade
Chicago Board of Trade
Congress
Hamilton A. Hill
Boston
Mass
Trensurer
Hotel Royal
Herexa
Mont
Montana
Women and society trends in 1900s Alaska and beyond
Fragmented notes mention women in society, fashion umbrellas as swords, and postal activity. It cites women commercial travelers 14 305 in the United States, local myths about guarsaloon frequencies, bicyclists among Danish women, and a Tacoma incorporation of a Matrimonial Houreau with $10 000 capital. A cooking school woman in Atchison makes a two pound loaf from one pound flour.
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Alaska
Tris
United States
New York
Denmark
Tacoma
Atchison
Kan
Aix
London
Electricity's Cloud Origin Told In Rhyme
A teacher asks how electricity first came from the clouds and a child replies with a playful line there, the idea of electricity arriving by kites in a humorous Washington Post style.
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Washington Post
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