Mysterious Odds and Oddities Highlight Old Times
A jumble of anecdotes mentions a shoe needle count near 900000, a grandfather with sons named Europe Asia Africa America, Henry M Stanney's $181000 tour earnings, a 791yearold chinaware piece, Monte Carlo profits and Monaco royalties, Lincoln related jokes, odd English town quirks, and a Madrid sect overseeing public marriages with a pontiff performing ceremonies.
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Hannimat Haaiury
Europe
Asia
Afri Es
America
Population distribution by altitude from Census Bureau
A census bulletin notes that about one sixth of Americans live below 100 feet above sea level along coasts and southern lowlands, over 75 percent below 1,000 feet, and 99 percent below 5,000 feet. Commerce and manufacturing groups mostly lie below 600 feet, with producing classes between 800 and 1,500 feet.
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Census Bureau
Business and crime notes from national week in review
Weekly summary highlights U.S. business results with bullion production figures for 1839 and wheat exports rising to 2.22 million bushels. Stock exchanges reach 1.004 billion while immigration warnings cite alien contract law violations. Various local incidents include murders, duels, mining disasters, weather damage, and notable deaths across multiple states.
Fragmentary 1899 News Items From Various U S Locations
A garbled 1899-era column reports multiple crimes and incidents including a New York baseball bat attack over a small debt, two child deaths by fire, gas inhalation during tooth extraction driving insanity, a family murder-suicide in Punxsutawney, a bank robbery in Enstson, a physician’s death from smoking, and a massachusetts republican state convention set for September 16 in Boston.
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Michael Barto
Dominica Peranda
New York
Carl Schwartz
Eric Pa
Ella Target
Frank Hancock
Kettle Creek
Pun
Hancock
Tur Enston
Henan B. Sarin
New Haven
Wittsburgh
Mary McCaffrey
Farris
Massachusetts
Boston
Mixed Baseball Standings and Nationwide Tragedies Across States
National League percentages end of week show New York 59, Chicago .585, Cleveland .607, Philadelphia .493, Brooklyn .464, Pittsburgh .420, Cincinnati .?. American Association: Boston .675, St. Louis .641, Baltimore .605, Athletic .600, Columbus ?, Cincinnati .430, Louisville .345, Washington ?. A flood of calamities across the country includes drownings in Murray Kentucky, a fatal prize fight in Crystal Falls Michigan, gold finds in Ellensburg Washington, a lynching in Dermott Arkansas, a village destroyed in Rawgerville Michigan, and a bank failure in Kansas City Kansas.
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Wee
New York
Chcaga
Boston
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Whittsburgh
Cincinnati
American Association
St. Louis
Baltimoore
Athletic
Columbus
Louisville
Washington
Murray
EU Brown
Walter Strader
J. T. Meader
Diele Evans
John T. Trrame
James McContick
Crystal Falls
Mich
Willian Daniels
Ellensburg
Wash
Menastash Canyon
Buckner
Dermott
Ann
Rawgerville
Spring Hill
Tenn
Thomas Lockridge
Ispieche
Westey Smith
Fisherton
Ping
Rowndhead
Jlrdin County
Howard Cunningiam
Knoxville
Nuttall
Michigans
Tas
Merchants National Bank of
Michigan State
Jackson
Upper Sandusky
O.e
Albert Cushion
Coal Creek
Harrison
Kansas City
Kan
Central Bank of
James
Rio Grande River
Texas
Newfoundland coast schooner wreck reports drownings
The Pubnico schooner Belle wrecked on the Newfoundland coast with five women and five children drowned. In Halifax harbor four boys Thomah McDonald George E Rewels Clarence Murphy and Edward Duggan drowned after a boat upset. The report notes other global and local incidents including a Liverpool railroad death toll, Chile insurgent defeat, Vancouver Chinaman duties, cholera in Egypt, and Balmaceda ordered actions against Chilean officers.
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Newfoundland
Halifax
Thomah McDonald
George E Rewels
Clarence Murphy
Edward Duggan
England
Liverpool
Chili
Nunseo
Vancouver
S. C
Red Sea
Egypt
Russia
Balmaceda
Chilinf
Admiral Montt
Revolutionary Party
Chaos from storms and accidents across towns including Wellsville and Ottawa
Reports describe uprooted trees and flooded cellars from a wind and rain storm in Wellsville Ohio, with barns and crops damaged. A fatal blow ends a prize fight near Monongahela City Virginia. Fires, boiler explosions, and drownings across Missouri Illinois Kansas Kentucky Wyoming and Iowa are noted, with multiple deaths and injuries.
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Wellsville
Monongahela City
Larry Boyd
John Myford
Salina
Kan
ASML
Cisities
Hesnesty
New York
Neiws
Norman County
Minn
Burlington & Missouri
Platthmouth
Neb
Doux McLuan &Co
Montreal
Ma Be
Mars
J. J. Johnson
la Moille
Deer Creek Coal Company
Glenro&k
Wyo
Tus
National Society of the Daughters of the Revolution
Washington
Benjamin Harrison
Widows and Orphans of Odd Fellows
Laurel Station
Megravia
Silesia
Duara
Goldsmith
Ind
John W. Trinkle
Ottawa
East St. Louis
George Anderson
Dennis Ryan
Tragic Farmhouse Fire Murders Near Friona
Early Monday a farmhouse near Friona was found in ruins with six bodies including H P James his wife and son a married daughter and her infant and two others. Coroner's jury probes the blaze amid suspicions James killed his family then himself and neighbors note prior mental decline. A Nashville tragedy then follows with Mrs Lechridge killing her three children then herself and a Philadelphia case reports Sarah Kramer found drowned with her infant son bound to her waist in the Delaware River.
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James
Nasavile
Tenn
Lechridge
Spring Hill
Maury County
Asad
Tony Y. ParapreLrHia
Sarah Kramer
Crew Street
Delaware River
Wonitta
Willie
Reunion of Veterans of Detroit Sets August Programme
The Grand Army of the Republic outlines the silver encampment schedule in Detroit from August 3 to 7. Events include parades of G A R and Sons of Veterans, ceremonies honoring Commander in Chief Veary, sessions of the national encampment and Women’s Relief Corps, banquets, and fireworks with guests including war governors and ex presidents invited.
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Veterans of Detroit
Detroit
Grand Army of the Republic
Army
Naval
Veterans and Sona. Ot
Veary
Grand Army
Sons of Veterans
Women's Relief Corps
Mander
A. R
Beecher’s Hells
Woman's Relief Corps
Church of Our Father
Grand Naval
Perry
Exposition& Building
Central Methodist Church
Rink
Women's Relic Corps
Ark
Camp Sherman
United States
United States Army
Guenther Reveals Mexico Trade Surprises
Ex Congressmen Richard Guenther now U S consul general to Mexico presents unpublished figures showing U S imports to Mexico exceed those from all other nations combined with England France and Germany trailing. He also notes a potential cash payment dispute with Chippewa Lodlans at White Earth Minnesota over a $150000 debt.
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Cucaqgo
Richard Guenther
United States
Mexico
Grand Pacific
Oshkosh
Wis
Commion
Angland
Germany
Mexican Republic
England
France
Railroad fears big Colorado River lake in desert
Acting Secretary Chandler of the interior received a letter from Wood McKnight of Riverside California protesting that the Southern Pacific Railroad plans to impede river overflow creation of a new lake in the Colorado desert. The letter argues the lake would jeopardize company property while potentially benefiting Southern California residents, and requests department intervention on public interests.
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Wasington
Chandler
Interior Department
Wood McKnight
Riverside
Cal
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Colorado River
Colorado Desert
Aerry
Department
Southern
California
Monument unveiled to Gen Stonewall Jackson in Maryland
Crowds from the south filled the town for the unveiling ceremony of a bronze statue of Stonewall Jackson on a granite pedestal. Maj. Gen. James A. Walker led the parade with Gen. Jubal A. Early delivering the oration. The monument stands 18 feet tall, with Jackson in Confederate gray, modeled from a death mask, and funded by ex confederate veterans. Julia Jackson Christin, six, unveiled the statue.
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James A. Walker
Stonewall Brigade
George N. Stuart
Society of the Afitty
Navy of
Confederate States
Maryland
Southern Society
New York
Camp Lee
Richmond
Wade Stampton
Gen. Jackson
Andrew Jackson
Jackson
U. S
Virginia
Edward Valentine
Rea
Julia Jackson Christian
Tragic Mine Fire Claims Pascoe and Dower in Marquette
In Marquette Michigan on July 22 Peter Pascoe Jr and James Dower 23 perish after smoke fills No 5 6 7 shafts during a mine rescue attempt. Pascoe a 25 year old father of a young wife is killed along with Dower who died in a second effort to reach the trapped men. The Republic iron mine has burned since Monday morning causing about 100900 dollars in damage.
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Andant
Chrisman
Burh
Bay View
Mich
Jawes Davis
Birmingham
Miss
Charleston
D.C
Battle of Manasses
City Hall
Caavs
Michigan
Nicollet County
Minn
Tue
Maurice Lee
Chicago
Ife
Ireland
St. Louis
Janes Dower, Jr
Peter Pascne, Jr
Marquette
Gen
Stonewall" Jackson
Lexington
Bull Run
Olmstead
Ill
George W. Tiggons
Minnie Steddy
Searle Ifill
Warren
Wis
Tate
Citizens’ Bank of
Jefferson, Tex
Cherokee County
Cherokee
William Garrett
Bud Berry
No Girl
Ripley
Berry
Garrett
Alstons
Cloud County
Kan
wren Sn _ Tur
Alexander Grourtey
Nations
LeavenWorth
Tran
Huntington
Neb
Carson
Kimball & Champ Investment Company
Council
Westpoint
James Dower
Peter Pascoe, Jr
Peter Pascoe
Republic Iron Mine
James Bower, Jr
Pascoce
Pascoe
James
Smarking
Tim Dower
Dower
Dover
The
Republic
No. 6
Shaft House
Distress in Buenos Ayres Amid Provisions Surge
A Buenos Aires dispatch reports severe hardship among the poor as prices soar. A barrel of flour climbs from 14 to 28.50 in a month, with people scavenging scraps from offal heaps. Public anger targets English bankers and the Barings crisis amid national fetes.
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London
Buenos Ayres
Cholera Strikes Mecca of Dread Disease In Egypt
Advices from Mecca report rapid cholera spread with 140 deaths on Saturday and 380 on Sunday. Mortality highest among Turkish pilgrims. The khedive orders strict measures to prevent disease entry into Egypt, with no Egyptian victims so far.
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Caro
Mecca
Khedive
Egypt
Destructive Storms Hit Iowa North Dakota Crops
Reports from central Iowa describe a severe wind and rain storm early Wednesday damaging the oats crop across the region causing millions in losses. Hail and wind also struck North Dakota's Dickey and McPherson counties with mixed crop prospects, harvests to start in about two weeks.
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Iowa
North Dakota
Des Moines
Waterloo
Illinois Central
Missouri River
Uennare
N. D
Dickey County
McPherson
Westport
James River
Five Buildings Started in Jackson Park Development
In Chicago on July 23 twelve hundred men and six dredges work at Jackson park where five buildings have begun including the woman's, electricity, transportation, mines and mining, and horticultural buildings. Material is arriving for administration and manufacturers and liberal arts structures, with plans to double the workforce within a week as lagoons and lakes are completed and earth piled for hills and terraces to break the level ground.
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Chicago
Jackson Park
Mines and Mining
Liberal Arts
Bold thieves hit Easton National Bank robbery
A daring noon robbery at Easton National Bank on Tuesday netted $4,000. Three men entered as clerks spoke, one reached the vault and seized the money. Nearby crates held $10,000 and $100,000 in potential sums.
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Easton
Easton National Bank
Militia crisis looms as miners, governor clash in Tennessee
Four thousand armed Briceville and Coal Creek miners await troops after Governor Buchanan calls for an extra legislative session to debate convict labor reform. The militia may return convicts to mines if miners do not render safe conditions, with the U.S. Army possible if order fails.
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Movado
Ana
Listerte
Jun Wille
Ovetrior
Nashville
Bricevillp
Minera
Buchanan
General Assembly
United States
Knoxvile
Tenn
Briceville
Coal Creek
Yariong
Tennessee
Virginia
Kentucky
Surprising Demand for Silver Ten Cent Pieces
A July 23 report notes Mint Director Leech ordered Philadelphia New Orleans and San Francisco mints to focus on dime production. In three years, 35 176 476 dollars in dimes were coined and 15 000 000 dimes so far this year with a demand now at 100 000 per day. The effort uses uncurrent silver and a 3 000 000 dollar supply of incurrent half dollars remains hard to move. The dime craze is linked to its popularity and savings banks surge.
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Mitwauges
Comer
People's Party
Secs
Retary
Sehilling
Sysidpsié Qs Ag
Bngiana
United States
Europe
Western Union ‘Telegraph Company
Treasury
Treasury Department
Department
Hank Writton
Leech
Philadelphia
New Orleans
San Francisco
Currency shipments to the west begin moving crops
Reports from New York, Washington, and Indianapolis describe large currency transfers to western cities to meet growing demand for small notes. Officials expect about 15 million dollars needed. engraving and printing bureaus increase output. Nearby notes flag university football on Decoration Day drew civil criticism. Post office department notes 2000 new offices added this year as peach shipments begin from HoLan to Milwaukee.
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New York
Cincinnati
Chicago
Washington
Treasury Department
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
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Oak Park
Halley, Editors
Iblinois
Sabinaville
Henry M. Stanney
Smade
Hincunz
Americus’ Va
Prince Charles
Monaco
Hamlin
Boston Transcript
Abra Ham Dincoln
Lieutxina
New Hampshire
British
Ndia
Great Britain
Santiago
Ges. Booth
Salvation Army
Ee Winchow Foster
Uniontown
J. Foster
Tur
New York Board of Education
Sarah
Elizabeth
Mary
Margaret
Shatin
Menon Enterprise
Utah
Sonora Valley
Mus
Bata Wirnenek Wincos
Charles Collis
Lillian Wissell
Eliza’ Proctor Otis
Jefferson Davis
V. Jefferson Davis
Arr Davis
Varina Jefferson Davis
Madrid
Glapstoxg
Wnrches
United’ States
Tue Immigration Bureau
G. A. A. Encampment
Guenther
Warrington
Schuller
White Earth Chippewa Agency
Minnesota
Indian Office
Morgan
Stonewall Jackson
South
Citizens’ Bank
Jefferson
T. J. Rogers
Orveans
Picayune
Yazoo
George W
Craig & Co
Inpianapolis
Grand Army of the Republic of
de Pauw and
Wabash
Post Office Department
HoLany
Milwaukes
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