Powers and His Chaperon Guard Him From Women
New York singer Francis Fischer Powers travels with Mrs. Blackmore as chaperon to guard his famed tenor from strong minded women. The New York Journal reports the departure as a notable step in social change while Powers continues teaching music and enjoys his tall, athletic frame and gray mustache.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randis Fischer Powers
New York
Francis Fischer Powers
Blackmore
New York Journal
Powers
New Yorker
Times
Mr. Powers
Oldest Sports Trace Back to Hunting and Olympics
The article argues hunting and fishing began as humanity's chief pursuits and gradually became pastimes as civilization grew. It cites Nimrod and Noah’s hunter, Egyptian monuments, and suggests the Olympic games are among the oldest athletic sports with origins lost in antiquity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Journal
Nimrod
Noah
Marchioness and Miss Caldwell wed in Dresden ceremony
The wealthy Washington heiress Miss Gwendon Caldwell married the Marquis des Monstriers Merinville in Dresden at Baroness von Zedwitz's home. Caldwell, a Richmond girl who inherited 2,000,000, had earlier ended an engagement to an invalid prince over an ante-nuptial claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Prince Marat
Miss Caldwell
Hen Production Estimate in Four Year Span
A hen’s product is estimated at ten dozen eggs over a four year period. The average production figure is provided as a general guideline for layer output.
London City Companies Retain Ancient Trade Powers
The St James Gazette notes several London guilds still exercise historic rights: Vinters' Company licenses wine sales, gunmakers test at the proof house, Scriveners restrict notaries, Fishmongers police fish quality, and Butchers once taxed skins and meat sales under the flying act. Cordwainers lost control of boot and shoe sales by 1830s reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James
Scriveners
Fishmongers’ Company
London
Butchers’ Company
George Iit
Commission of Sewers
George IV
Spiritual Temple Planned for San Francisco by National Spiritualist Leaders
The National Spiritualist Association lays plans for a Gothic temple in San Francisco at the Yough and Oak intersection. Harrison D. Barrett leads the effort, uniting California spiritualists into a state group to build a meeting place for worship and philosophy. The building features cream Roman brick, three front gables, end buttresses, and an oak interior with a large organ planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Yough and
Oak Streets
Harrison D. Barrett
National Spiritualistic Association
Burrell
California
Temple to Rise in San Francisco Donor’s Gift
A proposed temple funded by a wealthy San Francisco donor will feature a banquet hall library lyceum for children and a seance room where spiritualists may summon friends from the other world. A great tower with a clock and bells will crown the building, costing about 100000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Two Nogales United Across the Line of Boundary
The towns of Nogales Arizona and Nogales Sonora appear as one in practice despite different governments. A shared border, the metal monument bearing US and Mexican emblems, and mutual aid in trouble show strong cross border goodwill and cooperation between residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nogales
Arizona
Sonora
United States
Mexico
Republics
Two
Tucson
Citizan
Captain Bartlett and fellow marksmen in Chicago tourney notes
Sketch highlights Captain Bartlett of Lakewood New York and his trap shooting feats with Burgess guns. It reports on his scores in Rochester 1895 and his rifle mastery including rapid shooting records. Also covered are League of American Wheelmen meetings debating national assembly sites and road improvements plus other billiards and racing notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. A. Bartlett
Tine Bulard
Chicago
Apt
Lakewood
N. Y
Captain Bartlett
Burgess Gun Co
Buffalo
Bartlett
Rochester
California
League of American Wheelmen
Fliott
C. F. Cossum
A.C. Morrison
Astor House
New York
National Assembly
League
Albany
Philadelphia
Bassett
L. A. W. Bulletin
Eliott
Pfeifer to Quit Baseball for Bookmaking Venture
Reports say Pfeifer will not play next year and plans to become a book maker with a moneyed partner. He would be the third National League player to switch to racing. Several noted players from the era are named as racing enthusiasts, including Purcell Schaffer Davis Gleason Rusie Daly Foutz Griffin Stein Nichols Selee Long Stivetts Warrell McPhee Holliday Fisher Dwyer Prettenstein.
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Pfeifer
Billy Purcell
George Schaffer
Davis
Gleason
Rusie
New Yorks
Daly
Foutz
Griffin
Stein
Brooklyns
Nichols
Selee
Long
Stivetts
Bostons
Warrell
Washingtons
McPhee
Holliday
Woman leaps with baby from bridge at Rochester
A woman about 35 carrying a nine month infant jumped from the north side of the Central Avenue bridge in Rochester New York. Bystanders pulled her from the water with a rake but the infant was lost. She identified herself as Mrs Carrie Whalen wife of Daniel Whalen a shoemaker saying she could not support her child and would die. The incident followed other reports of self destructive acts and domestic distress in nearby cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Avenue
Rochester
N. Y
Carrie Whalen
Daniel Whalen
Amy Anna Price
Billy Price
Los Angeles
Carrie Clausen
Philadelphia
Price
New York City
Wes
Barnes
Jennie Jones
St. Louis
John Jones
Murphysboro, Sr
Fair Grounds
Jones
Birds in Flight Knock Out Hunters in Odd Accidents
Reports from London Field describe grouse and partridge collisions injuring shooters and riders. George Manners was stunned when a grouse struck him after a second shot in Long Island woods. Similar tales cite Charles Leslie and others knocked senseless by birds during hunts, with hats and caution cited as protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
George Manners
Long Island
Charles Leslie
Woman Accepts Suitor After Long Postponed Answer
An Atchison man asked a girl to marry him after six months of nights spent together. She refused by mail but after a week received a 3000 word letter explaining her stance on tobacco, baking powder, and housekeeping. In a postscript she notes she accepted as candidates accept presidential nominations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Bussey Long
Pleasantville
Iowa
Oxford
Denver
National Bank of the Republic
Chicago
J. B. Long
Citizens’ National Bank
Ed Wright
Samuel Weber
Monroe
Long
Atchison
Good Housekeeping
Atchison Daily Globe
The Park Side of Christian America
Dwight L. Moody argues in Ladies' Slone Journal that America with seventy million people harbors a large criminal class and that rescue missions find graduates from European universities in New York City. He critiques sin as a national condition mirrored by daily papers and inconsistent views on innate sin versus cultural improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Side
Nephew of Seward Buried in Dubuque Potters Field
The remains of Justus Seward, nephew of William Seward, were interred in a potter's field in Dubuque Town. The funeral proceeded from the undertaker's shop with no minister present to say a prayer or deliver a sermon.
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Seward
Justus Seward
W. H. Seward
Potter’s Field
Dubuque
New Gold Discovery Near Grahamstown
A rich gold discovery has been made near Grahamstown in the Cape Colony, signaling potential substantial mining development and economic impact for the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grahamstown
Cape Colony
Trial of a Cracker in Alabama Ends With Not Guilty Verdict
A Jacksonville broker, invited to defend a defendant in a mountain Alabama trial, delivers a biased speech quoting Chitty on Pleadings. The jury, applying the white supremacy view, returns a not guilty verdict without leaving their seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Alabama
Darky
Chitty
Old-Time Southern Sports and the Camden Hunting Club
The Atlanta Constitution recounts 19th century Camden County life with the Camden County Hunting Club founded in 1832. Members wore scarlet jackets and black pants and fines included 560 copper caps for dress violations and 1000 caps for absences. Deer bears hogs and turkeys were hunted and meals followed hunts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Constitution
Camden County
John Floyd
Hunting Club
Charles RR
Floyd
Richard Floyd
Kenry Floyd
Ben Hopkins
J. H. Dilworth
James Holzendorf
John Holzendorf
Alexander Holzendorf
P. M. Nightingale
William Werrie
Henry du Bignon
Unclear exchange over milliner's hats at door
Fragmentary dialogue notes a bell ringing and a milliner arriving to take away two hats for alteration, spoken by Sir and John and referencing Moonshine. The text is cut and lacks context or names to identify a complete event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
John
Lightning Buckles Doors at Cedar Bayou House
A bolt of lightning struck the Ken Kipp residence at Cedar Bayou Harris County Texas opening all doors and blowing off a kitchen range lid. No injuries reported and the home sustained structural damage.
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John Kipp
Cedar Bayou
Harris County
Texas
Mexican Statistics Snapshot From Historical Text
The article surveys Mexico many topics: coast length about 6 000 miles, population about 14 000 000 after a July election, army around 40 000, area roughly 750 000 square miles, Chihuahua largest state near 90 000 square miles, 27 states two territories and a federal district, May 15 abolition, vast mineral wealth, sugar and sulphur mining, multiple Indian tribes over forty, rainy season May to September, Tehuantepec isthmus 140 miles wide, banks require 500 000 capital, and a country rich in plant life and fisheries.
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Mexico
United States
Great Britain
Federal District
Valley
Peru
Gulf Coast
Chihuahua
Atlantic
Pacific
Tehuantepec
Republic
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Las
Francis F. Powers
Gwendolen Caldwell
Marchione
London City Companies
THE
Spiritualists
Igeneral Sporting
Elliott
Cossum
Morrison
New Jersey
Henry Rhines
Dump
Tourney
Rhines
Doty
Bensinger
Central Music Hall
Tlinois
Tom Foley
Ver Muehren
al le Brun
John Kuhns
Phil Pierce
Harry Leverman
la Crosse
Kuhns
John Frawley
Rawley
Eaton
Tom Cooper
Detroit
Jay Eaton
Cooper
FE. C. Bald
Bald
Wheaton
C. S. Worthington
J. G. Watson
Mr. Watson
Montreal
Toledo
Lozies Manufacturing Company
Thompsonville
Westville
Toronto
Cleveland
Robhberg
Snichte
Boston
Mrs. Clausen
Mrs. Price
Charles Jaeneke
Dillon Street
Jaeneke
Justice
Mexican Statistics
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