Terrific Wind Storm Wrecks Cleveland Properties
A Cleveland wind storm on the ninth caused extensive damage across the city. Uprooted trees, shattered chimneys, and debris filled streets as an electric light mast collapsed, injuring or startling bystanders. Docks, machines, and several new constructions suffered heavy losses, with overall damage running into tens of thousands of dollars. A lighthearted note about a Chicago visitor highlights urban rural contrasts amid the storm's aftermath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Bank
Lakestreate
Foote, Reade & Co
Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad Company
New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio
Fre
Smith & Teachout
Eris
St. Clair
Headley Street
CITY MAN IN THE COUNTRY He Thinks He Knows It All
A misfit country man visiting the city is mocked by urbanites for awkwardness and missteps. The piece contrasts streetwise expectations with rural caution, noting dangers like crossing streets, handling horses, and keeping quiet, leaving the country visitor dazed and eager to return home.
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Chicago Tribune
Dees
Diggaat
Awkard
Seka Foollad
Anders
Soldier's Pensions Act Passes Congress and President
The disability bill grants pensions to incapacitated soldiers and widows and extends aid to dependent parents and minor children. It sets monthly rates from six to twelve dollars, outlines eligibility post factum, and allows simultaneous pensions under other acts with limits, preserving rural and veteran concerns.
Pension Law Provisions on Widow Pensions and Fees
The act sets terms for pensions including start from the application date and a condition that a widow must have married before passage. It disallows agents from charging more than ten dollars for claims and makes violations mis demeanor with penalties up to five hundred dollars or up to two years hard labor.
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Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
United States
Secretary of the Interior
Pension
Pension Office
Commissioner of Pensions
Hemes
Oball
China Threatens Exclusion If U S Maintains Law
The New York World prints interview with Chinese ambassador Tsui arriving from France aboard La Bretagne. Tsui warns Americans may be barred from the empire if the United States does not repeal the exclusion law. He cites sacred treaties and protests over the current policy, urging action through the state department and negotiations with Blaine.
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China
New York World
Tsui
Washington
la Bretagne
France
United States
Blaine
Congress
State Department
Bayard
Ching
Council of State
United States Foreign Office
America
Herald
Abe
Tani
Tusi
Desperate death by own action at Goshen grove dance
At Goshen grove near Berkley Springs West Virginia during a dance a quarrel between James Weat a Texan and William Tritapos escalated. Weat drew a revolver striking Tritapos in the left side, the ball passed through, Weet fled leaving behind a bloodstained scene suggesting a fatal act by the shooter.
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Goshen’s Grove
Berkley Springs
W. Va
James Weat
William ‘Tritapos
Weet
Tritapoo
Suicide Sentence in Tragedy at Scene
A man lay prone on the ground and fatally shot himself with a rifle pressed to his temple, ending his life in a dramatic act witnessed at the scene.
Dakota's Tin Mill First in United States at Black Hills
The Glandale Tin Mining Company operates the first tin mill in the United States near Rapid City on Iron Creek, 24 miles southwest of Rapid City. The plant uses steam or water power with 100 hp boilers, a 100 hp engine, and a water turbine fed from a dam one and a quarter miles away. Ore from the mine is conveyed to the mill, crushed, concentrated, and shipped to Chicago with initial tin yields of 65 and 68 percent. plans call for a larger mill and a smelting plant in the hills. Assays show over 3 percent metallic tin on average, with some rock samples yielding over 80 percent tin. The mill can crush and concentrate 100 tons daily, with expansion anticipated.
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United States
Black Hill
Glandale Tin Mining Company
Rapid City
Daing
Dakota
Iron Ureck
Iron Creek
Craig, Ridgeway & Co
Coatsville
Chicago
Stedt
Anol
Three Persons Drowned In Sudden North Wind
Rouse's Point New York was hit by a fierce wind the worst in years. The steam yacht Little Nellie towing a pile driver strayed one mile from shore and sank. Captain George Clark, his son, and engineer Hill drowned. one survivor, unnamed, clung to life after hours in the pilot house before surfacing. Rescue boats searched in vain for the missing crew.
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Rouse's Point
Little Nellis
Vermont
Weasel
George Clark
Hill
How to Make Books Popular
A Mussouri novelist questions a new book in a lively exchange about taste and decency. The critic replies that the work is too coarse for girls, mocking the implied comparison to Tristam Shanty as dull by contrast.
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Plesse
Tristam
A Boy's Library Builds Quiet Clubroom Shelves
A neighborhood boys club forms a small library room in a boy’s home. Jack and Kenneth carpenters build pine shelves with walnut stain for under $4, while mothers fund book gifts, creating a growing collection of juvenile titles through common-interest effort.
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Boa
Dean Halifax
Ladies’ Home Journal
Library Club
Noel Romps
Woliess
Meijibers
Clba Lava
Adierics
Sholven
Jack
Kenneth
Watera Wragelagusl
Cuceiar
Plu
Fragmented Caption on Footwear and Foot Beneath Dance
A garbled note discusses foot mechanics and footwear in a historical context. It mentions German observers and soldiers removing shoes to brace for impact. The text critiques shoe design, noting arch support, heel length, and carpet cleanliness as indicators of balance.
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Miss Moffett
Detroit
Tat
How He Won the Jewel in the Circus Town
An Arkansan traveler recalls marrying Rose Paterson of Old Liga Paterson’s family after a town circus visit. Rose sought a wedding in town and, torn between Sam Parker and Bam Howorful, agreed to marry the narrator Tibby after a concert and a monkey show, claiming it won her heart and the jewel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose
Taye
Howe
Sam
Practical joker pays price for free drinks in bar prank
A Minneapolis Tribune note tells of a man who attempted to shortchange bars by offering to buy a drink with a last cent. He failed, as patrons and a bartender outsmarted him, leading to embarrassment and eventual self payment for the drinks. The prank ended with the joker seeking consolation in a Turkish bath.
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Minneapolis Tribune
Tommy Moore
Tommy
Goughkand
Orhee Fields
Billy Dunn
Billy
Dani
Joker
Impressions of Three Bodies Found Near Pompeii Site
Archaeologists report impressions of two men and a woman, kneeling and prone, in a cinder stratum outside Porta Stabiana with a laurel tree fossil, suggesting a November 79 B C catastrophe rather than August. A stray jailer’s election circular mix with taunting prison remark follows.
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Porta Stabiana
Pompeii
Ant
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Pene
Countryman
Dakota’s Tin Mill
Wee
Juvenile Library Club
Atanig
Texas
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