Various 19th Century Oddities And News Bits
A patchwork of short items notes Patti wearing a neck handkerchief, Joan Wanamaren life insured at 1.7 million, and “first lady in the land” phrasing for Mother Eve. It covers fashion, aviation, disasters, politics, and curiosities from Philadelphia to Fresno, with anecdotes on pensions, crops, and curious European figures. The tone is brisk, catalogue-like, with many names, places, and numbers.
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Patti
Joan Wanamaren
Mother Eve
Philadelphia
Louisville
Texas County
Senator Bla
Congress
BorLancin
Albany
Fresno
Cal
Don Cannes
Spain
Venice
Hratrnics
Oll
Europe
Winston
Raum Ang Ys
United States Infantry
Chambersburg
Cole County
Ferdinand and Isabella
Christopher Columbus
New York
Johnstown
Oue
Wold
Webb
Dimnet
Texas
M. Gonber
Ife
Evanxatos
Gareey
Signal Service
Independance Township
Warren County
N. J
Pompeii
Faster Succi
London
Joan McWilliams
Sin
Jacos Burr
Pittsburgh
Hemelg
Anti Stanley Feeling The Scheme He Proposed To Emin
The Times correspondent at Herlin notes rising anti Stanley sentiment. A lecturer claimed Stanley sought to lure Emin from Wadelai using threats and to found stations in Kavirondo with two steamers from Mombasa to conquer Uganda and Unyoro. The plan aimed to create an equatorial province under Emin and would ruin German commercial hopes.
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Times
Herlin Gays
Stanley
Herr Reichard
Livingstone
Zanzibar
Emin
Wadelai
Count Stellaire
German East Africa Company
Kavirondo
Mombasa
Uganda
Unyoro
British East Africa Company
Samuel J Randall Dies After Long Illness on Capitol Hill
Congress member Samuel J. Randall died at dawn at the Randall home on Capitol Hill. Postmaster General Wanamaker and family watched over him during his last hours. Born October 10 1828 in Philadelphia, he was a partisan yet patriotic national figure. Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia is expected as funeral site.
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Washleton
Randall
Capitol Hill
Samuel J. Randall
Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Boy Shotgun Attack on Skiff Party Wounds Two
A 16 year old Willie Talbot attempted to kill six river party members on the river at Pixevit La. He fired a shotgun injuring Miss Ella Hardee who lost an eye and Miss Caddo with facial injuries. Two young men were wounded but not seriously.
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Pixevit
R. la
Willie Talbot
Talbot
Ella Hardee
Caddo
Wreck of the Suetta Tragedy Off Thourdan Island
The Suetta sinks after striking an uncharted rock near Thourdan Island during an impromptu musicale. Of 291 aboard, 113 whites perish and 82 of 165 black passengers survive. Captain Sanders escapes after climbing the rigging as the vessel sinks.
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Pacific
San Francisco
Mariposa
Australia
Thourdan Island
Sanders
Admiralty
Fossil Remains of Hipparitic Limestones in Mexican Alps
Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences members report Yucatan as a young geological formation not a coral reef. They travel from Yucatan to Vera Cruz, study Orizaba, Maltrata lava lifts, and find cretaceous limestone with hipparitic fossils. Orizaba ascent on April 6 7 8 with ten guides yields 15100 feet measured height. Snow descends 2000 2500 feet below crest. Fatigue and difficult respiration occurred.
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City of Mexico
Galveston
Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences
Yucatan
Vera Cruz
Orizaba
Interior
Mexican Plateau
Alps
Pyrenees
Maltrata
San Andres Chalchicomuta
Subsidy Plan Aimed at Boosting American Vessels
A Philadelphia meeting urged Congress to subsidize American ships with thirty cents per ton for every thousand miles sailed. A memorial backed establishing a Philadelphia to West Coast of Africa steamship line.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Board of ‘Trade Rooms
Congress
Bettween
Africa
A Peculiar Wedding in Gatexa Illinois
A mother and daughter wed in a unique ceremony in Gatexa with the grandmother serving as bridesmaid. The couple are Wm E Hammond of Dubuque and Miss Mary J Reddington of Jo Daviess County TH and Louis Bouriheim of Warren IL and Miss E J Reddington.
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Gatexa
Wm. E. Hammond
Dubuque
Mis
Mary J. Reddington
Jo Daviess County
Louis Bouriheim
Warren, IL
E. J. Reddington
Remarkable Operation For Consumption Declared Curable
Berlin reports a remarkable operation for consumption at the Surgical Congress. Surgeons removed the anterior chest wall and the lower lung wing, exposing the beating heart in the chest cavity. The patient recovers well, and the congress proclaims consumption curable.
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Berlin
Griffiths of Niles Cleared of Bender Name
The Griffith family of Niles Michigan formerly under arrest as the Benders of Kansas are now released. They were sent back to Niles yesterday after evidence showed Mrs. Griffith was confined in the Michigan penal institute during the Kansas outrages.
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Benders
Kansas City
Griffith
Niles
Mich
Bender
Kansas
Convict Ferdinand Ward Cleared for Funeral Beset by Grief
Ferdinand Ward, jailed in New York, mourns his wife’s death and will not be allowed to attend her funeral. Ward’s sister visited the prison to offer support and requested a rose be placed on his wife’s grave.
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Ferdinand Ward
N. Y
Ward
Earthquake Shocks Maine Town Early Morning
Dover Maine reports an earthquake shock felt yesterday just before 3 am. A loud noise like an explosion preceded the tremor which lasted several seconds, clocks stopped, and small items toppled from shelves.
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Maine
Dover
Five Die As Nandy Boy Steamer Sinks in Flint River
The Bay Line steamer Nandy Boy bound for Bay City struck the Flint and Pere Marquette bridge near East Saginaw, washing away upper works. Captain Dolsen escaped. engineer George Little and wheelman Ed Trump jailed. About thirty aboard, five reported drowned. Carelessness blamed.
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East Saginaw
Mich
Bay Line
Saginaw
Bay City
Flint
Pere Marwutte
Dolsen
George Little
Ed Trump
Eloquent Prayer at Randall Obsequies by Blind Chaplain
The House opened with Rev. Dr. W. H. Milburn delivering a moving prayer for Samuel J. Randall. He spoke of resurrection through Christ, comfort for the widow and children, and the enduring memory of Randall’s deeds, asking divine consolation and hope beyond death.
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Samuel J. Randall
Wasn Hin Groux
House of Representatives
W. H. Milburn
Randall
Bethany
Jesus Christ
Rush for Canadian Barley Tightens as Tariff Looms
In Erxasros Ont on April 12 buyers race to secure barley for swift shipment to the United States amid a new tariff raising duties. Five vessels loaded with barley have cleared the port within a week as traders rush to beat the levy.
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Erxasros
Ont
United States
Seslakina Will Go Up Ottawa Apsi Close Season Tale
Unclear text hints at government or group actions in Ottawa regarding Beliring Sea and a proposed close season. Mentions Alaska and unspecified associations. specifics and outcomes are not discernible from the fragment.
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Seslakina
Ottawa
Beliring
Alaska
Broken Levees Reported Along Atchafalaya River
April 14 notes multiple levee breaches near Sims Port Point Coupee Parish with the Atchafalaya break described as six hundred feet wide and seven feet deep. Cason levee north of Neville reported three hundred feet wide ten feet deep. Big Bend levee on Bayou des Glaises eight miles west of Sims Port also badly broken.
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New Oncrans
Atchafalaya
Sims Port
Point Coupee Parish
Cason
Nelville
Big Bend
Bayou Des Glaises
President Harrison honors inventor with gold life-saving medal
On Saturday President Harrison presented a gold medal to Joseph Francis for services in constructing and perfecting life-saving appliances. The award recognizes his contributions to safety and maritime rescue efforts. Francis is noted as a commena rian inventor with a focus on improving life-saving gear.
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Wasninetos
Harrison
Joseph Francis
Minneapolis Aldermen Charged with Boodling
Bench warrants are issued for Alderman John T. McGowan Fred Brueshaber of the First Ward and City Clerk Charles F. Haney on charges of bribery or attempted bribery related to street vacation funds and votes for an asphalt contract. Arraignments set for the afternoon.
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Minneapolis
John T. McGowan
Fred Brueshaber
First Ward
Charles F. Haney
Chicago
Destruction by a Storm Near Danville County
A heavy wind rain and hail storm struck a county north of Danville Sunday night. Samuel Campbell's residence was blown down while Joseph Campbell's cattle barn was moved off its foundation. Frank Sines's house was destroyed and the family, in the cellar, escaped serious injury. Many small barns and fences were damaged. Hail covered the area.
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Danville
Samuel Campbell
Joseph Campbell
Frank Sines
Riots Erupt as Italian Street Cleaners Strike in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on April 16 a wage strike by Italian street-cleaners sparked two small riots. Fifty women attacked non-strikers, seizing brooms and scrapers, prompting police intervention and twelve arrests on inciting riot charges. A second clash at Tenth and Taylor Streets ended with arrests and a hearing set.
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Herhalf
Philadelphia
Tenth
Taylor Streets
Seventeenth District
Randall's Funeral Planned in Church by Deceased's Wish
Washington April 16. Congresswoman Mrs. Randall agreed to honor her late husband's wishes by holding funeral ceremonies in a church. House members urged a national character and a chamber service, but the deceased's program prevails.
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Washington
Representative O'Neill
Pennsylvania
Randall
Storm Blows Grain From Ground Across Nebraska Counties
Governor Thayer receives reports from Cheyenne Banner and other far Western Nebraska counties detailing a severe storm that blew sowed grain completely out of the ground over thousands of acres. Farmers lack funds to replant and seed wheat and oats are in special demand as a general aid appeal is prepared.
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Lincoln
Neb
Thayer
Cheyenne
Banner
Nebraska
Stranger Sacrifices Life For Prophecy In Chicago
A man believed Chicago would perish on April 16 and tried to avert the disaster by sacrificing himself. He stood in front of a west bound Illinois Central train near Cahintoux and was killed instantly. He was about fifty, well dressed, and from near Louisville, Kentucky. letters identify him as Hamilton.
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Chicago
Cahintoux
Illinois Central
Hamilton
Louisville
Chicago Carpenters Strike Ends With Nonunion Labor Enlistment
In Cutcaco on April 16 the Brotherhood Association Ball Park project halted by a strike resumed after 150 non-union workers were hired. Striker leaders sent a committee which brought back the new workers and they were enrolled as members.
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Chicago Carpenters
Cutcaco
Brotherhood Association
British East Africa Society Plans Expedition to Lake Interior
The British East Africa society has decided and begun preparations to send an expedition from Mombassa to the interior debatable lake territory ahead of a proposed German expedition led by Emin. It is asserted Mr Stanley will assume leadership.
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Emin
Lexpos
British East Africa Society
Mombassa
Africa
Mr.Stanley
Ten Dollar Counterfeit Linked to New Orleans Bank
Special Agent Brooks of the Secret Service Bureau received a sample counterfeit ten-dollar bill from Washington. The note, drawn on the Germania National Bank of New Orleans, is well executed except for fibers, signaling a high quality but detectable counterfeit.
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New York
Brooks
Secret Service Bureau
Washington
New Orleans
Germania National Bank of
Resubmission Resolution Killed in House
The House rejected the joint Senate resolution providing for a re mission. The brief action followed a short session as members failed to approve the measure.
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Des, Marxes
House
Senate
Senate and House actions on election cases and naval bill
April 9 to 13 reports show Senate consideration of the Montana contested election case with arguments by Pugh Turpie and others, and House debates on naval appropriations and coast line battleships. Resolutions address Chinese enumeration, and bills include funding and public building projects and the Weather Bureau transfer.
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Wasrington
Senate
Wilson
Committee On
House
Montana
Pugh
Messrs
Clark
Maginnis
Turpie
Privileges and Elections
National Zoological Park
District of Columbia
McComas
P.m
Washington
Ingalls
Hoar
Gray
Teller Turpie
Sherman
Eustis
Edmunds
Voorhees
Kenna
Hovass
Randall
Butterworth
Herbert
Ala
Peters
Kas
United States
Holman
Ind
Billas
Yeas
Evarts
Lacey
Waddell Vs. Use
Virginia
Enloe Tenn
O'Ferrall
Committee On Elections
Dawes
Boston Board of Trade
New York Chamber of Commerce
Marine Hospital
Gallipolis
Fremont
Laird
Nebraska
Historical Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Plumb
AU & Notes
Bowse
Charles Stewart Parnell
Home Rule Party
O'Neill
Washingson
Secretary of the Interior
Jesse Spaulding
Pacific Railways
Scranton
U.S
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Hion
Samuel Jackson Randalll
Mexico
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