Fragmented 19th Century Clippings Across Topics
The text compiles diverse, disjointed items including fish consumption notes, rising national debt figures, pension grants, a large family claim from Yuma, and a series of garbled proper nouns. It references places like Woestsburo and Batavia, attempts to describe lawmakers, religious figures, and civic plans, and mentions London cemeteries and a London family capital figure, all in a highly corrupted, OCR-like snippet.
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Great Bureau
Yuma
Ariz
Woestsburo
Wash
Ismoa
Isissue
Asvigia
Batavia
Peon
Ateeodeshia
Justicy Latrar
Linesster
Maidraawvine
United States
Annam
Utah
Mexicrs
Nentucky
Troy
Rav
St. Levis
Cap. Eten
Excauditos
Inediang
Uwir Coatheosy G. Saar
Hartford
First Baptist Church
London
Senate Debates Civil Pensions and Sundry Measures
The Senate discussed civil and other sundry appropriations with amendments and votes. House adjourned after a long day as leaders signaled continued work on war related and civil issues amid awaiting formalities.
World notes on science and politics from an old paper
The column cites cholera origins in Meshell water, German army pay details, Jewish legislators in Britain, Italian industry, and global figures. It mentions a San Francisco exhibit of a relic, the oldest medical school, a Canadian oil-well method, Craziest claims about Crispi, a Wichita veteran’s retroactive pay, a Krupp cannon, Mars as a planet, and Samuel Siony preferring autographs with a gold pen.
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Meshell
Welch
Bengayin le
Great Britain
London
Italy
J. Ingaaliss
Germany
Dante
South Arkansas
Davy Crovket
James
St. James
San
United States
Jamis W. Bradbury
Augusta
Abram Astrom
Tomkins
N.Y
America
University of Pennsylvania
Couxt Crispi
Wichita
Tne
Mars
Mercury
Samuel Siony
New York Senate votes on World’s Fair labor exhibit issue
A fragmentary report notes a New York Senate action on the World’s Fair exhibit program, to allow foreign laborers for displays. The scene references a conference and civil appropriation votes, with House action and adjournment details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mer Houk
Senate
Higttuar
Inviarca
Wes Tata
Haliman
Kolb's Claims and the Jones Gubernatorial Vote
A Montgomery dispatch reports ex-commissioner Kail disputing the election results and asserting Kolb was fairly elected. Official returns from 58 of 76 counties show Jones leading with 3,595 votes and Kolb trailing. four counties yet to report solidify Jones margin, while four favor Kolb, leaving Jones ahead by about 11,200 votes.
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Montgomery
Aia
Kail
Koli
Jones Magerty
Yoo
Theo
Gow Jones
Gov. Jones
Baldwin
Monroe
Washington
Wilcox
Kolb
Covington
Henry
Winston
Somnambulist Sews Toes After Dream at Reading Clinic
Joseph L Tomlinson of Milwaukee arrived at Dr John Stewarts sanitarium near Reading and described sleepwalking visions of murder. In a panicked attempt to heal imagined missing toes he stabbed four toes with a rusty needle and string, causing blood poisoning and possible death.
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Reading
Joseph L. Tomlinson
Milwaukee
Wis
John Stewart
Ridgewood
Stewart
Jewish Rabbi Confronts Audience Then Is Expelled
Converted Polish Jew Nathaniel Friedman preached in Hebrew at the Sons of Jacob synagogue in St Pauls Aug 8. The audience rose and expelled him after he began to preach Christ. Friedman, living at 626 Lawson St, suffered bumps but was not seriously hurt and plans to sue for damages.
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St. Psavun
Minn
Jacob
Christ
Amatea
Toesmann
Chris
Nathaniel Friedman
Lawson Street
Sons of
Friedman
Vncmries
Knowis
Race clash erupts as Italians and colored men clash in Onange
A Saturday night race riot in Onange, NL, left one man seriously stabbed and twenty injured. The fighting involved colored men and Italians using clubs, bricks, and stones amid a tense time-power dispute.
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Padice
Onange
Aug
Riot in New Blacks District Leaves Dozens Injured
About 600 men and women clashed using stones sticks and bricks. Twenty people were severely injured before police separated the crowd and dispersed them. Daniel Tucker sustained a stab wound to the neck and received medical attention. Police guard the street to prevent a recurrence.
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Daniel Tucker
Seven Bullets In A Wild Night At NL Restaurant
In Real Springs Newfoundland a shooting at Wilkinson and Wade's restaurant left Seager wounded seven times after an argument over a meal priced at twenty two cents. Wade fired after Seager slapped Wilkinson. Seager was treated by a physician and Wilkinson and Wade fled to unknown locations.
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Real Springs
Wilkinson v Wade
Eds Seiver
Welinu
Seager
Se Pier
Wilkinson
Sener
Wade
Pattle
Grand Army to Erect Barracks for Encampment Veterans
Washington Aug. The Grand Army entertainment committee starts building frame barracks for veterans attending the encampment next month. The one story structures will provide cots and bedding for about 17 000 men and will house posts in transit. Public school buildings will be used as dormitories with desks cleared and mattresses supplied. No cooking will be allowed in the buildings.
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Washineton
Aug. S
Grand Army Entertainment Committee
South Carolina Campaign Violence Highlights Tillman Strife
Special dispatch reports Maj. E. B. Murray and companion Gossett attacked by Tillmanites in Sugar Grove county. They fled by buggy through a stone pelting pursuit, reaching Williamstown where Murray warned that remaining could have cost them their lives as Gov Tillman’s stance on lynching loomed.
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Cincinnati
Enquirer
Greenville
S. C
South Carolina
E. B. Murray
Sugar Grove
Murray
Gossett
Tossett
Williamstown
Maj. Murray
Gov. Tillman
Train Robbery Foiled Near Winslow by Vigilant Watchman
In Arkansas at Winslow a group of about twelve armed men attempted to rob a Frisco passenger train Monday. The train backed to Winslow after a warning from the watchman, who alerted authorities and prompted a large mobilization including State cadets and U S troops. The watchman’s alert prevented likely damage to passengers.
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Ways
Buren
Ark
Frisco
Winslow
Here
Daltons
Ft. Smith
Faryetteville
Fayetteville
United States
Streator Re-elected Unanimously Amid Private Jams Fallout
In Homestead Pa on August 9 Lieut Colonel James Streator was unanimously re elected to the Tenth regiment after his term expired The move follows his notoriety from the Private Jams case and is seen as joint support from fellow soldiers Jams visited Homestead that night and learned the reason for cheers from the Provisional brigade The piece also notes former brokers now working as mill hands in Homestead including Linn L Dilworth C D Leslie John McLaughlin and J L Agnew who were once wealthy oil traders with McLaughlin nicknamed the highest roller on the Oil City and Pittsburgh exchanges.
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Hiosestead
James . Streator
Tenth Regiment
Col
Streator
Famouus
Jams
Homestead
Linn L. Dilworth
C. D. Leslie
John Mr Laughlin
J. L. Agnew
McLaughlin
Oil City
Pittsburgh
Venezuela Makes Fast South America to New York Run
The graceful steamer Venezuela of the Red D line arrived in New York after a record fastest trip from Laguayra Venezuela. She crossed the bar at 10 45 p m Thursday night completing the voyage in five days eleven hours at an average speed of fourteen knots.
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New York
Venezuela
Red “D” Line
South America
Laguayra
Absent Senators Fail To Form Quorum In Kentucky
PRANKFORT Kentucky August 9 The revocation of leaves of absence had no effect on the absent senators Only two senators Stewart and Anderson appeared in response to telegrams sent Saturday by the door keeper They did not make a quorum as only nineteen noses could be counted No business could be transacted
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Prankfort
Stewart
Anderson
End of Family Tragedy as Wagon Plunges from Precipice
In GenTurre Oklahoma Territory on August 9 a catastrophic wagon accident west of County H killed six people: a man, his wife, and four children. The runaway team caused the wagon to plunge over a precipice, ending the family’s lives.
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GenTurre
O. T
County H
Here
Homestead Evacuation Underway as Desertions Rise
The Fifth regiment returns home while the Tenth prepares to depart. Locked-out Homestead workers tout desertions from Carnegie mill as crippling the firm. Advisory committee cites inside information nine tenths of workers may quit soon. Relief contributions steady, Hugh O’Donnell’s return sparks new hope. manager denies wholesale desertions amid affidavits. In Pittsburgh, mills run with shifted crews and non-union men leaving as strikers warn skill is eroding.
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Homestead
Gen. Wylie
Carnegie Mill
Crawford
Hugh O'Donnell
Potter
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Union Mills
Thirty-third Street
Leominster crew touts finds in wreck digging
The BRA wreck expedition reports strong reasons for optimism after raising grape-shot gun flints and powder from the bottom. Captain Simonds oversees twenty divers living aboard a two-story house boat off shore, expecting a search-light soon to aid underwater work.
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Leominster
Mass
Simonds
Taking Mongolian Photographs Rochester Chinamen Register
Rochester city on August 10 begins photographing all Chinese residents and compiling a register with name age height weight and identifying details. The process follows the 1892 Chinese exclusion act terms. There are only fifteen Chinamen in Rochester.
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Rochester
N.Y
Congress
Allegheny Anarchists Discouraged by Police Action
In Pirrsnvren Pennsylvania on August 10 the police on the north side of the river reported a decisive blow to anarchism after a recent outbreak and mass arrests. Since then there have been no arrests and no further attention paid to the Reds camp. Authorities say they expect no more trouble from Derr Most’s followers.
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Pirrsnvren
Alegheny
Reds
Derr Most
Trotting Dog Doc Charms State Fair Crowd
A trotting dog named Doc owned in Canada will be a featured act at the state fair. The animal is driven in a small sulky by a fifteen year old owner.
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Corespus
Doc
Canada
New Jersey Prohibitionists Nominate Kennedy for Governor
The New Jersey prohibition convention in Trenton on August 10 nominated Thomas J. Kennedy as the gubernatorial candidate and selected presidential electors. Kennedy was chosen amid the party’s push for anti liquor platform.
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New Jersey
Trenton
N. J
Thomas J. Kennedy
Quack In Africa Swindler Reaches Southwest Africa
A German agent reports quacks preying on natives in German Southwest Africa. A white man traveled with a bag of so called remedies, swindling cattle from locals and moving on after brief stays. The official warns against itinerant healers but notes a risky opening for a German practitioner to establish a costly venture.
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Germany
Berlin
Africa
Chicago Times
The Accountant Who Resigns For A Vacation
A bank employe, famed as a superb mathematician, repeatedly resigns and returns after brief absences. His superiors view it as a mysterious habit, though the man reappears at his desk time and again. This odd pattern has become a standing joke at the bank.
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Esus
N. Y
Important Typewriter Decision Affects Remington Patents
Judge Lacombe in the United States Circuit Court granted an injunction on Remington patents restraining Franklin agents from selling the machine. The ruling asserts Remington control and may trigger actions against other typewriter makers. Purchasers of infringing machines could also face infringement claims and deter sales of colorable Remington copies.
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Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
Remington Typewriter Company
Franklin
Remington
N. S
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