Miscellaneous oddities and statistics from late 19th century notes
A survey of diverse facts includes human jaw muscle force at 534 pounds, a planned ten story Birmingham building, Georgia fruit canning, Calhoun's cotton mill funding, and curious items from Philadelphia to London. It catalogs demographics, industry, travel, and global figures with names like Louise Chandler Moulton and Lord Roberts, alongside notes on India drought forecasts, sugar beet acreage in Germany, and Li Hung Chang’s guard.
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Boston Poor Department
Birmingham
Ala
Georgia
Calhoun
Stephen Crane
Mexico
Germany
Li Hung Chang
Singapore
Russia
Cape Colony
Brazil
China
Beloochistan
Aira
Kroger
Oregon Gound Near Che Foo Deep Fog Hinders Rescue
The Oregon ran aground south of How Ke light in dense fog near Che Foo on June 29. Navy reports note water in forward compartments and holes in the hull while experts assess salvage prospects and risk from tides and storms in Chinese waters.
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Washington
Navy Department
Oregon
Che-Foo
How Ke Light
Gulf of Pe Chi Li
Pinnacle Rock
Remey
How Ri Isled
Sao Lu Shi
Hectrographic Bureau
Naval Hydrographers’ Office
Wilde
Navy de Partment
Gen Joseph Wheeler Opens Chicago Visit With Reception
Gen Joseph Wheeler new commandant of the department of the lakes arrived in Chicago Saturday. He was welcomed at a public reception escorted by Ist Illinois troops and accompanied by his daughters and staff. Mayor Harrison delivered the welcome address as Wheeler spoke in response amid enthusiastic cheers.
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Chicazo
Joseph Wheeler
Department of the Lakes
Chicaro
Wheeler
Delayed Wedding in Bar Harbor Ends in Ceremony
Mrs Paulina Cony Aubrey daughter of Chief Justice Melville Fuller and Dr Samuel T L Moore of Evanston Illinois married at Sorento summer home of the Ful lers Saturday at 5 oclock The ceremony had been postponed from Thursday due to Rev W C Baker refusing to officiate because the bride was divorced The service was performed by Rev C S McLean of the Bar Harbor Baptist church. A later note mentions a sinking with three lives lost in Port Huron.
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Bar Harbor
Daly
Paulina Cony Aubrey
Melville W. Fuller
Samuel TL. Moore
Evanston
Maynestaye
Fullers
Sorento
W. C. Baker
St. Xavier
Episcopal Church
Fire at Best Manufacturing Co. destroys Pittsburgh plant
A blaze at the Best Manufacturing Co machine shop on 25th Street in Pittsburgh killed one firefighter and injured seven others. The four story plant covering 100 feet burned within 30 minutes, with $300,000 in property lost including $200,000 in structure and $100,000 in stock. Firemen faced collapsing walls but contained the fire by 9 AM.
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Pittsburgh
Best Manufacturing Co
25Th Street
Denver class cruisers under construction at Philadelphia yard
Work on the sheathed cruiser Denver has begun with 90 percent of needed material on site. The six Denver class ships will be 17 boats long and sheathed in yellow pine coppered to reduce docking needs. Alabama nears completion with turret tops awaiting guns and August 1 trial start anticipated.
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Philadelphia
Denver
Alabama
Cramps
China
Execution in Washington Benj Hill Snell hanged for child murder
Benj Hill Snell a 44 year old former pension office clerk was hanged at the District jail for the murder of 11 year old Lizzie Wies enberger. He weighed about 237 pounds at execution and stood 6 feet 6 inches tall, making him the largest man ever executed here.
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Washington
Benj. Hill Snel
Pension Office
Lizzie Wiesenberger
Snell
Beation
Farmers Guard Dam Site Threatening Cambria Steel Project
In Altoona Virginia on June 39 farmers in the Quemahoning valley guard a chosen dam site four miles long and 75 feet deep, arguing the dam menaces public safety and land values. Property owners downstream fear a repeat of the Johnstown flood as engineers and farmers prepare for a clash.
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Altoona
Quemahoning
Cambria Steel Co
Johnstown
American patient improves after Brazilian serum trial in Mexico
David Patrick, an American yellow fever patient at the American hospital in Mexico City, shows great improvement after another injection of Brazilian fever serum. The government endorses a rigid investigation of Dr Bet Ninghazi's remedy as a case of high importance. Serum to be tested at Vera Cruz before a committee of famed physicians and army doctors.
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City of
Mexico
David Patrick
Bet- Ninghazi
Patrick
Vera Cruz
Landslide at Hartzell Hill Claims Several From L. and N.
A landslide near Hartzell Hill 13 miles below Decatur Alabama on the L. and N. railroad trapped laborers who were placing rock to avert slides. At least three men died, one Black and two white, with several others missing as quicksand engulfed workers.
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Decatur
Ala
Hartzell Hill
Prominent Georgia Railroad Leader Dies at Home
Col TL NX Trammel, president of the Georgia Railroad Commission and a leading southern public figure, died at his Marietta home Friday after a long career.
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Marietta
TL. NX. Trammel
The
Georgia Railroad Commission
South
Departure of the Seer Brave
The Boer en voys Jules Caumbop ambassador of France to the United States Baurke Cochran and Prof Adolph Coho of Columbia College were among the agers who sailed in the cabin of the French line steamship L Aquitaine.
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New York
Jules Caumbop
France
United States
Baurke Cochran
Adolph Coho
Columbia College
Massive Hoboken fire destroys ships and pier cargo
A fire at Pier 2 of the North German Lloyd Steamship Co in Hoboken New Jersey started among cotton bales and spread rapidly. Four large vessels burned to the waterline, including the Saale Bremen and Main, while only the Kaiser Wilhelm der Kosse escaped. Losses reach about 7 million dollars with numerous injuries and many lives feared or missing.
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New York
North German Lloyd Steamship Co
Hoboken
N. J
North German
Lloyd Steamship Co
Lloyd
Saale
Bremen
Kaiser Wilhelm der Kosse
Gustave Schwab
Lloyd Vine
Main
Norfolk navy yard gears up for wartime work
Norfolk VA July 1 A significant order sends 150 extra mechanics to the yard with more to follow daily until rush work ends. Vessels to load coal include the colliers Satan Hannibal Caesar Alexander and Southey with night work possible. Overhauls planned for light draught gunboats and torpedo boats. Monitor Puritan and torpedo boat Manley to be readied for combat at Annapolis. About 12 warships currently at the yard.
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Norfolk
Norfolk Navy Yard
Satan
Hannibal
Caesar
Alexander
Southey
Navy Department
Manley
Annapolis
Navy Yard
Relle Isles Mines Shut After Strike
Relle Isles mines near St Johns Newfoundland have closed. Companies have pulled staff and plan to reopen in Canada, choosing to relocate rather than submit to strikers demands.
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St. Johns
Reille Isles
Canada
Life Sentence for Weeerers High Court Case
A court imposes a life sentence following a lengthy trial involving drug offenses. Prosecutors argued for stringent punishment while defense requested leniency citing rehabilitation prospects. Public safety and appeal considerations loom as the case proceeds.
Democratic Convention Hints of Bryan Nominating Plan
Kansas City July reports outline three key events as the Democratic National Convention nears. Leaders discuss platform wording to back Bryan for president and explore diverse vice presidential options from Sulzer to Gorman, amid steady assurances on free silver at 16 to 1.
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Kansas City
David J. Hill
New York
Lincoln
Logan
Jones
National Committee
Croker
Murphy
Mr. Bryan
Hill
Wm. Sulzer
David B. Thi
Elliott Danforth
A. B. Parker
Benjamin F. Shively
Indiana
Charles A. Townae
Minnesota
Carter H. Harrison
Benton McMillin
Tennessee
James Hamilton Lewis
Washington
Robert A. Pattison
Pennsylvania
Arthur P. Gorman
Maryland
D. J. Campeu
Michigan
Davids. Nose
Wisconsin
David Overmeyer
Kansas
Wi. J. Stone
Missouri
George Fred Williams
Massachusetts
McKinley Spends Quiet Day at Canton Home
President McKinley rests at his North Market Street residence enjoying porch shade sun bath and a stroll to services at the first M E church. Dr Rixey and ex secretary Day visit. Harbour family joins dinner and a drive with Mrs McKinley amid preparation for nomination notification around July 12.
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Canton
Mc Kinley
North Market Street
Washington
McNinley
M. E
Rixey
E. Manchester
McKinley
Harbour
Barber
Mayor Rose Heads to Kansas City for Democratic Convention
Mayor David S. Rose of this city left for Kansas City on Saturday to likely serve as temporary chairman of the national Democratic convention. The official announcement of the temporary presiding officer will not be made until Monday.
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Rose
Kanxas City
Milwaukee
David S. Rose
Minister Killed Report Confirms German Envoy Murder
Official dispatches from Shanghai confirm the June 18 killing of German minister Baron von Ketteler in Peking as Chinese troops and Boxers attacked and burned the legation district. Consuls fear foreign troops may enter Peking. reports cite widespread killings and a desperate situation for foreigners.
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London
Shanghai
Buran von Ketteler
Legation Street
Legation
Legations
Powers
Peking
Custom House
Express
Nanking
Liu Yuh Yih
Yulu
Tien-Tsin
Pao Ting Fa
Lin Yun Yih
Yung Shi Kai
Washington
Navy Department
Rogers
Che- Foo
Kempff
Thomas
Benson
Roman
Severson
Holyoke
Handford
Kellizky
Taussig
McCalla
Rowe
Garrity
Ryan
Quartermester Conway
McClay
Flaherty
Secamen Lloyd
Child
Anderson
Jansen
Bolmuller
McKervey
Homas Lindbohm
Johnson, Rasmussen
Welch
Department
Princeton
Canton
McKelvey
Thomas Thomas
Mare Island
Copenhagen
T. Bannigan
South Front Street
Philadelphia
Benjamin Benson
Mandahl
Norway
Anna Benson
Mendahl
Harry A. Broman
Duluth
Minn
Ida M. Broman
West Superior Street
Harry Severson
Chicago
Laurence Severson
Wabansia Avenue
Hay
United States
Goodnow
Baron von Netteler
Yung Lu
Chile
Tuan
Indiana insurance man charged with murder in estate case
Rushville Ind June 25 Charles F Dale an insurance agent who owns a Norble township farm is charged with murdering his wife Laura Dale and three Frazee family members to gain control of the Frazee estate. Plaintiffs John H Frazee and two sisters seek to quiet title and have the land vested in them.
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Rushville
Ind
Charles F. Dale
Noble Township
Laura Dale
Benjamin Frazee
Edward Frazee
Dale
Frazee
John H. Frazee
Lewis Clark
Elmer Humes
QO. M. Dale
Chicago
Skeletons Unearthed on Garnier Estate in Indiana
Two well preserved skeletons, a man and woman, were found buried beneath four inches of soil while workers laid water mains at the Old Garnier homestead in Lawrenceburg Indiana. Dental and age estimates place the woman at 35 to 45 with the man older. the Garnier family had no knowledge of the graves, likely interred long before they acquired the estate.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Garnier
Sadler
Bryant
Garniers
Jealous Woman Fatally Attacks Rival With Gas Pipe
In Indianapolis on June 28 Mrs. Mary Dodds attacked Mrs. Addie Fleming in front of the Bates house after jealousy. Dodds used a gas pipe wrapped in newspaper to strike Fleming three times, causing a scalp wound and brain concussion before police intervened. Dodds claims Fleming had separated her from her husband.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Mary Dodds
Addie Fleming
Bates House
Levee Breach Floods 2000 Acres North of Clinton
Terre Haute June 29 Two thousand acres of grain along the Webash river were swamped by gates breaching in the levee six miles north of Clinton Ind The sluice was dynamited and the flood covered fields with water up to twenty feet deep The loss is estimated at forty thousand dollars
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Terre Haute
Ind
Webash
Clinton
Missing Indiana attorney worries friends
Warsaw Indiana June 30 Attorney A D Laughrin has been missing since Wednesday. Friends fear for his welfare after he left home telling his wife he would return in a few minutes. Laughrin came here from Kenton Ohio.
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Warsaw
Ind
A. D. Laughrin
Laughrin
Kenton
Floral Queen chosen in Elks parade contest at Nincennes
Miss Helen Kackley daughter of ex Postmaster Jas E Kackley won the floral queen contest in Nincennes Indiana. She received 31 447 votes at five cents each and will reign as queen of the Elks Fourth of July flower parade.
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Elta
Nincennes
Ind
Helen Kackley
Jas E ‘Kackley
the Elks
Susie at Martinsville Indy June 30
A fragment notes Susie linked to Martinsville and Indianapolis with a date of June 30. The text is incomplete but implies an event or appointment involving Susie in those locations on that date.
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Dang
Martinsville, Indy
Susie
Russey to Return to New York Amid Cuban Postal Scandal
Clarence Russey nephew of Charles F. Neely travels from Muncie to New York to prepare for a long stay with Neely. He says he will not return until Neely is taken to Cuba by force if needed and claims Neely has comfortable prison quarters and has regained weight. Postal agents J G Were and W B Smith met with Postmaster Cammack and Russ Cowan but offered no details.
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Muncie
Ind
Clarence Russey
Charles F. W. Neely
New York
Neely
Russey
Cubas
Cuba
J. G. Were
W. B. Smith
Cammack
Russ Cowan
Neely Printing Co
Feud over Rural Route Sparks Private Mail Plan
In Rock Creek township, Bartholomew County, long feuding factions over station and post office names have culminated in Springer Cushman Grammer. With a new rural delivery route from Elizabeth town and post office closure, residents weigh sending mail to Scipio via private carrier.
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Bedford
Ind
Evansville
Springer
Cushman
Grammer
Elizabethtown
Scipio
Murder of Nora Kifer Ends in No Indictment
Evansville Indiana June 26 The land jury failed to indict for the murder of Nora Kifer a sensational Indiana case. She vanished while attending a spelling school and seven weeks later her body was found in a creek. Neighbor Joseph Fr Keith was arrested amid rumors of his involvement.
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Evansville
Ind
Nora Kifer
Indiana
Joseph Fr. Keith
Wheat prospects in Indiana show 30 percent of average
Returns from Indiana's wheat prospects indicate this year's crop will run about 30 percent of average. Northern and central regions report near total failure with fields plowed up for other crops, while southwestern counties approach the average outlook.
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Indianapolis
Ind
State Statistician’s
Storm Destroys Crops as Indiana Bridges Fail
A severe storm swept southern Indiana damaging crops and bridges. Heavy rainfall swelled creeks and ruined much of the wheat crop while other fields suffered substantial losses.
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Indiana
Evansville
Ind
Tragic Home Blame Follows Final Quarrel in Wayne
Scattered fragments report a Wayne Indiana incident dated June 2 where a barber named Nahrwald killed his wife before shooting himself. Neighbors recall loud quarrels preceding the fatal shots in a troubled domestic tragedy.
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Aesign
Lambard Street
Chint
Lion Chek
Unites States
Schogl Review
Louise Chandler Moulton
Europe
South Carolina
John Bannan
England
T. M. Reyworth
Lord Roberts
Texas
India
the Navy
Zafiro
Iris Wild Argist
Department of the Laken
Fuller
L. Moere
Port’ Huron
Benj. Hill Swelk
I,kate Wieaenberger
Drea
Drépay
San Brancincos
Relle Isten
Hines
Weeeers
Owen
M’kinleys
Mrs. MelKinney
Eas
Rous
Hone
Keith
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