Washington's First Inauguration Centennial Recall
Charles E. Dowe recounts the 1789 New York inauguration of George Washington as the first U.S. president. The piece describes the oath taking at Federal Hall, the crowd's uproar, and the ceremonial route from Mount Vernon to Manhattan with banners, arches, and naval salutes, marking the birth of the republic.
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Charles E. Dowe
Demorvest’s Monthly
George Washington
United States
Federal Hall
United States Sub-Treasury
Wall and
Nassau Streets
New York
Financial Center of
Arama
Continental Congress
America
Washington
Coun
New York City
Metropolis
Raritan River
New Brunswick
N. J
Delaware River
John Adams
Mount Vernon
Henry Knox
Gray
Pennsylvania
Trenton
Elizabethtown Point
Congress
Elas Boudinot
Robert BR. Livingston
Jay
Knox
Commissioners of the Treasury
Mayer Duane
Recorder Varick
Kill von Kull
New Jersey
Staten Island
Galveston
Clinton
General Washington
Cherry Street
Franklin Square
Harpers Publishing House
Walter Franklin
Samuel Osrood
Treasury Board
Pearl Street
Senate
House of Representatives
Adams
Livingston
Otis
Roger Sherman
General Knox
General St. Clair
Baron Steuben
St. John’s Masonic Lodge
No. 1
City of
Poverty and Dynamite In Bank Robbery Ends With Capture
At noon in Ventura County April 4 McCarthy a recently discharged patient entered Collins Son's bank demanded 20000 with a dynamite claim. Morrison fled the bank as McCarthy seized about 4000 then surrendered when a sheriff armed with a shotgun approached. One twenty dollars remained lost on the street.
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Ventura
Cant
McCarthy
Collins & Son
Collins
Jack Morrison
Morrison
Weldon Bill Passed by Canadian House of Commons
Ottawa April 24 The Weldon Anti-Boodlers bill clears the House of Commons and moves to the Senate. The retroactive clause is dropped but a warrant rule limits prosecutions to stated offenses. The bill lists murder forgery larceny embezzlement abortion breach of trust burglary arson piracy rape abduction and other felonies.
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Weldon
House of Commons
Ottawa
Ont
Houe of Commons
Senate
Canada
United States
The Terrible Plague
Health Commissioner Stuart reports to Surgeon General Hawilton that yellow fever rages at Santos and Rio, ports feeding Baltimore coffee merchants. Rio doctors fear commerce loss and rename the illness to reduce tourist fears. Four days saw 186 deaths.
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Baltimore
Stuart
Hawilton
Marine Hospital Service
United States Navy
Santos
Rio
Fight at National University Medical Dept Ends in Injury
During an exam at the National University Medical Department a student was accused of stealing notes. A scuffle followed in which Charles H. English was struck with iron and seriously hurt. Dr. John A. Dily has been arrested on a warrant sworn by English for assault.
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Wasutxeron
Medical Department
The
National University
Charles H. English
John A. Dily
English
Yellow Fever Reported in Sanford Florida
Washington reports a yellow fever outbreak in Sanford Florida with Dr Danies, president of the Florida State Board of Health, taking rapid precautions to prevent spread after a telegram from Surgeon General Hamilton of the Marine Hospital Service.
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Sanford
Fla
Washinggton
Hamilton
Marine Hopital Bereau
Danies
Florida State Board of Hel.h
Legitime Burns a Town on New Year
Captain Miler reports legitime forces burned and destroyed Pett Rivere on the 7th last. Ensigns Pigott and Peckham and Brown were passengers aboard the Caroline Miller arriving from Cape Hag Inn.
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Legitime
New Year
Miler
Caroline Miller
Cape Haginn
Pett
Pigott and Peckham
U. S. Galena
Brown
Ossipe
Stranger Hangs Self Near Dacath After Meeting
A well dressed man about forty years old, nearly six feet tall, hanging himself in the timber near Dacath last evening. No identifying marks found on his person. He bore a cut on his nose and appeared to be of medium height.
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Decaten
Inn
Dacath
Appises
N. Y
Frank Hancock
Waite& Atwell
Blue Run
Fire destroys Morgan town Female Seminary in Morgantown
Fire destroyed the Morgan town Female Seminary in Morgantown, West Virginia, causing a loss of about 25,000 with 8,200 covered by insurance. The origin of the blaze is unknown and officials say it will not be rebuilt.
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Pittanercn
Morgantown Female Seminary
Morgantown
W. Va
Captain Murrell to Be Decorated for Rescue Efforts
King Christian will confer a decoration on Captain Murrell of the steamer Missouri for his role in rescuing Danmark's passengers. The award honors his services during the incident.
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Murrell
King Christian
Missouri
Danmark
Mayor Cigarette Fatality Highlights Youth Health Reasons
Rockiaxp Maine April 24 twelve year old Wilie F. Welch died this morning from excessive cigarette smoking affecting his brain and nerves. No other causes listed.
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Bay
Rockiaxp
Wilie F. Welch
Freedom of the City Granted to Mr Parnell
The municipal authorities vote to confer the freedom of the city on Mr Parnell on April 24. Parnell supported the proposition and stood in favor of the measure during the discussion.
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Frasdom
Parnall
Evixeenren
Parnell
Noren
Fire Turmoil Destroys Twenty Houses in De Pere Blaze
A Saturday blaze at the Meisenwinkie Wooden Ware Company factory in De Pere Wisconsin destroyed twenty homes and a large manufacturing plant. Winds spread embers, the Green Bay engine was lost, Oshkosh and Appleton steamers arrived to control the fire, and West De Pere was devastated with losses exceeding a half million dollars.
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Devere
Wis
Meisenwinkie Wooden Ware Company
Messenwinkle Works
Green Bay
Oshkosh
Appleton
Depere
West Depere
Train Crash Kills Two and Injures Many in Central Town
A Central Town express from the west derailed four miles west, plunging two coaches and a mail car into Cedar Creek trestle. Fire followed, with four passengers badly hurt and Will Savage of Berwick dead. The conductor Robert Colville of Peoria is reported dying.
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Cedar Ercex
Express Ae
Overdue Vessel Monongahela Believed Lost Near Samoa
The Monongahela, bound for Samoa with fleet supplies and coal, is twenty days overdue after leaving San Francisco February 18. No word has reached Samoa or Aukland, and naval officers fear the hurricane may have destroyed the ship or forced it to sea.
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Monongahela
Samoa
Wasiulixetos
Tie Monongahela
San Francisco
Apia
Wilson
Aukland
Samosa
Fire Wipes Out Buckbee Wisconsin In Rapid Forest Blaze
Wiped out Buckbee a lumber town in Wisconsin as woods near Marioz station on the Milwaukee Lake Shore and Western road burned Saturday night. The small town with much lumber stored was consumed with total loss estimated around 109000 dollars. A train of fourteen cars of lumber and fi cats of ieee caught fire in the blaze.
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Wisconsin
Neenag
Wis
Marioz
Lake Shore & Western
Appleton
Buckbee
Ieee
Tir Tire
Western Women Through Chinese Mandarin Eyes
A traveling Chinese mandarin describes Western women and customs in Europe with astonishment. He notes public displays of arm in arm couples, politeness rules for men yielding to women, dress judgments, and curious practices like spectacles for the short sighted. He details court attire, kissing, women as shop attendants, and social invitations with dances and paired partner postings.
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Europe
China
West
London Times
Four Prairie Women Share One Homestead Shack
Four Dakota women devised a single four room shack to house four separate homesteads, each with her own land and bed, proving up claims while living communally. The piece extols rustic remedies and warns doctors are less essential than nature’s cures offered in Warner’s Log Cabin remedies.
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Northwest
Dakota
Warner
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