Empress Victoria Tours flood relief centers in Posen
In Beruvs April 9 the Empress Victoria accompanied by princes and officials visits Posen to inspect flood relief efforts. She meets governors, clergy and relief groups, thanks volunteers, notes Emperor Frederick’s gratitude, and confirms ongoing aid. Prince Bismarck and liberal leaders hold a two hour conference amid marriage concession talks.
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Beruvs
Frederick
Posen
Victoria
Sophie
Espe
Landaberg
Kreuz
Mueller
Second Hussars
Dinder
Landwehr
Jacobs
Kiitsing
Bismarck
Alexander
Battenberg
Prince Bismark
Drs
Howell
Mackenzie
Prince Bismarck
Herr von Bennigsen
National Liberals
Empress Holds Two Hour Conference With Bismarck
Berury April 11 The Empress met with Bismarck for two hours. Rumor says a betrothal was a pretext to trigger a crisis and that Bismarck may resign. Names mentioned include Count Munster Baron Von Roggenbach and others as potential successors. Special to the Philadelphia Times.
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Berury
Bismarck
Count Munster
Paris
Baron von Rogeenbach
Pasares
Roggenbach
Post
National Zeitung
Prince Bismarck
Philadelphia Times
Reward Offered for Stolen Baby From Seigel's Store
A baby left in a carriage on a New York sidewalk was stolen from in front of Seigel & Co at Seventy seventh Street and Third Avenue. Detectives search as a $1,000 reward is offered with no questions asked. Parents' names kept private due to their wealth and use of private detectives.
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New Youx
Seizel & Co
Seventy-seventh Street
Third Avenue
Baby
Siegel
Biegel & Co
Siegel & Co
Philadelphia Times
London Lancet
Smyth
New York
Gould-Sage
Kansas Pacific
Grand
Conkling
Lielis
Ozark
DeCosta
Pinkerton
Pittsburg
Chicago
United States
William
Winnipeg
Ontario
Georgia Railroad Commission
New Orleans
The Festive Knight of the Grip
The article notes about 80 000 commercial travelers in the United States and their average spending of 3000 dollars yearly, totaling 240 million dollars. Including salaries at 1000 dollars, overall expenditure reaches 30 million annually spent across hotels and railroads, with hotels and railroads taking the lion’s share.
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Knight of the
Grip
United States
Knoxvillain Woman Credits B B B Cure for Catarrh
A Knoxville resident, age over fifty, suffered six years with catarrh and a coughing illness. After failing with a noted doctor's coating treatment, she used four bottles of B B B and recovered. She reports rapid relief and thanks God for the cure.
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Knoxvillain
Tenn
Florida Street
Remarkable dog Don leads doctor’s arrivals home
In Siskiyou county and back Don the spaniel and pointer mixed dog stayed loyal to Dr Harris. The canine interrupted callers to guide them to the depot and fetched master home after a long absence. Don even corralled seven year old Joe Harris to bring him home at his master’s command.
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Gridioy
Cal
Herald
Harris
Don
Siskiyou County
Little Joe Harris
Conkling and Blaine Fading Figures in National Life
The Augusta Chronicle notes Roscoe Conkling’s declining health in New York and James G. Blaine’s rapid decline from diabetes, both nearing the end of their political careers. It reflects on their rivalries, legacies, and the looming dissolution of the Republican party as both men near death.
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Augusta Chronicle
Roscoe Conkling
James G. Blaine
New York
Europe
Maine Statesman
Blaine
Congress
Conkling
New Yorker
New York State
Cleveland
Oneida
Senate
Henry Clay
Republican Party
Vesuvian
Old
New England
Powderly urges eight hour plan for Knights of Labor
General Master Workman Powderly asks Knights across the country to develop a practical plan to shorten hours. He urges discussing the eight hour day with employers, starting immediately, while avoiding partisan politics and focusing on citizen action and stepwise progress.
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New York
Powderly
Knights of Labor
Scriped Piano and Organ Sale at Factory Prices
Blaine family physician denies rumors of Blaine's poor health while an ad from N. W. Strump in Columbia offers pianos and organs at cash or easy installments. Instruments delivered to any depot with fifteen days trial, freight paid both ways if not satisfied.
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Ianos
Supreme Court of the United States
Pennsylvania
Harlin
Philadelphia Times
Is It a Ghost at Wise House in Prosperity
The Prosperity Press reports the Wise house, recently occupied by P L Wise, became vacant after a series of eerie events. Neighbors heard loud noises and a popping sound followed by a sulfurous scent and shaking floors on Sundays, prompting Mr Wise and family to move out and seek shelter with Mrs Long. The cause remains unexplained.
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Baird
Mr. Wise
Abram Long
Messrs. Wise
Batra
Prosperity Press
Dennison
Quillan
Panhandle
John C. Gen
Thomson
Mary Smith
John
Henry Hill
Jamestown
Hill Farm
Dollers
W. Alston
Weatherford
Texas
W. Turpin
Alston
Turpin
Footman's Windfall News From Cheltingham Court
Sydney Tf Phipps a 20 year old English footman in Philadelphia receives word of a $30 000 fortune from his grandfather M A Chinaman a money broker in Cheltingham. He arrived in 1885 seeking a new life and plans to return to the United States after settling the inheritance.
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G.T. Bispham
de Lancey Place
Liverpool
England
M. A. Chinaman
Cheltingham
Young Phipps
Stewart
Broad Street
Bispham
Phipps
Alexander Phipps
University of Liverpool
Sydney
Chicago
Lake City
Philadelphia
Broadstreet
Cheltingham Court of
Healy chairs National League meeting in Dusit
Timothy Healy MP presided at a National League meeting in Dusit, arguing that recent sessions disproved Balfour's ban and showing public support for the league. Healy urged continued adherence to the league and removal of British rule. Thomastown MP Patrick O'Brien's sentence of three months for a January 8 Goresbridge speech is confirmed as a first class misdemeanor.
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Dusit
Timothy Healy
M. P
Balfour
League
Thomastown
County Kilkenny
Patrick O'Brien
Goresbridge
O’brien
Tangier affair cited as cause of Morocco tensions
Navy Department reports from Commander McCalla on the Tangier incident and issues between the Moorish Government and U S Consul Lewis. It notes Moroccan unrest over mosque land, the Hlouir case, and U S diplomatic weakness. Also reports Laney Walker, a 9 year old, jailed for fatally stabbing Sibby Ashe, 12, in Gowdeysville Township.
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Wasainaros
Navy Department
McCalla
United States
Enterprise
Tangier
Lewis
E Hlouir
Leon Rott
Totir
Rabat
Morocco
Sweden
Laney Walker
Union
Sibby Ashe
Laney
Sibby
Gowdeysville
Steamship Parthin Brings Japan News to Vancouver
Vancouver reports the Parthin arrives with March 26 Japanese advices. A Hayakkan Maru burned March 18 in Ishind sea Hur Imacuda with 16 of 67 passengers dead. Fires in Pukagawa March 15 destroyed 45 houses. Sapporo March 18 destroyed 150. Ishikawa Nakagory 16 and Kashiwasaki Bosue 340 houses burned March 20. Tokio earthquakes March 16 caused no damage. A $10,000 verdict against Jacksonville Neons-Herald in a Florida case involving E. H. Lewis, his dying daughter, and alleged improprieties is contested in US Court.
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1. C
Ishind
Hur Imacuda
Pukagawa
Sapporo
Keshimura Nakagory
Kashiwasaki Bosue
Tokio
E. H. Lewis
Jacksonville
Neons-Herald
Lewis
Florida
World Wide Sunday School Headcount Reported
Items of interest note 16 447 090 Sunday school scholars worldwide. Other items include French deputies rejecting amnesty for exiles 154 to 28 and several political and economic developments such as stockholder suits, bank receiverships, and labor disputes across multiple states and nations.
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French Chamber of Deputies
Col
David Johnson, Jr
Clinton Academy
Fifteenth
Illinois
Joseph OC. Cannon
Upper Mississippi
Wisconsin
Minnesota
S. M. Wier
New Albany
Indiana
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Miss
Georgia Pacific Railroad
Cory
Parnell
Cork
Clement Dowd
Charlotte
State National Bank of
Raleigh
Congress
Simon
Drake County
Ohio
Various Aphorisms and Social Jests from an Evening
A long composite of witticisms and moral reflections on thrift, honesty, wealth, and society. It includes quips about angels and poetry, overwork, the shoemaker, lying, riches, and manners, plus a short anecdote about a bootblack exchange and a joke on pronunciation.
Turkeys Misfire Fatal Forager at Smiths Mills Near Georgetown
A fatal accident near Smiths Mills about thirty five miles from Georgetown leaves Ben Davis, a colored man, dead after he and two white youths Perry hunted turkeys. One Perry imitated a turkey call closely, Davis crept closer and was shot by mistake. Davis was respected and leaves a large family.
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Smith’s Mills
Georgetown
Ben Davis
Davis
Perry
Perrys
Ben
Lightning kills livestock on Ingram farm in Pri vets Township
A severe thunderstorm yesterday afternoon killed a mule, cow, and pig on J. F. Ingram's property in Pri vateers Township. A separate report from county section notes a negro boy and his mule dead after a lightning strike that also shattered the buggy.
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J. F. Ingram
Privateers
Sumter
Lily of the Nile and porcelain in framed light
An excerpt contrasts a poem about Lily of the Nile with a reflection on porcelain, noting how ancient designers and techniques endure in art. It discusses Madge and a kiss in the poem and then shifts to praise for Japanese, Chinese, and Corean porcelain and the lasting value of early innovations in color and glaze.
Humane Note on Frosted Bits and Horse Welfare
A Canadian writer warns of horse pain from cold bits on frosty mornings and suggests thawing bits indoors or dipping them in water. He argues ice water is cruel and harms the farm helper, urging humane handling to protect animals.
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Chicago Times
Gilder's Liver Pills Promote Southern Remedy Fame
The long established Southern Vegetable Pill claims widespread use across the South and West for dyspepsia biliousness malaria and liver diseases. It urges readers to try the remedy and send 26 cents in stamps if unavailable locally.
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United States
First Class Boarding House Opens in Charleston
The undersigned opens a first class boarding house in Charleston on October 1 for transient and permanent boarders. Located at Wentworth and Glebe near King Street, near the Academy of Music and churches, with repairs and new furniture, offering reasonable terms.
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Charleston
Wentworth and
Glebe Streets
King Street
Academy of Music
Charlotte Female Institute Announces 1888 Terms
The Charlotte Female Institute closes the current session January 2 1888 and opens the Spring Session through June 6 1888. The school reports strong prosperity, limited boarding space, excellent health and facilities, and top teachers. Entry begins in January with charges from entrance date. Principal Rev Wu Atkinson.
Dial Engine Works introduces Tozer patent engines and services
A new company formed to operate the Dial Engine Works manufacturing celebrated Tozer Patent Agricultural and Stationary Engines praised for durability and fuel economy. Includes return tubular boilers, saw mill shafting, foundry work in iron and brass, repairs, and estimates from W. P. Lester, superintendent.
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W. P. Lester
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