Postage Free in the United Day Dispatch 1888 Listing
A damaged OCR fragment lists postage free options for various editions and subscriptions including Daily Dispatch and Sunday editions. It mentions rates per week and per year for Pittsburgh and national distribution. The date shows Tuesday December 17 1888.
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Darr Disratrcu
Mer
Dany Derrarcn
Lasratcu
Daly Disratch
DeraTcu
Weeelt DeraTcn
Lusratcn
Aborted Cronin Case Verdict Sparks Journal Critique
The jury's life sentence verdict for Burke Coughlin and Sullivan and three year term for Eunze defies logic and justice. The writer argues the verdicts are a compromise and ridicule the criminal justice system.
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Drs- Paves
Cronin
Burke
Coughlin
Sullivan
Eunze
Kunre
Reges
Eles
Harrah Named U.S. Marshal Candidate in Western Pennsylvania
The nomination of Joseph KR. Harrah of Beaver as United States Marshal for the district is praised as a popular and praiseworthy appointment. Harrah is described as a hard fighter yet prudent, courteous, and well regarded where known, with Senator Quay's backing noted but seen as placing first‑class men in office.
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Joseph KR. Harrah
Beaver
United States
Quay
Harrah
Pennsylvania
Besver
Mr. Harrah
Weather forecasts face public scorn as cold wave hype falls flat
In a biting critique the piece mocks the Signal Service for overpromising a looming blizzard while only a minor frost appears. It argues weather reform is needed as faulty forecasts hurt Christmas sellers, poetry writers, and general morale, warning that lost confidence travels beyond forecasts.
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Signal Service
Prize Fighters Punishments and Mississippi Law
Kilrain was convicted of assault and battery after a boxing match with Sullivan. Sullivan was convicted of prize fighting and has left Mississippi after sentencing to face offers from spectators elsewhere. The contrast highlights how Mississippi law enforces or presumes enforcement of penalties.
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Jake Kilrain
Sullivan
Ae Eault
Mississippi
Kilrain
Baltimore and Ohio Sale Talks Elevate Railroad Shakeup
Reports from Baltimore hint at a possible sale of a controlling stake in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to a New York syndicate potentially led by Jay Gould or C P Huntington or the Drexel Morgan interests. The rumor signals a major shift in railroad control and market influence.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
New York Syndicaw
Jay Goult
C. P. Huntington
Drexel, Morgan & Co
Baltimore and Ohio Stock Deal Raises Elation and Alarm
The piece argues against selling a large B and O holding when share value is depressed and hints at manipulation aimed at acquiring the property below its true worth. It notes prior management troubles and possible rivals seeking control, framing the move as a significant, questionable maneuver in railway finance.
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Soclate
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio
Ooes
Gould
Lawrence Bank Muddle Shows Assignee Resignation
The Lawrence Bank turmoil centers on Assignee McKelvy resigning to take effect today as a new appointee will be named. Depositors prefer a receiver under public oversight, noting possible delays in asset distribution and questioning the assignee's handling while stressing the need for transparent settlement.
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McKelvy
Lawrence Bank
McKelvey
Political fallout eyed as reimbursements shield lawmakers
Mr. Roger Q Mills argues that Democratic support for reimbursing treasury funds to House members harmed by Silcott's defalcation could cost forty Democratic seats. The New York Sun agrees the risk is real and notes Republicans would share the indignation if they back the measure. Both sides may realize a bipartisan loss is likely, given Silcott's role as a U S disbursing officer and the appeal to repay funds.
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Roger Q. Mills
National Treasury
Silcott
New York Sun
Sun
United States
Baseball in a Fog and the Patience of the Nation
The article laments the ongoing baseball contract dispute between the Players' club in Pittsburg and the old League magnates. It describes a fog of conflicting reports about which city will host the club and notes the strain on national patience as contracts are announced, denied, and rebutted, with no certainty about baseball's future.
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Pittsburg
St. Louis
Congress
Labor Federation Debates Strike Fund Levy
The Federation of Labor contemplates a two cent per capita weekly strike fund levy, a departure from its usual conservatism. While small per person, Pittsburg could face a weekly draft near $400, potentially testing solidarity as the group contemplates a campaign of strikes.
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Federation of Labor
Pittsburg
Eight Hour Day Levy And Provisional Federation Funds
The piece discusses that the eight hour day levy seems more a general contingency provision than a targeted campaign tax. It notes Federation rivalry may affect fund administration and describes Senator Lavator InGauzs of Kansas urging continued whisky and tobacco taxes as necessary luxuries to fund life essentials, while Republican doctrine from 1870 is cited. It mentions Northern cities seeking free raw materials for grand projects, yet protection of the poor from large bills remains in force.
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Lavator InGauzs
Kansas
Observatory Hill rail electric shock kills horse claim
Observers report the Observatory Hill electric railway denies a horse was killed by a ground rail shock and says it can prove the claim. The incident is likened to being struck by lightning as it occurs on the same earth.
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Observatory Hill
Thas
United States develops long range steel cannon
The US has produced a steel cannon capable of firing an eight millimeter shell nearly nine miles doubling the record of the Swamp Angel in Charleston though still 25 percent below the best European marks. Edged life and politics surface with divorce claims and oil plans in a broad, era-spanning mix.
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United States
Charleston
Emin Pasha Recovery and Global Notices
The Tux Cologne Gazette reports Emin Pasha is rapidly recovering. Cooper of the Interstate Commerce Commission resigns duties in Washington due to sickness and returns to Ann Arbor. Shelton Sanford named a second delegate to the Anti-Slavery Conference in Brussels. The Sultan receives the Grand Cross of St Michael and St George from the Queen. Stanley gets a presidential message of congratulations. Browning’s burial plans prompt cemetery relocation discussions. Ex-Senator Wallace, ahead in communications, studies courts and politics and may return home soon.
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Tux Cologne Gazette
Emin Pasha
Charnmann Cooper
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Washington
Ann Arbor
Mich
Huxny Shelton Sanford
Congo Free State
United States
Berlin
Brussels
England
Evan Smith
Stonetary Boarne
Explorer Stanley
Africa
Browning
Florence
Mrs. Browning
William A. Wallace
Parnell Commission
Wallace
Big Strikes Reported in Butler County Wells
Telegram from Butler reports Runsel & Co. well on John Marburger farm near Evans City producing barrels per day from a 100 foot drill as a major advance. W. J. McKee well on James Cashdollar farm Myoma district rises to 16 barrels daily. Two 100 foot wells on James Welsh farm include Frazer Titley Co No L and Q G Shannon Westerman Bros Co No 1. Pittsburg Plate Company notes a significant strike in the 100 foot field boosting county output.
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Dispatch
Butler
Runsel & Co
John Marburger
Evans City
W. J. McKee
James Cashdollar
Myoma
Frazer, Titley & Co
No. L
Q. G. Shannon and Westerman Bros & Co
James Welsh
A Short Session of Congress Adopts Elections Move
The House acted today by adopting a resolution directing the Committee on Elections to come into the contested election case of Clayton againstPatent St. Louis Mesiaed areaums.
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Congress
Washington
House Today
Committee On Elections
Ceme
Clayton
Whimsical Clippings From A Johnstown Era
A collage of light vignettes and excerpted musings recounts Dr. Beale’s community heroism after the flood, Christmas verse and domestic humor, plus a humorous jab at influenza woes in Europe and a playful exchange about household costs and a Newhusband.
Monte Cristo Shines at Bijou Theater With ONeill
At the Bijou Theater last night Mr. ONeill delivered Monte Cristo in his masterly style. The audience praised the portrayal of Dumas’s character as a triumph grown more finished with time. A strong variety bill followed, headlined by Irwin Brothers’ Big Show with Petrie, Elsie, Abrams, and multiple acts ending in an extravaganza.
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Irwin Brothers
Petrie and
Elsie
Ida Lilian Abrams
Gordon and
Lick
Annie Hart
Richmand
Glenroy
Lester and Allen
Alice End
Brazil
Ada Gray Attracts Large Audience In East Lynne
Large crowds filled the house yesterday afternoon and evening to see Miss Ada Gray perform the title role in East Lynne. The revival drew strong response, with praise for her stage presence and the enduring popularity of the production.
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Ada Gray
Miss Gray
East Lynne
Alan Ane Sock
Seaton Avery
Pease
Mind reading feats highlight casino museum show
Prof J J Mau demonstrates mind reading at the Casino Museum with a sharp display for a large audience. Oarfarm Pact Borros seals perform impressive intelligence acts at the World's Museum, including bat talk, while a reported 4,000 pound monster ox draws attention.
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J. J. Mau
Casino Museum
Borros
World's Museum
Rubber Industry Faces Brazil Privilege Impact
Providence reports Joseph Lanigan of the Woonsocket Rubber Company warns that granting special privileges to Brazil’s Mercantile Company by the provincial government would injure American manufacturers. Baron De Genoriz notes export duty cuts, predicts price shifts, and questions constitutional validity, suggesting importers may relocate to the Amazon to avoid duties.
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Manoas
Amazon
Postal Mixup In Mansfield Areas Causes Letter Delays
The article notes two Mansfield locations in different counties causing mail confusion. Postmaster Lea at Mansfield Valley received 1612 letters meant for the other Mansfield nine weeks. Officials plan to correct names and routes to reduce further mixups and delays.
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Mansfield Valley
Allegheny County
Mansfield
Tioga County
Lea
Ote Mansfeld
Apt
Ahstant
Poisoned by Peas Sent Greensburg Man to Pittsburg
Ephraim Lynch of near Greensburg ate canned peas at a Pittsburg restaurant and fell ill from poisoning. A physician there treated him and said he would probably recover. The item also notes Branney from Chicago News Explorer offered London freedom, with a tongue in cheek line about lions and cannibals in streets.
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Greensporg
Ephraim Lynch
Pittsburg
Herwiing
Branney
London
Wartman Huey Killed in Marion County Accident
Wartman Huey, a prominent Marion county farmer, was accidentally killed today near Wheeling. The incident involved Blease Jobe, according to local telegram dispatches.
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Wheeling
Rumors of Major Oil Expansion at Chartiers Field
Reports float of D. C. Reighard becoming general manager of Globe Refining through three refineries and possibly building a large Chartiers facility. A proposed 25 000 barrel weekly capacity oil works near Sharpsburg would follow the Globe plan, with further plans to near Philadelphia and a potential rival refinery adjoining the Globe. Reighard’s salary is set at 15000 yearly, and local negotiations center on the heirs of Dr. Kredle in Cincinnati for land between Butler Street and Allegheny Valley Railroad.
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Heighardé
Chartiers
Standard Oil Company
Globe Reef
Shane Cates
G i
Sven
Cooper
Globe
Crystal Oil Works
No. 1
Tmashop
No.1
Seaboard
D. C. Reighard
Globe Refining Company
Freedom
Philadelphia
Reighard
Chartie
New
Butler Street
Allegheny Valley
Sharps
Kredle
Teastle
Cincinnati
Sharpsburg
American Oil Works
Train & Holdship
Mr. Co
Reed Stands Clear as House Rules on Lacey Resolution
Washington December 14 The House witnessed an unusual ruling by Speaker Reed over Lacey Iowa who sought unanimous consent to appoint a committee to investigate reelections. The debate shifted to the Elections Committee with Crisp Georgia Breckinridge Arkansas supporting a similar measure. Reed’s ruling held the matter is of highest priority and must be decided by the House. Crisp later condemned the ruling as outrageous yet acceptable, noting it reveals Reed’s stance on the issue.
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Washington
Reed
Lacey
Iowa
E. C. Clayton
Crisp
Georgia
Iast House
Committee On Elections
Breckinridge
House
Owen Gies R. Lace
Pri
Itaalf
West Virginia
Influenza in the Air Mild Winter Weather Sparks Epidemic
A Glasgow Mail summary links the rapid influenza spread to atmospheric conditions. It notes Russia and Western Europe see coincident outbreaks during mild damp winters, with past examples in 1770 Shetland and 1782 St. Petersburg cited as evidence that outdoor air and seasonal warmth influence transmission.
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Glasgow Mail
St. Petersburg
Great Britain
Russia
Moscow
Far East
Siberia
Europe
Poland
Germany
Ion
Atlantic
America
Shetland
Mills
Preparing to Talk Tariff in House Committee
The Ways and Means Committee met to begin hearings for a tariff bill. Michigan’s Mr. Surrowa proposed dates for hearings on metals, ores, coal, cotton, jute, and other products, with sessions set for January. The panel also adopted a resolution to report to the House for authorization of hearings and further action.
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Washingtok
Ways and Means Committee
House
Surrowa
Michigan
Aonse
Apral
Deaths of a Day Dr Seth Pascoart
Priladelthea December 16. Dr Seth Pascoart, a well known homeopathic doctor, died at Besanea this year. The obituary notes his lineage and connections to other relatives, with unclear details due to text damage.
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Priladelthia
Seth Pancoast
Besanea
Seine
Popular Summer Concerts Suggested at Exposition Hall
Allan Meran of Perrsev arguing for using the Exposition building for popular concerts urges The Dispatch to back the plan. He says such events would offer the people entertainment and educate appreciation, inviting citizen support.
Opinion of a Teller Supports Popular Concerts
A reader endorses Tax DisPATCHs plan for popular concerts to lift civic mood. The letter urges broad support for entertainment as a relief from daily worries and calls for collective effort to advance legitimate pleasure in life.
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Dispatch
O Ae
Lang Godspeed
A TorLex
Woops
Unanimous Support for Simmer Concerts in Pittsburg
A letter to the editor discusses employing many simmer concerts for summer amusement in Pittsburg. The writer argues such events would boost idle hours and benefit thousands, urging The Dispatch to continue advocating the subject. Dated December 1, Pittsburg.
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Ste Faver
Dispatch
Pittsburg
N. Cunr
Pittsburgers urged to support cheap popular music
A letter to the editor argues Pittsburg residents should back concerts at the new Music Halls. The writer, a former Cincinnati attendee, praises affordable, popular music and predicts success and public benefit from such events.
Right Idea Prompts Chorus of Community Interests
Disjointed notes argue for popular concerts while contrasting public interest with adversarial voices. The piece suggests a tension between organizers and critics, emphasizing community welfare and sound planning amid controversy.
Money Comes High and That's What the Matter With Markets
New York financial circular notes money market tightness as a key obstacle to stock gains. Bear pressure via call manipulation, limited loanable funds, and cautious optimism for January. Demand from trade sectors wanes until spring while industrial activity remains strong.
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New York
Henry Clows & Co
Ee Rane
Testigo
Soren
Wanamaker's Presentiment Precedes Gowen Death
Postmaster General Wanamaker recounted feeling a queer premonition of disaster before the death of Franklin B. Gowen, noting his close business and social ties to Gowen and an evening plan to visit Washington that never occurred. He spoke during a Philadelphia call, reflecting on the eerie premonition.
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Gowen
Wasninetor
Wanamaker
Franklin B. Gowen
Mr. Gowen
Washington
White House
Mr. Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Catholic complains spark Ottawa dispute in Northwest
Bishop Grondin of St Alberts Northwest Territory cites a plan to banish Catholics from the region and appeals to Quebec for aid. He accuses Protestant officials of influence supporting Protestant teaching and says Territories would be redrawn to dilute French representation.
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Bris Ottawa
Grondin
St. Alberts
Northwest Territory
Tascheras
Province of
Quebec
Jentico Brewer Nomination Heads to Senate Vote
Washington December 18 The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a favorable report on the nomination of Parterio Peer of Kansas to the United States Supreme Court. The action moves the nomination toward a full Senate confirmation vote.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Asy
Parterio Peer
Kansas
Minor Hirsch Confirmed in Washington Gage Omen
Washington December 16. The Benn waters gages omen of a minor Hirsch confirmed.
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Miniaor Hirsch
Washington
Tenement Blaze Harrows New York Tenants
Jacob Harris kept a basement grocery in a six story Eastside tenement. Fire spread through two air shafts to the top floor with families on every level. Two men burned, others injured. no fatalities. Fire out in an hour, tenants return for clothing.
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Pante
New York
Jacob Harris
Harris
Quiet on the canal as engineers suspend work
Lieutenant Usher and Secretary Hariing of the Nicaragua canal party arrive from Greytown aboard the Aquan. They report the canal route quiet with all work halted until spring. Matthew Goetz and his two sons trudged from St. Louis toward New York. Goetz deserted them, later arrested in a Long Island village and held for desertion trial.
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Usher
Hariing
Nicaragua
Matthew Goets
Mr. Goetz
St. Louis
New York
The
Humane Society
Goetz
Long Island
First Jap Sentenced to Death in State
The Japanese sailor Shikicri Jugigo was sentenced to death for stabbing a fellow countryman in a sailors boarding house five weeks ago. A court interpreter stated his defense while Judge Brady set execution to occur during the week beginning February 3. Jugigo will be sent to Sing Sing tomorrow as the first Japanese doomed in the state.
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Shikicri Jugigo
Brady
Court of Appeals
Jugigo
McIlvaine
Kemmler
Pan American Conference Meeting at New York
Secretary Blaine and Pan-American delegates observed cordial greetings as Mrs and Miss Blaine arrived in New York. Mayor addressed the gathering with Senor Zerarra of Peru replying. Mr Seguers praised civic progress and spoke of a free and happy nation.
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New York
Blaine
Senor
F.C. C. Zerarra
Peru
Vaeik
Boundary dispute between Tennessee and Virginia over land strip
In Wasnxerton on December 14 the Tennessee Attorney General moved in the Supreme Court to allow filing a bill in equity to settle the boundary dispute. He claims Tennessee unlawfully adopts a strip two to eight miles wide from North Carolina northward to Roche town and Bristol within the contested area.
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Tenecaste
Wasnxerton
GeneteSee
Supreme Court
State of V
Tennessee
North Carolina
Roche
Bristols
Gowen Buys Revolver Before Fatal Suicide
Franklin B. Gowen purchased the revolver used in his suicide at a cutlery shop on a Friday evening around eight. The purchase occurred in Pennsylvania, and authorities note the weapon was bought shortly before Gowen shot himself.
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Gowen
Franklin B. Gowen
Pennsylvania
Andrew Lang Lectures On How to Fail in Literature
Boston Globe reports Andrew Lang delivering a lecture on failure in writing aimed at young readers. He argues failure can reveal truth and encourages experimentation despite early career missteps.
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Boston Globe
Andrew Lang
Local Bits and Oddities from Nearby Towns
A Sardonic mix of small town notes from Punxsutawney to Smethport recounts butter barters, fashion snubs, river‑name middle names, and a single humorous farm sign. Tales touch on a clerk’s bid for dairy trade, fashion cliques clinging to trends, and a jeweler’s medal for Ira Williams amid a look at crowding and public measures.
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Charley Crew
Marion, O
Ira Willams
Williama
Curious Condensations From a Distant Paper Mosaic
A collage of brief items sketches rural life in Maine and nearby regions. Notes on a Macduff farm lineage a hermit near the county seat in Fresns county and a Northport family dance. A St Paul teacher history riff on pensioners a Georgetown elder reunion and a lottery style marriage by numbers. Also Maine fisheries Adirondacks hunter Warres Hume and a scientist’s fire suppressing water theory. A wide range of curious vignettes with scant detail and dated phrasing.
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Fresns
Cab
Carse
Ona
Northport
Siena
Auburn
Baby
Washing- Levineven Basin
Tiem
St. Paul Pot
Wit and Whimsy in Aged Jests and Jibes
Clipped bits of wit from varied sources feature married life barbs, heiress schemes, country cousins, and party quips. Anonymous vendors joke about cashless matches, domestic mischief, and a widow's joke on her late husband. The items read like a late 19th or early 20th century humor column with short, sharp lines and local flavor.
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Koteren Aitsburg Vostalikce
Fifth Avenue
Diamond Street
Eastein Advertising Office
Hoom &, Tribune Building
New York Herald
Edgar Saltus
Edgar Baltos
Baku
Osar
Farmers and Mechanics’ Bank
Delaware
Canada
Butler County
Gus Gueber
Buffalo
Charles Farwell
Judge Farwell
Medina
Sers Set Clarge
Sen- Tooa Ees
Titan
Dr. Beale
Colony Shepard
David J. Beale
Johnstown
Mne
Lask
H. J
Mr. Newhusband
Mrs. Newhusband
George
Newhusband
H.S
Monte Cristo
Lyrac
Horrise
Pinya
Harry Williams’ Academy
Harris’ Theatre
Ho Sayan
Para
Greensburg
Pittssburg
Brepped Bie
HE Reed
Seth Pascoart
Wiliam
Poder
Relgrt Devi Peter
Moomfeld
Oe Sangaieae Con Seat
Sa Neuer
the DisPaTch
Jentico Brewer
Smythe
Fellows
Johnny
Smethport
Pisos
Bys
Bellaire, O
Missouri
Ohio
Missinippi
Monongahela Rye
Mae
Wilkesbarre
Musconateon Tunnel
Macduff
Scotland
Rockland Courter
Georgetown
William Wallace
St Paul
Annie Williams
Maine
Gardiner
Thaddeus Swear
Keune Lakes
Alaska
Unga Island
S Inlet
Wyoming
Yallowsenan Park
Bennets
Warres Hume
Adirondacks
Hume
Teeters Ano
D. B. Chase
Locust Ridge
Sparrowhawk Creek
Maday
Sekoweing
Chiee
Somerville Jowraai
Jorrisfons Herald
Somervile Journal
Mra
Aidtride
Somerville Journal
Jones
Foa
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