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Paily Thstatch
Darny Meratch
Drerarce
Datny israTon
Tarey D.sraron
Darcy (Heravron
Cioente
Pittsburg and West Virginia union for transport links
A West Virginia correspondent argues Pittsburg should build transportation links to WV resources like coal coke and lumber. He urges railroad construction and slackwater improvements on the Monongahela, urging bipartisan Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia congressional action to secure funding and progress.
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West Virginia
Tre Discaton
Pittsburg
West
United States
Congress
Monongahela
Morgantown
Fairmont
Pennsylvania
Indeterminate Powers Between Mayor and Chief of Police
The City Attorney’s opinion on Mayor versus Chief of the Department of Public Safety highlights blurred jurisdiction boundaries. It asserts Mayor authority over the Chief yet notes enforcement relies on council reporting when orders are refused. It cautions against police entering and removing inmates without trial.
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Department of Public Safety
Justice Williams
le Meyer
Navy vessel contract favoritism sparks policy warning
A press critique denounces Secretary of the Navy plans to bypass the lowest bidder in favor of Union Iron Works of San Francisco to distribute work. It notes the Cramps of Philadelphia as proven builders and questions the Pacific Coast bias and cost implications of routing ships around Cape Horn.
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Secretary of the Navy
Cramps
Philadelphia
Navy
Union Iron Works
San Francisco
Public contracts must be awarded to lowest and best bidder
The speaker argues that public contracts should go to the lowest and best bidder to prevent robbery, favoritism, and corruption in public services, dismissing debates on voyage costs and Pacific choices as worn. The issue centers on ensuring fair competition and avoiding graft in awarding government work.
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San Francisco
Pacific
Union Iron Company
The Freight Question and Pittsburg Rates
The article argues that Pittsburg sufferings from freight discrimination limit industrial growth. It notes interstate law changes have leveled rates for shippers and calls for inquiry into remaining local imbalances. It warns railroads may resist fair rates, urging business leaders to consider alternatives.
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Pittsburg
Chamber of Commerce
Buffalo
Opening Sundays at World's Fair Should Be Allowed
Congress should decide the World’s Columbian Exposition’s Sunday opening by weighing public good. Petitioners seek weekly closing for religious grounds, while Chicago saloon owners and labor groups urge Sunday access to broaden educational impact under clear conditions.
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Congress
Chicago
Senatorial apportionment urged for equal statewide representation
The Supreme Court rulings elsewhere highlight the need to revise Pennsylvania's senatorial apportionment. The 1887 map shows stark inequalities with Allegheny county overrepresented, while Lebanon and Luzerne are underweighted, giving certain votes far more influence. The piece argues party differences should not delay corrective action.
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Supreme Courts
Allegheny County
Luzerne
Lebanon
State Senate
Berks
Lackawannna
Clinton
Clearfield
Center
Blair and Cambria
Schuylkill
Crawford
Buried electric wires and delayed claims spark national debate
The discourse urges undergrounding of wires in Cincinnati and Pittsburgh gains for delaying measures. It argues for prompt justice in McGarrahan claims as the Court of Claims decides their merit, condemning long national postponement as a disgrace and calling for timely settlements.
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Injnaticen
McGarrahan
National Treasury
Congress
Court of Claims
Engineers Endorse Ohio River and Lake Erie Canal
Expert engineers back the proposed canal linking the Ohio River with Lake Erie. Ridicule from amateurs at this late stage will only expose critics as ignorant to those who have studied the matter closely.
France in crisis tests republican ideals and corruption exposure
The article argues outsiders cannot hinder France in punishing malefactors in high places while expressing deep American sympathy for the French Republic. It contends corruption has surfaced and can be punished under a French Republic, noting fraud would be harder to expose under monarchy and praising reason over impulse as France defends democracy.
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America
Admissions Policy for High School Based on Fitness
The piece argues admissions should rely solely on applicants’ ability to benefit from instruction, not prior schooling. If space is insufficient, expand facilities promptly. It rejects sectarian influence in Pittsburgh public school management.
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Pitteburg
Pore Lxo Urges End to Education Policy Shaping Schools
Pore Lxo equates praise of American public schools with his progressive spirit. His guidance aims to abolish a policy seen as contrary to American institutions and will influence future reforms.
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Pore Lxo
Steering committees shape upcoming Senate party lines
The piece argues that Democratic and Republican steering committees will determine the Senate's political tilt, implying that Cleveland's policy will largely be set by the President-elect and that any intra party opposition will face a tough battle.
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Ture
Sir. Cleveland
National Board of Trade to Discuss Immigration Rules
The National Board of Trade will assemble next month in Washington and discuss immigration and quarantine regulations for national benefit. Pittsburg will not be represented, a failure attributed to the city’s lack of public spirit and initiative.
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National Board of Trade
Washington
Pittsburg
Panama disclosures test Republican probity
The note warns that examining Panama disclosures risks overlooking core Republican principles and condemns the incidental moral obliquity found in unprincipled Republican officials.
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Panama
France
Public spirit and optimism in national character
The passage contrasts the French nations pessimism and American optimism in public matters. It argues a balanced public spirit would help, but until then optimism is healthier than pessimism despite its tendency to foster indolence.
Christmas welcomes Santa Claus in homes worldwide
Christmas is described as a democratic season where Santa Claus becomes a welcome visitor in homes across locales, reflecting shared social characteristics and holiday spirit.
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Santa Claus
Salvation Army Earns Praise From Prominent Committee
A careful investigation and examination of its accounts by English public men finds the Salvation Army performing an immense charitable work and deserving global sympathy and support from philanthropists.
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Salvation Army
Notable Personalities In Brief From North America And Europe
A roundup of notable figures includes Joan Townsend the veteran tragedian dying of liver cancer in Toronto. Mrs Stewart of Fargo seeks aldermanic office and vows to confront opposition. Bes nant’s resignation as chair of the Society of Authors is questioned as a mistaken delicacy. Probate of Lord Tennyson’s will granted with a gross estate of $86,100, entailed estates to male heirs. Royal Commissioner Waldstein Greer sails January 4 aboard Brittanic to New York for the Chicago Exposition. Correspondent in Lima reports President Darmundes and Cabinet visited Admiral Gherardi aboard the Baltimore at Callao. Samart Rea eyed for second vice presidency of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Miss Wayne Cuyler of Baltimore to wed Sir Philip Henry Brian Grey-Eggerton in London January 4. Sardou, visiting America in the 1860s, stayed incognito and called the nation savage.
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Joan Townsend
Toronto
Stewart
Fargo
N. Dak
Besnant
Society of Authors
Lord Tennyson
Hallam Tennyson
Waldstein Greer
England
New York
Lima
Darmundes
Gherardi
United States
Baltimore
Callan
Philip
Hudson
Niagara
Boston
Philadelphia
Silver dollar offer rejected by Treasury amid legal limits
Washington reports that Mine Superintendent Allen of Butte Montana proposed coining a silver dollar with 400 grains of silver at 60 cents per coin, but the Treasury said there is no authority to accept such an offer and warned against bullion value gaps and counterfeiting risk. The article also covers anti option debates, silver remonetization talk, and related political remarks in Congress and Senate.
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Montana
Fon
Holman
Palmer
Peffer
Teller
Colorado
Washington
Allen
Butte
Mont
Treasury Department
Mint
Buoreau
Senate
United States
Congress
Ilinois
Senator Jones
Nevada
International Monetary Conference
House
Jones
California
Russia
Australia
Creede
Pittsburg
Lucy Haworth
Pittebu
Edith Cole
Clara Childs
Frank Guthrie
Brown
Riddle Haworth
Allegheny
Penn Avenue
Cinob
Nicaragua Canal Bill Favorably Reported by Sherman
The Nicaragua Canal bill cleared the Foreign Relations Committee and was favorably reported by Senator Sherman. The measure increases government security and debt guarantees, revises bond terms to 1959 maturity, adds sinking fund provisions, and reshapes stock and director allocations for the United States Nicaragua and Costa Rica concessions.
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Sherman
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
United States
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Nicarnnd Costa Juen
The
United Sates
Germans and the fair
Emil L Boar of Hamburg American says arrangements are made for Dr George Nash to examine all presenters before sailing at Hamburg. He will supervise luggage disinfection as Germany reacts to US quarantine rules. Adolph Wermurth, German Empire commissioner, says cholera quarantine will not stop German exhibitors at the World’s Fair. He notes large furniture and textile displays and Kropp’s finest cannon, to be shipped by steamer via Baltimore and the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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New York
Emil L. Boar
Hamburg-American Packet Company
Columbia
Hamburg
Boss
George Nash
Jenkins
Germany
United States
Adolph Wermurth
Victoria Horel
Chicago
Kropp
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore
Tillman Signs Railroads Bill Amid Protests
Gov Tillman signed a bill placing all South Carolina railroads under Railroad Commissioners with no appeal. In Columbia a mass meeting of railroad workers sparked threats of further action, while workers prepare a statewide rally to oppose the Tillman policy.
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Columbia
8. C
Tillman
Finnegan Found Guilty in Smuggling Case at Portland
In Portland Maine December 2 a United States District Court jury found Patrick Finnegan guilty of smuggling. Sentencing deferred. Finnegan, a wealthy Aroostook farmer with a Maine Canada border farm, allegedly bought Canadian potatoes and moved them through a barn into the U S without duty.
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Portrtan
United States District Court
Patrick Finnegan
Finnegan
Aroostok
Maine
New Brunswick
Canada
Last Panther of Pennsylvania Killed in Lumber Region
In Hoyts Mills area a panther killed near the forest last Saturday is described as probably the last uncaged panther in the state. Reported to have ranged upriver for years, the old beast measured about ten feet from muzzle to tail tip.
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DuBai
Hoyt's Mills
Milils
Haircut Gaffe Sparks Football Team Mockery
In a playful aside the Los Angeles Times remarks that if players’ pictures in newspapers fail to flatter them, they deserve two combs and a brush to tweak their looks, reflecting lighthearted media commentary on team image across the country.
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Johnny
Los Angeles Times
Deaths of Edward H. Miller Jr and others noted
Obituary notices report Edward H. Miller Jr a prominent capitalist and former Central Pacific Railroad official who died in Alameda California from Brights disease. He helped organize the Pacific company and served as director of the bank of San Francisco. Also noted are L L Baker of Baker Hamilton San Francisco and Willia Fullerton Logan longtime civic figure.
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Edward H. Miller, Jr
Central Pacific Railroad
Mark Hopkins
Alameda
Cal
Bright
Greenville
M. D
California
Apepeete
Oosworth Bank of
San Francisco
L. L. Baker
Baker & Hamilton
Willa Fullerton Logan
Fairy
Ancester Roy
Washington (Ps.) ) College
Songsters Return to Oust English Sparrow at State Ornithological Meet
The State Ornithological Association held its annual meeting at the Academy of Science. Dr. Thomas L. Hazzard was elected president and outlined a shift toward more songbird habitat in Allegheny Parks. Reports described sparrow decline and growing songbird nests, with observations on park birds and waterfowl.
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State Ornithological Association
State
Washington, D. C
Mr. Wickham
Beaver
Treagarer
Dr. Hazzard
Allegheny Parks
Hamilton
Hazsard
Park Commissioners
Philadelphia
Huzeard
Hazeard
Theia
Park Ponds
Michigan
Huzzerd
Dr. Harscard
Thomas Harper
Iper
Harper
Clyde Todd
Agricultural Department
Washington
Clearford County
Johnson
Association
Bafflulo Creek
Notable events mark Cyclorama Hall success
The account notes Cyclorama Hall hosting a highly successful event. Misa Leor Wueenees to speak Tuesday evening for the Free Kindergarten Association. A marriage occurred at North Highland Avenue home with Rev S H Moore officiating. A First Unitarian Church sewing school is planned with periodic sessions.
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Misa Leor Wueenees
Kindesgarten
Thin City
Alinda Preparatory School
Firth Avenue
Craig Street
Macy Moone
William Wsheeny
Henry B. Kes
North Hichland Avenue
Kev. S. H. Moore
Wilkinsburg
Tur Indies
First Unitarian Church
Sun newspaper advocates annexation of Canada to United States
The first issue of Toronto's Sun declares an aim to advocate the annexation of Canada to the United States while denying financial or patronage influence. It balances support for expansion with respect for Britain and asserts union must be by consent of Canada and Great Britain.
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Toronto
Orr
The
Sun
Canada
United States
England
Aum
United Stats
Greacia
Declaration of War Tone Over Canada's Lakes Vessels
General Miles warns Canada and Great Britain may be at war over three Canadian lake vessels described by Revenue Marine officers. He notes the boats violate the 1417 treaty on warship numbers and gun power, while Britain could send larger ships through the Welland Canal if permitted.
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Caronca
Canada
Revenue Marine Service
Washington
Nelson A. Miles
Great Britain
Miles
The
Revenue No Service
England
St. Lawrence
Great Lakes
Duluth
Detroit
United States
Welland Canal
TWO HEROES OF TORONTO, 0. East Livervoot, Dec. 21
Seven year-old Oliver Ward and a giant mastiff defend a Toronto home from a burglar in the cellar. The boy and dog subdue the intruder, the boy delivering blows with a stove poker while the mastiff pins the crook. The assault ends with the thief driven from the house, dog and boy hailed as town legends.
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East Livervoot
Oliver Ward
Toronto
Jefesthomse
Missing Word Gamblers Lose, Crown Likely to Claim Funds
A Dec. 21 ruling in Queen versus Pearson's Weekly bars returning missing word entry fees to players. The court ordered the money, about 1000 dollars, placed in court, with likely reversion to the Crown.
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Pearson's Weekly
Thiasum
Pearson
Ohio Valley backs proposed canal linking Ohio River to Lake Erie
The Wheeling Intelligencer urges Cincinnati to join Pittsburgh in pushing a canal project that would connect the Ohio River with Lake Erie. The paper says Wheeling is deeply interested and ready to cooperate actively.
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Wheeling Intelligencer
Cincinnati
Pittaburg
Ohio River
Lake Erie
Ohio Valley
Wheeling
Pittsburg
Monetary Conference Opinions Split Across Papers
Editorial clippings reflect mixed views on the International Monetary Conference with mentions by the Philadelphia Record the New York World Baltimore Herald and Philadelphia Press noting era for silver policy and adjournment to May. Several papers call the talks a failure while others see limited impact and ongoing debate on silver mining profitability.
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Philadelphia Record
New York World
Baltimore Herald
International Monetary Conference
New York
Stiven
United States
Europe
Philadelphia
Turan
Chattanesga Times
Tuoves
Bufile Express
Curiosities and oddities from around the world
A wide jumble of notes reports on literacy, opium shops, intoxicants, animal deaths, gypsum finds, sewer systems, canal projects, insane asylums, and various curiosities. It notes eclipses, railways, mastodon teeth, and World’s Fair interest, with scattered statistics and historic vignettes.
Fragmented Humorous Bits from an Old Page
A mosaic of short witty items and verse excerpts shows light humor about snow, a coughing patient, money versus time, and a concert seat dilemma. Rows include parody names and casual dialogue reflecting a playful 19th century style.
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Opura
Pariz
Franca
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Crxcinnati
Allta
Durie
Brickner
Wisconsin
O'Neill
Missouri
Kansas
Charles Foster
Stevenson
Ebbitt House
Cleveland
Artington
United States Senate
Don M. Dickinson
Arlington
Dickinson
State Department
Inter- State Commerce Commission
McPherson
Secretary of the Treasury
Gov. Tillman
South Carolina
Edward O. Miler, Jr
Songsters
George T. McDonald
Monterey Street
Alezheny
Annie IL
Nellie M. McDonald
Edgar H. Martin
William Martin
Annie
Misa Nellie
Homer Stewartson
George Shaffer
M. P
Frank Sproul
Harlow
Tux Philo Club
General Miles
Lakes
TWO Heroes OF
Borglar
Brussels
Spain
British India
Durham
N.C
Morris County
Kan
Paris
Payette
Idaho
New Hampshire Insane Asylum
Custom House
St Louis
Walter Scott
Charles Dickens
Eet Ky
China
Mount Blane
Supreme Court
Mansion Hones
Aldgate
London
Bedford
Ind
Portland
Ore
Hennepin
Ottawa
Lehigh River
North Carolina
Endowe
Wasp
Morzan
New London
Conn
Iater
William
Kaiser Fraulein Berx
Chase
Berlin
Cos
Scott County
Onliee Rascy Haneka
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