Richer in Promise in Sharpsville Heart of a Prolific Valley
Special correspondent reports Sharpsville Pa as a pivotal site on the old canal and potential new ship canal. It details historic coal furnace operations, Sharon block coal use since 1845, 1858 Lake Superior ore first smelted here, and current high production from four iron furnace firms. A ship canal could boost regional industry and transport.
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Beaver Valley
Sharpsville
Erie
Benver
Shenango River
Shenango
Lake Superior
Mahoning
Erie and
Pittsburg
Snarpsville
Sharpeville
A Merchants Fiancee Elopes With a Congressman Son
A tele gram from St Joseph reports the elopement and marriage of Miss Lilly Reed a prominent Kansas City society woman and Arthur Harlett WellsvilleMo son of Congressman Harlett. The couple left Sunday evening for a longer ride and were not heard from until this morning when Lillys parents received a telephone message at Leavenworth stating they had married.
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Kansas City
St. Joseph
Lilly Reed
That City
Arthur Harlett
Wellsville
Harlett
Leavenworth
Ak Dry Goods
Rescue Efforts After Albatross Boat Incident
A boat carrying eight sailors and a newsboy departed Mare Island for Vallejo under dark skies and strong tide. Five men were rescued while John Enright and the wounded boy died amid wreckage and confusion.
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Vallejo
Cal
United States Fish Commission
Albatross
Newsboy
Mare Island Navy Yard
Sean Brates
John Enright
Lee
Uae
Accident at Opera House Sparks Panic During Performance
Report from Maparip describes an electric light machinery malfunction causing a fire scare and a theater panic. The Queen Regent and the Infanta Isabel were among the last to exit as chaos unfolded and actors struggled to resume.
Real Riots at Rio Brazil Reports Confirmed
Telegrams from Montevideo report disorders and riots in Brazil. They say the Brazilian government’s position is critical.
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Braz
Ebuvenos Ayres
Montevideo
Brazil
The Choice of Senator Quay
Washington Pa December 24 F F Acheson says Senator Quay favors appointing W H Under after return from Washington.
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Senator Quay
Washington, Pa
F. F. Acheson
Washington
W. H. Under
A Censer of Myserious Disappearance
Kassas Crry reports a mysterious disappearance dated December 24 with Walter noted in the account.
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Kassas Crry
Walter
Cabinet Ladies Angry Over New Year’s Day Precedence
Washington December 24. Chief women of Cabinet wives protest Mrs McKee receiving first place in the New Year’s Day receiving line. Debate recalls Miss Katharine Bayard and Miss Anna Bayard precedents. Wives of Justices and lawmakers also grumble at new etiquette shift.
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WashiseTox
Tracy
Noble
Miller
Rusk
Starrison
McKee
Aks
Mr. McKee
Cleveland
Katharine Bayard
White House
Bayard
Anna Bayard
Hart
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Congress
United States Supreme Court
Madame Bonnemain Inherits Fortune For Boulanger Cause
Madame Bonnemain, a fervent Boulanger supporter, inherits 1.5009 million dollars and plans to devote the bulk of the fortune to General Boulanger. The tale appears in Great Luce with December 24 dating.
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Boulanger
Great Luce
Pats
Madame Bonnemain
General Boulanger
Millionaire Miner Tries Salt Mine Scheme and Farm Hustle
W H Smith a millionaire mine operator claimed two days work at 130 dollars daily from the York Livingstone salt mine. He then posed as a hidden buyer to strike a price with farmer S H Gray for a 400 acre salt rich farm, offering 80 000 dollars and 10 000 in hand. Gray’s price jumped to 200 dollars per acre as an officer denied any sale. The company investigated and identified Smith as the alleged buyer, with no payment for the two days worked. Smith is Pennsylvanian and invested in coal gas and oil lands.
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Thersby
Canabaroua
W. H. Smith
Eeteol Sait Company
York
Livingstone County
Smith
8. H. Gray
Gray
Beteof Mining Company
Betsof Company
Pennsy
New York
Rubber Price Rally Amid Brazilian Rubber Export Hike
Cable from New York reports Charles R. Flint noting Brazil’s provisional concession on rubber exports, a 54 cent exchange decline, and a 5 percent rise in rubber prices. Para receipts drop 40 percent since Dec 1, with 75 tons on sale and stockbuilding amid market strength.
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New York
Charles R. Flint
Compania Mercantil
Brasil
Tex
Flint
Para
Fa. Sa Ae
Burning corn for fuel in Northwestern Kansas
A state official returning from a tour of Northwestern Kansas reports thousands of bushels of corn burned for fuel as prices drop below 65 cents and coal sells for 26 to 35 cents per bushel. The corn crop is described as immense with storage piled in major counties and rail transport strained.
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Kansas
St. Torna
Kan
Kenens
Ceeeee
India Wharf Rats scandal shocks Boston bluebloods
A Boston telegram reports that a pampered set of 19th century elites formed a club named the India Wharf Rats in 1886. Members, led by Sigourney Butler and William Eustis Russell, dressed in white linen caps and aprons, cooked and gambled in a loft on India Wharf, while wives and bachelors were bound by strict rituals.
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Dispatch Boston
Boston
India Wharf
Tony Somerset
Rats Club
William Eustis Russell
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Sigourney Butler
John T. Wheelright
Bach
A. W. Longfellow
John T. Wrbestrin
Francia Peabody
William F. Weld
William Farnsworth
F. W. Thayer
Charless. Bird
C. A. Longfellow
William J. Dale, Jr
Memsra
W. E. Russell
Samuel D. Warren, Jr
William D. Howells
Eliot
Noted Iron and Steel Executive Accused of Theft and Insolvency
New York report states John Williams, secretary of the Ramel-Conley Iron and Steel Co and representative of United States Sealed Postal Card Co, has been absent for three weeks and is believed in an insane asylum. Edmond Huerstel obtained a $4000 attachment against Williams for misappropriated funds after allegedly falsifying company checks and gambling away assets.
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Bamel-Coaley Tee As. Money and Steel Company
Wilfelly
Williams
Huerstel
Iom Fn
Sandry
Views of an Infidel on Christmas Pagan Origins and Holiday Spirit
An outspoken piece argues Christmas predates Christianity, tracing sun worship across ancient Egypt Greece and Rome. It claims Christians adopted the festival to rest, gift giving, and social renewal, asserting the holiday’s enduring human appeal and universality.
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prePator
New York
Wey
Dionel Robert G Lnnerenil
Hin Pen
Three of a Family Die in Railroad Tragedy
Three persons lost their lives in a railroad accident near Wiiserre December 24. The victims were J. D. Revell his wife and child. The crash occurred when the locomotive struck their wagon as they traveled along the line.
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Wiiserre, Inc
J. D. Revell
Wily Sacha
Influenzalike Illness Sweeps Russia Says Anza
Anza reports to the State Department on the widespread illness termed influenza with typhoid features in Russia. He notes mid November public concern, headlines, fever and severe pains, two week recovery in most cases, and that over 40,000 cases are medically authenticated though only a portion of sufferers are counted. Emperors and imperial family affected, Siberia hit, warmer weather blamed by some.
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State Department
Russia
Fant
Anya
Siberia
St. Petersburg
Brash Electric Company Wins Suit Over Double Carbon Lamp
In Indianapolis on December 24 Judge Gresham sustains the Brash Electric Company patent against Fort Wayne Electric Company. The Cleveland firm claimed infringement of the Brush double carbon lamp patent, arguing its claims were too broad but the ruling upheld the patent.
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Spianapolis
Gresham Today
Brash Electric Company
Cleveland
Fort Wayne Electric Company
Herover
Ie Lade
Gas Trust Wins Bid for St. Louis Plant at $4 Million
The St. Louis gas plant and its licenses were sold to the Laclede Gas Light Company for 4 million dollars. President Emerson McMillen secured the purchase on the first bid, with $100,000 certified funds, ratified by President William Thompson of the eighth Louisiana Gas Light Company.
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Lacreds Gas Light Company
Mleook
Second
Convent
Pone
Reed Se Ae & Co
Laclede A Aay Company
Emerson McMillen
Laclede Conny
William Thompson
Louia
McMillen
Laclede Gas Company
Sadh Laclede Company
Gas Trust
Troublesome suits settled in Parsee merchant’s fortune case
New York December 24 A settlement ends litigation over the estate of Parsee merchant Romaniel Byramjee Colah. Surrogate Ransom allows the administrator to settle actions against Nathaniel Jarvis Jr trustee for $65,000. Earlier funds of about $190,000 were placed with Jarvis after the estate went into receivership. The case centered on relieving Jarvis from payment obligations amid disputed custody and control of remaining assets.
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Spectal Telegham
New York
Nathaniel Jarvis, Jr
Romaniel Byramjee Colah
Jarvis
Ao Ore
Ap Se Court of Common
Beck Maining
Jive
Metropolitan Stock Exchange Shuttered Amid Buck et Shop Swindle
The Metropolitan Stock Exchange, a bucket shop, was closed after it was revealed grain quotations claimed as Alexandria, Virginia data were sent from a wire over a boiler. Proprietor Russell Colgrove and his assistant Taylor were jailed in $500 bonds each for swindling the public amid a brisk fake quotes operation.
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Philadelphia
Metropolitan Stock Exchange
Alexandria
Russel Colgrove
Taylor
Boston Pastor Divorced After Long Separation
The Rev. William K. Campbell, pastor of Highland Church in Boston, has secured a divorce from his wife Minnie Scott after a prolonged separation. Local officials confirm the decree was finalized in Boston on December 24.
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William BR. Campbell
Mnipactal
TWE Pigratoe
Boston
William KE. Campbell
The
Highland Church
Minnie Scott
Germany to send iron-clad to protect Rio Grande colonists
The Daily News reports Germany will add an iron-clad steamer to Brasil to guard German colonists along the Rio Grande, signaling heightened imperial protection.
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Newa
Germany
Brasil
Rio Grande
Knappe to Return as German Consul in Samoa
Besir December 21. As soon as the Samoan question is finally settled Knappe will resume his position as German Consul.
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Besir
Knappe
Death of prominent geologist Dr Ashburner shocks Pittsburgh
Dr A Ashburn, renowned geologist and longtime United States survey official, died unexpectedly at his home 383 South Hiland Avenue after a brief illness. His career spanned the Civil War era to modern mining, with key work on coal fields and regional surveys.
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A. Ashburn
South Hiland Avenue
Ashburner
Mace
Rae
University of Pennsylvania
Coottaien
Pennsylvania
Poe P. Leslie
R. Burner
United States Service
Curveys
Mifflin
Juniata
Eens
Elk, Foret
Cameron
Angoen
United
Europe
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