From Pole to Pole the Land of the Incas Rail Plan
A new company plans a $100 million capital railway across South America linking Magdalena near the Caribbean to Peru and Argentina, with steamship connections to New Orleans. Captain H C Parsons heads the venture, aiming to shorten Lima to New York to nine days and open vast mineral wealth to the United States. The project faces vast terrain but is described as feasible with surveys and armed escort for initial exploration.
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South America
Lima
Peru
New York
United States
Wheeuixe
Pan-American Congress
Columbia Railway and Navigation Company
St Richmond
Wheeling Intelligencer
H.C. Parsons
Virginia
Sims
Come Point
Magdalena River
Caribbean Sea
Colombia
Andes
Amazon
Wouthern Point Oflorids
New Orleans
Wheare
el Parte
Parsons
Surveya
Sistas
Andes Mountains
Denver and
Rio Grande
Enewal
Mattera
la Plata
Valparsion
Liverpool
Roeland
Aerial Railway Proposal Across South America and Oceans
A visionary feature outlines an aerial railway linking Peru to the Caribbean and United States markets. It details routes through Cartagena and the Magdalena basin, cross continental links with Buenos Aires, and Peru's mineral wealth. Proponents claim nine day Lima to New York travel and note construction challenges, wind propulsion, and experimental kite systems.
Unclear Fragment Reflects Foreign Opening Tactics
The fragment discusses strategic ideas about gaining access by piercing to the center rather than the margins. It contrasts approaches by foreign nations seeking openings and hints at a broader geopolitical metaphor without concrete events or names.
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South America
Wenoa Ayres
Ting England
Pacific Coast
Stroudsburg Bride and Groom Shot After Wedding
Stroudsburg Pennsylvania reports a mad love triangle ending in gunfire as Anna Miller and her groom Rush Miller are shot while returning home from Columbia New Jersey. The rejected suitor John Snyder fled. the bride is injured but the groom is gravely wounded and unlikely to survive.
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Stroudsburg
Delaware
Anna Miller
John W. Snyder
Rush Miller
Brooklyn
Snyder
Miss Miller
Bush Miller
Columbia
N. J
Inn of
Pennsylvania
Treseca
Ant
Aak-Aterensuiet
Ares
Difficult Choice Delays Burial of Jefferson Davis in Richmond
Mrs. Jefferson Davis replies from Beauvoir House that she cannot yet decide where her husband should be buried, weighing claims from Kentucky, Louisiana, and Virginia. She asks for patience for about a year while Richmond honors him alongside General Lee and Stonewall Jackson, acknowledging the loyalty of the people and the duty of the dead.
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Ricamonp
Ellison
Jefferson Davis
Beauvoir House
Richmond
Crus
Alanis
Louisinha
Robert E. Lee
Northwest wind damages oil fields and homes
A violent northwest gale levels thousands of oil derricks across McKean and Allegheny fields. In Bradford, John Carroll's Sandford street house toppled to a hillside, with the family inside unharmed. John Evans's under-construction home was lifted and warped. Total losses are estimated to reach at least a substantial sum.
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Braprorp
McKean
Allegheny
John Carrol
Sandford Street
John Evans
Kidnapped Family Sparks County Outrage in South Carolina
Spartanburg county residents condemn a group of Tutherford County white men who crossed the state line at midnight to abduct a Black woman and her two children, ages ten and one a driver alleges the boy was tied to a wagon and the woman resisted. The incident inflames local tensions as authorities probe the kidnapping and motives.
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Prefarce
Corvummia
Spartanburg County
Tutherford County
8. C
Denver Reports Widespread Illness Reaching Mountains
December 26 Denver reports the influenza outbreak spreading through the Rocky Mountains region. The city estimates three fourths of its population affected with symptoms of the illness and concerns grow for mitigation and public health.
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Denver
Cot
Rockyountains
Eeefout
Gold treasure legend linked to Sherman raid in 1865 resurfaces
In Kershaw county near Camden a story reappears of a large pot buried by Sherman’s troops during the Civil War. Two strangers from Ohio say they seek the stash with jewels and gold valued at 100 000 to 200 000 dollars. Local watchers fear unearthing the pot and transporting it to Ohio.
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Uande
T C
County
Santh
Ary
Sherman
Thia State
Ohio
Winslow
South Carolinas
Kershaw County
Camden
Eeit
Agia
Rand
Tenkion
No Such Storm In Years Damages Memoir of Mohawk Valley
A West cyclone struck Amsterdam New York December 26 with hail and rain. Mills were unroofed chimneys blown down and telegraph wires blown down. Damage runs to thousands of dollars with houses and ice houses affected. Gloversville Florida and surrounding towns reported extensive destruction from hail the size of hickory nuts. Fort te blizeza residents note no such storm in years.
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Jspeciae
Amsterdam
N. Y
Mohawk Valley
Gloversville
Bockton
Thomas
Florida
Glovers
Train kills warned man picking along rails in December
Simeon Spohr, 60, poorly dressed and hungry, was struck by a train while collecting coal along a railroad track. He had ignored warnings to stay off the track and died a few hours later. His real estate and personal property are valued around 40,000, with the remainder going to his aged sister as he had no family.
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Simeon Spohr
Pennsylvania Railroad Earnings Rise in November 1889 report
The Pennsylvania Railroad shows higher November 1889 gross earnings by 431 946 and net earnings up 261 012 amid higher expenses. For the January–November period 1889 gross earnings rose by 2 655 185 with net gains of 1 108 323 over 1888. West of Pittsburg and Erie, 11 months show a surplus over liabilities of 671 124, vs 1 071 008 a year earlier.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pittsburg
Erie
Actress Robbed of Diamonds at Kennington Theater
Miss Bessie Taylor, leading lady in Passion Slave, was robbed of three diamond rings at the Kennington Theater in Philadelphia. A theater messenger boy Thomas Nilan was found leaving the dressing room as the theft occurred. He surrendered two rings. the mother reportedly held the third. The boy was released on hearing.
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Dispatch
Philadelphia
Bessie Taylor
Kensington Theater
An A Mals
Beli Eef
Tors
Gale and Snow Squalls Hit Pouchkee, December Gale
Snow squalls and a violent gale lashed Pouchkee on December 26 as winds roared from 5 pm onward. Roofs damaged and fences toppled while snow began to fall in the evening, with continued high winds reported.
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Diqpator
Poucheeersin, N
Petition for Territorial Government in Oklahoma
A circulating petition in Oklahoma claims 30,000 signatures and asks the Dracon of the United States to establish a territorial government in Oklahoma. The item mentions December 6 and names Gurmiz, OkLamomA in connection with the campaign.
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Gurmiz
Oklamoma
Oklahoma
United States
Crashed Wall Injures Foreman In Street Railway Yard
A morning storm toppled 100 feet of the ne street Railway barn. Foreman Charles A. Nichols was struck by debris and hurt, while workers Joseph Forkack Woods and others suffered serious injuries as they were pulled from the ruins.
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Ne Street
Charles A. Nichols
Joseph Forkack Woods
The Mohawk Valley Storm and Rainbow Aftermath
A severe wind and rainstorm swept over the Mohawk Valley on December 26 as cables and wires were toppled. In the afternoon a bussard collided with the region, causing further damage before a rainbow appeared in the sky.
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Cams
Troubles in the New Republic of Brazil Reach New York
The Sirius arrives from Rio Janeiro with quiet notes and warnings of unrest. Cablegrams report fear of disturbance in Brasilia, finance strain, and rumors of riots in Rio Grande. officials note a provisional government and commissions forming to shape the republic.
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Rio Jgueiro
Brasil
Brazil
New York
Sirius
Rio Janeiro
Fisher
Rio
Ness
Pisher
Rio Grande
United Steamship Rishmond
Charlies
Para
Prin Rio Janeiro
Epaiing
Nowa Enya
Jewel Theft Supposedly Touched Holy Family Relics
A report from a parish details the theft of jewels said to be connected to a royal or imperial collection. Investigators examine whether the jewels were mispacked or misdirected during a chaotic transition within the imperial household.
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Plae
Military Tribunal Bar Credible Mutiny Reports
A Brazilian government decree sets military tribunal trials for anyone trying to corrupt allegiance or oppose the Republic. Reports from Rio de Janeiro note the government acted after a mutiny rumor and suspended a printer’s apprentice journal on Tuesday.
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Vasaiveros
Republic
Asai
Rio Janeiro
Wolf and Panther Hunt Dominates Bear Creek Chase
A Christmas morn fox and wolf chase along Bear Creek ends with 10 foxes and 6 wolves killed and a panther killed in the bottoms. Hounds push deer toward the Mississippi as the chase extends through the night.
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Bear Creek
Si Lemberger
Basco
Mississippi River
Missouri
Many at the Morgue
White sheeted and coldly seven bodies lie in the morgue last night with five not yet identified. A drowned boy, a man said buried under an East End sand bank for three days, and others killed by rail zone, river, and shop, rest in Potter's field awaiting remeries.
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East End
Oueneare
Potter's Field
Testing the Electric Chair Machines at Sing Prison
New York reports that Sing prison committee tested electrical execution machines with Dr. Mac Donald Dr. Rockwell Dr. Landy and assistants. Tests showed dyostos far deadlier than claimed with voltages exceeding 1500 and pressures above 2000 volts at high speeds.
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New York
Sing
Carlos F. MacDonald
A. D. Rockwell
P. HB. Landy
What Becomes of Pins One Wanders Through a Man
Longtime resident J. W. Keith, aged 75, in Troy Massachusetts, retrieved a pin 11 16 inches long from his calf on Christmas morning. The pin, swallowed at age eight, had moved through his body over decades and only recently surfaced in an investigation.
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Diepaton
Honuis Troy
Mass
J. W. Keith
Water works head charged with embezzlement
E. Mr Lord, superintendent of the water works, was arrested this afternoon on a charge of embezzling 1790 dollars. The case centers on funds belonging to the water department and involves alleged misappropriation during his tenure.
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Vernon
Gale destroys structures as cyclone sweeps Canada
A powerful cyclone sweeping from New York State into Eastern Canada causes severe damage in Toronto and Montreal areas. Salvation Army barracks collapse, a church wing is demolished, and heavy winds reach extreme speeds amid rain and snow. The storm disrupts rail service and ongoing ceremonies in the region.
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Montreal
New York State
Canada
Toronto
Salvation Army
Congregational Church
Josa
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