Desirability of a direct Pittsburg to the Carolinas rail link
The Dispatch reports Col. T. P. Roberts explaining the need for closer Pittsburg West Virginia transport to the seaboard via Monongahela slackwater. He urges rail connections with Chesapeake and Ohio or Norfolk and Western to reach Charleston and the Carolinas, noting low per mile costs and potential self financing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Pittsburg
T. P. Roberts
West
Monongahela
Fairmont
Charleston
Washington
Cincinnati
Mr. Roberts
Grafton
Chesapeake and Ohio
Norfolk and Western
Seaboard
Carolinas
Buffalo
Cleveland
Government Stamps for Four Hundredth Columbus Anniversary
The government will issue a 15–stamp commemorative postage series for the Columbus discovery, ready January 1 1893 and valid through that year. Stamps show portraits and scenes including Columbus, Isabel, and the Santa Maria in colors from blue to carmine with denominations from one cent to five dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
William H. Powell
Antwerp
Vanderlyn
Capitol
Washington
Santa Maria
Sante Marie
Mid-Ocean
Isabells
Brozik
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Barcelona
Randolph Rogers
Ferdinand
Boabdilla
Luigi Gregori
University of Notre Dame
South Bend
Ind
Vandyke
R. Bales
Madrid
la Rabida
EK. Maso
A. G Heaton
Jsabella
Munoz Degrain
Lentze
Providence
America
Liberty
Rise of the Napkin from Child's Toy to Dinnertime Staple
The article traces the napkin's history from its origins among children in the fifteenth century to adoption by families. It notes early etiquette, such as hanging napkins on the shoulder and on the arm, and describes French resistance and English customs of changing and perfuming napkins between courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bastan Globe
France
England
Ulster House Sale Offers Deep Seasonal Cuts
An advertisement from Smithfield and Diamond streets promotes a large sale on Ulster garments with uniform pricing 30, 25, or 80 dollars. The item is described as the most sweeping cut on seasonable garb, urging readers to read the big ad for particulars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithfield
Diamond Streets
Old oil pioneer Cam eron claims first petroleum distill in 1840s Ohio
L C Cameron a longtime oil man from Bellevue recounts early distilling of crude oil from Coalport salt wells near Pomroy Ohio in 1847 1851. He cites letters from Edward Turnbull and others supporting his claim and describes a risky test using a stove and a bellows style still. He recalls cholera and slave era travel to Kanawha. He is 74 and claims to outpace younger men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. ©. Cameron
Coalport
Pennsylvania
Judge Mellon
Sunday Dispatch
A. M. Kier
Mr. Cameron
Meigs County
Pomroy
Coalport Salt Company
Liberty Street
Ohio River
Eer
Samuel Kier
Pennock & Mitchell
Freeport
Pennock's
Samuel Wickiine
Kier
Wickline
Messrs
Pennock and Mitchell
Salt Company
Mr. Kier
Cameron
Pomoy
Auto
Forties
Horton
Pittsburg
L. C. CanEnox
Kanawhs
Bellevue
Npad
Ovide Musin Concert Shines at Old City Hall Admission
The Ovide Music Company attracted a large crowd as Eduard Scharf, Pier Dele, Miss Inez Parmater, Annie Louise Tanner Musin and Mr Musin performed a varied matinee and evening program. Musin drew encores amid warm Pittsburg reception, with Parmater praised for Oh Promise Me and Dele noted for gentleness in low tones.
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Old City Hall
Ovide Music Company
Eduard Scharf
Saint Saens
Gounod
Faust
Liszt
Pier Dele
Minnie Hauk Opera Company
Inez Parmater
Reginald de Koven
Annie Louise Tanner-Musin
Musin
Atlantic
Oyide Musin
Mia Musin
Withal
Pittsburg
Mounted Police Endurance Feats Across Australia
In Australia the mounted police earned renown for long horse rides across harsh terrain. Trooper Power allegedly traveled 766 miles in 26 days pursuing a horse thief named John Smith, often without water and with exhausted horses. Trooper Wiltshire reportedly rode 85 miles in 20 hours, while another rider covered 200 miles in four days after a comrade died of thirst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Mounted Police
Vienna
Berlin
Power
John Smith
Wiltshire
Eriduns Station
Shirley
Ex-Votos From Palos Trace Old Church Beliefs
A Palos church houses beaten silver ex-votos showing arms hands a man and a nun among others hanging over the altar. Some are said to be ancient. A visitor found a Huelva shop still making them and bought a set identical to those in the church for the University Museum.
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Palos
Huelva
Museum of the University
Columbus
Solomon and Ruben Offer Alstar Selection At $15
Generous ad promises choice of any alstar in the house with no matter marks 2 23 pa i or 20 for $15. Hurry to get best selection before others snap up. Details in big advertisement.
Moonshining Drives Tax Fight in Southern Kentucky
Glasgow correspondent reports Congressman Owen Scott aims to raise the whisky tax, sparking booming moonshining in the Kentucky Tennessee border hills. Colonel Tom Wells, a veteran revenue officer, says the plan would require a larger force and notes high profits for moonshiners. He details cheap illicit operations, the cost gap, and the dangers of enforcing the tax amid resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen Scott
Tlinois
Kentucky
Tennessee
Glasgow
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Tom Wells
Wells
Colonel Wells
Internal Revenue
Souther Hills
Secret Service
Lenee Chen
Chief of Moonshiners Joe Bowman Profile
A witness recounts Joe Bowman as the feared head of a moonshining network near the Kentucky line. He describes Bowman's elusive methods, generous streak to locals, and a past encounter where Bowman fired from a distance, wounding the narrator and a companion but sparing them, then disappeared back to his mountain stronghold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esmety
Joe Bowman
Felow
Rero
Joe
Kentucky Line
Bowman
Smple
Andy Bashford
Johnson County
Andy
Lenin
Pottery, Jewelry and Wood Crafts in Egypt Today
An Austrian report to Cairo outlines Egypt’s home industries divided into three groups: house crafts, agriculture, and factories. Pottery centers along the Nile produce Alkaraz vessels and Sir filters, while Assiout and Keneh supply finer wares. Metalwork in Chiro includes gold and silver items, with Cairo and Alexandria housing lapidaries. Woodcraft in Cairo and Alexandria features Arabian style furniture inlaid with mother of pearl. Foreign buyers dominate demand.
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Egypt
Cairo
Alexandria
Rossetta
Keneh
Chiro
Assiant
Hat Raising Etiquette From Knightly Days
The custom of lifting a hat to women began in the knightly era between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries. A knight in training sought knighthood through gentleness toward women, with each woman having a champion who would lift his helmet in her honor, evolving into a general gesture of respect to women.
Robbers in Northern China Dominate Winter Crime
The article reports widespread organized robbery across many Northern Chinese districts as a winter employment pattern. Travelers avoid the region as bands prey on locals and visitors, with families assigning a member to watch all night to deter attacks, though robbers are highly organized and capable of overpowering guardians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Sore throat cure praised as a one night remedy
A remedy praised for curing sore throat in one night and used for rheumatism. It is a popular treatment with many reports of success. The price is about 60 cents.
Oil Wells Shut Down as Cold Halts Pipelines
Oil operations statewide paused Christmas weekend with wells idle and most workers in Pittsburg to ride out the cold. Pipe lines frozen across McCurdy and Gordon sand districts slow shipments while Findlay area wells show potential from new findings. The article notes speculative theories on Ohio oil, high suction pressures, and farmers benefiting from oil wealth alongside agricultural income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Southwestern
People’s Gas Company
Wallace Farm
Dixon
Gordon Sand
Willow Grove
Pittsburg
McCurdy Field
New York Morning Advertiser
Portage Township
Hancock County
Findlay
Portageny Amega
Detroit
T Finding
Fremont
Sandusky
Norwalk
Fostoria
Tifla
Kenton
Perrysburg
Bowling Green
Amaller
Hancock
Wood
Findisy
Portage
Pennsylvania
Live Stock Prices Edge Higher as Market Opens Light
The opening sale at Central Drove Yards shows unusually light stock supply, especially cattle, with trains delayed west of Pittsburg causing fewer arrivals. Cattle prices mostly steady to weak as buyers bid on common stock while top grades sell for about $4.75 to $6.70 per hundredweight, hogs barely steady and sheep lower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Roberts
Pennsylvania
Pitteburg
West Virginia
Monongahela
Colonel Roberts
Beard's Rocks
Mr. Roberts
Fairmont
Morgantown
Mosdar
Dec
Central
Markes
William Holmes Ee Co
Lafferty Brow, & Hadden
Drum, Dyer & Co
Jonna Hesket & Co
Ee Linkworn & Co
Rowlen & Ryeg
Aesohoman
Lamba
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West Fork
West Virginias
West Virgina
Unico
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Tennesse
Alabama
Canoe
Jefferson
Berkeley
Morgan
Monroe
Monongalia
Kittansing
Austin Coking
Newburg
Baltimore and Ohio
Montana
Clarksby Tyrconnell
Mononga
Connellsville
Great Britain
Uniontown
Port Marion
Edward Turnbull
PaulRor
Couport
Obio
Se ™Onga
Gulf
Konawiha
F. B. Horton
Wywell
Messrs. C. G. Hussey E Ca
Mr. L
Kanawin Salines
Coney Furnace
Daniel Boone
Pike
Samson
Pomeroy
Eowanp Tursdall
Ovide Musin
Australian Mounted Police
Boston Herald
Solomon & Ruben
Crooked Distillers
Aneloram
Pottery Worriers
de Luxe
Jewelers’ Chronicle
East Liberty
Ayer
Daniel M’caffrey
Srokers—Financial
John M. Oakley & Co
Saneees and Brukees
New York
Cncago
Chicago
Casa
Fourth Avenue
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