Canal projects through ages show canal value and costs
Pittsburg edition notes a featured article on a great canal from the lakes to the Ohio. It recalls Darius and De Lessepts eras and cites the Suez Canal’s payback as proof that such engineering boosts commerce, despite high initial costs. It mentions the Erie ship canal and the appeal of large-scale waterways.
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Lakes
Ohio
Darius
de Legseps
Nota
Pittsburg
England
Holland
France
India
Disraeli
Ice prices rise as summer heat bites
The article warns of an imminent ice famine as warm weather persists. It notes an ice monopoly expects to install two machines costing 75000 dollars to meet demand, with potential uselessness if seasons return to normal, leaving the public to pay high prices for ice next summer.
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Ios
Tce
Mr Mathews Mistake and New York Dramatic Criticism
The article discusses Brander Mathews reviewing the clash between dramatic authors and theatrical critics in the New York Dramatic Mirror. It defends American drama, cites critics who praise native works, and notes Mathews’ temperate stance while acknowledging praise for works by Howard Belasco De Mille and Mathews herself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brander Mathews
New York Dramatic Mirror
Mathews
Dion Boucicault
Tyro
Boucicault
Pernimens
Trie
New York City
New York
Messrs
Bronson Howard
David D. Lierd
David Belasco
Sidney Rosenfeld
BH. C. DeMille
Henry Guy Carleton
Edward BE. Midder
Messra Brander Mathews
George H. Jeugp
Grams
Race tensions flare as killings rise in the South
The writer denounces mob violence against Black people and criticizes calls for federal aid to remove Black populations. He warns the South could face renewed race conflicts if white and Black relations worsen, noting congressional debate on election laws and a possible reopening of the race problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
South
Eggnog Etiquette and a Montana Editor’s Alleged Drink
The Helena Montana Journal is criticized for publishing an editor’s private indulgence in eggnog supplied by Billy Lynch. The letter questions Mr Russell B Harrison’s connections and suggests the exposure could embarrass his father the president. It argues the issue is exploitation of a young editor’s drink and remarks on public officials' temptations.
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Russell B. Harrison
Helena Mont
Helena Journal
Billy Lynch
Merchante’ Hotel
Par
United States
Wintsor
Albert Edward
Markis
Montana
Harrison
Prince of Darkness
Debate Over Payne and Brice Compared in Ohio Senate Race
Akron Beacon disputesa claims from Tux Disraton that Republican journals in Ohio compare Senator Payne to Calvin Brice to boost Payne. The Cleveland Leader cites Payne as a longtime Democratic activist in Ohio and notes his gubernatorial run and 49 years as a Democratic worker before seeking the U S Senate.
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Akron Beacon
Tux
Oulo
Payne
Calvin Brice
Cleveland
Senate
Ohio
H. 8
United States Senate
Mrs James Knows-Porter Sets Off to Australia
The note reports Mrs James Knows-Porter’s planned voyage to Australia and its potential impact on U S relations with British colonies. The item reads as a brief social note in a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper style.
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James Knows-Porter
Australia
U. States
Allegheny Contention Delays Rapid Transit Service
Prolonged conflict between Councils and Manchester line managers blocks Allegheny City rapid transit in at least one direction. The dispute leaves Allegheny City bearing the burden while other contestants’ positions remain unclear. Also noted are blooming prune trees in parts of New Jersey and a peaches crop destruction expected earlier than usual.
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Allegheny
Manchester
Allegheny City
New Jersey
New York Chinese Actors Decry Distress in Street Attire
A garbled passage suggests Chinese actors in New York protest staying in ordinary clothes on the street. The text mentions Celestials and a starved common citizen, but the meaning is unclear and fragmented.
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New York
Summer Weather Adds Few Varieties as Today’s Hurricane Passes
A brief note reports minor tropical activity yesterday with two tropical systems failing to disrupt a calm summer pattern. The forecast remains steady with delivery for July 4 unaffected.
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Bnow
Allegheny Valley Railroad to Build Freight Station on Pike Street
Tex Allegheny Valley Railroad prospers with plans for a new freight station on Pike Street. Mr McCargo's management is linked with progress and improvement. Jay Govan is described as a bold, unreserved figure. The nation appears not to expect midgame delays this time.
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Tex Allegheny Valley Railroad
Pike Street
President Harrison and the Pig Incident At Hand
The text reports President Harrison killing a pig and urges politicians who favor spoils to delay petitions until the owner is settled. It mentions Ishtvenza approaching the community and describes the situation as an unpleasant development with a surrounding threat.
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Handison
Peanuts Said by Doctor Boost Brain Work
A Philadelphia doctor argues peanuts may aid brain function. The claim highlights the potential cognitive benefits of peanut consumption amid ongoing nutrition debates in health circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Poker Night at a Cincinnati Hotel
Six prominent gentlemen gathered at a leading hotel for a poker game with a small ante and a fixed limit. Names include a doctor, a cigar dealer, and a wholesale merchant. Hands progressed to four nines, aces and king, and four queens as players drew cards and the pot grew over 300 dollars.
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Cain
San Saeed Ain
Cates
Doctor
Ates
Resolutions and routines for a fresh year in Boston
A brief glance at beginning anew urges readers to set practical goals for personal discipline. The piece emphasizes small steady steps, avoiding overcommitment, and focusing on sustainable changes to daily habits.
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The
Boston Globe
Isa da
Mammoth 20 Page Dispatch Highlights Global News
A condensed summary of the 20 Page Dispatch issue notes a vast readership and a wide array of items. Mentions Portugal and Parnell, England political matters, German anti socialist agitation, a Brooklyn murder, a fatal railroad wreck in West Virginia, and a major Dallas foundry accident. Also references political nominations, convict labor questions, and humane society complaints. The edition includes sporting reviews, literary notes, theater and music anecdotes, and holiday features with numerous named writers and contributors.
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Oporto
Tue
Drs- Patch
Leudon E O'Shea
Parnell
Portugal
En- Sonu Tebnes
England
Blaine
Prince Bismarck
German Empire
Jay Gould
Mra Brooks
Brooklyn
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Harry McCormick
Dauphin County
Pannsylvania
Dallas
Mercer
Humane Society
United States
Harrah
Quesno
Wormeer Sena
Liquor Smuggling Case Shocks Haverhill City
A warrant is sworn against Ferdinand Dupries of Haverhill on charges of smuggling Geneva gin from bales. Customs Inspector J E Morrissellist alleges the act involved trips to Canada and the goods were moved by night, with Dupries tied to a local firm. The city questions the affair as details unfold.
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Bostror
Haverhill
Customs House
J. E. Morrisselvist
Ferdinand Dupries
Hae
Canada
Ferdinand Duprus
Geneva
Request for New Year Gift From Mrs Washington to Mrs Harrison
A cryptic letter from Mrs. George Washington to Mrs. Benjamie Harrison seeks a New Year gift. The missive, found in the South Sun, expresses strong desire for a present and mentions Washington City and past acquaintances, though much of the text is garbled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamie Harrison
Eran Rosanmel Givine
Weather Prophecy Warns of January Wetness
A weather prophecy predicts until January Sth, rains will extend into spring clothing time. The unreadable note suggests storms may delay planting and require residents to prepare for prolonged wet conditions.
In Her Normal Condition Prom Baltimore American
The fragment notes a woman's health status as returning to normal after disturbance. It hints at personal affairs unsettled and comments on peace of mind without detailing specific events or names.
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Prom
Baltimore American
Hlasytl Ie
Hlaytl
Hayth
Notable Figures From A Roundup Of Prominence
A gallery of profiles notes Mrs Lavennons a tall lecturer with iron gray hair and presence. sculptor Feeven making a Louisa May Alcott statue. Uncle Remus author Jom Ceandier Harris was a Georgia typesetter before writing. ex Emperor Dom Pedro de Arcantara active with the Paris Academy. Phillips, late Arthur’s private secretary, a Washington resident and clubman. Prof Dana of Yale sought rare botanical and geological specimens. Cardinal Newman, a lifelong worker now less active, still early to rise daily.
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Tre
Brazil
Paris Academy of Sciences
Dom Pedro de Arcantara
Academy
Rio Janeiro
Ecientiats
Me. Phillips
Arthbur
Washington
Metropolitan Club
Dana
Yale
Cardinal Newman
Critical Guide to Law Tales and The Worlds Workers Volumes
The critic surveys judge Tourgee's law tales with advice on stories of forgery mines and mysteries and notes further reviews of Roe's Alice and Roe's popular works. It summaries Manx fables and Italian satire, and comments on Arnold the Rugby schoolmaster and other biographical volumes in a broad literary digest.
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Gauge
J. B. Lippindots
Judge Tourgee
Dodd, Mond & Co
J. R. Waldin
BP. Roe
Roe
Lippincott
Matthew Arnold
Hoa
Harriers
Marius
BE. P. Roo
George Meredith
Rod
Tenants of Ousta Rica Hut in a Picaresque Tale
A narrator describes a perilous stay in a tropical hut in Central America. He details deadly insects, bats, alligators, mosquitoes, and invertebrate horrors as he endures heat and storms while maintaining a naturalist’s wary fascination. Legendary illness and jungle dangers frame the uneasy lodging tale.
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Longmat
Dera
Arctic Circle
Aneta Rica
In a Highland Schoolroom Master MacTagwart’s Methods
A Highland school scene recounts a rough first day at the Glen Bue school. The master, absorbed in repairs, uses a leather instrument on unruly calves while pupils crowd a semicircle. The event leaves some pupils relieved, others fearful, and a general tense mood.
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Pan Mending
Glen Bue
Yellow Valley
Imueiars
Prnanan
Gram Ag
Leathern Soustam
Dar Niie
Stepa
Ely
Two Brothers Meet After Decades of Separated Lives
John and William Reilly, lifelong strangers, learned they are brothers in Newland New York. John, who left Ireland with parents twenty four years ago, traced kin through a friend and found William living in Newburg. Their father died soon after emigrants came to the United States, and the brothers, now reunited, also learned of two half sisters.
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Newland
John
William
America
Old Country
Providence
Newburg
Fort Montgomery
Ble Sory
William Baldy
United States
Chinese Evolution Theory from Popular Science Monthly
Excerpt sketches a mythic view of Earth as a divine body. Rocks form bones while soil, metals, and atmospheric forces represent nerves, veins, and respiration. Mountains rise, seas flood, then life emerges from vermin to insects, birds, and eventually humans through a long sequence of transformations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular Science Monthly
Buried Youth Dies From Ill-Fitting Glasses
Albert H. Connaway, 11, died Christmas Day in Riverview Cemetery after wearing eyeglasses with wrong lenses prescribed in this city six weeks earlier. Doctors say the improper lenses caused the fatal meningitis complication. An item from the Philadelphia Times notes John D. Rockefeller’s estimated fortune of 1 million dollars and his inability to finish a Christmas turkey.
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Wiuwsrmerer
Der
Albert H. Connaway
Riverview
Philadelphia Times
John D. Rockefeller
Deaths of a Day Mrs Robert Tyler
MonTeOURLY ALA December 2 Mr Robert Tyler died in this city around eight o'clock Mrs Tyler was the wife of the tragedian Thomas Cooper and Mary Irie a Galubrated toe 1840 created the iage Sige as George W Lawin Bowrox December 2 Georgia W Sawliyan a tractor oF smellewation at Harvard Coltegn na nest by Mauachasetie ee REE Saae
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Robert Tyler
Monteourly
Ala
Robert ‘Pyler
Thoraine
Tyler
Omer
Thomas Cooper
Mary
George W. Lawin
Bowrox
Gieorga W. Sawliyan
Uarvard Coltegn
Mauachasetie Ee Ree Saae
Sun and planets guide from Greek myth to 1890 eclipse details
The article blends myth with science noting Helios and Sol as sun gods, then shifts to astronomical predictions for 1890 including solar eclipses, planet positions, and visibility across continents. It mentions Mercury Venus Uranus Neptune and lunar phases, with dates and sky positions, and ends with a Pittsburg note about nurses caring for a World’s Fair project supporter.
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Helios
Sol
Australia
Indian and
Antarctic
Oceana
Uranus
Virgo
Spica
Alpha Virginia
Neptune
Meridan
Taurus
Pleiades
Lana
Pittsburg
Wasted Moments Verses Echo Lost Honors
A fragmented poetic reflection laments wasted moments and faded honors, recalling a hoary head surrounded by remembered deeds. The speaker notes that past boasts and uprooted achievements amount to little, as time dissolves glory into memory.
Make the Tramp Problem the Single Tax Question
Letter from JoHNNETOWN argues the tramp issue links to vagrancy laws and high taxes. The writer claims a single tax would remove incentives for begging and crime and reduce forced labor by tramps, urging reform while noting local impracticalities.
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Dispatch
Elsc
Johnnetown
Constitutional Powers on Adjournment and Extraordinary Sessions
The document notes the President can convene Congress on extraordinary occasions and may adjourn both houses if they disagree on adjournment timing. It references the First Congress meeting March 4, 1789 and mentions historical examples of sessions and prorogues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
United States
Country Roads reform urged by Ritter supporters
A reader from INPRARA urges The Drepsten’s Ritter to push country road reform through the State Legislature. The letter criticizes sporadic press coverage and advocates thorough highway management improvements, noting the public interest and urging sustained effort before the issue subsides.
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Miles
Inprara
Voter Eligibility for Non Citizens Sparks Debate
Letters to the editor discuss whether foreigners who have declared their intention to naturalize may vote in state and national elections. Replies list states permitting such voters and weigh citizenship timelines. The Monte Carlo inquiry explains its location in Monaco near Nice, noting Monaco’s size and status separate from France.
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Hewnyr
Kansas
Tatoo
Monte Carte
Tha Dispaten
Monte Carlo
T. P. D. McKexeroft
Monaco
France
Nice
Europe
Governor Preferences Stir Harrisburg Dispatch
A Philadelphia Record item notes a prominent state figure discussing support for candidates in the gubernatorial race. The dialogue hints at factional loyalties and mentions a respondent aligned with Dalamater, with references to Cooper and Quay amid campaign chatter.
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Harrisburg Dispatch
Philadelphia
Quay
Cooper
Peg
Dalamater
President's Physician A Profitable White House Tale
A curious Philadelphia item reports the president’s physician Dr. Sowers, rarely summoned, living in Washington. One White House call supposedly led to a fortune for the doctor, now earning about 25,000 pounds a year, with the physician described as possibly in receipt of a steady income.
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Washington
Frank
Carpenter
B. P. Shillaker
Partington
Willie Kenyon
Hrenan
Robert Buchanan
Henry
Mme
Henry Hall
London
Ebers
Joshua
Dr. Talmage
Marian White
Violet Island
Ernest H. Heinrichs
Edward Wakefield
Max O’rell
Clara Bélle
Shirley Dare
George Hodges
F. 8. Bassett
Gerald E. Pianigan
James C. Purdy
Mandows
Mrs. Grundy, Jr
Dr. Jackson
Bessie Bramble
Philadelphia
White House
Sowers
Dardeston
How to Make Men Temperate From the Norristown Hazard
The Treasury Department rules that a cask used to import liquor cannot be used again to export domestic liquor. If the department would decide that a man case filled with liquor could not be reused, the problem would be nearly solved.
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Norristown
Treasury Department
Timid Bride of 80 Years Reported in Decade-Old Union
A cryptic note from Lavnet, Dew dated December 2 hints at Mary Simpers, recently wed to Goldsborough, described as a timid bride in a long-running marriage. The telegram references a youth’s role and a dimmed light context, suggesting a dispute or secrecy surrounding the wedding.
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Vimpatch
Lavnet
Dew
Goldsborough
Mary Simpers
Kate Pieid Seeks Public Figure Standards
The Chicago Tribune notes Kate Pieid favors establishing a standard of deportment for public men. She cautions against forming quick judgments of public officials based on specimens seen in Congress.
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Beat Speciaens
The
Chicago Tribune
Kate Pieid
Kate
Abe
Congresa
Feud Healed by Wedding Amid Kentucky Gossip
In a colorful 19th century style dispatch the Kentucky feud is reported to have ended through marriage. The item notes rumor and social intrigue surrounding prominent families and actresses, with various papers echoing the playful chatter of weddings and reputations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Your Morning Journal
Dennis
Curious Condescensions and Odd Local Tales
A montage of oddities from Manheim Pennsylvania to Maine and Connecticut. Reports include a three foot celery growth, a horse thief with a map, a federal officer named Wilson, a man claiming innocence via his mother’s carpentry, and a Bangor horn collection. Also notes on a city creek accident, a female Connecticut pharmacist, deer legends on Waldan’s Ridge, and a jail case in Eau Claire for a man who wore a clean shirt on Christmas morning. Local curiosities and unusual incidents paint a broad, loosely connected panorama.
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Manheim
Canten
New York
John Jaca
Waldan’s
Ami
Joseph Dormer
Eau Claire
Wis
Dormer
Casrestea
Fair- Lethario
Oiess
Mandy Ances
Humorous Odds and Ends From a Dim Little Paper
An assortment of cartoon captions and jokes from a late era periodical. Puns about debt and marriage appear alongside clippings on sports and a crutch firm pitch. Some lines reference daily life and social quirks with playful misprints and humorous misunderstandings.
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Gh Dispatch
Postady Free IX Treasite
Deraron
Liverarcs
Derraton
Ice
MR. Mathews
Jay Govan
Cincinnati Enquirer
Timm de Patch
George Washington
Critic's Review
Lee & Shepard
J.B. Wolding Co
Harmiasa
Nacediary Cat
Bigoor Mantegasti
Dr. Arnold
Rugby
Cassell & Co
BR. Weldin & Co
Rote E. Seife
Stanley and Hughes
Arnold
Bhusband
Father
Ols Tor
Walter
Dodd, Mead &Co
B. Watts & Co
Isle of Man
George Pennington
Ion Grodt
Pennington
Helis
Tito
D Able
Doan Fland
Barr Haw
Picasa
Bef
Shia Mes
Saint-Lonte
Mra. Barr
Payen
Wilhelm Hauil
Broenen
J. B
Seagsant
Lady Rose
Roland
Tha i
Emmanuel
Dodd, Monad & Co
EB. Watts & Co
Han
Toko
William Reilly
Willieglass
Bis Solar Majesty
Mercury
Sean Sly
Capricornus
Venus
Chicago News
Congressman Flower
Chauncey Depew
Etobagd
Mortiarch
Tia
Drepsten
Uollateraliard
TRE Presidents
Dr. Sowers
New Youre
Wellesley
Boston Courier
Curcaco Times
Pittston
Ripperton
Hanover
Oxford County
Maine
Molloy
Central Pacific Railroad
Winnemures
Mr. Molloy
Doc Evana
Hear Girdley
Cal
Bangor
Wiisney Ridge
Samaaret
City
Connecticut
Mins
Eleanor Bird
Waterbury
Subo
Als
Callender
Isan Ee
Esrhers
United
Niantic
Elen L. Wilson
Kera Wilson
Seatentionas Town
Forea
Misa Bird
New Haven
Comic Callinga
Duke of Marlborough
Bobbie
Harper's
Lockahead
Donothing
Slammer
Fortanata
Ander
Bneeas
Sadie
Dolley
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