No Truth In Him A Scheme To Blackmail Inter view With Merrill
London excited over a ball. A Boston society scandal unfolds as Miss Fanny Smith daughter of Deacon Smith denies marrying pressure from Barry W. French. She says his stories are blackmail and that she broke engagements to avoid him. Mr Merrill London's Smith Organ Co manager confirms engagement and calls French allegations false and intended to extort money.
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Duslarf Cable Company
Boston Society
Fanny Smith
Deacon Smith
Smith Organ Compan
Mr. French
Merrill
London
French
Visi
Boston
Nova Scotia
Portsmouth
Nsel
Tos
Toxtan
Mr. Merrill
Miss Smith
The Pope Prepares Letter on U S Education Reform
In Rome on February 7, reports state His Holiness has completed a lengthy study of American educational questions and is now drafting a letter outlining thoughts on church education in the United States. Arch bishop Ireland's discourse is said to have influenced the pope's considerations.
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Ireland
Rome
United States
Pope Commends Cardinal Gibbons On Ireland Discourse
The Pope approves Cardinal Gibbons' letter addressing Archbishop Ireland's discourse and bases his reply on the Cardinal's statements. The exchange reflects the Vatican's reading of the facts presented, signaling accord with Gibbons' account and conclusions.
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Cardinal Gibbons
Ireland
Covent Garden Ball Sparks Revelry and Cash Tribute Scene
A Covent Garden fancy dress ball hosted by Augustus Harris drew about 5000 attendees. Gaiety Theatre performers and other notable figures mingled as revelry peaked, with two youths confiscating a dancer’s stockings and forcing panhandled sovereigns onto a box front, prompting arrests. The event marks London's first similar spectacle in fifty years.
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Augustus Harris
Covent Garden Theater
Upper Bohemia
Irving
Terry
Langtry
Bernard Bere
Cercle de l'Harmonie
Arion
New York
Gaiety Theater
Lionel Brough
Covent Garden
London
Remarkable Fourth Ventricle Tumor Operation in New York
A wealthy Cuban patient undergoing a pioneering brain tumor removal in New York between the occipital region and skull base achieved immediate breathing and circulation relief after removing a pea sized sarcoma near the medulla. The operation, though dangerous, proceeded with the surgeon cautiously revealing the tumor’s location by bone windows and nerve landmarks.
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New Yours
Wanicke
Barry and
Bramwell
Sickling
Putnam-Jacobi
Spain
Woman Kills Father in Quiet French Town Tragedy
In Boors France on February 7, Mlle Bidonie Penaud, daughter of M. Francois Saule, entered his Villepoint home and fatally shot him after a history of marital strife and divorce. She then fired on the corpse and surrendered at the police station.
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Boors
France
Sotretcher
Villepoint
M. Francois Saule
M. Saule
Bidonie
M. Victor Penand
WM. Saule
Penaud
Hersel
Chevalier Boone Sails With Ten Performing Lions
Chevalier Daniel Boone, a Kentuckian and grand nephew of the great pioneer, sails from Loxpox on the Wyoming to America with ten performing lions. He has spent 15 years abroad in Asia and Africa hunting, capturing, and taming the king of beasts. The ten lions were all captured and tamed by him, and he received the title Chevalier from the Sultan of Turkey.
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Daniel Boone
Wyoming
America
Boone
Asia
Africa
Turkey
Growth of savings banks in New Hampshire
Ex Senator Cheney of New Hampshire, a leading industrialist and bank president, says savings banks are expanding rapidly. Deposits rose by 8 million dollars in 1890 from the prior year, totaling about 60 million today. Most banks are mutual and pay 4 percent or more on deposits. He notes abandoned farms have been bought, turning NH into a summer residence state with 5 to 7 million dollars yearly from summer boarders, and predicts continued growth as country homes spread.
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Cheney
New Hampshire
Chenery
King Kalakva and a Palace Hotel misperception
A San Francisco bellboy recalls King Kalakva, recently deceased, appearing in a blue navy dress uniform. A hotel elevator incident involving a mistaken hall porter leads a guest to unknowingly deliver a card to royalty, causing her mortification upon learning the truth.
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King Kalakva
San Francisco
Palace Hotel
Knot confusion in maritime speed units clarified
In a New York Times discussion, the knot is defined as one nautical mile per hour, not a distance measure. One knot equals about 101 feet per minute, while nautical mile length remains about 6,080 feet, debunking the phrase that a ship’s daily run equals 500 knots.
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Paris
Annie Bier Seeks Divorce After Alleged Years of Abuse
In Allegheny, Annie Bier sues for divorce from William Bier claiming years of domestic violence starting in 1889. She testifies of razor attacks, choking, threats to their child, and a pattern of assaults over groceries, alcohol, and “overtures” to a servant. William denies except for minor jests and offers palliate explanations.
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William
Annie Bier
Annie
W. J. McDonald
Hughey & Bennett
Mr. Goehring
Allegheny
Hugged Her Dentist in Etherged Fright at Detroit Office
An elderly unmarried woman invaded a Detroit dentist’s office asking to be ethered for a tooth extraction. As the ether took effect she struggled and hugged a male assistant, crying out for a man named Robert. The scene drew laughter from staff before she fled, leaving the narrator humiliated and certain the encounter haunted her youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Journal
Robert
The New Italian Cabinet Formed by Marquis di Rodini
Rome reports the Marquis di Rodini has formed the basis of the new Italian Cabinet. The appointed ministers include Di Rodini premier and foreign affairs, Signor Nicoters interior, Signor Pelloux war, Signor Branca public works, Signor Chi mirri agriculture, and Signor Luzzatti treasury. Other posts such as justice finance marine agriculture and posts and telegraphs are not yet decided.
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Rome
Marquis di Rodini
Signor Nicoters
Interior
Signor Pelloux
Signor Branca
Signor 2Chimirri
Agriculture
Signor Luzzatti
Justice
Finance
Marine
Fooling Birds and Beasts by Telegraph Buzzes
Illustrated News of the World reports woodpeckers in Java and Norway being deceived by telegraph wire buzzing. In Java, woodpeckers bore into poles believing insects lie within. in Norway bears pull at stone bases thinking bees hide beneath.
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Java
Norway
Big Calico Trust By Cable In Calico Ring
Lospex February 7 A plan to form a vast calico printing control ring gathers pledges from major houses with expectations that half of the nation’s producing capacity will join. Proposed nominal capital at least five million pounds. The scheme’s weak point is Sir John Puleston who would engineer it. he is seen as affable but lacking energy to manage such a massive venture.
Against the New Treaty Discontent Arises in Brazil
Rio Janeiro moderate papers condemn the recent commerce treaty with the United States as greatly disadvantageous to Brazil, according to reports received from Loxpox dated February 7.
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Loxpox
Rio Janeiro
United States
Brazil
Depew Autographs in Georgia Hotel Lobby
Chauncey M Depew signs his name in a Georgia hotel register after arriving in a small town. Four locals from the suburbs swoop in for autographs, prompting Depew to remark on how sign language in a Georgia bowl led to the scene.
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Nashville
Chauncey Depew
Reading Hobby Sparks Family Joke in Houston Courier
In a humorous exchange, Miss Quidnunc pesters Johnny about his reading habit. Johnny reveals he merely holds the book to appease his mother, who teases that studying will earn him a professorship while his father chops wood.
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Houston
Johnny
Light List of Sinners and Jail Doors Opened Yesterday
Percerive Steele arrested August Sauerman on larceny for stealing clothes from 242 River street. Joux Blackburn jailed by Alderman Gripp for a hearing on profane language in front of women. Charles Schade sent to jail on larceny by bailee for an overcoat and a watch from Laura Hoapbeck. Mary Murphy of Dugnesne jailed for cruelty to her 4-year-old. Henry Wiit and N. Ubert fought at South Ninth Street. Fireman Ja Seal rushed to Twenty-eight a?e stations where they were up.
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Percerive Steele
August Sauerman
River Street
Joux Blackburn
Alderman Gripp
Charles Schade
Schade
Harry Davis
Laura Hoapbeck
Mary Murphy
Dugnesne
Dean
Henry Wiit
N. Ubert
South Ninth
Strests
Ja Seal Hess
Belice
A Chinese Chesterfield and Tseng Kuo Tan Letters
The late Tseng Kuo Tan is shown to have penned letters to his son the Marquis Tseng, with admonitions on dignity perseverance and skepticism of doctors. He counsels early rising and notes his joy that his son will have a daughter-in-law, reflecting Shanghai society�s transatlantic connections.
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Tseng Kuo Tan
Tseng
Johinson
What's in a Kiss Though Barbar ians Don’t Know It
A New York Press piece discusses instinctive kissing between opposite sexes. It cites Reichenbach and his odic force theory and notes variability among tribes. The article references travel observations and hints at linguistic differences, mentioning Japanese language gaps.
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New York
Reichenbach
Sava
Chicago Time Saver Charitable Checks as Philanthropy
A Chicago real estate and loan agent dispenses fake checks for charity as a time saving ruse. He asks no questions, writes $10 to several callers, then $16 and $20 for a Sunday school excursion and a sailors' hostel. The checks are worthless, but he gains reputation and avoids personal expenditure. He claims it makes charity faster and more efficient.
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New York Sun
Chicago
Bothel
Returning Calls and Social Etiquette Among Officials
Mrs Senator Sherman recalled a call that led to a meat shop and a millinery establishment with mainly colored patrons. Cabinet ladies increasingly send cards or mail reminders, a trend some call red tape snobbery, while others favor direct replies to avoid offense to Senators wives and House members.
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Senator Sherman
House of Representatives
Congress
Stanley at Twenty Four An Early Stanley Photo Found
The St Louis Republic notes an 1866 photograph of Henry M. Stanley taken in Omaha after he lived with Mrs Fans in St Louis. Mrs Fans cared for the young reporter and kept the image, now the only known portrait of Stanley at that age, rediscovered after the Stanleys’ recent visit.
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Henry M. Stanley
St. Louis
Charles Fans
Broadway
Wash Street
Faus
West
Omaha
Stanley
Stanleys
Picture Gift Sparks Crayon Offering to Mrs Stanley
Mrs Falls, unable to visit the renowned explorer, sent a photograph to Mrs Stanley and asked for it to be returned. Stanley valued the portrait highly and refused to purchase. Falls’ 14 year old daughter, an aspiring artist, proposed making a crayon from the photograph as a gift upon their return next month.
Ochiltree Encounters Pasteur at Institute Visit
In August, Tom Ochiltree recounts to the New York Press his tour of Pasteur’s Institute with Surgeon General Hamilton. He describes kennels housing inoculated animals and wards with patients from Russia to Texas, and notes Pasteur himself at work mixing a preparation in a modest, gray-bearded, retiring manner.
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Tom Ochiltree
New York
Pasteur’s Institute
Hamilton
United States Army
Russia
Texas
Pasteur
Europe
Louis Cyr Details Strength Gain After Abstaining
Louis Cyr of Montreal, the giant, says he quit liquor and tobacco two years ago and has grown three times stronger. He reports lifting 700 pounds more in that period, consuming five or six pounds of meat daily, and eating as much as three woodchoppers. He notes he pays double board but keeps gaining strength and jokes about lifting 4,000 pounds before he finishes.
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Louis Cyr
Montreal
Rain Area Covers All States East of the Mississippi
The extensive rainstorm was centered in the Ohio Valley and spread across the eastern states. Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama and North Carolina saw about 1 inch, with high winds forecast from Hatteras to Eastport. The system originated in Texas and tracked northeast toward New York, while the Northwest faced a cold wave from British America.
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Mississippi
Dispatch
Ohio Valley
Georgia
Alabama
North Carolina
Texas
New York
Hatteras
Eastport
Wyoming
Colorado
Obie Valley
British America
Atlantic
River Falls Amid Wet Weather Slows Trade At Wharf
Wet conditions on the riverfront dampened trade as water levels dropped to nine feet and continued to fall overnight. The Congo sailed from Cincinnati yesterday with a lake-like load while the Adam Jacoba sailed upriver to Morgantown with a solid freight list. Repairs on the Joseph Nixon are proceeding quickly and are expected to cost Walton & Co. at least.
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Cincinnati
Congo
Adam Jacoba Shoe
Morgantown
Joseph Nixon
Walton & Co
Special Telegram Weather And River Summaries
Special telegrams to the OTP atch report river heights and weather across multiple locations. Allegheny Junction and surrounding rivers show rising waters with 22 feet in canal and 44 feet at lock foot. Wheeling at 15 feet stationary. St Louis river down and other rivers fluctuating with rain and cool or pleasant conditions.
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OTP
Allegueny Junction
Lovdsville
Carnp
Wheeling
MeMpais
It. Louis
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John Brooks
Port
Prench
Eneland
Freneh
Pather
Father
Mr. Frend
Dirpatcwla
Brown-Sequard
William T. Bull
Providence
Chance
Dunlaps Cable Company
Kalakva
California
Black King
New York Times
di Rodini
Calico Trust
Chauncey M. Depew
Explorer
St. Louis Republic
Ochiltree
World's Dispensary Medical Association, Proprietors
Buffalo, N. Y
Jeffreys
NEW English
HH. Barker
Market ST
Wisteen Peswskvya- Bia
CoLpeEer Pry
West Virginia
Wixps
Coldee
Prrrsacra
United States Sicnal Service
GOK
Special Weather Bulletin
J.G. Bennett & Co
Dickson
Pittsburg
Jos
Fleming & Son
Aix
JOS. Fleming & Son
Market Street
Col. Diamond
Sister City
Merchant Tailor
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