Mars structures and Chinese labor woes in Shaler report
A December review by Profr N. S. Shaler surveys Mars geography with Chiaparelli's lines and doubled features, notes Mars climate mild winters and cloudless skies, and discusses volcanic hints on the moon, rabies timing, tuberculosis cures, and new mining explosives including bellite. It highlights China as a growing mineral field, population expansion, and future Western contact, then examines underground mining progress and safety, praising nitro glycerine based detonators.
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Rof. C. A. Young
Popular Science News
Boston Journal of Chemistry
Mars
Earth
Chiaparelli
Milan
Chiaparellis
Perrotin
Nice
Great Lick Observatory
Mare Hes
Equator
China
Carl Lamm
England
Record of chief baggage smasher at Union depot 1868
The record notes pieces handled on the Pennsylvania road 312 735. Panhandle 136 119. Cleveland and Pittsburg 26 546. Erie and Pittsburg 16 567. Allegheny Valley 31 119. Pittsburg Virginia and Charleston 12 597. Total pieces on all roads 667 534 versus 664 731 last year.
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Union Depot
Pennsylvania
Panhandle
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Erie
Allegeny Valley
Virginia
Charleston
Women and temperance influence in Pennsylvania elections
The Women's Christian Temperance Union of Pennsylvania plans active spring campaigning. By state law women can serve on school boards, and the group seeks to place women on the board to introduce temperance physiology books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Christian Temperance Tnion
Pennsylvania
Grand jury returns on oleomargarine case
The Friday grand jury indicted H. B. Rea W. J. Caskey and Charles Keally for selling oleomargarine or bogus butter. The commission men were charged with misdemeanor in violation of state law.
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H. B. Rea
W. J. Caskey
Charles Keally
Sre Commission
Fight Over Fire Limits Persists Between Eichley and Coates
Inspector Frank defended Eichley in the dispute over fire limits. He contended Eichley was right and demonstrated his view to his own satisfaction, while Chief Coates maintained the opposing position in the ongoing clash.
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Mr. Eichley
Unity branch road contract awarded to J E Gainer
The contract to build the Unity branch of the Pennsylvania road was let to J E Gainer of Pottstown last week. The road will extend from Latrobe to Lippincott where Hostetter’s coke plant is located.
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Unity
J. E. Gainner
Pottstown
Latrobe
Lippincott
Hostetter
In Need of More Coaches for Lake Erie Line
General Passenger Agent A E Clark said the Lake Erie line needs six more coaches and two baggage cars. He will submit his estimate at the annual meeting.
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A. E. Clark
Lake Erie
St Augustine: old town, new wealth, and grand hotels rise
The piece extols St Augustine as both oldest and newest in the Union, noting Yankee capital transforming the city into a center of progress. It highlights Moorish hotels like the Ponce de Leon Alcazar and San Cordova, the Villa Lorayda, lavish outfits, and race toward tourism amid memorials to Dade and Seminole history, concluding with patriotic pride in the unique city.
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ST. Augustine
Cleveland
Florida
Bngels
Aurora
Ponce de Leon
Alcazar
San Cordova
L Lorayda
King of Architects
Franklin W. Smith
Spain
Tangiers
Algiers
Jacksonville
Yellow Jack
Jangro
Niagara
America
St. Auguestine
New Jerusalem
New York
Augustine
Oie 4
Old Fort Marion
Matanzas
Anastasia Island
Fort Marion
Dade
United States
Carter
Boston
St Augustine
Menendez
Columbia
M. M
A Message From the Sea A Hawk Carries a Note 1888
A dead chicken hawk was found on Cape Canaveral beach with a percussion cap message tied to its neck. The note, dated Oct 10, 1888, from Captain John Cain Jr of the schooner Gov Hall off Frying Pan Lightship, describes ship position and wind. The Gov Hall, loading coal for Matanzas Cuba, released the bird after a dramatic capture and note exchange.
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Philadelphia
Cape Canaveral
Florida
Gov. Hall
John Cain, Jr
Linden Street
Camden
N. J
Governor Hall
Greenwich Point
Matanzas
Cuba
Cain
What is an orphan What is an orphan Harper's Magazine
A teacher asks the class to define an orphan and nobody knows. The teacher volunteers I am an orphan and a student quips that an orphan is a woman who wants to marry but cannot. The snippet then shifts to literary references noting Herder Lessing Goethe and Schiller as flourishing figures.
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Harper's Magazine
Man Receives Threat Letters Over Reform Demands
Brown a former Black Diamond Steel Works employee is badly frightened by letters threatening him and his wife with bodily harm if he does not reform. Police have been notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Black Diamond Steel Works
R. Chadebourn
Senator Newmeyer Defends Tax Lien Bill
Senator Newmeyer argues the municipal tax lien bill protects individuals by granting the same indefinite lien rights as the city and permitting continued lien maintenance by private owners. He contends the measure safeguards property interests and aligns citizen remedies with municipal powers.
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Newmeyer
Honolulu reception for baseball players on Alameda voyage
On November 26, 1888, the Alameda arrived in Honolulu after a seven day voyage. Crowds cheered the American baseball players, leis were placed on them, and a royal reception followed with a palace visit to King Kalakaua. The event stirred political tones as baseball fans debated its influence on Hawaiian politics and the ruling party, while Spalding faced a delicate decision about whether to play under local laws and royal endorsement.
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Garret P. Serviss
Herschel
M. Galtier
Paris
M. Haller
Dettweiler
Falkenstein Sanatorium
Dence
Alameda
Honolulu
America
Spalding
Mr. Spalding
Kalakaua
United States
Plate
Frank Lincoln
Royal Military Band
Fragmentary inscription on blood flow carving noted
Respectfully inscribed text references war, a gauge of emotion, and a decorative carved motif with leaves and branches. The fragment mentions a blood artery conveying from neck to head and an inscription for Q. Bebs.
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Q. Bebs
Spee
Gospel Temperance Meeting Tonight at University Hall
The Gospel Temperance Union No 1 meets at University Hall Sixth Street this evening starting 7 30. W OC Cooke will preside and give the main address, with other union members offering talks. A song service begins at 7 o’clock, half an hour before the opening.
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Gospel Temperance Union No. 1
University Hall
Sixth Street
W. OC. Cooke
Mny
Baltimore and Ohio Introduces 15 Day Stop-Over Checks
The Baltimore and Ohio starts issuing stop-over checks on January 1 for first class unlimited tickets. Checks are valid for 15 days and permit passengers to stop at any station. The railroad announces its first winter excursion to Washington on the 17th.
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Washington City
Pittsburgh
Pullman
Congress
Ol Point Comfort
E. Smith
Eid Avenue
Wood Street
Pittsburg
Baltimore and Ohio
Washington
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N. §. Shaler
F. A. R. Russell
London
Russell
Mississippi Valley
Central Asia
Europe
Harvard University
Central
Asia
Axia
Mineral Resources OF China
Baron von Richthofen
Celestial Empire
Women In Politics
St Sebastian River
United States Barracks
Captain Onin
Fliegende Blatter
Herder
Walder
Lessing
Goethe
Schiller
Senator Newmeyer
B. AB
Allegheny
5 Seon
Ninth Street
Prince Albert
Privy Council of State
J. A. Cummings
Samuel Parker
John Eva
George C. Beckley
Lanai
Martha Washington
Anson
Aira
E. R. Cuapnovas
Lewiston
Maine
Ream
Rick
Bale
Eric
Carl Grey
Nelsoniar
Fanhlomble Clothing
Walter Anderson
Col
Sixth Avenue
Liberty
H. J. Lynxon’s
Wisu
Market Street
Marvin
Whitmyre & Co
Thirty-eighth Street and
Allegheny Valley Railroad
Thoma
Dancing Academy
Academy
Fourth Avenue
Frye
Hauch’'s
Fifth Ave
Wfssu
Business and Drees Suits
Pitenirn’s
Wsu
C. Bell
Coriaria
Walt
Min
Wolff & & Randolph, pHiLapecewa
Pittsbura
Great Credit House
Hopper Bros. & CO
Bet
Lnter
Jabwren Davis Sewing Machine
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