Irkutsk Eve of Rescue and Torture Under Tension
In Irkutsk Jana Lauin seeks Miller and plans to reach rebels as guards arrest her husband. A Siberian hunt for vital papers ends in Popoff's torture by Colonel Palkin, while Dr Hass arrives to challenge the interrogator and shift the perilous chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paikin
Helen
Hass
Jans
Irkutsk
Jama
Jana
Darmes
Count
Dr. Haas
Count Lavin
Caroline
Jaan
Liva
Hhis
Milter
Ime
Siberia
Angara
Miller
Lanin
Eoon
Jor
Gungus
Hans
Ienar
Vladmir
Rebellion in the Siberian Hut Ends in Blood
Hans confronts the dying Popoff and a brutal Colonel as exiles rise. A dawn assault by 30 exiles frees captives, clashes with gendarmes, and leaves Miller and Palkin defeated. Helen learns of Nicholas and Parkin's fate as the scene fades to a cliffhanger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vladimir's
Nicholas Popoff
Lanin
Helen
Parkin
Nicholas
Popoff
Palkin
Easil
Dancer
Spesk
Popof
Ahal
Hans
Pulkin
Old Quack
Beyon
Ell
Palkia
Miller
Dr. Has
Jana
Vladimir
Petersburg
Siberia
Prices of Seats in Major Exchanges from 1889 to 1880
The Boston Herald notes seat prices in 1889: New York 20000, Boston 12000, Philadelphia 2900, with 1880 figures NY 22000, Boston 12500, Philadelphia 2500. It explains seat values rise with supply and demand and mentions a peak Boston price of 19500 paid by W H Mick for O H Paine. Paine later bought a New York seat for 22500, about 10000 below that peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stathiica
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Boston Herald
New York Exchange
Boston Stock Exchange
W. H. Mick
O. H. Paine
Paine
Measuring Electric Light Standard From 100-Candle Power
The article questions practical illumination from a 100 candle power light and notes the old legal candle as a sperm candle weighing about three ounces and burning 120 grains per hour. It argues the candle is an unknown, urging a new standard likely to be proposed.
Wanamaker the Postmaster General Seen as Nation Builder
Washington reports sketch John Wanamaker as a powerful Postmaster General who runs the department with business sense and eyes big profits. The piece notes his Philadelphia store empire, charity work, Sunday school efforts, family life, and influence with President Harrison, portraying him as a driving civic force.
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Washington
John Wanamaker
United State
Benjamin Harrison
Wanamaker
Post Office Department
Philadelphia
Paris
Jordan & Marsh
Boston
Postoffice Department
Ite
Coun
United States
Robert C. Ogden
Warumaker
Ordin
Princeton College
Tom Wanamaker
Rodman
Miss Welch
Mortons
Suanday
Fewle
Sam
Bethany Church
Marshall Cushing
Postal Telegraph and
Postal Savings Bank
Feane G, Carpenter
The Soldier's Day and the Women Who Built the Monument
A nostalgic reflection on Memorial Day origins in Pittsburg and Allegheny, praising the women who led the effort to honor fallen soldiers. It notes the monument’s creation, the procession and citywide involvement, and stories of Mothers Bickerdike and unnamed aides who cared for wounded soldiers in hospitals.
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Creraton
Pittsburg
Pittsburger
Allegheny
Bose
Aed
Allegheny County
Ple
Allegheny Cemetery
River
Allegheny Parks
Beore
James
Ice Mass Weighing Eighty Pounds Reported Near Salina
A Salina tale recalls a July 1882 hailstorm west of Salina that produced stones from 5 to 15 pounds and a monster 80-pound hailstone found six miles from town. Foreman Martin Ellwood and others hauled the giant stone into Salina, with many other blocks scattered along the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salina
Kun
Martin Ellwood
Ellwood
HUNTING THE KEY HOLE IN ELECTRIC LIGHTS
A Pittsburg druggist criticizes gas to electric street lighting and describes luminous key hole paint that glows after absorbing daylight. He notes easy nightly use, predicts a boom in the paint as cheaper manufacture arrives and lamp illumination grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Interior Arrangements for a Gift Library Presented by a Retired Merchant
This Dispatch written piece outlines library management, stressing a literate, enthusiastic librarian who guides readers toward solid works in history biography travel trades and arts. It details a building designed for a town gift with dimensions 17 ft 4 in by 41 ft 4 in, brick exterior, tin roof, yellow pine interior, stained glass, and a single large room with an eight foot gallery.
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Munkacsy
Whitney
Vanderbilt
Paris
Europe
Mr Stanley's Black Boy and the Explorer's Likeness
A Pall Mall Budget sketch shows Mr Stanley's eightteens year old called Sali. The explorer granted permission for the likeness. The piece notes the boy as minister and subject of interest in the drawing.
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Mr. Stanley
Pall Mall
Sali
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Popoffs
Adyke
Crtel
Notce
Palkman
Dr. Hass
Uncle Sam
Ondence
Sorne
Postoffice de
Mr. Wanamaker
Louisville
General Sherman
Mother Bickerdike
Mississippi River
Angel
Bickerdike
Kansas
Library
Wey
BE. W. Shorreth
Librarians Desk
Piagentie
Wolff
Blacking
Wits Stain Timwane
Sram Geers
Ass Dik
Wolff & Randolps
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