Park Acquisition Drive Endorsed by Public Works Chief
Public Works Commissioner Bigelow backs acquiring the Schenley property in the Twenty second ward and improving barren grounds along the Allegheny wharf. He urges careful budgeting, warns against costly upkeep, and notes the city would gain rational recreation for the many without fine grounds or mansions. The public awaits further negotiation progress.
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Bigelow
Schenley
New York
Central Park
Baltimore
Druid Hill Park
Philadelphia
Fairmount Park
Cincinnati
Eden Park
Pittsburg
Counells
Wages Gap Narrowing Between Operators and Miners
Indications grow that railroad coal operators and miners may settle wage differences without difficulty. The miners say operators mine four-fifths of the coast under the summer price, implying averages near 723 cents per ton on 715 and 763 cent rates, about a half cent below miners' ask. Some operators have returned to a ten cent rate while others have edged up to 7 1/2 cents, narrowing the half-cent gap and suggesting a near resolution.
Reinstatement of jockey questioned ethics of race fixing
The Nashville track reinstates jockey McLaughlin after a prior ruling, suggesting pulling a horse to aid a stable mate may not violate racing ethics. The piece compares this to corporate manipulation, arguing harsher penalties exist for corporate breaches than for minor racing faults.
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Nash-ville
McLaughlin
Enlat
Common Council Surprises Public With Bold Move On Resignations
The Common Council refuses to accept resignations of members who seek licenses, a rebuke to Judge White’s ruling on incongruity between councilmen and saloon keepers. The action may affect those seeking licenses and grants, and raises questions about information requests on police use in the last election. Strong signs of a sudden originality boom emerge, though a reaction is feared.
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Common Council
White
Department of Public Safety
Effect of Competing Roads on Pittsburg Industry
The author argues that building competing lines to Pittsburgh, notably the Pittsburg and Lake Erie, expanded freight traffic and boosted iron production. They claim competition raised rates and volumes, increasing earnings for Pennsylvania lines and benefiting the broader economy, urging rail managers to favor competition-friendly rates.
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Carnegie
Tue Disratca
Messrs. McCullough
Stewart
Pennsylvania Company
Pittsburg and
Lake Erie Road
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Lake Erie
Tanner backs state pensions for ex Confederates
The article criticizes Commissioner of Pensions Tanner for proposing state pensions for ex Confederates and for suggesting federal constitutional overreach. It notes his Columbia Tennessee speech defending pensions and asserts the Constitution prohibits such action and that government aims beyond pension payments.
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United States
Columbia, Tenn
South
Tanner
Substitute for handshakes offered to President Harrison
After Harrison's inauguration the District of Columbia reporter suggested a substitute to avoid excessive hand shaking with the people. The New York Herald has since followed with similar commentary on easing presidential crowds.
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Harrison
New York Herald
New York
Herald backs paying dummies to receive office seekers
The editor suggests the President and Cabinet use paid dummies to receive and reply to office seekers, arguing it would ease the strain on health and morale in Washington. The piece cites Senators Quay and Ingalls as likely to approve, claiming dummies could yield statesmanship in return.
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Jonas Robins
Robins
Washington
Quay
Ingalls
Atherton Wilcox feud sparks sharp literary quip
A reader notes Mrs. Gertrude Atherton continues an epistolary quarrel with Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox, general comments on Russian conspiracies, and critiques statements by officials on the Harriet Lane logbook. It also surveys park and city improvements, wartime prophecies, and railway tariff effects.
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Gertrude Atherton
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Prominent Americans in Politics Travel and Appointments
William M B Grat is named a Pennsylvania Commissioner to the Paris Exposition by Governor Beaver. John Alex and Prof. E H Platt begin a horseback journey from Harlem to San Francisco today. Jupes Matthews becomes First Controller of the Treasury and Huston the Treasury’s chief teller, both sworn in with little ceremony. Indiana Medical Society elects Miss Kate Corey M D honorary member for surgical work. Inter-State Commerce Commission members head to Titusville for hearings. Stracrney Morro, king’s nephew, translates the Bible into Congo, a first of its kind translation awaited.
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John Allex
E. H. Platt
Harlem
San Francisco
Jupes Matthews
Judge Durham
Treasury
Mr. Huston
Mr. Hyatt
United States
John C. New
England
Mr. New
London
Indiana Medical Society
Kate Corey
University of Michigan
Foochow
Chins
E. &. Elder
Messrs. Cooter
Morrison and
Bragg
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Washington
Titusville
Schoonmaker
Cooley
West
Morrison
Stracrney Morro
Congo
Nkoiyo
Notable legal scene as Starr railroad case draws top counsel
The Commonwealth v Starr case in the Criminal Court features famed railroad lawyer Franklin B. Gowan of Philadelphia and local figures D. T. Watson and Gilkerson. Gowan speaks in the afternoon after witnesses for the defense, while the crowd admires his plain, steady style.
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Criminal
Criminal Court
The
Commonwealth
Starr
Fort Wayne
D. T. Watson
Watson
Franklin B. Gowan
Philadelphia
Mr. Gowan
Gilkerson
The Old Love Revived Weds After Twenty Years
George E. McKibben and Sarah M. Lawrence, both widowed twice, reunited in New York after long separations and a history of mining fortune in California. They traveled to Philadelphia, obtained a marriage license, and were married by Clerk Bird of the Orphans' Court before returning to New York.
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Philadelphia
George E. McKibben
Sarah M. Lawrence
New York
Mr. McKibben
California
Utah
Sahe
Mr. McKilbben
Clerk Bird
Conurt
Artist builds steam yacht for marine photos in Salem
Boston May 18 A novelty in yachting a steam yacht by David M Little Salem artist. Yacht built mainly by the maker at Ross Turner's studio christened Allda measures 55 feet overall 7 foot beam draws feet. Frame white oak planking cedar fastenings deal and galvanized iron steering gear two wheels forward and aft likely launched next week ready for photographic work.
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Boston
David M. Little
Salem
Alute Caulking
Ross Turner
The Cruel War Is Over Duet With Butler And Porter
A playful prompt from the Minneapolis Tribune asking General Butler and Admiral Porter to sing a duet titled The Cruel War Is Over. The reader is invited to hear their imagined performance in a lighthearted moment.
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The
Minneapolis Tribune
General Butler
Admiral Porter
Death of Mrs. Ann Sutton Widow of Alfred Sutton Fag
Mrs. Ann Sutton widow of Alfred Sutton of Fag died Sunday evening at Winehiddle Avenue residence in Pittsboro in her 61st year. Born in London in 1787 she moved to America as a child with her merchant father in the early 1800s. Survived by no children, she lived with granddaughter Theo Hioar and was active in church and society, noted for generous conduct and wide reading.
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Ann Sutton
Alfred Sutton
Winehiddle
Hichard
Sarah Bishop
Pittsboro
London
Amerias
Strand
Pera
Eaestron
Tate
Funceville
Winebiddle Avenue
Nes
Remy
Theo Hioar
Button
Therdare
Ayaa Yack
Ory
Conrad the Corsair at Opera House Delights Large Audience
The Rico’s Burlesque Company presented Conrad the Corsair at the Opera House last night with strong staging and a balanced cast. Miss Avalo M Perkins starred as the title heroine attracting quick audience favor, joined by Miss Ida Verona as Afedra and leading comic roles by Edwin S Tarr George A Schiller Richard Gorman and George K Fortesque.
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Conrad
Rico
Avalo M. Perkins
Ida Verona
Messrs
Edwin 8. Tarr
George A. Schiller
Richard Gorman
George K
Fat Men's Club at Bijou Theatre Proves Inopportune
A critical review scoffs at J Stewart’s Fat Men’s Club at the Bijou noting poor taste and weak comedy. It dismisses the production as vulgar and unworthy, despite a reportedly humorous finale ballet by five men over 300 pounds.
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J. ©. Stewart
Bijou
Fat Men's Club
Angel
Harris Theater Hosts We Us Co Brightening Skit Night
Harris Theater welcomes the We Us Co company with Mins Lenatiobaos rejoining as Violet of The Little Tycoon and Keene as Sella Bustle. Audiences packed both performances with Mr Walter Jones encore of When I Come to Think of It. Strong start boosts We Us Do medical firm’s week outlook.
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Us & Co
Harris’ Theater
Mins LenatIobaos
Keene
Sella
Walter Jones
Irish Lovers urged to visit Academy of Music this week
Dramatic notes praise Irish Lock for its spirited Irish character sketch. The Boston Symphony Orchestra and Mozart Hall present Elijah at Old City Hall Wednesday, with a Thursday evening symphony concert following.
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Academy of Music
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Mozart (Lab
Elijah
Old City Hall
Sad romance of a day ends in tragic wedding
In Cheyenne Wyoming May 13 a dramatic tale unfolds around Rosebud Callatan a celebrated beauty of the Rocky Mountain region. After a year with her parents at the Mountain Hotel a Texas cattle drover married her and she died by morphine overdose the next morning. The wedding minister gave the funeral sermon. Her third husband the drover mourns as the town recalls her fame and faded glamour.
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Cueyonaxwe
Wic
Rosebud
Leadville
Cheyenne
John W. the Drover
FIGHTING A CONSOLIDATION Steps to Set Aside the Bee Line-Big Four Wedding
Judge Stone in Cleveland granted a temporary restraining order in Stevenson Burke versus the Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railroad Company. The order blocks steps toward the Bel Line-Big Four consolidation until a May hearing and vote. The case centers on preventing the proposed merger and preserving existing interests.
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Dispatch
Cleveland
Beekmanites Bounced From Minneapolis Church
Followers of Schweinfarth called Seekmanites, led by Rockford preacher, live with four women and three men in a single house near Bloomington Avenue Methodist Church. They attended services and caused discord at prayer meetings, prompting warnings. Friday night they returned, clashed with Methodist members, and were driven out in a tumult. Tension lingers as Schweinfurthists threaten retribution.
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Schweinfarth
Minneapoolis
J. Schweinfarth
Rockford, Ill
Minneapolis
Seekmanites
Brother Whitney
Bloomington Avenue Methodist Church
Serving Strawberries with Stems and Sugar
The proper modern method is to serve strawberries with stems on. A small saucer holds a mound of powdered sugar and the other side presents the largest berries. Each berry is grasped by the stem, dipped in sugar, and eaten from the fingers.
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New York
Potter portrait gains notice from Pittsburg artist
The Sun reviews New York prize fund exhibition works by American artists and highlights a Pittsburg creator Mr. D BR Walkley with a piece titled the Potter. The scene shows two figures in a modern workshop with one at work and another idly watching.
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New York
the Sun
Br, Walkley
Pittebure
Plans for the Future. License Legislation Stirring State
From Harrisburg comes word that next session's license laws will dominate agenda. Quay's influence looms over Pittsburgh posts and county committees as Republicans weigh a state license board idea and new licensing powers. Postoffice and primaries threaten party strategy amid factional tensions and potential cabinet shifts.
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Legielacare
Pittsburg
Poest
Monopoly of Office At Lebanon Post Office
N C Barker of Lebanon Conn has just received his commission as postmaster succeeding Frank P Fowler. The change highlights a long pattern where the post office leadership shifts between the Barker and Fowler families under different administrations. Both men have previously served as assistants to the other, creating a near perpetual leadership loop.
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Norwich
N. C. Barker
Lebanon
Conn
Frank P. Fowler
Fowler
Cleveland
Barker
Ok Fowler
The Rebels Triumphed
General Henry R. Jackson of Georgia claims the North rebelled in 1861 rather than the South. He urges the nation to calm itself with flashes of his silenced brilliance, arguing the North initiated the rebellion and that admitting so would imply a successful rebellion.
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The
Washington Post
Henry R. Jackson
Georgia
North
South
Jackson
Purest Thing of Earth Among Two Little Children
An evocative verse describes a single man guiding two small children on a busy street. The scene contrasts raven tresses with golden curls as the trio shares a gentle embrace and a kiss, touched by a tender spirit-like presence.
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Aes
Amd
Gossip of Great Gotham Receiver Sought for Booth and Barrett
May 18 report from New York notes Henry F. Gillie of the American Exchange in Europe seeking a court appointment of a receiver for the Booth Barrett venture. Gillie says Barrett owed 40000 with weekly payments of one tenth of net earnings. Barrett denies. Case adjourned as judge evaluates charges. Booth and Barrett are in San Francisco. Gillig in New York did not appear.
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Booth
Barrett
Hob Ingersoll
Colonel Ingersoll
Gillig
American Exchange
Booth and Barrett
San Francisco
New York
Bartholdi Birth On Bedloo Island Sparks Military Display
A baby named Barthold, son of Lieutenant Lewis of the A. & A. garrison, was born on Bedloo Island under the Bartholdi statue. At dawn a ten inch cannon announced the birth, drawing Castle William guards and sailors from Liberty Island as they wondered if a war had begun.
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Lewis
Bartholdi
Bedloo’s Island
Barthold
Attles Bartholdi
Castle William
Liberty Island
Lincoln Plans Sail for Liverpool From London
Robert T. Lincoln United States Minister to England Mrs Lincoln and three children reached the Fifth Avenue Hotel in Chicago this morning. He will sail for Liverpool on the City of Paris next Wednesday and stay in London through the summer likely visiting Paris Exposition. Edward Pierrepont former Minister to England met with him sharing London insights.
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Lincoln
Robert T. Lincoln
United States
England
Detroit Bridge Proposals Stir USS Engineers
Bridge engineer Gustav Lindenthal reports a United States Commission of Engineers studied three ideas to link Michigan and Canada across the Detroit River a Windsor Detroit high bridge a tunnel and a winter bridge. The commission will report to the Secretary of War and then to a Senate committee with cost and navigation impact under review.
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Gustav Lindenthal
Detroit
Detroit River
Lindenthal
United States Commission of Engineers
Michigan
Windsor
Hac
Senate
Eight Allegheny City Councilmen Seek Smoother Pavements
Eight gallant gentlemen from Allegheny City visit Philadelphia to inspect Beotheny Lave pavements. They register their names at Girard House and plan a tour through New Jersey and New York to study and advocate for broader, smoother streets for their city.
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Philadelphia
Girard House
Henry C. Lowe
Charles T. Waibie
J. H. Smith
Joseph RK. Wolfe
Charlies H. Hartmann
Charles — Charles Muhlbrower
Allegheny City
Speer
Thas
Merrie
Beotheny Lave
Allegheny
Overlandry
Jersey City
Delaware
New York City
New York
Camden
Oddities and incidents from local towns reported
A Chambersburg man trains a dog to smoke a pipe. A Lancaster quarryman claims a live frog was found embedded in stone. An eccentric Crawford County woman wears red dresses year round. A Delaware County mechanic returns home after a year away. An Eastern woman sold her husband’s coat and vest for shabby wear. A Chester County farmer finds two runaways, a boy and girl, and returns them to their parents.
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Chambersburg
Lancaster County
Crawford County
Delaware County
Racman
Chester County
Weill
Curious Condensations from a Distant News Page
A string of odd local items from a Connecticut Boston era page includes a Stepney gua de rsler from Lockjaw. a Boston stock broker row. six eloping couples marrying. A. D. Thompson touted as oldest US railroad conductor. Partridge named to state game laws panel. an Ansonia horse nose injury. Timothy Smith in Belfast shop. a Liverpool letter speed. a Vienna Georgia alligator dream incident. Harry Wade the 12 year old commercial drummer. Connecticut lobsters remain rare. Moodus rheum… coverage of a healing kitchen-table tale. private hunting plan to Zanzibar. barbed wire patents and De Kalb farmer. C Bradbury faith cure. Tunkhannock flock invades grain.
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Aiellinois
Partridge
Committee On
Ansonia
Liverpool
Moodus
Connecticut River
Individ
Messrs
Uarroll
Harry Carey
Wiltie Chanter
New York
Zanzibar
Ades
Soeberland
Willie Chanter
Sayers
de Kalb
Andover
Conn
C. Bradbury
Mr. Bradbury
Solomon Titsworth
Tunkhannock County
Soran
Titsworth
Rose Ina
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D.T. Watson
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Marshall
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Lee Paters Eges
Min
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Buffalo
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