Quarantine and Immigration Policy in Cholera Crisis
The author argues for total exclusion of immigration to prevent cholera entry, criticizing lax quarantines at ports and border gaps. He urges immediate, strict universal immigration bans, citing British actions as a model and urging coordinated measures by transportation companies and authorities to prevent landing and spread. He stresses that partial quarantine is inadequate and foreign opposition cannot justify delaying decisive action.
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Worle Transportation Companies
Labor Commissioner Peck Under Fire in New Debate
Democratic organs attack Labor Commissioner Peck of New York over his published statistics showing labor prosperity. They cite a prior letter disagreeing with his current data and press for an investigation into whether the McKinley act harms workers. The issue centers on Peck's integrity and possible political manipulation of official figures.
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Roth
Peck
W York
Bisses
Eck
Statbe
Hill State
Cleveo
Emueracy
Cleveland
New York Banking Report Shows Savings Deposits Rise
The New York Superintendent of Banking reports savings bank deposits increased by 85 million dollars within a year. The piece notes political debate in Cleveland over whether to denounce the figure as a lie born of corruption and party treachery.
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New York
Local Ward Committeeman Proposed for Sanitary Work
A plan to appoint a ward specific committee man to cooperate with city authorities in sanitation is praised. An energetic citizen, familiar with slums and sinkholes, would lead a thorough, rapid cleanup across Pittsburg and Allegheny to prevent cholera, typhoid fever, diphtheria, and smallpox.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny
Reciprocity in Cuba Trade Scare Denied by Philadelphia Record
The Philadelphia Record rebuts claims that reciprocity did not boost American food exports to Cuba. It argues duties under Spanish trade favored Cuban mills before reciprocity, and that reduced duties under the McKinley act increased American flour, corn, lard, and bacon sales in Cuba, despite denials of any export rise.
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Philadelphia
Cuba
United States
Profit sharing progress and fairground caution analyzed
Nicholas Paine Gilman argues profit sharing offers a promising labor solution with steady gains at Nelson Manufacturing and Page Belting, while agricultural fairs risk harm from gambling horse races. He urges broader adoption, noting 30 current adherents and 100 potential, then warns fairs must exclude gambling to preserve agricultural education and enjoyment.
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Nicholas Paine Gilman
New England
Gilman
Nelson Manufacturing Company
St. Louis
Page Belting Company
Concord
N. H
Page Company
Transcontinental Group Under Fire for Public Exactions
The organization of railway managers draws renewed criticism for years of alleged subsidy practices and extortion on the public. It has persisted in imposing charges and maintaining a costly arrangement with the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, highlighting ongoing controversy in policy and transportation funding.
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Pacific Mail Steamship Com
Railroads and ships clash over rates and competition
A discussion of railroads, Pacific Mail, and ocean competition reveals how lines fight over rate sharing and market control. The piece notes a potential rate war and the political glare that could follow, then shifts to a botanist’s note on the columbine flower named for its resemblance to a cluster of leaves rather than Columbus.
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Free Ocean
Cape Horn
California
Columbus
Columbs
New World
Vimcorsta Hanged for a Hundred Murders
Vimcorsta was executed yesterday after a career described as a desperado marked by nearly one hundred murders. The hanging followed legal proceedings that culminated in the extreme penalty.
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Vimcorsta
Line Drawn in Cholera Measures and Cleveland's Efforts
Terese warns panic worsens cholera spread and calls for stringent disease exclusion. The piece condemns lax actions during danger and notes Cleveland’s limited, mostly fishing tackle related efforts with letter writing.
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Cleveland
Disjointed notes mix politics and public health
A fragmented column weighs public nuisances report to police, civic duties, and a string of era headlines. It mocks Sullivan Corbett fusing, notes Cleveland, church establishment disputes, immigration, Harrison policy, and Atlantic liners. Mentions New Orleans sports appeal and Buffalo cannibalism spoof.
People of Prominence in Brief
Oorpa favors women in politics while Mrs. Bourrison translates the New Testament into Creek. Abdul Hamid coaches his daughters on piano daily. Prof G. Weicut takes a Matem at Lombard Univ. Mrs. Custer la funds a soldier's daughter's schooling. Bernhardt doubts cholera and offers aid performances. White departs NYC for Russia with family aboard the August Victoria. Du Claris praises youth readers of travel tales and works on a Viking-age novel due this fall.
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Oorpa
A. E. Bourrison
Turkey
Abdul Hamid
Psitir G. Weicut
Medford
Masa
Lombard University
Galesburg
Mra. Custerla
Custer
Sanah Bernhardt
Brussels
Andrew Dickson White
Germany
Russia
New York
Paul B. du Clariv
Paul Mr. du Chalillu
Peculiar South Dakota fusion grounds early 1890s ballot plans
South Dakota Democrats back a fusion ticket promising Weaver for President and Stevenson for Vice President to tilt the balance of power. The strategy aims to push Cleveland out of the White House while Stevenson gains the vice presidency, amid mixed reactions in a volatile election landscape.
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South Dakota
Weaver
Stevenson
Grover
House
Senate
Cleveland
Illinois
Kyle
Gil BA
Kansas
Harrison
Develand
Stevenson at His Birthplace Receives Grand Homecoming
Hon Adial Stevenson wins a royal welcome in Herndon Kentucky as 80,000 people from Western Kentucky and Tennessee gather for a hometown gathering. He is escorted to barbecue grounds and speaks briefly about his old Kentucky home and the tores bill while at the rally.
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Hraxpos
Adial E. Stevenson
Kentucky
Tennessee
Stevenson
Herndon
Tos
Mars Chameleon Planet Name Hints from Prof Pickering
The Boston Globe speculates Mars could be called the chameleon planet if Professor Pickering’s reports on solar oranges hold true, suggesting a naming theme tied to planetary adaptability and color shifts.
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Boston Globe
Mars
Pickering
Cholera Fears Push for Stronger U S Quarantine
The Pittsburg Evening Leader argues that President Harrison should broaden quarantine measures beyond ships and cabin passengers. It urges a federal proclamation banning landing of all passengers from infected countries to prevent unequal treatment of rich and poor and close state loopholes.
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Pittsburg
Harrison
Absolute Immigration Quarantine Debate Sparks Outcry
The Pittsburg Evening Press argues the Presidents 20 day quarantine is only a partial fix. It would fail to stop cholera unless immigration is completely halted. Editorialists warn that extended quarantine raises costs for steamship lines and won t deter the disease, urging an absolute immigration embargo.
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Pittsburg
United States
Pushing Immigration Bans to Halt Cholera Spread
Multiple papers urge immediate immigration prohibition to stop cholera, proposing closing seaports and ports of entry, banning all immigration, and empowering the President to act swiftly. Authors stress public health over commerce and laws.
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Ableio Blade
Harrison
Harrisburg
Toronto
Balimore News
Rochester Democrat
Botany Bay
Chicago
Harrison Leaves Washington for Loon Lake Visit
President Harrison departed Washington at 7 pm heading to Loon Lake to visit Mia Harrison. Accompanied by Private Secretary Halford, he will travel without stops via Pennsylvania Railroad to Jersey City, West Shore, and Delaware and Hudson to Platnburg, then Loon Lake.
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Harrison
Washington
Loon Lake
Mia Harrison
Halford
Pennsylvania
Jersey City
West Shore
Delaware and Hudson
Platnburg
Deaths Here and Elsewhere Rev James M Swan Buried at Bellevue
Rev James M Swan a Methodist minister long known in the Pittsburg Conference was buried at Bellevue after dying in Alliance on Wednesday. He served in Company F Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry for three years and one month, was wounded in battle and later returned to religious life. His health declined with stomach trouble ending his years of service and speech.
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Alliance
Anthony Howells
Maseilion
Howells
Bries
Warwick
Brice
Readie
T. R. Morgan
Thas
John McBride
F. Weybrecht
Ohio
Toeeday
James M. Swan
Pittsburg
Bellevue
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Herat
Swan
Itteburg
Ex-Chief Justice William A. Beck Found Dead in Denver
Former Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice William A. Beck was found dead in his Denver home yesterday at the age of 85. The pioneer jurist died of heart failure after a long public career.
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William A. Beck
Supreme Court of Colorado
Denver
Obituary notices list varied deaths across cities
An assortment of obituary items lists several deaths including ANSTE JONNSON a 17 year old in St Louis and WILLIAM ROSENTHAL a 34 year old Chicago stage manager. Mas McGorrst mother of Moe jutfey school readers dies at Bethel Pennsylvania aged 100. Rev. William B H Whatweton Harvard educated clergyman dies in Jackson Michigan. HOF Arthur Gastinet dies in New Orleans at age 84. The items note connections to publishers, stage management and prior public roles. events span multiple states with limited biographical detail.
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St. Louis
Dayle
William BH
Whatweton
Olie
Harvard
Jackson
Mich
Boas
Massschusetta
Arthur Gastinet
New Orleans
Eea
Extentansy
Remove This Vice Consul Excerpted Cholera Critique
A New York Sun editorial condemns Vice Consul Charles H. Burke for certifying a Hamburg ship as free of plague despite a cholera outbreak aboard the Moravia. It accuses Hamburg America lines of concealing danger to protect profits and urges U.S. action to protect public health.
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New York
Moravia
Charlies H. Burke
United States
Hamburg
Burke
Hamburg-American Packet Company
Department of State
Washington
Jenkins
Emil L. Bons
Bons
Europe
Keep Clean and Safe From Cholera With Sanitation
An American Druggist article urges calm about cholera in the United States, noting it spreads where water and food are impure. Boil water and milk, choose canned foods, and maintain cleanliness to prevent transmission amid cooler months. It argues immigrants from infected regions should not panic, and emphasizes ordinary precautions over fear.
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Asia
Madris
Calcutta
Russia
Germany
Altoether
France
Spain
Pretty Winter Fashions and W C T U News in Pittsburg
The piece previews winter dress trends with long skirts giving way to outing dresses in blues browns and wines, furs and alpine hats, and discusses pockets and practical wear. It notes W C T U Essex annual meeting in Allegheny with officer elections and a plan to raise funds for a new nursery building. It also mentions the State Convention in New Castle and Wilkinsburg events. The Whitcombe Fishing Club in Pittsburg has broken camp in Canada and plans two winter reunions.
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Wilkinsburg
Pittsburg
Whitcombe Fishing Club
B.C. Christy, Esq
Abmie
Lake Magnelawan
Canada
Queen did not ask Lord Rosebery to accept foreign portfolio
Lord Rosebery was not pressed by the Queen to take the foreign post, the Associated Press reports. The denial rebuts Labouchere and National Liberal Club claims that the Queen dictated ministerial appointments. No direct or indirect communication occurred before Rosebery received the office.
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Lowpoy
Labonohere
Lord Rosebery
Gladstone
Lord Losebery
Associated Press
Lord Hosebery
Local Library Acquires Noted Books and Community Events
Pittsburg Library receives new books by Mrs Keats Bradford Marie Louies Pool Love Letters of a Worldly Woman and others. Wilkinsburg hosts a wedding reception and Eastern tour for the couple Henning. Rev. S H Moore presides at the ceremony. Wilkinsburg M E Church to feature Temon lecturer Axiwa Law on September 24. W C T U plans a major meeting, and local residents attend events in New York Atlantic City and Washington D C with minor social updates.
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Mrs. Keats Bradford
Marie Louies Pool
Mra
W. K Clifford
Albert Savorus
Honore de Balzac
Hertha
Ernest Eckstein
Vesty
Ss. FP
McLean Greene
Miss Wilton
Cornelia Warren
Katherine
Macquold
Indi
G. Milne Rae
F. F. Elmwood
Israel
James Robertson
Edward B. Latob
Aren Stella Gine
Aoe Pyenn
Wilkinsburg
South Street
S. H. Moore
Presbryterian
Henning Seft
Wilkingburg
Axiwa Law
Temon
M. E. Coureh
W.c.t. U
Ercasers MaLapr
Cif Street
New York
Tom Ladies
Kathleen Heaser-Watsour
Washington, D. C
Caanzens C. Matton
Swissvalia Avenue
Edgewood
Atlantic City
Grace Gronox
Beaver Falls
A Costly Calfskin
Lorpor Sept 2 The heifer that attacked and felled Mr Gladstone in Hawarden park Wednesday evening is dead and has drawn high prices. A local speculator secured the hide for £5 and has been offered as much as £50 for it. Another buyer took the head and offered £10 for the teeth, with a ready market at £2 6s each.
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Lorpor
Mr. Gladstone
Hawarden
Gladstone
English Churchmen Agitated Over Disestablishment
London September 1 churchmen agitate over the Privy Council ruling in the ritualistic bishop of Lincoln case. Evangelical speakers denounced the decision and predicted disruption of the church. The Bishop of Liverpool warned disestablishment could split the church into two bodies and provoke broader toleration beyond the prayer book.
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London
Lincoln
Privy Council
Liverpool
Sparrows Outshine Spica in Feathered Affray
The Chicago Tribune notes the English sparrow, nicknamed the Anarchist of the feathered tribe, gains attention as a notable bird. The piece highlights its unexpected prominence and the playful critique of its nickname within the context of avian society.
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Chicago Tribune
Bethes
FEED WARD BETROTHED IN THOMPSON ENGAGEMENT
The report from Worcester says Ferdinand Ward, the New York financier just released from State prison, is betrothed to Miss Frances Tallman of Thompson, Conn. Ward visited his brother in Thompson last spring and has since lived there with his young son. Tallman, daughter of the late Rev. Thomas Tallman, is admired in local society. Friends neither confirm nor deny, but gossip points to a rapid marriage in months.
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Worcester
Mass
Ferdinand Ward
New York
Frances Tallman
Thoupson
Conn
Ward
Thompson
Green
Miss Tallman
Thomas Tallman
Fill
W. K. Vanderblit
Sugar Scarcity Amid Quarantine Limiting Supplies
Sugar markets react to a two day quarantine for vessels from cholera ports. Shortages push reliance on lower grades, refiners profit from beet sugars, Cuba stocks run low, and imports from Hamburg delayed. New Orleans sugars depleted early season as Cuba supplies dwindle and wholesale markets tighten.
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Hawa Purtapetrata
Hamburg
Cuba
New Orleans
Sro
Ous
Placent Advance
Right in the Season at Chicago Mall
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a weathered scene at a Chicago mall with mentions of oysters, dry air, and condision man, hinting at a local marketplace mood and seasonality.
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Chicago Mall
The Girls Like Them Both in Atlanta Journal Feature
A fragment from the Atlanta Journal discusses a picturesque summer hat and its relation to baseball, noting the pitcher and the use of elegant curves in design. The incomplete text hints at a fashion and sports crossover scene.
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Atlanta Journal
Curious Condensations From The Nation's Quick Taps
A miscellany of curious notes reports and oddities including Chicago handling 1360 trains daily 10 million barrels of sak belly up facts about printing in 15th century and Caxton 474 714 percent Bulgarian literacy Cape. It catalogs varied items from New Guinea customs to Philadelphia cats euthanasia and a Norse religious sect near Union City.
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America
Roger Bacon
Caxton
Bulgaria
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United States
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Army of Heaven
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Salvationists
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Seaaree Society
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Nordkap
Hammersten
Norway
Ten Years After Graduation and Other Fragments
A collage of garbled dialogues and banter includes railway holiday rates, a World’s Fair deficit remark, a Chicago boast, a graduation reminiscence on Greek and Latin, and a comic exchange about jewelry for a fiancée. A request to print the obituary with front-page placement closes the fragment.
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Pellson
Upsilon
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