Three States Harvest Sets New Farm Prosperity Record
Report estimates total value of season’s crops in Minnesota North Dakota and South Dakota at about 300 million dollars with wheat oats barley and flax increased despite heavy spring weather. Analysts project total cash value near 320 million including other grains hay potatoes livestock and fruit lifting regional prosperity.
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Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Ssarco
North
Lynkota
Dakote
Leo
Increased Cost of Living in New York and Nation
Five years show no increase in essential food costs in New York City, while nationwide data indicate a parallel trend. The report highlights stagnant prices for sustenance items affecting households and overall living costs.
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New York City
Dream of a marriage register leads to real inquiry
A Leicestershire clergyman recounts a dream in which he sees a marriage entry for Matthew H- and Ellen R- in a distant village church register. He follows clues via trains and a vicarage, finds the correct entry, and later learns a family firm cannot locate the certificate, which could affect a family’s fortune.
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Matthew H
Ellen R
America's Drink Bill Shows Liquor Value at 1900 Census
The census reports 1900 liquor production at 1.325 billion gallons and a product value of 340.6 million. Malt liquors dominate with 1.198 billion gallons, 2,385 establishments, and 457 million capital. wages reach 328 million and miscellaneous costs 183 million. The data traces growth in malt liquor output since 1850, noting large rises in establishments, capital, and product value.
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United States
Swami Vivekananda’s Death Reported by Calcutta Advices
Calcutta advices announce the death of Swami Vivekananda in a monastery near there. The PYindoo monk and philosopher preached into New York society and later influenced prominent figures here. His mission began as a delegate to the parliament of religions at the World's Fair and included notable engagements with the higher thought movement.
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Calcutta
Swami Vivekananda
New York
Vivekananda
Parliament of Religions
Kathleen Neilson to Wed Reginald Vanderbilt
The engagement of Miss Kathleen Neilson to Reginald Vanderbilt has been announced. Society matrons hail her as the fairest among women joining the Vanderbilt family.
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Kathleen Neilson
Reginald Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Labor Unions in Indiana City Plan Undenominational Church
In Marion Indiana labor unions move to establish an undenominational church open to all denominations. Membership requires being part of organized labor or a union family. James E Myers leads the drive, arguing the church will be funded and run by workers who earn their bread in the sweat of their faces.
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United States
North Atlantic Seaboard
Indiana
Marion
Ind
3 Church
James E. Myers
Vanderbilt Heir Keeps Courtship Despite Family Opposition
Kathleen Neilson, Mrs Belle Nelson's daughter, is a favored social figure connected to Reginald Vanderbilt. Despite Mrs Vanderbilt's initial strong opposition to Neilson, Reginald pursued the match, and recent hopeful years of the Vanderbilt clan suggest a shift. Neilson is described as tan, thin, retiring, but well educated from convent training and popular among the younger set.
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Kathleen Neilson
Belle Nelson
Freidi Gebhardt
Miss Neilson
Amoret to Open State Bank with 10000 Capital
Amoret, Alu. plans a new State bank capitalized at $10,000. The article notes a series of varied updates including earthquakes in India, ships Saratoga and Enterprise arriving at Havre, an embezzler arraignment in San Francisco, a farmer’s suicide near Odell Nebraska, and a potential Collier’s Weekly led newspaper purchasing group in New York. It also mentions an interior survey approval for an electric road from South McAlester to Naneyville, Oklahoma Territory.
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Amoret
Alu
India
Pennsylvania Nautical Schoolship
Saratoga
Massachusetts Nautical
Enterprise
Havre
Arnold Kroeger
Post Ofice
Essen
Prussia
San Francisco
Frank Pribles
Gage County
Neb
Odell
Peter F. Collier
Labor Leaders Call For A Practical Minister
The speaker argues big churches rely on rich donors and that ministers paid by them cannot represent workers. He demands a pastor who understands labor issues, is approachable in trouble, and can provide real help when needed.
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Ich
Mississippi River Improvement Plans For Fiscal 1894
The Mississippi River Commission reports to the chief of engineers with a proposed 1894 budget. Key items include 2 000 000 for continuing work, 300 000 for New Orleans harbor, 100 900 for Natchez Vidalia harbor, 50 000 Memphis harbor, 25 000 Greenville harbor, and 30 000 Delta Point works plus 30 000 Red and Atchafalaya rectification and 2 539 264 balance carried forward from current year. Since 1879 total allocations for this river segment reach 43 572 693 to date.
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Mississippi River Commission
Ohio
Caruthersville
Memphis
Tenn
Greenville
Miss
Delta Point
Natchez
Vidalia
Louisiana
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Cholera Outbreak Report in Mukden Manchuria
Official dispatch says cholera rages in Mukden Manchuria with 707 cases from July 3 to July 14. Among the dead are 81 Russians and 368 Chinese.
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Mukden
Manchuria
Home Made Science Tells A Round Earth Tale
A Scots couple debates the earth’s shape and travel. Andrew Smith explains that a straight line can loop around the globe and return to the start, while Betty questions how such a line works on a flat earth. The exchange blends humor with a simple astronomy lesson.
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Andrew Smith
Betty
Slang Candy Replaces Old Inscriptions in Public Eye
A reader notes slang candy now floods stands with tiny lozenges bearing cheeky phrases such as That's What and My Best Girl. He recalls classic sentimental lozenges, contrasts them with modern diminutive, racy variants, and mentions a discussion about slang aging and seventeen-year locusts.
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L'etroit Free Press
How Piggie Stole the Milk on Lake Cossaguna Farm
A humorous farm incident on E. J. Launt’s property in Washington County New York shows Piggy repeatedly stealing milk. A camera captured the act the second time, prompting the cow’s relocation out of reach. The tale ends with a quip about workers and effort.
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E. J. Launt
Lake Cossaguna
Washington County
N.Y
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