Weather and fortification notes mix of forecasts and naval dispatches
A weather report from the Weather Bureau in San Francisco cites 24 hour conditions with a 40 degree mean temperature and no precipitation. A Denver Republican note praises strong San Francisco harbor fortifications set to receive multiple warships including monitors from the south and vessels from Mare Island while Grover Cleveland favors peace. A Boston murderer confessed, drawing comment from the Boston Globe and Pittsburg Dispatch on indictable charges for grammar theft.
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Department OF Agriculture
Weswsxvcca Bration
Aba
Geo. B. Ackerman
Observer Weather Bureau
San Francisco
United States
Spain
Golden Gate
Monterey
Monadnock
Honolulu
Puget Sound
Charleston
Philadelphia
Mare Island
Yorktown
War scare would push army rise and tighter bondage
The article argues that the war scare mainly serves the moneycrats to expand the standing army and further restrain the U S populace, keeping them under stricter control.
Klondike Widows Society Formed in Seattle
Seattle women form an exclusive Klondike widows society limited to the wives and sweethearts of men who have gone to the gold fields joining a discreet circle in Washington state.
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Seattle
Wash
Morris Pa Woman Slumbers After Sunday Sermon
Miss Sadie Winder of Morris Pennsylvania slept through last Sunday’s service and did not awaken until the following Wednesday. Local folk report a peaceful passing and note her faithful attendance at the church.
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Sadie Winder
Morris, Pa
United States Suspected To Seize Argentine Ship and Chilean Warship
Reports indicate the United States plans to take control of the Argentine cruiser San Martin o and the Chilean battleship General O Higgins from Chile.
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Uncle Sam
General O’ Higgins
Chile
Women Demand Smoking Carriages On Railways
The London Mail prints letters from women urging that ladies be provided with smoking carriages on trains. The correspondence advocates comfortable seating and access separate from male passengers.
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The
London Mail
Mark's Confidence in Trial Over Hog Theft
A Massachusetts jury acquitted a man years after the Mayflower landing despite strong proof of hog theft. The defendant blamed nine jurors who had meat in their smokehouses. The note recalls Mark Hanoa facing a guilty plea in a senate purchase case.
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Massachusetts
Mark Hanoa
Senate
Sutter
Curious Mix of Prose and Advertisements in Georgia Paper
A fragment from The Atlanta Constitution blends a Civil War era anecdote about Lee and Grant with light marriage humor, local ads for fashion and Hoods Sarsaparilla, No-To-Bac tobacco cessation, Cascarets, and a bi-tread grindstone frame ad. The lively page mirrors period journalism and commercial blur.
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Silver State Publishing Co
OR. Bridge and
Weather Bureau Report
Denver
Grover Cleveland
New York
Charles A. Pillsbury
Minneapolis
Boston Globe
Boston
Pittsburg
Mark
Grant
Atlanta Constitution
Lee
Georgia
M. Hofman’s
Hood
Remedy Co
Chicago
Newark
M. B. Staunton
Cascarets
Armory Hall
WM. Jerome
Herald Square
Jay
Jerome
Davies
Conway
Robbins’ Coon
Harry Taftwhistle
Nelson
Massoney
Sedgwick
Dick's Book Store
York
Hoods
C. J. Hood & Co
Lowell
Mass
Upper Winnemuces
N. Owen
Prop
Durcemorto
C. A. Lagrave
Diehl's
Eee
Chris. Diehl
Lal Teks
Ae Seemmet
PIPER
M. Hofman
Wianemugca
F. M. Lee
J. Sibbald
Geo. S. Nixon
D. W. McBride
Tim
Firsi-Clis Aeronymaeice
Mutual Life Insurance
Ew York
E. Reinhart & CO
Buckeye and
Deering Mowers
Champion and Hollingsworth Rakes
Benecia Clipper
Star and Olive
Jackson and Dane Rakes
Wieland
Star Steel
Heath & Milligan Paints
Little's
Chase & Sanborn
Harness and Saddles & Specialty
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