Diplomatic Appointment for George H Pendleton Highlighted
A pictorial introduction highlights George H Pendleton as the new minister to Germany at age 60 after 35 years in politics. It notes his Senate civil service reform speech influencing opponents, outlines his Ohio and national service, and mentions his esteemed private life with wife Anna, daughter of Francis Scott Key. The Pendleton home is Cincinnati where he was born. An anglers’ note jokes about a Maine brook trout allegedly weighing 24 pounds in 1649, exaggerating typical growth.
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Cincinnati
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Milwaukee Sentinel
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Gyork
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Robert McLane Named Minister to France by President
Robert McLane, appointed by the president as minister to France, is a trained statesman suited for diplomacy. The Maryland McLanes are a prominent political family, with Allen McLane a noted revolutionary officer and Louis McLane a former Maryland congressman and senator who served as minister to England and later secretary of state. The current Robert McLane actively participates in Maryland politics, holding every position he has been chosen for.
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Robert McLane
France
McLanes
Maryland
Allen McLane
Louis
England
Ger. Jackson
Robert
Miller Named Internal Revenue Commissioner Popular Figure in State
Joseph G. Miller, newly appointed internal revenue commissioner, is a widely respected figure across parties. Born in Cabell County West Virginia about 37 years ago, he comes from a prominent Revolutionary-era lineage. Educated at Beach Grove Academy Ashland Kentucky he is a lawyer who entered politics young serving as Cabell circuit court clerk at 21. He later held state roles as secretary of the state senate state auditor and was re-elected in 1880. His term ended with President Cleveland’s inauguration. He was a leading gubernatorial prospect last fall but did not present his candidacy.
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Internal Revenue
Cabell County
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Virginia Valley
Miller
Beach Grove Academy
Ashland
State Senate
Cleveland
Flames Over a Salt Well In Bellaire O
A natural artificial curiosity near Bellaire Ohio draws attention after oil drilled years ago failed to find oil. Salt water flows from a buried vein and lights with a flame six to eight feet high after a hunter sparked it last fall. A nearby rock ledge shows water frozen into fanciful shapes.
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Bellaire
Eclipse of the Sun Observed in Inland and Atlantic Belts
The annular solar eclipse of March 16 drew reports from California to Greenland with Winnipeg noting the deepest darkness and a temperature drop. Observers used pinhole projections, telescope images revealed lunar mountains, and Krakatoa atmospheric haze persisted. Photographs were taken at Naval Observatory Amherst College and Vassar as scientists await further analysis.
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Vassar
Postmaster at New York portrait and tenure
The piece discusses Henry G. Pearson the New York postmaster, his long service since 1560 and ascent to postmaster in 1877, his age, local schooling, and 25 years in the department, noting 1884 office staff of 1,730 and receipts of 4,280,738.49. It includes an aside on life insurance and a humorous anecdote about its perceived benefits amid political change.
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Pearson
New York
Easter Bonnets and the Concord style capotes
A detailed look at this season’s hat and bonnet fashions finds narrow brims and very high square crowns, trimmed with gilt braid, lace, and Chinese lace. The Concord bonnet shapes and capotes rise in popularity with high hairdos, ribbons, scarfs, and fashionable feathers.
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Concord
Lord & Taylor
Snow Cutter by Canadian Postmaster Aims to Clear Snow
Mr Leake promotes a snow cutter invented by Mr Leslie to replace harsh plows. A 10 foot square funnel with revolving blades, attached to a platform car and powered by a locomotive, slices snow and expels it 150 feet aside. First unit costs 10000 dollars and will be tested in Chicago. Built by Railway Steam Snow Shovel company Paterson New Jersey.
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Chicago
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Railway Steam Snow Shovel Company
Paterson
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Oyster cultivation and distribution across seas
An essay notes differences in oyster biology across continents, describing sexes in American oysters and European hybrids. It recalls Pompeii era cultivation, cites past abundance on the Maine coast and Chesapeake Bay banks, and warns of decline due to aggressive fisheries. It urges rehabilitation through persistent, systematic farming.
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Pompeii
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Chesapeak Bay
Poisonous Aniline at Bochst main Works
A study of the Hochst works shows nitro benzol and aniline are poisonous yet long-term records reveal only five nitro benzol related cases among twenty four nitro benzol workers and eighteen non fatal aniline poisonings among twenty nine. NoSpecific ailments were found in magenta workers over eighteen years. Job was a patient man for when boiled to death he never murmured.
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Hochst
Job
Pittsburgh Democrat
Barrios of Guatemala Aims to Unify Central American States
The Guatemalan president General Justo Barrios is highlighted for his long career in revolutions since 1867, his rise to power by 1873, and his efforts to unite Guatemala with San Salvador and Honduras. The piece notes regional turmoil, the mixed population, and repeated insurrections across five states between the Gulf of Tehuantepec and Panama.
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Pneumatic Tubes Between Paris and London Proposed
The article discusses a proposed pneumatic tube system under the Dover Straits linking Paris and London, a 233 mile distance. It notes successful telephone work between New York and Boston and predicts telegraph replacement by telephone when direct communication exists. It also covers steel replacing iron in bridges ships boilers and fireproof buildings, cork bricks made by grinding cork into cemented bricks and air drying before firing.
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