London Fog Keeps City in Darkness for 70 Hours
London endures a fog of extraordinary density for 70 hours leaving streets dark and traffic halted. Lamps burn, link boys guide torches, river navigation stops, and jewelers shutter up amid fears of theft while police are on constant duty. In Redding, a mother dies from severe burns after a coal oil lamp incident. a two year old child is lightly burned.
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London
Link
Thames
Redding
Cal
Dee
General Schofield reports rout of Garza band in Mexico
Major Gen. Schofield has received dispatches from Gen. Stanley confirming the attack upon and rout of Garza's band by Capt. Rourke. After the fight, by a clever flank movement he prevented the bandits from crossing the Rio Grande and expects to hold them until the additional troops arrive, when the capture of the brigands is likely.
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Washington
Schofield
Stanley
Garza
Rourke
Rio Grande
Brakeman Injured After Oil Car Explodes in SP Incident
A Southern Pacific brakeman crawled under an oil car with a lantern and the car exploded, throwing him distances and injuring him severely. He was taken to hospital. The city weather was clear and cool with no rain.
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Los Angeles
Southern Pacific
Silence in official circles over Chili dispatches
Washington December 24 Officials keep a close lid on news from Chili. Dispatches from Minister Egan have arrived but officials refuse to reveal contents, maintaining an ominous silence in official circles.
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WasHtxaron
Chili
Egan
Wheat Futures Rise Slightly Across Months
Wheat prices firmed in early trading with May at 97 and New York options showing January at 107 March at 108 and May at 108, reflecting a firmer tone amid market activity.
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New York
Former Senator Frank Hereford Dies at 66
Charleston report says Frank Hereford once a West Virginia senator died at his Munroe County home on December 24 at age 66.
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Charleston
W. Va
Frank Hereford
Munroe County
The New War Secretary Takes Office
The President signed Stephen B. Elkins’s commission as Secretary of War and he took the oath of office this morning. He will assume leadership of the War Department on January 1. A separate report notes a battle near Brownsville, Mexico, involving Garza's revolutionary band and Mexican troops, with Garza’s side claimed victorious.
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Washington
Stephen B. Elkins
Elkins
War Department
Larepo
Tex
Garza
Mexico
Brownsville
Wealth and Happiness in Grand Homes Examined
A Philadelphia Times excerpt notes that large mansions built by millionaires often bring little real comfort or happiness. It contrasts urban opulence with gloom in both eastern cities and western mansions, arguing money rush overshadows contentment. Also mentions amber's Roman reputation and uses per Pliny.
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Mr. G. E. Dickinson
Dickens
New York
West
St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Rome
Pliny
Philadelphia Times
Assessment Notice Papas Oil and Mining Co Location Tulare Cal
Assessment Notice from Papas Oil and Mining Co published November 21 1891. Board levies a four cent per share assessment payable in gold to the secretary. Delinquent shares on December 26 1891 will be advertised for sale and sold January 20 1892 to cover due amounts plus costs. Secretary E Oakford memorialized.
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Quiltyunding
Ss. W. Cor
K and Kernets
Tulare
E. Oakford
Quilty Building
W Cor
Land Notice of Orrick Claim in Kern County
Orrick of Independence California files final proof under land notice. The filing requires proof before the Superior Judge of Kern County at Bakersfield on Monday January 4 of 18-. The notice warns the named settler has fled notice of intention to support his claim.
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Charles Kessler
B. M
Kern
William Kessler James A. Thomas Atty
Los Angeles
California
Land Orrick
Independence
Cal
Kern County
Bekersfield
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Telegraph
The
Daily Californian
Bandit Garza
Market Report
Foster
Troy Laundry
J. Wycough
A. Goldman, Niederaur Block
Weiner’s Gash Stores
Fresno
Congress
Santa Claus
Eling Frost
Arived
Bakersfield
Cash Store
Grand Opera House
Bakersfield, California
First-Glass Family Restaurant
Jos. Weringer
Nibederaur
Native Son’s
Conemen
Charles Dickens
Maude
Mme. Anderson
San Francisco
P. Paquette
Sumner, Cal
Cesmat’s
Sumner
J.S. Drury
Chester Avenue
Eighteenth Street
Ye V. Olcese
L. P. Sr
Charm Jn
Wallace
C.O.D
T. A. Baker
ICE
Union Ice Company
John Hoffmeyer
M.D
John Hoffmeir
D. Monrose
D. P. Bubn
F. L. Bubn
Telecaipa
Kern Co
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