Fragments of 19th Century News Items
A disparate OCR batch reports varied items. Damages from a FLoops incident in India. H Cray Evans declines Tennessee governor bid. Valencia riots tied to Spain’s Cuba policy. an autograph of Jack Shepp y sold in London. Hungary storm devastation. the coldest hour noted at 6 am. Mrs. Joan Morey funds Tottenham hospital gift. a doctor on child growth during sleep. two tramps fed lunch for 22 children. a Chicago woman sues for breach of promise. Kentucky whiskey distilleries close. Matthew Quay to retire from politics. Tasmanian women form a female Odd Fellows lodge. Bavaria’s princely titles priced. Peary and Andree polar pursuits. Jean Cayron’s 20th child christening. cholera linked to impure water. head of state salaries discussed. poultice from chamomile for bronchitis. Mrs. Santorp B Dorr travels across the Pacific. Queen Victoria given China autograph letter by Li Hung Chang.
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Floops
India
H. Cray Evans
Tennessee
Valencia
Spain
Cuba
Jack Sheppy
London
Hungary
Joan Morey
Tottenham Hospital
St. Louis
Chicago
Kentucky
Matthew Stanley Quay
Tasmania
Bavaria
Lord
Von
Peary
North Pole
Andree
Jean Cayron
Vibrac
France
Republic of
Andorra
Pyrenees
Santorp B. Dorr
Republic of Hawaii
Pacific
San Francisco
Queen Victoria
China
Li Hung Chang
Unusual economies cut military prison terms and dress
The Navy and Army implement cost saving by reducing imprisonment sentences for deserters and halting full dress uniforms for hospital corps members. President Grover Cleveland issues orders changing punishment scales, reducing terms and transferring equipment costs to the state, with ships, mules, and transportation shifts handled at no cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mes Adoo
Dunphy
Otis
Department of the Columbia
Forsythe
Department of California
Executive Mansion
Congress
Army
Engineers
Ordnance
Grover Cleveland
Miles
Secretary of War
Presidio of
Sawrenee
One Man and Two Women Drowned at Dog River
A picnic party at Dog river near MosiLee Alabama dissolves as Arthur Walker Viola French and Margaret Curry drown while bathing. Robert E Lee and others struggle. Lee is rescued after a 30 minute effort.
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Mosilee
Ala
Arthur Walker
Robert E. Lee
Viola, French
Margaret Curry
Dog River
Walker
Lee
Grain merchant found dead in Grand Rapids store
E Vaswe of Caswell Bros a leading grain and commission merchant was found dead in his Grand Rapids shop on Sunday night. A morphine pill lay beside him after a dental extraction. The coroner could not yet determine if it was suicide. He was 42, unmarried, and left a brother and mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids, Mich
E. Vaswe
Caswell Bros
Discouraging Crop Report From Columbus Mississippi Area
Discouraging crop reports from Columbus Mississippi and nearby Alabama counties describe weeks without rain and extreme heat. Cotton plants suffer with bolls opening prematurely and looms dropping from the plant. Experts estimate the cotton crop about 50 percent below last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cilummbus
Miss
Alabama
Tragic Lightning Kills Two Girls Crossing River
In Napanee Ontario during a heavy Sunday thunderstorm three girls under 13 crossed a river by rowboat to Sunday school. Lightning struck the craft killing Lindsay and Ellis and leaving the third girl unconscious. The tragedy highlights the danger of storms for children traveling by rivercraft.
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Napanee
Ont
Lindsay
Ellis
Saloonkeeper Killed by Woman in Florida
Jacksonville dispatch reports saloonkeeper P. R. Lines was shot at midnight by Mrs. C. E. Rentz, a divorcee with whom Lines had a liaison. She fired twice, hitting him in the neck and left breast, and asserts self defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
P. R. Lines
C. E. Rentz
Uncle Billy Moore Dead in Kentucky Town
CATLETTSBURG KY August 17 Uncle Billy Moore died Saturday evening at his home above here He was about 70 years old and one of the best known men in Eastern Kentucky.
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Billy Moore
Catlettsburg
Kentucky
Fatal Lightning Strikes Reported Near Norfolk City
A storm front over central Washington from Norfolk caused five deaths and damage to a building as lightning struck during a coastal passage. Walter Foster and D J Foster were killed instantly, with two others injured. Reported in rough transit, the event mentions a colored driver and other named individuals amid scattered wreckage and ongoing rescue efforts.
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Tair
Cen- Washingto
Norfalk
Central
Feim
Walter
D. J. Foster
Yoseph Sally
Dr Nansens Arctic Drift and the Fram's Ice Battle
Lonpox Aug 17 Chronicle prints Fritjof Nansen report on the Fram voyage from Jugo Strait August 4 189% to June 18 1894. Ice pressure surrounded the ship at times 30 feet thick, crew prepared to abandon ship, Fram held firm and drifted northward with record northern latitude reach.
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Lonpox
Fritjof Nansen
Arctic Sea
Dr. Nansen
Varda
Norway
Jugo
Strait
Siberian
Kara Sea
Cape Cheljuskin
Siberia
Frightful dynamite blast in New Holland yard
A Pennsylvania Dynamite Company party placing 100 pounds of dynamite in a wagon exploded in C G Millers yard in Lancaster County. Several men were killed and three fatally injured with about a score seriously hurt. Investigations follow into the deadly accident and its causes.
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Lancaster
New
Abstract fragment hints at a Norse explorer and dogs
A fragmented snippet mentions Vardo and flood of garbled text about dogs and an explorer. It references Nor land and August 18 with Dr Nansen. The readable parts suggest clues to a report on exploration or arctic matters but lack coherent details or events.
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Vaardo
Meets
Fragmented Texty Snippet From Incoming Notice
A partial OCR fragment mentions New York and treasury terms with unclear timing and withdrawal note. The readable bits imply a daily matter but lack concrete subjects, dates, or actions.
Deserters from Cub Granted Passports on Steamer
On Monday a steamer carried cabin arrivals who deserted from the Cub. They received passports from Eyler. Their families include James Tino and Jorntscha. They proceeded to join the Laurada expedition.
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Eyler
James Taino
Jorntscha
Ice floes and wintering near Franz Josef Land voyage
Narrative excerpts describe Nansen and companions reaching 81 degrees north in March 1895, enduring rough ice, dwindling provisions, and a wintering hut built of stone and walrus hide. Bears and blubber sustained them for ten months, then open water and land near Spitzbergen opened paths for summer voyage to Vardo. Nansen recounts meeting Capt. Jackson and returning with the Windward. Also noted is the death of Miss Dodge, a Hamilton, Massachusetts writer and former teacher born 1830, whose works include Country Living and Country Thinking.
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Fraz Josef Land
Demgrees
Spitzbergen
Redy
Payer
Nansen
Capt
Jackson
Cape Flora
Franz Josef Land
Brown
Vardo
Miss Dodge
Blaines
Washington
Miss. Dodge
Hamilton
Mass
James G. Blaine
Centenarian Club Funeral Buries Lexington Member
Jacob White, a 90 year old Lexington Centenarian club member, was buried Sunday afternoon by the Odd Fellows. He had 60 years of good standing in Friendship lodge No. 5 L O O F. The club now has six remaining members including Mrs Graves and James M Graves.
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Centenarian Club
Lexington
Jacob White
Odd Fellows
Friendship Lodge
No. 5
Graves
Uashie
James M. Graves
The
City National Bank
Robinson
Satterwhite Co
Kite
Oliest
Abigail Dodge Expires at Her Home in Milton Mass
Mary Abigail Dodge of Milton Massachusetts died at home on August 18 after paralysis illness. Survived by family members and listed in local obituary notices.
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Vilton
Iiton
Mass
Mary
Abi D Heeajiton
North Atlantic Squadron to Join Li Hung Chang Reception
The Maine and Texas battleships did not join the North Atlantic squadron before departure due to incomplete crew and stores. The Raleigh brought a draft from New York to join Maine and Texas at Tompkinsville after repairs and replenishment, with the fleet set to stay in New York Harbor for Li Hung Chang's arrival and the ensuing reception.
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Li Hung Chang
New York
Norfolk
Maine
Texas
Norfolk Navy Yard
North Atlantic
Raleigh
New York Yard
Tompkinsville
Staten Island
Florida
New York Harbor
Tax suit flood could drain treasury under section 61
Washington reports more than 1,000 court of claims suits seek recovery of alcohol taxes paid under section 61 of the tariff act of 1894. The total faces over 4 million dollars with more to come, and a successful outcome could force Congress to appropriate around 15 million to settle the indebtedness created by the provision.
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Washington
Court of Claims
Congress
Building Collapse Hits Eau Claire Wisconsin Remodelling
Eau Claire Wis Aug 18 The Music hall block the citys main business block undergoing remodeling collapsed Monday around 430 pm. Foreman Halvor Oleson of Madison Street Manufacturing Co was killed and fifteen others seriously injured. William Dean Phenix Manufacturing Co officer and Nicholas Roach a worker are buried in the ruins and presumed dead, with many other contractors workers missing.
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Eau Clarre
Wis
Music Hall
Halvor Oleson
Madison Street Manufacturing Co
Wm. Dean
Phenix Manufacturing Co
Nicholas Roach
Rins
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Poul Renie
PAOK
Nznt Fir KE
Harrison, Ohio
Farrison, O
Stolass
Joseph Bernhard
Market St
Harrison
National Bakery
Market Street
Henry Schott
City Hall
Citizens’ Bank
Dade
United States
Og Land
Army and Navy
Hospital Corps
Ance
Farnbor
Saan
Sac
Clara Barton
American Red Cross Society
Mary Kerr
Edinburg
Washington,d. C
M. de Goncourt
Lapy
Public Library
Kansas City
Horace Greeley
Greely
New York City
Harriet Newell Lopagee
Pennsylvania Street
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Henpish
West
Chuckawalla
Riverside
Cal
Wawa
Biefin
Oca
William
Lowry Plantations
William Griffin
Polk
Grovelles
Poplar Grove
Polks
Rison
McCoy
Clay County
Joe Bragg
Bragg
Tadce Lynch
Gratning
Arctic
New Siberian Islands
Antil
Fram
Kagwe Polar Basin
Prince Louis
Batoy
Christoforé Colombo
Valparaiso
Prince Louis of Savoy
King Humbert
Italy
Christoforo Coxlombo
City of Para
Christoforo Colombo
South America
Honolulu
Chili
Christoforo Poe
Colombo
Treasury
Abigail Dodge
North Atlantic Squadron
Uncle Sam
Gerard
Wuestefeld
Shot World Shop
St Way
Royal Medicine CO
Barrow & Hollow
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