Vast mix of curiosities and news from 1890 era
A wide compilation notes charity balls raising funds, rare coins found in Oregon, age notes on senators, blunt social commentary, and assorted items. It mentions Pamphlet data on birth rates, European travel after March, a Pennsylvania judge ruling piano playing as labor, and various curiosities including a swan, Maltese dot, and wallet-sized novelties. The piece also covers law, politics, science, and social trends such as women’s rights, blue laws, and public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Senator Ingalls
P. T. Barnum
United States
Tae
France
Pennsylvania
Ingalls
Europe
Death of General Sherman Ends Flagship Civil War Career
New York, Feb 14. General Sherman died at 1 50 p m after a brave struggle. Family rushed to his bedside as doctors reported the end near. Burial will be in St Louis with General Henry Slocum to supervise funeral. The sacrament of extreme unction was administered amid family and public reaction. Biography details trace Sherman from Lancaster Ohio born 1820 to West Point graduate and rise to Union commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sherman
Barrett
Egbert L. Viele
Henry W. Slocum
St. Louis
John Sherman
General Sherman
James M. Byrnes
Father Taylor
William Tecumseh Sherman
Lancaster
Thomas Ewing
Military Academy
West Point
Third Artillery
Florida
California
Stephen W. Kearney
Ellen Boyle Ewing
Washington
Thirteenth Infantry
Scott
Tyler
Anderson
Kentucky
Henry Ane
Athy
Tennessee
Shiloh
Halleck
Memphis
Vicksburg
Rosecrans
Chattanooga
Bartie
Chickamauga
Burnside
Knoxville
Grant
Mississippi
Congress
Atlanta
Johnston
Savannah
Georgia
Charleston
Columbus
Goldsboro
Cape Fear
Schofield
Greensporo
Lee
United States
Sheridan
Seventy-first Street
Central Park
Thomas Ewing Sherman
Philomel Tecumseh Sherman
Evarts, Choate & A. M
Rudini Outlines Italian Policy in Chamber Speech
Rome February 14 The new Italian premier Marquis di Rudini presented a government policy plan in the Chamber of Deputies. He pledged to maintain current Kingdom alliances and to reduce government expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Marquis di Rudini
Chamber of Deputies
Population of Arkansas by races announced
Washington February 14 Census Bureau reports Arkansas population by race with White 16,517, Colored 311,22, Indians 804, Chinepa 181, total 1198,17 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Washington
Census Bureau
State of
Fire damages New York Post Office building
A major fire swept the New York Post Office building overnight, spreading quickly through mail rooms and floors as firemen battled the blaze. The loss is estimated at 25 000 in mail and machinery with several workers affected. A supervisor suggested a suspected fault and the blaze originated in the building’s rear sections. contact and recovery efforts continued into Sunday.
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Hall
Funeral arrangements underway for General W. T. Sherman
The Sherman household in New York logs steady crowds and about 3000 telegrams after the general's death. Generals Slocum Howard and Butterfield organize funeral plans. The cortege will form at 1 PM Thursday on West Seventy‑first Street and depart at 2 PM for services in St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slocum
Howard
Butterfield
W. Q. Gresham
Joseph E. Johnston
Levi P. Morton
John M. Harlan
R. A. Alger
James G. Blaine
KR. A. Tracy
Prohibition to Be Resubmitted in North Dakota Senate
The North Dakota Senate considered the House concurrent resolution on resubmission of prohibition and concurred in it year 15, nays 14. Re submission carried by West Slope members who had been instructed against it. A Capitol removal resolution passed 20 to 8, establishing a joint committee to report on various sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
Pursued by Bears on Mountain Side near Wilkesbarre
Martin Badger a track walker for the Central railroad of New Jersey reports a thrilling chase on the mountain side near Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania. He was pursued by two big bears and fled for his life signaling a freight train whose crew dismounted. The bears fled to the woods and hunters are now in pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Russell
Trinity County
Cal
B. F. Stearne
Lynchburg
Thomas Jefferson
Alabama
New Mexico
Mary B. Matthews
Asbury Station
N. J
Tenama County
California
Asia Minor
Men of Science
Washington
Georgia
Echols
Charlton
Wyoming
New York City
Grinnell
Chicago
Chicago City Railroad Company
IV Machinery
Martin Badger
Central Railroad
New Jersey
Wilkesbarre
Boiler Explosion Destroys Yard at New Albany
A boiler burst at John Platt’s wood yard in New Albany Indiana blowing the building apart. The engineer George Sherrer was hurled across the yard and lost his right leg at the knee. He is not expected to live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Albany
Ind
John Platt
Wood Yard
George Sherrer
Levy Upon Mormon Property in Salt Lake City
In Salt Lake City Utah the U S Attorney filed suit and the U S Marshal levied on eighty thousand dollars of Mormon Church property including the residence of George Q Canon First Counselor to the Church President and several nearby parcels around the old Tithing House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
U. S
Mormon Church
George Q. Canon
Aid to Mine Sufferers Dispatches $1000 Gift
Colonel James Geary of Ft. Wayne Indiana sent a $1000 contribution Sunday to aid Pennsylvania Mammoth Mine disaster sufferers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Geary
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Pennsylvania
Supposed Dead Arises In Detroit Inquest
During a coroner’s inquest over Mrs. Andrew Ortex in Detroit Michigan she was found alive. No physician attended the case and it may have been catalepsy or a trance rather than death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Ortex
Detroit
Mich
Fatal Ballroom Incident at Turn Hall KC
During a ball at Turn Hall in Kansas City Henry Nothams dropped his revolver. The weapon discharged and the bullet struck William Benjamin in the head, killing him instantly.
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Turn Hall
Kansas City
Henry Nothams
William Benjamin
Johnstown Flood Reaches City Center as Bridges Fail
Severe flooding grips Johnstown Pennsylvania with hundreds of homes inundated and most bridges washed away. People flee to higher ground, boats used for evacuation as Shady Creek logs risk bursting. Eastern Ohio and West Virginia report rising water bodies and damaged bridges. Thieves exploit the chaos amid rising waters and power outages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Cambria
Shady Creek
Pittsburgh
Jeannette
Ohio
West Virginia
Ohe Poplar Street
Conemaugh
Somerset County
General Sherman to be laid in state and burial plans
The body of General William Tecumseh Sherman will be placed in a burial casket on Tuesday and laid in the front parlor on the first floor. Only family until Thursday, then intimate friends may view. The funeral car will depart on the Pennsylvania Railroad at 6:30 Thursday, arriving in St. Louis Saturday at 7:30. Congress actions and a plaster cast of his face are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Wm. T. Sherman
General Sherman
U. S. Army
St. Louis
Pennsylvania Road
Nhc Halz Onaire
General Butterfield
New York
Maine
New Jersey
Governor Hill
Albany
Expulsion of Jews in Novgorod Reported
Advices from Russia describe a new Holy Synod driven crackdown on sectaries with arrests and brutal coercion to force conversion. Catholic churches are largely closed in Poland, while Jews face expulsion harming prominent Hebrew families and triggering anti Jewish scandal over the Novgorod cathedral fire attempt.
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Holy Synod
Novgorod
Russia
Europe
Poland
D. Barnes Plyler Dies in Buford Township North Carolina
A letter from Buford Township announces the death of D. Barnes Plyler the largest man in the state. He weighed 460 pounds at death and the coffin plus body weighed 700 pounds. Burial per his dying wish at 9 PM with boots hat and a pocket knife in hand. Public buildings to close Thursday and Washington St Louis on Saturday for funeral ceremonies.
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Buford Township
N. C
D. Barnes Plyler
Washington
St. Louis
Secretary Gibson Indicted Over Explosive Possession
Secretary Gibson of the Whisky Trust was indicted by a Chicago grand jury for possession of explosives intended to injure a person or building, marking a pivotal criminal case against a high ranking official.
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Gibson
The
Whisky Trust
Chicago Grand Jury
Argentine Alarm as Troops Hold Buenos Aires
Rumors of a new revolutionary plot prompt government action. Troops placed under arms and cavalry patrol Buenos Ayres streets. Also reported, banker S. B. Bowles arrested in Columbus Nebraska on Monday, en route to Omaha, charged with his wife’s murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Ayres
S. B. Bowles
Columbus
Neb
Omaha
Ohio Valley Rains Swell Streams Prompting Flood Fear
Heavy Sunday night rains have swollen all streams in the Ohio Valley and the river is rising steadily. The situation is dangerous with rising water threatening communities along the banks and prompting watchful authorities to prepare for possible flooding impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Valley
Just a Little Nest Eye Heist of Banker Mace
The safes of defaulting banker Victor Mace have been opened and found to contain items unspecified. Investigators report no further details yet as authorities examine the scene and secure the location. Local officials are coordinating with financial regulators to assess the bank’s affairs and protect depositors.
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Victor Mace
Berneau
Ohio Senate and House Bills Shape State Policy
Ohio legislature notes from Columbus list numerous Senate and House bills introduced and passed on Feb 9 to Feb 13, touching transfers of municipal funds, police and road projects, school and jail matters, and public works. Local bills and statewide measures include funding for schools, water works, rail safety, and canal land sales, with appointments, taxes, and public notices amid routine adjournments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ColumBus
Senate
Noxwalk
House
Asylum For
Ohio National Guard
Portsmouth
Ohio State Reformatory
Os Monnot
Stark
Monnot
Supreme Court
Tryon Road
The
Board of Penitentiary Managers
Hovss
Ohio Food and Dairy Commissioner
Zaleski
Vinton County
Cincinnati
Delaware
Delaware County
Miami Township
Cuyahoga County
Kenton
Harding County
Ohio State News highlights and a list of incidents
The page reports the death of George A. Cook of South Wellston after an eight day hiccough attack, theft by RoBERT BEEMAN from Congressman Kennedy’s Bellefontaine family, scald injuries to a one year old in Upper Sandusky, and widespread measles and whooping cough in COSHOCTON. It lists appointments, postmaster designations, a suicide by Julius Wolpman, a prison sentence for Frank Smith, a civil verdict for Daniel Robertson, and various local accidents and legal matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Cook
South Wellston
Robert Beeman
R. P. Kennedy
Bellefontaine
Coshocton
Campbell
Harry T. Hall
Geo. W. Hall
Lima
Ohio Military Academy
Portsmouth
F. Getzandiner
Cheviot
Hamilton County
G. C. Davis
Cornersburg
Mahoning County
J. C. White
Mount Heron
Darke County
M. J. Barr
New Harrisburg
Carroll County
Julius Wolpman
Cincinnati
Frank Smitth
Urbana Express
Daniel Robertson
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie
Youngstown
Josepph L. Reerrick
Tiro
Walker
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Ha ‘-Arrison
ER Ebertz
PH Bernhard
Ecorchant
Sonable
Hn Knepfie
Obacco
Rket St
Harrison
Jearborn
Igst
Izens’ Bank
Harrison, Ohio
Ral Banking
Incinnati and
Bowles
Vermont
United States Senate
Diaz
Mexico
Prince of Wales
Panama
Alaska
Carnot
Paris
London
House of Commons
Jefferson Davis
Ben Butler
General Butler
Alexander
Dr. Alexander
Dr. Green
Thackera
Fitch
Janeway
Times
Matthew A. Tay
Rudini
Ffice
Polock
Ess
Fle
Mt Hall
New
Feneral Sherman
Eneral Sherman
Ohio Legislature
House Finance Committee
Taylor
Champaign
Messrs
Boesel
Bense
Critchfield
Henry Lakes
Ridgeway-Burton Company
Canton
R. Hamblin
Meigs County
Ohio University At
Athens
Robert Rice
Standard Oil Company
Tye Senate
J. W. Crawford
Richmond
Thomas Larry
Lebanon
Edward Loudensle
Ger
Fremont
J. C. Newcomb
Ripley
Ohio State News
Eagle Shere
Claflin
Claflins
Cleveland
Mt. Ephraim
James Watson
Upper
Sandusky
S. T. Bechtel
John Herring
Upper Sandusky
Miners’ National Convention
Sarah O'Brien
Columbus and Toledo Railroad
Fostoria
Common Pleas Court
District Court
Circuit Court
Jane E. Blazer
J. A. Blazer
Charles E. Bonebrake
Sunday Herald
Blazer
Stebenvill
Andrew Gamble
Riverside Furnace Company
Sean. Wern Carpenter
Pringfield
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