Fragmented 19th century items mix curiosities and notices
A garbled collection reports on varied topics from counterfeit five dollar bills in Pittston to a baby born weighing 24 pounds in Cusseta, Georgia. Other items mention taxes on bicycles in Savannah, Georgia and a New York man bleeding to death after cutting off a toe to treat a corn, with assorted notes on libraries, farms, and railroads.
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Eastman
Pittston
Savannad
Pittsburgh
Alabama
Chepar County
Spain
Portugal
Florida
New York
Kentucky
Shelby County
Tennessee
Cusseta
Glasgow
Missouri
Great Lakes
Wisconsin State Fish Commission
Fred D. Grant
United States
Oue
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Circle City
Alaska
Arctic Circle
Jefferson
Oklahoma City
Broad mix of notices and financial news from 19th century paper
Various items including weather notes, local conventions, state salary cuts, unusual discoveries, library openings, transit improvements, and national political maneuvering. Mentions Tennessee Y M C A in Murfreesboro in February, Mississippi governor salaryCut, Prince College rector, and rail mail service expansion. Pending Senate bond bill and free coinage debate tied to global events. Also reports on arctic cold, a hog with a gold coin stomach, and a fatal accident in Gordon PA.
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Daniel E. Sickies
White House
Tennessee Y. M. C. A
Murfreesboro
Mississippi Senate
BrrMin Guam
Ala
N. Y
Bayard Taylor Memorial Library
Kennett Square
Danbury
Nashville
Cleveland
Princeton College
Arizona
National Women’s Christian Temperance Union Committee
San Francisco
Cal
Gordon
Henry Schroeder
Columbia River
Fellowship of Anatomy
University of Pennsylvania
Jos. Leidy
John Whitelock
Merchantville
N. J
New Hampshire Bank Commissioners
Santa Fe Railway
Chicago
Los Angeles
London Mint
London
France
United State
Runyon Dead Distinguished Lawyer and Diplomat Dies
Hon Theodore Runyon American ambassador to Germany dies in Berlin at 1 AM. Born Somerville New Jersey October 25 1822 Yale 1842 admitted to bar 1844 Newark city attorney 1853 mayor 1864. later chancellor 1873 78. ambassador 1893. LL D degrees from Yale Rutgers Wesleyan. President notified. Berlin death reported to Washington. officials awaiting formal notice.
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New Jersey
New Jersey National Guard
Cleveland
Germany
Yale
Rutgers
Wesleyan
Washington
Berlin
Theodore F. Runyon
United Press
State Department
Fragmented notes recount Ottoman turmoil and relief efforts
Extracted fragments describe terrible slaughter and panic across districts of Tur key with mentions of Mardin Harpoot and Trebizond. Reports reference relief efforts, clothing and bedding supplies, and a large city situation deemed satisfactory while ongoing aid and star service details appear in scattered lines.
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Cesa
Mardin
Beal
Reig
Trebizond
Sesame Conmore
Congressional Session Updates and Venezuelan Debate
The report covers January proceedings in Washington with Senate and House actions. The Senate debated the bond bill and free coinage substitute, while resolutions addressed U S citizens in Havana and Cuban war reporting. The House passed urgent deficiencies appropriations and debated a state department printing bill and expansion of representation. The Venezuelan question and Monroe doctrine drew fierce scrutiny, with Wolcott and others voicing strong opinions. The day featured committee actions on elections and external architectural funding for Chicago projects.
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Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
Jones
Dem
Ark
Allen
Neb
Thurston
Baker
Washington
Utah
Cannon
Brown
Committee On Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Hansbrough
Rep
N. D
George
Miss
House
Nelson
Minn
Bacon
Lodge
Mass
Teller
Atk
Mr. Call
Fila
United States
Havana
State Department
Cuba
Committee On Appropriations
Congress
Rep. IL
Richardson
Tenn
Walcott
Colorado
Wolcott
Messrs. Teller
Sherman
Gorman
Hoar
Aldrich
Lindsay
Treasury
Chicago
Elections Committee
H. C Miner
New York
Timothy J. Campbell
Daniel
Virginia
Venezuela
Fatal Fire and a Mother's Tragic Acts Reported
A fire at a Philadelphia home killed Mary aged five and Norah aged three after a lamp exploded in a second story room. Their mother Mrs John Steele jumped from a window sustaining serious injuries while two other children escaped. The incident follows reports from New York Yonkers and Brooklyn of poisoning and a separate murder during a robbery.
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Picrssureh
Mary
Norah
John Steele
South Sixteenth Street
Steele
Otto
William
St. Catherine’s Hospital
Yonkers
N. Y
Edmund Tucker
Central Avenue
Bronxville
City Repair Shop Offers Sewing Machine Repairs
The Practical eager Sewing Machine Repair near Grar Hise promises machine rebuilding with a three position guarantee. Also repairs on bicycles stoves and lawn mowers. Umbrellas repaired.
House calendar for week ironed with appropriation bills
Washington January 27 the house will devote most of the week to appropriation bills. The diplomatic and consular appropriation bill is ready for reporting and debate may begin now. Monday is set for District of Columbia business, with two minor medical measures pending and elections committee reports possible if time allows.
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Washington
House
District of Columbia
Committee On
Committee On Elections
Johnson
English capitalists buy 500000 acres of Tehuantepec coffee land
A Mexico City special edition reports that a syndicate representing English capitalists has purchased 500000 acres on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec for coffee cultivation. It notes American investors have sunk several hundred thousand dollars in similar Tehuantepec coffee lands in recent months.
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St. Louis
City of Mexico
Tehuantepec
Navy panel eyes two to three new battleships
Washington lawmakers on the naval committee expect next year’s appropriations to fund two, possibly three, first class battleships. The panel has not formally discussed the plan, but the aim is to add as many ships as finances allow. An appropriation for torpedo boats, perhaps two in total, is also anticipated.
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Washington
House Naval Committee
Collectors Tightly Watch for Steamer J. W. Hawkins
Acting Secretary Wike orders customs collectors to chase the steamer J. W. Hawkins believed to sail from New York on a filibustering Cuba expedition with Calixto Garcia aboard. Revenue cutters Morrill McLane and Colfax receive orders to intercept if accusations by Senor De Lome are true, while cruisers Raleigh and Montgomery join Bunce’s squadron at sea.
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Collectors of Customs
J. W. Hawkins
Washington
Wike
New York
Cuba
Senor de Lome
Calixto Garcia
Palm Beach
Fla
Morrill
McLane
Colfax
Hawkins
Raleigh
Montgomery
Adm
Bunce
Republicans Move to Nominate Frye for Senate President Pro Tempore
Washington January 28. The plan in the senate calls for Senator Frye of Maine to be nominated for president pro tempore and elected. Republicans expect a sufficient plurality after a Democrat move to substitute Senator Harris of Tennessee if approved by the Democrats. The Populists are expected to decline to vote.
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Washington
Senate
Frye
Maine
Harris
Tennessee
How the Premium Shall be Paid on Bonds
The treasury stated the premium on the new bonds will be paid in the same proportion as the bonds, 20 percent at first and ten percent every 15 days for 120 days total. As payments are made, the accepted bidder may receive the corresponding portion of bonds he has paid for.
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Washington
Treasury
Caracas Arrives From Venezuelan Ports Amid Border Calm
The Caracas steamed in from Venezuelan ports on Monday morning. Leaving Aguayra, a calmer mood prevailed on the boundary question. An outbreak at Coro was quickly quelled by government troops.
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New York
Caracas
Aguayra
Coro
Transportation for Negro Colonists in Mexico
Washington dispatch reports on January 28 that the House received a message from the Department detailing appropriation for the transport of Negro colonists who relocated to Mexico. The brief item notes government funding and the involvement of official channels in relocating the settlers.
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Washington
Mexico
Chamberlain Calls US Aid in Armenian Reforms
Jan 23 Loxpon The Birmingham speech by Jos Chamberlain secretary of state for the colonies invites US cooperation with England on Armenia. Reports say Salisbury urged President Cleveland to join a note to the powers protesting against the Porte’s treachery and to back united action for genuine reforms. He also seeks US participation in a joint English American naval demonstration in Turkish waters.
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BeRuin
Jan
State Department
Runyon
America
United States
Admiral Bunce
Fort Monroe, Va
Loxpon
Birmingham
Jos. Chamberlain
England
Armenia
Lord Salisbury
Cleveland
Insurance Bill Killed in Kentucky Legislature
Fraxxtoft Kentucky January 28. Mn Stephenson's measure restricting insurance company business to state citizen agents was passed on Monday but later reconsidered, effectively killing the bill.
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Fraxxtoft, Ky
Stephenson
Creedon Defeats Jem Smith in Brief Club Bout
In Loxpoon on January 28 Dan Creedon defeated Jem Smith at the National Sporting club for 400 francs purse. Creedon won in the second round, with the bout lasting under seven minutes.
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Creedon
Jem Smith
Loxpoon
Dan Creedon
National Sporting Club
General J H Porter Dead in New York
Gen J H Porter died at the Grand hotel on a Monday night due to heart failure, brought on by wounds he received in the Civil War. He was 54 years old.
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J. H Porter
New York
J. H. Porter
Grand Hotel
Fragmented OCR note on 19th century arts and counts
An unclear OCR fragment mentions refinement music poetry and a record of months with phrases about bravery races and a family volume. The text is garbled with stray symbols and excessive punctuation, lacking coherent names dates or places to form a complete news item.
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City Hall
Harrison, O
Zine
Joseph Bernyard
Wiarrison
Ohio
Tecan
Busi
Kees
Broadway
Harrison, Uy
Madea
Market St
Harrison
the National Bakery
Market Street
Henry Schott
Prop
John H. Ragar
City
Citizens’ Bank
Harrison, Ohio
Cincinnati
Frank Bowles
Arkansas
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railway
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
New England
Maryland
Lula
Atlanta
Marion
Yuisville
White
Railway Mail Service
Post Office Department
Wm. Cogswell
Massachusetts
Wm. Dulaney
Turkey
Keely
Biridjik
Boston
Angora
Cesarea
Botrages
Tur
Stal Service
Grar Hise
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