Fractured miscellany from a late 19th century issue
A wide array of brief notices spans bizarre local curiosities and world events. Topics include a cherry tree bloom in Kentucky. forest fire deaths in Canada. Bagdad Hebrews and Babylon. French campaigns in Africa. cattle disease in Illinois. Parisian shopping belts. a Maryland common scold bond. Egypt’s smoking habit. a Hopkins county coat lineage. arbitration in labor matters. brick versus granite durability. fisheries invites to Tampa 1898. southern mill investments. age claims by a Georgia man. a female law student in South Carolina. German patent cheek device. Japanese student in New York. a 105-year-old Philadelphia birthday. drought crop damage in Memphis. Asheville monument contract. Massachusetts female surplus. Prussia church censure. global book trade. a massage machine. and an Alaskan lake with tidal exchange.
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Mercer County
Kentucky
Canada Atlantic
Bagdad
Babylon
Egypt
West Africa
England
Parments
Centralia
Walker Franklin
Hopkins County
Tue United Typothet’ of America
Nashville
Tampa
Fla
Baltimore American
South
Samuel Andrew Gibbons
Georgia
Exta R. Norris
South Carolina College
Columbia
Rhine
Univer
Prince Bismarck
University of Paris
Fraulein Elfrida
Latkiewitz
Suipzu
Naruse
New York
Saran Terry
Philadelphia
Terry
Memphis
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
West
Tennessee
Vance
Court Square
Asheville
N. Y
Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics
Massachusetts
Evangelical Consistory
East Prussia
Rominten
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Switzerland
France
Holland
Grand Britain
Russia
United States
London
Alaska
Selawik
Railway Mail Service report shows vast mail miles and clerks
An abstract of the annual report of the general superintendent of the railway mail service details 1 164 railway post office lines 7 013 clerks on main lines plus 559 casualties 14 deaths 75 injured. It notes miles traveled 282 830 081, car and office staffing, and a push for relief legislation for families and injured clerks.
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Washington
Railway Mail Service
W. S. Shallenberger
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Brooklyn
Shallenberger
Windsor N S Fire Destroys Town Nearly All Buildings Burned
Historic Windsor Nova Scotia suffered a fierce fire under a northwest gale. From 8 a.m. six hours of flames consumed nearly a mile square, with four hundred buildings reaching total loss around three million dollars. Only a few structures escaped including Windsor cotton factory King's College Anglican church Edgehill School and Buffrin hotel. Insurance is about half a million.
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Hallifax
N. S
Windsor
King's College
Anglican Church
Edgehill School For Girls
Buffrin
British Steel Output Reaches Record Half-Year Total
London reports The Times states Britain's steel production in the first half of 1897 totaled 2,350,927 tons, the largest half-year output on record for Great Britain or any European country.
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London
the Times
Great Britain
Alleged Train Robber Acquitted in Blue Cut Case
John F. Kennedy, on trial in Kansas City for leading the Chicago and Alton passenger train robbery at Blue Cut in December, was acquitted Sunday after a weeklong criminal court proceeding. The outcome ends the contentious case against Kennedy.
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Kansas City
John F. Kennedy
Chicago & Alton
Blue Cut
In Danger of Lyng OsHKosH Wis lynching threat
William Payne, a Negro who killed hotel keeper Beaman at Fond du Lac Sunday morning, was brought to Oshkosh Monday evening amid a possible lynching. Adjt. Gen. Boardman ordered Companies B and F of the national guard to stand ready to prevent an attack on the jail.
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Oshkosh
Wis
William Payne
Beaman
Fond du Lac
Adjt
Boardman
National Guard
Explosion at Colma Fuse Works Kills and Injures
In Colma near San Francisco California an explosion at the Colma Fuse Works on Monday evening killed one man and fatally injured another. The deceased was identified as a Chinaman named Mary Helm. A bystander noted the blast caused scattered debris and prompted an urgent emergency response.
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San Francisco
Cah
Colma
Colina
Mary Helm
Mighty feat replaces iron bridge with steel span
In Philadelphia on October 18 the Schuylkill River bridge near Girard Avenue was replaced in two minutes and thirty-two seconds by a steel span of the same 242 by 25 by 30 feet. About 1,700 tons of iron and steel moved 25 feet while four end engines and scows operated with minimal power, causing cheering crowds as the new span slid into place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Schuylkil
Girard Avenue
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Chestnut Hill
Broad Street
Charles A Dana, Sun editor, dies at 1:20 PM in Glencove
Charles A Dana, editor of the New York Sun, died at his Glencove Long Island home after months of illness. Family and physicians were at his bedside as relapses and weakening tides led to a quiet end Friday night into Sunday afternoon.
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The
New York Sun
New York
Charles A. Dana
Glencove
Long Island
Mr. Dana
Dome Collapse at Robinson's Opera House Kills Three
A ceiling dome at Robinson's Opera House in Cincinnati collapsed during a performance of Dangers of a Great City. Three people were killed and many injured as debris and crowds caused a chaotic scramble for exits. The event spurred calls for roof-truss inspections and notes of a prior 1876 panic in the same venue.
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Robinson
Cincinnati
Robinson’s Opera House
Mai
al- Boehmer
Eighth Street
Central Avenue
Della Algeier
Daisy Fairhead
S. E. Long
Mary Scudder
Newport
Grace Conners
C. J . Weiss
Will
Fred Jenks
Mond Street
Dayton
W. J. McCabe
Clint Deal
Jacob Weil
Mary Hess
John White
Ametia Weil
Mary Howe
Mary Moorman
Twelfth
Clay Streets
Lucy Cohen
Geo. Kleeman
George W. Rapp
American Institute of Architects
America
Snow storm breaks records in Crested Butte Colorado
A heavy snowstorm struck Crested Butte and surrounding areas 36 hours ago, bringing continuous snowfall with no signs of stopping. The storm set unprecedented early season records for the locality, causing ongoing downpours and uncertain conditions as the system persists.
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Denver
Crested Butte
Col
Durrant Breaking Down Under Supreme Court Action
San Francisco October 18 Theodore A Durrant the convicted murderer of Minnie Williams and Blanche Lamont faces a potential collapse of resolve as the United States Supreme Court nears a decision on his fate. The case has drawn intense public and legal scrutiny across the nation.
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Southern Pacific
Itic and Pacific Railroad Co
Land Office
Congress
Nnt
Ath Pacific
Southern Pz Court
Supreme
Ra Company
Supreme Londay
San Francisco
Durrant
Theodore A Durrant
Minnie Williams
Blanche Lamont
Supreme Court of the United States
Yale College Taxes Suit Heard in New Haven
New Haven authorities foretell a tax suit against Yale College for about 460000 to be filed in November. It is expected both sides will proceed to trial in the New Haven superior court, after earlier rumors of arbitration.
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Pinar del Rio
Havana
Matanzas
Santa Clara
Cuba
United States
Washington
Yale College
New Haven
Fire gutts Maloney's hotel in Shreveport tragedy
SHREVEPORT La Oct 19 Maloney's hotel burned Monday morning. Guests escaped with minor injuries except H S Newsom of Kansas City who leaped from a second story window and fractured both legs. Mr Rose of Saginaw Mich was so badly burned he died at 6 AM. Mrs Rose severely burned but expected to recover.
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Shreveport
Saw Mill Destroyed by Fire near Rhinelander
Saw mill of H. I. Fall and J. W. Gilligen was destroyed by fire in Rhinelander Wisconsin on October 19. Loss estimated at 50000 with 25000 covered by insurance. The blaze caused extensive damage to the facility and halted operations pending investigation and cleanup.
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Rhinelander
Wis
H. I. Fall
J. W. Gilligen
Court-Martial Urged for Capt Lovering in Chicago
Secretary Alger orders Gen Brooke to convene a court martial for Captain Lovering if he does not request a court of inquiry. Lovering is accused of brutal mistreatment of Private Hammond at Fort Sheridan recently.
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Capt
Lovering
Chicago
Alger
Gen
Brooke
Capt. Lovering
Hammond
Fort Sheridan
Lily Langtry withdraws horses from turf
London October 19 Mrs Lilly Langtry withdraws all her horses from the turf following the death of Edward Langtry last Friday night while confined in the asylum for the insane at Chester.
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Lily
London
Lilly Langtry
Edwar Langtry
Chester
Manifesto for Canadian Seca Og Club Calls Break from England
A citywide distribution of a manifesto by the organization known as the Canadian Seca Og Club urges Canada to throw off its ties with England. The document presents a call for independence and national change, reflecting the era's rising nationalist sentiment.
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Seca Og Club
Canada
England
British North America demands greenbacks exchange
New York October 16 British North America officials sent a note requesting exchange of gold for greenbacks. The treasury staff considered the proposition and awaited a firm reply.
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Greenbacks
New York
British North America
Treasury
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Detro
Amilton
Remy
Michigan
Pullman
Re Incfield, Hannibal
D. G. Edwards
Essenier Traffic Manager
Harrison, Ow Low Bk
Uus
Harrison, Ohio
Itélass
Joseph Bernhard
Sonable
John Knepfie
Market St
Harrison, C
Taken & Co
Scientifig
Munn & CO
Broadway
H. Rapar
Citizens’ Bank
Negu
FFICE
Postal Service
Orleans
New Orleans
Antonio Ba
Calleelief
Baton Rouge
Willie Rivas
Windsor, N. S
G. B. Force
Charleroi
Pittsburgh
James Ryan
Dana
Paul Dana
Draper
Underhill
Branan
Gen. Blanco
Madrid
Spain
Sagasta
Marshal Campos
Blanco
Key West
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