Various Notables and Oddities Chronicle 1800s Era Curiosities
A sprawling miscellany notes topics from the Bank of England’s 1004 incorporation to reached irrigation, eruptions of rain equating to vast water totals, and a nurse named Fionevon Niewrivance aged seventy two. It lists inventions, tobacco trials, Niagara tunnel completion, a Dutch university opening, and quirky items like a canines tale, a tailor’s credit rumor, and a Roman Catholic fundraising throne. It also mentions public notices, a first president’s home preserved, and a stray joke about a peanut wager on Chestnut Street.
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Bank of
Kngland
Casads
Mexico
Ortry Nere
Chisago
Cere
Trina Walton
Tim
Niagara Falls
John Brown
Harper's Ferry
Nelson
Mineosota
Norway
Wusl
Canines CoyneLay
Hradford
Harrison
Ruranens
Lower Saucon
Jonas Hawrhoust
Su Harbor
House of Seven Gabblers
Paws
House of Commons
Rethuchild
Pri.aprivnra
Fas
Tur
Arkansas Supreme Court
Puilachemian
Chesthat Street
Broad
Seventi
Charles Dinkess
Wellington Street
Strauss
London
Joan of Arc
Domvori
Pennsylvania
Jacksonvlile
Jamates
Englinh
West Virginia
Iis
Leon Aid
Carnegie
U.K
B. Irown
Newburgh
N.Y
Lone Wolf
Ricoriin Paocron
Velget Vatmont
Himands
Oul Arron
Inteld
Germany
Fisaloon
Clineelly i. Meidreky Parent
Nathanion & Manny
Frietol
Olivet
Person
Four Die in Union Pacific Siding Collision Near Grand Island
A foggy Tuesday morning collision on the Union Pacific near Alda siding, 80 miles west of Grand Island, killed four men and fatally injured three others. Conductor J. W. Keller, engineer Barney McLowall, Gus Barrett, and fireman Ire Owens died. Passengers and baggage cars were badly damaged. a relief train carried physicians to the scene and evacuated the wounded to Grand Island.
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Union Pacific
Wb Alda Siding
Grand Toland
Omaha
Alda
Englaser McDonald
Besone
Ene Gineer
Fremon
J. W. Keller
Grand Island
Barney McLowall
North Matte
Butto
Gus Barrett
North Mints
Ire Owens
North Platte
William Costello
Ein
Grand Inland
William Sutherland
Grand Laland
A.M. Lyons
Kearney
Rand Taland Wan
Weno
Bape Kage
Order of Amitio Faces Collapse After Iron Hall Scandal
The Order of Amitio, a benevolent group, assigns legal affairs to solicitor Francis J. Gallagher amid leadership by Henry Roberts and Walter D. Goodrich. Public trust erodes after the Iron Hall failure, with growth stalling to about 1,200 members, including some in New York and Chicago, from a peak of around 3,000 to 4,000. The seven year plan promised £1,000 plus weekly sick pay, but only four-year existence means no member has yet received payouts.
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Order of Amitio
Pamavneriita
Order of Amith
Iron Hall
New York
Chicago
Amitie
Entire family perishes in basement fire near Sharpsburg
Nov. 2 reports a February style disaster in Pleasant Valley near Sharpsburg. Hiram Danahaur 45, his wife, and their daughter perished as a furnace overheated igniting a greenhouse basement fire. Neighbors found the charred remains among the ruins before rescue could reach them.
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Hiram Danahaur
Denwhaur
Danahane
Pleasant Valley
O'Unen
Sharpsburg
Battle on a Train Fights Ends With Injuries and Ejection
A northbound Ohde River railroad train saw Conductor Smith and Brakeman injured in a gun and knife melee sparked by six Williams brothers who boarded at Slantington in a drunken state. The brothers brandished pistols and knives in the ladies coach, triggering a brutal brawl that left several passengers injured, the engine crew retaliating with clubs and ejecting the assailants at Glenwood.
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Ohde
Alx
Alx Wrothers
Will Ints
Slantington
Glenwood
Smith
Newaboy
Serena
Ladich
Pardon Delivered at Penitentiary for Athens County Murder
A Thanksgiving pardon arrived at the Ohio penitentiary for James Collins of Athens county who is serving life for second degree murder. Gov McKinley’s telegram said Collins should be pardoned and become a good citizen. Collins’ wife fainted with joy as the pardon was conveyed by Executive Clerk Bowsher.
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Conete Wits Serouns
Ariver
Corumnen
Acene
James Collins
Athens County
Charles Bowsela
Collins
McKinley
Canton
Collinw
Ron
FR. L. Warper
Yanker
Cincinnati
Mr. Collins
James Roark
Kentucky
Suchtel
Ajai
Adlai B. Stevenson
Washington
Chicago
Alton
Pennsylvania
Meidolay
Caxtom
William McKinley
Ohio
Aed
Foy Bye
Slaugtone
Highwaymen Roam City Steal Goods After Bold Railroad Hold Up
A gang of youths, masked and armed with revolvers, held up a worker near the Chrysler and Erie railroad track. They assaulted several victims, took coats wallets and cash, and fled toward the railroad. Police pursued, exchanged gunfire, and reinforced, promising a hot pursuit to capture the desperadoes.
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Tama
Daaper
Tke Newpack
Chluara and Erie
Sie
Ashire Hite
Choyail
Tomor
Reece Avenue
Blaine in Delicate Condition Amid Public Mystery
Washington dispatch reports Blaine severely ill with delirium and unconscious spells as doctors hedge on diagnosis. Family seeks privacy while observers note brain involvement and worsening condition. Contested illness fuels public speculation about his health and imminent inauguration plans.
Quinty Husband Beaten by Village Women in Back-Country Standoff
In a rural incident, Quinty, a Honeybrook resident, abused his wife and children, drawing neighbors into action. Led by Mrs. Jane Hagerty and Mrs. Rose Washington, women overpowered him, bound him, and held him until a man from war returned. He was released with a warning that harsher punishment would follow if abuse recurred.
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Hastidor
John Gully
Honeybrook
Quint
Quinty
Bern
Sahamad Husdend
Mia
Jane Hagerty
Rose Washington
Uie
Des
Yaetnt
Warl
Startling Revelations on Swinburne Island Cholera Attendants
Minn Adelaide Metres, a professional nurse, alleges during the regent epidemic that Swinburne Island nurses and attendants drank, gambled at nights, neglected patients, disposed of patients clothes, and that many patients did not receive clothes, wine, or food from friends. She sues Health Officer Jenkins for 40 dollars claiming pay for one month of service and says nurses were unpaid for the last weeks in September.
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Swinburne Island
New York
Minn Adelaide
Miles Merres
Wm. T. Jenkins
Swinburne
Anti-Option Bill Shelved Amid Congressional Uncertainty
News from Waantherox and Souvenir City reports that the anti-option bill faces slim chances in this congress and even the Fifty-third. Opponents plan an investigating committee to delay action through grain and cotton speculations, claiming shifting public sentiment reduces clamor for the measure.
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Waantherox
Senate
Congress
Corsica Vendetta Echoes as Feud Turns Violent Across Islands
A fragmentary report describes a brutal Corsican feud with threats of death and executions. It recounts murders, guerrilla actions, and the social upheaval tied to banditry, prisons, and revenge, mentioning places like Sartene and marquis estates amid a broader wartime atmosphere.
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Fragmentary OCR text with multiple garbled phrases and names. Unable to determine coherent event, date, or entities beyond scattered mentions of people like Patpar, MET, and Pike and vague references to places and items. No clear subject, outcome, or dates present.
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Harvard College Observatory
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Daily News
Panama Canal
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