Bicycles for Carriers and Post Office Costs
Citizens in Wasuixeton discuss allowing postal carriers to use bicycles with adjusted fares. Post Office declines shifting carfare for bikes but offers monthly subsidies from $2 to $3 toward winter wheel repairs or transportation if the bike is unused. The push cites pavement quality and prior attempts, noting past failures with rider-wheels upkeep. A separate legal case involves Columbias Building Company disputing shop occupiers amid a Halle y matter.
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Postofilor
OF Merc
Tale Ollicea
Mining Town to Rise Near Boggy Creek Rich Gold Find
Rumors of rich gold near Boggy creek 14 miles southwest of Arapahoe G county spark a rush as miners flock from many places. A vein from Cobb creek to Boggy head, about 40 miles, is described as 3 to 11 miles wide with gold about seven feet below surface. Numerous companies form, town laid out, merchants plan branches, and ore samples test very rich.
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Griene
Arapahoe
G County
Tommie Bell
Messrs
Lee Wells
Alex Tanshaw
Cobb Creek
Caddo
Wells
Wanshaw
Cramer
Créed
Cripple Crank
Nicholas, Salyer and Ogilvy
United States Constitution Amendments Proposed by Synod
The Reformed Presbyterian synod adopted resolutions urging a constitutional amendment to acknowledge Almighty God as the source of power Jesus Christ as Prince of Kings and the Bible as supreme in all affairs. They argued current politics lack a firm cornerstone due to absence of such acknowledgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reformed Presbyterians
Denter
Col
Synod of the
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America
United States
God
Jesus Christ
J.C. McPeeters
Philadelphia
Th, H. George
Lod
Comstock Dispute Over Sandwich Sparks Restaurant Scene
Anthony Comstock of the Society for the Suppression of Vice angrily clashed with broker John V. Boyer in a Temple Court restaurant over a shove for a sandwich. Comstock demanded apology, shouted that he could not be shoved, and the manager separated them, giving Comstock a private area to finish his meal. The item ends with an ad line from Peerless Steam Laundry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Anthony Com Stock
Society For the Suppression of Vice
Temple Court
John V. Boyer
Orange
N. J
Comstock
Boyer
Forest fires burn on in Elk County and nearby towns
Fires raged across Elk County and beyond as crews labored to halt spreading blazes from Russell City to Chaffee and other areas. In Sugar Run and nearby sites vast logs and bark were lost, while a block fire in Chicago damaged Peter Young's furniture store and forced rescues. A tornado-like hurricane near Perry caused structural damage and injuries, with a reported drowning of an infant during a river overflow.
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Braprogo
Elk County
Russell City
Chaffee
James Kane
Sugar Run
Stout & Holden
H. C. Ostrander
Saat
Chicago
Curcaco
Peter Young
Ninety-second Street
Houston
Commercial Avenues
Penny
Perry
Army of rattlesnakes terrorizes Tavanez Florida town
Tavanez Florida reports a week of terror as an army of rattlesnakes overruns the town from a hammock near St Clair Abrams avenue. About 1000 snakes within corporate limits have residents confined indoors. Council appropriated funds to clear the hammock and destroy snake homes while men fortify with leather leggings and clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tavanez
Fla
St. Clair-Abrams Avenue
Cammnox
Cameroon
United States
Indian Department
Yawner Dislocates Shoulder in New York Incident
Ernest Kronos Spraine yawned at 496 Broome Street drawing attention from two policemen bystanders and an ambulance surgeon. The right shoulder was dislocated but set by the surgeon who warned him to yawn with his face closed before sending him home to 5 Ludlow Street.
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Ernest Kronos
Ernest Krones
Broome Atreat
Krones
Ludlow Street
Granddaughter of Francis Scott Key Dis charged from Pension Bureau
Among 100 clerks discharged in a pension bureau staff reduction is the granddaughter of Francis Scott Key, author of the Star Spangled Banner. Her mother supported an 80 year old blind relative on a small salary as authorities report. In unrelated news, the 5,001st national bank was organized in Laredo Texas, marking over 5,000 banks nationally. Federal ships may go to Key West to cooperate with revenue cutters against filibuster expeditions aiding Cuban insurgents.
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Francis Scott Key
Pension Bureau
Warutxeton
United States
Laredo National Bank
Key West
Revenue Cutter
Florida
Armour's House clash ends with non union men discharged
In Chicago at P D Armour Jr mansion workmen clash for five minutes as union and non union painters fight with hammers and wrenches. Foreman Jallis ends strike by presenting an agreement and discharging ten non union workers amid a bruising scene.
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Chicago
P. D. Armour, Jr
Thirty-seventh Street
Michigan Avenue
Building Trades’ Council
Jallis
Trades’ Council
J. A. Hutchinson
Hutchinson
National League baseball results and standings
Baseball games across the National and Western leagues report multiple scores. Washington nips St Louis 3 2. Brooklyn hands Pittsburgh a 0 loss. Baltimore defeats Cincinnati 13 4. New York defeats Chicago 6. Philadelphia beats Cleveland 7 0. Kansas City tops Grand Rapids 7. Minneapolis beats Detroit 3. St Paul defeats Indianapolis 1. Standings show Indianapolis 23 11 .607. Detroit 17 40?. Minneapolis 18 18. Milwaukee 16 19. St Paul 16 14.
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National League
Washington
St. Louis
Bronklyn
Brooklyn
Pittstraugh
Boston
Louisville
Baltimore
Cincinnati
New York-New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Kansas City
Grand Rapids
Minneapolis
Detroit
Minneapolia
St Paul
Indianapolis
Mulwaukee
Ant St Paul
Depew town driven by millionaire investors near Buffalo
Chauncey M. Depew Walter H. Webb I M W Twombly John Jacob Astor and W Seward Webb invest 728000 in a new Depew town near Buffalo as a potential manufacturing and power center. They control Depew Improvement Co and discuss large planned improvements while keeping railroads to Vanderbilt system as a possibility. The block of stock changes hands at 75 cents to 1 12 per share with plans for the site six miles east of Buffalo.
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Depew
Buffalo
Burrato
Chauncey M. Depew
Walter H. Webb
I. McK. Twombley
John Jacob Astor
W. Seward Webb
Depew Investment Company
Mr. Webb
Vanderbilt
Will Represent Mississippi Exposition Commission Names
Gov Stone appoints a Missouri commission to Mexico's Mexican Exposition with members from St Louis Kansas City and Jefferson City The fair runs in City of Mexico from April 2 1890 to October 2 1896 Also reports a German shooting case in Hyannis Mass and a deadly prison crime in Jerrensas City followed by regional unrest in Cheng Tu Kixting and Yo Cho Hu missions and a bombing in Brett kindergarten literature noted.
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Missouri Union
Karas City
Kansas City
Jefferson City
M. Mense
John Gitler
St. Joseph
Westport
Commissior
Berribia
Wrina
Chine
Swasonat
Cheng Tu
Kixting
Yo Cho Hu
Yamen
Lin
Jerrensas Ciry
Charles Jones
Tua Penitentiary
John Skinner
Bruns Shoe Co
Jones
Skinner
Brett
Louise's Ghost Case Aims to Cure Haunted Gentleman
In Lincolnshire a young estate owner Gerald Ashbut is tormented by a ghost while his physician Dr Jardin plans a staged haunting to cure him. The tale follows the doctor’s risky method and Ashbut’s remorse over a past tragedy involving Louise, his Italian fiancée who died after a quarrel.
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Rook
Gai
Artmandick
Lincolnshire
Gerald Ashbut
Thas
Bim
Ming
Jardin
Eastmondwink
Jardin Ie
Stuuk
Mr. Ashbut
Earth
Louise
Waltal
Mr. Astibut
Torouchid
Aci
Loulan
Proof Wanted in the Cherry Tree Tale
A small boy is detested by a stingy farmer who makes him descend from a cherry tree. The farmer questions the boy about stealing, but the boy protests he did not steal any cherries. The tale unfolds with the boy insisting on counting the cherries to prove his claim.
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Allcock
Alicorn
Allceck
Brandreth
C. H. Morrison Jeweler and Optician
Kansas Ave
Hiram Hulse
Florist
Cor
Eimrwood
Willow Ava
Potwin Place
Topeka
Kansas
Telephone
Cure
Kausag
Mentica State
Justice Furry
Columbias Building Company
Ogers, Halley & Co
Reak
County
Oklahoma
Loxpox
Rosebery
Great Britain
Armenia
Seon
Lawrence
Kan
Jane
F. A. Stow
Europe
Anthony Comstock
W. Eighth
Pennsylvania
Economical Hoke Smith
Armour
Renions
Drayen
Ezekiel White
Mundis
Greeley
G. Warran
Adams Express Co
Astage
Dexter
Post Office
Medien
Hail
Santa Fe
N. M
Prisco
Luna
Arizona Line
Arizona
Little Boggy
Indian Territory
Geological Survey
Henry Cannett
Lawneser
Cory
University of Missouri
Missouri
Nellie Sigter
Harry Sigter
Pittaburgh
Phileteipath
Ae Bylsanare
Louis
Western Association
Peoria
Javieson Elite
Rockford
Quincy
Morkford
OPA
Des Moines Wiz
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Jacksonville
St Quincy
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Llinois
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Nebraska
California
Minnesota
South Dakota
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Oregon
Linois
Souta Dakota
Hyannis
Mass
Lizzie Coleman
William Coleman
Osterville
Henry Ledtke
Ledtke
Simeon Leonard
Coleman
Royal
Bongfal Aigis
Soy Prancisso
Westie
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