Townsend Messenger reports 1892 mining turmoil and politics
The paper notes Hon. Thomas Jones returning from the Chicago Convention to campaign in hog and hominy efforts. It salutes the Silver Bill delay while warning the Coeur d'Alene uprising will devastate mining, deter investment, and hurt workers as wealth owners fear mob violence. contrasts miners' brutality with Pennsylvania strikers protecting property.
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Thomas Jones
Helena
Chicago
Blue Grass
Couer d’Alene
Rocky Mountain
Deamons
Miners’ Union
Pennsylvania
Carnegie Arraigned by Missoula Gazette Letter
The Missoula Gazette blasts Andrew Carnegie, the Pittsburgh steel magnate, accusing him of hiring Pinkerton guards to shell Homestead, displacing workers paid under a dollar daily. The letter condemns his use of force, calls for treason charges, and questions constitutional authority for arming an army.
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Missoula
Andrew Carnegie
Pensylvania
Andy Carnegie
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Scotland
Homestead
Andy
Momestead
United States
State of
Congress
Pinkerton
An Island Dinner and the Joy of Fishing Life
An essay extols the leisure and camaraderie of island fishing trips. It describes preparatory stages from landing the boat to setting a table, cooking a fresh catch, and enjoying a convivial meal with accompanying scenery in a pleasant island setting.
Obeying Orders and the Iron Duke Tale
The Iron Duke the Duke of Wellington strict on obedience. Lord Derby tested workers by slippers and orders to push in the visiting guest. A painter claims to obeying orders and is dismissed, but Wellington rewards him for following commands.
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Duke of Wellington
Lord Derby
Wellington
Mighty 110 ton gun shown with full charge details
The article explains the 110 ton naval gun's loading and firing process. It describes nine 110 ton guns, the powder charge split into eight cartridges, and a shell weighing about 1800 pounds traveling at 2105 feet per second. It notes shrapnel use for anti-personnel targets and armor-piercing shells for ships and forts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt. Noble
Lottery Treasure Returned After Grim Prophesy
A poor Graudenz laborer wins gold from a lottery and hides it in dirty linen. A fortune teller warns a thief will die of conscience if the money is not returned. The thief returns the stash the next day after the dire forecast proves true.
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Graudenz
Prussia
Scoux Sayer
A Self-Crucifixion On Frontier Man Nails Self
A man named Pushka from Pulock on the Recian frontier nailed his feet and left hand to a floor and opened his side with a knife as he attempted to imitate Christ. He collapsed from pain and blood loss and was found by his wife who removed the nails and called a doctor.
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Pushka
Pulock
Recsian
Dr King’s New Discovery promoted for coughs and colds
A testimonial style ad promises Dr King’s New Discovery will relieve coughs colds and throat chest troubles or money back. It invites readers to try a free sample bottle at J R Weston’s Drug Store with larger sizes available.
Notable Oddities and Tragic Deaths from Various Locales
A muter at Winfred West Virginia named Meadows died after sneezing twice while walking at his home. Reports note Moody Chapin Ed wards and Beechers as college bred. Colorado mines boast M C Crerpr as a millionaire. Henderson county Tennessee women wear sizes 15 and 12 shoes. Westminster Maryland sees Abraham Ireland turn white over years. Choopee Georgia teen Masorer Johnny Bazenwore, 14, marries Emma Lynn, 13, at a relative’s home.
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Winfred
W. Va
Meadows
Dwight L. Moody
Edwin H. Chapin
Jonathan Edwards
the Beechers
M. C. Crerpr
Colorado
Sanders
Henderson County
Tenn
Choopee
Emma Lynn
Musical Miscellany and Notable Musical Names
The piece notes Baarions rooted in Scotland and ancient Greek play, reports on Mike Nolan earning £14000 from Annie Rooney and $16000 from I Whistled and Waited for Kate, mentions Ena Spront's death at sixty four, and quotes Rubenstein on tone and a question about women and music.
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Scotland
Hartford Times
Mike Nolan
Annie Rooney
Kate
Ena Srpont
Princess of Wales
Ezarina
Russia
Denmark
Leipsie
Paderewski
Rubenstein
Exposition Picksings and Global Silk Exhibit Plans
Dexwannt has made a workl'y fair appropriation of $57,000 with 150 exhibitors from Philadelphia. Silk associations plan a combined exhibit with a 160 by 200 foot cronar building costing $100,000 near Hiericultural hall for musical attractions. Peru will feature native paintings and Peruvian forest Indians in the exhibit.
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Dexwannt
Philadelphia
Tuxwerk
Silk Association of America
The
Silk Industry Association
Hiericultural Hall
Peru
American Men and Women Inquiried Portraits and Phrases
Dax Lawont moved from earnings of 15 a week ten years ago to an alleged current income of 106000 a year. Masillanimon gains fame as a watercolor artist and decorates the White House with her works. Mrs Veer wife of a Missouri senator is described as quiet and domestic with dark brown eyes. Reports Trannisex seeks admission to congressional press galleries as correspondent for the Udicna Journal. A quoted remark notes a disparity in attentions between Mrs Frank Leslie and Mr White about industrious study versus public indulgence.
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Dax Lawont
Masillanimon
White House
Veer
Trannisex
Congress
European Crowned Heads In Brief Royal Moves And Grants
The piece notes Greece's tax king speaking twelve languages and Austria's emperor writing weekly to the pope. Carns Sylva, queen of Roumania, nears health recovery and plans a Bucharest return after months in Pellanza. Portu gal's king and queen prepare to move to Ne cestidades palace as remodeling hides its condition. Empress of Austria orders 6100 rows of trees planted on her estate at Corfu atop a 2000 foot rock.
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Greece
Austria
Carns Sylva
Roumania
Bucharest
Pellanza
Portugal
Necestidades
Eine
Corfu
Breathes with Closed Mouth Frog Breathing Oddity
A frog cannot breathe with its mouth open as its nostrils close when the mouth is ajar. Inserting a stick to keep the mouth open would suffocate the frog, a paradoxical and disastrous result noted in this unusual observation.
OUR SOUTHERN NEIGHBORS. Draft Census in New South Wales
The census shows New South Wales population 1,132,894, an increase of 6,706 since last. Empress Josephine's marble slab will be included in the Panama world fair exhibit after official consent for removal. Mexico has had fifty four presidents in sixty two years, with frequent government changes often by violence, including Maximilian.
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New South Wales
Empress Josephine
Panama
Prorte
Mexico
Maximilian
Superstitions About Snakes Across Ancient Wars
Ancient beliefs held that monster serpents guarded land and sea. During wars with Carthage a great sea snake allegedly blocked Roman forces along the Bagrades river for several days.
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Carthage
Bagrades
Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption and Coughs
A Millon Friends: Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. One trial will prove its curative powers for throat chest and lungs. Each bottle guaranteed or money refunded. Trial bottle free at J R Weaton’s Drug Store. Large bottles 50 cents and 1.09.
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Dr. King
J. R. Weaton
Deserving Praise and Customer Guarantee for Remedies
Citizens learn that trusted remedies Dr Kings New Discovery Bucklin Amnica Salve and Electric Bitters are offered with a full refund guarantee if not satisfactory. The sellers claim universal satisfaction and strong performance across years of use.
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Dr. Kings
Dr. King
Bucklin
J. K
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