Fans and fortunes from vanished pages and transit
A collage of items from an era’s miscellany notes a Fort Worth figure and a crew of explorers, touches on empires and engineering, from a German pork import twist to Japan’s imperial coach plans. It highlights curiosities, migrations, and early tech shifts shaping cities and seas.
Fourth of July Celebrations Across Cities Highlight Sparse Notes
July fourth festivities span multiple locales with ceremonies, parades, and patriotic displays. reports from Indianapolis, Portland, Chicago, and towns across the nation note grand parades, monument dedications, military parades, and civic gatherings.
Nominations and political notes from July events
Washington reports President sent nominations for general appraisers of merchandise. Idaho admitted as a state, losing a representative until next election. Scranton Democratic state convention nominated Pattison for governor and Black for lieutenant governor with a reform platform. National Letter Carriers conference seeks higher wages and unity. Alfred Post freed on a technicality in Indiana. A balloon wedding in Lowell drew 10,000 spectators as the ceremony occurred at the fairgrounds.
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Hendricks
Indiaeapolis
Iepianapolis
Ind
State Capitol
Thomas A. Hendrick
Monument Committee
James Whitcomb Riley
Fisher
Hanover College
United States
Turple
Governor Hill
New York
Pamapetrma
Rising Sun Park
Txpiaxaroris
Indiana
Lee County Pioneers’ and
Old Settlers’ Association
Coronapo Sparxes
Col
Pike's Peak
Saur Laxe Orry
U. T
Zion
Minwaukes
Wasutworon
Mantend
Delly
Washixoton
Senate
George C. Kenor
District of Columbia
George H. Sharpe
James A. Jewell
Charles H. Ham
Illinois
Joseph B. Wilkinson, Jr
Louisians
Wasurxerox
Idaho
Congress
Scranton
Matform
Scraston
Robert E. Pattison
Jana Chauncey E. Black
Grover Cleveland
Senator Quay
Reed
Republican Party
Alfred Post
Liberty
Terns Havre
Mack
Circuit Court
Cook County
Ill
Lowell
Masa
Charles G. Stowell
Lottie E Anderson
Fair Grounds
W. W. Downs
Boston
J. K. Allen
UNION
Columbus
Union Labor Party of Ohio
Ezekiel T. Curtis
Farmington
Trumbull County
Supreme Court
William Baker
Newark
Joseph W. Leavitt
Board of Public Works
Eli Raub
Wood County
Ohio
Union Labor Party
Cincinnati
Beverly Tucker
Ericamown
Beverly
National Starch Manufacturing Company
Gilman Marston
Exeter
N. H
Stanley
America
Metropolitan Opera House
New York City
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Nebraska
Reuben McComber
Three Rivers
Mich
National Bank
Spokane Falls
Wash
British Columbia
St Louis
John Chapman
Chicaco
Jackson Park
Lake Front
Chicago
Cutcaco
National Commission
Board of
Louisville
Louisville Southern Railway
Preston Street Road
Frank Pratt
Ben Pratt
Mary Noltemeyer
Kemmler
Burrato
N. Y
Ariburn
Durston
McNaughten
National Music Teachers’ Convention
Detnoit
National Music Teachers’ Association
J. H. Hahn
Detroit
Minneapolis
Armour, Swift, Hammond
Quincy Row
Dalvers
Turing
Indianapolis
Ixpranarotts
Italy
Jowner Hill
Hendricks 7 Club
Cal
House of Representatives
Montana
Hill
Newt
Blaine
McDonald
Dudley
Wind and flood sweep towns across Ohio and New Jersey
Reports from multiple states describe cloud bursts and heavy rain causing widespread damage. In New Jersey a carpet maker’s building was swept away and a flour mill dam washed out, while Ohio towns suffered crop losses, washed-out bridges, and downed lines. a dam at Muskingum valley collapsed and a thunderstorm left crews working through the night. Several drownings and injuries are noted amid the havoc.
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Prrvsnunen
Canton
Sparta
St Joe
Newcastle
Hiram Woods
Harne
Zanesville
Ohio
Woostes
Wayne County
Apple Creek
Cosnodox
Coshocton County
Coshocton
Ohio Canal
Mantra
Ohio River
Muskingum Valley
Churchville
Murroro
N. J
William Toots
Bridge Street
W. & E Thomas
William H. Slater
Charles
Ada Slater
Pankenssure
W. Va
Kanawha Valley
Lake Michigan
Gladiator
Toroton
Navid
Harry Berkley
Major fires and political moves Across 19th century scenes
The week’s items report fires destroying Pullman business blocks and the Peabody Institute, a New Orleans warehouse loss of $100,000, and a Denver capitol cornerstone ceremony. Other notes cover moonshine crackdown deaths, Siberian exile sentences, Sterling’s monument unveiling, and a wave of congressional nominations.
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Pullman
Wash
Georgia
Congress
Peabody Institution
Danvers
Mass
Standard Oil Company
New Orleans
Capitol
Colorado
Denver
Masonnic Fraternity
Harrizon
Cape May
N. J
Rowan County
St Petersburg
Siberia
Haverhill
Whittier
Pittsburgh
Reading Coming
Atizabeth
Senate and House Dice With Laws And Protests 1890
Senate conferees named on the silver bill. Bills for Muskegon and Jacksonville public buildings approved. Idaho admission debated. naval and post office bills approved. House debates on election laws and federal reforms. Fires kill three. a widow receives a pension. A woman burned in Washtington. Local politics in Maine and Indiana highlighted with speeches from Hill and McDonald.
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Senate
Wasatseron
Sherman
Jonon
Crook
United States
Washmeton
Wasmin
South Carolina
Ewart
Blican
N. G
W. H. Dickerson
Carlisle
Coleman
Lodge
New York Fashions and White Horse Hill Notes
The page surveys popular sailer hats in black and white with veiling tulle silk nets and gold lace, plus elaborate second mourning outfits with bengaline and silver trims. It also relays a Berkshire White Horse Hill legend with Saxon kings, and a daring aeronauts account of Higgins’s near space descent from Croydon showing dramatic weather and a parachute mishap.
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Borgerdon
Arena
Colecs
White Horse Hill
Tambourne
Berkshire
England
Hengtet
Mr. Wise
Berkshires
Oninr
Alfred
Ethelred
Ashmeed Burton
St George
Loulé Republic
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Pab
Ghio
Tracy
Secretary of the Navy
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Lon
Mymic
Hogg
Stea
Japan
Europe
Philadelphia
New York State
Mod Commission
West Poine
Hudsda
Ea Enouaxp
Heligoland
Germany
Abe
Ben Shash
Rhode Island
Providence
Janet J. P. Sarg
Fort Worth
Kentucky
Robinson Fork
Buffalo River
Nicholas County
Pall Mall Gusetts
Galesburg
SSS
vMcor
National Assembly
Nansen
Behring Sea
North Pole
New York Sun
Greenland
Pole
Vienna
Moscow
Constantinople
Glasgow
Liverpool
Naples
Birmingham
Manchester
Madrid
Warsaw
Brussels
Lyons
Buda-Peath
Marseillen
London
Uncle Sam
Sam
Treasury Department
Inderes
John Hancock
Tammany
Washington
Cleveland
Ernor Hill
Pontiasa
Portland
Army of the Potomac
Lincoln Park
Bhermas
Hannibal Hamlin
Devens
Porter
Collina
Charandi
Butler
Cuartanooga
Tenn
Union-Confederate Veterans
Ment
W. L. L. Milwaveee
Wauwatosa
Cuano
Patriotiam
Stents
Grand Army of the Republic
Jorrex
Joliet
Berggren
Bill
Neebe
Fielden
Schwab
Burke, Coughlin and Sullivan
Cronin
Avie Vaperus
Monnssville
Monnet
Can
Gatana
Galena
Pennsylvania
National Association
New Yeak
National Association of Letter Carriers
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Buffalo
Milwaukee
Albany
San Francisco
Milwaukee Association
Csuse
Ohto
New Jersey
Macara Falts
John ‘Lincoln Soules
Farrow
Soules
Samuel Smith
Lewiston
Smith
Curcaco
Illinois Central Railway
Sterling
Stertixs
Soldiers' and Sailors’ Monument
Monument Association
G. A. R. Posts
Sons of Veterans
Knights of Pythias
Patriotic Sons of American
Warrows
Davenrost
Walter L Hayes
Lrrcurreto
Til
Seventeenth Congressional District
F. H.chapman
Macoupin County
Des Motes
J. A. T. Hull
New Baicnroy
Alex M. McDowell
Serete
House
Iron Kings
Assianp
Wis
Iron King
Columbus & Hocking Coal Company
George Tanton
Ellis Bouchoeltz
Wasutotoy
John Rother
Aveusta
Democratic State Convention
William P. Thompson
Belfast
Monticetto
Merideth
Walfaigh
Suriman
Rotterdam
New Guineas
Puaperesta
Red Star
Baton Rover
Industrial and Scientific
Casapa
Tuerre
Sena
NEW York Fashions
Space
Higgins
Croydon
Brighton
Hastings
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