Lighthouse planned for dangerous Diamond Shoal Cape Hatteras
The prospect of building a lighthouse on Diamond Shoal at Cape Hatteras emerges after years of urging. The cape is the United States coast’s most perilous point with frequent wrecks and injuries. A new bridge over the Hudson to Jersey City is described as a monumental feat.
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Diamond Shoal
Cape Hatteras
United States Coast Line
Tuer
Hudson River
New York
Jersey City
Brooklyn
East River
Philadelphia mansion houses sixteen bathrooms and keys dubbed St Peter
Mrs. Thomas A. Scorr's residence in Philadelphia is one of the largest private dwellings in the United States. It contains as many rooms as a goodsized hotel. A young man with many keys in a girdle around his waist oversees the house, earning the nickname St. Peter from visiting tradesmen. There are seventeen bathrooms in the house.
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Thomas A. Scorr
Philadelphia
United States
St. Peter
Italy's 1888 draft shows rising literacy levels
The 1888 Italian military draft totaled 162,326 men with 89,602 able to read and write, 2,954 only literate, and 69,770 illiterate. Comparing to 1885, education advanced by 3.89 percent in three years, suggesting continued gains could abolish illiteracy in forty years.
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Tur
Italy
Prince of Wales praised as top public speaker
Cramnery M. Derew claims the Prince of Wales is the best public speaker in Great Britain in some respects. He notes the prince resembles American speakers in cadence and thought, speaking with rapid yet smooth delivery and lacking the hesitations common among English orators.
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Cramnery M. Derew
Prince of Wales
Great Britain
Mr. Derew
One Meal a Day Keeps Dyspepsia Away Says Clergyman
A 67-year-old clergyman from Pottstown Pennsylvania describes living on a single nightly meal. He claims the regimen cured his dyspepsia and keeps him healthier and happier than those who eat three meals daily. He notes people may overeat and jokes about palate pleasures versus restraint.
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Pottstown
Hale
Penman Josephhl Parnr noted for Lincoln proclamation
Brooklyn born penman Josephhl Parnr, famed for artistic script, died recently. He created Lincoln's emancipation proclamation in ornate style before Lincoln's death. The correspondent reports Macedonia turmoil with Arnauts terrorizing Christians. several massacres and school attacks cited.
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Josephhl. Parnr
Brooklyn
Lincoln
The Indian idea finds a following in New York
The World cites a U S Bureau of Labor estimate that about 27,000 married men in New York are supported by their wives with under 7,000 in menial service. Mediate professions mainly include dressmakers and milliners, many owners of property and well to do. Boarding house keepers follow in number. The note also mentions fashionable young men who spend on their wives.
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New York
United States Bureau of Labor
City of
News of the Week Chronicle Aug 12 15 1900s senate tariff and strikes
The Senate passes a census bill for unincorporated express firms and extends government appropriations. Conference on Chickamauga park bill, river surveys, and Indian bills. Labor day proclaimed, political nominations in several states, and several fatal accidents and strikes across the Midwest and West.
Nominations to Kanazawa and Rio Consuls
President Harrison on the 15th sent nominations to the Senate for John F. Gowey of Washington to be Consul-General at Kanazawa and Neels P. A. Bornholt, then Consular Agent at Rio, to be Consul there. Business failures for the week end on the 15th: United States 174, Canada 23, total 197, versus 203 last week and 215 for the same week last year, with 131 U.S. and 32 Canada failures.
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Harrison
Senate
John F. Gowey
Washington
United States
Kanazawa
Neels P. A. Bornholt
Rio
Canada
East Grexer is named Grand Army of the Republic chief
The East Grexer was elected Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic in Boston on the 18th with Detroit chosen for the next encampment. Remains of John Boyle O'Reilly laid to rest at Mount Calvary near Boston on the 13th. Funeral cortege said to be among Boston's largest.
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Grexer
Wiretock
Erving
Mass
Tur
Teutonic
New York
Liverpool
Vermont
Niagara Falls
Kendall Manufacturing Company
Providence
R. I
New York City
National University
Europe
John D. Rockefeller
R. 8. MacArthur
The
Baptist Church
Cannie Howamp
Jamestown
N. Y
Erie
Grand Army of the Republic
Veazey
Joseph H. Goulding
Rutland
John Taylor
Philadelphia
Pinkerton
Albany
Florida orange crop tops two million boxes in sight
The growing orange crop in Florida was estimated on the 12th at 2,000,000 boxes, about the same as last year. Also noted: Secretary Noble pressed by Governor Prince for troops to quell white cap violence. a fatal L&N collision near Lexington. forgery by Hume Clay. a lynching in Mississippi after a wife-and-infant murder. Nehawka Nebraska lightning deaths. political renomination outcomes across several states. a man’s train tragedy in Leesburg. heavy rains across Iowa Missouri Illinois with good crop prospects aside from hail damage.
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Florida
Noble
Prince
New Mexico
L. L. Hucks
Louisville & Nashville
Lexington
Hume Clay
Clay
Kentucky
Winchester
Sloan
Lake Plantation
Mississippi
Nehawka
Neb
Wilkinson
Josie Hobock
Illinois
Scott Wike
J. H. Wilson
Iowa
Frederick E. White
Perry Eagle
John J. Seerley
J. R. Reed
Nebraska
W. H. Thompson
Maryland
Sidney E. Mudd
S. I. Beard
Leesburg
Storm event at Crefeldt Germany claims fifty housed victims
In a February storm at Crefeldt Germany a house sheltering fifty persons collapsed. Thirteen were instantly killed and twenty badly injured. Nearby, British steamers Halcyon and Rheubina collided near Vigo Spain. Halcyon sank and thirteen drowned. Cardinal Newman died in Birmingham England at age 85 after a brief illness.
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Crefeldt
Germany
Halcyon
Rheubina
Vigo
Spain
Cardinal Newman
Birmingham
Eng
Senate action and congressional notes on bills and nominations
The Senate passed a low river and harbor bill and agreed to conference reports on a Chickamauga battlefield National park measure. The Nat McKay relief bill and anti lottery bill also advanced. The Grant widow signaled willingness to move his remains to Arlington with conditions. Baseball standings show mixed results in Players’ and National Leagues. Train robbery near Sedalia yielded $10,000. Census pegs US population at 64 million. Nominations on the 16th include W A Taylor for Ohio and John Van Voorhis for New York, plus Liberia posts for Alexander Clark and others confirmed by the Senate.
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United States
Senate
Chickamauga
Nat McKay
Grant
Quinn
Arlington Cemetery
Washington
Players’ League
Boston
Brooklyn
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Buffalo
National League
Cincinnati
New York Central Railroad
Pinkerton
Albany
N. Y
Indianapolis
Ind
Masxep
Missouri Pacific
Sedalia
Theacific Express Company
Ohio
W. A. Taylor
John van Voorhis
Louisiana
Adolph Meyer
Alexander Clark
Iowa
Pesident
New England fruit yields fall short pressuring prices
The New England Homestead warns apples will be scarcer and costlier this season. Wide regions from Nova Scotia to Ontario and Michigan show reduced crops, with Maine giving the only fair apple yield. Pears, plums, and peaches suffer, while grapes remain strong except in parts of New Jersey and the South where rats threaten crops.
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Springfield
Mass
New England
Annapolis Valley
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Michigan
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Interior States
Erie
Homestead
United States
Canada
Connecticut
Curious Immigrant Tricks Exposed At New York Customs
Texas Siftings recounts inspectors at the New York custom-house uncovering $5,000 in diamonds hidden in a German passenger Nitschke’s shoes. It also notes a theft incident involving Mrs. Jones who, while reduced by a blue-coated official, was coaxed into removing many garments and possessions during a staged “recovery” inspection.
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New York
Texas Siftings
Nitschke
Elbe
Mrs. Jones
Uncle Sam
Veterans Parade in Boston Sees 40000 Attend Review by President
Veterans march through Boston for Grand Army demonstration as President Harrison reviews the parade from Copley Square. Secretary Tracy, Vice President Morton aboard Despatch greet crowds. Alger, Butler, and Lincoln flag contingents receive ovations. Five miles of march yield about forty thousand veterans and a large post lineup. Banquet and Mechanics Hall reception follow with speeches by Alger Sherman and Harrison before the midnight train to Washington.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Tracy
Morton
Sherman
Vendome
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Commonwealth Avenue
Illinois Department
Aurora
Lincoln
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Logan
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Pennsylvania
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Harrison
Hart
Noble
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Rusk
Halford
Gherardi
Dillingham
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Cabot Lodge
Daniel Sickles
Davis
Rhode Island
Barstow
John A. Logan
Alger
General Alger
Cabinet
R. A. Alger
Adams Square
L. F. Butler
Butler
Post 5
Lynn
Mayor's Club of
Mechanics’ Hall
Fisher
Waltham
the Ward
Mechanics’ Building
Washington
Famine Threatens As Wales Rail Supply Breaks
London reports famine threat as South Wales stores run dry and rail disruption hinders replenishment. John Burns is noted as a key broker in a new settlement framework while Cardiff await trains.
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Wales
London
Cardiff
South Wales
John Burns
Vermont Colonel Veazey Elected Commander in Chief
The Grand Army of the Republic elected Colonel Veazey of Vermont as Commander in Chief at its Boston encampment, with Detroit named for the 1891 national gathering. Richard S. Tobin and George B. Creamer were chosen as senior and junior vice commanders, respectively, as officers praised the organization’s growth and urged support for pension and memorial initiatives.
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G A. R
Alger
Boston
Grand Army of the Republic
Detroit
Topeka
Chicago
Veazey
Hovey
Indiana
W. R. Smedberg
California
Richard S. Tobin
George B. Creamer
Baltimore
Washington
Wheelock G. Veazey
New Hampshire
Dartmouth College
Albany Law School
Rutland
Sixteenth
Vermont Regiment
Twenty-Fourth National
Music Hall
I. M. Foster
Sons of Veterans’ Organization
Congress
Iowa Circle
General Sheridan
Grand Army
General Grant
Hudson
John H. Hartranft
Order
George H. Hopkins
Taylor
Philadelphia
Ohio
Missouri
Massachusetts
Tennessee
Illinois
Teutonic Sets Ocean Crossing Record From Roche's Point
The Teutonic of the White Star Line made the Roche's Point to Sandy Hook run in five days, nineteen hours and five minutes, smashing all records. The City of Paris had held the fastest time last year at five days, nineteen hours and eighteen minutes, with 2,788 knots to Teutonic's 2,806, beating it by thirteen minutes.
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New York
Teutonic
White Star Line
Roche's Point
Sandy Hook
Paris
City of Paris
Hume Clay Forgery Case Expands in Eastern Kentucky
Paris Kentucky August 14. Missing Hume Clay shows forgeries totaling over 100000. His Winchester property is held by the sheriff as liabilities rise above six figures. Clay once held high social standing in the region. He also forged his grandfather’s signature on notes. Cincinnati dispatch reports attorney Samuel Beard aged 60 at Leesburg Ohio killed himself after family and financial troubles. Chicago banker George Sturges president of Northwestern National Bank dies at 53 in Lake Geneva after two year illness.
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Cal
Henry H. Markham
Kansas
Joan Zvgener
Lima
Omaha
Neb
James B. Boyd
Kentucky Distillery Company
Conrad & Seiler
Great Western Pork House
Louisville
H. E. Watpo
Minneapolis
Gussie Hoffman
Kansas City
American Lake
Tacoma
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Findlay
Bridget Doopy
Mineral Point
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Edward Newman
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B. F. Shively
Wisconsin
M. H. McCord
R. FE. la Follett
California
George G. Blanchard
Joseph McKenna
W. W. Morrow
J. C. Campbell
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T. E. Miller
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R. W. Bullock
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T. B. Wilson
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J. A. Buchanan
Georgia
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Michigan Central Road
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Columbia City
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Indiana
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S. R. Mallory
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Red Cliff
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J. H. Wakp
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North Dakota
Paris
Hume Clay
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Clay
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Chicago
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North Shore Limited
Michigan Central Railroad
Here
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Limited
McRoberts
George B. Murray
Detroit
Jackson
Clarence Cassidy
P. Powell
Keene
G. L. Beetle
Nat School
Toledo
Crofcot
George Steam
New York
Charles Brickman
Robert Gregg
End of the Grand Army Encampment at Boston
At Boston on Thursday the Grand Army of the Republic encampment adjourned after a long day of sessions. Major actions included pension legislation praise, rule changes, and a banquet for delegates. Officers were installed and the event concluded with a large reception and remarks from leaders.
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Boston
Shoemaker Astronomer William Dawson Dies at 57
William Dawson, famed as the Shoemaker Astronomer, died in Spiceland Ind at 57 from blood poisoning. A shoemaker by training he pursued astronomy in spare moments, becoming a world renowned scientific contributor with standard calculations and observatory work atop his horse mounted telescope.
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New Castle
Ind
William Dawson
Spiceland
Veazey appoints staff as G A R commander in chief
Boston reports General Veazey the newly elected Commander in Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic issues his first general order. He announces the election results and names staff including Adjutant General Joseph H Goulding of Rutland Vermont and Quartermaster General John Taylor of Philadelphia. Headquarters set at Rutland Vermont with more appointments to follow.
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National Museum
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Myron W. Reed
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Veazey
Joseph H. Goulding
Rutland
John Taylor
Philadelphia
Mechanics’ Hall
Sherman
Sickles
Alger
Corporal Tanner
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M. E. Knowles
McHenry
Iowa
Elizabeth A. Turner
Massachusetts
Grand Army of the Republic
Council of Administration
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