Boston Fire Devastates Bedford Street Block Area
Daybreak blaze in Boston destroys two and a half acres of wholesale dry goods districts. Six killed or missing, dozens injured, and hundreds of firms displaced as Brown Durrell Co. and adjacent blocks burn. Fire overwhelmed by rain later subsides, with insurance losses mounting and city poised for postfire relocations.
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Boston
Jordan, Mass#'s Co
Brown, Durrell & Co
Bedford Street
Kingston
Summer Streets
Bedford
Chauncey
Columbia Streets
Webber
Protective Department
Department
Brown-Durrell
Shoe and Leather Exchange
Kingston Street
Farley, Harvey & Co
Chauncey Street
PL. Ames
Taylor Brothers
Nevin’s
Rowe Place
Exeter Place
Harrison Avenue
Essex Street
Allen and Larrabee
Chauncey Streets
Ames
Samuel Williams and
Brigham & Co
Rowecourt
Chauncey and
Bedford Streets
Smith, Hogg & Gardner and
Allen Block
Essex Place
Warren Street
Charles Maynes
Benjamin
City Hall
Edward E. Whiting
Whiting
Maynes
Kimball
Haynes
David E. Barry
Michael Atkinson
John Halley
Thomas
Quigley
Bartlett
Edward Frohan
J. Dacy
Russell
South Side
Frederick L. Ames
Helena A. Ames
Wilson, Larrabee & Co
Morse, Williams & Co
Barnes, Hutchinson & Pierce
Floyd Brothers & Co
J. H. Lane & Co
Continental Mills
George Frost & Co
Underwear
Insurance
W. B. Allen
O.N. Sampson & Co
W. H
Walker, Stetson & Sawyer
Taylor Bros
Clothiers
New England Shoe and Leather Association
Eben D. Jordan
Charles Marsh
Woonsocket Rubber Company
W. Treson & Co
William H. Huntington
R. C. Salamon & Co
Caroline M. Barnard
John J. Richards
Ewing Brothers
Nations
Rice and Cotton Damages in Yangtse Valley
Consul General Leonard reports heavy rains in September and October ruined 15,000,000 acres of Yangtse rice. Shanghai rice prices rose from 3.50 to 4.50 per pecal of 185 pounds. Cotton also suffers, with raw cotton prices up 30 percent.
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Washington
Leonard
Shanghai
Department of State
Yangtse Valley
China
Yangtse
Preservation Plan Sought for Cleopatra's Needle in Central Park
New York park officials form a committee to study methods to preserve the Egyptian obelisk in Central Park as the stone shows rapid decay from climate. Inscription loss feared unless an intervention is found.
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New York
Park Board
Central Park
National Banks Report Shows Stable Condition with Few Failures
The 1889 Comptroller of the Currency report notes 4319 National banks with $620 million capital. At Sept 1889 there were 3290 banks, $1.95 billion deposits, $1.81 billion loans, $203.66 million circulation, and two failures this year along with 41 new banks and $4.38 million in bonds deposited to secure circulation.
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Washington
Lacey
United States
Treasury
Big Train Robbery Nets Substantial Loot in Indian Territory
An express train on the Topeka and Santa Fe line was held up by fifteen masked men near Berwyn, Indiana Territory, at midnight Monday. The robbers detached the engine and cars, overpowered guards Frazier and Deputy Marshal Ellis who fired twenty shots, and escaped with what authorities say may be as high as $50,000 though express managers report only $900 received. A wounded robber left a blood trail.
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Tex
Topeka & Santa Fe
Berwyne
Ind. T
Frazier
United States
Ellis
Express Company
Hanged by a mob in Wisconsin lynching of Olson
Hans Jacob Olson, a quarrelsome Swede who beat his family, was hanged to a tree near Preston by a mob Sunday night. His wife and 17 year old son helped with the lynching. Other participants’ names were not released and no steps are expected.
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Wisconsin
Olson
Fire tears through Leechburg destroying dozens of buildings
A blaze in Leechburg Pa on Tuesday night raged for three hours, destroying the Anderson block and numerous surrounding structures. With help from Pittsburgh and Allegheny City the fire was brought under control by 9 p m. The loss is estimated at eighty thousand dollars, including the post office Leechburg Advance building bank and Cochran Squires blocks and many dwellings and stores.
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Anderson Block
Pittsburgh
Allegheny City
Leechburg Advance
Leechburg Bank
Cochran's
Squires
Berks County
DiLaware County
Chicago Public Library
Philadelphia
Washington
Winchester
Cleveland
Memphis
Tenn
Annie Evans
Conway
America
Fall River Iron Works
McAvow
Montana
Helena
Warren County
Allegheny
Western Penitentiary
Oil City
Mrs Parnell complains Irish leaders hinder aid
Mrs. Parnell in Trenton alleges President Fitzgerald of the league James Redpath and others blocked fundraising for her. She says her son Charles Stewart Parnell has no personal funds and that his money was for Ireland's cause only. She notes her dowry was given to aid him and Ireland.
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Trenton
N. J
Parnnell
Fitzgerald
League
James Redpath
Charles
Charles Stewart Parnell
Ireland
How to Grow and Shape Wooden Hoops for Barrels
An 1870s guide explains growing poles, selecting sizes, and cutting timelines for hoops. It details pole counts per acre, recommended diameters, autumn cutting, and methods to thaw and split logs into hoops using a splitter, shaving horse, and tying rack.
Outlaw Jennings Captured in Kentucky Jail
Frankfort Kentucky Navy reports the notorious Harlan County outlaw Will Jennings is in custody here after capture in Sisponit. He faces murder charges tied to the Howard Turner feud.
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Frankfort
Navy
Will Jennings
Harlan County
Sisponit
Mrs. Southworth Held Without Bail In Petteus Case
New York nov 27 coroner inquest found that Petteus died from a pistol wound inflicted by Mrs. Southworth and bound her over to the next grand jury without bail.
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New York
Petteus
Mrs. Southworth
Woman Burned to Death After Fire ignites Clothing
In Napouts Indiana on Tuesday morning Lattie Butler a 76 year old colored woman lit a fire and while sitting to smoke her pipe her clothes caught fire and she was burned to death.
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Inpia Napouts
Ind
Lattie Butler
Fallacious Fancies About Animals and Objects
A printer’s curious note debunks common myths. It corrects beliefs that cows crave buttercups and that birds sleep with heads under wings, explaining true behavior and the physics of fire water pipes bones and mirrors during storms.
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Iris
Gabilan ranch sold for two hundred thirty thousand dollars
A 7655 acre Gabilan ranch in Monterey County changed hands recently for 230000. The report notes other assorted items from legal notes to medical ads and humor columns, reflecting a snapshot of local notices and miscellaneous chatter.
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Gabilan
Monterey County
New Home Treatment Promises Cure for Catarrh and Hay Fever
Sufferers can cure Catarrhal Deafness and related nasal ailments in one to three at home applications every two weeks. The remedy is not a snuff or ointment and is being distributed via a pamphlet from A H Dixon & Son in Toronto.
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A. H. Dixon & Son, Cor
John and King Street
Toronto
Canada
cChristian
Oriental excursion to East and Europe via Circassian charter
Geo May Powell of Philadelphia acts as special manager for an East visit by ladies and gentlemen. The Ocean Steamer Circassian 4274 tons will start from New York February 19 with a return about June 7 via France England and Scotland. Main trip under $00, with radiatory excursions to Ephesus Constantinople Vienna and more. Rolla Floyd will head the Oriental section and Gaze & Son of London manage Europe. Dr C F Thomas will have general charge. Mrs Thomas oversees a depart ment for young ladies. For details write Circassian P O Box 700 Philadelphia.
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Geo. May Powell
Philadelphia
New York
France
England
Scotland
Ephesus
Constantinople
Vienna
Rolla Floyd
Messrs. Gaze
P. O. Box
Shenandoah receives high praise from multiple papers
The Tribune calls Shenandoah the most brilliant American subject drama, superb. The Inter Ocean hails it as the cleverest local comedy drama. The Times notes its phenomenally successful run, while The News praises its war inspired polish. The Globe declares it a resounding success beyond peradventure.
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the Globe
Campaign slogans and patent medicine jab in 1900s ads
A短 collection of clipped quotes from papers praising or mocking products and campaigns. The items mix patent medicines with political ad lines, mentioning Carter's Little Liver Pills Tansill's Punch and an oyster campaign amid shells and enemy references.
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Tansill
Baltimore American
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