War Office to Attach Bicycles to Infantry Regiments
The Tur French War Office has adopted velocipede use with four bicyclists assigned to each infantry regiment.
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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1889
Page
6
Atlanta prepares to host new state capitol building
The new capital building in Atlanta Georgia costing one million dollars was recently occupied by the legislature and state officials signaling a major installation completion and functional upgrade for state government.
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Atlanta
London church count rises 1883 to 1889
A Guide to the Churches of London notes metropolitan churches increased from 928 in 1883 to 1016 in 1889. The change reflects expanded parish coverage and new church buildings across the metropolis during the period.
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Churches of London
Prescott watchmakers to build factory for American plan
Prescott England artisans long known for timepieces face a shrinking trade and decide to establish a factory to adopt the American work plan. They aim to boost output and employment by reorganizing production methods to match U S practices.
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Tur
Prescott
Eng
Brooklyn dealer convicted for selling to minors
In Brooklyn New York a cigarette dealer was found guilty of violating the law forbidding sales to minors and was sentenced to pay a fifty dollar fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
N. Y
Widow of N P Willis Resides in Washington Society
The widow of poet N P Willis, a sixty year old woman, lives in Washington and is occasionally seen in society. Her son, Bailey Willis, serves in the geological survey corps.
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N. P. Willis
Washington
Bailey Willis
Corps of the Geological Survey
Remarkable centenarian Mossulman woman dies in Meean Meer
A MossuLMAN woman aged about one hundred fifty died in Meean Meer India. Described as blind deaf and dumb she was nearly inanimate at death. She passed away in the home of a grandson who is over eighty years old.
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Mossulman
Meean Meer
India
Realism art lion to lit by electricity in New York
A Boston artist paints a lion to be shown in New York where an innkeeper owner will illuminate the lion with electricity and display it behind a row of real bars, creating an extraordinary revelation in the exhibit.
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New York
Boston
Editor Wins Back Lottery Ticket After Quilt Sale
An editor in Kansas drew a wild quilt in a lottery. His wife carried it to a nearby town and sold forty nine one dollar tickets. She sold the fiftieth to her husband, who won it back. The anecdote ends with the remark that editors are hard to pin down.
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Kansas
Timber merchant Koh Pal Sah forms Buddhism Christian mix
From Lunga Burmah a timber merchant named Koh Pal Sah establishes a new religion described as a blend of Buddhism and Christianity. The movement has several thousand followers who observe Sunday Christian worship and abstain from intoxicants.
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Lunga
Burmah
Koh Pal Sah
Labor Federation Strength Grows Beyond Knights of Labor
The Federation of Labor has within the past two years gained enormous strength and now ranks as the most powerful organization of working men in the United States with a larger membership than the Knights of Labor. Its president is Samuel Gompers.
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The
Federation of Labor
New York Sun
United States
Knights of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Japanese officials study U.S. exchanges and chambers
Mr. Tetsuke and Mr Inaori, vice-director of the Commercial Bureau of the Japanese Department of Agriculture and Commerce, and Mr. Tamejiri Ogama, promoter of the Tokio Exchange, departed Yokohama to investigate United States laws regulations and customs governing exchanges and chambers of commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tetsuke
Inaori
Japanese Department of Agriculture and Commerce
Tamejiri Ogama
Yokohama
United States
Constructional Growth Measured by 1888 Stone and Brick Output
Evidence of U S housing progress notes 1888 stone production valued at 25 5 million dollars and bricks and tile worth 48 213 million. Cement and lime use tally high figures with 6 253 295 barrels of cement valued at 4 533 639 and 49 087 000 barrels of lime valued at 24 543 500.
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United States
Berlin Letter Reports Two Tragic Student Suicides
A recent Berlin letter notes two promising young men from rich families who killed themselves after failing exams. It says the mania for self destruction pervades all classes, ages, and sexes, with schoolboys and servants among those affected as critical moments trigger despair.
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Berlin
Four Murderers Sentenced in Same City Appeals
The New York World reports the New York Court of Appeals ruled on four men Carolin Nolan Lewis and Giblin convicted of killing women in the same city. All four appeals were decided adversely on the same day, with the prisoners held at the Tombs awaiting execution after the Saratoga session.
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New York World
Court of Appeals
Carolin
Nolan
Lewis
Giblin
Saratoga
Four Widows Granted Free Mail Privileges in U S
The New York Sun notes only four non officeholding individuals may receive and send mail postage free in the United States. These are the widows of Presidents Polk Tyler Garfield and Grant. Since 1836 Congress has granted this privilege, starting with Dolly Madison.
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United States
New York Sun
Polk
Tyler
Garfield
Grant
Congress
Dolly P. Madison
Woman Injures Self In Religious Delusion Attempt
A Bayonne woman Miss Leoni Steuvenal, driven mad by study, tried to nail herself to her room door using a hammer and hat pins. She drove pins through a hand and foot, bled freely, but showed no pain before attendants returned. She is seriously injured.
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Bayonne
N. J
Leoni Steuvenal
Balloon ascent ends with parachute-like descent
Prof Allen of Providence R I launched a balloon reaching 1200 feet before a collapse. He crawled to the rigging and cut a hole in the canvas, gas escaped and the balloon unfurled into a parachute to descend slowly. He suffered bad bruises but no serious injuries.
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Prof. Allen
Providence
R. I
Prof
Allen
Administration Broad Toward Territories and Haitis Quiet
The report notes Haiti's comparative quiet with Port au Prince held by Legitime and Hippolyte's army nearby. It cites Secretary Noble promising liberal land policies for settlers, and outlines a sequence of appointments, economic data, and regional incidents from June including lynchings, fires, and weather effects.
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Gherardi
State Department
Washington
Haiti
Legitime
Port Au Prince
Hippolyte
Noble
United States
Emmons Clark
New York
Havre
Archibald J. Sampson
Colorado
Axapulco
Roswell G. Harr
Michigan
Valparaiso
James F. Hartigan
Washington, D. C
Trieste
Austrian Dominions
Maysor Pickler
Interior Department
Oklahoma
Ri Legislature Special Session Frames Alcohol Law in Providence
The Rhode Island Legislature met in special session in Providence to draft a law governing the sale of intoxicating beverages replacing the fifth amendment repealed June 20. RICHARD LEWIS fatally shot Mrs. Elmira Moseby and Elm line Myers then died by suicide in Pittsburgh. The report also notes Johnstown flood relief, train wrecks, hangings, and other 1889 events across the U S with multiple names and places.
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Rhode Island
Providence
Richard Lewis
Elmira Moseby
Emeline Myers
Pittsburgh
Lewis
Moseby
Pennsylvania Road
Wilmerding
New York City
Johnstown
Fonda, Johnstown
Gloversville
Beaver
State Board of Relief Commission
Conemaugh Valley
Central Vermont Railroad
Brandon
N. Y
Greensburg
John Kelly
Canandaigua
Eleanor O'Shea
Geneva
Org
Warren County
John Nutting
Pelatiah Exy
Long Meadow
Mass
George Law
Long Branch
N. J
New York
Philadelphia
Conemaugh
Cayadutta Creek
London
Sommerville
August Rosenberg
William P. Swope
West and South News Digest From Early September
Reports from Canton Ohio to Richmond Virginia cover arrests of six Cleveland Canton and Southern railroad officials for systematic theft, a fatal case of heart failure caused by laughter in Atlanta, a Kansas Sunday closing order for barbers, and Wyoming delegates chosen for a constitutional convention. Also noted are a birth in Indiana, a double headed infant, a murder suicide in Leavenworth, heavy rains easing Kansas crops, a Winnipeg identification linked to Dr Cronin’s murder, Julia Gardiner Tyler’s death, Kilrain rumors, and a Grand Army encampment venue issue in Milwaukee with limited attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, Canton & Southern Railroad
Canton
Jacos Morris
Atlanta
Council Bluffs
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Neah Tipton
Ind
Reuben Ryan
William Partish
George B. Calahan
Leavenworth
Kan
Kansas
Young Carlson
Chicago
Martin Burke
Winnipeg
Frank Williams
Dr. Cronin
Julia Gardiner Tyler
John Tyler
Exchange Hotel
Richmond
Jake Kilrain
Baltimore
Sullivan
New Orleans
Stephen Lizzy
North Vernon
Grand Army of the Republic
Milwaukee
Mollie Corvin
Shelbyville
Charles Sutler
Global and Domestic Briefs Raise Alarm Across Regions
Ontario crop reports forecast above average fall wheat with other grains near average and fruits likely to fail. Greenland sealing thrives while Indian floods drown forty. A Mexican train wreck kills four, injures twenty-five. St Etienne mine blast blamed on fire-damp. 108 bodies recovered. Winnipeg extradition case advances. Swiss deny German residency control. Egyptian troops wipe out sixty dervishes. Lincoln visit noted in London. Russian church crackdown confirmed. Queensland gold output soars by 166000 ounces. Norway forms Conservative ministry under Stang.
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Ontario
Dundee
Greenland
India
Indus
Chihuahua
Mex
St Etienne
France
Martin Burke
Winnipeg
Cronin
Chicago
Bain
Switzerland
Carrno
William Henry Smith
The
Treasury
London
Lincoln
Queensland
Norway
Herr Stang
Turbulent storms sweep Lake Champlain region and beyond
A fierce hail and wind storm crossed Plattsburg and Burlington on the 13th, shredding wires, felling trees, and shattering windows while crops suffered. Across the nation, sunstroke deaths, drownings, lynching, a fatal murder by Thomas Jefferson, and disasters from tornadoes and cloud-bursts marked the period alongside grim baseball standings.
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Plattsburg
Burlington
Lake Champlain
Wichita
Kan
Panamaa
Rapel
Valparaiso
Evansville
Ind
Swan Barnes
Whitehurst
Iuka
Miss
Robinson
Neb
Soldier Creek
Duncan
Paris
Susquehanna
Thomas Jefferson
Memphis
Tenn
William Ragland
Princeton
Roscoe Conkling
Forest Hill Cemetery
Utica
N. Y
William B. Warre
Boston
Baltimore
New York
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Indianapolis
Washington
American Association
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Athletic
Cincinnati
Kansas City
Columbus
Louisville
Western Association
Omaha
St. Paul
Bronx City
Minneapolis
Denver
Des Moines
St. Joseph
Milwaukee
Sullivan Kilrain Fight Ends In Seventy Fifth Round
New Orleans reports Sullivan defeats Kilrain in Richburg Mississippi after a two hour eighteen minute bout. Kilrain led the first fall and blood. Sullivan scored the first knockdown and wins with Kilrain exhausted. About 3000 spectators witnessed the match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Sullivan- Kilrain
Richburg
Miss
Sullivan
Kilrain
Sullivan Kilrain Fight Ends With Sullivan Victory in 76 Rounds
In New Orleans the world heavyweight bout concluded after a brutal 76 round contest. John L Sullivan outlasted Jake Kilrain with decisive body blows, Kilrain collapsing and Donovan throwing in the sponge.
Sullivan and Kilrain clash in heated prize fight aftermath
The report outlines Sullivan’s postfight condition and Kilrain’s treatment, with witnesses claiming possible tampering and Sullivan's reflection on training. It notes Sullivan's decisive career moments, Kilrain's background, legal risks of prize fighting, and authorities’ actions during a Nashville incident and related police responses.
French Military Service Law Sets 25-Year Obligation
Paris reports the Chamber of Deputies adopted a three-year active service law as voted by the Senate. The plan, likely to be signed by President Carnot soon, makes all Frenchmen liable for 25 years total in active, reserve, territorial, and territorial reserve forces, replacing voluntary service and the 1872 rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Carnot
Washburn aided by local syndicate to ease financial troubles
The Minneapolis Journal reports Senator Washburn of Minnesota has been in financial straits for a year and was saved by a syndicate led by Charles A. Pillsbury and Thomas Lowry. The settlement withdraws him from milling, banking, lumbering and railroad holdings, leaving an estimated fortune of about 400,000 while previously he was worth around 3,000,000 and returns him to politics.
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Kilrain
John Jacob Killian
Greenport
Columbia County
N. Y
Baltimore
Summerville
Mass
Boston Cribb Club
George Godfrey
Jem Goode
Charles Mitchell
Mike Cleary
John L. Sullivan
Jack Burke
Bangor
Jerry Murphy
William Sheriff
Herald
Denny Killeen
Jack Ashton
Long Island
Joe Lannon
Richard K. Fox
New York Clipper
Sullivan
Jem Smith
England
Senator Washburn
Minnesota
Minneapolis
the Journal
Charles A. Pillsbury
Thomas Lowry
Haytian Women Enlist in Legitime Army
Port au Prince dispatch notes a campaign in Hayti with Legitime arming women and placing them in the ranks. Female soldiers wear male attire and endure hardship, gaining visible recognition from officers and troops alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legitime
New York
Times
Port Au Prince
Hayti
Vexed Veterans Face Limited G A R Encampment Attendance
Milwaukee reports the Grand Army of the Republic encampment in August will be a business meeting with no parade or display. Railroad rates failed to be agreed, prompting commanders from Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota Nebraska and others to advise veterans to stay home.
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Milwaukee
Miilwavker
Grand Army of the Republic
Martin
Illinois
Weissert
Wisconsin
Barto
Minnesota
Davis
Nebraska
Brown
Michigan
Travis
Indiana
Menton
Kentucky
Smith
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Partridge
Department of
Grand Army
Mrs Tyler Dies in Richmond at Exchange Hotel
Mrs ex President John Tyler widow dies of congestive chill in Richmond Virginia at the Exchange Hotel after visiting her son Lyon G Tyler at Williamsburg. She leaves four children including Lyon G Tyler Gardiner G Tyler Lachlaw Tyler and Mrs William Ellis. She was born Gardiners Island New York and married Tyler in 1844 after a wartime secrecy and social rise. she lived at Sherwood Forest then Castleton Hill and ended her days in Richmond.
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Richmond
John Tyler
Exchange Hotel
Jyon
Tyler
Williamsburg
Lyon G. Tyler
William and Mary College
Virginia
Gardiner G. Tyler
Charles City County
Lachlaw Tyler
Washington
William Ellis
Montgomery County
White House
Miss Gardiner
President Tyler
New York City
Sherwood Forest
James River
Castleton Hill
Staten Island
Train Wreck in Mexico Kills Two and Injures Twenty-Five
A Mexican Central passenger train near Chihuahua collapsed a bridge after a torrent washed the underpinning. Two killed outright including a Wells Fargo guard. twenty-five hurt. Conductor Jerry Sullivan and a newsboy were among the injured. Nineteen taken to Chihuahua hospital. two more deaths reported. Officials remain reticent.
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EU Paso
Tex
Mexican Central Railroad
Paso del Norte
Chihuahua
Wells, Fargo & Co
Jerry Sullivan
Winnipeg Judge Orders Extradition of Martin Burke to Chicago
Judge Bain of Winnipeg holds Martin Burke for extradition to Chicago after a warrant is issued. Burke’s appeal to the full court will be made. In Chicago Judge Tuley denies Habeas Corpus for John F Beggs, the attorney linked to the Cr Ong murder.
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Bain
Winnipeg
Martin Hurke
Chicago
Beggs
Man
Martin Burke
Burke
Tuley
John F. Beggs
Cotton Seed Oil Industry Sees Mass Mill Construction
Baltimore July 11 The cotton seed oil industry shows unprecedented mill construction with many new independent mills rising despite reports that the cotton oil trust has secured control of the Southern Oil Company with eight large mills The Manufacturers Record lists 313 southern mills with 20 million dollars capital up from 40 mills and 35.5 million in 1880.
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Baltimore
Cotton-Oil Trust
Southern Oil Company
Manufacturers’ Record
Guy Lowers His Record at Glenville Track
Guy the famous black gelding owned by W J Gordon trotted a mile in 2 118 at Glenville in Cleveland on Wednesday afternoon beating his record by a quarter of a minute. The horse has been barred from grand circuit races due to his speed and is now being trained for fast miles during the summer.
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Cleveland
Qguy
W. J. Gordon
Glenville
Guy
Extra Session Talk Forecast for November 1 Call
Washington reports grow that an extra session of Congress will convene November 1. The President has privately indicated to several individuals that a October return is likely.
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Washington
Relief Expenditures in Conemaugh Valley Reach 1.7 Million
Johnstown pa July 11 expenditures for relief in the Conemaugh valley and surrounding areas total 1 700 000 dollars. The disbursements include state abatement of nuisances and payments for military staff and police duty. Feeding needs ranged from 31 950 at peak to a current commissary roll of 7 000.
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Johnstown
Conemaugh Valley
Axtell Price Sparks Offer Drama in Trotter Market
New York July 11 Axtell’s price draws big offers with an $80,000 bid from Mr. McKinney rejected. If the trotter improves from 4 minutes, Mr. Bonner is prepared to raise to $100,000. The market hinges on Axtell’s next record and potential sale.
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Axtell
New York
McKinney
Bonner
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