Norway Adopts Standard Time on January 1
A brief note lists diverse facts including Norway adopting standard time next year, a government purchase resold for half a dollar, Spanish hailstones reported in 1775, global rainfall average, World’s fair dividends totaling 790000 dollars, electric coal mining in Kansas, and mean temperatures in major cities from Athens to Washington.
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New York Custom-House
Murcia
Spain
Kansas
Athens
Boston
Calcutta
Charleston
Constantinople
Dublin
Havana
Jerusalem
London
Mexico
Moscow
Naples
Paris
St. Louis
San Francisco
Savannah
Stockholm
Washington
How to Put Away Woolen Garments
A Detroit Free Press excerpt explains housewives should hygienically store wool garments for winter. Care involves washing mending and darning holes across all sizes, wrapping each item in cotton cloth tying bundles, then storing in a trunk away from dust with light airing mid summer to refresh.
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Detroit Free Press
Costs of Recent Strike and Early Glass Discoveries
Estimates from the New York Ledger credit the strike with a total cost around 13.5 million dollars split among railroads five million. railroad workers five million. other workers about 1.15 million. government one million. militia about .75 million. Pullman workers two hundred thousand more. Additional losses from delayed perishables run into millions. The piece notes ancient and early glass origins, mentioning Egyptian artifacts in the British Museum and Phoenician transparent glass around 750 B.C. It ends with a jumble of ads and a stray remark about honesty and half rates to Washington, D.C.
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New York
Debs’ Organization
British Museum
Washington Notes on Treasury Circulation and China Japan War Fears
The treasury reports per capita circulation at 24.19 dollars and a July drop of 14 cents. Gold reserves fall to 52.482 million after exports to Europe and Canada. A July silver reach is 430000 and gold cap 892500. Tariff talks stall with illness delays. Seigniorage coinage continues despite veto. China Japan tensions prompt diplomat Denby’s return. A pension bill for Longstreet is introduced. A counterfeit ten dollar note is exposed. Chattanooga reunion postponed to 1895. European war risk grows with Russia France Britain likely sides. Wellman expedition reports progress near the north pole.
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Treasury
New York
Europe
Canada
McChea
Arkansas
R. E. Preston
Mint
Congress
Walsh
Treasury Department
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Tariff Conference Committee
Voorhees
Wilson
House
Jones
China
Japan
State Department
Charles Denby
United States
Michigan
James Longstreet
United States Army
Longstreet
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W. 8. Rosecrans
Register
James W. Hyatt
Webster
Grosvenor
Ohio
H. V. Boynton
Army of the Cumberland
Chattanooga
Kelley
Tracey
Charities
Denver
Washington
Russia
Great Britain
France
Asia
Cotea
Pacific
World News Briefs From Detroit to Dakota Fire and Politics
A Thursday blaze destroyed the Lumber Yard office in Detroit. Meridian, Mississippi arson trial ongoing with Belk and Scott favored. Idaho populist convention in Boise nominated Gunn for congress and Ballentine for governor. Green ville dispensation incident under city probe. Chicago lumber district fire causes $1.19 million loss and 2,200 job losses. North Topeka colony members plan emigration to southern Russia. Georgia Democrats nominate Atkinson for governor and other officers. silver remonetization platform. Honolulu advices report quiet republic proceedings and October election likely. South Omaha packing houses shut by cattle and hog butcher strike. 10,000 hogs in yards. Philadelphia fire kills two firemen and injures five at Randoph Jefferson mill. $35,000 loss. Wyoming GOP slate chosen with free silver and protection. Richmond primary predicts Wise defeat by Tazewell. Laramore North Dakota wiped by fire. $200,000 loss, courthouse to hotel left standing.
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Topeka
Kan
Enys
North Topeka
Shawnee County
Caspian Sea
New York
Antwerp
Russia
Georgia Democratic State Convention
Atlanta
W. Y. Atkinson
Allen D. Candler
W. A. Wright
R. A. Hardeman
Philadelphia
Randolph and
Jefferson Streets
George Geyster
George Dickle
Wyoming
W. A. Richards
F. W. Donnel
C. W. Burdick
WN. Owen
Henry G. Hay
Supreme Court
Charles N. Potter
Estelle Reel
Richmond
George D. Wise
Tazewell
Ellett Wilson
Washington
Congress
Wise
Laramore
North Dakota
Front Street
Leland
Gold Missing From Paris Shipment of 2.5 Million
A Paris dispatch reports a missing keg containing 50000 in gold from a 2.5 million shipment sent from New York aboard La Touraine on July 2. The loss concerns 39 kegs of 50 thousand each out of a 2 million plus consignment. Suspected theft or loss occurred between Havre and Paris.
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New York
Paris
la Touraine
Lazard & Frerer
Hiedelback, Ickleheimer & Co
Havre
China Buying Provisions Amid Chinese Stockpiling
London advices report English ships in port unable to secure charters will load flour at owners risk for China. A cannery company was ordered to supply 15 000 tons of canned beef for the same market. The Rio Janeiro and two steamers recently carried large flour cargos. Chinese merchants admit stocking up provisions.
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London
China
Rio Janeiro
Trade Topics Report by Dun and Co for the Past Week
Dun and Co reports the past week dominated by gold outgo treasury strains and wheat lows. Uncertainty about tariff changes dampened enterprise, while wool sales rose and textile buying increased. Failures totaled 249 in the U S and 39 in Canada, with mixed activity across sectors and cautious loans.
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Dun & Co
R. G. Dun & Co
Treasury Reserve
United States
Canada
Florida Democrats Name Ticket At Jacksonville Convention
Florida Democratic convention in Jacksonville nominated Benjamin B. Liddon of Marianna for the Supreme Court by acclamation. Liddon currently serves on the court after being appointed to fill an unexpired term. The body adopted resolutions praising Cleveland and supporting the 1892 platform, opposing trusts, endorsing direct senatorial election, and urging support for a Nicaragua canal to boost trade, especially for Florida.
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Benjamin
Liddon
Marianna
Jackson County
Supreme Court
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Raney
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Jefferson
Jackson
Cleveland
Chicago
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United States
Democratic Party
Nicaragua
Congress
Six Men Arrested in Colorado Tarring Case
A Denver special reports six men arrested for complicity in tar and feathering Adjutant-General Tarsney at Colorado Springs. Three were arrested in Denver and three at the springs, with more arrests expected. Names include John A. Reagan, Michael Reagan, the El Paso county deputy sheriff, and Shorty Allen alias Thomas Gordon.
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Col
Tarsney
Colorado Springs
Springs
John A. Reagan
Michael Reagan
el Paso
Shorty” Allen
Thomas Gordon
Bowers
Army of Deputies
Bull Hill
Allen
Alomo Hotel
Carnot’s Assassin Trial Opens in Lyons France
Santo Caesario stood trial for the murder of President Carnot in Lyons. He was moved from prison to the Palace of Justice under guard of gentlemens armed escorts. A mild faced youth, the proceedings began with an interpreter swearing in and the jury being impanelled as Registrar Victor read the indictment.
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Carnot
Lyons
France
Caesario
Palace of Justice
Difcult
Brenillac
DeGenneval
Victor
Southern Specials and Presenting an Epitome of the Souths Progress
A Chattanooga dispatch notes the American Protective Association condemning Judge Whiteside and L J Sharp, with farmers in Jackson county Ala notified of a new boycott. Texas delegates renominated J C Hutcheson for Congress while factions split over Cleveland. Savannah factors set a turpentine price with 25 000 barrels sold. Central reorganization stalls amid heat. Texas deadlock in tenth district with Gresham Lane and Cleveland endorsements. Macon judge Speer approves sale terms for Macon and Northern road with higher minimum price. Southern Interstate and Industrial and Immigration Association forms in Chattanooga with immigration talk. Mississippi levee board bond solvency prompts Greenville convention August 15. North Carolina populists meet in Raleigh endorsing free coinage 16 to 1 and treasury notes.
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The
American Protective Association
Whiteside
L. J. Sharp
Bridgeport
Jackson County
Ala
Texas
Houston
J. C. Hutcheson
Ben Campbell
Hutcheson
Cleveland
Savannah
Comer
New York
Central
Southern Railway
Halletsville
Tenth Congressional District
Gresham
Lane
Macon
Southern Interstate and Industrial and Immigration Association
South
W.S. Ferguson
Mississippi Levee Board
Greenville
Mississippi
North Carolina
Raleigh
Marion Butler
National Farmers’ Alliance
Congress Debates Silver Coinage and Unseating Case
A busy week in Congress features Tolbert’s bid to force actions on free silver and a new financial system, Boutelle's Ha waii recognition referred to foreign affairs, and votes on river and harbor funding and Russian thistle eradication. The Moore vs Funston contest is set for debate, with senate moves on the Indian and district appropriations and an immigration bill aiming to curb anarchists.
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South Carolina
Boutelle
Republic of Hawaii
Congress of the United States
Committee On Foreign Affairs
House
Hatch
Senate
Moore
Funston
Kansas
Polar expedition crew report wreck of Tagu Vaid Jarl
A Tromso cable reports Captain Emil Pedersen Engineer L Winship H Westfall a sailor and a polar expedition crew member returning from the Raga Vaid Jarl wreck after May 21 near Spitzbergen. The vessel ground on pack ice. most instruments provisions and dogs saved while Wellman party searched for the pole.
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Chicago
Tromso
Norway
Emil Pedersen
L. Winship
H. Westfall
Cook
Walter Wellman
Dane Islands
Spitzbergen
Wellman
Pole
Lockwood
Greenland
China’s Inning Defeats Japanese at Yashan in Heavy Losses
Advices from Yashan report Chinese troops entrenched and repelling repeated Japanese assaults with heavy losses. Northern army veterans under Li Hung Chang fought alongside European officers to defend, while the outbreak of hostilities stirs native fanaticism and fears of violence against foreigners.
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Yashan
Li Hung Chang
North China News
Seoul
Han Kow
War Declared as Japan Issues China State of War
The Exchange Telegraph from London reports Japan formally declares war on China at noon Wednesday. The Japanese minister informed Lord Kimberly, secretary of state for foreign affairs, of the state of war. Kimberly advised British captains abroad to warn ships to adjust cargoes and bear risk for contraband. Japan seeks apology from Britain for sinking the Kow Shang and claims its cruiser commander did not know the vessel was British.
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Exchange Telegraph Company
London
China
Japan
Earl of Kimberly
Lord Kimberly
Great Britain
Enraged Husband Slays Five in Glendale Settlement Tragedy
John Craig drove from Los Angeles to Glendale and fatally shot his estranged wife and her brother. He returned to kill his father in law and mother in law, then shot himself twice in a failed suicide. The killings followed a dispute over community property.
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John Craig
Los Angeles
Cal
Glendale
George Hunter
William Hunter
The Local Paper's Power in Town Prosperity
The local newspaper wields immense influence on a town's trade, prosperity, and loyalty of local businesses. It acts in bias toward its home town, guarding local interests when patronage is fair, but suffers if support is stingy. A liberal advertising system could boost the town's fortunes.
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Satington
Penn
California Fig Syrup Co
Women and extravagance in dress and commerce debated
The piece argues extravagance by women fuels many trades from jewelers to milliners, noting wealthier women should spend generously while the poor may be more extravagant in proportion. It also asserts greatness comes from virtue and perseverance rather than worldly power.
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Boston Beacon
Accommodating Prescription Told By Piscataquis Vendor
An elderly man visits a Piscataquis county drug store with a large bottle. He explains his method of filling with sulphur and rum, describing how he shakes the bottle to mix sulphur for a dose and leaves it unmixed when not needing sulphur. The tale is recounted by the Lewiston Journal.
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Piscataquis County
Lewiston Journal
Funeral gossip sparks church quarrels in town
A fragment quotes a local exchange about a funeral for Gashwiler, with a joke about riding in a hearse for fun. It notes that church quarrels typically come from those who claim ownership rather than parish members.
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Gashwiler
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