Vast range of facts from 19th century notes
Includes statements on ocean water loss theory, U.S. paper mill capacity growth from 1881 to 1886 and now, a Deal England rowing race for 60 plus crews, a Minnesota city renamed from Pig's Eye, an emerald crescent at Genoa's Santa Caterina cathedral, a large Bahia de Pernagus diamond find, Mecca Jeddah disturbances tied to Ottoman plots, Denver named after James W. Denver, British naval manpower shifts, North Carolina canning factory surge, ancient organ origins, and a set of short vignettes and advertisements including potions and remedies.
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Atlantic Ocean
Paper Mills
United States
Deal
Eng
St. Paul
Minnesota
Santa Caterina
Genoa
Solomon
Sheba
Bahia de Pernagus
Brazil
Jeddah
Mecca
Constantinople
Sultan Hamid
Murad
Abdul Aziz
Denver
Col
James W. Denver
Kansas
St. Charles
Aurora
Great Britain
North Carolina
South
Ctesibius of
Alexandria
B. C
Westernurope
Vitalian
Government changes names and naval orders in brief
The president and Secretary of War Lamont rename Sandy Hook Fort Hancock by General Miles recommendation. Secretary Herbert blocks a Detroit Dry Dock gun boat contract, plans 100 Fletcher pattern rapid fire guns at Washington yard, Briggs Ordnance protests. Monroe era notes include Atlanta exposition praise and church centennial plans. Sugar claims dispute arises between Louisiana planters and Nebraska beet sugar interests over court adjudication.
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Lamont
Sandy Hook
Fort Hancock
General Hancock
Miles
Department of the East
Herbert
United States
Great Britain
Great Lakes
Congress
Detroit Dry Dock Company
Cleveland
White House
Woodley
Washington
Washington Navy Yard
Sampson
Bureau of Ordnance
Briggs Ordnance Company
The
Ordnance Company
Stephan
Annaberg
State Department
Ernest Faber
Germany
America
Morton
Gilman
Johns Hopkins University
Atlanta
First Presbyterian Church of
First Presbyterian
Byron Sunderland
I. DeWitt Talmage
A. Allen
Theodore F. Sargent
BE. Street
RB. T. Hill
New Orleans
Sugar Planters
Louisiana
Treasury
Carlisle
Nebraska
Oxnard Beet Sugar Company
Comptroller of the Treasury
Court of Claims
Kentucky
United States Court of Claims
United States Court of Louisiana
Supreme Court of the United States
Morgan and Pugh to Speak on the Money Question
Senators Morgan and Pugh of Alabama will address constituents on the money issue in Tuscaloosa November 9 and in Greensboro November 11 and Eutaw November 13 with additional stops at Livingston November 14 Demopolis November 16 Thomasville November 18 Union Springs November 20 Seale November 21 and Eufaula November 23.
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Morgan and Pugh
Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Greensboro
Eutaw
Livingston
Demopolia
Thomasville
Union Springs
Seale
Eufaula
Embezzling Treasurer Boggs Faces Arrest in Oregon
A Tacoma dispatch reports ex City Treasurer Boggs who served from 1890 to 1894 is charged as an embezzler. He allegedly converted about $109,000, with bank records showing city warrants totaling around $212,000 deposited as cash. The sheriff heads toward Jacksonville, Oregon, to apprehend him.
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Tacoma
Wash
Boggs
Jacksonville
Oregon
Atlanta Day Draws Citywide Exposition Crowd Despite Weather
Atlanta residents flocked to the exposition on Atlanta Day in steady streams, filling gates and halls as rain and damp air failed to dampen attendance and city spirit. Whitehall Street saw locked doors while unions depot area bustled with crowds entering the fair.
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Atlanta
Whitehall Street
Union Depot
Wall Street
Alabama Street
Henry Jones Dies Widely Known Journalist in Washington
Henry Jones a Georgia Washington journalist and political figure died in Washington Tuesday after a brief typhoid illness. Born in Maine about 52 years ago he worked for the Augusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist then the Washington Post. He served as private secretary to Senator Colquitt and later to Senator Walsh and was secretary of the American Bimetallic League. He was a noted memory skilled talker and entertaining correspondent.
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Henry Jones
Georgia
Washington
Jones
Maine
Augusta Chronicle
Constitutionalist
Florida
Washington Post
A. H. Colquitt
United States Senate
Mr. Jones
Senator Walsh
Colquitt
American Bimetallic League
Massacre of Armenians in Baiburt district reported
News from Constantinople describes a mob attack by Muslims and Lazes near Erzercum and Trebizond. About 500 engaged, firing on Armenians as they fled burning homes and schools. Women were assaulted, captives were burned alive, churches desecrated, villages looted, and livestock seized.
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Baiburt
Erzercum
Trebizond
Constantinople
Mussulmans
Lazes
Mob fires on jail crowd in Ohio town
In Tiffin Ohio a mob of about 150 men attacked the jail to seize Martin the suspected killer of city marshal August Schultz. A volley from Winchesters killed two mob members. By dawn crowds gathered again and Sheriff Van Nest called out Company C of the Sixteenth Ohio National Guard to restore order.
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Bull Jets
August Schultz
Tiffin
Leander J. Martin
Williams
Hopewell Township
Martin
van Nest
Sixteenth Regiment
Ohio National Guards
Circus Combine Formed Between Major Shows In San Antonio
Barnum and Bailey and Sells Brothers have merged their circuses. A San Antonio conference between Bailey and Peter Sells finalized consolidation plans. The two shows will continue separately this season, then combine next season as Bailey and Sells Brothers show. Two killed and others injured in an explosion at Pacific Coast Lumber mill in Fair Haven, Washington.
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Barnum & Bailey and
Sells Brothers
Tom Hands
Barnum & Baily's Circuses
San Antonio
Texas
Mr. Bailey
Peter Sells
Bailey and Sells
Pacific Coast Lumber and Milling Company
Fair Haven
Wash
Wide United States Earthquake Forces Alarm and Structural Fears
A strong earthquake rocked the United States from Atlantic to Pacific and from Maine to the Gulf at about five o'clock Thursday morning. Three shocks occurred, lasting up to twenty seconds, with aftershocks, causing widespread fright but limited damage. Gadeden Alabama reported some wrecked houses and injuries. Jackson Mississippi noted perceptible building movement. fears grew that the Capitol could collapse if shocks repeat.
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United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Maine
Gulf
Gadeden
Ala
Jackson
Miss
Capitol
Plant Honored on Birthday Celebration for Mr Plant
Three thousand Plant system employees met in Atlanta to celebrate Plant system day at the exposition. Prominent officials attended the event with President Plant and family receiving praise and a proposed annual holiday on October 27.
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Plant System
Atlanta
Plant
Exposition
Exposition Grounds
Mr. Plant
Hemphill
Porter King
M. F. Plant
Gov Clarke delays fight as Corbett and Fitzsimmons feud
A Hot Springs dispatch reports Corbett and Fitzsimmons did not fight as scheduled. Governor Clarke intervened to detain the fighters in Little Rock and Hot Springs, while legal delays threaten the championship bout. A next Wednesday date is contemplated but prosecutions may force a shift to another state. The Florida Athletic Club forfeiture remains disputed.
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Clarke
Corbett
Hot Springs
Fitzsimmons
Little Rock
Governor Clarke
Fitz
Julian
Little
Martin
Hot Springs Athletic Club
French Cabinet Falls After Interpellation Vote
Paris dispatch reports the Ribot ministry toppled by an adverse vote on Rouanet's interpellation condemning railway handling. Government defeated 310 to 211. ministers sent resignations to President Fennemont at the Elysee amid great city excitement.
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Paris
Ribot
Rouanet
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Fenne
the Elysee
Connecticut Blue Laws and Peters Blue Laws Summary
A historical survey of colonial Connecticut blue laws as described by Rev. Samuel Peters. It lists several provisions restricting political rights, religious conformity, Sabbath observance, and social conduct, with notes on authenticity and comparisons to harsher laws cited by Newton and Bull.
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Connecticut
Samuel Peters
Hartford
Peters
Jesus
Newton
New Haven
Trumbull
Pink Pills Praised by Mrs Gehrke for Weight Gain
Mrs. Gehrke of Adair County credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with lifting her from near invalid status to robust health. She reports weight gain from 113 to 122 pounds, restored appetite, and renewed energy after six months of use.
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Journal
Kirksville
Henry Gehrke
Bullion
Adair
Dr. Williams
Household tips from a past era on cooking and comfort
A miscellany of household hints including a cement mix for broken china, new pillow and mattress ideas for sleeping cars, chewing substitute options, handling burning milk odor, and cautions about rocking chairs. It also notes coffee flavor changes in damp weather and methods to refresh breakfast and dinner coffee by gentle oven warming.
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Journal of
Curious Facts From The Era Of 1891 Statistics
A survey of 1891 data notes Ireland's population at 1,704,750, London at 4,766,661, and remarks on disease immunity among salt works workers. It cites France housing totals, a Bremen ship Potosi, Kansas ghost towns and a $30,000 theatre in Saratoga, and prices for exotic animals. Included are brief humorous anecdotes and conversations.
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Ireland
London
France
Bremen
Potosi
Kansas
Saratoga
M. Gambier Bolton
Europe
Venus Rising from the Sea Sparks Ancient Deity Debate
In a Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph exchange, Dukane and Gaswell discuss a painting titled Venus Rising from the Sea. The conversation mocks social fuss over bathing suit modesty by noting ancient Greek deity themes and similar reactions in the past.
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Gaswell
Dukane
Venus
Pittsburg
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