New Developments in Siam and American Notes
A mixed accordion of topics covers Siam's youth-led reform and joint stock farming ideas, a New York News note on a 428 mile twenty four hour bicycle record in London, Buffalo Bill's show routines in Chicago, exploration of the Okefonokee swamp as an inland sea, a quip on the Bank of Okefonokee, Edward Everett Hale’s sermon timing, and Secretary Gresham acting as President while Cleveland and Stevenson were offshore beyond U S jurisdiction.
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The
New York News
London
New York City
Ykefonokee
Georgia
Bank of
Okefonokee
Chicago Herald
Walter Q. Gresham
Cleveland
Stevenson
Massachusetts
Corona
San Diego
Santa Barbara
Gresham
Violinist Musin Drenched After Baptismal Font Goof
Ovide Musin, famed violinist, toppled into three feet of water while viewing his audience from behind a curtain at a Ballist Church. He stepped into the baptismal font, delaying his appearance by funds. A rescuer fetched him dry clothes, leaving him in a sour mood as the concert began.
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Ovide Musin
Mnusin
Masin
Mr. Musin
Musin
London Figaro
Carrying Mail at the World Fair Post Office Exhibit
The World’s Fair Post Office exhibit shows how mail travels by dog sleds in Michigan and by river steamers on the Mississippi. Models include the City of Paris, the Oklawha, and a Yellowstone Park coach. General Hazen champions cheaper stamps while noting vast 1892 postal totals and routes across the nation.
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Michigan
Sault Ste. Marie
Ling
City of
St. Louis
Mississippi
United States
Upper
Florida Everglade
Hazen
Hayes
Harrison
City of Paris
International Line
Oklawha
Florida
E Stone Country
Arthur
General Sherman
Yellowstone Park
Pony Express
Post Office Department
Benjamin Franklin
Continental Congress
Samuel Osgood
Hannibal Whichryi
Trains Run by Telephone Under Railroad Change
The Pennsylvania Railroad will replace telegraph with long distance telephone to run trains. The move aims to cut costs and reduce errors, enabling dispatchers to contact conductors directly. Quick Silver was first found in the United States in California in 1860.
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Great Pennsylvania Railroad
New Orleans Picayune
United States
California
Georgia News Notes of 1893 Statewide Turmoil and Storms
Georgia notes report organization of Irell County Camp of United Men, a governor’s reward for John Con for killing Charles Jenkins, and a Savannah area storm impact. Details cover quarantine shifts, relief efforts for sea islands damage, a state pharmacy appointment, railroad labor actions, and a new Augusta young men's business league. Weather and crop reports describe hurricane damage and mixed rain effects across the state, with cotton and turpentine losses and variable harvest prospects.
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Georgia
Bryan
Chatham
Business Outlook Mixed as Trade Improves Across Regions
Bradstreet's reports improved trade activity with higher merchandise movement in Cincinnati Chicago St. Louis Kansas City and Omaha. R G Dun notes partial industrial gains but many textile and steel firms reduced hours and output with fewer failures. Public debt rose modestly in August while cash in the treasury declined. Pan American doctors congress opened in Washington with 800 to 1,000 attendees as banks resume operations after suspensions.
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Bradstreet
Dan
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
R. G. Dun & Co
United States
Canada
Pan- American Congress
National
National Capital Notes Poised For Loan to States
Senator Peffer introduces a senate resolution proposing treasury notes loaned to states at no more than one percent interest to be legal tender for debts. Reports from Washington indicate a revival in northern and western manufacturing, especially cotton and iron, and a quantity of gold bullion to be coined. Three hundred hospital tents shipped to South Carolina hurricane victims. subsidies for subsistence lacking.
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Peffer
Senate
Kansas
Treasury
Washington
North
West
New England
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Philadelphia
New York
Treasury Department
Commissioner of Patents
South Carolina
Josiah Quincy
Massachusetts
Cleveland
Quincy
Congress
Murray
House
Carlisle
Growth of the South marks slow recovery in industry
A weekly review notes a slight revival in southern business with fewer major failures and banks resuming payments in large cities. Cotton mills reopened while a cyclone reduced Sea Island cotton and naval stores output. farmers hold cotton for higher prices. Twenty eight new industries and eight enlargements appeared alongside eleven new buildings.
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Sea Island
Chattanooga Tenn
Signs of Better Times Resume Turnaround in Industry
Industry shows revival signals as Oliver Iron and Steel in Pittsburg restarts with non union workers after idle period. Kan City banks report deposits gaining amid improving mood as Bank of New England prepares to resume. St Louis Stamping Company returns to work under Amalgamated scale, affecting 10000 workers. Leavenworth miners vote to end strike and return to old pay. Cocheco Manufacturing to restart September 6 after three weeks idle.
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Oliver Iron and Steel Company
Pittsburg
Kan City
Bank of New England
Manchester
N. H
St. Louis Stamping Company
W. F. Neidringhaus
Leavenworth
Kas
Cocheco Manufacturing Company
Dover
No Strike Yet As L and N Employes Await Conference
Nashville report notes railroad workers ready to strike if committees order it but otherwise remain at work. Louisville conference between labor committees and L N officials decides the course. Major Thomas had not communicated with Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis employes by noon Friday. The men seek an absolute wage promise before voting at a second Friday meeting.
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Nashville
Louisville
Thomas
Chattanooga
St. Louis
L and N Employees Postpone Strike With Reduction Till December
Final conference in Louisville between L and N officials and trainmen ends with an agreement. A 10 percent wage cut stays in place until December 1, when a further conference will decide if rates can be restored based on business volume and financial ability. The company does not promise automatic restoration.
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Cheirs
Louisville
Nashville
Smith
Louisville and Nashville
Judge Moon Calls Progressive Euchre Gambling
Chattanooga dispatch reports Judge Moon in his grand jury charge said progressive euchre is gambling. He warned that even high standing individuals gamble by playing for prizes such as pictures or gold-headed canes, setting a corrupt example and violating the law.
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Grand Jury
Chattanooga
Bays
Moon
Cotton Money Moves Cotton Crop As Banks Agree
New York banks notify Memphis connections they will ship all money needed to move the cotton crop. Memphis financiers welcome the end of financial strain as crop movements begin around September 15. A separate incident reports a freight wreck near Brenham Texas on the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe line killing engineer Jack Swanson and injuring two others with several fatalities among tramps. Iowa populists in Des Moines nominate J M Joseph Wins, E O Ott, A W Weeds, J A Gray, and Mrs Winthrow for state offices.
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New York
Memphis
Tenn
Brenham
Texas
Gulf, Colorado
Santa Fe
Jack Swanson
Cameron
Ford
Iowa
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Siam
Buffalo Bill
Edward Everett Hale
Rocky Mountain
Montana
Helena
Bozeman
O. O. Howard
Garfield
Ray S As
Lower
Cornia
Rusk
New York World
Alaska
Curios
Eorgia News Notes
Irell County
United
John Con
Charles Jenkins
Wreck
Savan
Otel Tybee
Naylor House
Atlan
Atlanta
Eas
Gilbert
Albany
Brunswick
Savannah
Sea Islands
Beaufort
Port Royal
Amer Alpha
Olesale Grocers’ Association
O. Petit
State Pharmatical Association
D of Pharmacy
8. C. Durben
Richnd County
Richmond Andville Railroad
Young Men’s Business League
Augusta
Chamber of Commerce
Ings
Uwo
Judge Pardee
Equitable Mortgage Company
Charles Mowler
James M. Gifford
Ulton County
Traver Yhae
Central Rail
Savannah, Florida and Western
Jessup
American National Bankville
Teng
Nations
Harrisonville
Lincolnshire
Grimsby
Antwerp
Rotterdam
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