California Editors and a Civil War Office Guard Story
Special correspondence from Boston recalls California country newspaper life during the Civil War. Editors swapped roles, fights with rival papers, and a feared raid in Sonora that never came, with gunplay, quips, and a moral learned in quiet demijohns of corn extract.
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California
Fler
Boston
San Francisco
Pascar
San
Uly
Posa
Vuen
Sonora
Tuo- Fumne
Wagzin
Lincoln
Democratic
Southwest
Thea
San Joaquin Valley
Cotton surplus and cotton growth in Bolhara region
In Bolhara there are 1,000,099 poods or 46,000,000 pounds of cotton awaiting transport to Russia via the Transcaspian railway. The Murghab watered lands offer 1,000,000 acres for cotton, after Americans failed to purchase portions. Moscovy capital seeks to monopolize and the government already subsidizes the industry.
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Hokhara
Bolhara
Russia
Transcaspian
Moscovy Capital
Frank Lee
Washington Notes on Three Very Rich Statesmen
Special correspondence from Washington describes Leland Stanford and James G. Fair as massively wealthy novelists of wealth, noting Stanford's $75 million and Fair's $50 million, and their appearance and demeanor as they discuss fortunes. It also profiles James G. Stewart, Nevada’s late 19th century senator, detailing his age, height, education, and wealth, and remarks on his castle-like residence.
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WasHingron
Senate
Leland Stanford
California
James G. Fair
Nevada
Stanford
Fair
Bronte Christo
Senator Pair
William BI. Stewart
Senator Stewart
Tie
Lund
Stewart
San Francisco
United States
Yale
Pacific Coast
New York
Chamber
Good Advice and Decorum at the Opera House
A New York Special Correspondent recalls a night during Wagnerian opera star Ivan Brandt's season when a ground floor laugh disrupted a crucial Fidelio scene. The piece condemns display, gossip, and moneyed egotism. notes charitable Madison Square theatre one act plays by Mrs. Burton Harrison. describes motives ranging from fear of a mouse to securing diamond earrings through manipulation.
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New Yor
I van Brandt
Madison Square Theatre
A. M. Palmer
Burton N. Harrison
Marama
A Birds Head Dinner Party Captivates Paeacu Guests
A Paeacu dinner featured a bird head centerpiece display including a tigerlike owl, a turtledove, and other birds. The most elegant arrangement showed a peacock crest crafted from diamonds, emeralds and sapphires, described by the Chicago Times.
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Chicago Times
Buren Wasson Named Young Postmaster and Writer
Buren Wasson of La Porte Iowa earns recognition as a free trade writer and a five country journalist. He was commissioned in 1885 at age 22 and started as an editor of The La Porte Progress at 19. Noted for a Chicago Current free trade essay responding to Gen Brisbin, his career spans press and political topics despite Italy’s few professional prize fighters.
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Buren
Wasson
la Porte Progress
JOB MOSES MILLIONS PUSHING THE DRILL IN THE VALLEY
A Philadelphia Times summary notes Job Moses, a Rochester pill maker turned oil prospector, drilled deeper wells in the Bradford valley after two decades of hard labor. His shift from 900 to 1100 feet yielded producers, sparking a regional oil boom that turned barren lands into valuable leases. Moses later lived in New York, lending money and enjoying wealth from his decades of patient effort.
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Job Moses
Leroy
Rochester
Meean
Cattaraugus
Teuibelant
Charles
Erie
Bradford
Inov
Jeasal
R Tives
Fron
Moses
John D. Rockafeller
Oliver H. Payne
Bill Thompson
Dan O'Day
I. &. Taylor
Peter Grace
Capt
J. J. Vandergriff
Col Dyer
Maine
Standard On
Company of
Russia
Pittsburg
Lem
Ike Willets
Allegany County
Charley Young
Ishers
Phillips
Jos Craig
John McKeown
New York
Philadelphia Times
Getting Rid of a Bedfellow
An account from the Globe-Democrat recalls a crowded California encampment and a man’s improvised self defense using a spur attached to his heel to deter an unwelcome bedfellow. After profuse kicking, the other guest departed. he warned the author to trim toenails before leaving.
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Tmoyself
California
Petaluma
Globe-Democrat
Gas in Mansions Ties to Diphtheria Fatalities Comment
Historical note discusses sewer gas and air quality in royal and presidential residences. It cites Gov Beavers' son, Princess Alice, and royal deaths linked by claims of poor drainage and bad air. The Pittsburgh Times remark critiques sanitary science as a means of bringing deadly air indoors.
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Hesse Darmstadt
Pittsburg
Treasury Deaths Mount from Sanitary Problems
Treasury Department records show eleven employees on its payroll died since January, more than in any comparable period. Report notes several deaths linked to the building’s poor sanitary conditions. A separate item mentions a glass bottomed boat used to view sea life at Nasù, per The Inter Ocean correspondent.
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Treasury Department
Chicago Times
Inter Ocean
Nasu
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Prentice Mulford
Washington Notes
Italy
Rome
Simmons
Vo Simmons
Zeilia
Philadelphia
Warsy Savings Bank
Warren, Pa
Foreign Exchange
L. F. Watson
B. Neamith
A.J. Hazeltine
O. H. Hunter
M. B Dunham
Jas. Clark, Jr
B. Nesmith
A. J. Hazetine
L. R. Freeman
de Rational Bank
Myron Waters
Francis Kenny
D. L. Gerould
Capital
Francis Ilenery
Fla
Jamieson
V. Davi
Johnson
A. Iertel
Web. Brown
Vurmiee
A. T. Scofield
Re National Bank
Warren
Penn's
L. D. Wetmore
Pres
M. Beecher, Cash
Warren County
England
Ireland
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Chamberlain Institute
Randolph
N.Y
N. Y
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Musical Institute
Ewirds
Goldy Drug and Country Stores
Peepristors, Hop Plaster Co
Washington
Cass
Swat
Swaynes
Wayne
Warren Carriage Works
Workslandnerke
G. Koebley
General Agency
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Adam
Meldrum
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See
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Beacon
Philadelphia & Erie
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Mania Railroad
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Eatward
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Kane Express
Kane
Oil Expres
Erie Mail
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Lancaster
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Pulman
Eve
Phildelphia
Williasport
Altimore
Williamsport
Beltimore
Sba
Kane Accomodation
Enetsa
Eric
Prassenger
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Weisel
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Nebraska
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