Contagion of Crime and Electric Farming Rife in 1900s News
A column highlights the wartime era obsession with sensational crimes linking Holmes and Barberi, warns readers against morbid reading, and urges focus on virtuous deeds. It then describes French electric farming methods using a geomagnetifere to boost crop yields and kill weeds, claiming major efficiency gains. Lively profiles of elderly St. Louis professionals close the piece, noting enduring vigor and achievements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. Holmes
Moyamensing
Maria Barberi
Sing Sing
Holmes
Vast Inland Waterways Outpace Suez in Yearly Transit
A New York Press correspondent notes the Sault Ste Marie canal handles far more traffic annually than the Suez, despite winter closure. In 1890 the American canal saw 10,557 vessels in seven navigable months, while Suez, open year round, moved 3,589 vessels in 1995. The piece extols the U S lakes region as a major wealth source and Buffalo as a world maritime hub. Chicago’s 1890 freight equals half London’s.
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Sault Sta Marie
Lake Superior
Sunez Canal
Saunt Sta Marie
Suez Canal
Suez
Sault Ste. Marie
America
United States
Inventor Claims Explosive Capable of Blowing Up Millions
In an interview Thomas Carroll of Bridgeport Conn promotes a secret explosive design said to blow up 1,000,000 men with only a few operators. He served with Cuban revolutionists and a Cuban insider predicts action on the island within weeks. The piece discusses war's horrors and contrasts mechanics with nature. It also notes cholera, a remark on Henry M Stanley, and a note about English study in Tangier high schools.
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St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Daniel T. Jewett
James W. Fransisens
Corogenarians
Franzisens
Louis Baner
Bismarck
Baner
Bauer
Aaron W. Fagin
St Louis
Mr. Fagin
Giles F. Filley
Daniel R. Garrison
Hestard
Southwest
Dr. & Gratz Moses
Joseph Bonaparte
Spain
G. D
Thomas Carroll
Bridgeport
Conn
Cuba
Carroll
Let Us Print Bills of Fare in English Again
A plain speaker denounces the trend of French menu terms in American hotels and dinners. He urges using English for common dishes like pork chop and chicken pie, objects to phrases such as quenelles de volaille, acco lade d'anguilles, and essence de volaille en tasse, and insists on calling roast turkey dindon a la broche only in English terms.
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Republic
Noah Webster
Lindley Murray
Another Co operative Failure In South Brooklyn Co op store shuts down
The South Brooklyn Co operative Store and Society opened with high hopes but closed, joining a list of cooperative ventures deemed failures in the U S. Margherita Arlina Hamm notes American character may hinder co operatives, citing London army and navy co operative store as highly successful. In New York and Brooklyn coop efforts faltered due to weak books and subscriptions, while managers and rogue operators undermine ventures.
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South Brooklyn
Margherita Arlina Hamm
New York Mail and Express
England
London
Army and Havy Co-Operative
New York
Brooklyn
Central and
Western States
Iit
Aenovice
Baths for all towns with paid access urged in 1890s essay
An essay advocates universal baths with hot and cold water, clean towels, and tiled floors in every town funded by a small user fee. It argues cleanliness promotes civility and labor dignity, cites disease concerns, and notes a theory on epidemics via airborne germs. It also comments on U S ambassadors to England and compares immigrant arrivals from Europe between 1894 and 1898.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Pacific
America
Firemaking by Firemarkers Demonstrated by Kaffirs
The National Review describes two sticks used to spark fire. A flat stick with holes is held while a round stick is spun to bore a hole, producing dust that smokes and lights. A companion gathers dry grass to catch the spark and flame. Natives endure burning with calm indifference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Review
The Conquests of Silence in Great Leaders
A reflection on how Washington Jefferson and Napoleon shaped history with restraint. Washington spoke rarely yet shaped the Constitution through committee work and a short pivotal first address. Napoleon valued deeds over words, steering influence by reserve and measured leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
George Washington
Grant
Thomas Jefferson
Napoleon
Italy
Chicago Times-Herald
A Milk White Flag and A Texas Steer Echo
A Washington Post echo recalls Hoyt plays and Tim Murphy. A newspaper man relates Tim Murphy's father offering a carriage ride to the Capitol with his horse showing steady behavior, the boy asking to help, and the elder insisting the horse will stand and like it.
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Hoyt
Texas
Tim Murphy
Winfield
Larner
Murphy
Capitol
Washington Post
Likeness Question Sparks Quiet Bargain on Portraits
In a Kanowitzer Zeitung snippet a frugal reader asks what he must pay for likenesses. The artist defers pricing, wanting the subject to look pleasant now. The note references Arkansas pronunciation and an odd riveral spell. It also cites the earliest Chinese cat mention in A.D. 618.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flizinger
Kanowitzer Zeitung
Notice to creditors in Humphrey insolvency case Warren Pa
In Warren County Pennsylvania a hearing on the R Humphrey petition under insolvent laws is set for the September Term 1895 at 10:00 a.m. at the Warren Court House. Creditors must attend to prove their claims. R and HE B attorneys for the petitioner note the date and place.
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Orphans’ Court of
Warren Cour Pennsylvania
Ryan’s Hotel
Tidioute
Warren County
Pennsylvania
Limestone Township
Hiram Gilman
Alexander Magee
White Oak
Magee and Richardson
Gilman
Henry Magee
John C. Richardson
Berinning
Benjamin Nesmith
Samuel Grandin
Joseph Green
A. G. Magee
John P. Houser
J. P. Houser
W. J. Slater
Recorder's
WM. Merkle
R. Humphrey
BR. Humphrey
Warren
Warren, Pa
Court of Common
Jane Term
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Ledger
News Publishing Co
Harvey T. Russell
Russell
Robert Donaldson
Spring Creek
S. E. Walker
Frofezsch Dolbear
David H. Wyckoff
Chotera
China
Salisbury
Henry M. Stanley
M. P
Africa
Tapan
Britain
Court of St. James
Europe
Arkansas
Arkansaw
Armstrong & McKelvy
Beymer-Bauman
Davis-Chambers
Fahnestock
Cotors
National Lead Co
Pitsburg
German National Bank
Pittsburg
Allegheny College
U. S
Wm. H. Crawford
Meadville
Nous
State of
B. I. Gale
Geo. D. Moore
R. W. Allen
F. B. Rockwell
Isaac Horton
Jerry Crary
Charles Seigle
John MecNair
H. A. Crary
Wm J. Bartholomew
C. C. Thompson
F. K. Russell
W. F. Henry
Act of Assembly
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Gale Manufacturing Company
Ball & Thompson
Chautauqua
Penn’n RE. R. Co
Jamestown
W. S. Leffard
Tkt. Agt
Steertrep & Co
Will Finilly
Rochester
N. Y
Sapolio
Siegfrie
Womans
Exchange
Siegfried& CO
C.H. Hunter & Son
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