Boiler Explosion Looms Over Easton and Lancaster
A boiler explosion report links Easton and Lancaster with ongoing suits and injured workers. Mrs Josephine Cary sues Bearr C Weit for damages, and state officials including Auditor General McCemnant and Judge McPherron weigh liquor fees for cities. A painter, Wis ahickon, suffers a fatal fall at Pereoyd Ironworks and is pronounced dead at his home. In Nanticoke, cases over coal mining fatalities near a search for bodies are dismissed, while William Harkins is found in the Susquehanna River. Catherine Stanter sues Michael Bartley Jr for breach of promise. James Seymour notes an escape risk from Lebanon jail as Edward Murphy bolts, using a rope device. Boiler blast at Harvey's silk mill kills Nicholas Chisler and injures another. Dexter Wakefield dies after a crossing collision. Peter Baronowski awaits execution, while Middle Creek miners Buchannon and Brennan are buried locally. Potts Town and Pottstown industries adjust to rush orders and reforms.
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Easton
Promse
Bearr C. Weit
Foieignor Cealer
Josephine Caray
P. B. Camy
Leltch Valley
Monroe
Huichinson
McCemnant
McPherron
Ar. Hutchinson
Kirkpatrick
Gener
P. J Sale
Cumen
Wis Ahickon
Pereoyd
Yesley van Zand
Pencoyd Tron
William B. Trites
W. A. Brockbeck
J. J. Griffiths
van Yandt
Spring Street
Manayunk
Wilkes-Barre
Nanticoke
Susquehanna Coal Company
Rice
Wiliam Harkins
Avondale
Susquehanna River
Hi Boms
Catherine E. Stanter
Michael F. Bartley, Jr
Dillerville
Stanter
Willam R. Rogers
John C. Ryan
Dombach
Will Oppose the Boomers Pawnee Bill Crowd
Col. Wade, Fort Reno commander in Indian Territory, arrives in Pawnee with his sister and dismisses reports of Pawnee Bill preparation. He says no raid is planned and doubts any demonstration will occur, noting prior rumored rendezvous at Wichita yielded nothing. He remains skeptical of future行动 while considering the rumors local papers spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade
J. F. Wade
Leland
Fort Reno
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Pawnee Bill
Uny Ated
Col
Wad
Nomae
Woonie
Pawnee
Payne
Col. Wade
Wichita
Tramps In Shootout Wound Officers In Scranton
At Hyde Park Scranton four tramp burglars fight police officers in an old water tank. Officer Elis is fatally shot, three tramps wounded. Officers wound two more tramps, tramps barricade door and escape. Mayor Ripple leads search with a thousand-strong mob. locomotives chase fugitives along the DL&W line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wires Baron
Hyde Park
Scranton
Offcer Elis
Ellis
Ripple
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Reports from Capt Mullen on Barcoa troubles and ship loss
A January dispatch from Wasuixeron notes Capt Mullen of the USS Nipsic sent a report on Barcoa disturbances. It includes the John Bryce wreck near Samoa, with one drowned and twenty three surviving after seven days in an open boat. The Navy holds back full release pending press timing.
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Mullen
Wasuixeron
United States
Nipsic
Barcoa
Navy Department
State Department
Blacklock
John Bryce
Samoa
San Francisco
Melbourne
Australia
Apia
The Philosopher and the Scales of Life in Verse
A mock epic tale recounts a monk crafting the philosopher's scales to weigh not sugar but minds and deeds. He weighs heads, hearts, and relics, finding moral value outweighs material wealth, until a beggar’s soul tips the balance. Includes a later market-style ad for Hall's Catarrh Cure and local death notices.
United States and world events of the 19th century in a broad sweep
A sprawling survey traces major global milestones from Italian unification and Texas annexation to the 1848 French revolution and the rise of photography. It highlights ocean cables, geopolitics, and industrial advances, noting New York land values and landmark buildings while quoting Richard Wheatley on civilization’s progress. It also includes short notes on organ tuning affected by climate, a writer’s reflection on literary success, and a Gulf Coast health anecdote about a tonic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Texas
Central Asia
Albof
Napoleon
Nile
Niler
August Merck
Woaren
Palin
New York
Atlantic
Drexel
Wall and
Broad Streets
William H Vanderbilt
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-second
Fifty-third
D.O. Mills
Broad Street
Astors
Broadway
Williamsburg Fire Tnsurance Company
Liberty Street
Old James
Richard Wheatley
Herper’s Magazine
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Barono
Ski
Kevan
Lancaster
Lebanon
Lebanon County
Edward Murphy
Liberty
James Seymour
Murphy
Kenge
Harvey
Nicholas Chisler
Anderson
Dexter Wakefield
Pensylvana
Ohio
Isis City
David Pete
Waketild
Jotteville
Comrey
Ba Her Lenarnawicz
Shenandoah
Peter Baronowski
Jacobsby
Pottstown Iron Company
Farriburg
Kauffman
Hall
Ways and Means
Bamoan
DouLurn
Minon
Grand Opera House
Albertson & Chamberlain
Mr. Chamberlain
Jin
James McGrath
Hudson Avenue
Albany
Mineteenth
St. Louis
Jan
Louis A. Knackstedt
Mrlmmphy Savings Bank
North St Lows
Batman
Anthony Schneider
East Third Street
Waterbury
Conn
Philip Kelsey
Quincey Street
Brooklyn
Stamford
State Line
P. B. Norton
Vance
WasmincTon
As Ante
Jane Taylor
Esersy
Vuc Qaire
Alexander the Reat
Dorcas
Howard
Atlord
Howe
Catarra
F.J. Cheney & CO
Foledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truss
Wholesale Drugg'sts
Toledo
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Wholese
Toledo, Co
WH. van Hoosen
Toledo National Bank
O. Hall
McDowell
Youngsville
Georgin Mead McDowell
Lafayette
Iailian
Kingdom of Heaven
St. Saviour’s Church
Wn. T. Schepeler
Bucher
Warren
Mary Bucher
Philip Bucher
Cirel Pt
Ghoham
Noth Warren
Elizabeth Geoham
Wify
Jobo Geobar
Patchen
Sugar Grove
Polly
A. D. Patchen
Mary Rice
Daniel O'Hern
P. Greenlund
Hickory Street
Aelst
Nelson Greenlund
Laos
Iho Meikong
London Times
Lenezr
LepcEe
Dudley
Brooklyn Eagle
Chicago
Herul
Gulf Coast
Stewart
Charles L. Andrew
Halle
Michael Strogoff
Speetacukir
Primiere
Noyes
L.¥. Watson
Prest
B. Nesmith
Vice Free
S A. J. Hazeltine
Cashier
Deposita
Dineetote
L. . Wataui
Mutua
Clitans
Dukelus
Myron Waters
Francis Henry
D. L. Gerouid
H. A. Dainteru Oa
V. Davis
Johnson
A. Hertel
WD. Brown
Paruldve
Aa. T. Peoueld
Musical Goods
Fianos
Warren County
Eric Erickson
Conewango
Foundry
Machine Shop
Baying
Conewangs Foundry and Machine Shop
Island
Warren, VA
G. Koebley
Clearange Sale
D.shear
Water Street
Warren, PA
Clearenge
Tere
Penn’a
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