Desolated Warren County town endures flood and fire
Bravforn Pa February 9 1883 residents describe the aftermath of a severe flood and a recent fire in the city. water rose six feet on Ammn and Davie streets, ice locks and debris hinder movement, bridges remain damaged, and relief funds are being sought. churches plan socials to aid sufferers while two more weddings are anticipated at the Home's House.
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Public Square
Ammn
Davie
Reddell House
Main St
Machenne Bridge
Warren
Jamestown Road
North Warren Station
Dunkirk
Allegheny Valley
Pittsburg
Dewelling
Conewango Creek
North Warren
I. H. Hiller
Pay of Manufacturing Laborers and Hotel Extortion Case
Analysis of 1880 wage figures for Woolen Cotton Silk and Wire workers shows annual pay averages and a daily rate. The piece notes rising living costs outpacing wages and cites Massachusetts data. It also covers a New Jersey hotel extortion case where receipts totaled 4000 weekly with 2500 non profit and argues lodging fees exceed value.
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Massachusetts Bureau of Labor Statistics
New Jersey
Land Monopolies Driven by Railroads and English Capital
Aster of land control shows thirty thousand owners holding nine tenths of Eng land and rising fear of Monopolies. The table lists owners from Sir Geo Ried to Standard Oil and various railroads with acreages in Florida, Colorado, Mississippi, Wisconsin, Texas and more. The piece urges readers to organize village by village to curb vast fortunes in land and railroads and seeks justice and remedies. It notes English capitalists buying land in Texas and elsewhere and warns of danger, urging collective action for reform.
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England
Standard Oil Company
St. Louis Ldegeate
Dunmore
Col. Church
New York
Mr. Clark
Pensacola and Georgia Railroad
Wisconsin Central Railroad
New Orleans
B. R. and
Scully
Finois
Dr. Glen
California
Little Rock
Oregon Central Railroad
North Wisconsin Railroad
St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Northern Pacific Railroa
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
St. Paul and St. Vincent
E. Mariner
Milwaukee
Wis
Geo. Tanley
Wisconsin
David Selsor
Ohio
Maurice Raleigh
H. C. Sprague
Varius Star
Virginia Coal and Iron Co
Col. Age
Dak
Texas Land and Cattle Co
Texas State House Fund Company
Dse-Ree Cess
Texas
Whistlers, cucumbers, and a coppery collection of quips
A collage of humorous snippets notes tongue in cheek claims from the supper exhibits at a French cook’s ball with a Bartholdi statue in lard, cucumber prices at 40 cents, a 60 cent per pound Pompine, and satirical quips about doctors and dead men. It mentions Harry Bumm’s Philadelphia candidacy and a clerk’s warning about lost parcels and back receipts.
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Bartholdi
How the Chinese Make Dwarf Trees
An account of how Chinese growers cultivate miniature pines and oaks in pots. Techniques include severing the taproot early, planting in earthen pots with stone support, limited alluvial soil, controlled watering, light and heat. They shape trees using strings wires and pegs to achieve symmetry and fanciful forms.
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Warren County
Bradford
Bravforn, Pa
Barnum
Muskatingo
Gro. P. Rowe & Co
Spruce Street
P. Rowsit & Co
The
Shmactite and Times and Planter
Agra
Denver Trutmune
Dye
Igor
Addieys Voltaic Belt Co
Marshal
Mich
Shiloh
A. J. Davis
Smith
Cincinnati Journal
Modjeska
Cracow
Harry Bumm
Philadelphia
Country
Allen Block
Torso
Singer
Jacob Keller
Norisk
Tr. Hallet & CO
Portland
Maine
F Street
Washington, D. W
O. M. Sites & Co
Pgstith
W. A. Greaves
Warten
America
H. A. Jamieson & CO
Ac. Ee
Crowning Glory Cook Store
Magee, Diamond and
Monroe Ranges
Denmark
Square Pardors
Boynton
P. Greenland
Lee
Episcopal Church
Front Street
Nkev
Anlitf
Roerley
A. Mintzer
A. Mintzer & CO
Warren, Pa
Wood
Thomas
Third St
Methodist Church
Gibson
Kentucky
IM. MB
D. H. Siggins
Tariind Streer
S. Burgess
Woorls
Nsti
Junkire & Warren BR. R
Buffalo, Pittsburgh & Western RB. R
D. James
Rachel Meone
Tidionte
Marshell Packard
Spring Creek
Jan
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