Mormon Elders Stir Beaver Valley Converts In Beav er Township
Mormon elders in Rochester and Beaverton area press for converts led by John Lieyd brother of Gilbert and Freeman Lloyd, baptized in a Rochester pond. Lloyds with wives join Brigham Young fold. Mrs Lloyd hints at polygamy acceptance. Lauffman of Apollo Iron Works cites tariff on tin plate, plans to form NY company within two weeks. Mercer county license petitions show liquor advocates lead. judge Medard’s ruling cited.
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Beaver Valley
Sharon
Prorssers
Jas
John Lieyd
Gilbert
Freeman Lloyd
Rochester
Lloyd
Baptist Church
Brigham Young
Lloyds
Gilbert Lloyd
P. H. Lauffman
The
Apollo Iron Works
Washington
Lauffman
New York City
New York
Mercer County
Carver
Merser
Scranton
Larkawanna
Dunmore
Roaring Brook Turnpike Company
Barough
Supreme Court
Legitime in Hard Luck in Haiti as Hippolite Advances
Legitime faces a worsening crisis as Hippolite’s forces win three battles in ten days and advance toward Port au Prince. The army arrests suspected sympathizers, laborers are conscripted, and lawlessness grows. French officials face unpopularity amid blocked aid and disputed treachery claims surface from captured mail.
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Hippolite
Port-au-Prince
Hayti
Legitime
Here
New York
Hincha
Aurora
Dominican
Port Au Prince
Haytien Republic
Galena
Santiago
Washington
Andes
Thompson
Mysterious Tragedy in Baltimore Murdered German Widow
In Baltimore a 65 year old German widow, Margaret Schuein, was found hacked and dying at No 8 West Fifth Street. A German immigrant Mrs Ida Schneider, living with Schuein, reportedly confessed saying Ida did this. Police searched the house after the report, finding a bloodstained room but no description of the alleged murderess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Batiore
Margaret Schuein
West Fifth Street
M. Meyerhoff
Schneider
Philadelphia
Ida
Government Urged to Protect Americans in Samoa
A San Francisco summary of Samoa news urges strong American action. Editors advocate sending Ad quiral Kimberly with the Trenton to Apia with full power to safeguard American interests and Samoan independence, with the Dolphin joining. They urge naval force to enforce respect for the flag in Samoa and Haiti.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samoa
San Francisco
The
Examiner
Kimberly
Apia
Trenton
America
Chronicle
United States
The Girls That Are Wanted Poem
A nostalgic verse praising the ideal wife and mother embodying home virtues. It extols girls who are pure, trustworthy, prudent, and devoted to family, highlighting roles as mothers and wives. The piece frames social expectations and enduring demand for "home girls" in a dated, lyrical tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sansa
Hinston
Tchet
The Dare on the Blue Ridge Trail with a Gun
In a remote Blue Ridge trail encounter a 14 year old boy confronts a man with a shotgun. The boy, claiming his father Lem Marvin hunts whisky, tries to force surrender while the man seeks calm talk and cigarette, waiting for the father to arrive.
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Blue Ridge
Pap
Lem Marvin
Whittaker
Circus Picters
Counting Lesson Ends With Gunfire In Michigan Cabin
In a Detroit Free Press excerpt a boy and narrator discuss counting and money but are interrupted by a distant gunshot from a nearby mountaineer. The scene shifts to a tense moment as the father and a stranger consider shelter in a cabin while the family processes the danger and the misfires.
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Eurther
Pap
Danny
Turing
M. Quid
Detroit
4 Press
Japan's Commercial Bondage and the Treaty System
Rank Leslie's Newspaper argues Japan remains economically subjugated by 1858 treaties, lacking tariff control, foreign taxation, and harbor dues, with 37 million Japanese bound by 2,500 foreigners. It urges Britain, the United States, France, and Germany to press for treaty revision to free Japan's commerce.
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Japan
Portugal
Peru
Britain
Russia
United States
Germany
France
England
Leslie
Victim of a Bluff in a Four-Week Marriage
Lionel Bertram Jones calls his wife Ethel to account for a long ago proposal memory as he eats bread in a domestic scene. The tale, told by an unnamed narrator, shows a married couple facing a playful yet revealing confrontation that exposes trust and mischief in a short marriage.
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Dihel
Lionel Bertram Jones
Ethel
Thos
Purifying a Room by Water Absorbing Gases
A water pitcher in a living space absorbs respired gases from the air, leaving the room purer while the water becomes filthy. Colder water holds more gases, with ordinary water absorbing about a pint of carbonic acid gas and several pints of ammonia, and ice-cold conditions nearly doubling this capacity. Thus room water kept for a time becomes unfit to use.
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Journal of Health
Lee Sisters in London Society and Literary Influence
The Lee sisters Sophia and Harriet dominated early 19th century London writing, producing novels and plays and the popular Canterbury Tales. Brontë drew from their plan and Warner tragedy details, acknowledging their help in a preface and praising their support of the era's greatest poet.
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Lee
London
Brontes
Sophia
Harriet Lee
Krusteer
Brron
Long Shot Duck Tale Ends Without a Hit at Club Room
After a bus ride on the marshes an old hunter recalls ML making a longer shot from Peach Orchard toward Cow Isla two hundred yards away. The group reacts with astonishment, asking if the duck was killed. The narrator confirms he did not touch the duck. The tension eases as the room settles.
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Peach Orchard
Cow Isla
Wooell
New Style Vinegar Bitters Promoted in Quack Cure Aisle
An old time advertisement touts New Style Pleasant Vinegar Bitters as a universal cure all. It claims the product purifies blood and acts as a cathartic while contrasting it with dangerous home remedies and urging readers to avoid doctors. The piece mocks medical practice and promotes a mysterious Rules of Society booklet for willing buyers.
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Puck
Bart
Stippe
Teeccer
Erie and Williamsport Rail Schedule August 1888
Western New York and Pennsylvania announces rail departures from Warren toward Erie Williamsport and beyond. Trains include Express routes to St Marys Philadelphia New York Baltimore and Washington with through Pullman sleepers and coaches. Kane Accommodation runs daily except Sunday westward arriving Kane 9 15 pm.
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Warren Eartward Express
Sun- 118
Expres
St. Marys
M-Oil Express
Eike
Sunbury
Baltimore
Washington
Pulman
Erie
Philadelphia
Williamsport
Wanita
Rce
Kane
Eria
E Express
Warren
Erie Mail
New York
Kim
Pullman
Pi Adelphia O
Betlimore
Wrreen
Warren Express
Sheffies
Oil Express Leay
Sheffield
Thab
Pugh
J.R. Wood
Pittsburg
Oil City Aly
Ink City Ly
Esilent
Hick
Is Unka Ville
St Tidioute
Devineton
Bradford
fKinzua
Baily
Sugar Ron
Bat Cerydon
Onowille
Liniuaker Bridge
Carrollton Hou
Vandalia
Altexheny
Voltar
GEO
Leeford
Jphta & Erie K
St Marys I
Naerren
Pennsylvania Railroad
P. & E. Division
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Pennsylvania
Terristown
Thomas E Cooper
Hatfield
North Penn
Cooper
Columbia
Columbia Iron Company
Theodore Roland
Amnployer
Uniontown
West Lessenring
Lewis Fuchter
Liunter
Williame McPherron
Chambersburg
Jemly
Liem
Cowpellsville
Gettysburg
Seventy-second Pennsylvana
Battlefield Memorial Association
Reed
Seventy-second
Altoonsa
Cleveland
Moses Singerman
Singerman
Altoona
Charles Kelly
Beam
Walter
They
Kelly
William Thomas
Lew Shapp
Ernst Johnson
CoLcumba
Cornelius Lawden
Colored Methodist
Abbeville
This County
Pinckney Floyd
Floyd
Lawden
Wew Haven
Conn
F. E. Patterson
Portland
Orv
Stratford
Hesekiah Patterson
Patterson
Happy Land
Bim
Eurcrbitto
Queee
Pats
R. OH
Donald Drug
Bington and
Charlton Sts
Squilatle Assident Association
Binghamton
J.B Arnold
H Ome
Washington Street
Linghamton
N.Y
RS. J.N
J.B. Hobensack Medical and Surgical Office
North Second ST
Philada
Nait
Gtou P.M
Glade Green House
Seth Arnold
Win. P. Alverson, Branch
Ulster County
Bright
Bucklin
Morck Drug Store
Western
New York & Penn'a
Dunkirk Pry Fraing
Alto
Allegheny Valley and
Iburots
Canedaga
Sinckiirville Rous
Falconer
Junction
North Warre
Jackson, Wee
Youngsville Fulsfeld
Garland
Newton
Grand Valley
Tusville
Wag Tan
Dunkirk
Coneet
Lake Shore and Erie Railways
Jaxonstown
DL. Thayer
A. Ulute
Bishop
Wakten and
Farnsworth
ALM
JA M
Clarendon
Lot Fe
Rothne
PB. & BR
Ridgway
Vanderarlfit
Garfeld
Dunham’s Mill
Garfield
Dunham's Mil
A. D. Wood
Valley R
Donaldson
Martin
Foxburg
Allegheny
R. K
Dee
P.& 1Eldana
Shefeld
Fransworth
Tiona
Markham
Asuertisieg
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