A Visit to the Soldiers' Home in Washington
Special Correspondent visits the Soldiers' Home near Washington describing its tranquil grounds and 500 acre landscape. The piece notes deep melancholy among inmates, a high death age, diverse international veterans, strict pensions, and a Norman Gothic Scott Building housing 440. It contrasts peaceful retreat with ongoing strains and past battles.
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Hfe
Potomac
Capitol
Washington Monument
Regular Army
Volunteer Army
Congress
Robert Anderson
Scott
House Committee On Military Affairs
Secretary of War
Mexico
Plac
Lincoln
Buchanan
Hayes
Arthur
Garfield
First Recorded American Strike Traced To 1741 Bakers
A New York July 11 focus traces the first recorded American strike to 1741 when journeymen bakers walked out over wages. The article recounts early uses of terms turnouts and strikes, the Philadelphia shoe trade, seamen uprisings, and later labor clashes in New York, Boston, Paterson, and Maine, noting legal fines and evolving labor movements.
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New York
Firth Ph
Sud
Philadelphia
Republic
New World
United States Supreme Court
Washington
John Bedford
Journeymen’s Association
Moses Levy
Pittsburg
Carpenters and Masons
Boston
Paterson
N. J
Providence
Medford
Maine
Crees Applebex
Sketch of Eugene V Debs and his rise as labor leader
Special correspondence from Cariaco profiles Eugene Victor Debs born in Terre Haute to French parents. It traces his early work in a railroad paintshop and as a fireman, then his rise as editor of The Fireman's Magazine and secretary of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen. Debs later champions the American Railway Union, highlighting his dedication and public appeal.
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Cariaco
Eugene Victor Debs
Bill Nye
Debs
Nye
Jon
Terre Haute
Eugene
Victor
Victor Hugo
Engene
Scohol
Eugene V. Ders
Gene Debs
Republic
Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen
Brotherhood
United States
Fireman's Magazine
American Railway Union
Kate Mertzel
Berlin Sofa Etiquette Mortifies Two American Girls
A Berlin correspondent recalls unwritten rules that forced two American girls to flee a sofa seating arrangement at a social gathering. The countess’s daughter and a woman of high rank sat on the sofa, and the American presumed equal seating status. Her faux pas, later explained by an American versed in German proprieties, stemmed from sitting without a European title to back her up.
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Berlin
Death of Sitting Bull Triggered by Son's Taunt
Lieutenant Baker recounts the killing at Standing Rock where Sitting Bull, urged to come to the agency, was killed after a taunt from his son. Shavehead, an agency Indian, killed the taunting boy in retaliation, though Baker says these details were not printed.
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Sitting Bull
Baker
Twelfth Infantry
Standing Rock Agency
Shavehead
Chicago Herald
Per Se Signatures and Language Mix Ups In A Circuit Case
A Western man tried to file a paper in the circuit court with the partner and attached the words per se to the firm signa ture. The partner explained that per se means only you and there are two of us. They corrected the signature to Green & Wilson, per 2 e's. The piece notes foreign terms can confuse the ignorant and cites the Abbe de Marolles quoting a vast verse count while public taste remains unappreciative, and mentions Spain’s many islands in the eastern seas.
English Spavin Liniment Advertisement Claim
An 19th century style ad touts English Spavin Liniment as a cure for hard and soft lumps blemishes blood spavins curbs splints and other horse ailments. It promises savings of 50 dollars with one bottle and claims to be the most wonderful blemish cure known. Sold by H N Ritchfield druggist Warren Pennsylvania.
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Unson
A. Johnson
T'S
Johnson & CO
Boston
Listas
H.N. Ritchfield
Warren
É&—Ly
Warren Borough Election To Increase Indebtedness For Bridge
An election will be held at Warren borough polling places on Tuesday July 31 1894 to obtain assent of electors to increase the borough debt by 7000 for a free bridge across the Allegheny River at Warren Pa The last assessed property value was 2027979 and existing debt stands at 53969 28 less 17242 87 conditional assets 3682041 Proposed debt 97000 with a 34600 mill rate Attest Burgess James W Wiggins Clerk Joseph A Schofield
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Warren Borough
Allegheny River
Warren
James W. Wiggins
Burgess
Joseph A. Schofield
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Eugene V. Debs
Green & Wilson
de Marolles
Spain
Philippines
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Arren and
Farnswort
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Axe
Underwood
Calmont
Wood's Mill
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Erie
Vanierarift
Gareld
Dunham's Mill
Neral
H.N. Richfield
Chicago
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F. C. Garrizup
Jamestown
N. Y
J. A. Bratty
Oil Guy
Aalst Pennsylvania Railroad
Kinzua
Bradford
Salamanca
Olean
Olean Expres
Wey
Iryinton
Tidoute
Tionesto
Oid City
Pittsburgh
Buffalo Express
Oil City
Leffard
A. Bell
Sup’t
J. A. Fellows
Butaio
N.Y
Tionesta Valley Railroad
Tiong
Sheffield
Barnes
Brookston
Sheffield Junction
Wolf Run
Tious
Shefield
Jerry Crary
Homes and Hearths
Elegant Household Monthly
Homes and Hearths Publishing CO
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