Twenty five sunstroke deaths and world notes in brief
News Condensations reviews a burst of global notes from the week. It notes a New York sunstroke toll, population shifts in England and Wales, bank leadership changes in Dun Kirk, Wilde at a private reception, a first female railway clerk applicant, and various odds and ends from politics, science, and travel.
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New York
England and Wales
M. L. Hinman
Lake Shore National Bank
Dunkirk
Wm. T. Colman
Oscar Wild
Civil Service Commission
Cuparpon Fourth of July plans and local notices in 1890s Cuarenpon
The Ledger’s Letters column from Cuarenpon Pa June 25 highlights 4th of July preparations led by J K Lemmer’s watch display. Local residents W H Hutton, Mrs. Benson, Mrs. J H Driscoll, Miss Lizzie Holland visit others. Baker hosts events. Maccabees install officers. agents for J H Moore Co visit. a saw mill injury to David Handmore. various visits and travels. children’s and church events. marriages, a ball game, and community updates including health and a致.
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Cuarenpon
J. K. Lemmer
W. H. Hutton
Girard
Benson
Erie
Hattie Hamilton
Oil City
Arthur
Youngsville
J. H. Moore & Co
Philadelphia
David Handmore
J. W. Hamilton
Adda Richards
Sherman
J. B. Cable
Jennie Taylor
Warren
Ella Cochran
John Armstrong
Coleman
L. E. McNett
Titusville
Laura Ingraham
Gee. Bellows
West Kane
Sugar Grove Seminary
M. E. Church
Florence Conway
Wm. Woodruff
Cleveland
John Dow
Clarendon
Pittsburg
Main Street
Joseph Hale
Lena Culver
Ludlow Larson
Eva Wright
Tiona
Will Painter
Findlay
Ohio
H. G. Stillwell
Bradford
Resolutions on Death of Sister Mary A Haliday
The committee of Hall of Brokenstraw Valley Union No 87 BEA U Younasvitlz Ps presents a resolution on the death of sister Mary A Haliday who died June 13 1891. It notes her prompt attendance and service and honors her memory while citing the will and direction of the universe.
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Sister Haliday
Brokenstraw Valley Union
Glepart, Arrow and Mail
Warren
E. A. U. Herald
Titusville
Katie L. S
Haliday
Youngsville
Mary A. Haliday
Oil City
Thomas EB
John W
Albion
Frank
Renova
James
Erie
E. A. Healey
Stark, Fla
Hall of
BE. A. U. Younasvitlz
Western Deluge Devastates Iowa Rail Lines and Towns
A severe flood in western Iowa from torrential rain swept across Sioux City and surrounding valleys. The Floyd River rose fifteen feet in three hours, flooding Lemar and submerging Lemar Merrill Elinton and James areas, with rail lines from Illinois Central and Chicago Great Western heavily damaged. Cyclone at Sutherland destroyed homes and barns, with four drownings reported at Cherokee and Correctionville as hundreds moved to higher ground.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Floyd River
Lemar
Merrill Elinton
James
Ilinois Central
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
Leeds
Lynn
Lewiston
Sutherland
Cherokee
Correctionville
Keystone Chronicles: Carlisle School Assets and State News
Carlisle school Indian students hold 11000 in Carlisle Bank. Woodcock season starts July 4. Benj Whitman named World Fair Commissioner. PA real estate value tops 2.183B. Gov Pattison vetoes 73 bills. Drexel leads Philadelphia wealth at 25M with 160 millionaires total 400M. State convention Aug 19 in Harrisburg to nominate treasurer and auditor general. Coal discovery at Blossburg noted for centennial celebration. Ex Philadelphia treasurer John Bardsley faces suspended sentence. Local tales include Ridgway old maid joke and Findlay gas declines. Pattison veto expands compulsory education debate. Local Interest notes estate dispute over L A Robertson sparks residency, inheritance tax questions. Johnstown flood suit targets South Fork Fishing Club directors.
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A.J. Drexel
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Blossburge
Robert
Benjamin Patterson
Pension Certificates and War Widows Payments Report
Commissioner Raum signed army pension certificate number 600000 for disabilities from the late war. Widows and minors certificates total 295471, navy invalids 11510, navy widows 5678. Since July 1, 1861, survivors’ widows and children from the rebellion and earlier wars have received 1284716000 dollars. Also notes clay discovery at Haupt farm Frackville with brickware and tiles to form a 60000 dollar factory. Includes quip about death and heaven.
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Commissioner Raum
Navy
It Is a Fact Not Fiction on Modern Professions
A historical note compares the costs of professional work. It describes a doctor writing a prescription quickly for fractions of a cent and charging various fees, a lawyer drafting lines for ten to twelve dollars to fifty, and an editor paying for puff pieces and printing costs while delivering to thousands, revealing the economics of professions.
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Parnell
United States
Ireland
Saffa
Jerusalem
Holy Land
South America
John Strausser
Peru
Dr. Tweddle
Franklin News
W. W. McEwen
Gleveland
Queen Victoria
S.S. Gox
America
Republic
Joseph E. McDonald
Indiana
Indianapolis
McDonald
United States Senate
Harrison
J. D. Rockefeller
W. W. Astor
R. P. Flower
Andrew Carnegie
J. H. Stalin
Russell Sage
J. Bell Nef
Kane
Wm. Well
Sharpsville
Mattie G. Shortt
Greene
Nashville
Tenn
Neice
Rev
Neil
Miss Ida
H. N. Miller
M. F. Greene
M. Shortt
Amy
Sugar Grove
Wm. S. Fell
Orangeville
A. R. Luse
Sharon
Fuller
Norwalk
Australia
Pennsylvania
New York State
San Francisco
the Chronicle
Butte
Lloyd Tevis
J. B. Haggin
Ledger
Carlisle
Bank of Carlisle
Woodcock
Benj. Whitman
The
Erie Observer
Secretary of Internal Affairs
Pattison
Meadville
Florida
John Bardsley
Graham
Ridgway
Charity
L. Jordan
Shenango
Pulaski
New Castle
Commonwealth
L. A. Robertson
Hoytinapox
Jones
L A. Robertson
Mapleton
Brooklyn
Register of
Robertson
Warren County
West Virginia
Mr. Robertson
Register
Corr
Philadelphia Times
Johnstown
Jacob J. Strayer
J. Unger
South Fork Fishing Club
Strayer
W. D. Stoore
Milionaire
Conemaugh Valley
Andrew Carnegia
Moore
Johnstown Relief Fund
Porravitty
Haupt Farm
Frackville
Board of ‘Trade
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