Callao and Lima A City of Dust and Dreadful Vapors
Cattrao Peru January 8 1894 A coastal transit through Callao shows adobe and cane houses with mud walls that shed rain only as a rare mist. The prevailing southeast trade wind dries the land driving rains to the Amazon and La Plata, leaving Callao damp and misty with neuralgic and throat troubles. Earthquakes plague Callao with historic shocks in 1746 1825 and 1868 while the city sinks into poverty. Street life features lecheras milk sellers and fruit peddlers as water is scarce and water carts roam. docks at Callao harbor boast large port works and a calm roadstead. Vice drinking prostitution and gambling are common with illegitimacy over sixty percent and priests charging high fees. Lima hums with churches bells and six thousand priests.
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Cattrao
Peru
Washington
Callao
Andes
Atlantic
South America
Continent
Amazon
la Plata
Cordilleras
Pacific Ocean
Chile
San Felipe
Continental America
Quallao
Aguatero
Callao Harbor
San Lorenzo
Marinere Glass
San Francisco
Custom House
Lima
Italia
Guarapo
Pisco
Pacific Coast
Common Council organizes new leadership after regular meeting
The council adjourned to organize with Martin Kopf as president A J Hazeltine treasurer J A Schofield clerk and others named. The Mirror won printing rights for official notices. Electric lights were ordered at multiple depots and intersections. A 200 appropriation was approved for the Board of Health for the coming year.
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Attorney Schnour
Borough Treasury
Burgess McAlpin
Martin Kopf
A. J. Hazeltine
J. A. Schofield
William Schnur
H. 8. Perry
John Smith
A. L. Schellhammer
O. Morris
Mirror
Dunkirk
Morrison
Walnut
5Th
Board of Health
One More Year Gone Poem by B. Fox Inscribed
A reflective verse voice laments another year passed and death approaching. It recalls faith, salvation, and earthly burdens while praising divine guidance and the Great Healer. The poem, inscribed to Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Greenland, ends with an advertisement for Kemp's Balsam and a cough warning.
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B. Fox
Nelson Greenland
Court Decides Divorces and Handles Various Trials
Criminal court opened with Judge Noyes and associates. Cases heard include John A. Best vs Julia B. Best for divorce, Susan Hale vs Equitable Aid Union over an endowment, road surveys and openings, and several criminal trials. Verdicts included not guilty and guilty on resisting arrest, with grand jury true bills in multiple cases. A Kinzua riot case true bill and a silver dollar currency bill passed in the House. Ends with a medical ad for a rheumatic cure.
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Noyes
Marsh and
Huntington
Susan Hale
Equitable Aid Union
Plantiff
Glade Run
Glade Run Bridge
Elk Township
John Lawson
Oscar Peterson
Chandlers Valley
Com
Lawson
Ve. Wm. Zeiss
Buffalo
Bradford
Warren
Struther’s
Corry
Carey
Jacob Scanlan
Mary Scanlan
Strain
Commonwealth
George Schwerdfield
Grand Jury
Stephen Flinherty
John Carrol
Stella Place
George Schwedfield
Wm. Zeiss
Kinzua
O. App
Fred Stranahan
Leroy Strong
Chas. Martin
James Lovett
James Hardigan
Chas. Newark
James Newark
To My Mother and A Simple Fire Escape Poem and Guide
A poem by Louie C. Moulton reflects longing for a deceased mother and the dream of her blessing. The second piece, attributed to F Pittsburg Dispatch, describes an inexpensive fire escape method using a duck sack and strong rope, detailing setup, safety ideas, and family safety tips for upper-story rescues.
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Pittsburg Dispatch
Our Man About Town Finds Money Changes the World
The writer muses on how wealth reshapes people and names, recalling tales of greed, marriage, and social climbing. He notes example after example from Warren County and beyond, questioning virtue and public memory as fortune alters life. The piece closes with a light remark about a current lizard craze and young college girls carrying canes.
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Solomon Grundy
Warren County
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the Common Council
Earth
Kemp
Criminal Court
L. G. Noyes & Co
MY Mother
Louie C. Moulton
Man
Smith
Smythe
Keyser
Kasaar
Mme, Necker
Mr. Blank
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