How the Masses Enjoying It at the Chicago World’s Fair
A Chicago Aug 14 column notes that the masses crowd the Columbian Exposition. they seek value 50 cents a day meals and family outings. It lauds fairgoers for good humor, cites the Administration building Vienna restaurant and German waiters, praises guards and police for courteous service, and observes the crowd’s fatigue yet calm temperament as they view exhibits, bands, and fireworks.
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Curiaco
Chicago
la Rabida
Fair Grounds
Vienna
Dick Turpin
Harrison
Pittsburg
Ram's Horn Sayings And Light Evening Observations
Gleanings features wry adages and snippets from Ram's Horn on humor and human folly. It offers quick quips about farm life, jokes on engagement, a bank heist remark, and a shy joke about attention to ordinary details.
Cure for back or side pain with Pain Balm treatment
An old remedy suggests saturating a flannel with Chamberlain's Pain Balm and binding it to the affected area to cure ordinary cases in one or two days. Claim includes relief for rheumatism and available as 50 cent bottles from Morris & Mullen.
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Chamberlain
Morris & Mullen
Congress Debates Wilson Bill and Silver Repeal
In Washington reports trace a rolling sequence of debates on the Wilson bill and free coinage of silver. The senate weighs silver bullion purchase repeal while the house presses the Sherman act issue amid a string of speeches by Voorhees Hill Stewart and Reed Cochran Bland and others. The house bills and the fate of Bland Allison are discussed as adjournments occur.
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M. Voorhees
House
Wilson
Peffer
Lee Mantle
Washingtonn
Hill
William M. Stewart
Mr. Springer
Breckinridge
Reed
Bourke Cochran
Bland
Bland- Allison
Violent storm damages Rome facilities and grounds
An intense electric storm struck Rome New York with torrential rain and large hail. Skylights shattered, stores flooded, glass roofs broken, greenhouses ruined, and a farmhouse struck and burned. The Kingsley Memorial chapel roof and St Marys windows suffered extensive damage. The storm lasted about ten minutes and was the worst on record.
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Rome
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May Depopulate Mining States
Ex-Judge John M. Thurstone of Nebraska warns that unconditional repeal of the Sherman silver act could trigger a large migration from the West and Northwest mining regions. He notes mines are closing and workers seek other employment while hoping Congress passes a coinage bill favoring American product.
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New York
John M. Thurstone
Nebraska
Congress
Lost Five of Her Crew on Malinda Wood
The schooner Malinda Wood arrived dismantled at New York on August 26 after a disaster that claimed five of her eight crew members. Two men were severely injured by falling masts.
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Henry Suza
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Columbia
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Albany
Cleveland
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Jersey City
Hull
Eng
Carlisle
Congress
Ford County Bank of
Paxton, Ills
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Troy
N. Y
Moving World Innovations and Practical Inventions
A wave power motor is credited to Joseph Serb of San Francisco. A Siberia Palestine meteorological station is set 682 feet below the Mediterranean level. Ellensburg Washington yields a triplograph combining typewriter cash register and calculator. A patent window cleaning chair and a draft indicator for ships are described. A horse colic remedy uses spirits turpentine and laudanum, with adult and child doses given.
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Joseph Serb
San Francisco
Siberia
Palestine
Mediterranean Sea
Ellensbury
Wash
News of the Week Aug 23 29 1890 riots strikes and disasters
A sprawling summary covers riots between citizens and railroad workers in Gilberton Pa and Tonawanda with injuries, bank suspensions in San Marcos Tex, proclamations opening the Cherokee strip, longshoremen strikes, anarchist meetings, fires, ship arrivals with gold, cholera cases, political shifts, and a deadly train wreck in Brewster N Y as well as multiple city and regional disturbances across Aug 23 to Aug 29.
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Tonawanda
First National Bank of
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Wholesale Clothiers of
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Cherokee Strip
Karamania
Ems
Europe
London
East Side
Ohio Stone Company of
Cleveland
Mallory, Ward and Clyde
Devoy
D. C. Robinson
Elmira
Thomas Haley
Buffalo
Lawrence McMahan
Hartford
Lakeville
Conn
Ella de Haas
Benedict Arnold
Bellefonte
Milwaukee
Kansas
Lord Dunraven
America
Ernest of
Saxe-Coburg
Prussia
Turkey
Russia
Holland
Savannah
Clark’s Thread Mills
Newark
N. J
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Antwerp
J. E. Dodge
Wisconsin
Mary Landrum
Kansas City
Dorcas
Nova Scotia
Austin
Deen Tina
Evo Boies
Orrin Underhill
Oakley
N. Y
Corvientes
Argentina
Galeton
Perez
Liberal Party of
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Rio de Janiero
San Paulo
Brazil
House
George A. Reynolds
Utica
Long Island
Bushwick Junction
Brewster
Sigmund Wilbur
Binghamton
van Horn
E. Ryan
Fultonville
Black Lick
City Hall
Chicago
Claude Timmerman
Stillwater
Mont
Angelo Torrianni
Red Bank
Arthur
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Ann Arbor
Weir City
Kan
South
Rome
Hazleton
The Markets New York Money Market Aug 28
Money at 8 5 per cent. Bar silver at 73c. Exchange Actual business 4.8134 4.8214 for 60 day bills and 4.864% 4.87 for demand. Posted rates 4.8214 4.8744. Commercial bills 4.8016 4.86. Government bonds actual rates 4.534 4.8514 for 60 days and bid. Pacific railroad bonds Union firsts 1.04 bid do sinking funds 0.98 asked Centrals 1.01 bid.
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Pacific Railroad
Union Firsts
Centrals
Grain and stock market prices from weekly report
Wheat, cornmeal, rye, barley, oats, hay and dairy items listed with bid and ask ranges. Prices cover flour grades, rye and malt barley, No 2 red wheat futures and spot quotes, corn and oats ranges, hay at 80 percent. Dairy values include butter at 14 to 18 cents, cheese and eggs per dozen.
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Minnesota
City Mills
Canada
Chicago
White State
East Buffalo Market Prices for Cattle Sheep and Hogs
East Buffalo price report lists cattle extra export steers at 4.65 to 4.9, good do 4.25 to 4.30, heavy butchers 4.25 to 4.30, light handy do 3.15 to 3.40, cows and heifers 2.75 to 3.0, calves 2.00 to 3.25, veals 5.75 to 6.25. Sheep and lambs show wethers 4.00 to 4.25, sheep 3.40 to 3.85, common to fair 2.75 to 3.25, lambs 4.75 to 5.10, common to fair 3.50 to 4.00. Hogs quoted heavy 5.50 to 5.65, medium and mixed 5.40 to 5.50, Yorkers 6.15 to 6.25, stags 3.25 to 3.75.
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East Buffalo
Market quotes for hay and timothy in Burrao
On August 28 timothy price per ton was $17.09 for No. 1, $16.00 for No. 2, and $11.00 for common mixed. Baled hay $16.00, clover $15.00, loose straw $9.00 to $10.00, baled do $8.10 to $9.00.
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Burrao
Utica Cheese Market Report
Utica August 28 sales include 150 boxes at 85¢, 4,113 boxes at 834¢, 1,740 boxes at Bic, 338 boxes at 9¢, 137 boxes at Sige, and 54 boxes on commission.
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Utica
Fashion and Literature Reflections in the New York Evening Post
The text blends literary critique with fashion notes. It cites readings from Horace to Mark Twain and Burton, critiques Aristotle, and notes white lawn blouses and India muslin dresses with lace, trimmings, and belted corsage as stylish.
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Mark Twain
Aristotle
India
New York Evening Post
Notable Women in Various Realms Highlighted
A survey lists women achieving in rights, arts, diplomacy, and public life. Mme de Valsayre pushes for women writers in France. Miss Gould gains heirs’ consent to marry within a year. Miss Bayard, daughter of the new ambassador, is praised for riding in Washington. Jessie Whiten enters livery work in California. Mrs Astor shines as pianist singer and mandolin player. Catharine Barnes wed Harry Ward after meeting at a photograph convention. Mrs Tyacke and husband report large Himalayan bear bags and a memoir. Frances Lybrand stands out at the patent office. Kate Gannett Wells comments on juries with no settled view.
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Court of St. James
Washington
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California
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Himalayas
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Kate Gannett Wells
Boston
Common Myths About Materials and Places Debunked
A列 list debunks everyday mislabels such as isinglass jelly from the genuine product, German silver lacking silver, Hastings and Bennington battle location errors, whalebone myths, Burgundy pitch origin, tuberose classification, black lead composition, Cleopatra’s Needle purpose, sealing wax content, steel pens, Turkish baths origins, Brazilian grass, Pompey’s Pillar ties, and the Mont Cenis tunnel route.
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