Waves of incidents and disasters flood across Feb 13 14 19 era headlines
A broad roundup from a late 19th century paper covers marine mishaps, political strife, strikes, crimes, weather disasters, and notable deaths. Items include the La Lascogne’s disabled voyage, murder trials in Minneapolis, a schoolteacher Frozen near Lyons, N Y, Armenian reports, rail consolidations, Chicago fire losses, Lincoln remembrance, Meadeville gas blast, volunteer labor disputes, and various ship and canal dangers. Also notes electoral and legislative wrangles in California Arizona and Brooklyn with strike actions cooling.
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la Lascogne
Ways and Means Committee
House
Harry Wayward
Minneapolis
Chili
Ironclad
Brooklyn
Indianapolis
New York National Guard
Charles Gayarre
New Orleans
Albany
Lincoln
James Stafford
New York
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
United States
Elgin and Waltham Watch
Siefert
Ohio
Pittsburg
Cyrus Bussey
Washington
Indian Territory
Joliet
California
Arizona
Italy
Sicily
J. Nelson H. Patrick
Omaha
Union Pacific Railroad
House Committee On Ways and Means
Treasury Relief
Hayward
Grosscup
Debs
Chicago
Abraham Lincoln
William Lake
Emma Hunt
Albion
N. Y
Wei Hai Wei
Brown’s- Mills-in-the-Pines
N. J
Joe Averick
Georgia
Ruby Richardson
Alexandria Bay
Bill Cook
Meadville
Elwood
Ind
Mexico
Falling Ladder Fire Damages Rochester Building
A six story stone building owned by W. W. Mack in Rochester housed by R. J. French company suffered a major fire gutting the upper floors. Losses total 40 000 on stock and fixtures plus 10 000 on the structure, insured. Firemen on an extension ladder were knocked to the ground when the ladder truck toppled. Patrick Conway sustained fatal injuries while William Nolan was seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
W. W. Mack
R. J. French Company
Soee Manufacturers
Patrick Conway
William Nolan
Fire at Monroe Street hardware building kills three
Fire in a three story wooden block at 53 and 56 Monroe street in Lynx Massachusetts, occupied by W Henry Hutchinson hardware, caused total losses estimated at 100000. Three men died, ten were injured and two missing believed buried in the ruins.
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Lynx
Mass
Monroe Street
W. Henry Hutchinson
Buffalo Music Hall Damaged By Fire In Western New York
Fire badly damaged the Buffalo Music Hall, one of the city’s finest structures, with the west wing ruined and losses pegged at 75 000 dollars. The blaze began with an explosion in the cellar, likely gas. London area reports note two churches destroyed in a series of fires, including Dundas Street Methodist and Queen Street church, with Chief Roe and firefighters McDonald and Riddell injured by falling walls and losses around 40 000 dollars.
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Harry Hayward
Minneapolis
Lynn
Mass
Columbus
Jobs
London
Bradford
William McKinley
Rochester
New York
Hancock
Norton and Lewis
Brooklyn Street Railways
M. F. Sweeney
Xavier Athletic Club
Walter Kempster
Milwaukee
A. E. Kennedy
A. H. Goelet
Buckeye Glass Works
Martin's Ferry
Rahamna
Coca Blanca
Independent
Order of Knights of Labor
Strong
Avery D. Andrews
John C. Sheehan
Castle Shannon
Pittsburg
Cullen
Bloomingdale Insane Asylum
Hayward
Isaac P. Gray
Mexico
Guatemala
China
Li Hung Chang
Japan
Treasury
House
Senate
A. Augustus Healy
Brooklyn
Adams
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Washington
Congress
William Lake
Emma Hunt
Albion
N. Y
Auburn
George Olheiser
Holland
Emma Kirscher
Buffalo Grand Jury
Legislative Committee
Tottie Collins Theatrical Company
Savannah
Macon
James Jamison
Gloversville
Admiral Ting
Wei Hai Wei
Galicia
Westchester
C. B. Dunlevy
National Shoe and Leather Bank of
Seeley
Wickes
Indiana
Wheatland
Ind
James Frazer
A. B. McQuiston
Rixford
MacFarlane
Albany
James P. Gentry
Madge Yorke
Philadelphia
Buffalo Music Hall
Machine Republicans
Reformers
Brooklyn Street
Oklahoma
Salisbury
Halifax
William
Germany
Lafayette Prince
Cleveland
Gallo
Eugene Debs
Cherokee Strip
whisky t_trust
League of American Wheelmen
Peter Ostlund
John S. Johnson
Figgat
Bank of Lexington
Ashland
Augusta
Buffalo
Tire
Lonpoy
Ont
Dundas Street Methodist
Queen Street
Roe
McDonald
Riddell
Big Hotel Burned at Browns Mills in the Pines
Mount Fu ty New Jersey February 13 The large Browns Mills in the Pines hotel suffered a partial blaze causing an estimated loss of 150 000 Insurance status and fire origin remain unknown.
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Mount Fu Ty
N. J
Browns-Mills-In-the-Pines
Bizarre Local Notices From A Fragmented Reel
A jumble of items from a historical page covers diverse oddities. Topics include a Liverpool council note about a Japanese bride’s childhood stage, sparse mentions of Chinese women in New York, a Maine man fearing a self diagnosed disease, and a hygienic congress in Pesth noting gender gaps in stammering. Other items include bicycle value declines in Toledo and carban emissions in Williamsburg aiding rheumatic sufferers, plus a Mississippi fight with a dramatic fall. Siamese year names restrict marriages and ages carry penalties.
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Liverpool
New York
Game Wakper Atwoop
Maine
Buda Pesth
Mississippi
Siam
The Markets And Doctrine Of Opening Eyes
New York money market notes easy at 14 per cent with mercantile paper at 4 5 3 per cent. Sterling rates shown and commercial bills quoted. Topic For The Week discusses Saul of Tarsus conversion and how Christ opens eyes to self, Christ, and duties. faith and works needed for salvation.
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Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Binkers
Pacific
H. Doyle
Toric
Christ
Saul of
Tarsus
Paul the Apostle
Saul
Ananias
Paul
David
Nathan
God
New York Produce Market Prices Reported for Flour and Grains
A detailed New York market roundup lists bid and ask ranges for FLOUR including patent, winter, and mixed varieties from City mills and Minnesota producers, along with Southern flour. Rye flour, cornmeal, buckwheat, barley, wheat, oats, hay, pork, butter, cheese, eggs, and potatoes prices and bids are provided with spot, delivered, and futures quotes for multiple regions and brands.
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New York
City Mills
City
Minnesota
Jersey
Milwaukee
Western
Canada
White Western
Western Dairy
Elgins
State Dairy
State
Pennsylvania
Long Island
Maine
Market Report Buffalo Wheat Corn and Barley Prices
Buffato report lists wheat at 64c for No 1 hard new and 57c for No 2 red old, corn at 46c for No 2 yellow, oats at 33-44c for No 2 white and 33c for No 2 mixed, barley at 68c for No 1 Western and 63-66c for others, flour values and butter cheese and egg prices also shown by state and region.
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Chevalier
Canada
Graham
Buffalo Live Stock Market Report East Burrato Feb 18
CATTLE Extra export steers 5.10 to 5.35, cows and heifers 7.? to 41.5, calves heavy fed 2.00 to 23.25. Sheep and lambs choose to extra ewes 4.65 to 5.25, lambs 5.70 to 6.00. HOGS Heavy 4.34 to 4.40, mixed 4.51 to 4.30, Yorkers 4.20 to 4.25, stag 3.00 to 3.59.
Market prices for farm feeds and hay in Buffalo
Chronicle of Buffalo lists prices for animal feeds and hay on February 18. No. 1 timothy per ton 13.01, No. 2 timothy 12.03, common mixed 10.03 to 11.00, baled hay 9.00 to 12.00, loose straw 6.00 to 7.00, baled oat straw 7.00 to 7.02.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Church Leaders Named for Next Sunday's Menaces Meetings
Leaders at next Sunday's meetings include Presbyterian E H Bosschlin Baptist Jetta M Smith Evangelical Mrs A Mintzer. State headquarters to be in Cleveland. Erie 95 Convention moved from October to August 22 to 25 with sessions Thursday to Sabbath. hotel rates noted for Penns headquarters at Huntingdon. Confidential: do not publish secretaries' names.
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Presbyterian
E. H. Bosschlin
Baptist
Jetta M. Smith
Evangelical
A. Mintzer
Boston
Penn’s
Huntingdon
Convention Hall
Erie
Forfeit game at Christian Endeavor socials described
The Golden Rule notes a playful forfeits game for socials. Players chew a string with raisins at the center from each end without swallowing, racing to reach the raisins. the first to obtain them wins.
California Christian Endeavor District Plans Busier Convention
California Christian Endeavor district officers say the upcoming convention could be the last held in the state and must be the best ever. They emphasize planning and hard work to ensure a standout event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Christian Endeavor
South Australian Societies Send 17 Members Abroad
South Australian societies have sent 17 of their members to foreign mission fields. They will serve in India, China and Africa. While most are Baptists, Congregationalists, Wesleyans and the Church of Christ are represented as well.
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India
China
Africa
Church of Christ
Christian Endeavor grows with 380 societies in union
Seven years after its founding the Chicago Christian Endeavor union now has 380 societies and about 17 000 members. Maryland reports 350 societies with 15 000 Endeavorers. Boston will host the next convention featuring banner presentations. Colorado Springs juniors aid a girl in China’s Fuchan Mission school by distributing 259 bouquets with Scripture verses and literature. Hopkinsville denominational vice presidents include an Episcopalian. A floating Endeavor society forms at St John New Brunswick.
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Chicago Christian Endeavor Union
Maryland
Boston
Methodist Church
Colorado Springs
Fuchan Mission School
China
Christian Endeavor Union
Hopkinsville
Episcopalians
Society of
Christian Endeavor
St. John
N. B
Methodism as a global church unity effort at Chattanooga
The text explains that Methodism exists in multiple branches such as the Methodist Episcopal, Methodist Episcopal Church South, and Canadian Methodist, each with its own structure. It notes the Epworth League origins, future alignment trends, and an international convention in Chattanooga June 27 to 30 aiming for fraternal consultation rather than organic union, concluding with a unity demonstration in the opening communion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Methodist Episcopal
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Canada
Epworth League
Methodist Episcopal Church
Church South
England
Australia
India
Chattanooga
Tenn
Best of Each Kind in Service to God
The piece argues that both educated and unlettered workers have roles in church work. It cites Moses guiding Israel and Paul defending Gentiles, alongside Augustine to Wesley and Moody to Booth, urging each, in their place, to contribute in harmony for God’s work.
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Christ
Church of God On Earth
Jehovah
Israel
Moses
Tarsus
Augustine
Wyclif
Luther
Calvin
Wesley
Moody
Booth, Taylor
God
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B. Gilbert F. McNitt
Third Street
Warren
W. Dunkle J
Warren, Pa
Warren Savings Bank
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Allen & Sons
Allen Block
Second and
Liberty Streets
Orren C. Allen
Samuel G. Allen
WM. Harrison Allen
Fat G. Ball
Hoffman Block
Room
Apenone & Peterson
Attorneys At Law
Chas. Dinsmoor
Chas. A. Peterson
J T. Donly
Diamond St
Courts of Allegheny Co
U. S. District
Supreme Courts
Oseph T. Danforth
Second
A C. McAlpin, E
R. W. Stuart
D.D.S
Hazeltine Building
W. Wilbur
WM. Schnur
W W. Freeman
Hazeltine
Greaves
Ba“ & Thorpson
Beaty Block
D. I. Ball, Co
C. Thompson
Indsey & Parmlee
Kiowaye
Johnson’s Exchange
W. M. Lindsey
J. O. Parmlee
American Tobacco Co
Cornell
Lafayette
Yale
Richmond
Imperial
Princess Royal
Piccadill
Fehlman Bros
A. Weiss
Clothier
Water St
Vitalis
Chicago, al
Citizens Nat’l Bank
Mynon Waters
E. T. Hazeltrne
David L. Gerould
L. W. Dennison
M. Waters
P. J. Meyers
K A. Cornen
KE. T. Hazeltine
O. F
Nelson
Greenland
Fidelity Mutual Life Association
News OF the World
New York Weekly Tribune
the Mart
Geo. W. Best
Tribune
H. A. Agener
M.D
Oxford St
Canos Mazrin
D. C
New York City
Castoria
Bowi F. Parper
125Th Street
7Th Ave
Tae Centaur Company
Murray Steuer
Eale
Siegfried & CO
News OF the
Atlantic
Ministry of Corea
Morning Light
Grand
Brooklyn Street Railway
Que
Mayor Strong
Buffalo Provision Market
Buffato
Buffalo Live Stock
East Burrato
Ulster, Penn
Hood
L. Hood & Co
Lowell
Sir, Breed Lees Mus
Kat A . Penn
Dreseicts
Christian Endeavor Briefs
The
Free St. Matthew’s Mission Society of Glasgow
Tiberias
Livingstonia
Pitcher
Leavening Powe
U.S
Kesson
Walter J. Yates
John
Gocnensia
Thomas Freeman Porter
GEMS
William McIntosh
Marguerite
Eraph
Panna
Hester A. Benedict
Death
Walter C. Nichols
My Queen
William Winter
Midocean
Henry Nason Kinney
Frances Sargent Osgood
Julia Ditto Young
Alice Cary
Grant Allen
Fate
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