New York Railways figures and a state land distribution note
The State Engineer reports on New York railroads detailing 164 steam roads, $249,228,099 construction costs, $234,225,150 paid-in capital, 1,227 first class cars, 34,051 freight cars, 24,550,753 passengers carried, 2,922,626,984 passenger miles, 2,954,146,546 ton miles, 154,591,821 city-car passengers, and steam roads earning $95,546,444. Also obituary for Hon. Thomas Nicholson of Beaver County. Westward land holdings total 973,472,563 acres with state-by-state breakdown.
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New York
National and political notes from a Houston newspaper item
The article blends multiple items: Supreme Court opinions on congressional tender acts, a Republican State Central Committee meeting naming Harrisburg as the site for the next convention on April 10 to nominate governors and judges, and electors. It notes Senator Brownlow’s seating, railroad land grants figures, upcoming National Prohibition and Labor Reform conventions in Columbus, a petition to bar liquor drinkers from office, sugar crop prospects in Cuba, New York Massachusetts and Pennsylvania debt comparisons, and a Massachusetts Senator's bill allowing women to vote in territories.
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Aerussican
Republican State Central Committee
Harrisburg
Supreme Court
Stanton
Wilson
Massachusetts
Senate
The
United States
Vaccination Facts and Guidance for Smallpox
The article asserts that infants should be vaccinated at one month, with a booster at fourteen and again if exposure risk rises. It notes older individuals face less danger, revaccination protects nurses, and vaccine material loses potency over passages from cow to person. It warns against spreading unverified claims.
Jury Finds Mrs Wharton Not Guilty in Gen Ketchum Murder
After weeks of trial in Baltimore, Judge Miller told the jury their verdict would be first degree murder or not guilty. The jury retired for eighteen hours and returned a verdict of not guilty.
Murderer Stokes Remains Behind Bars After Postponed Trial
Stokes, charged with Fisk’s murder, remains jailed as his arraignment for trial last Wednesday was postponed due to the judge’s illness. He professes fear of no danger yet expects acquittal.
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Stokes
Fisk
Daring aeronaut Donaldson repeats balloon trapeze act at Norfolk
Young wre naut Donaldson performed a balloon ascent in Norfolk on Monday using a trapeze bar and hoop above the balloon for a cold weather voyage. He swung and gymnasted high above the crowd before dressing in heavy clothes and continuing the display as the balloon drifted southeast and descended near Kempsville in Princess Anne County.
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Young Donaldson
Wrenaut
Reading
Norfolk
Winal
Norfolk Journal
Donaldson
Kempsville
Princess Anne County
Pennsylvania Facts and Figures From the Census
The text lists Pennsylvania's area of 44 317 square miles and 28 362 880 acres with a population of 3 522 890 from the last census. It notes 66 counties and provides geographic coordinates and measurements including mean length 280.39 miles and breadth 158.05 miles, plus extreme lengths and perches. It also gives latitudes for Green and Washington.
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Pennsylvania
Washington
Greenwhich
Vinegar and fruit acids urged as safer diet
A Phrenological Journal fragment argues pickles and salads rely on vinegar, which it brands a decay product harmful to teeth and stomach. It promotes raw or cooked fruit as a better acid source, claims fruit prevents need for vinegar on tables, and warns of health risks from excessive vinegar.
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Phrenological Journal
Franklin bronze statue gifted to New York City
The Press and Printers of New York City received a bronze statue of Benjamin Franklin on the 17th. Capt. De Groot presented the work unveiled on Franklin’s birthday at a Delmonico’s banquet. The statue stands in Printing House Square, designed by Ernst Passemann, marking a milestone in American sculpture.
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New York City
Benjamin Franklin
Capt. de Groot
Franklin
Delmonico’s
Ernst Passemann
New York
Munich
Boston Soup Rations for Poor and Other 19th Century Trivia
A collage of brief curiosities and statistics from 19th century America and Europe. Notes include Boston soup relief plans, a claim about a Virginia asylum, state finances for Maine and Iowa, a coal mine rumor in Northern Iowa, German rail miles, land enclosure plans in Texas, Wisconsin and New York editor jests, and 1871 Chicago hog and cattle receipts and shipments.
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Boston
Virginia
Maine
Mosby
Maryland
Iowa
Russia
United States
Germany
Texas
California Assembly
London
Paris
New York
Everett
Albany
A_ greenhorn
Chicago
Sale of Cobham estate lands in Glade Township Warren County
By order of the Orphans Court a administrator de bonis non will publicly vendue the Cobham estate lands in Glade Township Warren County on February 24 at 11 a.m. The property includes the Home stead tract of about 425 acres, plus 232 acres in tract 5537 and 180 acres in tract 5803 with detailed metes and bounds and a prior sale contract with Laughenburg, all subject to existing liens and boundaries.
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Orphan’s Court
Warren County
de Bonis
George A. Cobham
Glade Township
Towit
Shanessey
Daniel Kirwin
Jeremiah Kirwin
P. M. Smith
Aid Smith
Laighenburg
Geo
Cobham
Laughenburg
Adam Harmon
Shipman
Allegheny River
M. Shipman
John McWilliams
Shipman Tract
Henry Storum
Wm. Shipman
Geo A. Cobham
Warren County Recorder
W. M. Lindsey
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Warren Mail
New York Railways
Thomas Nicholson
Beaver County
Banks
Mississippi River
Missouri
Arkansas
Dakota
Wyoming
Montana
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Idaho
New Mexico
Utah
Nevada
Arizona
Minnesota
Indian Territory
Texaper
U. S. Supreme Court
Strong
Messrs
Swain
Davis
Miller
Bradley
Chase
Field
Clifford
Nelson
Brownlow
Tennessee
Congress
National Prohibition Party
Columbus
Ohio
National Labor Reformers
John Scott
Havana
Geo. Botts
Pet” Halsted
Newark
N. J
Rome
Italy
James Gordon Nnett
Jt ii
Erie Railway Company
China
Brazil
Spain
War Department
Idee
of, Wells & GO
Hoffman & Clark’s
Warren, PA
Orweatt
Gus
Inawawe
Te Aude
Yan
T. H. Nevins & Cos
Pittsburgh
Bea
Ast
Gould Eurtsege
Estegesti
Morocco
Hall & Spear’s
Pittsburg Plows
Curtis Plow
Erie
A. Hetzel
Warren
Ieusitne
Gein
JAS, Clark, JR. & Co
Wwaarren,Pa
Dati Lite
EEP
al Tou
le Aeve
Sae
Temenalg Quson
Fauin
Dtr
Anuibua Sidigure Ati Sul
Jaiergol ‘ Hos
Chromos
Ahron
USA
Abquisytia
Meget
Reif
Tnt
Hazeltine, Orr & CU
Smith
Hazeltinf
ORR & CO
Mia
Sani
Bryant & Stratton
Buffalo
Business College
America
C. Bryant
California
Telegraph Institute
Buffalo Telegraph Institute
J.C. Bryant & Son
Buffalo, WN. Y
Wells’ Drug Store
Conrad Lesser
Lycoming County Mutual Insurance Company
Lossis
Joseph Hall
L. F. Watson
O. H. Hunter
John N. Schnur
Hoffman & Clark
J. F. Wells & Co
J. C. Bennett
Sius R. Clark
Andes Insurance Company
Cincinnati
the Giant Company of the West
C. H. Noyes
Chautauqua Co
Jane Matthews
Busti Township
Jamestown
Chautauqua Like
A. J. Hazeltine
First
Nat’l Bank
Oil Creek
Allegheny River Raily Co
Corry, Pa
Oil Creek and
Allegheny River Railway Company
Walnut Street
Philadelphia
P. A. Phillips
Sec’y
Fisher
Tirner Hose
WM. Kiich
Dunkirk
Charles Blood
C. Aldrich
Keystone Block
T Bod
Citizens Savings Bank
H. R. Crowell
S.J. Fisher
Shafer Block
Carver House
Dr. Douglass
Istrict Court OF the
Western District
George H. Welton
Tidbute
State of Pennsylvania
District Court
R. Mackwood
A. W Camp
Sugar Grove
Benj. Elli
Gewele
Aduings
Variety Hall
Johnson’s Exchange
Rob’t H. Johnson
Yonabro & Davidson
Browns
J. B. Brown’s
Mee
Greenland Brothers
Keystone Block 9
Wakefield Earth Closet
Feathers, &c
Ines WePneers
Ah ” Pe Etal
Walnut
Ee & Cope
Disston
Rowland
Feada
Barstow
Teracotta Pipe
L. D. Crandall
Siete
Bie
Ted
Union Block
Warren, Penn’a
Mort. M. Moore’s
Farrar Hall
Ja.M.tol
Tos
Isaac Levi
State Street
Culverwell
Greenland
Union School
F. Hooker
G N. Parmlee
NJ. Nesmith
R. P. Kane
Saugh
Wyoming Fire Insurance Co
Wilkes-Barle, PA
J.C. Hamilton
Eeq
Standard & School
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