Harrisburg Chosen as Next Meeting Place for League
Reading report covers the State Republican league convention in Harrisburg where 200 clubs attended. Delegates to the national league meet at Denver were chosen and Harrisburg selected as next year’s meeting city. General Hastings spoke as the session adjourned.
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Reading
Robinson
State League of Republican Clubs
Henry A. Muhlenburg
Louisville
Minneapolis
Harrisburg
National League
Denver
Hastings
Democratic Society Assembly in Allentown Nominates Leaders
The General Assembly of the Democratic societies of Pennsylvania convened in Allentown with Temporary Chairman Wright passing the gavel to permanent chair R. Jones Meagan. Chauncey F. Black was named president Major J. D. Worman secretary and Robert E. Wright treasurer, all unanimously elected.
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Allentown
General Assembly
Democratic Societies of Pennsylvania
Wright
R. Jones Meagan
Chester
Chauncey F. Black
J. D. Worman
Robert E. Wright
Chicago
Harrisburg
Cleveland
Congress
United States
Butler Tollhouse Robbery and Child Basket Mystery
Five masked men battered down tollhouse No 2 in Butler planked road bound the elderly keepers 70 years old and looted the home taking 200 dollars in cash and valuables. A basket with a male infant was found in Allegheny parks discarded by a veiled woman. William Bechtold 17 was arrested for an attempted attack on 10 year old Maggie Smith in Lebanon.
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Butler, Pa
Tollhouse No. 2
Butler Plank Road
Diesle
Pittsbourg
Allegheny Parks
Lebanon
William Bechtold
Sohn
Maggie Smith
Union Alley
Bechtold
Hebron
Reading Church Pastor Receives Unanimous Call
Rev. R W Hufford D D former pastor of St Pauls Lutheran in this city since 1880 received a unanimous call to serve St Matthew s Lutheran Reading after a congregational meeting. He is expected to accept. The other item reports the wife of George Kuesman ran off with a young man named Gapsee taking their 4 year old child. the couple located at Reading and the husband will pursue action to recover them.
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Easton
R. W. Hufford
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
Reading
Pittsburg
George Kuesman
Gapsee
Train Runs Down People at Balesville Crossing
The Keystone express on the Fort Wayne road struck a white man and a colored woman at Balesville crossing in Rochester. The man, a stranger, was killed while Nancy Grimes of Bridgewater was fatally injured and not expected to survive.
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Rochester
Keystone Express
Fort Wayne Road
Balesville Crossing
Nancy Grimes
Bridgewater
Congress
Lewiston
San Francisco
Briggs
Synod of
New York State
Colorado
Fort Edward
Dayton
State Treasury of
Texas
George C. Ricker
Portland
Thomas Robinson
Livingston
Tex
Nive
Cullman
Ala
Hopkinsville
James Southers
John Chapman
General Sickles
Gettysburg
M. P. Fogelsong
Hillsdale
Mich
Edgar Alden
Julia Stowe
Baltimore
Kingston
Wis
Robert T. Hunt
Indianapolis
Greenwood Cemetery
Brooklyn
John Redmond
Prince Bismarck
Antonio Comuta
Brazil
Burlington
N. J
Pallas
General Campos
Madrid
Admiral Mello
Rio Janeiro
Valkyrie
England
Washington
John Shoemaker
Thomas Mathews
James Owen
Edward Reid
Edgewood
Altl
Chesapeake, Ohio and
Southwestern
Hoey
Windsor
N. Y
Kentucky National
Louisville
Farmers’ National
Findlay
Union National
Minn
D. H. Wilson & Co
New York
Wood and Willow Wares
Newark
Barbadoes
Swampscott Machine Company
Boston
George Clark & Co
International Congress of Free Thinkers
Chicago
Lyman
Kentucky
New Brunswick
Can
Germany
Pittsburgh car accountant shoots wife then kills himself
Samuel G. Stot hart, a Carnegie Steel car accountant, shot his wife twice and then died by suicide as a result of insanity tied to religious differences and drink. In Lebanon, Hon. Adolphus Reinohle, 63, associate justice and president of the Farmer Bank of Lebanon, died of pneumonia amid other enterprises.
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Pittsbuurg
Samuel G. Stothart
Carnegie Steel Company
Lebanon
Adolphus Reinohle
Lebanon County
Silkmill in Weatherly Shuts Down Indefinitely
Weatherly silk mill with 600 workers mostly girls suspends operations due to no orders and raw material shortages. Media report notes Thomas Rogers found guilty of second degree murder for killing his father and wounding his mother and sister in Chester last January.
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Hazelton
Weatherly
Thomas Rogers
Chester
McZim the famed long-distance cyclist revealed
A passerby questions a man with a hump on his back, only to be gently corrected that the figure is McZim, a renowned long-distance bicycle champion. The exchange highlights the rider’s notoriety rather than a tragedy.
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McZim
tumultuous week in 1893 lays siege to Prague and Rio
Reports detail Prague chaos after Czech agitation, fires burn in Mississippi and Michigan, and Rio Janeiro bombardments resume. Highlights include deaths from smallpox on North Brother Island, a Coral Michigan fire destroying a village, and a widening wave of strikes and political actions across the United States. The week also notes river and rail accidents, mayoral shifts, and legal actions involving postal and revenue officials.
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Preston
New York State Banking Department
Commercial Bank of
Brooklyn
Prague
North Brothers Island
New York
Coral
Montcalm County
Mich
Elmira
Pinewood Core
N. Y
Alexandria Bay
St. Lawrence River
Carlisle
Ernest Nathan
Internal Revenue
Justice Bartlett
Sally Smith
George Dixon
Coney Island
Indiana
John W. Washburn
Old Colony
General Assembly
Democratic Societies of Pennsylvania
Allentown
John A. Cockerill
New York Morning Advertiser
W. W. Hurt
Hudson
John Melburg
Western Union
Buffalo
Terrance Fay
East Buffalo
Prince Bismarck
Camperdown
Valetta
Malta
Ross
Los Angeles
Cal
Chew Yoke
Anderson
Ind
Mississippi
Chicago
Grand Trunk Road
Bellevue
William
Berlin
Brazil
Vincenzo Fiori
Genoa
Santos
Japan
Tokio
Norfolk
Portland
Nathaniel Catlin
Tracey
Owego
Robert F. Preston
Burton Lumber Company
Mt. Vernon
B. A. Kipp
Milwaukee
Louisville
Nashville
Kentucky
Bill
George Walker
United States
Rockland
R. I
William Williams
White House
Hillsboro
Tex
Aphorisms on love and happiness by Paul Bourget
A compact collection of maxims on love, marriage, and heartbreak. The quotes discuss the perils of pursuing happiness through others, the nature of affection, and the idea that love brings both joy and suffering in equal measure.
Yale Professor Takes Leave for Health and Recruitment
Yale professor Edward S. Dana receives a year long leave to recruit his health. W W Cooke from Vermont Agricultural College joins Colorado State College as agriculture chair. Philip Hale, son of Edward Hale, returns from Paris to teach at Boston Art School next winter. Governor Rice to lead Union College alumni centennial committee for 1895 events. Ex President Harrison to begin law lectures at Stanford in February.
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Edward S. Dana
Yale College
W. W. Cooke
Vermont Agricultural College
Colorado State College
Philip L. Hale
Edward Everett Hale
Paris
Boston
Alexander H. Rice
Massachusetts
Union College
Harrison
Stanford University
Mine flood sinks 28 at Mansfield mine near Crystal Falls
The Michigamme river burst into the Mansfield iron mine, drowning 28 workers while 18 escaped. The river must be diverted to recover bodies and salvage the flooded ore deposits, ending the mine's operation. The Mansfield, six miles east of Crystal Falls, had shipped 660000 tons of Bessemer ore over three to four years.
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Crystal Falls
Mich
Michigamme
Mansfield
Michigamme River
Iron County
Bessemer
Madman in Chicago Board of Trade Gunfire Shocks Traders
Cassius Belden a carriage painter fired shots in the south gallery of the Chicago Board of Trade wounding Amin M. Bennett Charles W. Roswell and Mrs. W. W. Lewis. He claimed to be from Chicago and showed incoherent behavior signaling insanity.
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Cassius Belden
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago
Board of Trade
Amin M. Bennett
Charles W. Roswell
Board of Trade Telegraph Office
W. W. Lewis
Titusville
la Salle Avenue
Universalists In Convention Opens in Syracuse
The New York state convention of universalists convened in Syracuse with Dr E C Bolles presiding. Treasurer Charles C Ferry reported $56,494.91 in trust funds and a $2,575.69 debt, unchanged for about 15 years. The missionary board noted a new church in Binghamton and plans by George M Pullman to build a $40,000 memorial edifice in Albion. Seven pastors were added to fellowship.
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Syracuse
N. Y
New York State Convention of Universalists
E. C. Bolles
New York
Charles C. Ferry
Missionary Board
Binghamton
George M. Pullman
Chicago
Albion
Department urges G A R posts to boost suspended members
Albany Sept 30 Department Commander J P Cleary of the state Grand Army issues a general order urging post commanders to increase membership. The department lists 2908 suspended comrades and warns that failing to gain at least half of them may cost a delegate at the next national encampment.
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Albany
Department
J. P. Cleary
State Grand Army
Engineer Heroic Stop Sparks Railroad Legend
Philipsburg New Jersey October 2 An engineer named Joseph Lutz stayed at his post on the engine of the Central express to stop the train near Hampton Junction after a steam burst from a ruptured flue scalding his face neck and upper body He fainted after bringing the train to a halt His bravery is the talk among railroaders and he is expected to recover
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Phillipsburg
N. J
Joseph Lutz
Central
New York
Hampton Junction
Lutz
Mrs Halliday Not To Be Examined In Sanity Inquiry
George H. Carpenter appointed to defend Mrs Halliday said no commission will be appointed to examine her sanity. He expected a trial at the next May term of court in MonrtieeLo New York on September 29.
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G. W. Best
Tribune Building
New York City
New York Weekly Tribune
Paul Bourget
Monrtieeelo
N. Y
George H. Carpenter
Theatre Notes on New Plays and Casting
Edith Evans to appear in A Modern Heroine a society drama. W B Watson and E M Ryan to star next season in A Put Up Job a new comedy. Carrie Turner seeks a lead after finding a suitable play. Paul Barnes buys The Chamois Hunter a German comedy to star in. Edward Mawson to produce a spring play written by Harry Mawson titled New Orleans. Hall Caine in New York to witness Mohammed by E S Willard. Theodore Northrup composer Hal Newton Carlyle translator for Verna Jarbeau Fi Fi Just From Paris. Felix Morris plans the Felix Morris Comedy Company at Springfield Ills. M Siegfried Wagner age 20 to conduct his father's works at Beirzeath this year. Margaret Reed to replace Camille d Arville in Robin Hood after Hamlet at the Metropolitan Opera House. Minchen Becker daughter of Lilli Pulitians marries Herr Hoffheimer and retires from the stage.
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Edith Evans
W. B. Watson
E. M. Ryan
Carrie Turner
Paul Barnes
Edward Mawson
Harry Mawson
New Orleans
Hall Caine
Felix Morris
Springfield
Ills
M. Siegfried Wagner
Beireath
Margaret Reed
Camille d’Arville
Hamlet
Metropolitan Opera House
Minchen Becker
Lilliputians
Herr Hoffheimer
New York City
Miss Becker
Debunking Legendary Figures From Ancient Myths
The article lists numerous historical and legendary claims denied by scholars. It cites Pope Joan Portia Francis I Caesar Alfred the Great and others, asserting many famous stories are inventions or misattributions. It notes misread artifacts and misinterpreted arts, ending with a note on the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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Portia
Francis I
Pavia
Allis
Seneca
Red Sea
Caesar
Alfred the Great
Rosamond
Eleanor
Antin
Gadstow
Philip III
Spain
Babylon
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Rail notes From across the rails and shops in 1893
The article reports new SP shops at Ogden Utah and railway consolidations forming Beattyville and Cumberland Gap Railroad. It notes free World’s Fair transport by the Chicago Burlington and Quincy for employees, Wagner Palace Car Company’s annual deficit, Wabash train NYC to Kansas to Toledo in 27 hours, Kansas City shopper trains with fares under two dollars, and a proposed 20 mile Medix to Clearfield connection linking Beech Creek and Allegheny Valley Low Grade.
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Southern Pacific
Ogden
U.T
Winchester and Beattyville Railroad Company
Beattyville and
Cumberland Gap
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Wagner Palace Car Company
New York
Wabash
Kansas
Toledo
Kansas City
Medix
Elk County
Pennsylvania
Clearfield
Beech Creek
Alleghany Valley
Measurements and landmarks from historical geography
The excerpt lists Ireland bog land, averages for bog depth, a Pyrenees pass called Roland's Breach with dimensions, a Hillsborough rock with a deep channel and baptismal steps, a Pyrenees promontory Hayon Horoo in the Aegean sea with 3000 foot elevation, and describes a giant sundial formed by a sunlit circle of island shadows.
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Ireland
Roland
France
Spain
Pyrenees
Hillsborough County
N. H
Aigean Sea
Hayon Horoo
The Inventor: New Washable Wallpapers and Fire Warning Thermometer
A roundup of innovations includes washable wallpapers, a French process joining glass and porcelain with metal, a London fire warning thermometer, and a self destroying safety envelope. It notes a St. Petersburg Neva tunnel cylindrical at 43 feet diameter with four decks for pedestrians vehicles cars and cables. It also cites New York boots made end to end in under 16 minutes.
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London
Neva
St. Petersburg
New York
Demographic and currency curiosities from historical notes
Reports note Philadelphia’s female surplus of 23 000 over males and that shoeblacks thrive in France. Early sponge coloring and London postal volume are contrasted with Scotland. Glacial ocean coverage of the British isles and 1796 American half dollar collector value are cited along with gold workmanship worth.
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London
Scotland
British Isles
Snowshoeing Troops and Youthful British Recruits
Reports note Russian troops to be issued snowshoes while British army enlistments skew under 20 with many not exceeding 17. Germany plans 40,000,000 marks for new warships next year. A field marshal’s only allowance is on active service at 16 guineas daily plus forage for 44 horses. Britain shifts offensive gear to the Maxim gun replacing the Nordenfelt and Gardner Lloyd guns.
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Germany
Nordenfelt
They're Coming Home. Home From a Foreign Shore
A line of verse from the Boston Courier notes the jubilant return of soldiers. The poem describes a night disturbed by sounds of joyful reintegration as timid people awaken to the sight of veterans arriving home.
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Aff
Boston Courier
Eyes That Watch for Me From My Charming Wife
A compact verse note from New York Clipper about a husband praising his wife. He values her eyes above color and says her eyes brighten when he returns, tying affection to a constant home presence.
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New York Clipper
Bohemian Sauce and Beersheba to Dan in Paper Craft
A playful ode to the newspaper mind blending wit and wide reach from Beersheba to Dan. It celebrates the craft of writing in print and the joy of journalism across regions.
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Beersheba
Dan
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