Uncle Sam’s Wards Pension Report Highlights Vast Claims
The Pension Bureau reports 537,944 pensioners end of last fiscal year across Army invalids widows and dependents plus survivors from War of 1812 and Mexican War. Original claims 66,637 with first payments totaling 92,478,041 dollars. Unpaid pensioners at year end amount to 20,638 with 4,357,347 dollars due. 460,282 claims received by Sept 30, 1890 under disability act. Commissioner Raum notes heavy workload and potential need for more staff.
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Wasurrearon
Green B. Raum
The
Pension Bureau
Baum
Congress
Local Sewing Machines for Cash or Easy Payment
Do mestic and Wilson Sewing Machines offered for sale at low cash price or easy payments. Call on F A Cogswell at 112 East Water Street Warren Pa to save money before buying.
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Attorneys AT Law
Water Street
Beefield Block
Warren
Dinsmoor
Jas, Cable
Peterson
Third St
M . Church
Etmors
Noyes & Hinckeley
Ffice
Second Street
W.D. Inckley
Notary Public
L. D. Wetmore
C. H. Noyes
D. Hinckley
Wilson
East Water Street
F. A. CoGswk
Census Statistics Shows U S Population Over Sixty-Three Million
Census figures announced in October indicate the total U S population is 63 231 428 after counting twenty eight states and much of the remaining districts. Officials expect final numbers not to vary by more than a quarter of a million. Counts include city by city tallies and notable gains since 1880.
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Wasumerox
California
Colorado
Ojawate
Ct of Columbia
Montana
Michigan
Massachusetts
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
Biowgug
Oklahoma
Hode Island
Ermont
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Kentucky
Sosalvania
Virginia
Ohio
Dayton
Greenville
Kenton
Piqua
Springfield
Urbana
Xenia
Iowa—Burlington
Clinton
Davenport
Fort Madison
Iowa City
Keokuk
Lyons
Muscatine
Ottumwa
Charleston
Huntingdon
Minnesota—Duluth
St Paul
Wardle
Ager 9
Beauty Rules And Dental Cautions From An Earlier Era
An old warning column cautions against cosmetics with white lead or arsenic and critiques gum chewing affecting facial muscles. It extols refined dress and manners as education for women, urges gentle dental care, and warns against harmful eye treatments and harsh brushing. It ends by promoting Crown Acme Oil at Goodrich & Fehlman.
Memory and romance end in tragedy at Downers Bend
Mary Sexton and John S. Manning are linked by a June romance that ends when a locomotive strikes the switch at Downers Bend. Manning calls Mary’s name as she saves others by flipping the switch, then a fatal crash ensues. Three months later the Hornellsville New Era notes their marriage on July 6 in New York City.
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New York
Flatbush
N. Y
James M. Dougherty
Dr. Lloyd
Downer’s Bend
John Manning
Mary
Mary Sexton
Hornellsville
New Era
Manning—Sexton
T. L Plicer
David Sexton
John S. Manning
ZE. J. Lawler
N. Y. Ledger
Brave Mary Sexton saves lover and express train
In a perilous night, Mary Sexton races to Downer's Bend through storm to switch a spur. She aims to derail danger and save engineer John Manning and the express as the Long Lake dam threatens catastrophe near Hornellsville and Mortality Camp.
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John
Mary Sexton
John Manning
Mary
Long Lake
Long Lake Pass
Tosh
Hornellsville
D. L. & & Branch
Mortality Camp
Avoi
Combles
Downer’s Bend
Mary Saxton
Smilies
Long Lake Dam
Micely
The
Express
Downer’s
The Present Tells In Significance Of The Past
A fragment from Philip G. Mamerton in Scribner reflects on how past labor shapes present skill and efficiency. It argues that continuous life plans and steady aims anchor a meaningful present, while disjointed efforts waste time and hinder progress across trades, arts, and civilization.
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Philip G. Mamerton
Scribner
Antiquity and Universality of the Little Girls' Dolls
A Science note traces dolls across ancient cultures from Egypt to Rome and beyond. Dressed wooden, wax, and ivory figures with movable limbs appear in museums and graves, with regional beliefs such as Baghdad parents fearing life from dolls.
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Leyden
Rome
Bagdad
Siberia
Arctic America
Africa
A Moral on Hobbies and Safe Pursuits
A New York Ledger style reflection argues hobbies can cost money and fail to pay, but a virtuous hobby keeps a man active and purposeful. It urges choosing a safe hobby and following it freely toward a purposeful, moral life ending in the narrow house.
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Wn. Y. Ledger
Etiquette, Morals, and Social Conduct Across Civilized Life
A discussion on how etiquette reflects morals, citing Aristotle and the rule of treating others as we wish to be treated. The piece notes that manners are the lesser morals and that even visitors from rural areas can mingle in good society with common sense and Christian principles. It also mentions Mme. Demorest’s love of diamonds and a beautiful daughter who recently stood out on the Borosis platform.
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Ladies Home Journal
Mme. Demorest
Borosis
New York Central Road
Depew
New York
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Increase in Exports and Notable Washington News
Washington reports a rise in U S exports for the nine to eleven months ending September showing dairy and provisions surging. President Harrison returns to Washington after a long speaking tour, praising the trip. Italian convicts will be barred from landing in U S ports, while Russian Jewish persecution reports are denied. Paymaster George A Deering is found dead in Washington. Mrs Harrison accepts helm of D A R. Justice Miller and General Belknap funeral observances attract national figures in Washington.
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Washineton
United States
WasHiverox
Washington
Haslemere
Pennsylvania Railroad
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Italy
Blaine
S& Petersburg
Chad
BBC
Wasameron
George A. Deering
Deering
Harrison
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Justice Miller
Supreme Court
Keokuk
Belknap
Washinator
General Belknap
St. John’s Church
Wat 9
Arlington Cemetery
Tragic Berlin Builder Slays Family With Hatchet
In Reinckendorf near Berlin, builder Schaaf fatally mutilates his wife and three children with a hatchet and injures two other children. Police report says the man, driven mad by financial ruin, may face insanity proceedings.
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Braun
Schaaf
Reinckendorf
Berlin
Burned to a Crisp at Norwegian Mill in Wisconsin
October 18 in Wasabounx Wisconsin Andrew Lindahl a Norwegian worker at A. A. Bigelow & Co saw mill died after falling into a refuse burner while clearing the conveyor. He was burned to death before help arrived. Also reporting from Marino City Michigan a drowning tragedy on October 16 as William Wellhausen and his 7 year old son fell into a well at their home and both perished after the son slipped and the mother attempted a rescue.
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Wasabounx
Wis
Andrew Lindahl
A. A. Bigelow & Co
Marino Crry
Mich
William Wellhausen
Mystery Man confessed in Wyoming freight car murders
Manhattan police report 15 year old Charles Miller confessed to the murders of Harry Fishbaugh and Frank Emerson, found dead in a Cheyenne freight car on September 27, linking the vagrant to the Wyoming case and providing the first public account of the crime and suspect.
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Manhattan
Kan
Charles Miller
Harry Fishbaugh
Frank Emerson
Cheyenne
Wyo
Dynamite attack on public official’s home rocks N H
Unknown assailants exploded a dynamite bomb at the home of Public Prosecutor Connette in Benin Farris New Hampshire. The prosecutor had harbored a fierce campaign against liquor dealers. Three children were fatally injured in the blast.
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Benin
Farris
N. H
Connette
Cholera Deaths Reach High at Aleppo
At Aleppo in North Syria cholera deaths average fifty daily. The city, with about 100000 residents, shows an alarmingly high death rate amid the outbreak.
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Constantinople
Aleppo
Syria
Christina Williams Kills Husband in Chestnut Alley
In Bartmont Maryland on October 17 Christina Williams fatally wounds her husband Eli Williams at their Chestnut Alley home. The man's head is nearly severed from his body with a razor. Both are described as colored.
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Bartmont, Md
Christina Williams
Eli Williams
Chestnut Alley
Tragic Double Death Follows Domestic Strife
N J resident Perta Ampoy and his wife from this city quarreled recently. On Wednesday the wife took her own life. Upon learning this, the husband killed himself.
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Perta Ampoy
N. J
Ootto
A. Shrowdast
Missed Castoria memory echoes through generations
A compact reminiscence recalls a family habit of giving Castoria from infancy to adulthood. The verse traces the pattern of care as a child, then as a mother, passing a familiar remedy to her children across life stages. The tone is nostalgic and domestic.
Piano buyers invited to Erie factory visit by W L Darina
W L Darina offers to pay travel expenses for any buyer to Erie to inspect Colby pianos. He claims many middlemen profit from purchasers and invites letters to Warren, promising to visit requestors and discuss manufacturing facilities and piano parts in process.
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Erie
Warren
W. L. Darina
Leland Hotel Fire in Syracuse Claims Twenty Five Lives
The Leland Hotel in Syracuse burned after midnight, four confirmed dead and one dying at St. Joseph’s Hospital. Actress Cora Tanner was among the injured as guests leaped from windows amid a chaotic blaze. Fire started in the kitchen. loss projected at $950,000 with insurance partial.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Leland Hotel
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Cora Tanner
Grand Opera House
Fayette Street
Warren J. Leland
van Buren Leland
Straccin
Annie Cummings
New York
Bridget Doyle
Mary Padden
Rose Schwarz
W. FE. Harvey
Frank Casey
Glennus Falls
R. T. Mills
New York City
Miseina
Alan Mary Tneisu
His Liberty of Short Duration
Thomas O Connor, once pardoned to leave Minnesota after a murder sentence, is sent back to prison for failing to depart. He returned to visit his paralytic wife and was arrested for not complying with the pardon terms. A friend says O Connor planned to leave the country for Canada but was delayed by his wife’s illness.
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St. Paul
Minn
Thomas O'Connor
Uison
O’connor
O'Connor
Canada
Columbia Sets Speed Record for Hamburg Line Voyage
The steamer Columbia of the Hamburg-American Packet Co. arrived in Bou Hampshire town from New York in six days, fifteen hours, twenty-three minutes, beating its own best by two hours eleven minutes. The voyage duration equates to roughly five days and twenty three hours to Queenstown.
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Bouthampton
Hamburg-American Packet Company
Columbia
New York
Queenstown
Arapahos Sign Land Sale Pact with Government
At Daathoatoy LT October 18 Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians agreed to sell lands totaling 8,000,000 acres to the Government. A majority of 325 signatures is needed and will be sought by Friday evening.
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Daathoatoy
Miners Buried as Mine Collapse In Inon Mountain
Inon Mountain Michigan October 16 a mine collapse at the Ludington mine buried five miners. Two were pulled out injured lightly while three died. The deceased are James Fisher W R Davis and William Bailey. In CatgaGco October 18 a church fire panic at St Stanislaus left two dead and many injured among 800 children.
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Inon Mountain
Mich
Ludington
James Fisher
W. R. Davis
William Bailey
Panio Ima
CatcaGco
St. Stanislaus
Cuba Favors Reciprocity Petition Sent to Minister
At a Havana meeting of Cuba's wealthiest planters, a petition was approved urging the Minister of Colonies to pursue reciprocity with the United States.
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Cuba
Havana
America
Fearful cyclone roars through Maxtop area
Maxvron New York October 17 a fierce cyclone passed west of Maxtop about 4 pm with a northward path. At Ilastig houses toppled killing none reported but many injured. Floral College suffered severe damage including a church belfry and a house torn down. McKinnon’s saw mill flooded and a laborer badly hurt.
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N. Y
Maxtop
Ilastig
Floral College
Presbyterian Church
McKinnon
Governor Steele Escapes Assassination Threat en Route
Governor Steele, en route to a Grand Army reunion, received a warning he would be assassinated if he passed through Oklahoma City after vetoing a proposed capital location. He detoured to a station and continued by stage at family and friends' urging. Incendiary fires reported in Berryville and Berryville Wisconsin caused extensive barn and livestock losses.
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Oxklahoma City
Steele
Kingfisher
Republieunion
Hee Bee
Oklahoma City
Caledonia man killed by bull in field during roundup
Gotthard Smith of Caledonia town was killed at night when a bull gored him. Neighbors found him in a mutilated state. the bull’s horn pierced his mouth and head, breaking his neck. Hat and a broken club lay nearby, indicating a desperate struggle. Separately, D H Tabbot donated a mineral and natural history library valued over 50,000 to Iowa State University.
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Racinp
Wis
Gotthard Smith
Caledonia
Smith
Kite
Iowa State University
Luck
Sioux Orry
D. H. Tabbot
Big Failure in Michigan
Manister Michigan reports a major business collapse as the R. G. Peters Salt and Lumber Co. assigns. Liabilities reach 3,000,000 with assets around 6,009,000 amid speculation and market pressures.
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Michigan
Manister
Mich
R. G. Peters Salt and Lumber Co
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