The lathes for turning the gun-borea of our new and heavy ordnance
The article lists industrial advances and experiments from 19th century sources. It covers gun-borea lathes costing 125000, thin sheet iron in Pittsburgh mills, light transmission through sheets, cold rolled steel carriage wheels with tubular adjustable spokes, and a Dresden firm making xyloithe from sawdust pressed into stone-like fireproof material. It also notes terra-cotta lumber from Melbourne clay and hardwood sawdust, sugar works near Mavana using electrical purification of cane juice, and a vivid reminiscence of family life and leaving home. It then shifts to a lengthy history of the Salt Lake and Denver stage line with Concord coaches, routes, equipment, notable drivers, and celebrity riders, concluding with brief anecdotes and a newspaper joke.
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Pittsburgh
Dresden
Melbourne
Australia
Som
Mavana
Atchison
Salt Lake
Old South Pass
California Trail
Fort Fetterman
Fort Laramie
North Platte
Sweetwater
South Pass
Fort Bridger
Green River
Echo Canyon
Big Mountains
Emigration Canyon
Salt Lake City
Denver
Devver
Julesburg
Cheyenne Pass
Bitter Creek
Concord
Census totals show 1880 and 1890 figures for Southern states
The article compares 1880 and 1890 census totals for Southern states with revised grand totals. It lists states such as Arkansas Delaware Kentucky Maryland Mississippi North and South Carolina and notes District of Columbia population at 229,476 while highlighting tableed figures like 1,575,000 for Texas and 1,309,781 for North Carolina.
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Pssachusetts
Innesotg
North Dakota
Patong
Stoke
Arkansas
Delaware
Ania
Kentucky
Louise
Marylan
Mississipp
Issau
Texas
District of Columbia
Woman's International Industrial Congress planned for 1898
Washington reports Charlotte Smith, president of the Woman's National Industrial League of America, calls women worldwide to attend the congress in Chicago during the 1898 quadricentennial celebration to discuss women's advancement tied to the world's fair industrial department. In Nob., Charles Pratt is lynched after fatally shooting M. R. Towne and wounding Towne's daughter. The violence follows a personal dispute over a relationship.
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Washington
Charlotte Smith
Woman’s National Industrial League of America
Woman's International Industrial Congress
Chicago
Woman’s Industrial Department
League
Buntin
Nob
Charles Pratt
M. R. Towne
Hattie
Pratt
Towne
Factoids and tips from a curious period piece
A mixture of trivia and practical advice covers topics from Niagara depths and glass light loss to world land areas and shoe fitting. It also notes Atlantic ocean reach, Maine Behring Sea sunsets, and knife sharpening tips, stressing technique and the back of the blade as a sharpener.
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Niagara River
Suspension Bridge
Globe
Europe
America
Asia
Africa
Australia
Uncle Sam
Maine
Behring Sea
Gathered for the garden and field tips
Garden notes urge sprinkling land plaster around melon and squash vines and staking tomato plants. Advice covers spraying grape vines to slow rot, using soap suds on shrubs, avoiding baked soil, and selecting manure and wood ashes as soil aids. Recommendations include saltpeter solution for cucumber beetles and cutworm control with par is green and wheat middlings.
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Twosr
W. W. Cooks
Colonel Alex Majors and the first daily stage line
A veteran of 75, Colonel Alex Majors helped found the Rus sell Majors and Waddell firm and the first daily stage line from the Missouri River to East Lake City. He championed daily routes, securing government subsidies and shaping the Pony Express era with Butterfield & Co contracts. The first stage departed Atchison, Kansas in 1859 amid local pride.
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Kentucky
Pony Express
Salt Lake
Denver
Atchison
Concord
Great Iron Railroad
Colonel Majors
Ols
Gwynn
Broderick
New York
Stage Fine Enterprise
W. B. Waddell
Ieton
H. Russell
Palmyra
Marion County
Benjamin Ficklin
trans-Missouri
Ficklin
Washington
Jack Gilmore
Echo Canyon
Weaver River
Luke Benham
North Platte
Benham
Hank
Horace Greeley
Mark Twain
Coast Range
Florace
Artemus Ward
Russell, Majors & Waddell
Schuyler Colfax
Concords
Ona
Forest
Tehhison
Kansas City Times
Missouri River
East Lake City
Alex Majors
Majors
Salt Lake City
Trans- Missouri
Congress
Sacramento
Butterfield & Co
Atchison, Kan
Kansas City
Supreme council rejects strike on New York Central system
The supreme council of the Federation of Railway Employers decided no strike will be ordered on the New York Central as per federation rules. Knights of Labor are not federation members, and no final action on financial aid to striking Knights was taken. A further meeting is planned. POWDERLY NEARS THE NEWS. In Amity, N Y a reporter noted Powderly’s reaction to the Terre Haute decision, while Webb advised the move as prudent, noting the issue was local and Knights few in the Central. MR. POWDERLY SCORED. A letter from Chief Arthur criticizes Powderly as a liar and accuses Knights of Locomotive Engineers of taking strikers’ places, deferring authority to the division. INQUIRING INTO THE STRIKE. Albany N Y Aug 29 The State Board of Arbitration set Tuesday for start of inquiry into the New York Central strike, with hearings in New York City and parties to present evidence.
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Terre Havre
Ind
Supreme Council of the Federation of Railway
Knights of Labor Order
Powderly
Amany
N. Y
Workman
Terre Haute
Federation
Webb
New York
Supreme Council of the United Order of Railway
Knights of Labor
New York Central
Arthur
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Knights
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Albany
State Board of Arbitration
New York City
Blaine Speech Hits Protection and Reciprocity in Waterville
Secretary James G Blaine spoke to a large Waterville audience about protection and reciprocity with South American republics. He argued reciprocity should be used selectively, while praising the long era of protective tariffs for U S industry and wealth, noting past war tariffs were revised but not kept intact.
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Waterville
James G. Blaine
United States
Blaine
State of Business Improves On Treasury Purchases
The weekly review from R G Dun & Co reports improved business in New York due to treasury purchases of 4 3 4 percent bonds. It notes labor federation’s refusal to extend the Central railroad strike and the Senate’s expected final action on the tariff bill, all aiding business conditions.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review
Treasury
Labor Federation
Central Railroad
Senate
Double Tragedy in Mayview Ends in Lynching
In Mayview, ten miles south of Lexington, E. F. Parker, a Mayview merchant, was murdered in his store on Friday. A Negro named William Walters was arrested, confessed, and was lynched by a mob. The incident follows a motive of dying robbery amid a tense account.
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Lexington
Mayview
Here
E. F. Parker
William Walters
Congressional Daily Work in Senate and House
Washington reports summarize weekly Senate and House actions including tariff bill debates and deadlines, votes on sundry civil and river and harbor measures, and resolutions honoring late figures. Noted are adjournment honors for Congressman Watson, post-election fraud bills, and passage of Oklahoma relief and lard bill provisions.
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Washington
House
Senate
General Grant
Arlington
Wasuinatox
Mgr. O'Neill
Watson
United States
Congress
Messrs
Beckwith
N. J
Wilson
Wash
Global and Domestic News Briefs From September 1
The President signs the Moat Inspection and Agricultural College bills as strikes ease at Southampton. A roof collapse in Mejce Kerestze Hungary kills fifteen. Rhine floods burden Vorarlberg. Welsh signalmen win concessions averting a general strike. Rev. William Edgell Brownstown faces pension fraud charges. G Boyce shot by R C Foster in Hernando Mississippi amid family disputes. Stoetterita Saxony brewery collapse buries sixteen workers, seven killed. Armenian governors ordered to arrest conspirators in streets. many to be shot if resisting. Austro Swiss floods isolate frontier towns and devastate crops. Windom offers to redeem twenty million 4 4 4 bonds by August 31 1801. Socialists clash at Friedrichshagen Prussia. police disperse riot with sabres.
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Agricultural College
Southampton
England
Mejce Kerestze
Hungary
Rhine
Vorarlberg
Austrian Empire
William Edgell
Brownstown
W. Va
Hernando, Miss
G. Boyce
R. C. Foster
Stoetterita
Saxony
Armenia
Constantinople
Windom
Friedrichshagen
Prussia
Ninth Annual Encampment of Sons of Veterans Held
In St Joseph Missouri the ninth annual encampment reported 126000 members, up 20000 from last year, with over 2000 camps. New York leads, followed by Indiana, Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois. A 3 PM parade drew 5000 marchers. Colonel Leland J Webb of Topeka Kansas was named Commander in Chief for the year, Ella L Jones of Altoona Pennsylvania elected president of the Women's Aid Society.
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St. Joseru
Sons of Veterans
New York
Indiana
Ohio
Missouri
Illinois
St. Josefn
Leland J. Webb
Topeka
Kan
Ella L. Jones
Altoona
Woman’s Aid Society
Two men hanged in Columbus for grim 1889 murders
At midnight Otto Louth and John alias Brocky Smith were hanged in the penitentiary. Louth attacked and murdered Maggie Thompson, six, of Cleveland, on May 9, 1889. Smith killed Mrs Bridget Byrne at Cincinnati for her money on December 9, 1889.
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CoLuMbBus
Otto Louth
John
Brocky Smith
Louth
Maggie Thompson
Jacob Thompson
Cleveland
Brocky
Smith
Bridget Byron
Cincinnati
Man dies saving wife in Chicago tunnel accident
I F Netzer of St Paul was killed in the Washington street tunnel Friday while attempting to rescue his wife who was being drawn under a grip-car wheels.
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Chicago
Curiaco
I. F. Netzer
St. Paul
Washington Street
World’s fair site decision set for September 9
Chicago on August 27 reports that the world's fair commissioners, meeting yesterday, decided the site question will be settled on September 9.
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Chicago
Bonafide Piano Offer From L Darling in Warren
Local notice by L Darling proposes legitimate piano purchase deals. He claims middlemen and agents inflate prices and offers to cover buyers travel to Erie factory to inspect Colby pianos in production. He states weekly Warren visits and invites letters for details.
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Erie
Warren
L. Darling
The Mail Office Promotes First Class Job Printing
The Mail offers first class job printing of all kinds with promptness neatness and cheapness. Legal blanks are kept on hand or printed to order. The Mail is entered as second class mail matter in Warren and will publish letters from county and country if brief signed and new. Anonymous submissions will not be printed.
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South
New South
N. Y
Gray Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. C
Warren
Siegfried & Co
Cor Second
Liberty Lts
Warren P.O
Grain and futures prices across markets in August report
New York and Chicago market notes show varying wheat, corn, oats, pork and lard futures. Prices quoted for September and October futures at multiple exchanges alongside cash bids and ranges, with notes on dairy and butter values and livestock activity.
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New York
Minnesota
Woestorn Creamery
Ournsu
Chicago
Bo. Park
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Warren, Penna
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G. Trunkey
Attorney AT Law
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Corry, Pa
Bowman & Bole
Torn F. McPherson
Water
Hickory
Perry D. Clark
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W V. N. Yates
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H. J. Muse
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W. D. Hinckley
L. D. Wetmore
D. H. Noyes
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W. M. Lindsey
Parmlee
Morck Bro
August Morck
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J. K. Ronne
Hickory Street
J. Dantes
Variety Hall
Ella Higginson
Detroit Free Press
Shear
D. Shear
Local Directory
Warren County Farmer’s Club
Court House
W. B. Acocks
Willis Cowan
B.F. Morris
Railroad Guide
Philadelphia & Erie
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St.Mary’s
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J.T. Barker
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C. C. Merritt
Grand Valley
Sherig
Henry Fuellhart
D. A. Arird
S. H. Briggs
W.P. Nutting
Phil
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Joseph Clinton
J. T. Russell
Russell
C. H. Meacham
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Strong
Kinzua
Peirce
J. W. Dunkle
Warren, Co
O. J. Gunning
A. E. Pelton
Lottsville
Thomas Mooney
Stoneham
H. M. Putnam
Warren P. O
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Corry and
Oll City
Bradford
Dunkirk
Ridgway
Titusville
Ila.m
Sugar Grove
Lander
Washinocton
LlHnois
PEI Tatige
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Highth
Colorado
Wisconsin
International Industrial Congress
Ramona Council
ROYAL
Arca Num
G. A. R. Hall
Erben N.foror
Liberty and
Water Sts
W.R.C
A. R. Hall
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Lindsey
Pres
L. Smith
Sec
Carroll Lodge
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Airstow
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Carter
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Ain
St. Jacobs
Suecatstt
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Leavenworth
Jones & Russell
Smoky Hill Fork
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Hockaday & Liggett Company
St. Joseph
Balt Lake
Supreme Comcic of Federation
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Aldrich
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Quay
Pennsylvania
Washinaton
Wasuinaton
Ashington
Edmunds
Wasuhington
Oklahoma
Committee On Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Cairo
Ill
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Colby
Castoria
Morris & Mullen
N. C. Allen
Minneapolis
Minn
Leighton
Exchange
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Toledo
Corcano
Haas
Oattrlye
Baer Liserty
Carrie
Wool Market
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Canada
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Territory
Tas Eorron
T. A. Blocum
M. C
Taberg
N.Y
Burdock
W. W. Hammilton
Lock Haven
Arnica
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