From Albion to England and the Anglo Saxon Roots
A reader extracts Higginson and Channing on Britain’s name origins and the spread of Angels into England. It traces Albion to Angleland, the pagan era under Wodin and Thor, weekday names, and the later Teutonic influence on language and customs as English.
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Edward Channing
Last Journal of Education
Britain
England
Sussex
Wessex
Essex
Middlesex
Humber
Northumbria
Edwin
Angleland
Wodin
Odin
Thor
Thunder
America
Pittsburg
Com. Gazette
Advice for visitors to the World’s Fair on footwear and clothing
A veteran traveler offers practical tips for attending the World’s Fair. Dress simply and comfortably, avoid heavy trunks, and wear easy shoes to handle long walks. He notes the Manufactures and Liberal Arts building has 75 miles of aisles, urging comfort over fashion.
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Liberal Arts
In the Public Eyes of a Warm City Street
A9 fragmentary scene set in Boston with snippets of dialogue about peaches prices and a mother scolding a boy, a king’s authority and mothers in a crowded car. The piece mixes humor and social observation through quick recalls of daily life and a minister seeking relief.
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Boston Globe
Johnny
Seventh Street
Willie Bricktop
Storms and strikes dominate News of the Week
Across Aug 30 to Sept 5 reports detail Savannah cyclone deaths and massive damage, railway wage strikes, bank reopenings, cholera outbreaks in Europe, storms from Savannah to Charleston, labor unrest, and a flood of incidents from port cities to mountains.
Buffalo Market Prices for Wheat Corn and More
Buffalo market report lists grain prices for Sept 4 with No 1 hard wheat at 70 cents and No 2 red at 65 4 cents, No 2 yellow corn around 44 4 to 42 4 cents, oats 31 to 44 cents, rye 50 cents, hay 80 to 95 cents, flour ranges, butter 25 to 26 cents, cheese 9 to 10 cents, eggs fresh.
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Buffalo
Michigan
Graham
East Buffalo Livestock Prices Reported for Sept 4
East Buffalo market report lists cattle prices for extra export steers to calves, with prices from 2.00 to 6.25 for calves and veals. Sheep and lambs show ranges from 3.25 to 5.95 for various grades. Hogs quoted heavy at 5.65 to 5.85, medium and mixed 6.00 to 6.15, Yorkers 6.15 to 6.20, and stags 3.75 to 5.25.
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East Buffalo
Hay Price Report Metalestown Market Prices
No 1 Timothy per ton 16.00. No 15 14.00. common mixed 14.00. baled hay 15.00. clover 15.00. loose straw 9.00 10.00. baled do 8.00 9.05.
Cheese and Butter Market Prices in Utica
Utica reports cheese sales including 200 boxes at 8 3 4 cents and 825 at 8 5 8 cents. 4 820 boxes at 9 cents. 1 160 at 9 cents. 215 at 9 4 cents. 200 boxes on commission. Butter lists eighty one packages of creamery at 25 4 cents.
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Utica
Cheese and butter prices listed for Little Falls
A Little Falls market note lists CHEESE boxed quantities with prices nine to eighty five cents and commissions. BUTTER creamery and dairy packages priced at twenty five cents and related notes.
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Little Falls
Fall goods at J. D. Woodard’s news
Doing Her Duty recalls a village scene by the pump where a woman balances a pail on her head after milking. The column ends with a sales note announcing fall goods arriving daily at J. D. Woodard’s store.
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J. D. Woodard’s
Savannah Storm Ruins City With Heavy Losses
Savannah endured one of its worst storms, flooding wharves and buildings, washing away rail lines, and causing extensive property damage. Estimates place fatalities near 40, with coastline towns reporting far greater losses and urgent relief needed for Sea Islands residents.
The Charleston Storm of Aug 31 1889 Causes Widespread Damage
The Sunday night and Monday morning storm swept South Carolina with downed wires and widespread destruction. Charleston reported losses around 1.1 million dollars, with six killed and two injured, and many crops including rice and sea island cotton heavily damaged.
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Conumbia
S. C
South Carolina
Sea Island
Charleston
Storms cripple Boston harbor damage tops ten thousand
The Aug 30 report says the storm near City Point was the worst in 20 years with furious water. Yacht and small-boat damage is estimated at 10000 dollars and several wrecks are noted off Portsmouth. The sea remains rough making tagbeats and Isles of Shoals steamers unable to leave the river.
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Northfield
Minn
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Louisville and
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San Marcos
Tex
New York State
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N. C
Gustav Scharff
Milwaukee
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Dubuque
Union Pacific Railroad
Sevierville
Tenn
German National Bank
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Lillian Russell
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Washington
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N. Y
Elmira
Joseph A. Bogardus
New York
George S. Chester
Erie
Columbus Monument
Minerva
Jennie Mathews
Oswego
Prince Tripold
Bavaria
Wilmington
N.C
United States
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Secretary of the Interior
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Leerdam
Holand Monmouth Park Association
New York Times
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Schenectady
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Storm Toll Rising As Cyclone Strikes Outlying Districts
Reports from EMPa1S say damage from Sundays cyclone spreads to rural areas. Ten bloated, undressed bodies found in a drift 14 miles from Jacksonville Florida. identities unlikely. Vast destruction to citrus trees and orange groves reported.
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Jacksonville
Fis
Gale Strikes New Jersey Orchard Country
A severe gale drenched Laserrville New Jersey with heavy rain and wind, blowing fruit from trees and destroying entire orchards in the surrounding areas. Reports note widespread damage across the countryside as fruit and trees were swept away by the storm.
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Laserriville
N. J
Militia Camp Hit by Severe Storm at Apers Ferry
A heavy rain and wind storm in Apers Ferry West Virginia damaged most of the district militia camp. Damage to private and government property is not yet estimable. No injuries were reported.
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Apers Ferry
W. Va
Vessels Wrecked on the Lake
Dochester August 30 The Jennie Matthes Captain Frank Lum of Ogdensbury is believed to have foundered with her entire crew of seven souls. Several other vessels were wrecked but their crews were saved.
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Dochester
Jennie Matthes
Frank Lum
Ogdensbury
Devastating cyclone hits KaRNewsville area
A powerful cyclone struck KaRNewsville North Carolina at five yesterday morning. One woman was killed and many injured as about a hundred houses were wrecked during the event and subsequent damage assessments are ongoing.
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Karnewsville
N. C
Syracuse chosen for Republican state convention date
New York dispatch reports the Republican state committee set the convention for October 6 in Syracuse. The decision follows earlier plans and confirms the venue and date for the gathering of party officials and delegates.
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Syracuse
New York
Republican State Committee
Chaperon-Girls Note Widower Seeks New Marriage
A theater party anecdote notes a widower among the chaperons who wishes to remarry. The Girls react with light humor, calling him an ice man, while Life magazine records the exchange as a witty moment from the evening.
Turtle Creek youths Face Housebreakin Charge
Four prominent Turtle Creek men Albert LYnder Duncan Hamilton James Clark and Jasper Lane are charged after an Informacion alleges they broke a window to enter Miss Mamie Law's home Wednesday after midnight. The case has caused immense local sensation due to the accuseds' relatives.
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Braappcoch
Turtle Creek
Albert Lynder
Duncan Hamilton
James Clark
Jasper Lane
Mamie Law
Fatal Mine Fire At Berwind No 6 In Horatio
Fire was found in Berwind White Coal company mine No 6 at Horatio, Punxsutawney. Twenty two men were inside. 19 escaped as Moses Hughes aged 45 and his two sons Aaron 21 and John 19 were overcome and found dead 600 feet from the entrance. The mine may require flooding. origin of the fire is unknown.
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Punxsutawney
Berwind White Coal Company
Horatio
Moses Hughes
Aaron
John
Robbery at Farrington Home Uses Chloroform
Uniontown report says the Farrington residence of F. F. Brooks was broken into with chloroform. The thieves, after ransacking the house from cellar to garret, took only $18 along with clothing and bric-a-brac valued items.
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Uniontown
F. F. Brooks
Farrington
Mine tragedy recovers Hughes family bodies at Punxsutawney
In Tyrone on September 4 the bodies of Moses Hughes and his sons Aaron and John were recovered from the burning Punxsutawney mine. They lay together in their workroom and appear to have been smothered by smoke before the fire reached them. All three men were badly burned.
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Johnston
R. L
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Chicago
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Solsville
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D. C
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Natchez
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St. Louis
George Curtiss
Paddy Harrington
Duluth
Minn
pan-American Medical Congress
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France
Metz
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Josephine Barnaby
Denver
Atlas Line
Alvo
Tyrone
Moses Hughes
Aaron
John
Punxsutawney
Silk flag of Eighty-fifth Pennsylvania given to Fayette County
The silk flag carried by the Eighty-fifth Pennsylvania volunteers in the Civil War was presented to the Fayette County Historical Society. It flew in every battle the regiment fought, with over 100 shots perforating the fabric and the staff bearing numerous bullet marks.
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Uniontown
Eighty-fifth
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Fayette County
Election officers sentenced for fraud in 1890 contest
Philadelphia reports Joseph Kidd James Thompson and Hugh ONeill election officers convicted of receiving illegal votes at the Vaux McAleer contest in November 1890 were sentenced in the U S district court to two years and six months imprisonment and fined one hundred dollars each.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Kidd
James Thompson
Hugh O'Neill
Vaux-McAleer
United States District Court
York Rolling Mills Halt Operations Indefinitely
York Pennsylvania August 29. The York rolling mills have announced an indefinite suspension of operations affecting between 300 and 400 workers. The stoppage is due to a lack of orders.
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York
York Rolling Mills
Will Work Three Days a Week
By request of individual operators, E. H. Wilbur president of the Lehigh Valley company issued orders to all superintendents to close down the collieries three days next week. This order will continue as long as coal trade is dull.
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Porrisville
E. H. Wilbur
Lehigh Valley Company
Meadville's Murder Mystery
James Turner known as Murphy, held in connection with the killing of Jack McDonald Friday morning, has been released as evidence to pin the shooting on him was not established by the coroner's inquiry.
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Meadville
James Turner
Murphy
Jack McDonald
Graver hanged self over farm debts in Klecknersville
Worth $150000 and owning 500 acres of rich farmland Mifflin O Graver hanged himself from a tree at Klecknersville Banks refused to renew several small notes in which he was security indicating financial strain from debt and default.
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Bethlehem
Mifflin O. Graver
Klecknersville
Republican Candidates Named in Pennsylvania Convention
In Harrisburg on August 31 D Newlin Fells of Philadelphia was nominated for supreme justice and Samuel M Jackson of Armstrong for state treasurer by acclamation at the Republican state convention.
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Harrisburg
D. Newlin Fells
Philadelphia
Samuel M. Jackson
Armstrong
Street Railway Strike in Philadelphia Over Wage Cut
In Philadelphia two hundred workers at the cable powerhouse of the Philadelphia Traction company quit work in protest of a 10 cent wage reduction. The strike reflects labor unrest in the city’s transit sector.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Traction Company
Anshutz Bradbury Stove Works Resume
The Anshutz Bradbury stove works on Preble Avenue in Aiegheny, shut for some time, resumed operations today signaling renewed activity at the plant and local employment.
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Aiegheny
Anshutz-Bradbury Company
Preble Avenue
Mahoning Valley Mills Resume Sparks Hope in Warren
Indications show industrial stagnation ending as Falcon Iron Company resumes full operation at its Niles mill, which previously employed nearly 1,000 workers. The mill will restart all departments today, signaling renewed activity in the Mahoning Valley.
Prohibition Nominates For State Secretary and Comptroller
The Prohibition state convention in Elmira nominated Joseph A. Bogardus of New York for secretary of state and George S. Chester of Erie for comptroller.
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Elmira
N. Y
Joseph A. Bogardus
New York
George S. Chester
Erie
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