Speakership Faction Gambits In Washington Rally Round Cripsi
Washington watchers report volatile talk among candidates and backers as Crispi leads first ballot projections, Mills and Hatch factions plan counter moves, while Holman’s indirect influence and opposition to river and harbor projects color shifting alliances. The scene centers on rumor, regional support, and strategic pledges shaping the race.
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Washington
Crispi
Mills
Crisp
Rey
Moduin
McMillin An Hatch
AtcMillan
Mr. Mills
Mr. McMillin
Hatch
Springer
S Rters
Illnois
Iowa
Michigan
Missouri
Tilimag
Faatmna
Then- Xi
Epringig
Spon
Mr. Holman
Holman
Judge Holman
Indiana
Virginia Legislature Returns as Governor Proposes Monuments
The Virginia general assembly met, hearing the governor's message requesting appropriations for a World’s Fair exhibit, a railroad car project for white and black passengers, and a sailors' monument on Libby Hill.
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Virginia
General Assembly
Mcktinnby
Seemann
Libby Hill
Democratic Mayor for Providence
Providence December 8 William K Potter won the mayoralty by over 100 votes. There was no election in Pawtucket as Hugh J Carroll Democrat failed to secure a majority.
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Providence
William K. Potter
Pawtucket
Hugh J. Carroll
Bad accident at Hollidaydborg in Hollidaysburg area
A boiler steam pipe failure in Hollidaysburg caused injuries to a man named Robertton. The incident occurred December 8 and left the victim wounded though details remain unclear. Local responders attended the scene.
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Hollidaysburg, Pa
Hollageborg Deringames Robertton
Sarsaparilla Promises Relief for Rheumatism Fears
Advert from a 19th century paper touts Hood s Sarsaparilla as a potential relief for rheumatism by neutralizing blood acidity. It claims remarkable cures and urges sufferers to try the remedy with reasonable certainty of benefit. The text also contains garbled line fragments about patients, tourists, and local notices.
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Hood
Hogh
Western Window Glass Manufacturers' Association Forms
The permanent Western Window Glass Manufacturers' association unites Ivana Ohio and Indiana to raise prices and curb cutting. Executive committee includes Co J McKee William Loeffler of Pittsburgh Charles He and T F Hart Indiana and A G Baker Ohio. Discounts of 80 10 and 5 percent on carload lots apply for 10 days. A second meeting will set pricing rules.
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Ivania
Ohio
Indiana
Western
English Interests Slow Costa Rica Reciprocity Talks
Negotiations for a Costa Rica reciprocity treaty are delayed by English bondholder concerns and tariff pledges. The talks echo Brazil negotiations, with a $10 million bond issue largely held in England tying into the treaty's fate. The proposed 1901 treaty stalled before ratification.
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Costa Rica
Brazil
England
Tragic German Man Survives Multiple Self Harm Attempts
John Richter of Baltimore attempted five methods to kill himself in Los Angeles ending in death after a long struggle. Doctors patched him up but the knife wound to his rib cage proved fatal. The case follows a disturbing chain of self harm attempts and a fatal outcome from earlier injuries.
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Los Angeles
Gal
John Richter
Baltimore
Seven contenders for state building plans face cancellation
In Hadnisperea on December 8 the seven top aspirants for the Columbian edition state building designs remain unsettled. Prof. Merriman holds the designs and none meets the Chicago chief of construction requirements. The Independence Fall reproduction idea gains popularity, and even Lonsdale's design likely needs changes.
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Hadnisperea
Merriman
Chicago
Whitman
Lonsdale
Cowardly Murder in Black Lick by William Clark
In Black Lick Indiana County last evening William Clark shot Palmer in the back as he walked away after a quarrel. Palmer died from the wound and Clark was arrested amid threats of lynching. the community is highly incensed by the unprovoked killing.
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Indiana
Black Lick
William Clark
Palmer
Clark
Explosion destroys dynamite plant in Haverstraw area
An explosion at a dynamite plant near Haverstraw caused a fire that wrecked a 50 by 150 foot building and shook the region for miles. Six men including John Wardworth and Peter Carlossa were killed. a Lounsberry associate survived unhurt. property owned by Clinton Dynamite Co. suffered damage. cause under investigation.
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Hayerstraw
John Wadb‘worth
Peter Carlossa
Joseph, Williams
John
Addley
Perry Lownsberry
Sing Sing
Lounsberry
Eals
Clinton Dysamite Company
William L Foss
Haverstraw
Elmer Nash
Congers City
Rockland Lake
Nyack
Plac
Pr Paed
Terrific explosion near Haverstran shakes village
The blast four to five miles away across the river was felt strongly in this village causing many windows to break. Residents rushed to the stream believing an earthquake had occurred.
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Smna
Siva
N. Y
Haverstran
Five Die in Detroit Fire at Reis Home
A blaze broke out around 2 o clock in the grocery below 332 Orleans Street and raced to the dwelling above. Father and mother were found burned at the foot of a rear stairway while three children perished in their beds. two boys and a servant girl escaped. Firefighters recovered Charles Reis on the pay floor near a window and the two younger boys Fatl and Josie suffocated in bed.
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George J. Reis
Orleans Street
Moxie
Tony Reis
Mr. Reis
Charles Reis
Fsidie
Josie
Cleveland Catastrophe on Dec 4 Ship Fire at Dock
A steam barge, Edward 8 Pease, caught fire at a river dock causing two deaths Phillip Stutzman, Buffalo engineer, and a firefighter unnamed perished. The barge Anna L Bannen suffered severe burns. The freeman’s body recovered from the Pease hold. Firefighters battled the blaze as the vessel burned with $10,000 to $20,000 in damage. A Harlem Railroad collision near One Hundred Fifty-ninth Street killed William Fleming aged 21 and another man. rescuers were sent to hospitals.
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Edward
Pease
Phillip Stutzman Buffalo
Stutor
Anna L Bannen
Sever Burnel
Steuzz
New York
Harlem River
Harlem
Manhattan
Hudson River
William Fleming
Typhoid Fever Strikes Catholic Orphanage at Kersville
Twenty five children at the Catholic orphanage in Kersville near the city are ill with typhoid fever. A 13 year old French boy Loichot died and was buried last Sunday. Locals fear spread from the home as the source remains unlocated though impure drainage from the adjacent cemetery is suspected. The state health board chief visited, but no source has been confirmed.
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Alvance
Kersville
Loichot
State Board of Health
Express robbed near St Louis up to thousands in cotton payments
The through express robbed Monday night at Glendale near St Louis reached Paris Texas. Messenger Harrison said the express carried cotton payments and funds potentially totaling hundreds of thousands. Conductor Daubhett reported desperate, cool robbers who planned the scheme.
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Paris
Tex
Glendale
St. Louis
Harrison
Mulrenen
Kansas City
Fort Scott
Memphis
Fort Smith
Little Rock
Texas
Daubhett
Field Sinks as Scandal and Wreck Haunt Cyrus W Field Family
New York Dec 3 Cyrus W Field faces a rapid decline as his son Edward M Field disappears and creditors circle. Reports say the elder Field’s fortune and health decline after a financial clash with a rival, with the family struck by multiple misfortunes including the death of his wife and mounting debts. The mystery of Edward M Field’s whereabouts and the extent of losses remain unresolved.
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York
Cyrus. TV
Field
Edward M
Inex
Edward M. Fiela
W. Field
Cyrus W. Field
E!m. Field
Cyrus Field
Edward M Field
Hing Frum
Oberlin College Receives 30 Percent Bequest
In Cleveland on December 5, Oberlin College rejoices at a bequest from the late Rev Vespear. His will directs a 30 percent share to the college with small annuities to his wife and family. The exact distribution and beneficiaries are noted in the probate documents.
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Cleveland
Cortin Colle
Vespear
Fiends Fired and Felons Nabbed in St Paul Fire Plot
A St Paul gang of arsonists, aided by two detectives, burned houses and stores to collect insurance over more than a year. Investigators Mason and Barnes uncovered the scheme with Ham Floyd and Ben Finckel. Morriz Michael and associates confessed to multiple arsons and insurance payouts.
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St. Paul
Akrest
J. Quincy Hass
Morriz Michael
Floyd Michael
Michael
Chicago
John Myers
Liabilities of Field Firm Reach 3.9 Million
The firm Field Lindley Weaders Co. faces 3.9 million in liabilities with only 2,725 dollars in assets recovered. Edward M Field is central to the collapse. his father Edward Field is gravely ill while warrants seek him. Banks reportedly hold back funds as officers search residences for him. Rumors claim he is mentally unfit, though unverified.
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Wattet
Edward M Field
New York
Der
Field, Lindley, Weaders & Co
Edward M Fielty
Bart Ins Condiien
Pheians
Edward Mould
Napoleon
Wall Street
Boundary dispute over Indiana and Ohio line investigated
Professor To Stendenhall reports the U S coast survey claims the Indiana boundary runs too far east. The boundary would place the state’s northern edge differently and affect about 14 square miles of Indiana territory. The original 1711 boundary carving, found in state papers, may settle the dispute between Ohio and Indiana.
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Oble
Indiana Territory
Ohio
Indiana
Columbus
Obi
State House
Pivrskine Dee 2 dudge Porter vests tdas Handed down
The passage notes land and property disputes involving native residents of VIC and the Red bayer valleys. It mentions the Great Northern railway, government land grants, and settlers facing eviction as farmers vacate the property.
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Dudge
Mauric
Tin Pete
Vic
Bayer
Robbery at Kentucky County Tar Office Blows In Door
Thieves entered the Kentucky County tar offices yesterday breaking a door, forcing open a box, and stealing about $5,600 in silver and other valuables. Police report indicates the incident occurred after a blast that blew the door off. Several safes were left tampered with as officers investigated the scene.
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Kentucky
Switchmen threaten strike over grievances at nonunion shop
A group of 50 switchmen and two others threaten to strike after Conduct Moorehouse was appointed garfuract. The men, members of a nonunion shop, presented grievances to Superintendent Stedwell and planned action if not resolved by the official committee. A separate case notes Hammond Bars Co suit against Hats Way Bros., sustaining patents of Hammond Buckle Co., pioneer automatic buckle inventor for Arctic and leather footwear.
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Cievetano
Switehnes
Moorehouse
Garfuract
Shea
Ruckvins+ Conn, Dee
Shipman
United States
Hammond Bars Company
Hatsway Bros
Bridgeport
Hamond Buckle Company
Foglish Syndicates Milk Firms in Carpentersville Deal
A fragile OCR fragment reports a syndicate linking AC Condensed Milk and Freis VWs Dee 2 Trasunderst to transfer control of talk conmdersias factories at Carpentersville Dds and Brewster Nassar Wearlen NOY. It cites a longtime Lerden a Millbar family and notes ownership ages and regional ties.
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Freis Vws
Aeolian Dé
Ohio Governor Campbell Illness Report Causes Concerns
Ohio Governor Campbell remains seriously ill after a heavy cold, first taken ill in Columbus and later on a train to Chicago. He rallied briefly but worsened, returning to the capital and taking to bed at the gubernatorial residence with a condition described as intense. The illness follows a bout that caused physicians to be on standby at the rail departure and arrival points. The report notes his condition as severe with potential complications.
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Corensis, QC
Campbell
Chicago
Columbus
Weavers on Strike Over Alleged Inferior Work at Aberfoyle Mill
Chester Pennsylvania reports a strike at the Aberfoyle mill with 130 workers out after one man was charged for turning out inferior yarn. The walkout affects the mill's weaving department and labor dispute centers on quality accusations.
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Chester
Aberfoyle Mill
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders Folklore Remedy Ad
Public notice promotes Mother Gray's Sweet Powders as a nationwide remedy for fretful sickly children. It claims the preparation, once used by a New York Children's Home nurse, is harmless as milk and effective against worms, sold in drug stores for 25 cents.
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Gray
New York
Honduras Hardwood Boom Prompts Imports to U.S.
New York dispatch reports walnut scarcity in American furniture making. As supplies tighten, leading furniture traders in Chicago Cincinnati and Pensacola plan sizable imports of Honduras hardwoods to meet demand.
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New York
Tran Turers
Chicago
Cimcinnati
Pensacola
Windom issues silver certificates sell briskly
The Windom silver certificates began circulation with strong demand for early numbers. The first 600 notes were soon claimed as souvenirs with No 1 allotted to Mrs Windom No 9 to Treasurer Nebeker and No 3 to Assistant Secretary Crounz.
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Wasnixaton
Windom
Mra. Windom
Nebeker
Crounz
Liquor License Fight Heats Up in Mercer County
In Mercer county Pennsylvania the annual license battle begins as applicants seek signatures on eight sworn petitions. All petitions must be filed twenty one days before license court sifts, set for the first Monday in January. Sharpsville plans two applications while other towns such as Sharon, Mercer, and Stoneboro have single bids.
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Mercer County
Sharpsville
Sharpslye
Bharon
Firgenni
Mercer
Stoneboro
Higbee Memorials and a Swiss Runaway Tragedy
A report describes Higbee Memorials funded by associations and schools with donations for a life story volume, the memorials and public instruction in Philadelphia, Harrisburg, and Montoursville. Separately a Swiss engineer sabotaged a locomotive causing a collision with a passenger train, killing the engineer and fireman and injuring many aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Higbee
She Has Become Very Pretty
Miss Carrie Wells of Youngstown has undergone a successful nose operation by a local surgeon after being dismissed from the Connecticut State Normal School at New Britain for homeliness. The procedure improved her appearance and she now teaches a kindergarten, drawing pupils from wealthy families. The dismissal and its coverage elicited national press attention.
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Youngstown
Carrie Wells
Connecticut State Board of Education
State Normal School
New Britain
Carroll
Fas Wells
Ocean
Oldest Man in the Country Claimed in Preston County
Isaiah Carpenter of Preston county says he was born in 1742 in London county Virginia making him 15 at his next birthday. He recalls driving a team in Braddocks army and knowing General Washington. His son died about 15 years ago and his daughter lives in Maine. she is 80.
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Clarkistra
W Va
Preston County
Isaiah Carpenter
London County
Virginia
Braddock
Washington
The
Republic
Carpenter
Maine
Convict Bullock Confesses a Chain of 19th Century Murders
Lixcotyx Nebraska December 2 convict George C Bullock in the Nebraska penitentiary for burglary for five years confesses to killing two policemen in August 1850 near Rosa Tris and later assaulting a friend in a barn north of town. He also admits murdering a widow in the same place in 1880. He was to be released in September 1493 but says the orders weigh on him and he plans to face the rosie and be deme with it.
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George C Bullock
Nebraska
Augst
Rosa Tris
Famine Threat and Local Hardship Hit Indiana Villages
Northern Indiana faces a severe coal famine with rising prices and fuel shortages as farmers and residents burn corncobs. Along the L N and Chicago line, widespread distress impacts adjoining counties and small communities.
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Indiana
Anmall
Louisville, New Albany and Chicago
Strike Delay Likely on Southern Pacific System
Hiwistius Tex December reports a potential strike delay affecting the Southern Pacific system with union carploves demanding higher wages. Conferences with railroad officials have yet to yield any agreement. In New York a Boston dispatch says General Beng E Butler’s illness is grave and recovery is doubtful, with officials expressing concern.
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Hiwistius
Tex
Southern Pacific
Carploves
New York
Boston
Beng E. Butler
Contract Laborers Sent Back
The thirteen Croatian laborers who arrived on the Rhineland were sent back the same steamer after arriving Saturday under contract to work in mines in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
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New York
Rhineland
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Kiel Police Shut 150 Dramshops Under Alleged Jewish Trade
Kiel police closed 150 dramshops and distilleries amid claims they traded under assumed names. Authorities threaten further actions against suspected Jewish-run establishments cited as centers of disorder and immorality.
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St Prtersntya Dee
Kiels
Padadelphia Printers Snubbed by Publishers Dispute
Typographical Union No 2 of this city asked publishers to meet a committee for a conference on the proposed new price scale. Publishers declined to meet the committee. It is understood they insist on a 5 cent increase per 1000 enclosures over current rates, signaling possible differences over the terms.
Young Lady Suffers Severe Injury At Xenia Twine Works
Annis, a young worker at the Xenia Twine works, caught by a spinner fascinator, had her nose torn off and face bruised. one arm broken in two places. Her condition is reported as serious.
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Xenia, O
Train Robbery at Glendale Ends in Explosion and Escape
Robbers failed to open a door with the messenger, then dynamited the express car and seized valuables. Mulroneen resisted before being beaten. the robbers fled with the safe contents and registered mail. A large posse hunts the masked bandits as tracks, one possibly a railroad man, hint at two attackers.
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Soo
Mulronen
Aero
Glendale
Essenger
Express
Damsell
Express Company
Higgins
St Louis
Laporte Woman Circle Offers Epidermis Graft Aid
Laporte Indiana reports Ernest Schimtz severely burned last spring. Doctors say his repairs require epidermal grafting. Laporte Charity circle young women have agreed to donate skin cells and begin procedures immediately under the arrangement.
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Laporte
Ind
Ernest Schimtz
Laporte Charity Circle
Editors Plan January Meeting in Cincinnati
W S Cappaller of Mansfield and J M Age of Jerseyville met in Cincinnati to set January 20 for the National Editorial Association executive committee session at the Burnet House. The gathering will include about sixty editors and delegates from California Asheville North Carolina Norfolk Seattle Atlantic City New Orleans and other points aiming to secure the next year’s annual convention venue.
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Cincinnati
W. S. Cappaller
Mansfield
J. M.age
Jerseyville
Ills
National Editorial Association
Burnet House
California
Asheville
Norfolk
Seattle
Wash
Atlantic City
New Orleans
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Smith. Com
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Newkirk
At-Lan
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Brapor‘uin
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John Cy] McClarran
M’clellan Bros
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Lyman R. Gritorf
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Critchraeld & Adair
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H. A. Hart
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Rye and Ear Institute
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Offiol
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Drs
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EPPS
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London
Media Tel
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New York City
Jew
J. Barrett
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W. L. Douglas
Aria Ange
L. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
Nwa7m
Muschomich
Wayne County National Bank OF
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R. Overholt
Frost
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Pittsburgh
Wilmot
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Clere
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Orutt
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Stor
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Green County
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Hin M. Mc Rae
Laurel &T
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Jenie
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Forte
Koenig Faed. CO
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Zerald
Ead Teat Review
Menigor
Buffalo
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Conn
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Cyrus W Field
Cyprus
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Dave
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Edward Bi. Field
Foglish Syndicates
AC Condensed Milk
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Lellaire
Bellaire
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Necoss
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Andrew McClelland
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Ivan Hannisevrg
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Padadelphia Printers
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