Columbian Exposition Opens as World Watches in 1893
Director General Davis presides as vast ceremony honors Columbus voyage and American progress. Chauncey M Depew delivers a famed oration detailing discovery, liberty, immigration, and the United States’ cultural and scientific rise amid a global audience.
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Jessor John K Paine
Cambridge
Charles H. Fowler
California
Davis
Sarah C le Moyne
Harriet Monroe
Chicago
G. W. Chadwick
Boston
Higginbotham
Palmer
Morton
Harrison
Henry Chatterson
Kentucky
Columbia
Chauncey M. Depew
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
Peter the Hermit
Cld
Dante Columbus
Americ
Castile
Isabella
Columbus
Mariner
America
Mr. Depew
Teller
Union
Depew
United States
Columbus praise and reflections amid frost and frontier killings
An editorial homage extols Columbus as a universal hero and the enlightenment he inspired. Local news reports frost in Zacatecas destroying corn and Apache raids near Morencia, with two cowboys killed and Indians blamed as cunning and elusive.
Tragedy at Philadelphia Undertaking Establishment
A Florida visitor, Henry Higel, shot his wife in the head and neck at Samuel Kehr’s Undertaking Establishment on North Fifth Street and fatally shot himself. Mrs Higel remained unconscious at hospital with slim hopes for recovery. the couple had frequent quarrels since arriving in the city.
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Philadelphia
Samuel Kehr
North
Fifth Street
Henry Higel
Florida
Kehr
Higel
British colonies withdrawal proposal sparks cabinet debate
Oct 24 dispatch reports Mr Gladstone backs ending imperial rule in North America and suggests colonies defend themselves. He argues global retreat reduces costly wars and expands self reliance for colonies.
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Lonpox
Gladstone
Van Loon case upheld as guilty in bank robbery murder
Oct 24 court hands down decision in case of Frank Van Loon the second Jesse Jones for the Columbus Grove Bank robbery and cashier murder. He is condemned to hang next month after attorneys failed to gain a review on error. court denied petition.
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Lista
Mt Court
Frank van Loon
Jesse Jones
Columbus Grove
Quarry Attack Leaves Two Italians Attacked Near Dawn Furnace
In Hentinatos, Pennsylvania on Oct 24, two Italian workers attacked Rus quarrymen Michael Stone and Lawrence Krutika. Krutika was shot through the heart and killed. Stone was stabbed and is in dangerous condition. The killers escaped.
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Hentinatos
Ttalians
Witn
Michael Stone
Lawrence Krutika
Krutika
Stone
Bandit Perry Escapes and Is Re-Captured at Prison
Oliver Curtis Perry, confined under tight surveillance, escaped his cell by digging through a bunk partition with the iron leg of his bedstead. He moved through the broom, marble, and collar shops before being confronted by Keeper Smith in the collar area and knocked unconscious. Taken to the dungeon, Perry admitted the escape was to gain a knife strike, and authorities tightened guard after the incident.
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Christ
Columbus
Palos
Star of Bethlehem
Calvary
Atlantic
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Germany
Holland
Sweden
Denmark
France
Italy
Pacific
Republic of the United States
Depew
Thejuich
Lile
Repurx
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Perry
Johnson
Merry
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Porgy
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Crallon
Shane
Smith
Min Strick
Durston
de Perdo
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Smiths
Tun
Earth Wing
Eabhey
Willard
St Lawrence County
Liberty
Edmunds
Sold His Daughter In A Desperate Marriage Plot
A 19 year old Jewish woman from Detroit told police in PrrrpurG that her father arranged her marriage to Simon Shopinsky for 800 dollars, with 250 more to be paid after the ceremony. She fled to avoid the contract, and the encounter ended with her rejecting Shopinsky and expressing disillusionment. Detective McTighe accompanied her to her father’s home where she insisted on ending the arrangement. The tale included overheard negotiations and coercive pressure. In Lavner Delaware, John Allen, a 70 year old eccentric, died near Seaford leaving bonds, stocks, and about 2,000 dollars in coin hidden in his former box car residence.
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Prrrpurg
Wasser
Detroit
Mich
Simon Shopinsky
Shopinsky
Lavner
Del
John Allen
Seaford
Allen
Differences between Missouri Pacific telegraphers settled
In St Louis on Oct 20 about 975 telegraphers and managers reached an amicable settlement. Operators secured a minimum wage of 50 dollars monthly on main lines and 45 dollars on branches after mutual concessions at the final conference.
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St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Dr King's New Discovery Promises Cure for Coughs
An advertisement touts Dr King's New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds as a powerful throat chest and lung remedy. It claims over a million users and guarantees refunds if not effective with trial bottle free at Laubach Boyd's drug store and large bottles priced at 60 cents and one dollar.
Deserving Praise from Laubach and Boyd Drugists
The firm promotes Dr tion Luke’s Dr King’s New Life Pills Bucklen’s Amnica Salve and Electric Bitters with a full money back guarantee if results are not satisfactory. They credit universal satisfaction to the remedies’ merits.
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Dr King
Dr. King
Bucklen
Laubach & Boyd Druggists
Buckie's Arnica and Kemp's Balm Advertisements
Buckie's Arnica 8alve claims cure for cuts bruises and various skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. Kemp's Balm advertised to stop coughing immediately. Simmons Liver Regulator promises no doctor bills. A Providence firm notes shoestrings made for a century. English linen production cited as world-wrapping quantity.
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Simmons Liver Regulator
Released After 29 Years in Inmate Illness Tale
Greens boro New York August 30 1890 story tells of John M Phillips a respected resident who suffered 29 years from dyspepsia and digestive failure before claiming Kilmer Swamp Root cured him Local fear of indigestion and liver kidney illness noted also mentions Simmons Liver Regulator and a Bank of England ledger anecdote and a Tompkins New York birth claim
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Greensboro
N. Y
John M. Phillips
Health Restorer Claim Ad Promises Free Trial Package
An old advertisement touts Aunt Annie's Health Restorer as a natural laxative boosting digestion and liver kidney function. It urges readers with kidney liver or bowel concerns to obtain a free trial from a local drug store.
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Canatee
Healig
Anny
Oyd
Uterine Catholicon Claim Appeals to Amelia Box
Amelia Box of Gadsden Alabama writes of severe nervous debility and a near death, claiming Dr. Marchisi's Uterine Catholicon and Cleansing Wash restored her health, weight, and strength. She urges others to send post office and express addresses to receive free samples for proof.
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Gadsden
Ala
J. B. Mancurar
Utica
N. Y
M Ave
Alede
Cdme
Biarchist
Amelia H. Box
Hypnotism Ends Prolonged Cough in City Dispensary
An elderly roustabout named Jake Pittman, aged about sixty, suffered a weeks long hiccuping cough that resisted remedies. Dr. Fitzpatrick applied hypnotism, after bandaging the chest to loosen the diaphragm, and Pittman’s cough ceased during and after the session.
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Dr. Fitzpatinick
Jake Pittman
North Levee
A& Rel Fox
Veldar
Hns
Pittman
Fitzpatrick
Identity and proof through everyday objects in a Victorian tale
A narrator recalls a boyhood incident at Eton where a man’s identity was challenged by authorities. A lack of visiting cards led to detention until a clever suggestion using a marked handkerchief resolved the issue. The passage then alludes to Mme Bertha de Colonne a poet and author and to Lady Dilke linked to the romance novel Middlenmarch.
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James Payn
Eton
Windsor
Virginia
Bo-and-so
Peradén
Cari
Mme
Bertha de Colonne
Indvu Tope
Roumania
Mme de Coluonne
Interesting Facts from Historic Technical Anecdotes
A compilation of 19th century curiosities covers type setting devices by Mitchell in 1854, linen bleaching requiring forty four steps, a measurement proving a 438 foot pyramid, England's yearly linen output enough to wrap the globe seven times, Cornelis Drebbel’s earlier temperature indicator via a glass bulb, a Roman water gate at Nimes uncovered, and two thirteen foot wide openings with half yard thick stone blocks.
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Mitchell
Eynt
Syte
England
Cornelins Drebbel
Nimes
Ambiguous Wartime Maternal Aid Ad Text
Fragmentary line reads Mother’s Friend product claim for expectant mothers with a quick remedy promise. Contains ad-like language and incomplete vendor attribution Laubach Boyd.
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