05 Aug 1885
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Newspaper
Alton Daily Telegraph
Location
Alton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1885
Page
1
Marsh's Drugstore advertises continued sales of drug, toilet, and paint items at Third and Belle streets inviting customers to call for needed goods.
Resting at Albany marks the start of a nation’s funeral pageant for General Hancock. From Mt McGregor to Albany and Saratoga the procession moves with sheriffs, governors, and dignitaries in attendance, as tens of thousands view the casket and honor the famed soldier. The route includes Saratoga, Ballston, Mechanicsville, and West Troy before the Capitol transfer and state ceremonies.
New York August 5 Every vantage point for viewing General Grant’s funeral is being sold. Windows doors and bay windows front rooms roofs and even mirrors are rented or sold at prices from 25 to 200 per seat. Hotels and stores along Broadway Fifth Avenue and surrounding streets command high premiums as crowds seek a line of sight. A granite stand to seat 500 will be erected near Harrigan Hart theater with cheap seats and many back rows already taken.
A Mt. Carmel report says the great coal combination plans a full suspension of operations at anthracite district collieries controlled by associated companies. About ten miners and laborers would lose jobs amid counter movement fears of Molly Maguires activity and potential unrest.
Foreign news notes Italian Abysinian forces will move to Kassala in October to relieve the garrison. Royal observers report honors for General Grant with flags lowered on ships and memorial services at Westminster Abbey. A new Italian ironclad, the Umber, is ordered for Venice.
Paris reports the Academy of Medicine refused to read Ferran s cholera letter, signaling disbelief in his methods and prompting towns to block Ferran experiments. Authorities withhold Marseilles death tallies while rebel emissaries reach Dongola Cairo dispatches note arrivals and unrest.
Twenty four individuals labeled as half breeds were arraigned in Regine on treason charges. All pleaded guilty and await sentencing after Indian trials about ten days away. Rumor says Riel retracted his anti church declaration.
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