Umbria Steamer Sets Power Milestone for Cunard Line
Old proverb aside, the Umbria boasts a 125000 horsepower engine. Amherst college life centers on Greek letter societies with club-houses offering reading rooms parlors libraries and sleeping quarters. Private homes and society buildings replace dormitories as campus life evolves. A London jeweler’s jewel valued at 600000 recovered from 1866 theft. A man found dead in Strasburg lodging carried the diamond secreted in a letter naming him thief.
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Amherst
London
Strasburg
Proclamation Ordered to Ward Off Oklahoma Land Grabs
The government renews warnings to trespassers on Indian lands in Oklahoma and signals possible force after repeated attempts by land grabbers. The piece defends Indian rights, condemns Payne and followers, and argues stronger measures may be needed beyond proclamations.
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Oklahoma
Payne
Naval appropriation bill passes for six months
After futile talks on the navy budget, Representative Randall introduced a six month temporary appropriation bill. It provides 50 percent of prior year sums and extends provisions from the 1884 fiscal year with existing disbursement limits, excluding funds for special ocean surveys and torpedo development.
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Randall
United States
Secretary of the Navy
Oxygen Gas in Cholera Treatment Advised by Health Official
Dr. Moreau Morris, New York chief sanitary inspector, recalls testing oxygen inhalation on a cholera patient in 1866. He notes it helped only in early collapse, while later collapse proved fatal. Modern production is abundant but costly, limiting use to hospital settings and poorer access during epidemics.
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Moreau Morris
New York
Morris
Telegraphic News Briefs From The Nation
Telegraphic notes report Allan Pinkerton funeral services held Sunday afternoon and Iowa liquor law going into effect at midnight. Des Moines sold liquor freely before enforcement as drunks roamed. distillers in Dubuque continue production while saloons operate openly. Baltimore Manufacturers' Record to publish half yearly progress showing near seventy million dollars invested in new and expanded southern industry. Flusparp, a cashier, was arrested in Monmouth after Thompson from Chicago claimed $18,000 lost to Hubbard embezzlements. citizens bonded him and serenaded him with a brass band Thursday night.
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Tur
Allan Pinkerton
Iowa
Des Moines
Dubuque
Baltimore
Manufacturers’ Record
South
Flusparp
Monmouth
James Thompson
Chicago
Thompson
Hubbard
Series of fires and disasters hit U S towns and mills
A string of destructive incidents reported Saturday across multiple states and provinces. Fires damaged mills, warehouses, and lumber yards in New York, South Dakota, Canada, Ohio, Illinois, and Missouri, causing substantial losses and injuring several. A train wreck in Mississippi, a tornado in Missouri, and a windstorm in Illinois added to widespread havoc.
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D. T
Lachine
Canada
Jackson
Raymond
Miss
Hamilton
Trenton
N. Y
Kineman & Co
East St. Louis
Centralia
Ture
Newark
Frep P. Chamberlain
Chicago
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Neb
Freeport
Ill
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Walnut
Macon
Sangamon
Christian
Butte
M. T
Fair Grounds
Columbus
Ohio
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C. L. Stewart
Chillicoth
Toledo
Michell-Rowland Company
Kelly Brothers & Nelson
Holland & Co
Adrian
Monroe
Detroit
Nor
Lowell dinner moved to July 12 in London
London dispatch reports Minister Lowell will host a dinner July 12 instead of July 4. War fears loom as France and China clash over treaty terms. Pan-Presbyterian Council completed its work Thursday night and adjourned to meet in London. A Cairo report claims Khartoum was captured by the Mahdi late May with no massacre, Europeans reportedly treated well.
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London
Lowell
France
China
Pan-Presbyterian Council
Speers
Cairo
Khartoum
Cholera death toll rises in Toulon and Marseille report
Cholera continues to spread in Toulon and Marseilles with two Sisters of Charity among the victims. The death of the convent's lady superior is reported today, marking another serious loss to the local religious community.
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Toulon
Marseilles
Sisters of Charity
Body found in woods after shooting near Alliance Ohio
A woman’s body was found in woods near Alliance Ohio with a bullet wound to the head. Her companion on the day last seen has been arrested for the crime. The report also notes a separate shooting death of Caleb Perry eight miles from Pierre C T and a missing treasurer in Carroll County Iowa with a $25 000 shortage. A claim of a murder at Rocky Fork near Alton Alabama describes a colored man Williams killed by unknown assassins. no suspect identified.
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Alliance
Ohio
Caleb Perry
Pierre
C. T
Albert Lanker
Wm. R. RuGa@nes
Carroll Co
Iowa
sproiAn
Alton
Post-Dispatch
Rocky Fork
Williamar
George Sidney
Williams
Democratic Convention Adopts Historic Platform Plan
The Democratic National Convention in Chicago adopts a sweeping platform calling for reform, economy, civil rights, tariff revision, and an American policy. It criticizes the Republican Party, pledges tax relief, and endorses labor rights, civil service reform, and free education while opposing foreign labor importation and extraneous military influence at polls. The session names several diplomatic nominations and details a presidential ballot with Cleveland leading.
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Republican Party
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Five Seas
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Thia
Republic
North
Central
South Menor
Serein
United States
Uis
Gampatnas
Louisiana
Florida
California
Alaska
Mississipi River
States
Grea Britain
Great Britain
Samuel J. Tilden
Vokce
Congressional action notes on Navy defenses and pensions
On Monday July 7 the Senate receded from its amendment to the temporary navy provisions. California’s defense concerns were voiced by Mer Miller. Edmunds received thanks for presiding. A commission including Allison Hale and Pendleton was named to study signal service organization. Allison cited this year’s aggregate appropriations at 193,201,087 dollars. Fid groundson adjourned the Senate at 2 45. In the House J C Blackburn led temporarily for Carlisle. A pension bill for soldiers missing an arm at the shoulder joint was advanced. The House adjourned at 30 o clock. Sharpe Reynolds and Thatcher were named to boost South American commercial ties.
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Senate
Mer
Miller
California
Edmunds
Messrs
Allison
Hale
Pendleton
Signal Service
Thomas C. Reynolds
Solon Thatcher
South America
Stomach Bitters Promoted for Healthful Digestion
An advertisement extols ILostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a reliable safeguard against disease from air, water, food, or heat. It claims relief for colic, pain, bowel derangements, biliousness, rheumatism tendency, and kidney bladder inactivity, backed by medical practitioners and broad corroboration.
Heirs of Richard Wagner reject $50,000 Parsifal offer
The heirs of Richard Wagner declined an American bidder's offer of £50,000 for the exclusive right to perform Parsifal, choosing to retain control over the rights.
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Richard Wagner
Hendricks Nominated Vice President on First Ballot
The convention nominated Cleveland on the party ticket and, after a recess, Thomas A. Hendricks was chosen on the first ballot for vice president. Votes of thanks were passed and the convention adjourned sine die.
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Cleveland
Hendricks
Randall
Thurman
Thos. A. Hendricks
Poet Hitt Sets Out To Walk To San Francisco
Adrian Hitt the poet pedestrian plans a trek from New York toward San Francisco, aiming to average fifty miles daily with no provisions, relying on funds and public interest. He claims a prior Texas walk of a thousand miles in under a week and anticipates a yearlong journey, telegraphing nightly updates from his stops.
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San Francisco
Big Bridge
New York Journal
Richard K. Fox
Adrian Hitt
William E. Harding
Fox
Texas
Mr. Hitt
Ireland
England
Hitt
Mr. Harding
Shakspeare
Jersey City
Man Hides Behind Tree as Shells Explode From Old War Pile
John Russell, while burning stubble near Hazel Run by Fredericksburg Virginia, unhitches his horse and shelters behind a tree. A series of explosions follows as shells left from the war ignite, frightening him as pieces fly around.
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John Russell
Fredericksburg
Hazel Run
John
The Origins of Crowns in History and Tradeoffs in Yield
The text traces crowns from a royal fillet to jeweled adornments, noting early mentions in Amalekite history and Tarquin as the first Roman crowned ruler. It then describes Alfred in 871 as introducing the England crown with bells. It adds a formula on cost per bushel, stating fixed costs per acre and yield-driven cost reduction, and ends with Panama’s crime problem.
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Saul
David
Tarquin
England
Alfred
Gibraltar the Rock Britain Built Upon
London Standard traces Gibraltar’s history from Phoenician trade to Saracen fortification. It notes Phoenician seafaring, Tyre and Sidon wealth, and links to Solomon, Diodorus tales, and anchors of silver. It recalls Tarik Ibn Sayid’s siege and Saracen fortification as a base for campaigns against the Visigoths.
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London Standard
Partia
Tarik
Mediterranean
Spain
Atlantic
Tin Islands
The
Sicilies
Britain
Diodorus
Tartessus
Tyre
Sidon
Hiram
Solomon
Gibraltar Bay
Troy
Schlieman
Ehsiarlik
Jerusalem
Rome
Titus
Dyer
Tiber
Gibraltar
Hamilcar
Hannibal
Africa
Europe
Carthage
Tarik Ibn-Sayid
Rock of Gibraltar
Bear Pit Fall in Paris Ends in Narrow Rescue
A Paris Jardin des Plantes visitor fell 12 feet into the bear pit after overbalancing on a wall. A bear licked his wounds, the man revived, and he fought the animal until officials hoisted him out with a rope. He was taken to the hospital in a wounded but stable condition.
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Paris
Jardin Des Plantes
St Jacobs Oil praised by Md G A R official
Junior Vice Commander A. G. Alford of the Maryland G A R in Baltimore endorses St Jacobs Oil as a quick remedy for pains and an ulcerated tooth. The notice notes rising interest in fast walking horses, the growing market for walkers, and advice on avoiding unripe fruit and excess ice water amidst political musings on electoral votes for Butler.
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A. G. Alford
Baltimore
St. Jacobs
Butler
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