Calamities and crimes from New York to Galicia
An 1880 Ames newspaper item reports a Madison Square Garden roof collapse killing and wounding crowds at a fair, the Giant Powder Works explosion with multiple deaths, and various trials and crimes across the U S and Europe including hangings, assaults, and a famine in Mesopotamia with widespread distress in Persia and Galicia Galicia fire devastates the village of Mendenice with 300 buildings burned.
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Madison Square Gap
Wm. H. Vanderbit
Heetechemton
Suspd
Aly
Xplo
Agjall
Siberia
thValsk
Saraff
Winter Palace
Bellay
Sheviteh
Kobga
Mendenice
Galicia
Austria
Bat Wintering Tales From Earliest December 1873
A drafty Evanston hallway hosts a bat that hibernates in a box beside a stove. The creature awakens after warming, torpidity returns with colder nights, and heated attempts revive it again. The narrator cites heat’s effect on torpidity and notes swallows and frozen limbs revived by warmth. Historical notes mention sheep and human revival rumors, plus Mississippi ice and political dispatches from Europe and the Americas.
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Earl
Evanston
Agi
Wang
Mississippi
Iowa General Assembly Syllabus of Laws Overview
Summary of chapters 161 to 185 including acts on appeals limits to twenty five dollars, asylum for feeble minded at Glenwood, support for the blind, state appropriations for judicial officers, immigration commissioner duties and costs, railroad and sleeping car ticket offices, asylum for feeble minded children, reform school relocation, indemnity for school land purchasers, and various other appropriations and amendments approved in March.
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General Assembly
Congress
Iowa
O. W. Archibald
Iowa Reform School For
Mitchellville
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Sth General Assembly
Webster
Supreme Court of the United Arch
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Lee Aidede Og Bo 2
Palo Alto County
Foo
Deserted Plantations and Copper Riches Across the South
A Boston Herald Alabama correspondence discusses worn out plantations in the postwar South tied to debt and mismanagement, noting land yields fall as merchants foreclose and planters abandon fields. It also reports on Lake Superior copper finds, including Ontonagon and Cliff mines, with masses up to 540 tons, and a Jersey man recounts a mule kicking incident involving his wife.
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Alabama
Boston Herald
United States
Lake Superior
Ontonagon
Minnesota
Ontonagon County
Cliff
Advertising Cheaps? Honest Hop Bitters Promotion
A fragment urges avoiding ad cheats and promoting Hop Bitters honestly. It argues the product's merits should speak plainly to readers without deceptive embellishment. The tone condemns manipulative advertising and promotes straightforward messaging about the remedy.
Congress Debates Treaties Bills and District Appropriations
The report details House and Senate actions including a message on heirs of the late Joseph C to sit the Jefferson desk, a tax repeal on checks, naval and District of Columbia appropriations, and actions on the Clayton Bulwer treaty, marshals, and a marine expedition. A lecture on coal by Prof. Jones covers coal types, formation, and composition with Microscope demonstrations.
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Congress
Joseph C Ir
Thomas Jefferson
Price
Banking and Currency
Senate
Cox
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Peniel House
Secretary of War
Boy Defies Father Warmth Claim At Fire
A youngster warming his hands at the fire is rebuffed by his father who says the weather is not cold. The boy retorts I ain't heating the weather, I'm warming my hands in a brief exchange reflecting a domestic moment.
Silver ore found near Sank close to Prairie du
Report notes silver ore discovery within a few miles of Prairie du Sank, indicating potential mining prospects in the area. No figures or company names are given, but the find suggests local economic activity and possible future exploration.
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Sank —S
Prairie du
Ktorse Killed Running Against Fence in Benton County
A resident named Ktorse was killed in Benton County after colliding with a barbed wire fence during an incident that occurred several days ago. Authorities have not released additional details.
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Ktorse
Benton County
Little girl asks why wax figures are called works
A child accompanies her mother to Mme Toussaud's wax works and after examining the figures she asks why they are called works since they are made of wax and do not function. The remark captures a playful misunderstanding of museum exhibits.
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Gertie
Mme. Toussaud
Mamma
Pacific Railroad Passenger Totals Shaped San Francisco Traffic
Since 1869 the Pacific railroad has landed 472 811 passengers in San Francisco and taken away 280 863, reflecting the line’s growth and impact on the city’s travel and commerce.
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Pacific Railroad
San Francisco
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