Pendleton Civil Service and related bills advance
A detailed parliamentary log from December shows the Pendleton Civil Service bill debated in the Senate with amendments for Senate confirmation of Civil Service Commissioners. In the House, the Post-office Appropriation bill is amended, with a recess proposed. Other items include Tamil and Indian appropriation actions, fires, floods, and public notices across many states, along with deaths and elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLean
Senate
House
Monxpay
Fort Dodge
U S and Canada Business Failures and Civil Service Plan
Over the week ended August 14, 208 failures were reported in the United States and Canada with regional totals: Eastern 24, Western 60, Southern 41, Middle 39, Pacific 14, Canada 1, New York City 12. The report notes no drastic drop in liabilities versus the prior week and cites crop projections, a postal fraud crackdown, and a proposed Civil Service amendment setting competitive exams and geographic distribution for offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Pacific
Territories
New York City
Department of Agriculture
Freedmen’s Saving and Trust Company
Tun Festmaster-Genéral
United States Agricultural Department
Tue Supreme Court of the
Curtis
Senate
Pugh
District of Columbia
Cparts
Fires Destroy Manhattan Beach Depot and Nearby Rail Yard
A large fire at Big Ridge near New York consumed the Manhattan Beach Railroad Company depot, wharves, and many cars and locomotives, with losses totaling 396000. Other items note deaths, legal actions, market shifts, and notable public figures in a broad 19th century Atlantic news digest.
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Manhattan Beach Railroad Company
Big Ridge
New York
Boston
Robert Morris
United States
Parsoe Tarvairo
State Grange of
Pennsylvania
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Lebanon Cemetery
Maria Appley
Washington
Morristown
N. J
Tur
Western Union Telegraph Company
Joax G. Walrrer
Davisson, Griffin & Co
New York City
Johann Most
Paterson
Charles Derby
San Francisco
Elms House
Salem
Mass
Queen Emma
Honolulu
Mosely Dwight
Dodge & Sinclair
Sendee
Concord
N. H
Manchester
Dover
Contocook
Pittsfield
Melrose
John Reardon
Bradford
Sepei Cover
J. M. White & Co
Spree
James Laughlin, Jr
Saranx
New
Global headlines mix politics and disasters across continents
A garbled chart of events reports land deals in Arkansas, reforms in Spain, a fire at Hampton Court, executions in Galway, a Sultan’s insanity, a canal forecast, and a street scene with a bold book agent selling magazines amid crowd chatter.
Multiple Disasters and Political Moves Dominate Era News
A wave of incidents on the 20th includes: Park dies at sea en route to Aspinwall. Pembroke fire destroys a new block with $100,000 loss and three dead. Bank failures in Rochester and Vienna merchant collapse tied to executive actions. Fire destroys Harvey's stable and Baptist parsonage. Curtis fined and discharged. Bandits in Mexico seize officials for ransom. Hawkes farm burned with livestock losses. Union Generale leaders jailed. prison escape from Sing Sing. Local crimes, weather, and U S Senate and House actions close the day.
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Trevor W. Park
New York
Aspinwall
Pembroke
Ont
City Bank of
Rochester
N. Y
Josefa Aerc Harpt
Vienna
Harvey
McPherson
Kan
General Curtis
Ahuacatlan
Mexico
E. C. Hawkes
Charlemont
Mass
Union Generale Banking Institution
France
Lockport
Groner Lavery
New York City
Sing Sing
Huntsville
Tex
Tisza
Hungarian Council
Europe
Manhattan Bank of New York
Bank of Buffalo
United States Senate
Utah
Pendleton
Territories
Doomsday Echoes on Emma’s Return
A voice asks Julia when Emma will return and whether she caused trouble before leaving. Julia replies she does not know and recalls Emma saying she would be gone until doomsday if visited.
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Julia
Cherub
Emma
Tragic Well Collapse Holds Father and Son in Grasp
A cave in at a Danbury well traps James English and his son for over fifty hours. Rescue efforts include a tunnel dug beside the shaft, a windlass, and relentless crowd support as the elder man remains incomunicado and near death. English, with eleven children, is feared dead after a second caving.
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James Moore
Michael Downey
William Davis
Mr. English
English
Danbury
St. Peter's
Dantury
Cor. N
Herald
Earth
Nine Die in Canton Ill Boiler Explosion
At Parlin & Orendorff Company Elm street works, three boilers exploded about 7:10 am, levelled the engine room, and killed nine workers. Dozens more injured or missing as rescue teams cleared debris. Company promises support for families. cause remains unknown.
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Canton
Til
Parlin & Orendorff Company
Elm Street
William McCarney
Hunnicut
Hiram Palmer
William Miller
Ees
Archie Henderson
Alexander Nickerson
Joshua Oldham
Robert McGrath
Samuel Bell
Tax kingdom Netherlands names Amsterdam among wealthiest areas
The New York Sun notes the Netherlands and its territories hold about 40 099000 people with Amsterdam cited as one of the world’s wealthiest places.
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Netherlands
Amsterdam
N. Y
Newspaper mail volume in Britain tops ten million yearly
Over the last year American newspapers arriving by mail in England totaled more than 28 thousand daily and exceed ten million for the twelve months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Traveler notes perpetual wet weather in England
A Boston Commercial Bulletin remark observes that travelers in England repeatedly find the climate always wet while the locals appear dry, a humorous contrast reflecting travel impressions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Boston Commercial Bulletin
Mechanicsevre Ladye Discovers Large Striped Snake in Cabbage
A reader reports finding a sizable striped snake embedded in the center of a head of cabbage. The odd discovery was made recently in Mechanicsevre Kentucky, with details limited to this note.
Crowing by Ewxeisa Cities Hurts Rural Districts
The report notes how rapid growth and celebrations in Ewxeisa cities are drawing resources and attention away from nearby rural districts, sparking concern among local officials about regional balance and economic support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ewxeisa
Kingston Fire Destroys Half City In Jamaica
A cablegram describes Kingston Jamaica engulfed by a major fire. Loss reported at £6,00,000 with half the city burned. Fire originated near the water front aided by sea breezes as flames extended along the wharfs. McDowell's office destroyed while wharves survived. Kingston’s past fires noted and exports cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Royal Mail Steamship Company
Atlas
McDowell
Jamaick
Surrey
Spanish Town
Europe
Suicide attempt ends in partial amputation of Barber limb
In Westerly a young man Cyrus Barber in a morbid religious crisis leaped from a bed room window and chopped off his leg near the ankle. His father found him, surgeons dressed the wound, and the lunatic later quoted scripture while recovering. He had earlier attempted suicide by self strangulation.
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New Haven
R. L
Cyrus Barber
Mr. Barber
Barber
Forest Management Resolutions Call Unity in Conservation
The National Agricultural Association meeting in Chicago calls for state forestry commissioners to educate the public on forest care and for state arboreta and forest stations. It urges Congress to establish public forest experimental stations and seed distribution through the Agricultural Department with annual reports.
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National Agricultural Association
Chicago
Wuerreas
United States
Commonwealths
Congress
State Boards of Agriculture
United States Agricultural Department
Lowell Bankruptcy bill outlines trustee and supervision committee
A Washington summary explains the Lowell bill substituting the regular measure. It creates a complete bankruptcy code with trustees and a creditors chosen Committee of Supervision, plus Commissioners in Bankruptcy with appeals to the Supreme Court. It permits pre adjudication receivers and voluntary cases over 500 dollars.
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Washington
United States Senate
Supreme Court
Circuit Courts
Fire at Enterprise Mills in Manayunk injures sixteen
A blaze at Enterprise cotton mills in Manayunk Pennsylvania broke out in the fourth floor picker room and spread rapidly. About a hundred workers were present with no fire escapes and risky exterior rope descent. Sixteen injured including Mary O Connor aged fourteen thought fatally. A man named Quinn unaccounted for. Robert Marsh, nineteen, suffered a severe arm injury.
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Enterprise Cotton Mills
Manayunk
Mary O'Conner
Robert Marsh
Quinn
Deserted Salt Lake Women Scandal Talk Focus
A Boston Post quip reflects on Salt Lake City’s women with a sharp note that life there leaves them little to discuss and implies men’s behavior avoids scandal in the city.
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Salt Lake
Boston Post
Kansas Adopts Arboriculture Act For Cotton Tree Growth
Ninety three thousand acres in Kansas are planted under the new arboriculture act with preference to the cotton tree due to its rapid growth.
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Kansas
Decline of the Bean in Boston Correction
A clarification notes that the observed headline about a decline of the bean in Boston was erroneous and stems from a mistaken phrasing possibly implying a social faux pas rather than a real decline in coffee beans.
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Boston
Rowdy Harrisburg Woman Causes Scene in Ballroom
A Harrisburg, Pennsylvania woman briefly cried out in distress in a ballroom after learning her former lover was engaging with another woman. Security intervened and the incident ended without further harm.
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Laly
Harrisburg
Cincinnati Telegraph Girls Transmit Twenty Thousand Daily
The city reports twenty thousand telephone messages transmitted each day by women housed in the central office. These operators, described as youthful and pleasant voiced, handle a large share of Cincinnati’s call traffic for various services.
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Cincinnati
Ansen French Rife Carry Over Two Uuiles
A brief note states Ansen French Rife will carry over two failures or moves, details unclear. The fragment mentions a continuation or extension related to Ansen French. No other readable names or exact actions are confirmed.
Court upholds political assessment law in Curtis habeas ruling
The Court rules the 1876 act restricting U S officers from giving or receiving money for political purposes is constitutional. It held Congress may regulate political contributions within public service to protect integrity and independence, remanding Curtis to US Marshal custody. Justice Bradley dissented, opposing congressional power to restrict private political action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Newton Martin Curtis
Waite
Congress
Circuit Court
Justice Bradley
Amendments to Lowell Bankruptcy bill proposed in Senate
Mr Hoar from the Judiciary Committee reported proposed amendments to the Lowell Bankruptcy bill on the 18th. The measures include excluding certain traders from the term trader, annual AG tables on bankruptcy activity, a broadened act of bankruptcy clause for future contracts, and nine month dismissal with rights preserved.
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Hoar
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Lowell
Congress
Man Sells Wife in Rural Trade in North Carolina
Intelligence reports in Stokes County that Alfred Jenkins sold his wife to neighbor Noah M. Glidewell for 500 dollars and moved away. Mrs. Jenkins agreed to the sale and is living with Glidewell, while Jenkins claimed lack of means to take her. The parties describe it as a simple transfer of wife ownership between farmers. Special to the Chicago Tribune.
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Stokes County
Alfred Jenkins
Noah M. Glidewell
Gidewell
Glidewell
Jenkins
Winston
N. C
Chicago Tribune
Cholera Nears End in Manila After Severe Hurricane
The Captain-General of the Philippine Islands reports that following a recent severe hurricane the cholera, which was of a bad type, nearly disappeared from Manila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Philippine Islands
Manila
Wisxxa completes $6 million city building plan
Wisxxa has finished a city building valued at six million dollars while Philadelphia pursues a separate project estimated at about twelve million dollars, as reported by the Philadelphia Record.
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Philadelphia
Tramp Fraternity Posts 313 Names Killed by U S Railroads
The ranks of the tramp fraternity have contributed 313 names to the list of those killed in the last eleven months by the rail roads of the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tramp
United States
Macon Man Lifts Four Thousand Pounds in Feat
William Mitas of Macon Georgia can, it is paid, carry 4000 pounds on his shoulders, as much as Dr Winship the champion lifter could raise with harness.
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William Mitas
Macon
Dr. Winship
Bonds Drawn In Election Voter Briefing
A fragmented OCR item notes a bond election action with figures around 241909.00 and mentions authorities or entities linked to the bond issue. The readable portions indicate a debt instrument vote and official involvement but lack clear names or dates. Further context is needed for precise details.
Polar voyage ends with cheeky Jersey City rescue
A fragmentary tale from the polar voyage aboard Hatteras and crew follows a long trek across icy seas toward the Pole. Provisions dwindle while plans hinge on Jersey City for fresh supply and a daring last stand against harsh elements.
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Jersey City
Arctic
Hatteras
Pole
First Glimpse of Holland through a Narrow Morning Strip
A writer describes a delicate Holland scene seen through a glass of light and color, noting windmills, cows, sheep, and cottages as the distant shore forms into recognizable Dutch details. The piece contrasts this view with other Holland strands for a cleaner, neater, toy-box impression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Calor
George H. Boughton
Harper’ S Magazine
Somnambulist Saved From Wharf in Stonehouse
Constable Deneer on duty at Stonehouse England on September 27 detained a man dressed only in a shirt and undergarments who walked toward the quay. The officer halted the man and learned he was sleepwalking. He awakened after a surgeon treated him. The man identified himself as Frederick Aker of King Street, noa.
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Deneer
Stonehouse
England
Lert
Frederick Aker
King Street
Noa
Wilde's Dinner Table Quip Earns Mme Christine Nilsson's Praise
Mme Christine Nilsson Rouze recalls meeting Oscar Wilde in London. She says Wilde began with playful nonsense at the dining room door but, upon her rebuke, acknowledged her as the first sensible woman and true friend she had met. He then spoke sensibly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Wilde
London
Mme
Christine Nilsson Rouze
Mr. Wilde
Christine Nilsson
Perey and Rosey Exchange a Curious Wish
In a brief, quirky dialogue Perey asks Rosey about a hidden wish. Rosey questions Perny and he replies he wishes they had kept a shop so they could not sell it. The exchange hints at regret and a pretend plan.
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Perey
Rosey
Textile mill cleanliness key to speed and longevity
A Cotton mill analysis argues constant lubrication and thorough cleaning extend machine life and speed. It contrasts well kept mills with slimy oil, dust, and neglected parts, noting overhauls, proper bearings, level foundations, and regular cleaning yield smoother operation and longer life, with auction observations supporting the point.
Trinidad cocoanut trade notes turmoil and potential export shift
A correspondent details Trinidad east coast cocoanuts grown since the last century with shipping difficulties limiting local sale. Nut export rose in the 19th century, largely to England as dunnage and top cargo. Husking costs and ship rates cut profits, suggesting US-bound shipments by local schooners and growing plantation economics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinidad
British West Indies
Oil and Paint Review
Port of Spain
Barbadoes
England
United States
Trinidads
New York
Philadelphia
Wheat as Prince of Food and The Body's Need for It
An article argues all nourishment derives from vegetables and animal consumption recycles refuse. It asserts wheat provides essential elements matching human tissues, with milk and eggs as close substitutes. it claims wheat, fruits, and pure water sustain life and vigor.
The Expanding View of the Heavens Through Telescopes
Prof Proctor notes that as estimates of the sun’s distance grow and telescopes improve, stars appear far more numerous and distant. He argues Galileo and Herschel revealed vast numbers of stars, vastly outstripping prior views, with billions possibly visible today.
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Galileo
Herschel
Prof
Proctor
Belgravia
Brilliant Palmer Described As Polymath And Charmer
The N Y Sun depicts Professor Palmer as a brilliant, versatile figure whose intellect ranged from philosophy to Oriental languages and games. It portrays him as the life of learned societies and notes his mastery of Romany lore and the tricks of gypsy fortune telling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Prof
Palmer
Evander the Sun
Desert
London
N. Y
Hemlock leather praised for wear resistance in boots
The article notes American hemlock tanned leathers such as Sotineta and Engiesa offer strong wet resistance and wear durability. It claims the soles compare favorably with the best English leathers and surpass European continental mixed tannages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
Towns named You Bet Total Wreck and Bob Tail appear
The Chicago Herald notes Arizona settlements with odd flourish names You Bet Total Wreck and Bob Tail. It mentions merchandise transport in barrels as a characteristic feature.
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Total Wreck
Arizona
Chicago Herald
William Penn Honored in Pennsylvania Chronicle
A historic notice notes William Penn's honored status in Pennsylvania, reflecting state pride and remembrance within the Chronicle.
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