Lightning Kills Nine at Mount Pleasant Tennessee Graveyard
Nashville dispatch reports nine Black mourners died instantly when a bolt struck as funeral rites ended at Mount Pleasant. A large crowd sought shelter under an oak. the tree’s vicinity bore scorch marks and torn clothing. The storm erupted moments after final prayers, shocking the assembly and leaving lingering wailing among survivors.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Mount Pleasant
Tenn
Harriet Terry
Stenek
Formation of a Bulgarian Cabinet and German Court Attitude
A new Bulgarian cabinet led by M. Stoilof as President of the Council and interim finance minister includes M. Natchevios as foreign affairs minister M. Tchomakof public instruction M. Stranskey interior and Maj Petroff war minister. Stoilog directs departmental orientation toward political prisoners. The German court reportedly opposes Ferdinand’s Bulgarian throne and the North German Gazette claims Ferdinand is German rather than Austrian. An international educators convention opened in Chicago May 12 with welcomes from Mayor Roche and Board of Education head President Story. William E. Sheldon spoke for the association about today’s problem while representatives from every territory attended.
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Sately
M. Stoilof
M. Natchevios
M. Tchomakof
M. Stranskey
Interior
Maj
Petroff
M. Stoilog
Ferdinand
Bismarck
Nationai Ee
Chicago
Roche
Story
Chicago Board of Education
Wiliam E. Sheldon
Association
Responde
Leaney
Government Finances In Washington Dispatch
A Washington dispatch dated the 15th reports government receipts this month reach 19,501,102 including nearly 12 pension payments. Expenditures exceed receipts by 7,867,535. Bond redemptions matured on first inst tally 18,090,250 with 1,326,656 still outstanding. Called bonds outstanding amount to 5,300,450.
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Washington Dispatch
Interstate Commission sought over wheat price control case
The gpa Commission argues that oats are not provided for removing the wheat crop, that the local press is muzzled, and that the free passage system operates. It alleges railroad collusion with the owner of a line of elevators to fix wheat prices, prompting a call for Interstate Commission intervention.
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Gpa Commission
Muzgled
Interstate Commission
Fidelity Bank Charter Forfeited in Cincinnati Decree
A decree forfeits the Fidelity Bank charter in Cincinnati and places all assets in the receiver's hands. The civil case is dismissed and all attachments tied to the bank's property are dissolved since the government seized the bank.
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Fidelity Bank
Tnitea
Cincinnati
Winthrop R Cunningham & Sons Faces Major Liabilities
An assignment has been won by Winthrop R Cunningham & Sons, New York and Philadelphia traders in drugs skins hemp and rubber. A firm member says the move protects assets from sacrifice and the embarrassment is temporary. Liabilities are about 1,000,000 with 100,000 uncertain.
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Winthrop
Cunningham& Sons
New York
Philadelphia
Deslers
Figrel
Seventeen Lost in Hurley Theater Disaster
Seventeen people are reported dead after the Alcazar theater collapse in Hurley Wisconsin. Fourteen bodies have been recovered badly charred and beyond identification, with seventy buildings destroyed and total losses around 450000 dollars and insurance of 50000 dollars.
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Hurley
Wisconsin
Three Midshipmen Drowned Off Halifax Harbor
Three midshipmen from her Majesty's ship Canada went for a sail in Halifax Nova Scotia harbor. Wind and heavy seas hindered search with no trace found of them or their craft. Authorities fear the occupants were drowned.
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Canada
Halifax
N.S
Old World Advices on Disputes and Disasters Across Regions
Advices from the Stanley expedition report severe measures to maintain discipline amid potential food shortages. Official Irish funds spent on relieving distress in five unions total 1.585 million dollars since 1879, with charitable contributions adding about half a million. China’s Wenchow River overflow caused widespread drownings and city submersion. Hungary’s Nagy Karolyi destroyed by hurricane. area becomes a lake. France and Germany tensions spike with possible war imminent. Hawaiian revolution ends ministry, King Kalakaua constrained while a new cabinet led by William M. Greene assumes power.
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Stanley
Balfour
Ireland
Bayo
Galway
Lendon
Wenchow River
China
Chacow
Nagy Karolyi
Hungary
France
Ger
Phe Stosmehip Mari
William M. Greene
Kalakaua
Pontifical lightning and McGlynn supporters clash over Rome stance
The fragment describes a heated claim by Dr. McGlynn and allies that Rome would not dare to act. Supporters assert Rome faced a bold move or confrontation, forming a contentious wave of advocacy and sympathy amid weeks of tension.
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Pontifical
Dr. McGlynn
Rome
Financial and Industrial Snapshot of the Week
The weekly Dun & Co review notes overall encouraging business after recent failures but warns of financial uncertainties. It cites tighter money in Western cities including Omaha and Nashville, high real estate lending costs, and stronger New York conditions driven by gains in usury settlements. It mentions improved wheat markets, steady pork and oil, and favorable interior prospects though wage rises threaten production costs. A Chicago arbitration ratification ends a costly strike, shop operations resume, and a 3 million dollar wage cost is noted.
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R. G. Dun & Co
New York
Drouth
Bugs
Settee
Nebraska
Nashville
Cleveland
Omaha
Chicago
Tuley
Ampire
Earthquake Traces Studied by Clarke in Northern Mexico
Advices from Bavispo report Prof T. H. Clarke under Hawaiian government auspices investigating earthquake traces from May 6 and aftershocks. The town of Bavispo is ruined with 800 residents sheltered, 169 buried in the first shock, and Jacksonian reports of ongoing tremor activity.
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Bavispo
Mexico
T. 8. Clarke
Yude
Clark
Grafton
W. Va
Clarendon
St. Remi
Quebec
Escanaba
Sturgeon River
Metropolitan
Northwestern
South, Carolina
Fort Mill
Chester County
Hurley
Wis
Alecizar Theater
Alcazar
Sadie Wells
Lottie Moore
Minnie Gifford
Jennie Allen
Mabel Haley
Laura Brainerd
Sadie McCabe
Am Jackson
J. W. van Quiry
Samuel Haley
New York Dispatch
Mystery
Barret Island
Portland Orey
Thompson Falls
Idaho
Blossom Lake
Mountain City
York
Chinese Miners Massacred in Snake River Camps Reported
Portland reports say fifty to sixty Chinese miners on the Oregon side of the Snake River above Lewiston have been killed or vanished as raids by whites or Indians are suspected. Bodies found daily show stabbing or gunshot wounds and calls grow for Governor Pennoyer to offer rewards.
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Idaho
Snake River
Portland
Oregon
Lewiston
C. Arthur Preller
United Supreme Court
Ore
Oscar M. Kelly
McCoy
Polk County
Dulles
Kelly
Fraud exposed in Treasury horse claims division
An extensive fraud network involving forgery and perjury was uncovered in the horse claims division of the Treasury’s Third Auditor’s office in Washington. The schemes were conceived by Oscar Joel during a vacation period, with ongoing plannings and a full confession now emerging.
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Third Auditor of the Treasury
Washington
Oacar J.oel
Island suffering from a pest and no doctor on Cockburn Island
Reports from Cockburn Island Lake Huron describe a severe scourge afflicting inhabitants, with no physician on the island to treat the ill amid rains and hardships. Meanwhile federal and military dispatches note Pacific squadron movements toward Honolulu and political tensions over President Cleveland’s planned St Louis encampment visit.
Unclear Market Prices Across Multiple Cities
Fragmented OCR text shows assorted commodity prices for items like wheat, cheddar, corn, pork, and cattle across New York Chicago Milwaukee St. Louis Detroit Cincinnati and more. Data includes No 2 Red winter wheat and various dairy and meat prices.
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New Moss
Ant Bessnae
Chicago
CaTru_e
ATS
Moss
Milwaukee
Ene
Bdaakds Ville
Cornn
OaTa
Wwe
Pol Bge
ST. Louis
Warat
SION
Detroit
Breyer Cattle
Michigan
Ieekkberies
Cincinnati
Sas
Dwest
Cartle
Startling testimony on how a railway bill passed Congress
Investigating committee from Associated Press arrived in Leavenworth to hold a public session in the Board of Trade. Witnesses including Shaw F. Neely Mayor Leavenworth Alexander Caldwell President and H Miles Moore Secretary testified that Kansas Central and branches disadvantaged Leavenworth in favor of Kansas City. Stone promoter of Leavenworth Pawnee and Western Railroad disclosed stock allocations and possible blackmail tied to the Pacific Railroad passage.
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Associated Press
Leavenworth
Pacific Railroad’ Investigating Committee
Board of Trade
Shaw F. Neély
Alexander Caldwell
H. Miles Moore
Henry Schindler
The
Kansas City Times
Edward Stilling
W. M. Toddy
Leonard T. Smith
James C. Stone
Union Pacific
Kansas Central
Kansas City
James ©. Stone
Missouri River
Omaha
Sioux City
John C. Fremont
Hallett
Fremont
Stone
Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad
J. C. Stone
Thomas Ewing, Jr
Pacific Railroad
Sam Hallett
R. W. McBratney
Pomeroy
Kansas
Henry Bennett
Elmira
N. Y
H. Bennett
J. P. Usher
Caleb Smith
R. W. Thompson
Usher
Bennett
Smith
Thompson
E. W. Chase
Chaseville
J. F. Cowan
T. Stevens
Thaddeus Stevens
Dewey
New York
Wilson
New York Times
R. F. Camp
New York City
Carlisle
Virginia
Jones
Forney
Ross
Fletcher
Holliday
Stinson
Dick ‘Thompson
United States Navy
Interior
Congress
President Cleveland Declines St Louis Grand Army Visit
President Grover Cleveland writes to Mayor David R. Francis withdrawing his acceptance to attend the Grand Army of the Republic encampment in St. Louis next September. He cites threats and hostile sentiment from some members and notes the need to protect the office and avoid discord.
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Cockburn Island
Lake Huron
National Department of
Mississippi
Kentucky
Illinois
Wisconsin
San Francisco
Pacific
United States
Honolulu
Alert
Callao
Peru
Panama
Vandalia
A. Washington Dispatch
West
St Louis
St. Louis
Cleveland
Grand Army of the Republic
Washington
Grand Army
Grover Cleveland
Gen. Tuttle
Department of Iowa
Des Moines
Democrats
Clevels
Merchants’ Exchange Iday
Francis Press
Enother
Detroit
American Association
von der Ahe
Associated Press
Committee of Representative Citizens of
Waserxetos
D.C
David R. Francis
Thetizens
Nd Army of the Republic
St. E Louis
A of the Republic
Arena American
Republic
The
Blic
Repubic
St.Louis
Nations seek closer alliance amid unrest and drought
Germany Austria and Italy negotiate a tighter alliance while disasters and disease plague a midwestern region. A Cheyenne dry goods store burns causing 140000 in losses with 121000 insured. Wheat damage blamed on curyen bugs in southern Minnesota as drought harms farmers. Dakota crops prosper though. NY heiress Miss Exvitanera Mace Jerome marries Yan Phon Lee in New Haven. An escaped lunatic fires on a train in Arkansas killing one and wounding another. the killer is captured. San Francisco hosts a secret American party session calling for immigrant and education reforms.
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Germany
Austria
Italy
Cownick & Wurrcoma
Cheyenne
W. T
Minnesota
Dakota
Exvitanera Mace Jerome
New Haven
Yan Phon Lee
Yale
Jonesboro
Ark
San Francisco
Humorous Snippets and Mispronunciations From City Life
A collage of quirky dialog and misheard phrases shows street encounters and telephone chatter. Jokes about ice cream, apples, and fashion finish with a hotel waiter exchange and a playful street quip.
Powderly Should Step Down Say Swinton
John Swinton declares in New York that General Master Workman Powderly should resign because the Knights of Labor has grown too large for him. He says the labor movement will continue without Powderly or George and that wrongs suffered by wage earners will be corrected regardless of current leaders. Swinton notes S. M. Wheat of Iowa as a replacement possible if feasible.
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John Swinton
Knights
New York Telegram
Knights of Labor
Workman Powderly
Powderly
George
Swinton
5. M. Wheat
Iowa
Bride and Groom's Wedding Night Tragedy in New Orleans
In a fashionable New Orleans residence Miss Dant awaited groom Dr. John A. Cullen of Avoyelles Parish. Hours passed and he did not arrive. A servant found him dead on the room floor.
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New Orleans
Miss Dant
John A. Cullen
Avoyelles Parish
New Orleans Theater Fire Burials Collapse Buries Nine
Nine workmen were buried in debris when the walls of the old National Theater in New Orleans collapsed during removal after a recent fire. Rescue crews worked through the rubble as the building’s walls fell and trapped the laborers.
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National Theater
New Orleans
Sudden Noise at Wedding Sparks Dramatic Scene
A Coblenzer Generalanzeiger report describes a sudden disturbance near a newly married couple. Emma reacts with startle as a strange sound fills the area and the Countess clings to a bystander, a negro man, who is described as pale as death.
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Emma
Moon Eclipse Myths and London Grocers
The article notes an old belief linking lunar eclipses to magic charms and says Romans used brass sounds to counteract them. It also defines a green grocer in London as a man who sells vegetables, while in this country the phrase refers to a man who trusts.
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London
Interesting chat with President Spalding on pennant race
Chicago correspondence notes President Spalding predicting a pennant win for Chicago, with Detroit and Boston as rivals, and discusses league consolidation, team discipline, and the impact of total abstinence on players and families. He praises the White Stockings and cites ongoing Eastern trip results and upcoming games.
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White Stockings
Spalding
Philadelphia
Washington
Newark
Boston
Detroit
Chicago
Con Cregan
Cheaper Lithographs Mock Real Painting
In a home scene, Chippen-Coats contemplates affording a house this spring while Mrs. Chippenbury notes lithographs offer cheaper alternatives to real painting. The Chicago News framing suggests a domestic debate on upkeep and art choices.
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Chippen- Coats
Birthday surprise tigerskin rug story turns comic
Mrs. Horfenperrer buys a tigerskin rug to surprise her husband on his birthday. Hoffendeffer, returning from a club, speaks in a drunken stumble and jokes about cats in the house as a single head among many.
Met their match in Des Moines baseball tale
A playful exchange recalls a dare-devil umpire from Cincinnati who spent two seasons calling games, drawing both admiration and caution as the two Western stars relish a tamer encounter with the tough figure.
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Cincinnati
Omaha
Laird Plans Second Marriage After First Wife's Death
A Scotch laird arranged a second marriage soon after his wife's death. When he asked his son, a well known author, to attend, the son replied he was unable to attend due to the recent death of his mother.
Fearful Celebration in Stamboul Described by Apoch Writer
Apoch reports a Hassan and Hussein commemoration in Stamboul featuring Nazirs marching with naked swords and self flagellation. Persian priests chant funeral rites as bands of fanatics wound and bleed, while wives, children, and families follow with torches and tents in a grim procession.
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Apoch
Hassan
Hussein
Yezid
Nazirs
Hassen
Break down and rebuild strength with Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters
When physical strength fails, speedy recovery hinges on timely medical help. Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters is lauded as a reliable tonic to aid digestion and assimilation, supporting the feeble, aged, and nervous, and widely recommended by medical men for dyspepsia, constipation, liver issues, and general trouble. It is presented as safe, effective, and not a panacea.
Plebe Camp At West Point Delivers Harsh Training Regime
George L Putnam describes the plebe experience at West Point, detailing six am wake times, drills, guard duty, and constant unwanted tasks. Cadets face strict routine, limited rest, and harassment from upperclassmen, with some relief for those who show talent or adaptability. The account underscores the demanding, impressionable first year at the academy.
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West Point
Reveille
George L Putnam
St. Nicholas
A Hard Winter Lie and the Political Explanation Clash
A satirical scene shows the Hard Winter Lie and a Political Explanation arguing over politics and propriety, both evading truth as a creaking Evangelist’s Child Story interrupts their dispute. Patrick Murray from Md., tied to a humorous dodgy balance of ads and lies, is referenced as a target of promotion for St Jacobs Oil.
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Elf
Patrick Murray
St. Patrick's
St. Jacobs Oil
Reuse al
Beadwork Trade Sparks Bargain Tale From Frontier
A observer recalls a North reserve where a white man offered 20 dollars for a cradle from a squaw amid crouching figures near a building. He notes the mother’s refusal and stories of papoose pannier labor, with one case claiming 120 dollars offered for beads and eleven years to craft the piece.
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Youti
Reward for cure of catarrh by Sage remedy revived
The former proprietor of Dr Sage's Catarrh advertised a standing reward for an incurable case in all American papers. The present owners renew the offer and sell the remedy with its douche. The claim remains that no catarrh patient is incurable and a $520 reward is paid on failure.
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Dr. Sage
Neces
Money and Cotton Leaves Shape Natchez Shopping
The Natchez recollection notes money as plentiful as cotton leaves from 1832 to 1839. Ladies rarely asked prices in dry goods shops as clerks aimed for fair profits and January payments. Notes by mail at maturity reflected reputations, while the era’s trust and credit tied money to debt. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is advertised for female health restoration.
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Natchez
Miss
Atlanta Constitution
Deacon Complaints About Pastor Jokes in Sermon
A deacon dislikes his new pastor's jokes and says he must laugh to spare the pastor's feelings. The note appears in the Richmond Religious Herald. Also mentions the July 1776 resolution and the July 4 declaration as related historical points. A Boston line mocks money as a barrier to society, not brains.
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Hkichmond Religious Herald
Short Coat Worn By Brown and Charlaton Remedy Claim
A dialogue contrasts Brown and Jones over coats while noting talk of scarce funds for medicines. The piece then warns of internal illnesses and praises Dr. R. V. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for lingering coughs and lung weakness.
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Brown
Jones
RB. Y. Pierce
Coax and Lamb Tangle Over Unclear Net Meeting
A cryptic note mentions a coax and a net meeting where tensions arise with Lamb, leaving readers uncertain about roles or outcomes in the local dispute.
Iron tonic and cod liver oil touted for health
The piece praises Dr. Harter's Iron tonic for restoring strength and color to blood and aiding digestion. It touts Hazard's Cod Liver Oil from sea-shore livers as pure and sweet, preferred by patients and deemed superior by physicians.
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Hazard, Hazard & Co
New York
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