European and North American News Roundup
Reports from Quinze Canada describe a mob driven strike with artillery fire that killed a man and damaged property while Montreal sent troops. Ex-Kiner Groner of Hanover died in Paris. European congress sessions began in Berlin and Bismarck was elected president. Belgium’s ministry resigned after Liberal gains.
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Quinze
Canada
Montreal
Kine Groner
Hanover
Paris
European Congress
Berlin
Prince Bismarck
Presi
Southampton
London and Southwestern Railway Company
London
Notable 19th Century Editor Dies at 83 in New York
William Danien Bryant longtime editor of the New York Evening Post dies aged 83 after a long career leading the paper for 44 years. The obituary notes his early poetry including Thanatopsis at 19 and mentions other political and judicial appointments and honors from Washington.
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Danien Bryant
New York Evening Post
Apviers
Fort Smith
Ark
Bonneville
United States Army
West Point Academy
Reuben E. Fenton
New York
William 8. Groesbeck
Ohio
Francis A. Walker
Connecticut
United States
William Hayden Long
E. Jefferda
Mississippi
Jesse Grant
E. 8. Hammond
Tennessee
Ozar H. Nickerson
Twenty-third Infantry
John 8. McClary
Norfolk
8. S. Lawson
Illinois
Mission Agency
California
Asa D. Baker
Red Lake Agency
Minnesota
Henry J. King
Leech Lake Agency
Wm. H. H. Wasson
Flandreau
Dakota
Ostord University
Political conventions nominate state officers across multiple states
The Ohio Republican Convention renominated officers by acclamation in Cincinnati. George Paul of Akron won the Board of Public Works on two ballots. A Hayes tribute resolution praised integrity and patriotism. Minnesota’s call for a Sept. 4 convention and Michigan's Detroit gathering with ex Senator Chandler as permanent president followed. North Carolina’s Democratic convention nominated W M H Smith for Chief Justice and S A Ashe and J H Dill ard as Associate Justices.
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Ohio Republican
Cincinnati
Steyns Rietans
Board of Public
George Paul
Akron
Hayes
Minnesota
St. Paul
Detroit
Chandler
James M. Neasmith
Otto Kirchner
H. H. Tarbell
State Board of Education
George F. Edwards
North Carolina
W. M. H. Smith
A. Ashe
J. H. Dillard
National events reflect postwar tensions and political shifts
At West Point anniversary exercises with high officials in attendance, Arlington graves decorated by the Confederate Memorial Association, and the Army Appropriation bill edging through Congress with limits on military demonstrations. Reports cover Oregon Indian hostilities, a large Socialist picnic, a major park fire in Somerville, and various legislative actions including currency and pensions debates.
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United States Military Academy
West Point
N. Y
Sherman
Sheridan
Confederate Memorial Association
Arlington
Wer
Northwest
McCrary
Oregon
Charles H. North & Co
Somerville
Mass
Pittetop
George Judge
Luzerne County
Judge
Sons of Temperance
Buffalo
Behwens
Portland
Ore
Crime and Crimination and Notable Executions in Various States
A report lists executions of Joan Panxent in Cincinnati for a March murder, and Noam Cuerry Harris Atkinson and Robert Thompson at Goldsborough in a Wormley family case. It notes a new counterfeit in Peoria, a bank fraud hallmark in Hanover, and a burglar killed by a Laketon clerk. Also cited are a double suicide in Cayuga County, a US Deputy Marshal Gus Harris killed in Edgefield, and a man’s wife and he killed in Locke.
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Joan Panxent
Cincinnati
George Franklin
Peoria
First National Bank
Hanover
Noam Cuerry
Harris Atkinson
Robert Thompson
Wormley
Goldsborough
N. C
Potter
Laketon
Ind
Thomas Wilxinson
Locke
Cayuga County
Gus Harris
United States
Edgefield Court House
8. C
Brooker Toney
Senate Debates Sundry Civil Appropriations and Resumption Measures
The Senate spent nearly the day on Sundry Civil Appropriations with votes on the Halifax Commission award, Eads contract modification, and a China immigration debate. It rejected a House tax and bond-related provision, extended sessions to next day, and adjourned to Wednesday.
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Secretary of the Treasury
National
Ea Eeedacn
New Orleans
Harrie
Roberton
Kiam
Louisiana
Alabama
Haralson
Shelley
McMorkaan
South
Carol Richardson
Halifax
Tursday
Senate
Halifax Commission
James B. Eads
House
China
Deans
Southern Mail
Iyceneia Sadie
Saute Swanne
Confederate States
Townehend
United States
Pam
Yeas
Shussertotremmantinareesend
The
Nate
Northern Pacific Railroad
Yous
Observations on Theatre Etiquette and Spitting Manners
A satirical guidance on male behavior in public venues urging the observe of others rights and comfort. It mocks rudeness including talking through performances and spitting, contrasting politeness with the imagined plain fact of a spitting gentleman making the venue unpleasant for all.
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Perregg
Sassulitch Case Narrows Focus From Exhibition to Russia Reform
Paris letter notes Vera Sassulitch dominates attention in France, shifting the spotlight from the Exhibition to Russia and Turkey. It reports the Sassulitch trial reveals state control and police power, with questions about her role and the missing accuser. It laments Russia’s open windows yet enduring autocracy under the old system.
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Vera Sassulitch
France
Napoleon IV
Russia
Turkey
Sassulitch
Ber
Gen
Trepoff
Paris
Potatoes Entry into Scotland and a William Michael Story
A quirky Scottish legend links the potato’s arrival to Sir Michael Scott and a devil wizard partnership on the Mertown Whitehouse farm. The tale, though anachronistic, explores a two year crop rotation where potatoes and wheat determine fortune and soil exhaustion, with Walter Raleigh sometimes cited in later retellings.
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Moscow
Rowland
Berwickshire
Scotland
North
Sir Michael Scott
Bei G
Mertown
Whitehouse
Sir Michael
Eunni
Michael
Walter Raleigh
Police Guarding Rail Line Mobilizes 140 Armed Officers
Tax Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company mobilizes 140 policemen to guard the track. Each officer will be armed and supervise one mile of track under their control.
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Ooloradoe Central Railroads
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Francis Cannon’s Fatal Turmoil Leaves Six Orphans
Francis Cannon’s alleged outrageous conduct toward a Pitte field girl led to marriage in A, followed by his suicide in May. He left six children from a former wife in precarious circumstances, with the mother facing responsibility.
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Francis Cannon
Pittefield
Pompeii Revealed A Glimpse Of A Lost Roman City
The article describes Pompeii as a resort for the wealthy and a busy seaport before Vesuvius disrupted it in AD 79. Excavations over a century reveal streets, forums, temples, houses, mosaics, and countless skeletal remains, with vivid notes on daily life and tragic deaths preserved in hardened ash.
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Espercely
Cicero
Vesuvius
Pompeii
Rch
Isis
Forum
Colosseum
Rome
Diomede
Bulwer
Herculaneum
Georgia farmer kills wife sister and three children then dies
Report from Americus details John W. Caldwell a 45 year old Georgia farmer who killed his wife, her sister Miss Mitchell, and five others including four children with weapons around his house before jumping to his death. Neighbors recall him as mild and sane, though some say he had been aberrated. Emma Caldwell, 5, survived and says he told her to run.
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Atlanta
Americus
John W. Caldwell
Emma
Caldwell
Jim
Miss Mitchell
Nancy Alice
Homer
Leila
Representative Davison
Little Emma
Germany
Berlin
Hoedel
London
Chicago Timnes
Nobling
England
Mdon
Presen
New York Tribune
Europe
Victoria
Cabal
Humbert
Alphonso
France
Paris
Emror Williar
Lost Gold Era Tales From Black Hills Mines Unearthed
Sioux City Journal reports in Deadwood and Deadwood Gulch a discovery of ancient tunnels stone huts and ledged barricades with skeletons and bullets. Finds dated to 1852 hint at brave expeditions underground while miners later uncovered remains and old weaponry in the wilderness.
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Deadwool
Sioux City
Iowa
President Hayes Chased by Stage Crash on Decoration Day Ride
During a late Decoration Day tour at Gettysburg a dozen carriages surrounded the President’s coach. A rickety stage galloped up yelling for the road and rammed the President’s carriage forcing it into a ditch. An escort tried to intervene as the driver claimed United States mail gives him right of way.
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Geteggron
Citizens’ Committee of Escort
United States
Hayes
Key
Omnia
C. A. Jacacat
Chicago
Chicago T Cop Ace Land
Iowa
KR. R. Land Co
Randolph Street
Cedar
Pida
J. B Calhoun
Loomis & Nymans
Texarkana Growth Spurs Three-State Junction Claim
Texarkana sits at the Texas Arkansas and Louisiana line and grew from a tree blaze made in 1819. Founded three years ago the town now has about 3000 residents and serves as a key railroad crossing.
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Texarkana
Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Dangerous Hydrophobia Case in 80 Year Old Woman
An 80 year old woman, Miss Baldwin, contracted hydrophobia after a mad dog bite. The dog infected several animals. after initial calm she developed water fear, suffered spasms, foaming at the mouth, and died after a week of treatment with opiates. The report notes the broader dog and animal contagion context and local reactions.
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Miss Baldwin
Jeff Davis Sees Fortune From Mississippi Court Ruling
Jeff Davis gains wealth after a long Mississippi Court of Appeals decision over Briersfield plantation in Warren County. The case traces back over fifty years to his brother Joseph gaining possession and selling to a manager a large estate with a surrounding island formed by a river cut. Davis, paid fair value but title remained unsettled, leading to a protracted dispute resolved in his favor.
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Jeff Davis
Mississippi Court of Appeals
Davis
Joseph
Briersfield Plantation
Warren County
Briersfield
Confederacy
Fortress Monroe
Misguided remarks mar Newspaper Press Fund dinner
A Saturday night Newspaper Press Fund dinner featured Lord Dunraven delivering a toast to foreign and American journalism. The remarks of Mr. H. M. Stanley drew cordial but faded reception as the speech wandered and became offensive.
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Newspaper Press Fund
Lord Dunraven
H. M. Stanley
Rage
Deciduous ornamental trees praised for small gardens
Mr Geo Ell at the Western New York Horticultural Society meeting listed meritorious deciduous ornamentals for small spaces. He named birch varieties, Judas tree, beech, river birch, mountain ash, oak, willow, and Kilmarnock among others, and added elms, weeping willows, horse chestnut, and double flowering varieties for larger plots.
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Geo. Ell
Westernew York Horticultural Society
Paul
Kilmarnock
Young
Norway
Wier
Don t Forerr Tr Heart Regulmation Advertisement
An advertisement extols a Heart Regulation remedy claiming cure for heart disease and severe symptoms. It describes rapid heart action, suffocation threats, and relief claimed after using the product sold by druggists at 50 cents and 1 dollar per bottle. It notes a Dr Johnson as a benefactor and urges families to have the remedy.
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de. Tobias
Tobias
Park Place
New York
Ant Oscar G. Mosen
Cortlandt St
Newspaper ad fragment with scattered text
Fragment of classified ad copy appears in a newspaper page with partial phrases including names and advertisements. The readable portion provides little context or a complete notice.
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