Anti German demonstrations spark Paris unrest in early 19th century news
Paris erupts as anti German processions form forcing police dispersal. Reports detail remarks by figures incl. Gladstone and the Thunderer. Elsewhere Czar commutes five death sentences, four nihilist networks uncovered, and European tension rises amid strikes and border hostility.
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Secetine
Thunderer
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Goblet
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Parnell
Count Tolstoi
John Dillon
O’brien
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Longhrea
Queen’s Epdrict
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Notable figures and deaths in transcontinental and social events
Gen W T Sherman chosen commander of the Loyal Legion Cincinnati meeting. Queen Kapiolani visited the president. Carey Trimble, J W Doane, and Isaac J Cox named on railroad examination commission. Deaths include J H Maddox in Virginia and W C De Pauw in Chicago. Mrs Susan Sullivan walks with five children from Pierce to Chattanooga. William O Brien arrives in New York. Bishop Ireland also noted.
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Cuio
Loyal Legion
Cincinnati
Queen Kapiolani
Sandwich Islands
Cleve
Exseman Carey
Trimble
J. W. Doane
Chicago
William G. Car- Here
Wichita
Kas
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Ellenville
Northern Pacific
J. H. Maddox
Louisiana
Alexandria
Washington Barracks
W. C. de Pauw
New Albany
Ind
Palmer House
Mr. de Pauw
Prince Frederick Leopold
William
Prince Carl of Prussia
Susan Sullivan
Pierce
Chattanooga
Tenn
J. Wright Wilson
Des Moines
Iowa
William Patrick
United States
St. Louis
E. F. W. Walker
Theological Semiary
Billy Welch
William O’brien
United Ireland
New York City
Bishop Ireland
Kentucky Platform at Louisville Nominates Buckner Governor
John G. Carlisle presided over the Kentucky Democratic Convention in Louisville with Watterson aiding. The platform endorses Cleveland’s integrity, backs civil service reform but criticizes certain acts, calls for a war tariff reduction, and denounces sumptuary laws. Gen Buckner is nominated for Governor.
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John G. Carlisle
Kentucky
Louisville
Watterson
Cleveland
Gen. Buckner
Civil Service Commission
Comtee Veld
Toledo
Charles J. Faulkner
United States
West Virginia
Faulkner
Martinsburg
W. Va
Charles Fore
France
Buchanan
Interstate Commerce
Isanelleville region strikes for wage advance
Thirteen thousand coke workers in the Isanelleville region struck for a wage increase. The movement followed concerns over supply and costs, with calls for a 1234 percent rise in pay and broader industrial tensions affecting loans and wages.
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Isanelleville
Interstate Commerce Rules Hit Canada Trade Squeezes U.S. Rail Lines
Washington dispatch reports the interstate commerce act harms Canada's export import flow. The Interstate Commerce Commission adjourned after two days in Memphis hearing merchants from Memphis Louisville Lexington Little Rock and Newport Ark over Section 4. Railroads seek suspension of Section 4 during navigation to increase traffic and rates. Deputy Ransom of Michigan urges suspending the rule in navigation season and enforcing it in winter for vessel and railroad balance.
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Canada
Interstate Commerce Commission
Memphis
Louisville
Lexington
Little Rock
Newport
Ark
Louisville and Nashville
Nashville, Chattanooga
St. Louis
Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern
Interstate Commission
Chicago
Mosely
Michigan
Ransom
Uneasy Canada faces possible bankruptcy if non-intercourse order looms
The article notes business fears of general bankruptcy in Canada should the US issue a non-intercourse proclamation. It also reports USGS actions to collect details on Arizona earthquakes, requests inquiries on timing, duration and intensity. It mentions the Washington Monument Committee considering closing the monument after June 1 due to vandalism. Other items include Fotheringham suing Adams Express for 100000, Egan and Fitzgerald denying incendiary ties, a race from New York to San Francisco by Charmer and Seminole, and Tangier consular permits being revoked over alleged outrages against natives.
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United States Geological Survey
Arizona
Washington Monument Committee
Fotheringham
Express Messenger
Adams Express Company
Patrick Egan
Fitzgerald
London
New York
Cape Horn
San Francisco
State Department
Washington
Tangiers
Railroads report 1886 profits and foreclosures
The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad earned 1886 surplus of 2414854.47. The Chatterai Railroad from Richardson to Ashland Ky was sold under foreclosure for 750000. The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe net earnings rose by 113968 over the prior year. Iowa Railroad Commissioners found discriminatory coal tariffs by Chicago Burlington and Quincy and urged revision. Transcontinental rail officials seek lower New York to Missouri River rates. Northwestern aims to run trains to the Pacific coast by 1889. Baltimore and Ohio and Fort Wayne Lines showed strong seaboard shipment gains last week.
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Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern Railroad
Chatterai
Richardson
Ashland
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Iowa Railroad
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Transcontinental Railroad
New York
Missouri River
Pacific Mail
Northwestern
Pacific Coast
Baltimore and Ohio
Fort Wayne
Seaboard
Multiple Blazes and Disasters Reported Across Cities
Fire destroys ten structures on Julia Street New Orleans with two fatalities. A freight wreck near Plainsboro New Jersey kills two and injuries three. locomotives and cars wrecked. Brainerd Minnesota loses the Villard Hotel to fire. guests escape. San Jose California part ablaze including Chinese district. Nanaimo Vancouver mine explosion outcomes 101 white and 75 Chinese workers present. 35 bodies recovered. Four young men killed by accidental gun discharge in Wilmington North Carolina. Elk River Minnesota mills and hotel burned. Upper Peninsula windstorm devastates land. three fatalities, widespread damage. Cliff Cave Missouri freight derailment with two deaths. Dorsey fertilizer works in Highlandtown Maryland burned. insurance up to 100000. Immersion crowd at New Orleans riverfront suffers eight drownings. Lexington Kentucky rifle accident kills 19 year old Miss Henrietta Hempsted, niece of Senator Blackburn. Broadway New York clothing valued at 99000 destroyed. Seventeen miners lost in British Columbia mine blast. Atlantic and Pacific passenger train falls into a creek near Daggett Station New York. one dying and ten missing. Holland Manitoba fire incident noted.
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New Orleans
Plainsboro
N. J
Villard
Brainerd
Minn
San Jose
Cal
Nanaimo
British Columbia
Vancouver
Cornwall
Yorkshire
Wales
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Vancouver Coal Company
Ndon
England
Wilmington
N. C
Elk River
Marquette
Mich
Upper Peninsula
Cliff Cave
Dorsey
Highlandtown
Blackburn Farm
Lexington
Henrietta Hempsted
United States
Blackburn
Broadway
New York
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
Daggett Station
Holland
Manitoba
Cana
Minot Destruction Hits Town Losses Reach 170000
Fire devastates multiple establishments in Minot D T including Shaw and Higkinson’s general store McEwen ney and Buchart’s store Sinclair’s Hotel and Richard O Gars town with total losses around 170000 dollars and no insurance reported.
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Shaw & Higinson
MceWhinney & Buchart
Sinclair's
Richard O. Gars
Minot
D. T
Notable executions and other capital cases across the West
A roundup of executions and indictments from various territories and states. Peter Smith hanged in New York for murder. Joliet prison sentence for Paél Bolton. El Paso barber shoots New Orleans Creole Edgar Bouligny. Burke and Ryan duel at Kingston with Burke killed. Compton, Alabama legislator, fled as a North Carolina convict. McCoys indicted for Dr. Northup murder in Ohio. Theodore Baker executed in Las Vegas for Durah murder. Henry Anderson hanged in Socorro for murder. John Rogers executed in Eureka for Judge Kimball murder. Lynching of Richard Goodwin and Grace Blanton in Floyd. A colored youth executed at Williamstown for criminal assault. Counterfeiters reportedly targeting races with false coin circulation.
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Peter Smith
Tombs
New York
Juust
Paél Bolton
Chicago
Joliet
Edgar Bouligny
New Orleans
el Paso
Texas
David Burke
Ryan
Kingston
N. M
Burke
Joseph Compton
St Clair County
Alabama
North Carolina
Compton
Portsmouth
Ohio
McCoys
Alfred
James
Pierson
Thomas
W. T. Northup
Haverhill
Theodore Baker
Las Vegas
Frank Durah
Baker
Socorro
Henry Anderson
Alfonso Williama
John Rogers
Eureka
Cal
John H. Kimball
Richard Goodwin
Grace Blanton
Floyd
Williamstown
N. C
Lynch
London ministers oppose coercion and Parnell rumor swirls
A London paper claims Millbank Prison cells may house Parnellite MPs while Congregationalists oppose coercion. Reports note a forthcoming English speaking Catholic congress on religious progress labor and temperance.
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A caustic quip from the Fall River Advance calls out a shameless husband who feigns sleep while his wife searches his pockets for coins after she starts the fire and prepares breakfast.
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Fall River Advance
Earthquake Disaster Hits Sonora Bahispe and Opute
Reports from Guaymas Hermosillo and Nogales describe a powerful quake in Montezuma Sonora destroying Bahispe and Opute with about 150 dead. Other towns Granadas Gusabar and surrounding areas suffered severe destruction and fires, with new volcanic activity noted nearby.
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Guaymas
Mexico
Bahispe
Montezuma
Sonora
Granadas
Gusabar
Supposed Corpse Regains Life After Railroad Burial
A Mount Auburn man Philip Gyer collapsed at Booneville during a Lutheran Synod session and was pronounced dead by a physician. His coffin was shipped to Evansville then to Cincinnati where officials considered opening the casket after reports of movement and torn shroud, implying life after burial.
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Ind
Lutheran Evangelical Synod
Booneville
Philip Gyer
Mount Auburn
Evansville
John Kuster
Clark Boren
Terre Haute
Ohio
Mississippi
Harvey
Mr. Kuster
Mechiin
Here
Washington
Cincinnati
Gyer
Governor Beaver Opens City Grays Exposition Amid War Talk
Harrisburg telegram reports Governor Beaver opening the City Grays exposition at the armory before thousands. He recalls a time when Pennsylvania could quickly mobilize more than nine thousand National Guard troops for a Lake Erie dispute with England. Washington asked for concentration time and was told twenty four hours would suffice.
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Uncle Sam
Canada
Harrisburg
Beaver
Grays
National Guards
Washington
Pennsylvania
Lake Erie
England
Increased Cotton and Corn Acreage in Memphis District
The Memphis district cotton crop report notes favorable weather overall with dry spells in Arkansas delaying planting. Generous rains since May 1 have aided progress, with four-fifths of cotton planted by May 1 and finish expected by May 10. Acreage shows gains of 4 percent in Tennessee and Arkansas, 2 percent in Alabama, while Mississippi is unchanged.
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Memphis
Tenn
West
Tennessee
Mississippi
Arkansas
Alabama
The Amen Corner Then and Now
In Union Town Local an old class leader recalls the amen corner once filling meeting houses and countryside. He notes today church formalism avoids such hearty approval as organized choirs replace spontaneous gospel exclamation.
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Advertising stunt draws crowds through boot track trail
A Carthage Illinois merchant introduced a novel advertising scheme featuring large boot tracks painted from each side of the public square to the shop. The strategy drew wide curiosity as people followed the tracks to the store.
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Carthage
Ill
Man complains of toothache during long night
A witty exchange unfolds as a man laments a toothache while another remark mocks his endurance, joking about walking the ceiling instead of the floor. The banter captures a humorous moment of domestic dialogue.
Moody Ends Chicago Mission After Four Months of Labor
Chicago closes its four month evangelistic mission led by Dwight L Moody. He preached at First Congregational Church and expanded to afternoon and evening services. reinforcements Bliss and Murphy joined, forming Chicago Evangelization Society and temperance pledge drives, producing over 17 000 pledge takers.
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Dwight L. Moody
First Congregational
Evangelist Bliss
Boston
Chicago Evangelization Society
Moody
Francis Murphy
Temperance
Murphy
Farwell Hall
Gospel Temperance Army
Moody Pioneer Evangelist Born in Northfield Mass
Dwight Lyman Moody born February 3 1837 near Northfield Massachusetts rose from Boston shoe trade to Chicago evangelism. He founded missions and churches, led the Young Men’s Christian Association, aided Civil War volunteers, and after the 1871 Great Fire rebuilt structures and expanded ministry with Sankey touring England.
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D. L. Moody
Northfield
Mass
Moody
Boston
Chicago
Young Men's Christian Association of Chicago
North Market Mission Sunday School
United States Christian Commission
Cam
Battle Fields
South
Emma C. Revell
Christian Commission
Farwell Hall
Debate on health and education in women colleges
Dr Loy M Halli argues against physiologic expenditure theories of strain from college work. He notes that proper balanced training strengthens both mind and body, improves health, and that women in colleges show better health and fewer illnesses than peers. He cites statistics from Popular Science Monthly.
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Jane
John
Dr. Loy M. Halli
Popular Science Monthly
Bangor Flood Wrecks Mills and Delays Trains
The Penobscot flood continues with breached bridge piers and ruined dams. Water works pumps fail, water and rail service disrupted, and thousands of dollars in property washed away along river towns including Stillwater and Sangerville as crops face delays.
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Penobscot
Costigan
Kinman
Mattawa
Stillwater
Pangor & Kathadin Iron Works
Piscataquis
Sangerville
Warner's Safe Cook Book promotion offered with stamps
A publisher advertises Warner's Safe Cook Book as a popular, illustrated guide by a singer with reliable recipes. It offers the paper bound version for one dollar and a mail order deal requiring ten two cent stamps and fifteen tops from Warner's yeast packages sent to Rochester New York.
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United Staton
Rochester
N. Y
Harper's Bazar
Warner's
Mysteries of Paris Revival Prompts Curio and Critique
A boulevard theater revival of Eugene Sue’s Mysteries of Paris recalls its sensational original feuilleton run and public demand. The piece notes readers’ fevered interest, provincial demands, and official censure, contrasted with steady newspaper profits and a shift to modern authors. The column cites Paris Cor. and London Telegraph commentary, plus an unrelated ad for St Jacobs Oil by Gen. Samven J. Grven.
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Eugene Sue
Paris
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Zola
Guy de Maupassant
Alphonse Daudet
Paul Bourget
Petit Journal
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London Telegraph
Sarcastic Remark Highlights Miss Arim intha’s Writing
Roscor Conkline reacts to a harsh critique in Harpers Weekly by George William Curtis. He asks if Miss Arim intha authored it and praises her writing as very good, appreciating her talent.
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Harper’s Weekly
George William Curtis
Conkling
Arimintha
Night safety proposal prompts city response
A cor respondent asks if measures can shield young women from street insults at night. The reply suggests old ladies should shepherd them home at sundown and lock the doors to prevent danger.
Governor's multilingual message printed in ten languages
Minnesota officials published the governor's message in ten languages including English German Norwegian Swedish French Bohemian Finn Polish Italian and Chinese to reach diverse communities. The multilingual effort highlights inclusive communication across state government and public services.
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Minnesota
Denver Highest State Capital by Elevation
Denver stands 5,175 feet above sea level, the highest state capital. Annapolis Maryland sits at four feet, the lowest. Brown asserts the best way to retain a young lady’s affection is not to return it.
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Annapolis
Brown
Sheep respond to named shepherds says ancient traveler
John Hartley recounts in Greece and the Levant that shepherds name their sheep and the animals obey when called. He cites a shepherd who called a sheep, which left its flock to seek the hand of the shepherd, unlike strangers who the sheep avoid.
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John Hartley
Greece
Levant
Cheece
Cure of rheumatism with St Jacobs Oil claim
A Plain Dealer reader from Fort Madison Iowa Mr J H Duffus writes that two years ago rheumatism in his knee was cured by St Jacobs Oil with two applications and no return. The piece also notes a folk etymology claiming Canada derives from the Haro word Kan a ta meaning a collection of cabins.
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J. H. Duffus
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Prevent Rheumatism with Hostetter Stomach Bitters
By persons who, attacked by a mild form of rheumatism, neglect to seek prompt relief. Subsequent torture is prevented by an immediate resort to Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Slight exposure, an occasional draught, will beget this painful malady, where there is a predisposition to it in the blood. It is not difficult to arrest the trouble at the outset, but well nigh impossible to eradicate it when matured. It not only expels the rheumatic virus but overcomes fever and age, biliousness, constipation, and dyspepsia.
Revenge Is Sweet Beans Joke from Pittsburgh Penny Press
A Pittsburgh drummer recalls a Boston restaurant billing dispute over beans priced at 20 cents but charged 40 cents. The man paid, noted the address, and later telegraphed the restaurant in New York asking, collect, if 49 cents for beans is too much.
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Pittsburgh Penny Press
Cross Purposes or Saved at the Altar in Chicago Ledger
A dramatic tale unfolds as a young woman poised to declare love at the altar faces a life destroying threat. Fate intervenes to save her, in Cross Purposes or Saved at the Altar by George W. Ogilvie, soon in the Chicago Ledger. Subscribe for installments. sample copies available by mail.
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Jeypore City Life and Bullock Customs Described
A correspondent reports Jeypore as a Hindoo city with a Rajah and majority Hindu residents. Foreigners are barred within city walls after nightfall without a permit. White bulls populate streets and sidewalks, treated with care, while trotting bullocks with green horns draw carts along the road.
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Jeypore
Eminent Boston Doctor Endorses Moxie Nerve Food as Future Staple
A leading Boston physician lauds Moxie Nerve Food as a durable stimulant substitute that calms nervous patients. Dealers and grocers report wide distribution after fourteen months on the market, with the company claiming sales of 7,200,000 bottles annually.
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Woman wearing pants foretold by Dr Mary Walker
The text notes that Dr Mary Walker predicted women would wear pants and jokes about a married man saying the pants business. It recounts Rhode Island ratifying the Constitution in 1790 after a federal bill ended certain commerce with opponents, completing the thirteen states.
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