Loss of the Propeller California Off St Helena Island
The propeller California carrying corn and pork sank near St Helena Island Michigan after a gale on Monday night. Of 27 aboard thirteen died as the crew abandoned ship after the first mate and deck hands allegedly took the lifeboat. The captain and remaining crew rescued some passengers and aided those in the water before landing.
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California
St. Helena Island
Mackinaw City
Mich
St Ignace
Montreal
Island
St. Peices Ben
Severs
Oakneer
Davitt and Egan Seek Capital to Revive Irish Linen
Chicago dispatch reports Michael Davitt and Patrick Egan arriving in the city to promote capital for Ireland's linen industry revival. Davitt says the visit is not tied to Land League affairs and notes potential hardship in Ireland but confidence in recovery.
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Michael Davitt
Patrick Egan
Irish National Land League
America
Chicago
Davitt
Dublin
Egan
Lincoln
Neb
Ireland
Mr. Davitt
President in Columbus and St Louis visit highlights
The President arrived in Columbus Ohio at 4 20 am on Saturday and spoke at the State House amid crowded streets. In St Louis he was cheered at the Merchants Exchange with Mayor Francis. Governor Gray welcomed him in Columbus and he lauded Indiana and Hendricks memory. John B Finch died in Boston after temperance address. a gas explosion in Ashland Pa killed six and left others ill. Canadian bush fires and Lake Michigan gale caused vessel losses and deaths. A flour mill boiler explosion in St Louis killed four and a woman, injuring others.
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Columbus
Ohio
State House
Gray
Indiana
Hendricks
Terre Haute
Ind
Wabash
St Louis
Mra Cleveland
Francis
St. Louis
Grover Cleveland
John B. Finch
Nebraska
Boston
Finch
Lynn
Bost
Ashland
Frederick Outrich
John Cochran
John McDonald
John Guiflam
Park Tully
Canada
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Green Bay
George P. Plant Milling Company
More Victims of the Dread Disease in New York
New York telegram reports four additional deaths from cholera on Swinburne Island, bringing total fatalities to fourteen since the Alesia arrived eleven days ago. Ten others remain sick as the Chauder-Nagar from Naples is held for fumigation with no sickness found aboard.
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New York
Swinburne Island
Alesia
Chauder-Nagar
Naples
League pennant chase tight as five teams vie for lead
The league race remains open with five teams battling for the top spot. Win loss records show Cinbs and St Louis Browns commanding early leads while others close in, promising a tight finish.
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Ager
St Louis Browns
Bt. Lewis
Che Toate
Moran Brothers Die By Gas At Adams House Chicago
Thomas and Edward Moran of Ardoch Dakota were found dead in bed at the Adams House Chicago after blowing out the gas. They were en route to Emporia Ontario. The National Farmers Alliance holds its Minneapolis convention with 60 000 Illinois New York Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Dakota Kansas Nebraska members. Protestant leaders call for a nationwide evangelical conference in Washington on December 7 8 and 9 to discuss church welfare questions.
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Chicago
Thomas
Edward Moran
Ardoch
Dakota
Emporia
Ontario
National Farmers’ Alliance
Minneapolis
Illinois
Yews
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Kansas
Nebraska
United States
Washington
Frontier shooting dispute deepens German French tension
Berlin dispatch reports Kaufmann the soldier fired at twelve men near Raon Sur Plaine after warnings failed. Linhof witnessed the event and German French inquiries seek punishment for Kaufmann with joint examination at the scene. Vatican notes cholera precautions. Moscow convicts a woman known as The Golden Hand to life transportation for a string of marriages and adventures.
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Colmar
Raon-Sur-Plaine
Kaufmann
Linhof
Vatican
Pontifical Guard
M Flourens
Count von Munster
Filourens
Count von
Moscow
Political Points At Saratoga And Prohibition Races Across States
In Saratoga New York the Democratic convention splits New York City between Tammany Hall and the County Democracy with Irving Hall left out. A 28 point platform calls tariff revision and a $100 million annual tax cut. Governors and attorneys general are noted, with national civil service praised and sumptuary laws condemned. Separate state notices report Massachusetts and Georgia actions on elections and anti prohibition sentiments across Tennessee and Florida, with Tennessee's likely defeat and Florida’s ongoing dry trend indicators.
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Saratoga
New York City
Tammany Hall
County
Irving Hall
Hill
Cleveland
Frederic Cook
Charles E. Tabor
Edward Wemple
L. J. Fitzgerald
Massachusetts
Oliver Ames
J. A. Brackett
Alanson W. Beard
Charles R. Ladd
A J. Waterman
Senate
Glenn
Georgia House
Atlanta University
Memphis
Tenn
Shelby County
Florida
Tennessee
Financial distress and mint coinage delays in 1900 era notes
Financial notices report Chipman & Holt of Philadelphia failing with assets $288000 and liabilities $217000 due to Pennock Co and Powell Co. Davenport of Boston assigns $100000 as failure of E Wheeler Co. Mint reports low coinage totals with cents 991147 and nickels 552879.50 and dimes 1095279.50. Pittsburgh glasemakers reach 5 percent wage rise after 10 percent demand, affecting about seven thousand idle workers.
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Chipman & Holt
Philadelphia
Charles E. Pennock & Co
Robert Hare Powell & Co
Thomas Flourney, Jr
Richmond
Bessette, Lefort & Co
Montreal
Flourney
F. ©. Davenport
Boston
Mass
E. & Wheeler & Co
Mew Maven
Davenport
Pittsburgh
Panic in Harriet Theater Sparks Stampede in Cincinnati
During a crowded performance of Uncle Tom's Cabin in Cincinnati, panic broke out when a loud steam roller whistle blared nearby and a spectator cried Fire. The crowd rushed toward exits, causing danger as two people remained inside the building.
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Harriet Theater
Cincinnati
Eva
Swindle involving Albany duo and fake treasury notes
A London Kentucky special describes an Albany New York con by Basil Covnett and J A Baker who received a $700 circular promising $10,000 in counterfeit bills. Baker went to Albany, saw a trunk of money, paid $300 cash with $400 due on delivery, and found only bricks. Separately Judge Sawyer voided Kissane’s bank suit due to statute of limitations while noting Kissane remained liable. Attica Michigan burglars used dynamite on a merchant safe. Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirms lower court in a $100,000 bank loss case involving Silas M Bailey.
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Albany
Basil Covnett
J. A. Baker
Baker
United States Treasury
Greenies
Express Company
Sawyer
United States Circuit Court
San Francisco
William Kissane
William K. Rogers
Kissane
East
Rogers
Nicaragua
California
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Silas M. Bailey
State Supreme Court
Notable 19th Century Miscellany Highlights
The itemized notes report Isaac Mullen’s suicide in Jackson County Indiana after his son faced trial for a church disturbance. It also cites the Free Methodist minister Henry Clemens’s suicide near Millersburg Ohio. Other brief items mention Zelinski dynamite gun progress, Illinois Supreme Court rulings on railroad right of way, the Sovereign Grand Lodge gathering in Los Angeles, the yacht Volunteer’s win over Thistle, and Governor Gordon’s convict labor lease investigations.
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Isaac Mullen
Jackson County
Indiana
Henry Clemens
Millersburg
Ohio
Zelinski
Illinois Supreme Court
Sovereign
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Los Angeles
Cal
Volunteer
Thistle
Atlantic
Great Britain
Cowes
Gordon
Knights of Labor
Danville
Knights
Chicago
Omnibus Pension Bill and Grand Army Encampment Notes
Reports on a new omnibus pension bill and the Grand Army of the Republic encampment details. Gen. John Patterson Rea profile tracing his Civil War service and later roles in law and politics. The encampment featured Fairchild as Commander-in-Chief with ceremonies, speeches, and officer elections amid rain and parades.
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John Patterson Rea
Chester County
Pennsylvania
Piqua
Ohio
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Ohio Cavalry
Stay of Execution Keeps Jacob Sharp in Ludlow Jail
Jacob Sharp remains in Ludlow Street Jail as lawyers file a stay of execution with Judge Ruger. Warden Keating informs the prisoner, while District Attorney Martine and Sheriff Grant anticipate only a brief delay before a possible final decision.
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Ludlow Street
New York
Jacob Sharp
Sing Sing
Snarp
Ruger
Martine
Court of Apals
Typothete opposes Nine‑Hour Day Demand in St Louis
At a Typothete meeting printers society in St Louis resolved to oppose the Typical Union insistence on nine hours for ten, appointing fourteen delegates from leading small houses to attend the Chicago convention October 12 to discuss issues affecting employment of printers.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Stove-less cars promise safer PRR travel
The Pennsylvania Railroad plans to remove stoves from one car in a few months, promising a safer, nonflammable alternative that prevents turning a collision into a volcanic oven.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Frank Hatton Eyes New York Prospecting for Paper Property
The report suggests Frank Hatton plans to move to New York to scout newspaper property opportunities. No firm arrangement announced and details remain unclear.
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Frank Hatton
New York
Kidnapping Tale Involving Juan Garcia Barrera Unfolds
A Texas ranchman named Juan Garcia Barrera was seized and carried into Mexico by assailants. He was held until his son paid a ransom of 1800 dollars. The incident highlights cross border crime and the family's response.
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Nicn
Texas
Juan Garcia Barrera
Mexico
Automata Through the Ages From Greece to Vaucanson
The piece traces ancient and medieval automata from Homeric Vulcan and Archytas to Regiomontanus and Albertus Magnus, then follows Jaques Vaucanson’s rise as king of automata with clockwork figures, a flute player, a flageolet, and a mechanical duck, noting secrecy and royal patronage.
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Dedalus
Archytas
Tarentum
B. C
Regiomantanius
Maximilian
Nuremberg
Albertus Magnus
Thomas Aquinas
Albertus
Roger Bacon
Prof
Faber
Vienna
London
Euphonia
Villars de Hanccort
Marquis of Worcester
Philip Campe
Louis XIV
Gen. de Gennes
St. Christopher
Automata
Jaques Vaucanson
Grenoble
Lyons
Au‘omata
D’alembert
Paris
Vaucanson
de Gennes
Oldest American Printer Willam McDragmrp Born in 1792
William McDragmrp, likely the oldest American printer, was born in Edinburgh in 1792. Apprenticed at 14 with a printing firm, he helped set up Walter Scott's novels. He emigrated to the United States in 1836, worked in New York and Cincinnati, moved to California in 1878, and lives in Healdsburg in reasonably good health.
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Willamm McDragmrp
United States
Edinburgh
Walter Scott
New York
Cincinnati
California
Healdsburg
New Beach Superintendent Enforces Attire Rules at Ashbury Park
A young woman wearing a decollete bathing suit was halted by Ashbury Park's new beach guardian who explained the line prohibited such outfits. She complied by choosing a regulation suit, then moved to Ocean Grove where she displayed her figure.
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Ashbury Park
New Guardian
Ocean Grove
Royal court openings spark bitter debate on phrasing
A judge objects to the phrase conscious as we are of our shortcomings at the opening of royal courts. A lord justice jests that we might say conscious as we are of each other’s shortcomings. The piece notes White England’s stance against bimetallism and silver coinage in India. It cites silver coinage figures for India United States and Mexico.
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England
India
United States
Mexico
Ambitious remarks mix morals and mischief in a fragment
A garbled column notes fortunes to be cleaned by heirs and a curse on indulgence for beauty, praising the honest wife who returns a borrowed pencil. It mentions Coxerzssmax W. L. Scott of New York allegedly buying coal mines in Illinois and lows, in uncertain terms.
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Coxerzssmax
W. L. Scott
New York
Illinois
Relayed Tales Sparked by a Raft Tarnished by Tragedy
A Nashville Banner excerpt recalls Jimmy Crawson who near a creek raft watched a comrade fall, then shared a joke from twenty years earlier. The mood shifts to a grim memory as the doomed man sinks and the laugh fades.
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Jimmy Crawson
Jimmy
Nashville Banner
Timekeeping and health rely on the liver’s balance
The piece likens timekeepers to the body and argues a liver in disarray causes many illnesses. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as restoring liver function to prevent and cure ailments from consumption to heart disease.
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Pierce
Scott's Emulsion Promises Relief for Scarred Conditions
Sufferers from consumption scrofula bronchitis and general debility are urged to try Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil for relief and lasting benefit. Medical professionals praise its value and palatability with testimonials from doctors noting gratifying results in children.
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Scott
W. A. Hulpert
M.D
Salis
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