Railway disaster and global notes from the era
Reports from Pontypridd England record twelve killed and forty injured in a railway collision. Damietta on the Nile erupts, 10,000 men rebuild a new canal. Glasgow Bank executives face fraud charges. German conscription rises by 20,000. Ameer's message to the Viceroy, and India Front notes. British fleet halts near Gallipoli as Russians move. A Russian steamer reveals vast arms cargo. New Orleans epidemics, 3660 deaths in total. Canadian cabinet appointments list, and New Orleans charity signals no more funds. A Russian iron steamer, launched in Philadelphia, aims to be a fast-war cruiser.
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Nile
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Ameer
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J. J. Pope
John O'Connor
James McDonald
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Tere
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Seay
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Mattie J. Lawson
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Shansi
Christorfermann
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Dom Pedro
Brazil
Stockton
War Department
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Goto
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Victoria
Leadville
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Notable Deaths and Appointments in 19th Century Figures
Personal obituary notes include Lrevr H H Benner of the United States Army who died of yellow fever after surrendering his stateroom to a fever patient. Other entries report Rear Admiral Pavitra, senior Navy flag officer, dying and Dr. Roswell Waxpo of Cairo Marine Hospital succumbing to yellow fever. Church and government postings include Bishop Rosecrans death and the appointment of J Winthrop Taylor as Surgeon General.
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United States Army
St. Louis
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Canada
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Apimat Paviprva
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Columbia
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SuReon Geter
Navy
J. Winthrop Taylor
Prohibition Convention nominates Kendall for Governor in New Hampshire
The New Hampshire State Prohibition Convention nominated Alan Kendall for Governor and Davie Heald J M Fletcher and Ira B Swett for Railroad Commissioners. Ohio results show Barnes 274120 Paige 270966 Ray 33332 Robinson 5674 with Barnes leading by 3134. Tilden denies cipher telegram claims per Tribune report.
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Lstely
Alan Kendall
Davie Heald
J. M. Fletcher
Ira
Swett
Ohio
Barnes
Paige
Ray
National
Robinson
Prohibition
Samuel J. Tilden
New
Atieer
New York City
Edward Cooper
Peter Coover
Benjamin K. Phelps
Rufus Cowing
Yellow fever plagues southern districts as frost nears
A condensed dispatch reports October 17 conditions across Louisiana Mississippi and neighboring states with rising cases and deaths in Memphis New Orleans Vicksburg and country districts. It notes ongoing fighting at Waterproof and troop movements while uncertainties mount about an eventual subsidence of the disease.
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Jefferson Davis, Jr
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Holly Springs
Misc
Chattanooga
Teomn
Paducah
Cairo
Til
Grenada County
Misa
Louieiama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Arkansas
Waterproof
Nicholls
Arme
Lynchburg
Sanford
Pla
Nga N.el
Wheat Yields Rise and Bank Closure Shocks Warrensburg
October farm reports show wheat output up to 400 million bushels and corn at 1.3 billion, with oats exceeding prior records. The First National Bank of Warrensburg Mo closed its doors, while Western Union raises message rates from Produce Exchange to Chicago.
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Warrensburg
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Western Union Telegraph Company
Produce Exchange
New York
Chicago
Tas New Free Press
Vienna
Dopp, Brown & Co
St. Louis
New York City
Multiple Criminal Feats Reported Across Regions
After the California State Convention in San Francisco, delegate Edward Barry attacked a drunken man with a knife, injuring him as the sergeant led him out. Barry, once in an insane asylum for drink, faces vacancy of his seat. In Bradford County Pennsylvania counterfeiters were arrested, trafficking ten dollar notes from Lafayette Indiana and five dollar notes from Hanover Pennsylvania, plus counterfeit coin. A train-robbery gang near Ellsworth Kansas was busted, its leader captured. Joax C. Kian of the Washington House of Representatives was arrested for robbing the mails and embezzlement. A 2.5 million franc bank theft near Ancona Genoa involved three bank workers. A Fort Worth Weatherford stage was halted by two masked men, pouches cut open, valuables taken from one male and two female passengers. total haul undisclosed.
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San Francisco
Edward Barry
First National
Lafayette
Ind
Hanover
Ellsworth
Kaw
Joax C. Kian
House of Representatives
Washington
Ancona
Genoa
Italy
Fort Worth
Weatherford
Texas
Fox Milk Thief Terrorizes Village Cow Pasture
For several days Freemyre suspected his cow was being milked by an unseen thief in the pasture below the village. A watch was set and they discovered a fox as the depredator. The creature approached the cow, sat near and drank milk as a calf.
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A. J. Freemyre
Missouri River is longest river to Gulf of Mexico, per New England Journal claim
A journal writer argues the Missouri River, from its sources in lakes to the Gulf, is longer and drainage greater than the Mississippi. He cites lengths, discharges, and basin areas, asserting the Missouri should be considered the main river to the Gulf and not the Mississippi.
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New England Journal of Education
Missouri River
Roeking
Marison
Red Rock
Gallatin Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
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Missouri
Madison Lake
Jefferson Fork
Red Rock Lake
Fort Benton
Mon
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Amazon
Monticello Ridge Ride Reveals University Dome and Blue Ridge
A train climbs Carter's mountain giving views of rolling countryside, stone walls, ferns and wildflowers. The scene includes a gleaming university dome and distant Blue Ridge outlines as the locomotive winds along a serpentine rail toward Monticello. At the summit, the family grave appears near the little mountain.
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University
Blue Ridge Mountains
Monticello
Jefia LG
Natural History Q and A for Small People About Whales
A humorous dialogue from the Detroit Free Press explores whale trivia as if answering a child’s questions. It covers size, age, speed, diet, habitat, and behavior with satirical notes on exaggeration and speculation by newspapers and captains.
Revenue raid against moonshiners ends in stand off
Special Deputy Collector J. M. Phillips led fifty men to strike illicit distilleries in Overton Putnam Fentress and Jackson counties. Firefight erupted at Bowman distillery as Mauphin’s force moved to rear. four moonshiners killed, one thigh broken, and several wounded. Raiders retreated with no injuries among them despite estimates of 100 armed moonshiners nearby. Chicago Times Nashville cor.
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Overton
Putnam
Fentress
Jackson
Phillips
Jonathan Allred
James Pitman
Allred
C. N. Bowman
Crawford Mill
Roaring River
Christendom
Hillips
Mauphin
Flat Creek
Nashville
Tenn
Chicago Times
Drought Reports Across Nova Scotia Amid Lamp Safety Warnings
The notice cautions on kerosene lamp dangers as heated oil can create invisible vapors and cause explosions in confined spaces. It notes high oil temperatures, safe testing methods, and a deathrate context in the United States, alongside regions in Nova Scotia reporting unprecedented drought.
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United States
Lampe
Alam
The Demoralizing Power of Corporations and Society
A critical essay argues that trusts and corporations erode public morality by treating workers as mere machines seeking dividends. It warns of uprisings and calls for management that respects workers souls, wages, housing, and welfare. It notes broader social decay from stock gambling to defalcations and political corruption.
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J. G. Holland
Tal
Pena
Well-Toned Systems and Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
The passage extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a supreme invigoration aiding digestion and sleep, improving vigor and appetite for the wasted frame, and delivering cheering effects on invalids. It claims prevention of nervous breakdown and cures for rheumatic, urinary, uterine malarial diseases and other disorders through increased bodily vitality.
Dr Mort's Veorranie Liver Remedy Ad
An old advertisement extols Dr Mort's Veorranie Liver for liver ailments and biliousness. It claims rapid digestion aid and universal effectiveness, urging purchase at druggists.
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Wen
Mort
Iar
Brown's Bronchial Traches touted for throat relief
Scppled weather changes are blamed for throat diseases and chest congestion. Advertisers claim Brown's Bronchial Traches provide effective relief for coughs colds and throat irritation.
Unclear religious view debated in doorway of salvation
A fragmentary dialect passage discusses how identity and creed affect entry to the afterlife. It contrasts casual attitude with pragmatic checks like money and rent, hinting at moral judgment from a gatekeeper figure.
Well That’s Funny Pie Pocket Reveals Hidden Family Rift
An American man exhibits a copy of his pie pocket drawing and dismisses his wife’s illness as he hoards masculine luxuries. The wife, sickly and overworked, endures poverty while the husband clings to money for cigars and Dr Pierce’s medicine rather than sharing resources. Her decline is framed as a consequence of his selfishness and failure to provide.
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Dr. Pierce
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