Murder on the Lakes Incident Ends in Discharge
A man suspected of murder on the steamer Southerner is discharged after Commissioner Watson, before a crowd, finds circumstantial evidence clear but grants release on a condition. The defendant must return to Cape Cod to inform his wife of the ruse and sign the discharge on the warrant. The case centers on a disguise and a drab sachel containing tools and gold.
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Missioner Watson
Cass
United States District Attorney
United States
High Seas
Cape Cod
Squire
Sam
Californy
Michigan
Pontiac
Col. Whistler
United States Infantry
Detroit
Free Press
Southerner
United States District Attorney’s Office
United States Marshal
Jefferson Avenue
Samuel L. Watson
Lakes
Bittl
Watson
California
Prn
Commissioner Watson
Detiek Baecause
Saat Bates
Laurie
Detroit Free Press
George C. Bates
Businessman Wishes Sundays Multiplied to Attend Church
A vain businessman longs for two Sundays per week to attend church without guilt. He admits stuffing many bogus ten cent notes in six days so his conscience stops him from placing them all in the “pein rr box” on a single Sunday.
The Ohio Campaign on labor and capital policy
The Cleveland Convention reaffirms the 1876 platform and adds planks for remonetizing silver and creating a National Bureau of Industry. It argues to curb industrial tension with a graduated compensation system funded by net earnings, seeks peaceful reform, and endorses currency resumption while supporting federal action to protect labor rights and capital.
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Bureau of Industry
Gov. Alien
Hocking Valley
Arma
Sury
Iam Qn
United States
Republican Party
Ohio
Gyeee Party
Cincinnati
Queer Ceremonies at a Maryland Camp Meeting
The Linwood Camp-Ground Maryland hosts a campground service of the Church of God Winerynnarians with large attendance and reported conversions. Elder Jones of Mechanicsburg Pa preached on feet washing and the Lord's Supper while S W Naill led the ordnance observance and called for volunteers.
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Baltimore
Church of God
Jones
Mechanicsburg
Christ
S. W. Naill
The New York Senatorship Contests in Albany
A World correspondent reports Albany focus on the State Senate race this fall. Republicans divert all effort to the upper chamber as Curtis and Fenton seek Conkling’s seat, with January 1879 election looming and implications for the United States Senate. Democrats forecast a Democratic Senate next year.
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New York World
Albany
Senate
George William Curtis
Fenton
Conkling
Ary
United
Scator Conkling
Friends of — Sone Ie
Cine
Assembly
Democrata
Texas horse thief protests as hanging proceeds
A Texas horse thief objects to the hanging site saying shade is available nearby and urging the execution to continue. He remarks about the sunlit scaffold as the draw to death proceeds.
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Job Printing Department Promises Neat Dispatch Work
The Job Printing department advertises the fastest styles of type and material and guarantees neat dispatch of all orders. Legal blanks are kept in stock, and the shop vows to do good work and deliver on estate needs.
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Tate
Ned Grayson and Jenny in a strained romance scene
A fragmentary letter reveals Ned Grayson visiting on Sunday, plans for singing next week, and romantic tension with Jenny. The author notes Ned's calm presence, a failed engagement ring moment, and muses on fate narrowing choices amid a melodramatic, muddled exchange.
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Jenny
Ned Grayson
M’renzie
Remarkable case ends in doubt over murder intent
Evansville Indiana report recalls a 19th century killing where Creason claimed fear of ghosts led to a fatal shot. He fired at a Latine object in woods, then fled, only to discover the figure was a Black man wrapped in a white quilt. Trial found no clear intent to murder.
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Rock Ind
Correarrested
Spondents
Creason
Poe
Evansville
Journal
Scandal Talkza Across Street Draws Town Reaction
A wandering Reveille reporter overhears a housewife condemning scandalous gossip. She names Mrs Jingletongue and comments on daughters and a husband said to be imprudent, reflecting a sharp local judgment on public propriety.
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