Coal interests push for Toledo bound railway route
Mining owners in Perry and Athens counties press for a through line to the Lakes under single management to avoid extortionate rates. They argue shippers prefer routing coal via Toledo and seek connections that bypass Newark and alternate routes to Monroeville, urging cooperation from dominant carriers.
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Athens
Perry
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Lakes
Rushcreck Valley
New Lexington
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Horrific execution head experiments discussed in Arras reports
Memorial de la Loire cites executioners of Arras and Amilets describing decapitation trials on criminals. Accounts include a woman in Amiens who bit a basket, a young butcher, an Italian head movement and sawdust filling, and a laborer whose head reportedly bit a leg. The piece notes medical authority says such movements lack consciousness and ponders chloroforming as a possible accelerant.
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Memorial de la Loire
Arras
Amilets
Amiens
Lightning Kills Eight Reapers At Dinner Under Oak
Jerome Carden reports a storm killed eight reapers eating under an oak while ten more sheltering under a ledge perished in the same violent blast. Earlier Rev. Mr Butler escaped as a dog and man were frozen mid gesture with bread. The incident ends with a meditation on the swiftness of death.
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Jerome Carden
Calindy
Butler
Goethe Autograph Letter Found in Vieweg Archives
A 1795 autograph letter by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe surfaced among Vieweg Brunswick archives. It details sending a manuscript in a sealed envelope and a note on purchasing for 200 friedrichs or returning the packet. the tale follows a hermann and dorothea poem inside.
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Goethe
Vieweg
Brunswick
Hermann
Dorothea
Cannibal Feast Reported Among South Sea Primitives
The account describes French prisoners captured by Cantials in the South Sea being killed and eaten. Victims are butchered, limbs removed, and the meat cooked in a pit with stones and fire, then served on rose tree leaves with coconuts and bananas. Men alone are said to feast, sparking calls for equal rights for women.
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South Sea
Tropics
Mateses
Stanton
Anthony
German Emigration Shapes Population and Global Links
The article notes substantial German emigration supplying foreign populations in the Americas, Russia, and other regions, with Swiss and Italian movements also present. It cites hundreds of thousands abroad, and suggests native vitality as a driver, while contrasting with France and Italy. It also reports a Supreme Court decision on Civil War bounty rights for disabled or deceased veterans and urges publicity.
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Europe
United States
Algeria
Russia
Switzerland
Greece
America
Australia
Samara
Seratow
Nea
Vola
Luesta
Crimea
Russian Empire
Gierman
Russian Asia
France
Italy
Habit breaking guidance and a fatal accident report
The text urges steady effort to break bad habits, avoid temptations, stay busy, review failures to prevent recurrence, and warns against underestimating the task. It then describes a dramatic death in Rome Georgia where a man crushed by dirt beneath a bank was shredded and his heart severed, with organs scattered and body badly damaged.
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Rone
Begro
Beneth
Galladay case records suggest bribery links found
A military committee uncovers suspected bribery in the Galladay case. A New York father traveled to Washington to secure an appointment, returned to New York with a $1700 check, and the appointment reportedly followed within two days. A separate incident describes a woman in a New England town seeking dyed cloth sparking a dramatic reaction.
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Tan Military Committee
Lhe Gorgeous Galladay
Eusiet
New York
Washington
New Galladay
Sud
The Cincinnati Commercial and New York News Exchange
The Cincinnati Commercial laments past snubs by country editors and notes the New York Herald corrected a similar error by requesting exchanges. It argues journals should engage local presses to avoid losing readers and prestige.
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Eall
New York Herald
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Herald
Flerald
Ocubenville Lerald
Perpetual motion schemes and a labor of inquiry emerge
Pike county reports three locals courting perpetual motion with Cy W. Burton, D. of Bethel, and William Throcknorton pursuing machines to prove feasibility while Buchanan citizens claim a lead on practical implementation. Separately a Massachusetts paper notes Mrs Abby Gooch Munroe’s death from neglect as her husband seeks funds after her passing. Ohio’s Marysville school board secures funds to add two more schoolhouses, expanding Meonsfield’s educational facilities.
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Cy W. Burton
Ahrisis
Bethel
William Throcknorton
Buchanan
Snd
Newton
Franklin
Washington
Massachusetts
Abby Gooch Munroe
Portland
Loefer
Leeds
State Prison
Policeman odds and warnings in a wary slogan
A terse note warns readers about the odds of encountering a policeman and the risky odds of being fed or avoided. The line plays on fate and chance, suggesting distrust and superstition in dealing with law enforcement.
Fires and Deaths in a Winter Storm Across Counties
Severe winter storm reports detail a fire that destroyed a store and a death toll among residents. The Blue 7th City fest notes A Bates family losses and a man named Mir Bates returning after his wife’s death. Separate accounts mention freezing deaths of two Coleman brothers in Martin County Minnesota and several others across Cherokee Iowa and Jackson County lowa.
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Dine Barth
Wite
A. Bates
Steates
Piovle
Rome
Hoy
Mirates
Sthed
Sve
Coleman
Hvingat
Martin County
Minn
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Hone
Spender
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Downy
Cherokee
Lowa
Thorp
Juckson County
Forger Trick Alarms New York Business Men
A new chemical solution used by forges in New York is said to alter papers such as checks and notes, enabling forgery. Experts warn it could fool observers and challenge banks and merchants, leaving brokers and others seeking ways to counter the scheme.
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New York
Bather
iLothers
Army bounty rights for three year enlistees revealed
The Treasury announces a decision of the Supreme Court on bounty payments. Soldiers who enlisted for three years between May 4 and July 22, who served in the Civil War era and are honorably discharged, may claim a $500 bounty using standard forms. Officials Brennehy and Knapp confirm the ruling and process.
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Nervona
Supreme Court
Illnois Court of Claims
Congress
Justice Swayne
Lse
United States
E. B. Brenehy
Treasury Department
Wmn
A. Knapp
Iona Ta Cinter
Military cadetship sale report draws criticism in Washington
The Military Committee's report on cadetship sales is criticized in Washington for focusing on bribers while omitting those who benefited and for suggesting testimony to violate the law. The controversy also highlights the Leflore congressional committee's actions and the potential implications for prosecutions.
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Military Committee
Washington
Ft. Pros
Itheses
Leflore Corteressional Committee
Death of Young Cincinnati Man on Quickstep Near Uniontown
A Cincinnati resident, McSherry, was shot on the steamer Quickstep near Uniontown Kentucky about two weeks ago. The man served during the war as First Lieutenant of Company G tenth Ohio and left a wife and child in Cranaville Indiana. The shooter is arrested and indicted for murder in the first degree.
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Cincinnati
Uniontown
Ohio
Cranaville
Indiana
Meeting praises Callom bill and supporters
Citizens applauded the Callom bill at a Monday meeting. They thanked Callom Wood Logan and others for backing the measure and urged its immediate passage as protection against immorality in Utah.
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Pas Callom
Callom
2S Wood
Logan
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