Fire Devastates St John Canada Big Losses Hit Trade Center
The St John fire destroys most of the business district and half of the homes in the city, a severe blow to New Brunswick trade. St John, a key lumber exporter and shipbuilding center with strong Boston Halifax ties, had about 50 000 residents and a harbor famed on the continent. Founded by American Loyalists, St John was chartered in 1785.
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St. John
New Brunswick
Canadian Dominion
Portland
Boston
Halifax
Great Britaan
West Indies
United States
Reptile Fought and Killed Then Bullied by Molly Maguire Fallout
Mr Walters and wife killed a six-foot snake on the Mansfield road near Dallas after a two-horse buggy return trip from the country. The second portion discusses renewed Molly Maguire threats in Schuylkill and Carbon counties amid miners fears, Sheriff Warner notes, and wage reductions fueling unrest. Robert Dale Owen is invoked with a humorous tone, asking him to reappear.
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Dallas
Texas
Walters
Mansfield
Mr. Walters
Discovery of a boiling lake on Dominicia Island West Indies
Explorers Freeland Nicholls Gard ner and Watt report a boiling lake behind Rosseau with a sulfur margin and a waterfall overflow two miles in circumference and about three thousand five hundred feet above sea level. The lake’s ebullition raises a ten foot water mound as wind clears the sulfurous steam. General Grant learned of a bogus dispatch from Gov Hartranft of Pennsylvania during a royal audience at Windsor Castle.
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West Indies
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Gardner
Mr. Watt
Rosseau
Grant
Windsor Castle
Hartranft
Pennsylvania
Grand Army of the Potomac
Gen. Grant
Russian actions in Bulgaria and Ohio convention plank
The piece denounces Russian bombardment in Bulgaria as a crusade against Christians in Turkey and mocks the idea of Russian protection. It also advocates restoring the silver dollar as lawful money and urges Ohio Republicans to adopt a related fiscal plank from the late Legislature.
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Turkey
Bulgaria
Ohio
General Assembly
Republicans of Iowa push to repeal silver dollar
A resolution from the Iowa State Convention calls for repealing the suspension of the silver dollar coinage and restoring silver as legal tender alongside gold for all debts public and private.
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Iowa
Prayer Meeting Seeks Rain As Drought Grim in Caldwell County
A Caldwell County gathering among Black residents prayed for rain noting a drought's impact. A speaker asked God to provide a heavy downpour rather than light showers, urging a “gully-washer” storm to avert further losses. The report quotes the colloquial plea in full.
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Caldwell County
Lenoir
N. C
Georgia Constitutional Convention Opens in Atlanta
The Georgia Constitutional convention met in Atlanta with a white ex-rebel Democrat majority. The article argues the civil and social interests of the state’s large Black population will be safeguarded by the new fundamental law despite this composition.
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Georgia
Editors and Coroner Reports Highlight Newspaper Tart Notes
A Philadelphia Chronicle quips on government and Nez Perce fighting power. An Illinois exchange mocks editors while a Lafayette Journal rails at journalism. A Washington DC coroner's inquest reveals a colored man died after stomach contents included orange peels.
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Whart
West Point
Philadelphia Chronicle
Lafayette
Indiana
Illinois Exchange
N. Y
Washington, D. C
Persistence of early impressions shapes brain growth
A London Mirror excerpt argues that early impressions form durable nerve pathways through growth and nutrition. It compares youthful brain development to a store of impressions that activate via right suggestions, while declining nutritive activity leads to gradual degeneration of later-formed structures.
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London Mirror
Strength and character in virtue and patience
An essay contrasts inner strength with outward passion, praising composure under hardship and kindness in women. It recalls tales of long beards and clever jokes, then notes a Bloemfontein bank incident where a Boer balks at being paid to keep money safe.
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Bloemfontein
Orange Free State
South Africa
Immensity of Space Lecture Sparks Grand cosmic scale
In Ed inburg Prof. Grant described space vastness using vivid clocks and speeds. A railway train at fifty mph would hit the moon in six months, the sun in two centuries, and Alpha Centauri after forty two million years. Light would reach Alpha Centauri in under three years, far earlier than other objects. He noted stars display light from distant times, with some stars extinguished long ago yet visible today. He cited Alph Lyra at about one hundred billion miles away, similar to most stars in size to the sun. A separate anecdote recalls a 1561 Spanish envoy and a humorous remark from Pope Sextus V about beards. A hotel keeper opines the best guests are those who live well at home. Democrat discontent centers on Republican loyalty to the Democratic ticket.
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Grant
Alpha Centauri
Earth
Alph Lyra
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