Cannibalism proofs and stock market week summary
Washington reports expanding evidence of cannibalism among Greely expedition survivors, while US stock exchanges show weekly clearance totals of 681.6 million dollars, down from the prior week and year. Obituary notices recall Mary Clemmer Ames, and various political and local incidents across the country are noted.
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Greely
United States
Mary Clemmer Hudson
Mary Clemmer Ames
Washington, D. C
Indian Bureau
Dyer
Carlisle
Jersey
Ilinois
Commissioner of Agriculture
Jacob A. Bla
the Treasury
Post-Office Department
Congress
New Hampshire
Postmaster-General
P. P. Kellogg
Springfield
Mass
Cholera, riots and disasters reach across Europe and Asia
Reports from mid August describe cholera deaths in Marseilles, Toulon and southern France with rising counts in Italy and England. Parallel passages note Portuguese and Dutch violence, attempts at dynamite outrages, and famine crops losses near Ciudad Real. Also covered are Abyssinian envoys gifting animals to Queen Victoria and a critique of Arctic expedition journalism amid Franklin-search era tensions.
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Toulon
Kazan
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Campobasso
Castelnovo
Parma
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Mandalay
Bhamo
French Threat and War Fear Mark Keelung Action
Admiral Courbet ordered to bombard the arsenal at oo Chow land troops and destroy war stores while French forces at Keelung were to occupy the fort and secure coal mines as indemnity security, a move seen as de facto war. Also: 2081 U S business failures in seven days, Tallapoosa sunk off Martha’s Vineyard, 140 aboard, 4 saved, cholera deaths in Marseilles and Toulon, smut in Minnesota Iowa wheat, and political shifts in Kentucky and New York banking.
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Tallapoosa
Newport
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Toulon
Hercault
Ando
Gard
Pyrenees
Italy
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First National Bank of
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N. Y
Albert S. Warner
New York
National Labor Party
Committee On
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Cleveland Accepts Democratic Nomination Letter
Governor Cleveland's formal acceptance of the Democratic nomination for President is printed. The letter emphasizes labor, civil service reform, and opposition to party control over government. It argues for honest toil, protection of workers, merit in public employment, and government by the people.
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Cleveland
United States
Chicago
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Tori
Beu
Grover Cleveland
William F. Wilng
D.P. Bestor
Mysterious death of Samuel Lawner near Paterson NJ
The body of Samuel Lawner of Chicago, about twenty five, was found under Morris Canal bridge near Paterson New Jersey with signs of a struggle and a five chamber revolver nearby. A letter from Lawner claimed self exile from murders and asked his body be sent to Chicago. The case is debated as murder or suicide amid reports of his past notoriety and claims of large sums from medical lectures.
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Morris Canal
Sam Lavner
Chicago
L Lapkowich
L. Lapkowich
CuicaGo
Samuel Lawner
Lawner
Lavnner
America
Washington
Layner
Canal Street
New York
Wee Wa
Travner
Waverly
N.Y
Lapkowich
Fr. Newcomb
Hendricks Accepts Democratic Vice Presidential Nomination
Ex Governor Thomas A Hendricks letters acceptance from Ispranaronis Indiana dated August 21 19 notifies the Democratic nomination for Vice President Chicago convention. He expresses humility and duty endorsing the convention declination principles and pledges obedience to the party. Signed WA Hexphiions William F Vilus Nicholas M Bell and others of the National Democratic Committee.
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Fon
William F. Vilus
Nicholas M. Bell
Committee of
The
National Democratic Committee
Novel death by self freezing in ice box
Louis Meyer a German butcher in Winfield New Jersey locked himself in his store ice box while exterior temperatures ran in the nineties and froze to death in an apparent act of self destructive crisis after pondering known methods of suicide and choosing to be the first to die by freezing himself.
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New York
Louis Meyer
Winfield
N. J
Garden Gate Romance Recalls Kate and First Meeting
Poem recounts a bashful suitor and Kate meeting at the garden gate under apple blossoms. Years pass as they marry and revisit the gate each anniversary, the couple recalling whispered vows and unspoken promises in a nostalgic countryside scene.
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Kate
Garden Gate
Katie
Bonnie Kate
Garden
Claris W. Bryan
Marner
The Tramp Who Brought Four Hundred Dollars
A narrator reflects on a hardship year during the 1870s panic, mortgage foreclosures, and bankruptcy, then tells how a weary tramp with a broken knee became a donor and eventual catalyst. Providence, perseverance, and a rescue through charity, work, and a Christmas miracle shape a tale of resilience and renewal.
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Xod
Ninety-ninth Street
Rooseveltospital
Higd
Sedan
England
United States
Storm in the Tyrol Describes Drowned Village Scenes
From Gagsensass a lady recounts the Tyrol storm effects along the Brenner road to Pontey, noting entire streets washed away, farms embedded in mud, a church pillar and arch remaining, and inns buried under debris. Property destruction and looming misery for the poor are forecast.
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Tyrol
Brenner Road
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Ponsteyl
Pontew
Paoylo
London Telegraph
Why Bottles Should Be Labeled
A coroner's jury's finding on a child's death from carbolic acid in a mislabeled bottle calls for labeling of bottles. The report notes the infant, just over two years old, drank from a bottle thinking it ginger beer, prompting a verdict of accidental death with a recommendation for proper labeling. The item also mentions castor bean plants as an effective pest control.
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London
Siith
Los Angeles
Cal
Jerald
Oddities and echoes from memory and loss in late 19th century press
A collage of terse notes and anecdotes cites Beecher's failed bets and high salaries, four baggagemen named Love land to Lovely, ex senator Davis as a brakeman, Blaine and Logan born in Brownsville, Sala's 7000 essays, a 12 year old marriage to an 80 year old physician, and other quirky items. It mentions Japanese papers, James Watts, Mrs. Greely, Grant and Lee, Harvey Wakefield, a 1604 Hamlet edition and a Custer widow at Ocean House sharing grief.
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Sun
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Loveland
Lovering
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Lovely
United States
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West Virginia
Blaine
Brownsville
Logan
Chicago Herald
George Augustus Sala
Boykin
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St. Louis Post
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Heathfield Hall
England
Wetzlar
Coblentz
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Shakespeare
Calhone
Yellowstone
Fragments of humorous notices and anecdotes from 19th century papers
A collage of light tidbits and jokes mentions Lil Cushman, Minnesota station agents, a kitchen mishap, a romance about ice cream, a roller skating mishap, malaria fears in a boarding house, temperance lecture experiences, pot luck fare, a napkin-ring escape, a party word riddle, and a hoarseness spelling trick from Harper's Bazaar.
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Chicago Tribune
Litladelphia Chronicle
Bay Shore
Sally
Florida
Ho Urs
Harper’s Bazar
Terrible Volcano Disturbs Japanese Shoreline
The Nanahiro-yama eruption near Kamizaki village unleashed overwhelming tremors and rock avalanches. Ash clouds spread miles, lava fragments formed new land, and the country suffered widespread ash deposition several meters deep with new ash hills rising near Omori and Ka mizaka-mura as showers continued into July.
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Kamizaki-mura
Omori
Kamizaka-mura
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