News of the Week From Washington Defended by Fortifications
A sweeping Washington summary reports on naval defense plans for major cities, Germany blocking American pork and lard in transit, changes in Treasury offices, postmasters, and a wide range of 1883 and 1884 financial and political items. It notes Dun’s Mercantile Agency warnings, failures by region, the public debt, and notable federal actions and investigations.
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Washington
Navy Yard Commission
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
San Francisco
State Department
Germany
Supervising Architect of the Treasury
White House
Arthur
Dun’s Mercantile Agency
United States
Eastern States
Middle
Southern
Western
Pacific States
Treasury
Ines
George W. McCrary
Eighth Circuit
Hhas
Santa Fe Road
Kansas City
Tax Treasury
New Orleans
Brewster
Deaths in 1883 estimated toll from disasters and accidents
A compiled list outlines in tabulated form the estimated U.S. and international loss of life in 1883 from boiler and ship explosions fires and rail crashes among others. It records vessels like the City of Brussels and Ansonia losses and notes numerous European and imperial incidents across months with many names and places.
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Alybar
Fj Sas
Europe
Auburn
Musketon
Bethlehem
Royal House
Auiwaulkee
Saenesse
Biehkp
Undine
Geevnely
Sosphing
Munfield
Hip Forwarts
Brussels
Gloucester
Great Britain
Ansonia
Crested Butte
Col
Frightful Toronto Area Train Crash Kills Twenty-Two
A suburban passenger train and a freight train collided near Toronto at 6 55 am. The crash killed twenty two and injured sixteen. Fire exploded wrecking cars as rescuers pulled survivors from the debris. Conductor Barber was arrested for giving orders to bypass regular trains.
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Toronto
Ont
Canada
Great Western
Grand Trunk
Uirion
Belt and Iron Works
Humber
Bolt Works
Homas
John Rowlett
Lynde
Barber
Hamilton
Queen’s Whar
Records from a Frigid Nation and Turbulent Markets
A frigid snapshot reports temperatures from Chicago to Fargo and Denver. Bankers Hennen & Moors of Morris, Minnesota failed for $100,000, with assets far short of debts. A house fire near Duke Center, Pa. killed a family of four. Goldsmith & Kahn in New York, jewel thieves Crongon drummer fled with jewels. Nihilist activity shifts to Paris and Geneva with many arrests in St. Petersburg. A St Louis story building burned for $200. A collision near St Martin injures twelve, one fatally. Henry Villard resigns from Northern Pacific amid creditor assignment. A Baton Rouge execution and an Eastman, Georgia murder noted. Sudan dilemma looms. British decision awaited. Pittsburgh iron mills report strong orders. Bradstreet’s records 282 U.S. business failures in seven days, led by small traders under $3,000 capital.
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Tur
New York & New England
Postal Telegraph Company
New York City
John W. Mackey
Virginia City
Nev
Minos
New York, West Shore & Buffalo Railroad
Massachusetts
Robinson
Pittsburgh
I. N. Bunton
Chandler
de Long
New York
Cape Cod
Orvin J. Smith
Amelia Kase
Jacksonville
Francis Hawley
Hartford
Connecticut
Newcastle
Robert Martin
James B. Graves
Newark
N. J
Kabbe
Sperry & Barnes
Walla Walla
Tex
Huron Mine
Houghton
Mich
Atlanta
Bishop Turner
Hell
Opossum Point
Mississippi River
W. J. Patterson
Salt Lake City
Inllinois
Iowa
Kansas
C. W. Savage & Sons
Miles City
M. T
William Green
Greenville
D. C
Samuel Andrews
Indian Territory
Akron
Kansas City & Texas Road
Sedalia
Brookhaven
Miss
Mechanics & Farmers’ Barn
Covington
Columbus
Cincinnati
Abner Born
Taylorville
Emma Bond
Arkansas
Fort Smith
Colorado
Alton
St. Louis
Napoleon, O
Hillsboro
William McHugh
Texas State Land Board
Burevans
Judge Ranney
Cleveland
James Andrews
Union Depot
Maryland
Hamilton
Hodgson
Senate
Charles Stevens
Missouri Penitentiary
Crittenden
Stevens
W. Irving Landell
Lexington
Denver
D. F. Wadsworth & Co
Ishpeming
D. C.haskell
Glick
Phinery & Co
Arke
Wyoming
Gezirch
Berber
Sontay
Samuel ‘Ki
J.'F. Easby
Orangemon
Ireland
Orange
Birmingham
Eng
Great Britain
Montreal
Can
Bett
Austria
Brunn
Unites ‘States
St. Lawrence
Stevensville
Stevensville, Ont
United States
Cairo
Egypt
International Tribunal
Jacmel
Bayti
Mercury
Chicago
Bismarck
Oman
Fargo
Buffalo
N.Y
Wisconsin
Hennen & Moors
Morris, Minn
J. W. Garver
Duke Center
Crongon Drummer
Goldsmith & Kahn
Russia
Paris
Geneva
St. Petersburg
St. Martin
Henry Villard
Northern Pacific Road
Willard
Valmar Rector
Baton Rouge
Duncan Williams
James Crummidg
Eastman
James Mitchell
Hever
Soudan
Turkey
Pittsburgh Iron Mills
TaxRe
United
Bradstreet’s
End of the Bond Case Verdict and Fallout
The Bond case jury found John Montgomery Lee Metts Manuel Clementi not guilty at 7:40 p.m. The crowd booed the verdict as many believed the defendants guilty. Judge Phillips urged restraint while public anger simmered outside the courthouse. Separately a Louisville tale recalls Dr Marion Sims dying after a premonitory dream.
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Hirtsnono
John ©. Montgomery
Lee Metts Sid
Manuel Clementi
Philips
Zehoy
John Montgomery
Ham
Ma. Davenport
Miss Band
John C. Montgomery
Sis
Court House
Phillips
Overworking the participle call in party platform debate
The piece critiques a Republican convention call urging elevating American labor and other aims, labeling the language as humbug and overworked participles. It singles out proposals such as free education, honest ballot counting, and protectionist measures, arguing they threaten workers and favor monopolists, while condemning demagoguery and party politics. It notes tobacco-related death of Frank Bosler after nicotine poisoning.
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Sydney
Smith
Pitty
Dr. Johnson
America
Javier
Hint
Ion
Democra
Onsis
Phe Dene
Wheeler
Fred
Connt
Garfield
Arbium
Carrion
Sabin
Senate
Wm. E. Chandler
Florida
Robeson-Roach
Saratoga
United States Supreme Court
Republican Party
Bang Argus
Public Library Autograph Tome Opens Lincoln to Boston
A Boston Public Library volume holds Martin Luther King autograph? No, Martin Lut!er autograph noted. Across clippings from Chicago Times and Syracuse Journal, stories detail writers Wilkie Collins six months per story, temperance marches, and a Syracuse marriage sparked by a newspaper want ad.
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Public Library of
Boston
Mass
Martin Lut
Boston Post
Wilkie Collins
Paris
America
Chicago -Journal
Cleveland
Europe
Promarsphe
Jennhie
Chicago
Imes
Ragged Humors in Early Morning Paper Snips
A collection of humorous snippets and sayings from various papers. Jumbled quips reference poets, actors, lawmakers, a stormy Albany woman, and a parade of lighthearted misunderstandings. Moments of wit mix with comic mishearing and social chatter from different locales.
Congressmen's Ignorant Wives at City Boarding House
A Western congressman's wife sought loogings for herself and husband at an up-town boarding house last week claiming he is in Congress. When asked if he is in the upper or lower chamber she said she believed he is a Senator. The landlady joked that if he rose early Monday he might reach the upper house, and the wife thanked her. The item notes that some wives may be ignorant or indifferent about members and senators.
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Wortland Transcript
Oscar Wille
Larsford Post
Albany
N. Y
Lough
Snooks
Canal Street
A. O. Pienyune
New York
Detroit Post
Congress
Boston Transcript
Croup
Indianapolis
Ethel
Dorothy
Richard Marvel
Parthenon
Osbaldistone Smith
Mr. Osbaldistone Smith
Birdie
Capitol
Leensennd
Hashington
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Milton Highland
Stoneman
Stan ¥ Griffim
Nelson Poe
Orphans’ Court
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Foreign Intelligence
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Cardiff
Bay
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Hungary
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Gem
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Galion
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Montague, Mich
Dickinco
Frederick
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Da _il
Sleepy Eye
Minn
London
Aprin
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Fur Itzers
Sdavede
Iornimento
Gabl
Two Brothers
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Warain
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Lemont
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Potter
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Feniy Gsavgeessy
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Giles
Streator
Haxpan
Mex
Bradford
Strumer
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Lipcaes Degesoibi
New York ‘City
Keep
Rniing
Maratea
Catuey
Kentucky
Constantinople
Salem
Ind
Webb
Chicago Times
Trisha H. Allen
Fawalian Islands
O. Thatcher Perkins
Lot M. Morrill
Maine
Davis
Texas
C.D. Sedgwick
C. B. Ligcum
Neb
Marshall Jewell
Charles 2. Thorne
John A. Kellogg
Stephen Hempstead
Ows
George Dawson
James Gamble
Charles Bouton
Margit
Alexander H. Stephens
Georgia
Harry Gilmore
Ira Steward
Wiliam White
Supreme Court of Vicio
Timothy O. Howe
Frederick A. Thayer
Quincy
Charles
C. Trowbridge
Detroit
Peter Cooner
Joseph i. Barnes
United States Army
Asch. Partridge
Brooklyn
Seth Turner
Lawrence
Supreme Court of Illinois
Decatur
Ala
Benjamin F.cocker
Eliza Pinkston
Hannah Simpson Grant
U. S. Grant
Israel Washburn
Ates William Mason
Taunton
Charles Timothy Brooks
Newports R.I
Casserly
California
Charles J.stenkins
Archbishop Wood
General Ewing
John Baptista Purcell
William Pinkney
D. D
McMullen
Davenport
Mig. Litta
Prima Donna
Bloomington
Tom Thumb
Middleboro
Commodore JeTries
United State Navy
Ginery Twichell
Brookline
Swaim
Martin J. Crawford
Supreme Court of Georgia
Montgomery Blair
Marston
New Bedford
William Wirt Sykes
Wales
Jeremiah §. Black
Hugh Hastings
Junius Brutus Booth
J. R. Sands
United States Navy
Charles H. Crane
D. F.C. Ewer
James Barrett Steedman
Leonard D. Gales
Theodore F. Randolph
New Jersey
C. Cushman
Matt Head
New Hampshire
Marion Sims
Johnston’ Binkely Creighton
Roy. Labarce
Sojourner Truth
Jana Lecturess
Decemten
Lowé
Archbishop Perche
Verssaova
Erance
Vgew
Osais
Chaska
Steger
Butfalo
Universil
Mackey
Louisville Courier-Journal
Dr*Sims
James the Fourth
Dr. Sims
Frank Bosler
Carlisle
Kosciusko
Curtin
Philadelphia Press
James E. English
Hartford Post
Armand Heine
Miss Cohen
N.C. Picayune
Lawrence County
South Carolina
Sallie Culbertson
Weston
Westminster Bridge
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