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John Peters
John Peter
Davis Urged as Nominee in Knox County Congressional Race
In Knox county supporters push C. E. Davis as the preferred Congressional nominee citing merit and public service. The piece notes rival claims by Mason J. Niblack and others, with Greene county Democrats backing Davis and deriding a second-choice. It mentions Senate sentiment on pensions and political dynamics.
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Col. S. H. Taylor
Democrata
Greene County
Congress
Davis
Panic Fire at Johnstown Opera House Kills Twelve
An alarm of fire sparked a deadly stampede at Parke opera house in Johnstown Pennsylvania. About seventy injured and twelve killed as crowd crushed near the doorway. hose water and calm acting by actors helped avert greater disaster. The fire was later traced to a barn in Kernville.
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Johnstown
Parke Opera House
Opera House
Kernville
George Horner
Explosion of Nitro-Glycerine Near Butler Pa
A Butler special reports a nitro glycerine explosion at the Butler Torpedo company's magazine two miles south of Butler. At 9:15 yesterday morning cans were loaded into wagons and a wagon and team were blown apart. James O Woods and William Medill were destroyed. the factory structure collapsed leaving only the smoke stack. One man’s shoulder and arm were found far away. a trunk fragment was recovered from a tree. The blast created a large hole where the wagon stood.
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Pittsburg
Butler
Butler Torpedo Company
James O. Woods
William Medill
Woods
Medill
Demise of Mrs Scott Lord Sister of Mrs Harrison
Mrs. Scott Lord, sister of Mrs. Harrison, died Tuesday morning at 8 30 in Washington. Only family members were present in the house where she was stopping. The death was anticipated as near hopeless, yet still sad.
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Washington
Scott Lord
Harrison
Lord
Ingersoll Letter Sparks Debate on Immortality Proof
A New York implied correspondence reveals Robert G. Ingersoll addressing a lawyer's brochure on immortality via circumstantial evidence. He questions whether a benevolent God warrants present suffering and suggests a possible afterlife though admits no firm proof, ending with a call to envision a future world that satisfies the soul.
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New York
Dee
T.col
Robert G. Ingersoll
Col Ingersoll
Col. Ingersoll
England
Plan to raise funds for Mrs Jefferson Davis relief
A Louisiana committee formed at Governor Nicholls’ request to raise money for Jefferson Davis family relief. Proposals include purchasing 5,700 acres of Davis estate land in Arkansas via The Davis Land Company with stock shares, funded through Louisiana National Bank as fiscal agent. Remittances go to Louisiana National Bank. secretary C Kennedy handled notices. list of subscribers to be forwarded with funds.
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New Orleans
Jefferson Davis
Sir
Gordon
Georgia
United Confederate Veteran Association
F. T. Nicholls
Louisiana
Mrs. Davis
Arkansas
Louisiana National Bank
Davis Land
Carter
First National Bank of
Jackson
Miss
Davis
Kennedy
Morris Building
New Orlean la
Chiardes E. Fenner
Cleveland and Jefferson Buy Lake Island Property
In Saspwirth Massachusetts on Wakeley Lake ex president Cleveland and actor Joseph Jefferson are reported to have bought islands near town center noted for fine fishing. They plan to build a clubhouse on the island most central to the group.
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Saspwirth
Mass
Cleveland
Joseph Jefferson
Wakeley Lake
Meadow Brook Chateau D Or and Mill Bank Mystery
An English orphan named Queenie Hetherton with connections to Lena Rives and items tied to Meadow Brook Chateau D Or, Mill Bank, Crethen, Istheyn's Mistake, Wohntier a, Shakespeare's, Burna, and Longfellow's appear in scattered notes suggesting a literary gift trail or property listing from a historical page.
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Crethen
Istheyn’s
Queenie Hetherton
Lena Rives
Cholera Swamps Bagdad Quarantine Amid Panic
Aden notes report cholera revival in Bagdad causing trade halt and distress with rigid quarantine. Population about 140000. Influenza spreading in Europe with cases in London Berlin Vienna and Cracow. Em in odds improve per Parke bulletin from Bagamoyo.
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Aden
Bagdad
St. Petersburg
London
Berlin
Vienna
Lembure
Cracow
Spandau
Emin Pashas Accident Endangers His Life at Bagamoyo
Emin Bey, near sighted and wearing glasses, fell from a window at Bagamoyo while attempting to move about without them. He sustained a skull fracture and severe injuries. doctors fear death though hope for survival remains. A later dispatch from Zanzibar notes a second fall from a balcony parapet, worsening his condition.
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Tmin Bey
Pasha
Bagamoyo
Stanley
Etnin
Zanzibar
Emin
Caution Sought for Leopold to Keep Throne in News Curbs
Brussels reports a sensational claim in The Frankfort Zeitung that King Leopold must tread carefully to retain his crown. Berneux notes German journals resent Stanley and suspect disaster claims, while Loxpox reports Tory papers highlighting Mrs Parnell's poverty to critique her son.
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Brussels
Frankfort Zeitung
Leopold
Peculiar Worms Erode George Maxwell's Face in Indiana
Reports from Tippecanoe and surrounding areas recount a case of a Kokomo farmer George Maxwell whose left face reddened and was eaten by minute worms visible only under magnification. Doctors found threadlike parasites moving within his flesh, causing intense pain and posing a grave prognosis. Other items note Ada Trimble's mental decline linked to Spiritualism, a wreck near Crawfordsville with fatalities and injuries, and a white horse named Dixey leaping from a boxcar en route to Columbus.
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Kokesto. Indy. Doc. T
Tippecanse Fy
Tippec. Commg
George Maxwell
Maxwell
Mr. Maxwell
Crawfordsville
Ind
Dixey
John Rowland
Danville
Here
Columbus
Committees Named by Speaker Reed in House
Washington December 10 The Speaker of the House announced committee assignments for Ways and Means Appropriations On manufacture On elections On mileage Members include McKinley Burrows Bayne Dingley McKenna Payne LaFollette Gear Carlisle Mills McMillan Breckenridge of Arkansas Flower Cannon Butterworth McComas Henderson Peters Cogswell Belden Morrow Brewer Randall Forney Sayres Dockery Kelly Burrows E B Taylor Arnold Morse Sanford Wilson Bynum Williams Grimes Fowler Rowell Houk Cooper Hangen Sherman Dalzell Bergeh Greenhalig Comstock Crisp O Farrall Outhwaite Marsh Moore of Texas Wike Illinois Lind Townsend Wallace Clunie Pennington.
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Dingley
McKenna
Payne
Kentucky
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Kelly
E. B. Taylor
Ohio
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O’farrall
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Marsh
Moore
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Wike
Ilinois
Lind
Townsend
Pennsylvania
Wallace
Massachusetts
Clunie
Pennington
Proceedings of Mouse and Senate on Fourth Day
The senate and house met with memorials and petitions. New bills included Idaho and Wyoming statehood and DC representation. Confirmations of pensions and census commissioners occurred as sessions adjourned. a British ship King Robert was burned off Cape Horn.
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Peedom
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Mine Flooded After River-Under Blast Destroys Caledonian Shaft
Crystal Fall Michigan December 10 Caledonian mine flooded when miners bored a shaft under the river and a blast caused the river to burst in filling the mine. Men escaped with their lives. Property damage expected to be extensive.
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Crystal Fall
Mich
Caledonian
Quotations From Cincinnati and Elsewhere for December 12
Market report of livestock and grain prices with prices for cattle hogs and sheep from Cincinnati and other centers. Includes timothy hay prices in various regions, wool and delaine values, oats and oats futures, and regional milling rates.
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Cincinnati
Timothy
Oslo
C C Harrison Named Minister to Russia
The New York World reports C C Harrison head of Harrison Frazier & Company of Philadelphia has been appointed minister to Russia. Also notes on winter wheat acreage and condition across Illinois Indiana Ohio Kentucky Missouri Kansas Iowa Wisconsin Michigan with percent figures. World’s Fair Committee lineup announced with Republican and Democratic members named.
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Colquitt
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Best Soap for Cleaning Dairy Utensils Mentioned
Dairymen are advised to use Ivory Soap with boiling water to thoroughly cleanse and deodorize dairy utensils and wood. The piece warns against counterfeit white soaps and emphasizes demanding genuine Ivory Soap, noting copyright by Procter & Gamble in 1806.
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Procter & Gamble
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