Floods Raze Property Across Spanish Peninsula
Heavy rains and gales flood the Iberian peninsula causing extensive damage from Cadiz to Seville. Mail steamers halted. railways and telegraph lines damaged. towns inundated and relief difficult. Officials warn of catastrophe if embankments fail as rescuers aid flooded communities.
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Sixteen Holiday Pleasure-Seekers Reported Drowned
Severe Sunday squalls near London caused many small pleasure boats to capsize. Eight boats hired at Hammersmith failed to return and sixteen lives are believed lost. Four bodies have washed ashore with numerous inquiries at Chiswick and Hammersmith for missing people.
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Chiswick
Between Greece and Turkey War Preparations Increase
A Constantinople correspondent notes Turkish activity in the Salonica area with a battery planned at Cape Kora Beyrout to guard the harbor entrance. Forces spread in the Kassandra district monitor Greek villages, while reinforcements arrive from Constantinople and Smyrna. An Athens correspondent says Greece readies for war as boundary tensions rise, with depots on the northern front and reserves arriving at about 100 men per report.
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Beyrout
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Greece
Funeral of Oscar de Lafayette in Paris
Paris April 3 funeral held at Sainte Clothilde for Oscar de Lafayette attended by ministers and prominent lawmakers. General Noyes delivered a brief tomb speech praising the deceased senator and his American services as crowds gathered at Pere la Chaise.
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Republic
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America
Beaconsfield Health Update and Parliaments Row
London reports Lord Beaconsfield under care of Drs Bruce Kidd and Quain with a cautious bulletin noting improved sleep but hindering cold winds. Other items include Bradlaugh’s case on oath, Paris-Egypt tensions over a Khedive deposition, legal threats to Bradlaugh, and a new Atlantic steam line plan between Milford Haven and New York.
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Kidd
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Slaughter of Explorers Reported Near Ouargla
Four natives from Colonel Flatters' Trans Sahara expedition reached Ouargla describing a massacre near Hairer south of Assima. Colonel Flatters, most of the party, and four days from safety were killed. Only Pianons, a subordinate officer Poloquin, and sixty-one men survived before being overtaken by another tribe.
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Assima
Pianons
Poloquin
Poisoned Dates Kill Diasnons Twenty-Eight Men
A tribe offered fugitives dates that were poisoned, causing Diasnons to die along with twenty-eight others. Polequin, leading thirty men, retreated but was surrounded four days south of Messenguen. He sent four natives to Onargla, then Sucecor to the expedition remnant. Relief seems unlikely as messengers faced siege and shortages of food and ammunition.
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Messenguen
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Suecor
Order Restored in Lima After War End
New York April 3 Senor Don Martinez Chilean minister to the United States reports Lima ended March quiet and orderly. Chilean victory signs greet troops as deliverers. Peace terms keep Tarapaco and Iquique with nitre deposits to Chile and preserve the wobos islands with guano beds. A heavy indemnity is demanded for 8000 lives lost and 30 million dollars in treasure.
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United States
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Chili
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Iquique
Wobos
In Which a Journalist and His Wife Are Deeply Involved
A Virginia Chronicle item recounts a city street incident inspiring a fiction plot. A newspaper man plucks an old flame as heroine while his wife demands a publicized marriage. The couple quarrels at breakfast and noon, as curious neighbors spy through windows, sparking a townwide gossip storm about an imminent union.
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Mesmerist's antics spark schoolyard craze in Paterson
A travelling mesmerist in Paterson New Jersey stirred excitement as boys imitated his trance acts. One pupil mesmerized another during a teacher’s absence, leading to a platform hornpipe and persistent dancing until the performer snapped his fingers and declared all right. Meanwhile a Hoboken death linked to spoiled meat drew English papers to a Birmingham maker’s arrest for diseased meat. The defendant received a three month term with hard labor.
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Hoboken
N.J
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Birmingham
Lancers Exhibit Battery B Louisiana Artillery Photo
A framed photograph from Battery B Louisiana Field Artillery shows the unit in Lafitte square firing a salute to the ancers and Charlestown Cadets. Captain Billy Beanham commands with three gun squads in load ready and fire. The image is clear and will be shown for a few days at the Lancers store on Court and Hanover streets.
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Medina Hair Goods Offer At Paris Bair Store
John Medina manager of the Paris bair store at Washington and Summer streets proposes to mail or express any hair work or hairline article for inspection before purchase with no obligation to keep unsatisfactory goods. The price list is very attractive and women are urged to act promptly on these offers.
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The Irish Evictions and Land League Turmoil
London and Dublin reports describe violent clashes between police and protesters near Ballachaderin Mayo with several dead and many wounded. Evictions near Ballinadergin and Croghan estates drive thousands to resist. Land League editor Jasper Tully arrested for alleged intimidation as emigration rises and US Irish groups send funds.
A Very Strange Mission to Repair Esther and Mordecai Tomb
Rabbi Joseph Misrachi arrives in the city on a mission to solicit aid for repairing the tomb of Queen Esther and Mordecai in Shushan Persia. He travels with credentials from the Sasoon and Rothschild families, claims strong support from Hebrew communities, and plans to visit major European cities while pursuing funds despite mixed local reaction.
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Charity swindle busted on State street arresting suspect
Inspectors Skelton Knox and Houghton stopped a cleverly planned charity scam last Friday forenoon on State street. They followed a young man into A. Sweet & Co. and after a brief talk he was arrested. He had foolscap sheets bearing Boston Children’s Friend Society headings and subscriptions from $5 to $26. He admitted collecting about $275 and used the name Charles Ryder. He is jailed for further investigation.
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Grevy praised for courteous reception and elegant speech
A correspondent depicts Grevy as highly courteous and gallant with women, delivering brief but witty compliments in a refined style. The piece notes his humble peasant origins and credits the French Revolution with lifting him, shaping his disciplined, dignified manner.
Milwaukee editor arrested to test anti-treat law
Charles Harger, managing editor of the Evening Wisconsin, was arrested in Milwaukee on a charge of violating the new anti tease law. Walter Gardner, city editor of the same paper, filed the complaint to challenge the law's validity.
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Evening Wisconsin
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Pickerel Spectacle Draws Crowds to Jamaica Pond
A Commonwealth statute bans catching pickerel in Jamaica pond until April 1 each year. Yesterday crowds lined the shore to view an eighteen-pound pickerel reportedly captured by a noted disciple of the Wal.
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Jamaica Pond
Fisherman’s April Fool Joke Ends in Big Catch Gaffe
A large crowd on the pond yesterday watched a joke fisherman reel in a supposed huge fish. It turned out to be a carefully staged April 1 prank, misfiring after initial excitement and leaving onlookers with a humorous, unintended sting.
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Beers Produced by Leading US Brewers in 1880
A 1880 table lists barrels produced by varied brewers including Boston firms such as Boston Beer Company 76946 and Reuter & Alley 79012, Portsmouth outfits like Eldredge Brewing 42361 and Frank Jones 8877, Manchester partners Carney Lynch 14117 and A C Wallace 6, with other entries for Boston and Portsmouth firms reaching into the tens of thousands.
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Boston Beer Company
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Burton Brewing Company
Isaac Cook & Company
Carney, Lynch & Company
Manchester
Conrad Decker
Eldredge Brewing Company
Portsmouth
Edward Habich
Neil Kenney
Lang & King
H. & J. Pfaff
Portsmouth Brewing Company
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Reuter & Alley
Smith & Engle
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William T. van Nostrand & Company
Walker, Dewey, Blake & Company
A.C. Wallace
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Finance and commerce report from State Street April 2 1881
The money market softened with ample surplus funds but limited demand. New York funds quoted discounts and call loans varied, while the stock market showed dull trading with mixed closes. bond gains noted, and Treasury calls affecting liquidity.
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Commercial Matters Boston Markets Today
The Boston Daily Globe reports mixed activity amid bad weather. Apples and beans show price shifts, boots and shoes trade improves, butter and cheese markets vary. Coal and coffee demand steady, copper sales steady, corn exports active, cranberries markets quiet with nominal prices.
New York Markets Open With Strong Demand for Flour and Meat
The New York markets report solid demand for flour and meat with improving prices across grades. Wheat and corn futures show firm activity with ample spot sales and varied futures from April to December. Cotton futures close higher, with substantial daily receipts and market-wide dullness in provisions and dairy items.
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Watertown Live Stock Market Report March 20
Live stock market data from Watertown shows mixed demand across species. Northern and Western cattle and swine prices varied with strong beef demand lifting beef sales while sheep and lambs remained active and cleared before market close.
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Gloucester fish market report highlights April arrivals and prices
Special Correspondence notes 57 arrivals last week with most from Georges Bank and Grand Manan. Details list cod, halibut, hake, haddock, mackerel, herring prices by category, with barrel and box quotations, frozen and fresh supplies, and assorted fish products.
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