Lumber boom drives New England timber land value rise
A Boston New York consortium forms the New Hampshire Land Company to acquire 260000 acres in Grafton Carroll and Coos counties New Hampshire. The piece argues lumber demand outpaces supply as western expansion grows projecting rapid increases in timber land values and urging cautious investors to buy now. It cites Canada and western states as main suppliers and notes steam mills in Plymouth New Hampshire report booming activity with large lineups of purchases.
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New England
Canada
Chicago
Far West
Boston
New York
Grafton
Carroll and
Coos Counties
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Land Company
Payard
United States
Botton
America
Gunde Legeret
Tates
Cape
James Little
Montreal
Little
Quebec
Atlantic
Great Britain
Europe
Ottawa
Prairie States
West
Pacific
New Hampshire and Company
Maine
Plymouth
N. H
Brown
Sumner Company
Whitefield
Libbey Bros
Berlin Mills Company
Berlin Falls
Milan Steam Mill
T. G. Beattie
A. M. Beattie
Lancaster
Beating of West Point Colored Cadet Prompts Inquiry
Johnson C Whittaker, a colored cadet from the class of 1876 at West Point, was found bound in his room with an ear cut and the other slit. Masked intruders attacked him after midnight, warning him not to cry out. Commandant Lazelle and General Schofield lead investigations with cadets questioned.
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PouGukKrersiz
N.Y
Johnson C Whittaker
West Point
Whittaker
General Schofield
Lazelle
Corner in Theatrics Paterpr Forms a Large Theater Circuit
Brooks Dickson Hickey form Brooks Dickson Hickey Combine leasing nearly forty theatres from Troy New Orleans. Circuit spans Troy Albany Utica Auburn Rochester Buffalo Detroit Bay City East Saginaw Jackson Muskegon Grand Rapids Fort Wayne Lafayette Terre Haute Evansville Indianapolis Dayton Springfield Columbus Wheeling Nashville Memphis and New Orleans. Six divisions will run with five stock companies and twenty advance agents.
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Troy
New Orleans
New York
Joseph Brooks
Detroit Opera House
M. Hickey
Abbey & Hickey
James B. Dickson
Indianapolis
Brooks, Dickson
Albany
Utica
Cowen
Auburn
Rochester
Buffalo
Detroit
Bay City
East Saginaw
Jackson
Muskegon
Grand Rapids
Fort Wayne
Lafayette
Terre Haute
Evansville
Dayton
Springfield
Columbus
Wheeling
W. Va
Nashville
Memphis
Two Convicts Die in Penitentiary Yard Fight
Jefferson City Missouri April 7 two prisoners Martin Broderick of St Louis and John Smith of St Francis County quarrelled in the yard Smith struck Broderick with a spade fracturing his skull. A deputy warden shot Smith after he refused to surrender dying almost instantly Broderick died about an hour later.
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Jefferson City
Martin Broderick
St.Louis
John Smith
St. Francis County
Penitentiary
Smith
Broderick
Litterateur Trevelyan Foresees Liberal Majority
The London World recalls G. O. Trevelyan as a litterateur and politician who predicted a Conservative majority at the last general election and now forecasts a Liberal majority of nearly thirty in the forthcoming contest. The item ends with an aside on Hop Bitters and family wellbeing.
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London World
G. O. Trevelyan
Ruskin resumes Fors Clavigera on his sixty first birthday
The article recounts John Ruskin announcing his return to publishing Fors Clavigera after a serious illness considered by some as insanity. He explains the illness as a mix of morbid brain inflammation and recovery, distinguishes medical views from his personal experience, and reflects on the reception and impact of his past work and critiques of J A Froude.
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John Ruskin
Parsons
Hawkshead
Carlyle
Zechariah
J. A. Froude
England
Heaven
Earth
Father Mud
Mr. Ruskin
Froude
Jules Simon
Charles Reade Portrait Shows Anti Authority Novelist
A London Truth sketch portrays Charles Reade as a voluminous and irritable writer who despises fame yet shapes public thought. It notes his anti-Malthusian views, practical approach to marriage, disdain for government ideologies, and steadfast labor in writing while detailing his Oxford and legal background, temper, and fame for social reforms.
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Charles Reade
Germany
Hale
Reade
Corphill
Ingersoll Defends Chinese Immigrants and Religion
A long defense by Colonel Ingersoll argues that American religion and government grant equal protection to all faiths. He cites Confucius to challenge congressional critics of Chinese immigration and denounces efforts to demonize Chinese culture as un-American.
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Congress
Committee On the Depression of Labor
Kolb Ingersoll
San Francisco
Joss-Houses
China
A Small Boy and Paris Opera Stage Critics
An old column mixes a child's comic wildlife musings on horses and a mock heroic note about Fourth of July antics with a historical vignette about Paris opera theatre arrangements. It contrasts stage seating divisions and audience views, hinting at tensions between parterre and pit spectators.
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Paris Opera
Rousseau
Parterre
Young Man Severely Wounded in Accidental Gunshot
In Woopstock New Hampshire on an April morning John Durgin was wounded when William Taylor fired a gun at him while others woke to depart. The wadding struck Durgin’s wrist and bone, requiring surgery to remove it. The wound severed tendons and likely left the arm permanently disabled.
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Woopstock
N. H
John Durgin
William Taylor
Durgin
Taylor
Dunn
Edison Rival Shot In Street Feud In New York
Dr. Theophilus Steele of West Forty-second street was shot in the face at Forty-second street and Seventh avenue by William E. Sawyer, an electrician, amid a long standing feud between their wives. Steele wounded near the left eye. Sawyer arrested after pursuit by a police officer.
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Edison
New York
Theophilus Steele
West Forty-second Street
Forty-second Street
Seventh Avenue
William E. Sawyer
Dr. Steele
Sawyer
Steele
No Power to Go Behind the Returns
The board of election commissioners in San Francisco announces no further action behind the returns and declares yrnes as the Citizens Freeholders and Republicans' joint senator elect. The item notes widespread rheumatic pains among American women and promotes Allcock's Porous Plasters for relief.
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San Francisco
Cal
Board of Election Commissioners
Yrnes
Citizens, Freeholders
America
Allcock
The Brave Bicycler and Queens of Gotham
A humorous sketch on a young man learning to bicycle and strutting before Gotham maidens ending with a cautionary note on vanity. The Paris Times reports upheaval as the czar and crown prince clash with Princess D and Loris Melikoff in a palace dispute, escalating to a dramatic scene with Alexander.
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Paris
New York Times
Czarowitch
Loris Melikoff
Winter Palace
Alexander
Fragmented excerpt on royal favor and succession tensions
The text critiques lengthy royal commentary praising the princess and discusses the fallout from a rupture between current and future rulers. It suggests the moderate party’s counsel will be ignored, signaling deep political strain within Ansulas and uncertainty about the state's future.
Naval hero Thatcher dies aged 73 in Massachusetts
Rear-Admiral Henry Knox Thatcher, grandson of General Knox, died in Winchester Massachusetts after a kidney illness. Born May 20 1806 in Thomaston Missouri he served bravely in the Civil War including Mobile Bay and Fort Fisher. He led the Charlestown Navy Yard and chaired the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati before retirement. Funeral set for Thursday. he was also a Bunker Hill Monument Association member.
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United States Naval Service
Henry Knox ‘Thatcher
Evans House
Thomaston
Henry Knox
Gallanuy
Mobile
Parracut
Fort Fisher
Porter
Charlestown Navy Yard
Winchester
Mass
Nasant
Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati
Thatcher
Jim
Farragut
Mobie Bay
Assav
Colorado
Hartford
Parragut
iWatcher
Tatcher
Bunker Hill Monument Association
German Socialists under Precautionary Enforcement in Empire
In parliament Herr Bebel denounced strict enforcement of anti Socialist laws while colleagues and agents are tracked. A tailor interview, a Thiergarten chase, sworn documents, and a sixteen year old son questioned at a police office illustrate intrusive policing. Bebel claims detectives assault homes and harass families, with a woman defending herself with a broomstick to expel an officer.
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Herr Bebel
Herr Fritzsche
Herr Hassemann
Thiergarten
The Shaugraun Parish of Kerry in Ireland’s West
In a Kerry coast district beyond Killarney the article portrays life in the Shaughraun area near Dunmore Head. It notes patient locals living on nine shillings weekly, a fuchsia filled landscape, and scarce trees, with old customs like patron saint patterns and August 11 luck fairs. English is rare, Irish endures, and emigration to America looms as a second home.
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Ireland
Kerry
Killarney
America
Dunmore Head
Atlantic
Puck
GHOULS IN CANADA Eight Graves Robbed at Papineauville
Ottawa residents rage over seven bodies stolen from Papinéauville cemetery during the past week. Citizens vowaction if suspects are found, but no arrests have been made.
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Ottawa
Papinéauville
Surheese Soreat
New York Murderers Cox Upset by Court Decision
In New York on April 6 Cox, told by his counsel the court of appeals denied relief, said he would prepare to hang and thanked them. Balbo, convicted wife killer, collapsed in his cell, sobbing and burying his face on the cot.
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New York
Chastine Cox
Court of Appeals
Cox
Balbo
Compiers
Patrick Gordon of West Forty second street in court for drunkenness
Patrick Gordon a veteran of the late war and the police court era was brought to the Yorkville court after a drunkenness and disorderly conduct complaint. Policeman Nugent described him shouting in Tenth Avenue as bystanders fled. He claimed he drank one quart yesterday and joked about three months to recover.
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Patrick Gordon
West Forty-second Street
Tenth and
Eleventh Avenues
Yorkville Court
Nugent
Tenth Avenue
Gordon
Justice Wandell
Niver
Patrick
Canada Pacific to be Completed Westward Link
Ottawa reports government plans to spend 10 million dollars this year and next to finish the missing link of the Canada Pacific railroad, extending 500 miles from Winnipeg westward. A total 56 million annual outlay will complete the line within ten years. Yellow Fever alert promotes Simmons Liver Regulator as aid for liver relief and bile clearance.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada Pacific Railroad
Winnipeg
Simmons
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Australia
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Brave Bicycler
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Israel
Ellevue Hospital
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Artigg
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Ted
Jediew
Jen
Wade
Aif
Enontid
Geo, C. Goodwin & Co
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Carter, Harris & Hawley
Weeks & Potter
Smith, Doolittle & Smith
Cutler Bros. & Co
Jno. W. Perkins & Co
W. F. Phillips & Co
Portland
Talcott & Co
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