Manifesto from Russian revolutionary committee to Alexander III
The executive committee of Narodnaia Volia addresses Tsar Alexander III warning of inevitable upheaval in Russia. It argues past repression failed, predicts continued terror and growth of the revolutionary movement, and calls for free elections, press liberty, speech and assembly. It offers conditional support if a national assembly with broad rights is elected and peaceful methods prevail.
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The
Revolutionary Party
Russia
Ekatermnensky Canal
Individuas
Kovalsky
Dubrovin
Ossinsky
Lizogoub
Revolutionary Movement
National Assembly
Narodnaia Volia
Secret Wealth of McMicken Estate Revealed in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati on April 23, The Times-Star reports a hidden chapter of Charles McMicken's estate. A colored man and his children, claimed to be related to McMicken, lived on the estate despite a will clause barring benefits to negroes. Executors allegedly kept the family’s status quiet, sparking local astonishment and gossip.
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Cincinnati
Times-Star
McMicken
Charles McMicken
University
McMicken School of Design
Beiong
Fifth Street
St. Francis
Thither Timself
Tey
A Canine Chorus A Novel Dog Orchestra Idea
A San Francisco Post report describes a music firm using dogs as an organ bass section. Dogs of various breeds form sections like violins viola and bass as an organ chord is played to induce howling harmony. The experiment alternates dogs in tune to create an improvised canine concerto with a Mason Hamlin organ. Public listening planned once results are satisfactory.
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San Francisco Post
Schaffer
St. Bernard
Mason & Hamlin
John Medina
Paris
Washington and
Summer Streets
Medina
A Cruel Hoax On Cambridge Young Lady Unveiled
A Cambridge island ward incident reveals Fred King of East Boston, a cattle hand aboard the Palestine, visited Miss Susie Corrigan on Columbus avenue. A slight-built man in a blue coat spread false news of Kings accident, sending Miss Corrigan to the East Boston ferry in search of him. King was found safe next morning on his ship. The motive of the blue-coated messenger remains unclear.
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Island
Fred King
Porter Street
East
Boston
Susie Corrigan
Columbus Avenue
Cambridge
Liverpool
Palestine
Corrigan
Ruler of a Big Partee A Satire on Political Rise
A doggerel verse from the New York Sun mocks a political ascent. It recalls a racist past and claims to expose a leader who rose from war to power, praising repudiation while promising debt relief and party control. The piece portrays the speaker as the boss of a big party.
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New York Sun
Mahone
Constantlee
Senate
Conklin
Ani
Modern miracles investigated by an Old School physician
Special correspondent recounts visits to Dr. Flower in New York and accounts from Colonel Scott, Jacob Coverhill, Byron Woodward, and others who reportedly recovered from paralysis, inability to walk, and near death after Flower’s hands-on treatment. The author details diagnostic precision, tests with letters, and urges cautious inquiry into alleged cures while noting striking reversals and community supposition.
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Hartford Post
New York
Virginia
Heaven
Horatio
Thomas A. Scott
Pennsylvania Railroad
Scott
Dr. B
Tom Scott
Fifth Avenue
Colonel Scott
Imiracls
Dr. Flower
Mr. B
Sean
Flower
Philadelphia
J. M. Kennedy, Sr
Pennsylvania Road
Kennedy
Hetle
Europe
Jacob Coverhill
Germantown
Pople
Byron Woodward
Woodward
Mr. Woodward
Mr.Woodward
Epidemics and incidents ripple through 1881 news
Reports chronicle smallpox in China and islands, a Bridgeport firm moving to Kion New York, an Arkansan woman drowning her five children, a Texas cotton mill plan, and various crimes, rail consolidations, bank suspensions, and river tolls. Also noted are earthquakes fears near Goshen and US policy moves impacting postal, treasury, and naval affairs.
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China
Sandwich Islands
Lee Arms Company
Bridgeport
Humphreys
Texas
San Antonio
Beaver Mills
Keene
N. H
John Nichols
William
Danville
P. M. Pomeroy
Hebron
Ind
International & Great Northern
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Erie
Penn
John Rutgers Marshall
Ogdensburg
Australia
San Francisco
Pennsylvania Railway
Altoona
Commodore Shufeldt
Pippen
Goshen
Indian Territory
Tunis
United States
Nipsic
Chicago Times
Kansas
Hoffman
Buffalo
Chicago
Thomlin
Charleston
Ark
William Wise
Brooklyn
Great Falls
N. A
Hudson River Tunnel Company
Harrison
National Homestead Company
Cook County
Ilinois
French
Window
Philadelphia
Secretary of the Treasury
Circuit Court
New York
Supreme Court
N. Y
Lynn
McKay Sewing Machine Association
SangEror
von Dennis Gallager, Jr
Rosheo
Albert County
N. B
Daniel O'Lery
Cincinnati
Baltimore
End game results in Boston chess column 1881
In the April 27 1881 notice from Charles F Barker Cambridgeport Massachusetts the checker column records end games between Charles Hester and Mr Saunders and between Professor Vose and Charles I Blaney. The position shows Black 828 and White to move and win.
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Boston
Charles F. Barker
Houghton Street
Cambridgeport
Mass
Charles Hester
Mr. Saunders
Black
Professor Vose
Charles I. Blaney
MR. R. Walker
Glasgow
Sony Ee Eee A2
Partick
Walker
Ms W
Irawn
R. Alker
Charles L. Blaney
Twenty-Eighth Game in the Fife Match Continues
The report notes Game No 1162 Fife and Game No 1164 Fife in the ongoing match between teams, outlining the next positions and sequence of games in the series. The fragment confirms continued competition and numbering of fixtures in the match.
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Fife
Moir and McLachlan Draw In Long Bannockburn Match
A six hour contest at Co operative Hall Bannockburn ends in a drawn match between James Moir of Tillicoultry and James McLachlan of Bannockburn after six games with no winner. Moir plans to sail to the United States on Thursday for a few months and may seek American challengers while abroad.
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Reed
New York
G, D. Bugbee
Bugbee
McLachlan
Moth
America
James Moir
Tillicoultry
James McLachlan
Bannockburn
Co-operative
Moir
United States
Glasgow Herald
Forty years of pain eased by D. RV.i remedy
A woman credits D. RV.i with relief after twenty four years of suffering from severe headaches and kidney impairment. She endorses the product to others and notes it is guaranteed by all druggists.
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D. Rv.i
LD. N, Laturop
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