President Arthur's annual message to Congress on finance and trade
President Arthur transmits his annual message noting a peaceful transfer after Cleveland's election and urging Congress to suspend coinage of silver dollars, repeal silver certificates, abolish most excise taxes, boost foreign trade, and strengthen the navy and seaboard defenses. He endorses tariffs, steamship subsidies, national bank currency reform, and a broader American trade strategy with the Americas.
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Cleveland
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Congo Valley
Mexico
Secretary of the Treasury
Seaboard
HER FATHER'S GHOST. A mountain tragedy and a fanatical household
A Westfield mountain hamlet tale recounts Isaac Bronson and family living in isolation amid superstition. Mrs Bronson poisons herself on her father spirit’s command, her husband tied to spiritualism, neighbors summoned too late, medical examiners caution on dangers of fanatic belief and impact on seven children.
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Russell
Nat
Bronsons
Isaac Bronson
Dr. Waterman
Bronson
Heirs to Many Millions The Jennings Mystery Untold
Chelsea woman Mrs. Parsons recounts the long vanished tale of William Jennings the English miser who died in 1797 leaving vast but ill defined heirs. The Chelsea inquiry traces Tryphenia Jennings and Captain Pottle’s descendants through Porting Cove Newfoundland to Acton Hall and Lord Howe, with wills lost, records missing, and a multi generation hunt for a fortune once believed to be in the hundreds of millions.
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Mary
Pottlehamed Gough
Souio-Law
Cove
James
Atlantic Ocean
Pottle
Mary Gough
Canada
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Tug
Parsons
Thomas Parsons
Parsons & Doherty, Roofers
Chelsea
Vermont sheep breeders meet to plan World’s Fair display
Principal Vermont sheep breeders gathered in Middlebury to organize representation of the state’s wool and sheep industries at the World’s Fair in New Orleans. John A. Cross of Kansas served as superintendent of the meeting duties.
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Vermont
New Orleans
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Kansas
Vermont sheep men urged to prepare World’s Fair exhibit
A Vermont meeting invited and urged sheep men to prepare a World’s Fair exhibit. E N Bissell Shoreham D W Prime Brandon and J L Buttolph Middlebury were appointed to canvass the state and interest sheep men. Measures were set to cover exhibition expenses.
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Republicanism alarms Bismarck in Reichstag debate
Berlin November 26 Prince Bismarck said in the Reichstag that Liberals Socialists and the People s party are Republicans and have held such principles for ten years. He called the Reichstag no longer a national body. The remarks stirred a profound sensation. Paris November 26 Premier Ferry said the US minister in Pekin proposed mediation between France and China but the cabinet declined. Vienna November 26 US Minister Lowell plans resignation to return to America to resume literary work.
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Reichstag Defines Army Supremacy Amid War Debate
In Berlin the war minister defended army estimates against Socialist attacks, asserting Germany’s current European leadership rests on military strength and must be maintained. The bill’s first reading ended as the session closed.
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Reichstag
Germany
Name Burden Leads Miss to Seek Change at School
A Philadelphia Miss, honored with a five dollar gold piece at Binney public school, asks Board of Education official Mgr Campbell to change her surname Burchard. She cites pejorative taunts “Rum Romanism and Rebellion” and street sneers, saying she was born in St Petersburg or to English parents and longs for a new name.
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Board of Education
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Mother and Daughter Perish in Wisconsin Cold
In Shawano County Mrs John Wattaconnet and her twelve year old daughter started from Kelheno to Ceell to catch trains home. They became lost in woods and swamps as temperature fell on Sunday. The girl was found frozen on Thursday and the mother died nearby the following day, likely after the daughter tried to reach help. In Bridgeport births of twins surge with reports of twelve twins by one physician.
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Forty-Highty Congress Opens with Sworn Member
On December 1 in Washington two hundred seventy two members answered to their names, exceeding a quorum by fifty nine, Shrively sworn in as Calkins successor from Indiana, and a committee notified the President the House was ready for business. House adjourned after the 15 minute reading of the message.
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Debt Increase Marked in November For First Time Since 1879
Washington report notes the public debt will rise in November for the first time since July 1878. Last November reduced by 1.7 million dollars, but November revenue drop shifts expected debt decrease to an increase of about 750 thousand dollars.
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Wealthy Citizen Accused in Heifer Cruelty Case
Waterbury Connecticut reports that Scovill M Buckingham, a wealthy resident, faces cruelty charges after a heifer was bound under an ox-cart and dragged for about a half mile. The animal suffered severe injuries, horns torn free, and a bloodied street drew an excited crowd before a humane society agent halted the incident and Buckingham was arrested.
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Conn
Scovill M. Buckingham
Buckingham
What Beecher is Thankful for
Rev Henry Ward Beecher gave a Thanksgiving sermon in New York on November 27 praising his role in Cleveland’s election. He said his work stemmed from public duty and echoed his past opposition to slavery despite personal cost.
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Cleveland
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