Mines and Miners Visit From Baltimore Coal Dealers
Baltimore coal dealers toured Cumberland region to observe mining operations and the Knights of Labor influence. The piece contrasts miners and company leaders, notes wage rules and daily limits, and profiles Lonaconing’s miner community, its stability, schooling, housing, and the business link to regional trade and railroads.
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Baltimore
Cumberland
Lonaconing
Knights of Labor
Knights of R
Knights
Tge
Georgetown
New York
Unveiled: Rhode Island election frauds review by Dr Greene
May 26 report from Washington details Dr Greene of Providence presenting evidence to President Hayes on Rhode Island election frauds and civil service violations. It alleges corruption in appointments, postmaster and customs offices, and money used to secure state and national offices, with calls for scrutiny and accountability.
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Rhode Island
Waasnmeton
Hayes
Greene
Providence
United States
General Shaw
Cyrus Harris
H. BR. Anthony
Wron
Blake
United States Navy
Rhode Ieiana
Ostmaster
Ambrose G. Burnside
Brayton
Lee
Poe
Wallace
Island
Esses
Rhi
Gregne
Lernex
The Arnold murder foiled by a deaf detective tale
A long-form tale recounts the Arnolds of a Pennsylvania village where a brutal double murder occurred. A detective narrates chasing a red-haired thief across towns, using a child witness to link Luke to the crime, culminating in a Rochester capture and a gallows confession.
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Arnolds
Pennsylvania
Amnold
Pittsburg
Arnold
Little J
Vilage
Grandpa
Grandma
Dack
Jack
Sore
Gene
Meuréau
Mr. Jackson
Constales
Harrisburg
Esanayivenia Central Railroad
Allen
Europe
Newfield
N. Y
Penfield
Luke
Patent lamp post would cut city costs, says Oakland inventor
An Oakland inventor, Mr. Dingdiffer, claims a patent electric lamp-post system could greatly reduce city policing costs by placing election buttons on each lamp post to report drunken arrests. He argues ninety percent of police work is unnecessary and envisions central dispatches reacting to “drank” signals. The San Francisco Post notes skepticism but records the inventor’s bold claims and the reporter’s bemused reaction.
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Edison
Oakland
Dingdiffer
Post
Rae
Tregemeny
Dingdifter
Finigan
Dist
Epcot
Donovan
Political Outcasts and Extradition Across Empires
The piece laments shifting extradition rules and hostile reception of political exiles. It cites New Zealand Herald on twenty five released New Caledonia Communists, detailing their professions and asylum challenges. It notes arbitrary arrest in free states and reflects on historical shifts in Europe and the Moors, French artisans, and English industrial gains.
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London Daily News
New Zealand Herald
New Caledonia
Auckland
France
Switzerland
Germany
Spain
England
Desperate Escape Of an English Sailor From a Brutal Ship
A London veteran recalls a 1810 mutiny aboard the sloop Reindeer off Demerara bay. John Smith fled the tyrannical captain, lashed through sharks, and escaped by boarding American vessels, later assuming the name John Ledan aboard the American frigate Astrea. He served bravely, was pensioned in 1872, and died in 1874, buried near London, leaving a son in the British Navy.
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Naval College
Greenwich
Cockney
Enlind
Lord Nelson
Vehildren
Earl of Derwentwater
Greenwich Hospital
Collingwood
Trafalgar
Nelson
London
Republic
West India Station
England
Marryatt
Egg
John Smith
Demerara Bay
Song
Smith
Condard
John Ledan
Loard & King
George
Jack Smith
Alias Smith
John Sedan
Socallea
Battie
Nardoe
John Smith Tost
Near Lonon
New England Ad Request Seeks Summer Boarders
If you want summer boarders and live in any New England town send your ad dress at once to Tak Boston Damy GLOBE Boston Mass Enclose stamp
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New England
Boston Damy Globe
Boston
Mass
Dave Goss
Spoopendike Button Lost Found In Family Scene
A Brooklyn Eagle humorous item recounts Mr Spoopendyke and his wife debating where a gold collar button vanished. They search the house from chimney to bureau, accuse each other, and finally recover the button, with light mockery of domestic bungling and thrift. Also noted is a Washington court rebuke by a juror in a rape trial involving Robert Randolph, with a colored juror defending the accused victim’s dignity and the judge calling for adjournment.
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Mr. Spoopendyke
Mrs. Spoonpendyke
Mrs. Spoopendyke
Mrs. Spoopene
Mr.ndyke
Han
Mrs. Spoopen
Bill Joe
Washington
Robert Randolph
Kate Chamberlain
Bee
Theodore Ray
Texas Development and Land Prices Rise in Hardeman County
A private letter from Pease River City Hardeman county northwestern Texas dated May 5 describes immense crops including fruit and vegetables and purée air. It claims lands may sell at $6 per acre with values tripling this year as emigration surges. Boston readers are urged to forward stamps to Dave Goss.
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Pease River City
Hardeman County
Texas
Lone Star State
Boston
Wholesale druggists across the United States and Canada
A long list of druggists and firms across many states and cities is presented, including Smith, Doolittle & Smith. Cutler Bros. & Co.. Carter, Harris Hawter. Boston Nass Tao. W. Perkins & Co.. Portland Maine. Bab cott & Co.. Moses & Co.. Bush & Co.. Silas Dinsmore & Co.. N. K R. Scott & Co.. Worcester Mass. Alonzo F. Wood. J. H. Clock. New Haven Conn. C. H. Martin & Co.. Chambers, Calder & Co.. Oliver Johnson & Co.. Mason, Chapin & Co.. Providence R I. Wels, Richardson & Co.. Burlington Vt. H. & J. Brewer. Brent, Wood & Co.. 22 Park Place New York City. and all wholesale and retail druggists across the United States and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo
Goodwin & Co
Weeks & Potter, Smith, Doolittle & Smith
Carter, Harris & Hawley
Boston
Mass
United States
Conn
C. H. Martin & Co
Concord
N. H
Chambers, Calder & Co
Oliver Johnson & Co
Mason, Chapin & Co
Providerce
R. I. Wels
Richardson & Co
Burlington, Vt
H. & J. Brewer
Springfield
Brent, Wood & Co
Park Place
New York City
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Ehman
Jamaica
Ali
Rochester
Bat
Hit
Eye of the Watch
San Francisco Post
Georghe
B. Perry
Lovet
Brooklyn Eagle
Texas Development
Abs
Olutely
Aaelloe
Edie
Peatir
Istaves
Ivanitay
Sicily
Adap
Skennedy & Co. Gen
Canada
Second Ave
Wotwy E T
Pittsburgh
Gea. C. Goodwill & Col
Weeks & Potter
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