Wrights of Pennsylvania lead Boston labor inquiry
A Congressional committee chaired by Hendrick B. Wright of Pennsylvania and including Thompson H. Murch of Maine questioned Boston workers on labor conditions and the eight hour law. Wright noted evidence of rising business activity but cautioned that prosperity may be temporary. The panel has taped testimony across Chicago San Francisco Des Moines New York and Boston with plans to continue to Philadelphia and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendrick B. Wright
Pennsylvania
Thompson H. Murch
Maine
Colonel Wright
Revere House
Henry L. Dickey
Ohio
M. P. O'Connor
South Carolina
John C. Sherwin
Ilinois
Calvin Cowgill
Indiana
Joseph J. Martin
North Carolina
Mr. Wilent
Chicago
Messrs.Connors
Martin
Dickey
Cowgill
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Des Moines
Murch
New York
Boston
Hewett
Wricht
Aeronim
Whcat
Europe
Wincat
Wiccar
Congress
Evarts
Wright
England
Massachusetts
Grant
Lowell
Wincut
Philadelhia
Min Hewitt
Poor Italian Immigrants Arrive from Antwerp at Castle Garden
About 200 of the most poverty-stricken Italian immigrants landed at Castle Garden arrive from Antwerp. Several are suspected of begging. One man, named Vito, is deeply deformed, with useless legs and hands, smuggled by a padrone without a passport.
Immigrant family to be sent back to Italy amid passport fears
Muzio and a woman with two children were part of the group. The man will be returned to Italy, with the case to the state department and a request for consuls abroad to stop such emigrants. Among the immigrants were two Italians who fled without passports to avoid military service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muzio
Italy
State Department
Scandal over D M Bennett and The Truth Seeker editorials
The letter from historian Ames Parton defends D M Bennett imprisoned in Albany for printing Cupid’s Yokes. Parton condemns attacks on Bennett, urges supporters to cancel the pamphlet’s influence, and criticizes liberal papers that publish such material. He recounts visiting a Boston bookstore and questions punishing booksellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M. Bennett
New York
Albany
Cupid
Religio-Philosophical Journal of
Chicago
Bennett
James Parton
Parton
Tess
Frere
Boston
School Street
Parker House
Ames Parton
Horrible death at Danvers Lunatic Asylum Tale of a Bound Victim?
A German tailor named Cinyck Bucek died October 16 in a Danvers asylum bathtub after scalding water flowed over him. Reports vary whether the attendant caused the death by turning the faucet or if the patient acted alone. The attendant was discharged while the asylum defers blame, noting a Christian burial was given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danvers
Cinyck Bucek
Osborne of
Peabody
Bucek
KEARNEY'S LATEST FREAK ORGANIZES HATE SOCIETY
A San Francisco meeting of cigar makers at Horticultural Hall heard Patrick Kearney's plan to form a secret society named The Jacobins to hang anyone employing or encouraging Chinese labor. The proposal was met with unanimous approval and sparked widespread alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Horticultural Hall
Kallock
Dunn
Denis Kearney
Kearney
The
Jacobins
Indian Thunder Beliefs Across American Tribes
At a Saratoga Social Scientists meeting Dr. J G Henderson summarized Indian ideas on thunder and lightning. Across tribes such as Iroquois Dakota and Ojibwa the storm is caused by spirits with thunder birds and lightning serpents guiding worship and ritual acts. Variations span Mississippi valley floods Peru Brazil and Mexico with offerings, sacrifices, and mythic figures like Heno the cloud god and Apocatequin Piquerad twins shaping Trinity teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
Social Scientists
J. G. Henderson
Judge Henderson
United States
Mississippi Valley
Honduras
Heno
Roaring Falls
Niagara
Brazil
Dakotas
Mexico
Apocatequin
Piquerad
Pizarro
Hartford Barber Prober August Woehler Missing
In Hartford on November 4 a barber shop proprietor August Woehler vanished after departing for New York on business. A letter to Gilbert Hendlin claimed Woehler intended to shoot Dr. A B Foote in Lexington Avenue and described a struggle in which Foote wrested a pistol from him before he escaped. The letter warned that Woehler planned to be dead by the time the letter arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Woeller
Army News From The Plains And Texas Divisions
Brigadier General Crook reports on the Cheyenne breakout from Indian Territory and resistance at Fort Robinson, detailing harsh measures, harsh weather, and the strong will of the Indians to die rather than return. Hancock favors retiring long-serving noncommissioned officers and reforming felon placement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washtnoton
Crook
Department of the Platte
Indian Territory
Nebraska
Pers
Major Carleton
Sand Hills
Camp Sheridan
Neb
Mackenzie
Fort Robinson
Indian ‘Territory
Red Cloud
Washington
Wessels
Sreene
White River
Hancock
W. S. Hancock
Atlantic
Arnold
Elmira
N. Y
Fort Leavenworth
Governor's Island
Department of Texas
Division of the
Pacific
Department of Columbian
E. O. C. Ord
Mexico
Irwin McDowell
Division of the Pacific
Schofield
West Point
Terry
Miles
Fort Keogh
O. O. Howard
Department of Columbia
Lucy Stone Interviewed on Woman Suffrage Rise in States
An interview with Lucy Stone during the American Woman Suffrage Association session in Cincinnati covers her long involvement since 1847, the shift from anti slavery work to suffrage advocacy, views on progress in Wyoming and Massachusetts, and the political and social impact of women voting on laws and marriage, with emphasis on state by state strategy and the need for constitutional change. Stone cites examples like reduced drinking near polling places in Wyoming and broader influence on candidates, while noting hurdles in Massachusetts voter registration and tax requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Woman's Suffrage Association
Cincinnati
Lucy Stone
Cincinnati Gazette
Powers
May
London University
Massachusetts Medical Society
Hartford
Wyoming
Kingman
Methodist Church
Congress
House of Congress
United States
Massachusetts
MISS JUDD'S MARVELLOUS RECOVERY THROUGH PRAYER
A Buffalo Sun report details Milas Currie Judd's recovery from a severe spinal illness after a year of decline. Guided by faith and a letter from Mrs Edward Mix urging prayer, Miss Judd abandoned medicines, joined a Wolcottville prayer meeting, and within weeks gained strength, walking and resuming daily activities including teaching Sunday school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
New York Sun
Milas Currie F. Judd
O. K. Judd
Connecticut Street
Judd
American Express Company
Miss Judd
Hambleton
Wolcottville
Conn
Catill
Jupp
Eva
Edward MIX
Eight Days in a Quicksand A Pennsylvania Woman Misfortun
A widow named Avery aged about forty five left her home near Salem Wayne county on foot to visit a brother in Lackawaxen township Pike county. She became lost in the dark and sank into quicksand in Tinkwig swamp. For eight days she endured hunger and exposure, eating bark and drinking muddy water, until a hunter named Baisden heard a moaning and found her malnourished and nearly naked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avery
Salem
Wayne County
Penn
Lackawaxen River
Lackawaxen Township
Pike County
Tinkwig Swamp
Ata Ee
Baisden
Mrs. Avery
Mountain Meadows Massacre Chief Charged
A Colorado despatch reports Edward Clark at White River Agency says Chief Douglass, implicated in the Meeker massacre, was involved in the Mountain Meadows slaughter. Clark recalls a summer quarrel where the chief threatened to ruin Douglass by exposing his sins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Greeley
Col
Edward Clark
White River Agency
Douglass
Meeker
Mountain Meadows
Clark
General Adams
White River
Funeral rites for General Hooker at City Hall
New York officials held a public viewing of General Hooker remains at City Hall until noon with a spontaneous display unseen since Lincoln. The cortege then moved to Madison Square Formneine Church for funeral services honoring the late general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
General Hooker
City Hall
Lincoln
Madison Square
Telegraphy Field Exercises Near Berlin In 19th Century Report
A German paper describes field telegraphy drills near Berlin by artillery and engineer officers from the School of Military Engineering. A four mile uncovered wire line from Tempelhof road to the railway station was laid in under forty minutes with an intermediate station enabling messages to be sent and received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verkehrs Zeitung
Berlin
Tempelhof
A Successful Soldier Sir Garnet Wolseley Chronicled
A London Truth piece portrays Sir Garnet Wolseley as a consummate military figure with rapid promotions, global campaigns from Crimea to Ashanti, and a strict anti intoxication policy for his troops. It notes his Irish pride, family lineage, and penchant for being on the spot of every conflict, while praising his tactical acumen and his Soldier's Pocket Companion manual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sir Garnet
Ireland
Wellington
Marlborough
William the First
Wolseley
Newton Butler
Charlies Michael Wolseley
Bir Garnet
Windsor Great Park
Sidonia
Coningsby
Lord Beaconsfield
Mr. Gladstone
Curly Wise
Garnet Wolseley
Red River
Olnt
Crimea
India
Lucknow
Alumbagh
China
Garnet
Cape
Nelson
Wolfe
Napoleon
Corrades
Hannibal
Caesar
Ashantee
Maurice
Frederic Denison
Duke of Wellington
England
Daily News
Ribald Forbes
Lord Chelmsford
Unknown schooner wrecks near Portland. five men drown
November 4 report from Portland describes an about 100 ton schooner ashore on Broad Cove rock off Cape Elizabeth. Five men clung to the hull at daylight but perished as high seas washed them away. Survivors from the vessel, a sawdust carrier bound for Boston, were rescued aboard the Star of the East with one man dead. Names not yet available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Broad Cove
Cape Elizabeth
Star of the East
Boston
Bishop Hendricken Warns Against Irish Revolutionists
The Rt. Rev. Bishop Hendricken of Providence told his congregation that some fund-raisers seek money to foment revolution and threaten English commerce. He urged restraint, rejected reckless Irish politics, and cautioned avoiding “shillelah” barroom agitators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendricken
Providence
R. 1
Ireland
British permit allows American sheep landing without slaughter
London reports a government order allowing American sheep to land in England without immediate slaughter at quarantine. The measure, issued November 5, enables importers to ship live sheep, pending further inspection and control provisions by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
CARBOLINE credited with restoring hair growth in testimonials
A series of endorsements from Joseph E. Pond Jr W H Brill & Co and Gustavus F Hall claim CARBOLINE rapidly grows hair in areas long bald. They note six to eight weeks of use produced noticeable thick growth and recommend the product to the public and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herodotus
Zante
Persia
Davisville
Cal
Chas. Langley & Co
San Francisco
Chas, E. White
Joseph E. Pond, Jr
North Attleboro
Mass
W. H. Brill &O
Fifth Avenue Pharmacy
Pittsburg
Penn
Gustavus F. Hall
Oates Opera
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Revorter
Weicut
Gowen
Wrighr
Franklin
New
Annual Reports
General Crook
Texas, Pacific
Buffalo, N. Y
Grese
Hoxsie
Davis
Attica
Baethig
Lon See On
Buffalo Courier
Springfield Republican
Mix
Genesee County
Ence
Chief Douglass
Sir Garnet Wolssley
Carboline
James D. King
Notary Public
Arthur
Chemist
Holyoke
Masa
Pittsburg, PA
Canadas
Great Britain
Canada
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