Gambler Jim Bruce Known as Slim Jim Dies in Street Lottery
A strange funeral from 82 Greenwich Street marks the end of James Bruce called Slim Jim king of three card monte. The 30 year old gambler fleeced deacons and clergymen, traveled West, briefly jailed on railroads, and died after a gun misfire at Herne Hospital. He was buried at Weehawken cemetery.
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Vanderbilt Widow Sets Sights On Beauregard Union
Washington correspondent reports rumors that Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt may wed General George Beauregard. Beauregard, famed engineer officer and West Point graduate, is praised for Manassas work but faulted as a fighter. Vanderbilt circles, with wealth and society ties noted and Dr Deems influence cited.
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New York City
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Killed and injured by a fall of ice in shaft
In Scranton Pennsylvania on November 26 the ice that formed in the Oxford shaft toppled at the bottom. Two men were killed Patrick Rocheford and Hopkin Hughes. Injured were Thomas Watkins James Roberts William Hayes. Morgan ones survived. The workers were sunk about 150 feet while sinking a new shaft.
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Oxford
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Patagonia
Thomas Watkins
James Roberts
Providence
William Hayes
Hyde Park
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Death of Boston's Oldest Apothecary Dr John S Brown
Boston mourns the death of Dr John S Brown 92 oldest apothecary in the city. He died at his Shawmut avenue residence after a long life in the trade. He was the eldest of four Brown brothers who operated apothecary stores on Washington street near Essex Bedford State and Eliot. Many Rhode Island boys trained in their shops and joined the trade. John I Brown came to Boston in 1807 and worked for Dr Stephen Thayer at No 4 New-
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Early 19th Century Boston Druggist Ends Long Career
The store stood on What is now Washington Street opposite Essex Street head. In 1812 the owner bought the business and ran it until about twelve years ago, retiring. A small wooden building housed the shop with rent of 150 dollars yearly. The attic connected by a bell served as a sleeping room. He left two sons Atherton T. and G. Frank Brown of John I. Brown & Sons and two daughters.
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Mournful vigil over husband’s corpse in Scituate home
In Scituate, Elizabeth Hunt, aged about 80, has sat by her husband Jonathan Hunt’s corpse for two days, claiming to care for him after he died likely Sunday. An officer found the body and questioned the wife, whose behavior suggested insanity. Medical Examiner Brewster will view the remains. authorities have taken no action yet.
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Death of General Daniel P. Upham in Arkansas
General Daniel P. Upham of Little Rock died at his father's house in Dudley at age 49. He moved to Arkansas in 1865 facing persecution as a northern man, led military districts to suppress outrages, served five years as militia commander and five as Chancery Court clerk, and was U S marshal for the western district of Arkansas. He retired two years ago in frail health and had been improving agriculture since.
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Little Rock
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Chancery Court
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Indian Territory
They Claim Heirs Of Indian Fortune Stirring Brockton Family
A Boston paper reports a Brockton McCarthy family claiming to be heirs to a fortune in India. William McCarthy, said to have sailed from Liverpool to New York decades ago, is the potential claimant, with General William Frederick McCarthy’s will leaving him over 1,000,000 rupees. John and Patrick McCarthy say their father, also William McCarthy, left Liverpool for New York about forty years ago and now pursue legal inquiry and counsel to pursue a share.
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New York City
Cape Cod Ship Canal Plan Attracts Noted Builders
Captain Nathan Appleton states that Count Ferdinand de Lesseps and General Turr may join in the Cape Cod canal project. An application is on file at the State House. He estimates a three year construction period and costs between 2 and 8 million dollars. Projected tonnage through the canal is 6 million tons annually, with potential toll income of 250 thousand dollars at five cents per ton.
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Adirondacks Rail Plan Aims at Malone Termination
Wealthy New England lumber men propose a 400000 dollar railway into the Adirondacks to Malone as the terminus. They have purchased sixty square miles of land to clear for the line, risking large forest denudation upon completion.
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Haverly’s Cigantic Scheme Aims Fifty Theatres In West
Manager J H Haverly disclosed plans to run fifty theatres under his control within eighteen months. He expects to lease buildings for ten years and to establish a nationwide circuit of combination theatres, enabling companies to perform a full season across multiple venues.
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Allowed to Carry Whiskey
Chicago on November 26 a party of Chicago sportsmen began a hunting trip through Indian territory with twenty five gallons of whiskey. They were arrested by a U S marshal who found an order signed by General Sheridan permitting wine or whiskey. Washington issued orders that finally released them.
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Davis Aims for Senate Amid Illinois Campaign Talk
In Clinton Illinois on November 26 reports say a prevailing opinion holds Senator David Davis may run for United States senator for Illinois, though he denies seeking candidacy. He has many supporters in the area while Republicans favor ex governor Richard G Oglesby as their candidate.
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Clinton
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Richard G. Oglesby
Kidney Wort Claims Two Sided Truth In Cure Claims
An advertisement touts Kidney-Wort as the best remedy for constipation and liver issues with prompt lasting action. It urges readers to compare claims and notes doctors may disagree on methods while insisting users agree it is superior. Also promotes a Cricket publication offer and a job listing for girls for general housework.
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New York
Navy budgets push for six million more for warships
From Washington November 25 reports indicate the secretary of the navy will seek six million dollars additional for the next fiscal year to fund new war vessels. A naval affairs committee study found many ships obsolete and useless in modern combat, urging rapid rearmament and possible abolition of some yards. The piece notes political shifts after recent elections may slow naval expansion.
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Worm in a Horse Eye At New York College Exhibit
A Dodge & Bliss bay horse with a parasitic worm in its right eye was brought from Jersey City to the American Veterinary College on Fifty Fourth Street. Professors Liautard and Pomeroy described the eye, the cornea, and the worm, and explained a puncture could remove the parasite and save sight. The spectacle drew many students and suggested Tuesday removal at the college.
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Saved from hand ing William Richards cheats the gallows
William Richards, to be hanged for the 1881 murder of Joseph Jackson of Abercorn, Quebec, in Sweetsburg, Quebec, cut his throat in his cell early today, ending his execution. A sprawling case began after a letter from England surfaced linking a loving sister M. H. Jackson to the victim, guiding detectives from Montreal to Waterbury, Connecticut, then Hartford and Sweetsburg, culminating in a verdict of guilty and a prior sentence of hanging for Richards.
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Viennese Mother Ends Grief With Self Inflicted Death
A Vienna widow and mother of an 18 year old Ring Theatre victim visited his grave on All Saints Day and killed herself the next day. She left money for burial and asked to be interred beside her son. The mayor ordered burial in the same grave as her son and All Souls Day wreaths were laid on unidentifiable victims.
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Rich and Strange Patent for Mummy Making Process
Two Pennsylvanians seek a patent for a dead preservation method claiming to halt decay by a diffused antiseptic compound. Experiments with electricity allegedly turned a dead infant into a rubber-like, odorless form, with cheeks pliant and ears polished like horn, leaving uncertainty about long term stability.
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Patent Office
Odd Train Scene and Fruit Jam Revelations
An Atlanta passenger tale recounts an elderly woman with a dog on a train to St Paul who clashes with a coach hand over the animal. A commercial tourist intervenes, later returning with a valise containing the dog as the hand kicks it out. A trade journal correspondent then describes a jam factory using turnips and coal tar to imitate fruit flavors.
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Coreh
Result of Using Dynamite as Bait in Lancaster Creek
A hardware merchant gave dynamite cartridges to a Lancaster County man claiming fish would surface dead if exploded under water. He tested them in Cane Creek mill-pond, threw a cartridge into the water, and the blast capsized his boat. Three ducklings were submerged and one boy nearly drowned.
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Lancaster County
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Cane Creek
Ample Provocation for Murder in Atlanta Ball Tale
Two mountain legislators attend a fashionable ball and debate marriage status of dancers. One quips that Kate Southern killed Narcissa Cowart for less than the provocation noted, implying a murder motive sparked by social provocations.
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Kate Southern
Narcissa Cowart
Mule in Irvine County Commits Death by Own Action
Near Irvine in Estill county a mule owned by W. F. Park strangled itself by forcing its head through a fence crack and slipping its neck into a narrow gap. The cause is unknown, with no alcohol or family trouble evident, and religious excitement suspected.
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Wee
Vocal mouse and guiding pups in quirky Richmond tale
A Richmond Post Office worker brings a house mouse that sings at night, described as a prima donna. In Chicago, four setter puppies include a blind sibling led by the brightest brother using short sticks as improvised guidance.
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How a Lecturer Kept Her Appointment
Miss Courtland of Missouri gives a curious account after a Butler address. She and her daughter missed the Rich Hill train and attempted to ride a freight. Told no passengers could ride, they were weighed tagged and shipped to the Gazette editor as cattle.
Salt Lake Near Savannah Once Teemed With Salt Boilers
In eastern Savannah near half a mile west of the Seneca river lies a one acre lake with water as salt as the ocean. Forty years ago a settlement formed around it and salt was manufactured by boiling the water. Now the forests are gone and the salt boilers vanished.
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Strange Potato Exhibits At R B Nunn's Headquarters
R B Nunn hosts a startling display of vegetable curiosities in Lowensboro. A potato shaped like a quail with feather markings and eyes, another carved as a turtle with legs head and shell, and a vine bearing potatoes along the stem and roots, some growing above ground as perfectly as underground stock.
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R. B. Nunn
Mysterious navy blue bird captured near Nashville
John Allen of Williamson county captured a strange navy blue bird about thirteen miles from Nashville. The bird has a snow white beak, nearly six inch claws, and a fierce glare that provokes anger. Allen notes it flies with great rapidity.
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The Object of a Georgia Lady s Devotion
In Lexington a hurried wife scolds her husband for a slow helper. While the family prayed, the man at work cutting wood had only three strokes heard after prayers, prompting the wife to remark at once that the boy did not strike enough during devotion.
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Epward Everett and Edwin M Stanton Die of Apoplexy
The text notes both Edward Everett and Edwin M Stanton died from apoplexy, a brain pressure caused loss of motion and sensation. It claims Graves' Heart Regulator has cured heart disease and related conditions for eighty years.
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Money Markets and Wall Street Movements in Boston 1882
Financial notes detail Boston money market stability, scarce money supply, firm rates on loans, and bank caution. It reports on government bond moves, Folger’s debt-payer order, and weekly clearings while noting Wall Street price swings and calls for bonds amid broader market manipulation.
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Boston Markets in Fair Shape Despite Cautionary Outlook
In a Boston Daily Globe survey from November 26, leading industries show mixed signals. Iron, machine shops and foundries run full, wool active, cotton steady, hides firm, and metals trend toward buyers. Food commodities mostly unchanged or soft, flour dull, pork down, groceries weak, sugars coffees and teas unsatisfactory, butter slow, and cheese prospects unclear.
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Flour and Cotton Markets Mixed on Saturday Trading
Saturday trading showed steadier flour for low grades while cotton futures rose. Prices for pork, lard, and dairy moved modestly. grain and rice futures mixed as oats and corn fluctuated. Record receipts at ports numbered 45,40 bales, with cotton sales totaling 472 bales and 50,000 bales listed for the season.
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Gloucester Week of Arrivals and Market Prices for Fish
Special report lists weekly arrivals totaling 38 ships with codfish and haddock dominating. Receipts: codfish 224,000 pounds, halibut 149,200, haddock 487,000. Notable rise in haddock due to Boston market issues. pollock arrivals zero. Prices for various cod, haddock, halibut and related products provided by quintal and barrel, reflecting busy market conditions in Gloucester.
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Arrivals of Livestock at Brighton and Watertown Week End
Weekly livestock arrivals show 3404 cattle and 12083 sheep and lambs across Bright on, Watertown markets for the week ending Friday November 24 1532. Western cattle 2224 Eastern 273 Northern 905. sheep and lambs totals via regional sums 3500 3376 and 12836 respectively. swine 17407. veals 375. horses 101. Beef cattle prices per 100 pounds live weight listed by quality from extra to poorest. hides and tallow prices shown for Bright and country. calfskins and sheep skins values included.
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