Dam at Red River Save Porter's Fleet A Historic Blunder Averted
The article recounts Banks and Porter’s Red River expedition, the 800 foot wide dam built by Lt Col Bailey to lift the fleet above Alexandria rapids, and the eight day effort by 15 000 men to back up waters. The dam enabled the fleet to pass, with heavy guns hauled around rapids and crews enduring cold and fever. The venture is portrayed as a bungled campaign halted by a daring engineering feat and brave labor, averting disaster for Porter’s fleet.
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Red
Porter
Alexandria
Banks
Red River
Mississippi
Alexandra Falls
Halleck
Grant
Sherman
General Banks
Bailey
Ada
Mound City
Carondelet
Batley
Tiber
Sureveport
Texas
Rant
Bailey’s Dam and the Cotton Fleet Hero
The passage credits Colonel Bailey with saving Porter’s fleet at Alexandria by building a dam that allowed the Union ships to escape. It notes Banks and Porter left a bonfire of stores, a large looting effort, and a parasitic, permit-holding group that followed the fleet up the river, extracting cotton for both sides.
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Alexandria
Banks
Porter
Bailey
Flora Marries Bootblack In Brooklyn Romance
A New York tale recounts Flora a pretty girl who deserts her father to marry Albert Carpenter, a former bootblack turned letter carrier, after a year as his soda server. Flora, 18, converted from Hebrew to Protestant for the marriage, and the families reconcile as the couple remains felices.
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Flora
New York
Henry de Goode
Fourth Street
Williamsburg
Mr. de Goode
Mike Duffy
Albert Carpenter
Fiora
Havana
William Wainwright
Rockaway Beach
Bootblack
Brooklyn
Medill Testifies On Liquor Tax Affects Labor Reform
Joseph Medill, Chicago Tribune publisher, tells a Senate labor subcommittee that liquor and tobacco drain workers’ earnings, urging savings and educational reform. He cites annual alcohol and tobacco spending at about 600 million dollars, calls for tenement demolition, shorter hours, technical education, and uniform railroad rates. Charles Partridge notes that corners are gambling, with wheat sales reported for home use and speculation.
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Prkingman
New York
Joseph Medill
Chicago Tribune
Senate
Medill
London
Mississippi
Charles Partridge
Produce Exchange
Forty-One Men Blown to Atoms at Power Works
An explosion in the mixing-room of the California Power Works near Pirole on the Central Pacific railway Friday killed all workers in the room. The casualties include forty Chinese laborers and one white overseer, with body fragments found up to a quarter mile away.
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San Francisco
California Power Works
Pirole
Central Pacific
Personal crisis reports in Vermont leave two suicides
In West Randolph Charles Webster aged 30 shot himself in the head and died instantly, a love affair said to be the cause. In West Braintree Mrs. Frank Spaulding aged 28 ended her life by cedar oil, also linked to a romantic attachment.
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West Randolph
Charles Webster
Frank Spaulding
Central Vermont Railroad
West Braintree
Windstorm Hits Lexington Damages Key Buildings
A severe wind storm in Lexington yesterday afternoon felled the Cincinnati Southern Railroad engine house and tore roofs from the First National Bank the Press of Ice and Baker Mason's warehouse. Forshee's tobacco Warehouse was demolished. No lives were lost.
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Kentucky
Lexington
Cincinnati Southern Railroad Company
First National Bank
Press of Ice
Baker & Mason
Forshee
Diamonds and Pearls Valued at Six Thousand
A passenger aboard the Cephalonia last Saturday attempted to evade duties on six thousand dollars worth of diamonds and pearls. The goods were sent to the Wareers Store for valuation and twenty five percent duties were collected. Under the law confiscation to the government was possible.
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Cephalonia
A Waeers
Vitalizing Inhalation Treatment Promises Nerve Support
Inhaling therapy claims to restore weakened nerve centres and organs to normal activity by aligning with physiological laws. Drs Starkey and Paten of 1100 Girara Street Philadelphia offer documents and case reports from thirteen years of cures to judge its efficacy for personal use.
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Giara Street
Philadelphia
Tearful Jason Gould and Ulster County Map Partnership Tale
In a Northbound West Shore coach Oliver J. Tillson recounts meeting Jason Gould later known as Jay Gould. He describes their map venture in Ulster County begun in 1851 52 with Brink and Gould and notes Gould's early debts odometers and the purchase of his rights.
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Ulster County
New York
West Shore Railroad
Jay Gould
Tillson
Senate Labor Committee
Fruit-growers’ Association
Wich
Oliver J. Tillson
Gould
You and Gould
Mr. Tillson
Jason Gould
T. F. Tillson
Rosendale
Hudson and Delaware Canal
Rosendale Village
O'Donovan Rossa
Jason
Dean
Blair
John J. Snyder
Rochester
Snyder
Peter H. Brink
Coeeries
Wawarsing
Olive
Brink
Ee Esopus
Lloyd
Avin
Would
Delaware County
Highland
Ulster
Hole Drill Pierces Leg In Shocking Well Accident
Lima report says William Richardson fell thirty seven feet when a rope broke while digging a well at the fair grounds. The drill entered above the knee and exited near the hip, with two men assisting and Richardson carried to William West’s home for care. The wound is described as large enough for a man's fist.
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Cleveland
Lima
Fair Grounds
William Richardson
William West
Richardson
West
Philadelphia seeks claim to vast estate in UK in 1728 era
Abraham Pomelson of 1728 North Swentieth street travels to England to establish a claim to the estate of Rev. Juhuan, a Presbyterian minister. The text notes forty eight years since Lord John Annan of Scotland’s passing and the inheritance by Lord Johnstone, with Scottish law referenced.
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Philadelphia
New Jersey
John Annan
Scotland
Edinburgh
Lord Johnstone
Abraham Pomelson
North
Swentieth Street
England
Juhuan
Self Exiled Millionaire Lord Annan in Early America
The article traces Lord Annan, heir to vast estates valued around 40 million dollars with 12 million in a Bank of England deposit, who fled religious persecution for Ireland then Belfast, moved seeking freedom in the United States, settled in New Jersey, and died in 1835. His descendant John Annan later pursued the exiled magnate’s whereabouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Bank of England
Lord Annan
Edinburgh
Ireland
Belfast
United States
New Jersey
John Annan
America
A Southern Romance Finds Old Safe Wealth for Orphan Girl
A Jamestown North Carolina bank safe, long sealed since the Civil War, yields 3 000 000 in Confederate bonds and currency after an explosion. Exum’s 1863 bonds reveal a deposed name. the money is sent to Raleigh for an orphan girl cared for by an asylum. The case captivates the state as the girl gains education at a leading school.
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Cincinnati
Jamestown
N. C
Stoneman
Bank
Long Dead Bank
Awan
Naleigh
Adam Exum
Exum
Charleston C
Virginia
North Carolina
Raleigh
The Black Belt in Virginia Described as a Riot Zone
A Virginia Mecklenburg county section, labeled the black belt, is described as riotous with black majorities and white residents fearing loss of rights. A white woman faced harassment over hogs and fences, and a lawyer advised submission due to racial bias. Negro mobs have seized prisoners from lawmen, and a negro justice of the peace proclaimed a white arrestee should be sent to hell.
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Richmond
Mecklenburg County
Virgina
Mahone
Mecklenburg
Fred Douglass Speech at Negro Convention in Louisville
Fred Douglass addressed the national negro convention in Louisville on September 30 outlining negroes needs for education and federal aid under independent management. He warned the convention should not threaten the Republican party and urged unity among 6 million negro voters and supportive whites. Louisiana and South Carolina delegates obstructed proceedings, causing disorder and no business.
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Louisville
Fred Douglass
Republic Party
Republican Party
Mr. Douglass
Louisiana
South Carolina
Pursuit by fire A locomotive ride to safety from burning oil train
Dutt Brown recounts an 1869 two ten car oil train chase from Prospect to Brocton on the Buffalo Corry and Erie line. Fire and flames engulfed six oil cars as Brown belted through reverse curves at high speed to reach the Lake Shore track, aided by a brave fireman and an express brakeman. The crossing switch saved many lives. the pursuing cars burned out within miles. The tale ends with Brown’s survival and the fate of the horses and riders.
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den Crerk
N. Y
Tam
Prospect
Brocton
Lew
Dutt Brown
Portland
Buffalo, Corry
Cleveland
All Cars
Lake Shore
Cincinnati Express
Ley
Brockton
Mrs Parnell Saved by a Switchman in Rail Rescue
In Bordentown New Jersey on Monday Mrs Parnell mother of the Irish Home Rule leader started from Ironsides to go to New York. Hearing a train approach she stood on the track and became bewildered. Switchman Flynn acted quickly racing onto the track and shoving her off to safety before the train could strike. He narrowly escaped injury as the lever had been reversed and the rails locked in place.
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Blanche
Moses
Davey
Charles £. Berger
Bergec
Arctic
Couey Island
New York
Bowery
Blanche Gray
Detroit
Sweet Singer
Michigan
David Moses
Bowery Museum
Parnell
Bordentown
N. J
Ironsides
Flynn
Herald drops price to two cents in New York
The New York Herald reduced its price to two cents last week, following the Times and Tribune. No notice was given and the paper makes no editorial comment on the change. Evening papers now carry the highest prices in the city.
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New York Herald
New York
the Herald
Times and Tribune
Terrible West Shore collision reported near St Johnsville
On October 1 reports from Amsterdam Litthe Fats and Syracuse describe two West Shore passenger trains colliding near St Johnsville. Cars were burning and fatalities and injuries were uncertain with officials denying early casualty figures. Doctors were dispatched to treat the wounded as details remained incomplete.
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West Shore
Amsterdam
N. Y
St. Johnsville
Litthe Fats
West Shore Road
Syracuse
Evening Herald
Coxehes
Eughies
Terrific Explosion of a Steamboat Boiler Kills Three
At 2 40 this morning the boiler of the steamer J B Robinson exploded at Westerlo street in Albany. Captain George Warner and fireman William Cleary were killed instantly. Fred Tinslow Willard Durand Melville Ryan and Richard Vanzandt were injured or killed as debris wrecked the adjacent vessels and buildings. The Robinson sank, and surrounding craft suffered damage estimated with wreckage scattered across the river.
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Albany
J. 8
Robinson
Hattie M. Betts
Betts
Cora
C. P. Grant
Cleary
Treman
EB. M. Downing
Apollo
Robert Livingston
McAndrew
Captain Robinson
Orst Precinet
Indicted for Love Making Falconer Faces Delayed Trial
New York reports Alexander Falconer a Brooklyn artist and Twenty third Regiment member was arrested in April 1881 for persecuting Miss Kate Hale. Seven indictments exist but no trial has occurred as letters were deemed honorable. Falconer’s counsel seeks dismissal due to trial delays. Justice Moore may renew if not tried next term.
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New York
Alexander K. Faleconer
Twentythird Regiment
Kate L. Hale
Columbia Heights
Brooklyn
Plymouth
Europe
Falconer
Miss Hale
Hhe
Death Preferred To Stepmother
Ella Iris 14, daughter of George Iris of Seymour Connecticut, shot herself with a shotgun and died instantly. She had told classmates days earlier she could not get along with her stepmother and repeated the intent while wetting her dress in rain, then fired upstairs using her foot to trigger the weapon. The tragedy occurred yesterday morning after insisting on a specific dress.
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New Haven
Ella
George Iris
Seymour
Here
Roach Seeks $21 000 For Roanoke Vessel Care
John Roach presented a bill to the Navy Department for 21000 for caring for the steamer Roanoke since 1877. The vessel was linked to Roach in a payment plan connected to the Ironelid Puritan. Roach's charges exceed eight dollars daily including towage and pumping. The move signals possible bills for similar vessel care near $100000.
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Washington
John Roach
Navy Department
United States
Roanoke
Roach
Sitting Bull Clings to His Wives Postponed Catholic Rite
Sitting Bull’s reception into the Catholic church at Fort Yates has been indefinitely postponed as he refuses to part from either of his two wives after months under Bishop Marty’s instruction.
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Sitting Bull
Chicago
Fort Yates
Marty
Fatal Explosion Hits Harvesters Near Osakis Minn
A steam threshing machine explosion near Osakis Minnesota at about seven thirty on Wednesday morning killed four men and left five injured while workers gathered around the engine after a pump failure. The incident occurred about eight miles south of Osakis. Local authorities and the Pioneer Press reported the event as a terrible accident in the harvest field.
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Harvesters
St. Paul
Minn
Pioncer Press
Osakis
Rock named boundary commissioner for Guatemala Mexico line
Miles Rock assistant astronomer at the government observatory is appointed astronomer and engineer commissioner of the Guatemalan government to locate the boundary with Mexico. The 200 mile line will take two years to complete the task.
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Washington
Miles Rock
Government Observatory
Mexico
Dream Balm Praised By Hay Fever Sufferer
A Syracuse reader reports long hay fever relief after using Ely's Dream Balm. The testimonial credits the product with wonderful success and endorses its effectiveness for allergy symptoms.
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Ely
T. S. Geer
Syracuse
Indignant Spaniards Clash With French in Madrid Church Scene
News reports from Paris and Madrid describe anger toward King Alfonso of Spain after hostile crowds hissed and stoned at a church entrance. President Grevy apologizes, Alfonso demands a public apology, and Madrid braces for further demonstrations and possible government changes. French residents face protests in Honolulu Canton dispatches mention riots and attacks on French houses and warehouses.
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Paris
Alfonso of
Spain
Grevy
Alfonso
France
Madrid
Sagasta Minnistry
Hono Kone
Hono Kona
Canton
Smuggling Diamonds in Turkeys Feathers and Pigeons
Captain Donohue uncovers a major smuggling ring using carrier pigeons to move diamonds hidden in turkey feathers. A Rensselaer County farmer found a pigeon with a silk-tied roll of stones and a quill filled with diamonds. Observers estimate total smuggled value between 700000 and 800000 dollars with a 10 percent loss to duties. The stones seized include three lots worth about 1100 dollars, to be confiscated by the treasury.
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Sega
Canensauna
N. Y
Donohue
J. H W. Clavering
Rensselaer Paris
Donohoe
Antwerp
Potatoes Will Be Plent y in New England Crop Reports
The New England Homestead will publish reports from 3800 correspondents on the 1883 potato crop in New England and neighboring areas. Prices are expected to stay around twenty-five to fifty cents per bushel, with some regions nearer markets selling higher. Farmers distant from markets may fetch forty cents or more, while near markets could reach fifty to sixty cents, as purple Northern potatoes enter competition. The paper forecasts gradual price improvement into spring but cautions grain losses and handling costs.
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New England
Springfield
New York
Aroostook County
Boston
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John
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Erie Railroad
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Chartes A. Vogeler CO
Greta
New
E. Nason &Co
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