Train Disaster at Woodstock Slaughters Dozens
A Boston to Vermont express derailed near Woodstock on the Central Vermont line after a broken rail. Eleven cars plunged from a deck bridge into White River, catching fire in freezing conditions. Rescue work faced intense heat and ice, with 39 bodies recovered and 42 feared dead. many others were unidentifiable or missing, including travelers from Boston, Montreal, and Vermont.
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Boston
Woodstock
Central Vermont
Old Windsor
White River
New England
Charles W. Hosmer
Lowell
Mass
Vermont
Montreal
Burgess
A L Wesson
O. W. Sanford
Moxie Nerve Food Company
Washington, D. C
Charies
Charlies W. Sandford
Chase & Co
Charles A. Hibard
P. H. Follett
Sharon
Hartford
Zeph Marquet
David Marquet
Holyoke
Canada
Joseph
Rabbits at Sea Spark Debate on Import Policy
The president received a letter from Hon. Cassius M. Clay of Kentucky warning against importing English Austrian rabbits to the United States. He urged taking stronger measures to prevent spread of diseases, with Treasury to review options and Ways and Means committee to act. Other notes include Dakota governor pick and social events.
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Cassius M. Clay
Kentucky
United States
Treasury Department
Department
Committee of Ways and Means
Cullom
Judge Church
Dakota
Mme. Modjeska
California
Lill Hagaman
Fred Sommers
Wisconsin
Dr. Talmage
Brooklyn
Little Nixie Markham Hero of Parkerstown Station
A quiet 15 year old, Nixie Markham, acts bravely at Parkerstown station to avert a rail disaster when two tramps tamper with the track. She signals Stratford and stops the down train, saving hundreds. Her deed earns praise and improves her family’s fortunes. she is later celebrated as the bravest woman in the state. Frederick Douglass and Theodore Tilton in Paris are noted as well.
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Ed F. Dijon
Dartmouth
Westcott
Burlington
Frank L Wesson
Lionfield
Mass
D. Maignet
Quebec
Edward Banks
Brakeman
Lebanon
N. H
M R. Burgess
Pullman
Nancy Dunbar
Porter’s Station
Somerville
Mason Mills
Iroquois
Ont
Boulanger
Holyoke
J. Hamner
Boston
Nixie Markham
Parkerstown
New England
Nixie
Markham
Nick
Centre Village
Express
Morphime
Stratford
Eunice Markham
Q. & L. Railroad Company
London
Fred. Douglass
Paris
Douglass
Theodore Tilton
Tilton
Tigon
England
Ducs de Nemours
Ile de Paris
Notre Dame
Illinois
Logan
Garfield
Ohio
Washington
Jack
Weill
Ellow
Schlag
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn
Enfield, N. H
Ottawa
Costly Sympathy in a Letter and a Fir Pillow Tale
A series of vignettes reveals a summer resort romance centered on Jack Turner and Muriel Fales. The nurselike confidante narrator recounts a pine needle fir pillow gift for a consumptive girl, Jack’s letters, and a deepening affection amid social scrutiny.
Evictions in Glenbeigh Stir American View
London NY Sun correspondent portrays Glenbeigh evictions as brutal and shocking. Scenes include burning cottages, a pregnant farmer’s wife dragged from bed, a mother sheltering a dying infant in a hut, and a woman striking a bailiff with a shovel. The piece links cruelty to landlord pressure and critiques Gladstone’s opponents in Britain.
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Ireland
London
The
New York Sun
Glenbeigh
Gladstone
America
New York Letter on Anarchist Saloon and London Theatre Disaster
A New York reader describes a beer hall used by anarchists with Henry George imagery and socialists debating the Chicago case. The piece shifts to a London Spitalfields Hall panic where a crowd crush killed Eva Marks and Isaac Levy among others during a melodrama, with details of the fatal entrapment and exits.
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New York
Adolf Schlag
Kohut
Chicago
Schlag
Henry George
Lucy Parsons
Princess Street
Spitalfields
London
Eva Marks
Isaac Levy
Levy
Thomas Goldberg
Gracious Courtesy Across Class Lines in Historic Tales
In a Past Arthur era voyage, a ragged boy gives a gift of a child eagret to the President, is blocked by officers, and is consoled by Arthur’s courteous handling. A later society anecdote recalls a seamstress daughter rising through dignity and kindness, teaching the power of humane manners over snobbery.
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Arthur
Florida
Jacksonville
Mr. Arthur
New
van Holden
Invasion of the South Signals Investment Surge Across Regions
The Times-Democrat notes a steady influx of northern visitors and large capital tours into Alabama Mississippi and nearby areas. Lumber dealers from the west, New England parties, and midwest capitalists inspect forests iron districts pine regions Yazoo delta and land and water resources for potential investments. The piece predicts an era of vast investment leading to major future development.
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South
Times-Democrat
West
Northwest
Alabama
New England
Mississippi
Iowa
Wall Street Hits Mood of War Fears Over European Disturbances
Street traders stayed wary amid fears of a European war fueled by rumors of financial turmoil in Paris Vienna and Berlin. Prices at the exchange sagged as selling intensified from foreign accounts and cautious bulls and bears alike. Stocks with large foreign holdings fell most.
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Wall Street
Paris
Vienna
Berlin
The
Stock Exchange
Auction of Former President Arthur’s Carriages and Horse
Public sale items include the late President Arthur’s carriages harness and one horse. The mare sold for 195 dollars, a brewster named Jandan brought 615, a brougham 435, brewster Victoria 506, with the remaining lots selling around 800.
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Arthur
Loss from Rochester industrial school fire totals high
The Rochester industrial school fire caused a $100,000 loss with no insurance. A January public debt statement shows a decrease of $9,515,686. The news items include medical cures and London cable commentary on Franco German relations and potential leaders.
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Rochester
N. Y
Washington Territory Supreme Court rules against woman suffrage bill
The court declares the 1885 act granting women the right to vote unconstitutional. Despite decades of voting by women in the territory, the judiciary upholds the decision and leaves suffrage status unresolved.
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Supreme Court of Washington Ter
Relief for Throat Diseases with Brown's Bronchial Traches
For throat diseases coughs and colds relief is found in Brown's Bronchial Traches priced 25 cents. Sold only in boxes.
Allen's Iron Tonic Bitters Ad Claims Authentic J P Allen Sign
For loss of appetite take Allen's Iron Tonic Bitters. All genuine bear the signature of J P Allen Druggist St Paul Minn.
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Allen
J. P. Allen
St. Paul
Minn
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