Floating Lumber Tales and a Court Victory
A San Francisco Call excerpt recounts a lumber party tale of California timber and a salmon powered bridge, plus a London cable report about Mrs. Monahan winning two million dollars in land and a sheep ranch seized in 1798, with British government restitution. The note mocks lawyers profiting from overseas estates.
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Monahan
London
Court of Chancery
Limerick
Ireland
Melbourne
Australia
Great Britain
Bank of England
New York Telegram
The Frugal Mouse Mill Keeps Working for a Penny
A Scottish man trained mice to spin yarn in a cage treadmill. The mice, unaware workers, turn over about 100 threads daily while running ten and a half miles. They receive only a penny’s worth of oatmeal every five weeks, a stingy but profitable arrangement for the employer.
Napoleon's Stinging Compliment to London Actor
During a prewar visit by Napoleon II to London amateur theatricals featured Mr. Brown who spoke French but delivered a sketch in broken English. After the performance Napoleon teased him with the remark that his bad French was as good as his good French and congratulated him, leaving Brown puzzled.
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Napoleon II
London
Mr. Brown
Napoleon
Brown
Bat Found In Cherry Tree Sparks Superstitious Fear
A woodman cutting timber in Scotland found a bright scarlet bat hidden in a central cavity of a large wild cherry tree. He initially feared it was a being not of this world, but the tree itself was sound and intact.
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Scotland
Kiss Request in Eccentric Missive From Boston
A quirky plea from Miss Mehitable Beaconhill of Boston asking to arrange a paroxysmal contact between the labial open ages of the superior and inferior marxillaries. The missive reads as a humorous, oblique flirtation with a coded anatomical joke.
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Mehitable Beaconhill
Boston
World and Domestic Events Read Quickly in Washington
A list of items notes Dr. L A Lapeyre named examining surgeon at Lewiston Ontario and Secretary Foster seeking 163047 for post office work at the world fair. Army officer Day to inspect property in Fond du Lac and Bis marck. Reading deal inquiry urged by a house sub committee. Alvord wins 1409 contract for surveys in Billings county and surrounding township area. Henry H Sarr, longtime journal clerk, to publish a history of Republican and Democratic national conventions after Minneapolis and Chicago events.
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Lewiston
Ont
Foster
Postal Service
Frederick R. Day
20Th Infantry
Bismarck
N. D
Fond du Lac
Minn
House Committee On
Frank W. Alvord
Billings County
N. C
Ft. Lincoln
Missouri
Apple Creek
Ilenry H. Sarr
House of Representatives
Assistant Register of the Treasury
Minneapolis
Chicago
Multiple Disasters Hit Across Regions From Fires to Floods
Drownings occur on the Mississippi at Wing and in Texarkana while a mine disaster in Austria takes lives. Coquille Oregon suffers a large fire destroying much of its business section with 100000 loss. Corbeil France mills exploded killing four and injuring thirty. Gypsum City plaster works destroyed costing 200000 with unknown insurance. Newbury Missouri store struck by lightning killing Frank Willington 14 and John Deakin 24 while others survive. A stock room fire at Ames Bonner brush factory Toledo fully insured causing 26000 damage. Fires burn Fulton Iron Works Hammond Car Works and Van Drakes in San Francisco with 450000 loss. Turner Adams family drowned near Red River flood. Soubrette Patty McDonalo burned in Providence RI after dress caught fire. J M Remsen Co carriage works Brooklyn three story burned. Panhandle passenger train collision at Howlands MD injures several officials.
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Darblay
Corbeilie
France
Gypsum City
Newbury Mo
Frank Willington
John Deakin
Ames-Bonner Company
Brush
Toledo
Fulton Iron Works
Hammond Car Works
van Drake
Brass Foundry
San Francisco
Turner Adams
Texarkana
Ark
Glass
Red River
Patty McDonalo
Lester & Williams
My Jack” Company
Providence
R. L
Hallen & Hall
Tony Pastor
J. M. Remsen & Co
Brooklyn
Panhandle
Howlands
Ingler
Gillis
Sullivan
Perne
C. L. Martz
Keny Ridgely
Louisville
J. Goldings
Chicago
Strikes and Circulars Mark Turbulent Times
Dockmen in Santa Dery strike for higher wages while the Simla Currency association warns India over the cost of the silver standard. A criminal case details Mrs Osborng whose theft and perjury led to a home secretary’s pardon after birth of her daughter to avoid prison stigma.
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Santa Dery
Simla
Republican conventions renominate Dalzell and Stone in Pittsburgh
Republican meetings in two districts renominated incumbents John Dalzell and W A Stone by acclamation. In Missouri's Thirteenth district Thomas Whitledge was named for congress with E A Rozier and J H Raney as delegates and S W Crawford and D K R Waits as alternates.
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Pittsburg
John Dalzell
Col. W. A. Stone
Missouri
Thomas Whitledge
Minneapolis
E. A. Rozier
J. H. Raney
S. W. Crawford
D. KR. Waits
Railroad Rumblings and Honors Across Lines
Marvin Hughitt is re elected president of the Chicago and Northwestern. The first Great Northern train into Spokane Falls carries President Hill. Locomotive engineers Elias H Mortimer and W C Hayes receive senior offices in their unions. J M Colty becomes assistant passenger agent for Milwaukee succeeding the late W H Dixon. Mr Lewis returns to traveling passenger service duties after interim duties.
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Marvin Hughitt
Chicago & Northwestern
Great Northern
Spokane Falls
Hill
Elias H. Mortimer
W. C. Hayes
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
J. M. CoLuty
W. H. Dixon
Milwaukee
Third Street
Lewis
Chicago Tar Waiters Strike for Week-Long Wage Demand
Tar waiters in Chicago plan a strike during convention week demanding a uniform wage of 12 dollars per week and a ten hour day, aiming to secure standard labor conditions across the period.
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Chicago
Various Pro Sports Notes and a Death in Salt Lake
Viav signs with Louisville by Manager Chapman in Philadelphia. Jimmy Canavan shines for Chicago in Pfeffers place. Several teams have not released players. Pacific Northwest league added to national agreement. Smith of Los Angeles defeated Dan Hawkins in thirteen rounds for bantam title. Father Phillips halted a fight in Pennsylvania after the fourth round, resulting in a draw. Sullivan and Corbett backers stake 2500 dollars each for a 10000 dollar bout. Terre Haute Trotting association cancels spring races due to bad weather. Paor Haregxt, author on nihilism, dies in Salt Lake City from danum poisoning leaving seven wives and five children.
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Louisville
Chapman
Philadelphia
Jimmy Canavan
Pfeffers
Chicago
Boston
Brooklyn
Young
Smith
Los Angeles
Dan Hawkins
Williebarre
Father Phillips
Pat Burk
P. Parks
John L. Sullivan
Jim Corbett
New York
Tur Terre Haute Trotting Association
McCarthyite wing outlines Irish party manifesto
A brisk compilation of late 19th century dispatches notes upheavals in Honduras and Russia, royal visits in Europe, Irish party factions, anti establishment protests in Paris, labor disputes in Spain, and political shifts in the United States. It mentions a flood of destitution in Illinois, a deadly tornado in Washington DC, a runaway horse fatality near Princeton, Kansas, and a raft of social and judicial incidents across multiple nations.
Notable Deaths Reported in Europe and America
Count Tousrot the Russian writer is seriously ill. Apmigat Mayne M. P. died in London after a fit followed by a fall. Jonnx Wilson Tispaty, America's oldest turf man, died at Crab Orchard Springs Kentucky at eighty seven, recently supported by Western turf associations.
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Count Tousrot
Apmigat Mayne
M. P
London
Jonnx Wilson Tispaty
America
Crab Orchard Springs
Sins and Sinners Sweep Across Towns and Courts
A Chicago merchant nearly dies after stopping a thief who snatched a woman’s purse. In Celina Ohio a saloon fight ends with Daniel Benjamin murdered by Bell Miller John Gibbons and Matt Tigh. U S court in San Antonio reports twenty Mexican neutrality law convictions from Garza border turmoil.
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Chicago
Celina
Ohio
Bell Miller
John Gibbons
Matt Tigh
Daniel Benjamin
Lottery Firm Backs Anti Lottery Law Revenue Loss
Washington telegram to Globe-Democrat reports New Orleans Postmaster Captain Eaton describes the Lottery Company as friendly to war on the lottery yet having supplied stamps and stamped envelopes totaling about a quarter of the office revenue the year before enforcement cut postal income. The firm ordered employees not to mail lottery references, pledging aid to law enforcement, a claim Eaton calls honest and sincere.
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Washington Telegram
Globe-Democrat
New Orleans
8. M. Eaton
Warmoth
Eaton
Lottery
Otter Company
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New Oreans
Supreme Court of the
United States
Pugilists Spark Fight For Purse Near Deadwood
Various late 19th century notes report George Haner and J Hogan boxing for a 150 dollar purse near Deadwood with skin gloves, a farmer Bernardict breaking his neck from a wagon fall near Watertown, and White Ghost retracting part of a letter to the interior department. Other items mention GA R circulars, a People's party convention at Wilmot backing O A Phillips, a revenue-law case in Watertown, Flynn of the Deadwood Times wounded by a rifle blast, and Beadle County wool and state fair funding efforts at Huron plus a Beadle sheep breeders meeting for better wool rates. The rest notes committee calls for a state presidential elector slate in Madison and a large gold brick shipment from Deadwood.
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White Ghost
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South Dakota Department
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Lake Preston
United States
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Clough
Republican State Central Committee
Madison
Golden Reward
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Wool Growers’ Association
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Randle
Slaserane
Lucy Bryson
Businessmen plan Fourth of July celebration at Devil's Lake
A large meeting of businessmen at Devil's Lake appointed an executive committee and subscribed 300 for a grand Fourth of July event. The same issue features a Fargo divorce trial of Mrs. Buckley versus Patrick Buckley with cruelty alleged and adultery claimed by the husband. Also announced are bicycle and firemen tournaments in Grand Forks, a Western Chautauqua style summer at Spiritwood Lake, and a general church gathering July 6 to 18. Father Rielly dies in Fargo. Corbett of Grand Forks Street Railway files acceptance of franchise. construction to start at once. North Dakota ships trees for the Chicago World’s Fair for forestry building. The trees include cottonwood, oak, ash, hackberry, elm from Grand Forks area.
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F. H. Buckley
Patrick
Buffalo
McConnell
Fargo
Frank Dagg
John O'Neill
Grand Forks
Spiritwood Lake
Sanborn
North Dakota
Father Rielly
Shanley
St. Paul
Jamestown
St. Anthony of Padua
Minneapolis
Corbett
Grand Forks Street Railway Company
Chicago
Barrett
Joseph Greenwood
Ashland strike shuts six hundred dockmen join wage demand
Six hundred Ashland dockmen walk off the job demanding higher wages. Multiple city actions unfold including arrests for assault, a gambling crackdown, and a public health warning as scarlet fever flares in Appeton.
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Ashland
Fred Aiken
C. G. Young
Prothero
Durfee
Appeton
Assault on Guernsey Over Published Statement Sparks Incident
Guernsey editor of the Centerville Citizen was assaulted and badly injured by John Barlow after publishing that Barlow was seen drunk. The case follows a local dispute over published statements and personal safety concerns in Centerville.
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Guernsey
Centerville
John Barlow
Barlow
It Discounts Its Eastern Relative's Point of Size and Veracity
An abstract fragment notes debate over credibility and size claims tied to a distant claim. Vague references to a journey, a winter event, and a salmon run appear, with an impression of questioning reliability and a train context suggested by partial phrases.
Republican Rally Denounces Democrats in Indiana Speech
A fiery Republican address in Indiana attacks the Democratic party as anti progress, praising Lincoln era unity and protection of citizen rights. The speaker urges voters to reject Democrats, defend the flag, and vote the Republican ticket to preserve free labor and national integrity.
Republican Legislation Benefiting Farmers Highlighted
A summary lists farm friendly laws and policies credited to Republicans, including the Homestead Act, agricultural colleges and experiment stations, the Department of Agriculture, domestic markets, and foreign trade measures. It notes the Interstate Commerce Act, anti trust actions, oleomargarine and pure food bills, currency expansion, lower interest rates, tariff changes, and programs to develop sugar beets, hemp, irrigation, and waterways.
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Democratic and Alliance
West
North-west
National Cabinet Department of Agriculture
Latin America
England's Trade Costs in African Conflicts Cited
A political lament condemns English free trade, claiming imperial ventures in Sinkat Tokar and actions against Turkey and Alexandria cost diplomats, lives, and regional stability as trade expands. The piece frames these events as the price of England’s export-driven economy and imperial policy.
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Sinkat
Tokar
India
Turkey
Alexandria
Pany
Protection and the McKinley Tariff in American Labor
An English view praises protection as essential to labor and growth, likening it to a sturdy foundation. Col Howard Vincent calls the McKinley tariff a tremendous success for American wages and predicts it will not be repealed, noting a shift in Democrat stance away from free trade.
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Col
Howard Vincent
Sheffield
Canada
United States
America
Tariff for revenue only discussed with liberal imports
The article defines a revenue tariff as a duty on items not produced domestically or kept low to let foreign goods compete with home products. It cites tea coffee India rubber and sugar as leading targets and questions how the people would view such a tariff.
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India
Shadow of Congress Spurs Stark Veto Talk by Irvine Pangan
Ohio Democratic congressman Irvine Pangan denounces the current Congress as cowardly and tiresome. He urges bold action by lawmakers, saying they should meet the expectations of the people and face the consequences of their decisions.
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Irvine Pangan
Ohio
Congress
Mc Dungan
Why Are You in the Democratic Party Comment
A Republican asks a neighbor why he joins the Democratic party and the neighbor replies it is the poor man's party. The Democrat then goes to study the question amid a brief exchange on party allegiance.
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United States
Abraham Lincoln
Tam
Indiana
Illinois
Rhode Island
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Coleridge
Iman
Thander Fen
From the Old Times on Treason and Free Trade
The passage questions who Cesar meant by a man fit for treason and spoils and suggests a Democrat reference. It criticizes Missouri Democrats calling negroes vagrants on the auction block and notes free trade as the popular labor idea in those sections. It claims Democrats suppress their minority and wipe the floor with the refractory element.
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Democratic
Missouri
Very Bad Boys at Kindergarten a Boston Transcript Tale
A Boston Transcript item recounts a boy Richard from a kindergarten who admitted being punished after he and Johnny shouted the word Bedbug together. The mother, shocked, learns the pair devised the loudest naughty word they could think of and called it bedbug. The tale humorously claims no other kindergarten has such an incident.
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Boston Transcript
Richard
Johnny
Case of mistaken identity sparks lively hotel anecdote
E. H. Shaw recalls an incident at the St. Charles Hotel on Illinois street where a wrestling-plot plan led to a mistaken assault. He lifted a stranger off the sidewalk, thinking him Hart the former wrestler, sparking a tense street confrontation before revealing the error.
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Indianapolis Journal
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Illinois Street
Hart
Virginia Avenue
Washington Street
Shaw
Mr. Shaw
Mr. Hart
Cured Deafness Claims and Patent Remedies
An article touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a remedy for deafness caused by inflamed Eustachian tubes, offering a hundred dollar reward if it fails. It also promotes Syrup of Figs, Rostetter's Stomach Bitters, and Allen's Iron Touse Bitters as superior tonics and digestive aids with manufacturer claims and endorsements.
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Hall
Secretary Foster and Garfield Card Game Tale
The Chicago Times recalls Secretary Foster sharing secrets about ex President Garfield. A Willard hotel Washington scene shows Garfield friends playing cards in a room facing newspaper row with coats off and sleeves rolled up. A bogus messenger note claims a big crowd watches, spoiling the moment.
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Garfield
Willard’s
Washington
Newspaper Row
Mr. Garfield
Boston’s Oxygen Drink Craze Draws High Society
Reports describe a new Boston trend of compound oxygen beverages enjoyed by elite adults. Users claim immediate sensory thrill with a five minute to one hour effect, followed by a temporary mental collapse and lingering disorientation lasting hours.
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Boston
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