Land dispute over Chippewa scrip case near Duluth
Assistant Land Commissioner Stone upholds Warren's prima facie validity of a Chippewa half breed scrip selection for land in the Duluth district containing iron deposits. The decision affirms Warren's right to patent and directs issuance, subject to appeal, with a large potential value of $250,000.
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Wasmixcox
D. C
Stone
General Land Office
Minnesota
Duluth
James H. Warren
J.H. Sharp
Lake Superior
Joseph H. Chandler
Valentine Scrip
Trac
Jesse G. Barride
Warren
Emie Hartmen
Porterfield Scrip
Chandler
Barride
Hartman
J. H. Sharp
C. A. d’Autremont
Congress
Interior Department
A Lineman's Ghastly Death From Electric Wire
A Western Union lineman died in an electric accident at Center and Chambers streets New York. He fell onto a network of wires, his face burned and blue flames visible as the body hung suspended. Authorities cut the wires and noted the gruesome injuries and likely unconsciousness before death.
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New York
Center
Chambers Street
Western Union Company
Grant
J. Atkins
Czar Is Entertained by German Royal Family in Berlin
Czar arrival at Lehrter station greeted by Emperor William and Prince Bismarck. The royals hosted a luncheon at the Russian embassy, toasted friendship, and attended a gala opera with Wagner’s Rheingold.
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Emperor William, Peydral
Prince Bismarck
Count Herbert Bismarck
Lehrter Station
Alexander Regiment
Emperor William
Bismarck
William
Guard of Honor
Brandenburg Gate
Koenigsplatz
Emn- William
Rustana
Count Schouvaloff
Hich
Augusta
Frederick
Schloss
Wiliam
Count Schorvaloff
Geo
Constitutional Amendments Debate at Protestant Episcopal Convention
In New York the Protestant Episcopal General Convention debated constitutional amendments. Rev Dr Benedict led a report that no change to representation or voting method was expedient. The report was placed on the calendar after objections, with focus shifting to proportionate representation and allowing modern language for episcopal offices.
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House of Bishops
Dra. Morris and
Spalding
Oregon
Colorado
House
House of Deputies
New York
Protestant Episcopal Church
Benedict
Secretary cancels Crookston Pine land claims amid fraud findings
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Noble sustain General Land Office cancellation of Minnesota pine land entries in Crookston district. Transfers show claims held for Clearwater Land and Lumber company by Steversons and others, with fraudulent proof by preemption entrants. Nearly all remaining similar entries face same grounds.
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Crookston Land District
Washington, D. C
Special Telegram
Noble
Minnesota
Clearwater Land and Lumber Company
Hans Hanson
Land Office
General Land Office
Chris Steverson
John Steverson
Elias Steverson
Olaf Haugan
Erick Burk
Eriston Senam
John Nelson
T. Roholt
Tor Kluestist
Steversons
Jamber Company
Commissioner Groff Rules On Peculiar Dakota Land Case
Special Land Commissioner Groff decides in the May Barr case from Mitchell South Dakota. The issue centers on a wife who entered eighty acres while married to Michael Barr and later claimed the homestead under shared residence rules. The decision rejects the claim, holding that a husband and wife cannot both maintain residences in the same house to perfect an entry.
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Wasuingtoon
Groff
May Barr
Wasson
Mitchell
8. D
Mra Barr
Iowa
Dakota
Michael Barr
Burr
Barr
General Land Office
Mra Tr
Four Die in Pennsylvania Gas Explosion at Daily Home
At Davis Switch near BrapforD PA a family of Patrick Daily perished when a gas valve was jolted and their dwelling exploded during supper. The wife and three sons aged thirteen eleven and nine were killed in the blaze with the father unable to save them. Fire destroyed the house and the bodies were found charred and burned.
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Pennsylvania
Brapford
Davis Switch
Patrick
Sealy
Must Come Home Consul Lewis of Tangiers Ordered to Face Charges
Morroco merchant M Benezuli who leveled charges against United States consul William Baird Lewis at Tangiers is in Washington with ex interpreter Ramon Ozoque. Ozoque says he quit over orders he believed wrong and provided documents alleging extortionate charges and other mismanagement. Secretary Blaine questioned them and sent a cable directing the consul to appear at the State Department to answer the charges.
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Lewis
Tangiers
Washindtox
Blaine
Congregational Council Selects Minneapolis for Next Session
In Worcester Massachusetts the morning session notes Bangor Theological Seminary reported thirty one students this year. A Georgia question debate continues with Mrs Maxwell opposing white Georgia delegates amid fears of segregation. Afternoon session names Minneapolis as the next meeting site and the Georgia committee resolution passes. Washington Gladden closes with remarks on Christian socialism.
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Worcester
Mass
Congregational Council
C. J. McCully
Calais
Bangor Theological Seminary
Georgia
Maxwell
Minneapolis
Washington Gladden
Directors of bankrupt Comptoir D'Es compte face drastic sentence
Attachments issued against nine directors property, six imprisoned for banking law violations in copper loan scheme. Directors and accountants ordered to pay liquidators £760,000 to creditors or face commitment. Some involved had limited management roles. relief efforts may ease sentences.
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Comptoir D'Escompte
Beecher’s Peekskill Farm Put Up For Sale At One Third Cost
The Tur farm of the late Henry Ward Beecher at Peekskill, once linked to his potato cost of a dollar per tuber, is offered for sale. Estimated expenditure on the property tops $250,000, with the asking price at about one third of that sum.
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Tur
Henry Ward Beecher
Peekskill
United States
Congress
Edward Atkinson
Bishop James McGorrick Receives Duluth See
Father James McGorrick of Minneapolis is named bishop of the Duluth see. Across Minnesota reports include labor wage pulls, prison transfers, fires, deaths, accidents, suicides, and public notices. The era’s news spans rail, crime, weather, and civic events in towns from Anoka to Kasson.
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James McGorrick
Minneapolis
Duluth
Easily Reformed Office Boy Delays Run In Boston Ad
A state street merchant sent a boy on an errand to the bank. The boy returned late and jovially presented a note to the merchant who failed to recognize him at first. The merchant admitted the change with a smile, remarking on the boy’s improved dispatch. The boy, pleased, has become notably prompt.
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Dispatch
Boston Advertiser
Humorous Sketches and Witty Tales From Harper's and New York Sun
A collage of light comic bits and anecdotes from Harper's Bazar and the New York World and New York Sun. Jests about manners, vanity, and social pretensions mix with tall tales of rascally schemes and a traveling storyteller who dupes farmers with a buried treasure dream.
Ferments in Water Spark Debate on Decay and Life
A New York Telegram quote explains how bacteria and microscopic life break down organic matter. It notes flesh from a dead water flea and swarms of vibrous organisms in a drop of water, acting as scavengers that sweeten water and recycle elements, warning of vast unseen action in nature and waste.
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Henry J. Slack
New York Telegram
A Sad State of Affairs in City Letters
A Reverend laments harmful modern culture criticizing novels for corrupting readers and obscene pictures. warns about sensational stories and immoral behavior. He cites a man with two families, condemning clubs, hotels, and photography as social poisons, urging moral vigilance.
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New Haven
A. W. Wheeler
Ew Haven
Prosperous New York Merchant Rewards Duty with Century Sale
A Boston dry goods clerk with a quick temper learns patience and persistence pay off when a discerning New York customer buys heavily. The wary buyer later becomes a trusted patron and the clerk is promoted, confirming that taking time for small sales can yield major future benefits.
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New York
Boston
New York Debates Ericsson Fulton's Shared Tomb Monument
A plan circulates to urn Ericsson in Trinity churchyard alongside Fulton's ashes, with a single monument for both inventors. The city praises the idea yet notes New York could propose many monuments in a day but build few in a century.
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New York
Ericsson
Livingston Manor
Trinity Churchyard
Robert Fulton
Fortunes Are Made by Seizing Opportunities
A concise maxim on wealth and character urging bold action. It frames success as born from timely choices, linking personal courage with financial outcomes. The line suggests initiative, resilience, and decisive moves to capitalize on chances.
Philadelphia dispatcher wins $15 000 lottery prize
Christopher Gould assistant dispatcher for the Philadelphia and Reading railroad received 15000 dollars from the Louisiana State Lottery for holding ticket No. 8174 which won the first prize of 300000 dollars in the draw of the 10th inst. He delivered the ticket through Albert Leeds an agent of United States Express and received the prize the following day. Gould remains prudent and discreet with his windfall.
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Christopher Gould
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
North Street
Harrie- Barg
New Orleans
Gould
Albert Leeds
Steelton
United States Express
Emery
Leeds
Crook Promoted to Division Command in Place of Terry
Brigadier-General George Crook, head of the Department of the Platte in the Military Division of the Missouri, is promoted to Major-General and takes command of the division, succeeding Terry who resigns. Crook, aged about sixty, has a long Civil War record and is known among Indians as Gray Fox. He graduated from West Point in 1852 and rose to Major-General in 1864. His promotion is praised by army officers as well earned.
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A. A. Ames
Minneapolis
Europe
America
Duluth
Winnipeg
Cloquet
Mississippi River
August Goll
Faribault
Circle Lake
Minneapolis and Pacific Road
Glenwood
John Anderson
St. Cloud
David Peterson
Parker's Prairie
Bessie Dahle
Hayfield Township
Kasson
George Crook
Department of the Platte
Missouri
Terry
West Point
Fourth Infantry
West Virginia
Hamilton and Burr duel legacy and moral conflict
The piece recalls Philip Hamilton’s death in a duel near Weehawken and George Hamiltons influence on the code duello. It notes Hamilton’s past role as second in a duel, his political ambitions, and his failure to refuse Burr’s challenge citing weakness rather than conviction.
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Hamilton
Philip
Weehawken
New York
Burr
Col. Laurens
Gen. Lee
Early History of the Saw
A London Iron note reports that bronze age saws were found in Germany and Denmark with thin shaft casting and edge serration. Obsidian tools from the stone age appear in Mexico and New Jersey finds, Phoenicians are among early users, and myths link saws to Greek lore. Flint saws in Europe and shell notched tools in the West Indies are mentioned.
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London
Germany
Denmark
America
Mexico
New Jersey
Europe
West Indian Islands
Unconventional Funeral Instructions From Dr. Tucker
The Louisville Courier reports Dr. H. H. Tucker to be buried in a wooden coffin to rot and with no speech or music at his Atlanta funeral. He asked prayers for kin and acquaintances who helped or harmed him, and for all who owed him or his family favors.
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Louisville Courier
H. H. Tucker
Atlanta
Masoch Entry Cited In London Cor New York Sun
The London correspondent notes a quirky quote about enemies and friends attributed to Masoch the Galician writer. It highlights Masoch as a clever prolific author gaining European reputation alongside Tolstoy and Dostoevsky.
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la Rochefoucauld
Polstoi
Dolstchevsky
Acker Masoch
London
New York Sun
Early Bridges Through the Ages
The piece traces wooden bridges in ancient Rome around 500 B.C., Julius Caesar’s Rhine crossing, Trajan’s Danube timber arches with stone piers, Rome’s first stone Tiber bridge, a distant Chinese chain suspension from A.D. 65, and the first large iron Severn Bridge of 1777.
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Rome
Julius Cesar
Rhine
Trajan
Danube
Tiber
Kirchen
Teraerth
Severn
Chicago Ledger
Dying Man Hurls Bootjack at Brass Band
In a San Francisco Chronicle tale an old man on his deathbed mistakes angelic music for a brass band and angrily hurls a bootjack at the musicians before miraculously recovering. His wife consoles him as the scene ends with a comic twist.
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Jennie
John
San Francisco Chronicle
Time for a Change in The Sun and Brooklyn Eagle
A columnist criticizes gender stereotypes and discusses perceptions of women and men. The Sun quote condemns generalizing about all women while Burdette in the Brooklyn Eagle argues people reflect their surroundings and the world they know.
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The
Sun
Sron
Man slays bald eagle mistook for fish hawk
Mahlon D Turk of Oley shot at a large bird near his fish dams and killed it. The monster eagle measured 5 feet 6 inches from wingtip to wingtip, though Turk believed it to be a fish hawk devouring his carp.
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Mahlon D. Turk
Oley
The Old Commodore Vanderbilt’s Humble Start
A reminiscence traces Commodore Vanderbilt from near poverty to a fortune of about 100 million dollars. He barely attended school, could only write his name, and mispronounced his surname as We(d)land. At eighty he still ran his business, opening letters himself and dictating on the margin before tending to his stables and horses.
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Commodore Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Commodore
Vegetarian Cat Delights in Potatoes Apples and Melon
A cat owned by R J Cable in Litchfield Inquirer lore is described as remarkable and vegetarian. The sable cat avoids meat, eats raw potatoes when peeled, consumes apples, and shows strong excitement over muskmelon, recognizing it quickly even when hidden.
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R. J. Cable
Litchfield Inquirer
Velvet sacks and cures in old time ads mix
A vintage ad snippet blends a boast about gift furs with claims for Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a universal female health remedy. It promotes pills and pellets with guaranteed bottles and mentions Austria’s 7,769 school gardens aiding practical horticulture and beekeeping education.
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Mr. Brown
Austria
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