25 Nov 1886
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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1886
Page
1
A fragmented scroll of 19th century dispatches covers European diplomacy, U S political moves, court cases, and military concerns. Topics include Bulgaria Russia relations, Vermont legislative chatter, urban crime, and Indian Affairs inspections, with scattered notes on weather, transportation, and army pensions.
A long, jumbled OCR of events from the era reports diverse items including a youth dying after leaving a reform school in Detroit, a railway accident probe, a Chicago convention with delegates, a Wilmington payment scheme, a murder indictment in Sioux City, court verdicts in Charles City, a river patrol collision, a payroll embezzlement note, political resignations, and assorted legal and transportation incidents across the United States and Canada, with names, places, dates, and outcomes scattered throughout.
Tar body of Dr Knox of Chattsnuga Teun found dead in Hot Springs Ark remains held at Daisy for exhoritant charges reburied by coroner. Secretary Malatya ill. Baptist church dedication at Pair View Kentucky near Deferson Davis site. Sumyerr Nashville Tenn died after rough treatment. Mrs Leey Pansoys spoke to Allegheny Cit Tau crowd. Crater Adams third son Jos Quincy Adams Boston born Aug 1 187. Jouson of Cleveland Ohio invents gas from coal oil. Paris View plantation strike near Berwick Louisiana. Gen Arthur estate values noted. Tennessee revenue collects 1,000,000 more or less. Boasso and John Ewes escape Baton Rouge jail. Fall River textile strike to boost wages. Louis switchmen strike on 18th for $2 daily.
News of Chester A Arthur's death in New York City spreads national sorrow. Governors, lawmakers, and presidents send condolences while New York and Albany institutions suspend business as funeral plans form. Arthur, the 21st U.S. president, served after Garfield's assassination and left a noted, cautious administration.
A collage of humorous quips and social fodder from various publications. It collects pithy lines about romance, insurance, fashion, language, civility, and domestic life. Notable jests include barbs on assurance versus insurance and playful exchanges about shoes and gloves.
In Detroit at a Bates street vegetable market the exchange unfolds when Detective John Webb, approached by a stranger seeking a boot fix, is told of a silver dollar lost in the dirt. The man claims it near a wagon, then recovers it by fierce self-accusation and a mock threat, leaving Webb speechless as the crowd laughs at the staged prank.
Italian savant Signor Saretti demonstrated a new fishing method using a human voice to lure fish. On Lake Geneva he sang from a boat while friends cast nets, and fish immediately gathered around, producing an extraordinary, miraculous draught on the water.
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