Senate and House actions on lands and education bill
Senate and House processed multiple measures including allotment of lands to Indians and extending state protections, appropriations for Mississippi flood relief, and education bills. Debates and executive sessions followed with adjournments. notable items included a $25,000 reward for the Greeley expedition fate and a pedestal for Garfield’s statue.
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Postal Telegraph Bill Aims To Extend Network In Seven Years
The House backs a Postal Telegraph bill directing the Postmaster General to contract with Postal Telegraph Company to extend service to all cities with post office delivery within seven years and charge about half current rates. The president nominates Aaron A. Sargent for Germany and Russia posts and cites a $37,500 verdict in Kilbourne vs Thompson. The administration seeks steel cruisers and gun boats and a 14 day paid vacation for letter carriers. Internal revenue for eight months totals $78,000,320, down $17,451,269 from 1883, with February receipts $2,030,862 below last year.
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Auction Seals Jersey Cattle Lot. Mitchell Plans American Debut
A Jersey cattle auction in New York sold forty eight head for 14320 dollars. English boxer Charles Mitchell will settle in the U.S. and may fight Melvine Thompson next. John McMahon, Hoboken tax collector, is accused of misappropriating 366000 over three years. Massachusetts House defeated a bill to publicly whip wife-beaters. Rhode Island tickets shift Ha Matthewson and Francis O Reilly to top posts. New York Legislature regulates oleomargarine labeling. Pittsburgh Arsenal Bank vault collapses, killing George Serader. Bear capsizes after dry dock work at New York.
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Epidemic of scarlet fever hits Jacksonville Ohio
The village near Newark Ohio is struck by a malignant scarlet fever epidemic. Many deaths reported as schools and stores close and residents flee a seemingly deserted town.
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British Advance Breaks Rebel Line at Tamanieb in Sudan Campaign End
General Graham’s forces pierced rebel defenses near Tamanieb on the 27th, dispersing them with a mounted charge aided by artillery. The village and works were destroyed and British casualties were nil, marking the campaign’s end in that Soudan sector. Also in Rome, Leray and Mauney received bishop appointments. Prince Albert Edward’s son Prince George dies at Cannes. Liverpool race for 1000 guineas won by Voluptuary. Lady Campbell severs from Lord Campbell. and Mayo emigrants shipped to Boston aboard the Grecian.
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Riot terror and rescue actions sweep Cincinnati streets
Riot violence surged through Cincinnati with the mob destroying the courthouse and records. Governor Hoadly ordered state militia. police regained control as a safety committee formed. Over twenty killed and fifty wounded. Berner recaptured.
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Ohio Legislature records multiple bills and adjournments
March sessions report numerous bills across Senate and House on insurance, labor, education, public works, and court matters. Key actions include amendments to statute provisions, payroll and pension questions, election day status, and Garfield Monument funding, with several adjournments and appointments to penitentiary boards.
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Tragedy as Girl Suffers Fatal Acid Injury
The six year old daughter of William Curry of Indianapolis was reaching for an item on a closet shelf when a bottle of carbolic acid spilled. The liquid flowed over her face, blinding her and causing fatal injuries. Indianapolis Journal reports this accident.
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James Newton England's Oldest Mason Dies in Yorkshire
James Newton, England's oldest Mason, died suddenly in Yorkshire in his eighty ninth year. He had led the town's lodges for fifty seven years. An associate in earlier years was famed centenarian Matthew Greathead.
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Indiana County man finds rat torn bills in chest
George Smith of Indiana County Pennsylvania stored fifteen thousand dollars in a chest and later discovered rats had torn the bills to pieces after a period of neglect prompting a cautious inspection and loss report.
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Indiana County
Pittsburgh Post
Growth in English Daily Papers Over 38 Years
Over thirty eight years English daily papers rose from 14 to 170, reflecting explosive press expansion driven by urbanization and literacy gains.
Umbrella Love and Annabella in Rainy Season
Fragment from Walter L. Sawyer in Current recalls lovers sheltering under an umbrella. A man recalls love’s pull during April showers and May flowers, with a coy exchange answering a question about why love endures like rain.
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Belinda Jinks and the quarrel over a silver quarter
Two families long friendly become enemies over a silver quarter with a hole. The dispute escalates to arrests and court costs, but a found pair of baby pantaloons prompts Mrs. Jinks to reconcile with Mrs. Beggs. Belinda's quarter ends up as gum drops for all, and the fence is removed.
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Teachers of Science and the need for investigator teachers
M. E. Wadsworth argues in Popular Science Monthly that true science teaching requires teachers who are active investigators. He warns many colleges fill chairs with trained scientists who lack the spirit and experience of discovery, causing teaching to fail despite strong subjects.
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Popular Science Monthly
Ohio farmer seeks wife after flood losses
A good hearted illiterate farmer in Ohio writes to the Cincinnati post master seeking a wife. He notes floods have driven many from their homes and, having lost his wife about three months ago, offers to share his home with any honest woman in need, regardless of her poverty.
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