Bonds Not Exchanged for Three Percent Bonds Notice
Secretary Folger notified on the 26th that registered bonds issued under acts of July 14, 1870, and January 20, 1871, will not be exchanged and that principal plus accrued interest will be paid at the Treasury on November 1. About $51 million in bonds are affected.
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Folger
Treasury
Washington
Worrkmen
Wormley
Columbian University
Captain Webb’s Niagara rapids swim ends in doubt
The English swimmer Captain Webb attempted the Whirlpool Rapids crossing below Niagara Falls starting at Maid of the Mist Landing for personal challenge. He passed the rapids but was not seen afterward, leading to belief he may have drowned, witnessed by a large crowd.
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Captain Webb
Niagara
Henry L. Kendall
Boston
American Unitarian Association
Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute of Virginia
Providence
R. I
Public Library
Board of Aldermen
Jersey City
N. J
Nanticoke
Luzerne County
Paddy O’brien
Mike Breeze
Tue
American Rapid Telegraph Company
Longfellow
Samuel Hart
Robert Reed
William Dunn
Crane Iron Works
Catasauqua
Howe Sewing Machine Company
Bridgeport
First National Bank of
Reading
Henry Welsh
Alice Swartz
Mt. Joy Manheim Road Crossing
Lancaster Comunty
Massachusetts
New England
Middle
Western
Southern
Pacific States
Ex Governor Swann Dies at Leesburg Estate at 78
Former Maryland governor Thomas Swann died at his Leesburg Virginia area estate on the 24th at age seventy eight. He served Baltimore in the 42nd to 45th Congresses and chaired the Foreign Affairs Committee in the 45th. He once led the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
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Thomas Swann
Maryland
Leesburg
Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Eugene Henry
Eaton Rapids
Mich
Grand Army of the Republic
Denver
Col
Washington
Lincoln
Garfield
Judge Syms
Grant
Vandervoort
Stimson
Department of Colorado
John A. Logan
Ashe County
N.C
Troy Gentry
International Dispatches and Colonial News
Reports from Munich, Dublin, Alexandria, and Quayaquil cover a mix of science, politics, and disaster. Cholera deaths in Cairo and other Egyptian towns rise, Cetewayo reportedly killed, Pedro Carbo named chief in Quayaquil, Toronto storms cause damage, and Mexico-France diplomacy resumes amid Spain’s debt claim denial.
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Academy of Sciences
Munich
M. Fish
Yale Univerity
Dublin Irish Times
James Carey
Alexandria
Cairo
Zifteh
Tantah
Shirbin
Mansourah
Quayaquil
Pedro Carbo
Veintummela
Lima
Toronto
Canada
Nandez
Pispatcu
Monterey
Mexico
France
England
Spain
Terrible railroad wreck near Carlyon Station in New York
A Rome Watertown and Ogdensburg Railway passenger train collided with a freight car blown onto the main line by strong winds near Carlyon Station Orleans County New York. About twenty people killed and many injured as two locomotives toppled and several cars demolished amid darkness and thunder. Separately, Captain Matthew Webb’s body was found in the Niagara River near Lewiston after the whirlpool swim attempt, with fatal head injuries. Spanish Minister Don Francesco Barca killed himself in New York City over debt, and West Point cadet Thomas L Harrican was dismissed for hazing. Ischia Italy suffered a near total destruction from an earthquake killing about three thousand.
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Panola County
James G. Chamberlin
London
England
Rosa Dean
Oberlin
Ohio
Butterfield
Elyria
John Morgan
W. H. Jones
Richmond
Frederick Multe
Wheeling
W. Va
Rosebud Agency
Dakota
Tippecanoe County
Ind
Mary Brown
Columbus
Foster
Walcutt
Hayes
FE. F. Townsend
William H. Gibson
E. F. Noyes
Keifer
Foraker
Hoadly
Walter Q. Scott
James Scott
Warren
W. E. Moore
Smith
A. T. Wikos
Joseph H. Geiger
Townsend
Gibson
Noyes
Leggett
City Hall
Rebecca Stedman McCain
Chickamauga
Stedman
Hooker
Lookout
Polk
Nashville
Amos Floyple
Rushville
Buchanan County
Floyd
St. Joe
Rigney
Miles City
Minn
Cosmopolitan Theater
Grand Army of the Republic of Ohio
State House
Catherine Cline
Cincinnati
Elizabeth Davis
Porterville
Perry County
Grand Army of the Republic
Extra Warp
Ward Iron Company
Niles
New Philadelphia
Robert W. Ratcliff
John M. Stull
Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg
Carlyon Station
Orleans County
N. Y
Michigan
Thousand Islands
Matthew Webb
Boston
Washington
Thomas L. Harrican
United States Military Academy
West Point
Cassamicciola
Ischia
Naples
Italy
Collapse of North Point Tivoli Pier Disaster Near Baltimore
A barge excursion at Tivoli near Baltimore collapses a pier end, plunging about 65 to 78 people into ten foot waters. Many victims were women and children. bodies found at Henderson's Wharf and in the scene, with an inquest noting rotten timbers and potential criminal responsibility for owners.
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Baltimorye
North Point Tivoli
Patapsco
North Point Lighthouse
Holly Grove
Tivoli
Mt. Royal
Catholic Church of
Amanda Howell
Henderson’s Wharf
Henderson's Wharf
Captain Webb Dives For Niagara Rapids End Storia
Captain Matthew Webb swam the Niagara rapids after leaving Clifton House at 4 PM. A crowd watched as he entered the whirlpool at 4:37 PM and was seen last near the whirlpool before disappearing. Frederick Kyle and two others searched Queenstown for news, declaring Webb dead.
Lynching of the Polk City Murderer
About fifty masked men abducted Hardy from a jail in Harlan and hanged him at dawn after tying the jailer and gaining entry with keys. The mob shot the condemned man during the hanging, then threw his body into the river. Sheriff Chatborne holds the remains.
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Chatborne
Syracuse Aldermen Ban Salvation Army Street Parades
The Syracuse New York Board of Aldermen passed a resolution prohibiting the Salvation Army from conducting street parades within the city limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen of
Syracuse
N. Y
Salvation Army
Terrific Wind Ravages Minnesota Dakota and Wisconsin
Reports detail a massive tornado sweeping parts of Minnesota Wisconsin and Dakota causing widespread destruction. Rail lines damaged with trains derailed. several deaths and many injuries reported. Notable fatalities include Mrs Grace Foull near Dodgeville and others in Elgin and Dodge County. Buildings toppled and crops ruined across multiple counties.
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Minnesota
Dakota
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Wis
Chicago & Northwestern
Cai
Green Bay
Kaukauna
la Crosse
Grace Foull
Dodgeville
Regional fairs and expositions listed across North America
A long OCR list shows dates and locations for numerous fairs expositions and shows across states provinces and cities from Colorado Nebraska Montana California Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Kentucky Mississippi Arkansas Texas Ontario Nova Scotia New Brunswick New York Ohio Michigan Indiana Illinois Missouri Kansas Wisconsin Minnesota and more. Entries include Ohio Columbus Michigan Detroit Indiana Indianapolis and major expositions in Chicago Kansas City Denver St. Louis Philadelphia and Toronto among others with dates ranging August through December and several early September windows.
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Colorado
Wheeling
North Carolina
Raleigh
South Carolina
Columbia
Kentucky
Lexington
Mississippi
Meriden
Evee Oce
Arkansas
Little Rock
TOXAS
Eausuim
Cass
Toronto
Provincial
Guelph
Nova Scotia
Truro
Tigs
Nnuihl
Lewiston
New Hampshire
Manchester
Connecticut
Shode Island
Providence
Vermont
Burlington
New Jersey
O Wavetiy Jr .i
New York
Rochester
Kansas
Topeka
Esses
Steuben Co. Ag
Angola
Ind
Manitoba
Portage LaPrairie
American Institute
New England
Louisville
Pittsburgh
St. Joseph
Carbondale
Ill
Western Michigan
Grand Rapids
N. E. Indiana
Waterloo
Chicago, Ill
Dep
Rattooo
Ann Rome
Southern Ohio
Dayton
Central Ohio
Mechanicsburg
Northern
Tygiana
Ft. Wayne
Knightstown
Miss
N. Aberdeen
Dominion Exp'tt
St. Johns
N. B
Western National
Lawrence
Kan
Kansas City
National Mining & Industrial
Denver
Colo
Eastern Michigan
Ypsilanti
Mich
N. E. Michigan
East Saginaw
Central Michigan
Lansing
Ohio
Hickevills
Cornell Fair Ae
Wit and Wisdom Notes on Sharp Quips and Headlines
A collage of wry observations and humorous anecdotes from various papers. It contrasts clever witticisms with light gossip and quips about manners, dress, and journalism, including playful lines about coffee, prayers, and Egyptian campaign headlines.
Gold from the Dead
A Charleston dentist's war relic yields gold balls. A widow, aided by a refined ball made from soldiers’ teeth plates hammered by her husband, the Civil War dentist, sells it to J L Clark who pays her over two hundred dollars. The tale comes from the Philadelphia Record.
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J. L. Clark
Charleston
Clark
Philadelphia
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Guernsey County
M. R. Patterson
Attorney-at-Law
Shaffner Building
J. ©. Steele
Hutchison Block
Sam’l C. Ludcock, Attorney-at
Cosgrave
Main Street
Physicians and Surgeons
C. A. Moore
Cambridge, Ohio
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Fromoeopathist
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Caxibridge, Ohio
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Wall's Drug Store
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Washington, D. Cc
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Zanesville, Ohio
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Prop'r
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Cumberland
James Canady, Prop
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Mark Tf
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W. A. Rainey
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True & CO
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A. N. Kellogg
Cleveland
America
H.shumway
Rockford, Ill
Far Maers
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J. E. Shepard & CO
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Chicago & West Michigan
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Daniel B. Phillips
John Wormstry
Fremont
Montagomery Blair
Silver Springs
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Tod, Shambaugh & Co
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Mahoning County
Benjamin Jones
Satarlia
Yazoo County
Warrington
Carl Muninger
le Moyne
Little Washington
Edward Vass
St. Paul’s
Baleimore
Webb
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N.Y
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Clifton House
Jack McCloy
Maid of the Mist
Frederick Kyle
Queenstown
Polk City
Iowa
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Minneapolis & St. Louis
Globe
James Little
Denntly
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Byron
James South
Owatonna
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A. H. Williams
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D. Dodleman
Kasson
Sr. Paul
Minnesota River
Blue Earth
Waseca
Steele
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Manterville
Dodge County
Edith Dillon
John Townsend
Frank Kessler
Munterville
R. Middleton
Munger
Mr. Horden
William Crosby
John Borden
Mankato
Clara Ziekwieck
St. Charles
G. Curtis
Waukesha
George A. Smith
Pierre
A. R. Willimims
A. F. Ingalls
Windom
George Pickering
Perfection
Peter Brereman
Wycoff
Fred Bregzman
B. J F. Welch
Owatonua
Mrs. Farmimes
Winona
A.S. Broadway
Chicago
Thomas Haddley
New Richmond
Fred Morgan
H. W. Morvan
W. Rodgers
D. Grookleman
Frederick Brookleman
Clark J. Fickereer
Huron
Oak
N. Y. Sun
Albany
Capitol
H. J. Beemer
Lake St. John
Aroostook
Great Western
Pacific
Liverpool
Atlantic
N. Y. Times
R. Y. King
Texas
Scientific American
Herap
WIT and Wisdom
Ettie Quette
Spicer
Boston Commercial Bulletin
Philadelphia Herald
Boston Courier
Bob Burdette
Winterport
Belfast
Ireland
Josie
God
George Washington
Kennedy
Cincinnati Times and Star
Egypt
Wolseley
St. James’ Gazette
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