Yellow fever germ established in blood and other items
A telegram reports eminent physicians in Brazil have established the yellow fever germ exists in blood after microscopic tests. The July public debt statement lists cash in treasury at 51.5 million and total debt details. Additional items note promotions, remains of Major General Ord, wool export concerns, grazing lands lease, court martial sentences, Niagara Falls stunt plans, business failures, hops price and inquest verdict on Spanish minister Barea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Brazil
State Department
Washington
Freiz
Arthur
James P. DuBois
Aix la Chapelle
Calais
George F. Lincoln
Stettin
Warren A. Warden
Guelph
St. Hyacinthe
Charlottetown
Prince Edward’s Island
Ord
Havana
Cuba
Foster
New York
Egypt
Syria
Constantinople
Marseilles
England
Mediterranean
Arkansas River
Cheyenne
Arapahoe
Kansas Live Stock Company
Interior Department
Entwistle and Leitch
Ashuelot
Secretary of the Navy
Richarpson
Niagara Falls
Mill Village
Erie County
New York Railroad Commissioners
New York Central
Erie
New England
Middle States
Western
Southern
Pacific States
Canada
New York City
Oneida County
N.Y
Barea
E.S. Marsuaty
Canandaiga
N. Y
Mass state and national political notes and disasters
The Massachusetts Republican Convention meets in Boston on September 19. A Newark ex-official from New Brunswick is reported captured after defaulting $59,000. Rail accidents in Vermont and Pennsylvania cause deaths and job losses. The Democratic convention in Harrisburg nominates leaders and endorses Pattison administration and tax policy. Numerous criminal, industrial, and transport incidents follow across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Boston
Levi D. Janarn
New Brunswick
N. J
Niagara Falls
Pownal
Watch Company
Lancaster
A. Bilner
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Robert E. James
Northampton
Robert Taggart
Warren County
Joseph Powell
Bradford County
Pattison
Youthful Swede Gav Norden Found Dead in Englewood Church
A young educated Swede named Gav Norden was found dead by his own hand in Englewood near Chicago in the church where he taught at a private school. He was reportedly the illegitimate son of King Oscar of Sweden and raised with the king’s sister. A Swedish inscription on the pulpit backboard read The dead cry never. No motive is given. Also noted: Rev. S. Scovinie, Pittsburgh, accepted as president of Wooster University in Ohio. Columbus judge Mark A. Blanford elected to Supreme Court. Two quarry workers Anderson and Hyde sheltered from a storm near Londonderry Ohio when a rock mass collapsed, Hyde died, Anderson severely injured.
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Gav Norden
Englewood
Chicago
Oscar
Sweden
S. Scovinie
Pittsburgh
The
Wooster, O., University
Board of Trustees
Mark A. Blanford
Columbus
Supreme Court of
Martin J. Crawford
Anderson and
Hyde
Londonderry
Ohio
Anderson
Fire at Gordon House kills prized horses in Orangeville
Report notes extensive stables burned on the 30th alt at Gordon House Orangeville Ontario. Among the victims were celebrated trotting horses General Bramish and Highland Jr with other valuable animals. The blaze caused heavy losses and prompted inquiries into the incident.
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Gordon
Orangeville
Ont
Bramish
Highland, Jr
London Times
Bist al
Russia
O’donnell
Carey
Port Elizabeth
Cape Colony
California
Cape Town
Power
Cassamicciola
Ischia Island
Mazzella
Egypt
Sussex Regiment
Ismailia
Kelley, Woolnbcu & Co
London
England
William
Martin Luther
German Empire
Erfurt
Luther
Ischia
Saigon
India
Tuduc
Annam
Phudahe
Berlin
Chalimel la Cour
China
France
Nyiregyhaza
Hungary
Esther Solymiosi
Lisza Esslar
Notable Deaths and Disasters in Brief Across the Nation
Professor F W Teasry of Louisville dies of consumption at the Polytechnic Institute. A Clark County Ky woman abandons two children. elder girl sets cabin fire, younger child dies. Turf figure Miron H. Santorp dies in Newport R I. G W Karns dies by his own hand on a Pennsylvania train. Congress member Joan Paci Readjuster resigns effective September 1. Seven year old Joseri Costello nearly falls under a moving train near Pana Illinois. Charles Ford, Jesse James slayer, arrested in Kansas City for 1881 Blue Cat train robbery. bail set at 35000. San Francisco’s Winter Garden Theater complex burns, Harry Morgan perishes. Kentucky Governor Blackbur n pardons Clarence Rutherford, imprisoned for murder. Boston firm Hersey Whittier & Wyman fails, liabilities about 500000.
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Frank H. Bentey
Crestwell & Bentley
New Hall
Toledo
Ohio
Oscoda
Chicago
Michigan City
Ind
Kansas River
Lawrence
Kas
B. F. Sena
United States Army
San Francisco
Jal
Hot Springs
Ark
Montgomery
Yell
Garland County
Daniels Brothers
Fourche
Shelton Caldwell
Garland
Charles Carter
Dardanelle
Barnes
Rial Blacker
Nicholls
Brazos River
Palo Pinto Mountains
Texas
el Paso
United States
Texas Rangers
Dupont
Arthur
William Stewart
Steubenville
Minnesota
St. Paul
W. W. McNair
R. L. Frazee
J. J. Green
John Ludwig
J. W. Wills
P. Lindholm
D. W. Pressey
Mayersville
Court House
National Teachers’ Association
Harrison
G. A. Zimmerman
Herman Schmidt
Bureau of
Milwaukee
A. Schnecht
Detroit
H. H. Fick
St. Louis
Cleveland
New York
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Saginaw
St. Charles
Mich
Madison
Indiana
F. W. Teasry
West
Louisville
Ith
Polytechnic Institute
Clark County
Kyw
Miron H. Santorp
Newport
R. L
G. W. Karns
Kansas City
Venango County
Dinsmore Station
Joan Paci
Congress
Virginia
Tie
Joseri Costello
Pana
Ill
Shelbyville
Charles Ford
Jesse James
H. A. Fox
Ford
Winter Garden Theater
Harry Morgan
Rail wrecks kill six in Troy freight collision
Troy New York August 2 A terrible railroad disaster on the Troy and Boston line due to telegraph operator error left six dead and many injured. Two freight trains collided on a curve as one flag was removed, cars piled and caught fire. The wreck injured fourteen more on an express to Montreal near North Troy and Newport with a fatality among Derby residents.
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Troy
N. Y
Troy & Boston
Johnson
Petersburg Junction
Mark Sutherland
Charles H. Marden
Providence
Jack Barrett
North Adams
Thomas Lane
Gardner
Mass
Frederick Emery
Howard H. Bruce
Vermont Station
J. W. Barnes
Marden
Charlie
Bruce
Barrett
Boston
West
Journal
Newport
Montreal
North Troy
Derby
Fred Pierce
Stanstead
Cable Venture Plans Shorter Route From England to New York
Alderman Hadley of London, president of the American British and Canadian Cable Company, sails for England to push a telegraph link across the United States and Canada independent of existing lines. He outlines a 2700 mile system from Penzance to Halifax and then to New York with cheap rapid messaging and 1.5 million pounds capital.
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New York
Alderman Hadley
London
New American, British and Canadian Cable Company
England
Gallic
United States
Canada
Penzance
Sable Island
Halifax
Dominion of Canada
American Postal Telegraph Company
A Joyous Reunion at Dock After Years Apart
Philadelphia report of Elderly couple Benedicta Price and Thomas Barbour reuniting after 28 years, prompted by Benedicta's freedom to wed and the sighting of the British Crown liner. The reunion on the American Line dock follows a Liverpool farewell scene decades earlier and a long wait to overcome family objections.
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Philadelphia
Benedicta
Cunard
Liverpool
Thomas Barbour
Benedicta Price
Miss Benedicta
Southern Exposition Opens as President Triggers Machinery
Lovettsville reports the great Southern Exposition opening at noon with a large crowd and festive atmosphere. The President and Cabinet attend with General Sheridan Governor Blackburn Senator Bayard on the platform. The Mayor gives welcome. the President responds and ceremonially starts the machinery. A silver fishing reel presented to the President ends the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovetsville
Seventh Regiment
Sheridan
Blackburn
Bayard
Devastating Ischia Earthquake Kills Thousands in Italy
Naples reports three thousand Ischia residents dead after a night of violent shocks at Casamicciola and Ischia town. The island’s productive areas were ruined, with hotels sunk, baths destroyed, and hundreds missing. Rome and Naples dispatched troops, sailors, and hospital aid as fears of a second quake and Mount Epomeo fire spread.
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Naples
Italy
Ischea
Casamicciolo
Hotel Piccola Sentinella
Piccola Sentinella
Palma
Diriseis
Zappatiz Signora Cecere
Pacca Leurati
Casamicciola
Saratoza
National Assembly
Senate
Ischia
Florentineli
Rome
Admiral Acton
Marine
Signor Berti
Mount Epomeo
Tragic Excursion Train Crash Near Carlton NY Kills Twenty Five
A Thousand Island excursion train collided with an empty car near Carlton on the Rome Watertown Ogdensburg line. Twenty five killed and over thirty injured as engines derailed and cars piled in darkness amid rain. Rescue and coroner actions unfold with fragile identifications and questions about the freight car’s placement and possible foul play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton
N. Y
Rocue
Thousand Islands
Quebec
Montreal
Lewiston
Oswego
Lyndonville
Detroit donor to fund scholarship for Women’s Medical College
Mrs. Z Chandler of Detroit sent 1000 dollars to establish a scholarship at the Women’s Medical College of Chicago to enable missionaries to pursue a medical course.
Job Work and Advertising Offered by The Herald
The Herald announces a new complete outfit for job material and is ready to handle all kinds of job work on short notice.
Vast U S grain and rail trends across states and territories
A survey of 1880s era agricultural outputs and transport shows Connecticut dedicates 90 000 acres to oyster farming Georgia and Florida report record corn, Alderney cattle top sale prices in Kentucky, and large Chinaman and Navajo livestock figures. Rail construction growth plus strong U S railroad and British transport valuations are noted alongside rising cotton output and early steel rails. Taxing details include notable summer travel expenditures in Europe and robust Atlantic coastal resort receipts.
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Connecticut
Georgia
Florida
Frankfort
British Columbia
Victoria
Chicago Times
Chicago Journal
Great Britain
N. Y. Sun
Texas
Commercial and Financial Chronicle
South
America
North Chicago Rolling Mill Company
Chicago
Europe
Philadelphia Times
New York
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Maine
Chicago Herald
New York Mail
Long Beach
Long Branch
Philadelphia Press
Cape May
Wit and Wisdom Bits From Across the Nation
A collage of old time quips and jokes from various papers. The piece features light maxims on money, character, happiness, and social manners. It includes humorous exchanges about dreams, schoolteachers, and bratty companions, plus observations on ice, cheerfulness, and temper.
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M. R. Patterson
Attorney-at-Law
Cambridge
Shaffner Building
J. C. Steele
Hutchison Block
Marlett
Sam’l. C. Ludcock
Cosgrave
Main Street
Physicians and Surgeons
C. A. Moore
Cambridge, Ohio
Postoffice
L. C. Wells, M. D
Taylor Block
Ee. J. Blair,m.d
Davis Block
Herald Rice
J.C. Warne, M. D
Wall's Drug Store
WH. T. Ramsey, M. D
Providence Hosa
Ational Medical
Hutchinson Block
D. K. Kyle
Marble and Granite Works
Lambert Thomas E
EE. McPeek
Boots and Shoes
West Main St
Newnom & Moss
City Bail
Steubenville Street
Marrts
E. McCollum
Mill Street
W. A. Rainey
Allegheny Mountains
True & CO
Augusta
Zanesville, Ohio
J. R. Downar
Eagle Hotel
Hotels
Eagle Mote
B.S. Hering
Antrirelotes
J. M. Albaugh
Antrim
John W. Robinson
WM. Kirk
Thompson
Crow
Farmers’ Hotel
Wm. Rainey & Son
J. W. Lippincott
Beecher House
Col. Groadway
South Streets
Quaker City
Washington, Ohio
James Smith
Prop
Globe House
Cumberland, Ohio
James Canady, Prop
James Stevens
Scott's
S. S. Carnes
Pine Street
Main
Cambridge, Co
A. N. Kellogg
R.w.shumway
Rockford, Ill
Ellin
J. E. Shepard & CO
Elm St
J.e.shepardg
News OF the
Weist, Gross and Hay
York
Edward Swartz
Thirtysixth
Myrtle Peck
Madame Maranto
New Hampshire
Austin F. Pike
Pike
John C. Fremont
Martin M’kaydis
Goveernon Blackburn
Kentucky
Clarence Rutherford
Logan County
Iss
George O. Barnes
Hersey, Whittier & Wyman
Deativs Carnival
Licati
WIT and Wisdom
Rochester Post
Y. Krammer
Austin
Johnny Fizzletop
Teras Stilings
V.Y. Herald
Lexington Avenue
Tommy Miller
Dakota
Bismarck
Norristown Herald
Burlington
N. Y. Herald
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