Pedestrian veteran and other late October notes
Robert W. Andrews, a 93 year old walker from South Carolina, arrives in Washington after a coast to coast journey on foot. President Arthur names John Fehrenbatch to lead the Bureau of Labor. Life Saving Service reports record rescues and disaster data. Silver coinage and bank closures feature in national updates. Mill closures and wage cuts affect Fall River and Connellsville, with a Pennsylvania attorney general death and a church scaffold collapse in Syracuse. The Delaware and Hudson Canal’s last loaded boat passes as winter drawdown begins.
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Boston
Mass
Washington
Andrews
George Washington
New Orleans
Arthur
John Fehrenbatch
Ohio
Bureau of Labor
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Kimball
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National Bank of
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N.Y
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Julia Connon
Howe Sewing Machine Works
Bridgeport
Pittsburgh
New York
Pennsylvania
Schenectady
Thomas Franklin
Johnson
Pollock
Lancaster
Syracuse
New St. Paul’s Church
Peter C. Griswold
Charles McCord
Joseph Watson
Thomas Benson
Slaters
Griswold
Mill reopens and new pipe mill starts at Frankstown
The Frankstown Rolling Mill resumes after three months idle, starting on the 24th, with plans to operate all winter. The firm’s new pipe mill began on the 6th, employing six hundred men.
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Wiley
China
Foo Chow
Boston
Mass
Fitchburg Railroad Company
Norfolk County
Foxboro
Simmons
Taunton
Congressional Committee
Hawley
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Hugh O’brien
Mayer
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Erie
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Forest
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School of Theology
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Wilkesbarre
Father Anderson
St. Patrick’s Church
Cincinnati
Mr. Blaine
Augusta
Bennington
Bennett
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Bates
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Newburyport
State Senate
House
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Multiple Disasters and Developments Across States
Reports from Florida to Colorado detail canal openings lowering Lake Thopekaliga waters, fatal rail accidents in Arkansas and Alabama, a Columbus meeting on Mexican Pension reforms, cyclone destruction near New Orleans, jail breaks in Texas, and political shifts in Indiana and Missouri. Also noted are epidemics in Wise County Virginia, counterfeit fraud in Illinois, and the death of Captain Payne with vast gold outputs at the Denver Mint.
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Okechobee Drainage Company
Little Rock
Ark
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William Dietrich
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Ohio
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New Orleans
A. Perret
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Lloydsville
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Texas
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Virginia
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Wis
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Florence County
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Charles Currier
Peoria
Patterson
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Atlanta
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Omaha
Indiana
Cleveland
Blaine
Butler
St. John
Missouri
Miguel Guadia
Costa Rica
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W. J. Arnold
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Jessamine
J. C. Blackburn
Toronto
Jefferson County
Montgomery
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Wilson
Baltimore
Charles J. Seghers
Oregon
Alaska
Oklahoma
David L. Payne
Wellington
Kansas
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Colorado
Denver
Germany claims West African territory through Hupfner
Geographer Hupfner telegraphs the government that he has occupied West African coast territory north of Angra Pequena in Germany’s name. The report ties broader tremors, disasters, and trade woes to a chaotic international scene.
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Graetz
Syria
Scarboro Brothers
Halifax
Paris
Vienna
Fanny Ellsler
Madras Presidency
India
Chalaveram Lake
Madras
Joseph Quinalle
Toronto
Gananoque
Ont
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Congo
Berlin
Vivi
Stanley Pool
Lyons
Marseilles
France
Lake Bruce
Durango
Multiple Casualties and Financial Updates Across Nineteenth Century News
General GresuamM G. Mort dies of heart failure in New York while Colonel Etting organizes aid. Parlor rowing machine inventor Frank Saunders dies by suicide after his wife’s overdose. they had been staying in Brooklyn. Joseph W. Williams falls from a Washington monument perch and breaks an arm. November debt and bank data show a shift to growth, with a public debt increase despite prior expectations. Boiler explosion near Elizabethtown kills four, injuries two. Piegan Indians grow wealthily by trading for cartridges. Major Busu, veteran U.S. Army officer, dies at Somerville at 57, oldest major in service.
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Bordentown
N. J
New York
Etting
Philadelphia
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Prank Saunders
Luella
Joseph W. Williams
Washington Monument
Thismont
New York Associated Banks
Elizabethtown
John Morgan
James Morgan
Richard Figg
Leman
Piegan
Busu
U.S. A
Somerville
Mass
United States Service
Mepr & Eve
United States Treasury Reports Fiscal Year Revenue Drop
The annual report of United States Treasurer Wyman shows net government revenue for the year ended June 30, 1884 at 348,519,869, down 49,767,712 from 1883. Declines occurred in customs and internal revenue, offset by land sales. expenditures fell to 244,126,244 with a surplus of 104,392,625 applied to debt reduction.
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Washngton
United States
Wyman
Treasury Reserve
Treasury
Miners Debate Rates and Arbitration Fund at Allegheny Valley Meeting
The miners convention met at ten o'clock to discuss district wage rates. They urged Sandy and Plumb creeks pits to cease mining until employers pay the district price of three cents. A fifteen cent levy for arbitration was approved. The group chose not to resume the river strike and adjourned sine die.
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Allegheny Valley
Sandy
Plumb Creeks
Brave Woman Foils Robber in Staten Island Burglary
Mrs. C. W. Sands of Richmond Hill Station Staten Island faced an assault by a black man who beat her and forced her to reveal valuables. She retrieved her husband’s pistol fired once as he pursued her, then fled. two more shots failed to hit. Neighbors aided the search for the suspect and an accomplice reportedly waited nearby.
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C. W. Sands
Richmond Hill Station
Staten Island
Flying machines cut New York to Philadelphia to two days
The 1776 conveyances shortened the trip to two days, earning the name flying machines. The initial Providence to Boston stage ran in two days, and a 1672 New York to Boston mail route via Hartford planned monthly round trips. A New York laundry hires women to darn, mend, and sew buttons at standard prices.
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Philadelphia
Providence
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Hartford
New York City
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Supreme Court Rules Indian Not Citizen Without Naturalization
The Supreme Court declares an Indian not a citizen and requires naturalization and tax payment before citizenship status. The ruling outlines that status hinges on completing taxation and naturalization processes to be recognized as a citizen.
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Supreme Court of the
United States
Swamp Land Bought on Staten Island for Looss Supply
Several hundred acres on Staten Island are purchased for cultivating looss to supply New York markets. The deal involves swamp land intended to support a new agricultural operation aimed at producing looss.
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Staten Island
New York
Political slate listings across states shown in scattered rows
A dense catalog of candidate listings by state including California New York North Carolina Ohio and Oregon. Names party lines and numbered entries appear with many letters and typographic marks, indicating an exhaustive roll call or ballot preview.
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