Various Notable Facts Highlight Late 19th Century US News
The document cites duties on imported sugar from 34 to 41-10 cents per pound, a Paris population growth of 29 per 1000, a Chicago postmasters convention on February 15, 1886, and efforts to end slavery in Brazil. It notes Savannah drummers’ license ending, New York sub-Treasury vaults holding eighty eight million dollars in coin, only 25 percent of 50,000 Indian children educated, hydrophobia reports, US silver purchases for coinage, Vanderbilt’s wealth at $20 a minute, and the universal truth that death spares none.
Mount Denis Longest Tunnel Connects Paris and Turin
The Mount Denis tunnel is seven miles four and three fourths furlongs long making it the longest in the world. It links French and Italian rail systems and provides the only direct Paris to Turin route.
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Mount Denis
France
Italy
Paris
Turin
Crime rate shifts and contrasting trends abroad
The report shows crime rising fast in this country from one in 3432 people in 1860 to one in 860 in 1878. In contrast Great Britain reports a decline in crime as the period advances.
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Great Britain
The Crusader Oil Tank Brigs New Pump System
The Crusader, a large brig, will carry oil from Philadelphia to Liverpool using 45 tanks that hold 177000 gallons each. Oil is pumped full in America and emptied on the other side by a large pump powered by a 20 horsepower engine aboard.
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Philadelphia
Liverpool
America
Countess of Monte Cristo Wealth in Chile Revealed
Isadora Cousino of Santiago described as the richest woman in South America. She derives $80,000 monthly from coal mines and owns a $1,000,000 residence with extensive, elegant grounds.
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South America
Isadora Cousino
Santiago
Chili
Countess of
Monte Cristo
New Mexico War Hinted as Apaches Face Extermination
The text notes a planned extermination war against Apaches in New Mexico with a fund of several thousand dollars for warfare. Militia will be assisted by many bloodhounds, signaling ongoing violent tensions and unsettled times in the Territory.
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New Mexico
Chicago firm lands French army contract for corned beef
The Inter-Ocean reports a Chicago firm has secured a contract with the French Government for 3,500,000 pounds of corned beef for army use. To fill the order, 40,000 cattle will be slaughtered. Previously France sourced corned beef from South America and Australia as commerce expands.
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Inter-Ocean
Chicago
South America
Australia
France
Lent starts late in 1886 with March 10 Ash Wednesday
The article notes Lent begins later in 1886 than in years 1868 to 1899 with Ash Wednesday falling on March 10 and Easter on April 25, predicting a longer gay season. It also mentions two solar eclipses in 1886 invisible in the United States, and aligns Hebrew and Mohammedan chronologies to September 30.
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United States
Civil War casualties at Antietam Gettysburg and spotsylvania
The records show Union and Confederate losses at Antietam about 2 100 and 3 500 respectively. Gettysburg lists Lee 3 500 and Meade 2 834 killed. May 1 to May 14, 1864 saw peak deaths. Wilderness casualties were 2 261 for Grant and about 2 000 for Lee while Spotsylvania yielded 2 270 for Grant and about 1 000 for Lee.
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Antietam
Gettysburg
Lee
Meade
Grant
Wilderness
Spotsylvania
The Supreme Court Workload and Salaries Here
Seven justices serve life terms with salaries around ten thousand dollars a year and the chief justice earning about two thousand more. The court sits roughly three hours daily for eight months, with decisions issued mainly on Mondays. Each justice writes three or four long opinions weekly, about eight hundred words or five pages each, illustrating the heavy mental and physical labor of the high court.
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Supreme Court
United States
Christmas Week in Quaker City Reflected in School and Community
Holiday notes from Quaker City recount students homecomings Miss Mary Devore Graysville and Laura Hartley Wesleyan College among many others. The glass furnaces paused to allow workers Christmas respite while scholars attended Sunday school candy feast. Weddings reportedly occurred Christmas Eve Eli Hayes and Alice Hawkins plus Andy Max and Ella Fisher. Fifty four new members joined MFE church as religious fervor grows.
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Mary Devore
Graysville
Robi Boyd
Columbus
M W von Scio
Mansfield
Laura Hartley
Wesleyan College
Cincinnati
Knouff
Jas Depew
Barnesville
T H Johnson
Armstrong
Bellaire
M M Knight
Eli Hayes
Alice Hawkins
Andy Max
Ella Fisher
MFE
Local Notes From Crawford and Nearby Areas
LC Spaid returns from Crawford county and Filmore Deeren comes home from Columbus Medical College. Frank Bird weds Miss Retta Clark last week and Eli Nicholson weds Miss Sade Shriver on Thursday. Olive Spaid and Dr Teters’s little patient are ill. Mt Zion church closes after protracted meeting. Christmas tree sale at Christian church raises $30. Hartford couple Mr and Mrs Wm Cooper host a Christmas family reunion. 8S D Jackson weds Miss Ada Niswonger at Caldwell last week. Township trustees fund a Morgan family’s return to Ashland Pa.
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LC Spaid
Crawford County
Filmore Deeren
Columbus Medical College
Frank Bird
Retta Clark
Eli Nicholson
Sade Shriver
Olive Spaid
Teters
Mt Zion Church
The
Christian Church
Wm Cooper
Hartford
D Jackson
Ada Niswonger
Caldwell
Morgan
Ashland
Local Notices and Tragedies Theme
Names and events crowd a parish page with deaths, visits, and a wrestling incident. Mrs Wallace dies after Christmas Eve supper as a band event is postponed. Frankie Sears dies from a grate fire. Mrs Vansickle dies at 48. a rope stunt and a funeral sermon are listed among community happenings and visitors.
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Katie Smith
Salem
Anna Linn
Norma Angus
Amelia Wallace
Cambridge
T Wallace
Rebecca Matthews
D Wallace
Wallace
Prof Bond
Yeo House
Frankie Sears
Laird
Jed Berry
Wm Vansickle
Wheeling
Benj Caster
Timothy Rose
Rey Luecock
Earley’s Church
Jefferson Township Social and Travel News Highlights
Jefferson Township notes close for holidays with many visitors. George Daugherty from Michigan and Roland Parker's family return from Kansas while Miss Anna Linn of Clio visits Salem aunt. Decatur resident Join Rubicamp visits friends. Ezariah Little and family head to California last Wednesday to settle. McCleary's literary society led by President E E Fife. Rev Scott of Washington preaches at Allen's on Go, work. Martin Ford hosts season’s largest social with about twenty couples. Independence entertainment features a successful pronunciation contest with John Wolverton George Gillespie and Charley Thomas providing music.
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Jefferson Township
George Daugherty
Michigan
Roland Parker
Kansas
Anna Linn
Clio
Salem
Rubicamp
Decatur
Ill
McCleary’s
E E Fife
Ezariah Little
California
Rev. Scott
Washington
Allen's
Martin Ford’s
Independence
John Wolverton
George Gillespie
Charley Thomas
Pansy Readers to Welcome 1886 Features and Contributors
The Pansy edited by Pansy leads weekday and Sunday reading for children in 1886 with serial stories like Reach ing Out and Little Fishers and their Nets. Golden Text Stories Six O clock in the Evening told by an old Grandma. Margaret Sidney St George and the Dragon. Rev C M Livingston across discoveries inventions books people places. Faye Huntington a regular contributor. Pansy travels in Where I Went and what I Saw. Each issue includes poetry selections for recitation plus mission band colloquies and school exercises. New Pansy Society books and Reader replies in P S Corner. Fully Illustrated. One dollar yearly. Orders to D Lothrop & Co Boston Mass.
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Pansy
Margaret Sidney
Rev. C. M. Livingston
Faye Huntington
Pansy Society
D. Lothrop & Co., Publishers
Boston
Mass
Christmas activities and society notices in Cumberland
Albert Lake visits Miss Lou Finley as DW Forsythe gifts his wife a parlor suit. Dr H F Shull from Columbus spends holidays here. The marriage of Wm McDonald and Betsy Holmes on December 25, 1885 is recorded. Christmas trees at MFE and Presbyterian churches were enjoyed. The cantata Joseph will be performed in the Opera House on Friday and Saturday evenings January 1 and 2, 1886.
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Albert Lake
Lou Finley
DW Forsythe
H F Shull
Columbus
Wm McDonald
Betsy Holmes
MFE
Pins Dropped in Hold of Great Eastern Reach Vast Total
A thought experiment states that if a pin were dropped in the Great Eastern’s hold and pins doubled weekly for 52 weeks, the total would be 4 503 599 627 370 495 pins. At 200 pins per ounce the weight nears 628 295 358 tons requiring 27 924 ships of Great Eastern size to transport them.
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Great Eastern
Piles and Itching Relieved by Bosanko Remedy
The notice describes piles with weight in the back and abdomen and possible indigestion. It mentions moisture and itching after warming, and offers Dr. Bosanko's Pile Remedy as absorbing tumors and curing the condition. Price 50c. Address The Dr. Bosanko Medicine Co. in Piqua Ohio. sold by J. M. McGill.
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Bosanko
Economy of Sheep Flocks for Rural Profit
A Rural World article argues that many farmers can profit by keeping twenty to fifty sheep of high meat breeds. Starting with 20 head of full blood mutton breeds costs $400–$500, but yearly output can double flock size and value with proper care, turning it into a leading state flock over time.
Hon J G Parks Endorses Swift's Specific Health Tonic
Dawson Georgia resident J A Parks testifies in 1885 that Swift's Specific aided his recovery after overwork in the 1883 state legislature. He praises the tonic's effects on his health and notes family use with satisfactory results. The letter cites product claims and sales addresses for the Swift Sprerric Co.
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Swift
Jas. G. Parks
German Immigrant’s Dog Fritz Borders Home by Sea
A German immigrant near Mentor Ohio was surprised when his dog Fritz appeared at work after traveling over three thousand miles. He learned from Castle Garden officials that Fritz entered the country at Bremen with his master and hid aboard a later vessel, waiting at sea.
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Germany
Mentor
Osio
Fritz
Castle Garden
Bremen
Cleveland
Brown's Iron Bitters Helps Dyspepsia Sufferer
An unhappy man is urged to treat dyspepsia with Brown's Iron Bitters. The ad claims it relieves digestive torment and restores function, citing H. K. Collins of Keokuk Iowa as a beneficiary.
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H. KE. Collins
Keokuk. Lowa
Cough Syrup Recipe From Onions Sugar Honey Water
A traditional cough syrup method uses onions sugar honey and water. Boil onions sliced briefly then mix with sugar honey and water. strain and bottle. On attack take a tablespoon warmed and repeat as needed at five to eight doses daily.
Dr King’s New Discovery Cures Woman’s 30 Year Cough
Wm Thomas of Newton Iowa testifies his wife suffered a severe cough for 25 years. After trying many remedies she used Dr King’s New Discovery and saw great relief from the first bottle, with a full cure after the second. Free trial bottles at C L Wall & Co. Drug Store. large size priced at $1.
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Wm Thomas
Newton
Beining
Dr King
C L Wall & Co
Child’s Cent Saves Family From Whitewash Joke
A church collection left a lady, her daughter, and son without money. Young America stepped in and deposited a cent, then whispered to his sister that he had saved the family from being whitewashed.
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America
Electric Bitters Promote Quick Recovery and Vitality
If you suffer from low spirits loss of appetite debility disordered blood or bilious complaints a bottle of Electric Bitters may bring rapid improvement and renewed strength Pain and misery end and you gain new life and activity CL Wall & Co sells them for 50c a bottle
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CL Wall & Co
Long Louisville New Orleans and Texas train hauls 141 cars
A locomotive on the Louisville New Orleans and Texas Railway pulled into New Orleans with a 141 car train. The train weighed over 7 million pounds and stretched nearly a mile in length. It covered 121 miles in 12 hours and 46 minutes.
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Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Louisville, New Orleans and
Texas
New Orleans
Beware of imitations of Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic
Caution readers about counterfeit imitators of Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic. The genuine product is sold by all druggists for fifty cents and claims to cure dyspepsia constipation bad breath piles pimples ague malaria loss of appetite low spirits headaches and kidney liver stomach diseases.
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Dr. Jones
Iran
Brown Chemical
Baltimore
South Holds Large Share of National Livestock
The South owns about one quarter of the nation's livestock and has $600,000,000 invested in cattle sheep hogs horses and mules. It holds a third of the milch cows oxen and hogs, and a quarter of the country’s sheep, a share that has grown from one seventh ten years ago.
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South
Dr Bigelow’s Positive Cure Promoted for Throat and Lung Ailments
An advertisement extols Dr Bigelow’s Positive Cure as a safe speedy remedy for throat colds and all throat and lung diseases. It claims the medicine cures many afflictions and notes it is sold by all druggists for fifty cents and one dollar. Pleasant to take and safe for children.
Man Dies in Ice Crusher Accident Verdict of Hard Drink
An inquest verdict ruled the man died from drink related causes after being crushed beneath a lump of ice. The incident centered on risky handling at a quarry where industrial accidents were investigated.
Bucklen Arnica Salve Ad To Cure Many Ailments
Promises relief for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions with a pile cure guarantee. Priced at 25 cents per box and sold by C L Wall & Co. February 5 listing.
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Bucklen
C. L. Wall & Co
Grige's Glycerine Salve Promises Quick Skin Healing
An advertisement touts Grige's Glycerine Salve as a safe speedy cure for cuts bruises scalds burns wounds and all sores. It claims to cure piles tetter and skin eruptions with guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded and sells for 25e via druggists OC daily.
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Grige
Uncalled Letters at Cambridge Post Office
Cambridge Ohio December 26 1885 list of letters remaining uncalled for at the Cambridge post office includes J C Angus J H H Britton Miss Mary Clark J A L Chatham Charlie Davis John L Jackson Isaac L Kiel Mrs Emma Lake Lucy M Poland Mrs Salem Thompson Mas Hanlon Taylor John K Wagner Wilson Postal Cards W L Hitchcock W C Walters Pete Wylie W OL TE MCILVAR P M
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J.C. Angus
HH. Britton
Mary Clark
AL. Chatham
Charlie Davis
John Lb Jackson
Isaac L. Kiel
Emma Lake
Lucy M. Poland
Salem Thompson
Mas
Hanlon Taylor
John K. Wagner
Wilson
Morehead and Miss Emma I McBride Wed at Henderson KE
On December 23 at the bride’s parents’ residence, Rev. W H McFarland officiated the marriage of Morehead and Miss Emma I McBride in Henderson Kentucky.
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Morenveav—MecBride
W. H. McFarland
Henderson KE
Morehead
Emma I
McBride
Winter travel choices clash with Vesuvius eruptions
The article notes readers debating winter destinations Florida or California or a continental tour while mentioning the eruption of Vesuvius in a dramatic, first class display that outdoes prior efforts.
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Florida
California
Auction Save Turns Lame Horse Into Prize
A horse bought for ten dollars arrived lame and bruised with the scratches. After two weeks on Salvation Oil priced at 25 cents, the horse recovered dramatically and now stands valued at two hundred dollars.
London Woman Tends Worm-Hole Repairs in Old Books
A London woman earns income by filling worm holes in antique books. Each leaf is treated separately as material is chewed or pulped and pressed into the holes, restoring damaged pages.
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London
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OGER
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East Court Square
Geo. P. Rowell & Co
Spruce St
New York
U.S
Vanderbilt
Europe
Pennsylvania
Brazil
Postmasters
Savannah
Treasury
Quaker City
Pt. Pleasant
Kimbolt
Prof Dullis
Zanesville
H W Luccock
Maggie Angus
Cumberland
J. G. Parks
Dawson, Ga
Swift Sprerric Co
Atlanta, Ga
N. Y
Scott
GC. T. Bromser
Rochester
Pittsburgh
Geo. Andrews
Lowell Carpet Corporation
Lowell
Ayer
Cambridge, Ohlo
Cambridge Post Ofice
W. L. Hitchcocks
C.F. Walters
Pete Wylie
W. OL. TE. McIlyar, P.M
Arnxorp
CEI
C&c
Raymond & Company
Lancaster
Wamuseka
Wea
Gilbert
Brussels
Lye
Cire
Mareains
Lloll
Thalheimer
Hornbrook
Hell
A. J. Jones
Buxport, Me
Wahan Lon
Alo
Ean
Guernsey County
Men’s
Kip Boots
Grover
H.C. Hornbrook
Cambridge, Ohio
Rys
LM Dridge
RUSH
McIlyar’s
Icieiadacaase Ae
Hloll
Madison Block
Cambridge, O
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W.A. Rainey
Ohio
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