Washington Monument Dedication Day at Capitol and Grounds
The Washington Monument dedication ceremonies in Washington, D C, on February 23 featured President Arthur, Cabinet, governors, lawmakers, and the Masonry rites. Speeches by Senator Sherman and Colonel Casey outlined the monument’s significance, with the president accepting the column as a national memorial to George Washington amid a bundled military and civic procession.
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Alexandria
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Virginia
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City of New York
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Great Britain
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Ciesar
William Mckee Dunn
J. M. Toner
Horatio King
Daniel B. Clarke
Edward Clark
John C. Harkness
W. S. Cox
James P. Rogers
Berret
C. R. P. Rodgers
Fatal Parkersburg W V Railroad Wreck Reveals Five Dead
A severe wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio Parkersburg branch near Toll Gate, eighty miles east of Parkersburg, after a westbound freight crashed into an eastbound second section. Five men were killed in the collision around eleven o'clock Saturday night.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Toll Gate
Seat of the Soudan War in Khartoum described
A map gives readers a view of Khartoum as the key Upper Nile post. The piece covers Khartoum’s location at the Blue and White Niles, historic rise as a governmental center, its population, walls, and buildings, and notes the town’s strategic and commercial importance with distances to Old Dongola, Korti, Metemneh, and Medemneh.
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Chicago Standard
Soudan
Khartoum
Bahr-el- Azrak
Blue Nile
Bahr-el- Abiad
White Nile
Dongola
Hick
Tuti
Sennar
Shendy
Nile
Mehemet Ali
Pacha
Egypt
Ibrahim
Ismail
Gregory XVI
Ignaz Knoblecher
England
General Gordon
Marlborough House
London
Schweinfurth
Snow Disaster in Utah Kills Thirty at Alta
Relief party returns to Salt Lake City with twelve bodies from the Alta slide. Four buried dead are revived, including Andrew White and Fred Cullinin, as rescue teams search Alta for five adults and eight children still in danger. Snowslides near Alta have become daily, with a separate slide at Superior gulch wiping out a cabin and tunnel.
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Savr Lake City
U. T
Alta
Andrew White
Fred Cullinin
Mr. Roist
Superior Gulch
John Bright cites toll of Victoria's reign in war
John Bright argues Queen Victoria's era cost England 769 million dollars and 64,009 lives in war, asserting a high price for imperial conflicts.
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John Bright
Victoria
England
Weston’s Latest Scheme of Four Week Military Test
Edward Payson Weston leads a New York syndicate to stage an international endurance contest with $20,000 in prizes. Over four weeks the National Guard and volunteer regiments in multiple U S and Canadian cities compete, ending with ten top New York Brooklyn guards facing London volunteers. Each phase lasts five and a half days in marching gear.
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New York
Edward Payson Weston
Noah Davis
S. H. Hurd
National Guard
Brooklyn
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Connecticut
Ithode Island
Canada
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Illinois
Ohio
London
Unemployed Workers Press for Jobs to Sir W V Tarcourt
In London on February 19 the Home Secretary Sir William Vernon Tarcourt met a deputation of unemployed workmen. They asked for work rather than alms and rejected socialist rhetoric. He promised careful consideration and suggested aiding local philanthropic groups for relief and possible emigration talks with British colonies.
Turmoil in Pocahontas Town After Mine Closures
News from Pocahontas Virginia reports miners discharged from coal mines amid a business slump. Gunfire targets residents including the town mayor, a black policeman is killed, and orders to expel a mine boss under threat of death are issued. A mass meeting condemned the outrages and funds were raised to equip the police.
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Lyncunune
Pocahontas
Tazewell County
Remedies and ramblings in a scattered 19th century ad page
An assortment of medical cure pitches and quips from period ads and inserts. Florence Ansort praises Red Star Cough Cure for asthma relief while various patent medicines claim to cure colds throat issues and digestive ills. Also noted are quips on earthquakes weather and cosmetic soaps and removers with prices and brand names.
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Florence Ansort
Massachusetts Ave
Washington, D. C
Red Star
Shakespeare
Dr. Pierce
Ohio
Sereseoncesos
Eure
Cleveland
Minnesota
Ohio Dairy
Timothy
Oscars
Toledo
Pitpsburgie
Philadel
Ili
Wool
Dentera
Charles A. Vogeler
Bole Owners and Manufacturers
Baltimore
Maryland
U. S. Ae
Hop Bitters Lifts Cost of Doctor Visits
A reader notes that at $3.00 per doctor visit annual medical fees would total over $1,090 for daily care. The claim suggests a single Hop Bitters bottle, used timely, could save $1,000 and the year's sickness.
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Pittsburgh
Graves Desecrated at Pisgah Rural Cemetery
Port Pleasant West Virginia reports graves opened at Pisgah church burying-ground three miles south. Sexton found half a dozen coffins disturbed with bodies laid on ground in a Greek cross arrangement. No crew or motive identified. Bodies appeared exposed for a day or two.
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Port Pleasant
W. Va
Pisgah
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