Weekly News Roundup Signals Tax, Policy and Park Plans
Secretary Folger may urge repeal of the tax on National bank circulation to fund premiums for 4 and 4.5 percent bonds. A Washington park plan seeks Rock Creek valley dam创建 lake of 2,000 acres. Civil Service Rule No 8 now bars political or religious bias in appointments. The Signal Officer requests Congress funds for Pacific coast defense and seaport readiness. James T. Dubois of Pennsylvania appointed U S Consul at Leipsic.
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Folger
Republican National Committee
Arlington Hotel
Washington
Miller
California
America
United States
Hallet Kilbourn
John G. Thompson
National House of Representatives
Ith
Guiteau
Dunmire
Leadville
Col
Corkhill
Rock Creek
District of Columbia
Congress
Pacific Coast
WinGut
San Francisco
James T. Dubois
Pennsylvania
Leipsic
Numerous World News Items From The East Dispatch
A roundup of incidents from Erie to New York including deaths, thefts, fires, epidemics, court actions, and maritime news. Notable items: William Belk dies after illness. typhoid cases rise in Port Jervis. Gallia brings $500000 in specie. Ranpolpon dies in Morristown. Pittsburgh thefts. Hamburg fire. Warden Brush bribery warrants. naval and railway accidents. missionary grants. tariff evasion at Pittsburgh. Evacuation Day observances. Boston assault. gas tanker fire. weather and accidents across multiple states and provinces.
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William E. Belknap
Erie
New York School of Trades
Gallia
New York
Liverpool
Tur Mauch Chunk
RanpoLpn
Morristown
N. J
Pittsburgh
Samuel Schultz
Hollinger
Lincoln
Welsh Mountain
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Brush
Sing Sing
Custom House
van Tassel
Hamburgh
Missionary Committee
M. E
Naples
South America
Boston
McIntosh
Buffalo
Jacob Schoenthal
William Eckert
Joseph Grodil
John Otto
Reis Brothers
New Castle
Egan
McBride
Troy
James Warp
Charlton
Meadville
Brisk Chase Ends with Villain Arrest
Mrs Charlton expected to recover after a brisk chase led to the arrest of a suspect. A steamer Bulgarian bound from New York to Liverpool reported sixty head of cattle lost overboard during the voyage.
Kirker returns to Ironton seeks sympathy and questions arise
Will S Kirrer teller at the Second National Bank of Ironton Ohio reappears claiming he fled due to a spree not defalcation. He traveled openly by rail with limited concealment, pawned a gold watch, was arrested in Cleveland, and is under medical care. Public sympathy favors him though questions linger about the bank shortage.
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Will S. Kirrer
Second National Bank
Ironton
Ohio
Richmond
New York
Boston
Cleveland
Charles Rikhoff
Rikhoff
Kirker
Livingston
M.T
Asa L. Biggs
Judge Biggs
North Carolina
Franklin
Biggs
Charles
Frederick Ward
Chicago
Ramsey County
New York State
Hever Squier
Grand Haven
Mich
J. R. Carnavan
Indiana
Secretary of War
Washington
Election results Across States Shift Parties and Officials
The report lists returns from New York, Massachusetts, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, Mississippi, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado and Chicago. Republicans gain in New York and Nebraska while Democrats carry Virginia and Mississippi. Chicago elects a Democratic Superior Court judge. state races show mixed results with various governors and officials decided.
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Virginia
Maryland
New Jersey
Mississippi
Superior Court
Chicago
Definition and brain basis of general paralysis in Lancet article
Dr Tenner describes general paralysis as an anterior cerebrum affection with intelligence centers and motor areas implicated. Pathology shows brain membrane changes, cortical and subcortical alterations, mainly in interior regions and anterior convolutions. Early signs include impaired judgment memory and boastfulness with concurrent motor decline.
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Tenner
Great Italian Exodus Tied to 83 Humorous Passages
A report links a large Italian exodus to the publication of eighty three humorous passages in their homeland. The claim frames satire as a catalyst for emigration, noting the cultural impact of light literature.
Official list of Ohio Senators and Representatives elected
Columbus November 8 official roster shows Union and Democrat winners across counties. Senators include Cameron Marysville Hughes Tokis Friece Wilksville Brown Lebanon Bohl Marietta Stouffer Salem Williams Johnson Bryan Emerson Bloomdale Brenner Upper Sandusky and House seats allocated among parties.
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A. D. Fassett
Youngstown
S. P. Walcott
Kent
A. J. Williams
Cleveland
George H. Ely
T. G. Loomis
Lodi
Godfrey Jaeger
Elmore
J. H. Williston
Bucyrus
Ellmer White
Defiance
J. P. Haley
F. H. Dunham
R. Darke
David Baker
Greenville
D. Defiance
Paulding
Henry George
D. Delaware
George L. Sackett
Tanktown
R. Erie
Joseph Pucklin
Sandusky
D. Fairfield
W. A. Shultz
Lancaster
D. Fayette
Hadley
Washington Court House
Franklin
A. O. Myers
Casper Loewen-stein
W. Young
Fulton
Albert de Vo
Morenci
Mich
Gallia
Matthews
Vinton
R Peer
George H. Ford
Burton
R. Green
J. G. Gest
Spring Valley
Cincinnati
J. B. Stanbach
D. Hancock
A. P. Byall
Findlay
D. Hardin
Alfred K. Rarey
Kenton
R. Harrison
J. M. Lantz
Moorfield
R. Henry
John Duff
Liberty Center
D. Highland
D. M. Barrett
Greenfield
R. Hocking
St. Weldy
Logan
D. Holmes
George W. Sharp
R. Lorain
G. G Washburn
Elyria
R. Lucas
William Beatty
Toledo
D. Edward Malone
D. Madison
James T. Black
Plain City
D. Mahoning
Alexander Dickson
Mahoning
R. Marion
R. G. Young
Marion
D. Medina
C. N. Lyman
Wadsworth
R. Meigs
E. P. Brooks
Harrisonville
Union
J. E. Cameron
Marysville
R. van Wert
W. T. Hughes
Tokis
R. Vinton
W. W. Friece
Wilksville
D. Warren
L. M. Brown
Lebanon
R. Washington
Henry Bohl
Marietta
D. Wayne
Dr. C
Lafayette City Reverses Gift to Railroad Shops
The Lafayette City Council records a resolution returning to taxpayers the 21 500 donated by the city treasurer after the Louisville New Albany and Chicago Railroad agreed to locate its principal machine shops there. The council had previously offered 25 000 in 1882, but after months of dispute the city revoked all offers and refused further payment.
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Peeters
Ides
Dan’l Boone
Crook
Ken Ton
Bravy
Davy Crocker
Kit Carson
Winp Bie
Texas Jack
Cart
Jack
Buffalo Bill
Custer
Coburn & Newman ‘Publishing Co
Chicago
Holman
A. J. Holman & Co
Zena
J. E. Shepard & CO
Anna Ottendorfer
New York
J.& W. Seligman & Co
Paris
Peter R. Brockwit
West Shore Railroad
Texas
Massachusetts
Minneapolis
Minn
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Des Moines
Iowa
India
David C. Cook
St. Louis
Court of Appeals
Board of Police Commissioners
Campbell
Ith
Kelton
San Francisco
Hunter
Silver Creek
Arizona
Geronimos
Charles
la Salle
Sanford
N. C
Lafayette
Ind
Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railroad
Precocious Philadelphia youth and stern teacher tale
A uptown grammar school boy provokes his teacher who keeps him after school until dark. At the gate the boy surprises her with an offer to escort her home, saying it is dangerous for a young lady to walk alone at night. The tale appears in the Philadelphia News. Also notes contrasts in New England and Southern eating habits and a Kentucky storm scare reported by the Atlanta Constitution.
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Garfield
Grand Army Republic
Covington
Sheridan
Hancock
Congress
Greencastle
Ind
Dudley Burke
John Thomas
Panhandle
Newark
Ohio
Matthews
Kellogg, Sawyer & Co
Kalamazoo
Mich
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Dakota
Wakefield
E. W. White
G. L. Darling
Simcoe
Ont
Henry Kerr
Chicago
John L. Martin
Luling
Texas
Olson
Nelson
Bismarck
Oak
Watte James Hawkins
St. Louis
Barry Cunningham
Schoolcraft
United States Treasury Commission
George Barry
Wier
Madison
Wis
Anna Behringer
Indianapolis
Henry Cray
Kansas City
Springfield
Presbyterian
Ostrander
Reubew Freshwaller
Veshwaller
England
Waddington
France
China
Coleridge
Walker
Walkerville
Detroit
Dublin
McCafferty
Imperial Marine Institute
Warsaw
Prussia
Sth
Proletariate
Stamford
Canada
New York
Trish
Ramsgate
Moses Montefiore
Marquis Tseng
United States
Fowler
London
Luther
Eisleben
Germany
Philadelphia
Philadelphia News
Population and economics facts from early newspapers
The records note postal cards needed to weigh a ton 9 600 000. Railroads in the United States earned more money this year than in 1882. In New York City 61 052 of 1 300 000 residents own real estate. Arizona Governor Tritle reports a territorial population of 75 000 in his Interior Department submission.
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N. Y. Vimes
United States
Chicago Tribune
New York City
N. Y. Tribune
Interior
Tritle
Arizona
Wit and Wisdom Curiosities From Various Papers
A collage of quotes and jokes from multiple papers. Items include Wordsworth aphorisms, a Tennessee poet note about a boycat, a Turkish or Norwegian joke on whale canning, a misrendered battle reference, a pun about a pair of spoons, a Vienna glossograph gag, a Boston Post tale on a cloth hole fine, and a Siamese Twins anecdote in a dinner table boast.
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Norway
Norristown Herald
Bachninh
Hauri
Dai
Laokoi O
Bismarck Tribune
Angeline
Boston Post
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Coserave
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Cambridge, Ohio
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Adams Street
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Stinson & CO
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Goshen
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Wilmington
W. H. Reed
Chillicothe
John W. Gregg
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Gallipolis
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A. R. van Cleaf
Circleville
S. W. Durflinger
A. C. Cable
J. J. Hane
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Caldwell
John O'Neil
Zanesville
Allen Levering
Mt. Gilead
W. S. Crowell
Coshocton
Solomon Hayne
Cadiz
J. W. Lewis
Alliance
John M. Dickinson
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Massillon
J. M. McBride
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J. A. Kohler
Akron
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Stephen Laird
Warren
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George W. Crites
Canal Dover
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Nicholasville, Ky
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