Goldsmith Maid dies at Fashion Stud Farm aged twenty eight
The renowned racehorse Goldsmith Maid, dubbed Queen of the Turf, died at the Fashion Stud Farm near Trenton New Jersey on the 24th after a brief illness. She retired seven years ago after 182 races with 92 wins and earnings near 240000 dollars.
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Goldsmith Maid
Fashion Stud
Trenton
N. J
Thomas W Thompson
Town
Murd
Lillian Norton
Frederick A. Gower
Brookline
Mass
Gower
Paris
Canada
Pittsburgh
Hillered
Various 19th Century News Briefs From Across Pa and NY
Reports include a Oswego man Charles Pitkin's suicide by morphine after a court discharge for intoxication. Barnum's circus collapse in Titusville injuring twenty five. teen rock quarry accident at Pittsburgh. Rome NY State Senator Samuel Campbell's death. Garland PA post office burglary. four miners drowned at Franklin mine, Houtzdale. Northern Railroad derailment near Talston with heavy losses. Puritan sloop yacht auction. American Forestry Congress opened in Boston with forester data. Vermont snowstorm and crop damage. Niagara Co mill boiler explosion. York Haven dynamite blast fatalities. Wilkes Spirit of the Times founder George Wilkes dies. Breakers sale to Cornelius Vanderbilt. Stoughton MA bull attack fatality. weekly business failures rise. 106-year-old Moses Marrenellah dies in Poughkeepsie.
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Oswego
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Erie County
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Niagara County
York Haven
John Morrisy
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New York
Pierre Lorillard
Ochre Point
Newport
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
Mark Lathrop
Stoughton
McCourt *Y
California
Prairie fires devastate farms and claim lives across regions
Fires near Kirby and Oake destroy 2000 bushels of Harvey Williams wheat and J H Loves crop plus house and barn. Mrs Loveland escapes with her baby. West of Flower City Dr Howard loses 700 bushels wheat and John Charles loses 50 acres barley. Cedar Rapids farmer Joseph Fisher and his three children are burned to death. wife survives by jumping from a window. At Knoxville a massive trade display unfolds with 500 floats. Diamond Fire Brick Works in Akron is wiped out. Lewiston dispatch reports possible lynching of Chinese merchant Covenman in Pierce City. Ill man J Thompson attacks wife and daughter, killing wife. he flees as others intervene.
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Hamilton County
Kentucky
Rushville
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Madison Township
Franklin County
Cration
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J. L. Whitlock
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Averie
Clara Huff
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Mansfield
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David Brannock
Falmouth
Texas rains ruin cotton crop across central and eastern Texas
Reports from Texas indicate heavy rainfall damaged the cotton crop in central southwestern and eastern areas. Estimates show two thirds of the state's crop will grade low middling, with the rest at the usual low middling level, signaling a poor season for growers.
Multiple Historical Events Reported From Europe and Australia
News notes recount a London prison release to avert protest, Mme Christine Nilsson’s Stockholm concert crowd crush killing seventeen and injuring many, a Rouen dockyard riot with killings, a proposed 3000 foot Hawkesbury River railway bridge in New South Wales costing at least 2 million, and other European incidents including Swiss fire losses, Kentish estate hop picker wages dispute, and Spain accepting papal mediation in the Caroline affair.
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Carolines
Financial and Labor News Roundup From the Era
Weekly tax statement from New York banks reports loan and deposit shifts with a reserve drop and a small rise in circulation. A Cleveland mill strike ends in victory for workers who resume June-era prices. Three U S Attorneys appointed. A Buckingham Illinois business district burns. losses reach 24009 with 6000 insured. Rio de Janeiro reports Brazil moving toward slavery abolition. Major wrecks, deaths and imports noted along with notable obituaries and appointments.
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Tuckerton
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Resignation from Civil Service Commission Accepted
The long public letter releases Dorman B. Eaton’s resignation as Civil Service Commissioner with the President’s acceptance. Eaton recalls his service under three presidents, argues merit system reforms, and explains his decision to resign now to avoid being a political target while affirming the policy’s future success.
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Civil service reform praised as a national duty and restraint
President Grover Cleveland declines immediate resignation requests for Dorman Eaton and lauds civil service reform. He urges gradual progress, warns against spoilsmen, and asks Eaton to stay until November 1 to help sustain merit based appointments. Eaton travels to defend the act in New York.
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Washington
New York
Humaco Foundered in Severe Gale With Twelve Drowned
A fierce gale drove the steamer Humaco from Wallace Ledge into deep water. Ten or twelve crew members, all workmen and residents of St John or Portland, perished. A tug, unable to reach the wreck, sent off another load of men who refused to leave before later deciding to depart.
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Cyclone Strikes Barnum's Circus Injuring Several
A cyclone hit Barnum's show in Titusville on Tuesday afternoon forcing tents into balloon shapes. About 3,000 spectators were present. no fatalities but many injured. Ambulances and local doctors responded. The seriously hurt include J. T Oagley Titusville Linconville Mrs M Ross Venango William Megahey James Hasson Titusville Mrs Chase Titusville Frank Smith Cherrytree John Noyes Pleasantville. Elephants were contained and cages damaged but few monkeys escaped.
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Venango
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Cherrytree
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Pleasantville
Five Chinamen Hanged in Pierce City Murder Case
Lewiston Idaho September 24 Five Chinese men implicated in the Frazer murder and Pierce City robbery were taken from jail by local citizens Tuesday night and hanged near the scene. Frazer a Southern Idaho pioneer was killed in his room on the 11th with his body mutilated. An attempted safe blow failed. Chinese tracks pointed to the deed and five confessed before execution.
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Frazer
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Wit and wisdom from a busy world of quips
A collage of humorous exchanges and anecdotes. A boy mimics resolve when taking medicine yet resists, a Leghorn chicken mistaken for Brahmin prompts a witty misread, a Sabbath-school girl defends her goodness with a playful retort, and a cowboy-teacher joke ends with a rangy wind timer.
Pompous Lawyer Tells Of Career At The Bar
A pompous lawyer boasts of defending more criminals at this bar than others. A sarcastic counterpart replies that his clients all end in long penitentiary sentences, and the county is rid of them.
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