Navy winter quarters at Fort Cosnoo Alaska for explorations
The Navy reports Lieutenant Stoney has established winter quarters at Fort Cosnoo on the Putnam River in Alaska with ample stores for twenty months. Surveying and explorations will continue without interruption.
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Navy Department
Stoney
Fort Cosnoo
Putnam River
Alaska
Lamar
Interior Department
Supreme Court
Rudolph Kleberg
Texas
United States
Curry
Spain
Andersonville
D. C
Israel Green
Sisseton
Dakota
William Hill
Robert P. Warding
Charlotte
N. C
George
Savage
District of
Cherry Stone
Alexander R. Shepherd
Rock Creek Church
Bishop Quintard
Tennessee
Edward Quintard
May Shepherd
Walter M. Brodie
Mexico
Sue Shepherd
Maynard
Treasury
Indian Service
Israel K. Green
Mitchell, Dak
John Brown
Harper’s Ferry
Brown
Civil Service
Thoman
Industrial Resumptions Boost Pittsburgh Factories
After six months of resumed work in window glass plants in Pittsburgh, five facilities reopened on the 21st, employing several hundred workers. Other factories are firing up soon, signaling a broader revival.
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Pittsburgh
New York Produce Exchange
May Memorial Unitarian
Syracuse
N. Se
Robert Collyer
New York
Grandell Reynolds
Boston
Joseph May
Philadelphia
Thomas K. Beecher
Elmira
Mass
Worcester
Bartholdi
France
United States
Philadelphia & Erie
Williamsport
Arthur M. Middlehauf
Eugene Thorn
Harrisburg
Daniel Roat
Harry Welcomer
James A. Scott
Roberts
Rahway
N. J
Hackensack Meadows
Pratt
Ellen McGonigle
Mary Riley
Blood’s Mill
Patrick Slake
McGonigle
Miley
Samuel W. Coggeshall
Pocasset
Morton C. Warren
Dace Impporter
New York City
Edward Ordway
Department of the A. M. E
Campbell
D. D
Clover Hill
Chesterfield County
Nellie Wilcox
Fred Wilcox
Rochester
N. Y
Otis W. Wilcox
Violent Crime and Disasters Across Several States
Reports from Indianapolis Cincinnati and nearby areas describe a string of violent incidents and accidents. An attempted rape case ends with a gunshot wound to the assailant, a ten year old boy dies after a toy pistol mishap, a jail lynching scare follows a capture, and a mob scenes mark multiple robberies and assaults. A lamp inspector swindles farmers and a Minnesota settler dies from wild parsnips. A Missouri couple falls to morphine in Lincoln, a wheat syndicate surfaces in St Paul, and a canyon of boiler blasts and mine collapses claim lives while a heavy snow blanket slows Michigan roads. The Ohio Masons elect officers in Cincinnati as their next meeting site.
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Harrison Tasker
Helen Huendlen
Indianapolis
Ind
Meinrod Huendlen
Tasker
Willie Schwenker
Albert Edgar
Cincinnati
Schwenker
Edgar
Brobst
Upper Sandusky
Lima
Charlotte
N. C
Nelson Stewart
Anderson Davis
S. G. Strickland
Centerville
Miss
Robert Johnson
Johnson
United States
Lapeer
Mich
C. Zimmerman
Crow Wing
Minn
Pleasanton
Kan
Reed Johnson
Miss Martin
Mound City
Thomas Whitley
St. Louis
Lincoln
Neb
St. Paul
Frank Sterrett
Merchants National Bank
J. A. Quackenbush
Ridgeville
S.C
South Bend
Michigan
Masonic Grand Lodge of
Ohio
Samuel 8. Slacker
Newark
C. M. Godfrey
Ottawa
Masesi
W. J. Akers
Cleveland
Leander Burdick
Toledo
Charles Brown
J. D. Calawell
Global News in Brief from Woolwich to Montenegro
Orders for 10 million rounds of ammunition and 10 000 rifles sent to India for the Burmah expedition. Ross Winans faces mob backlash over a road closure in Scotland. £500 reward offered. Montreal reports a worse smallpox week and church theater closures debated. Louis Riel appeal denied in London. Bishop Fraser dies after overwork. Moscow fire causes heavy losses with seven killed. An Albanian shooter is executed after failing to hit Montenegro’s war minister. North Lake York County sailboat mystery fears drownings. German flag raised in the Carolines signaling authority.
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Woolwich Arsenal
England
India
Ross Winans
Baltimore
Scotland
Winans
Montreal
Board of Health
Central Board
London
Privy Council
Louis Riel
Canada
James Fraser
Manchester
Moscow
Albania
Frontier Delimitation Commission
North Lake
York County
N. B
Carolines
Trains Collide Toll of Killed and Injured In Wreck
A coal train on the Elmira Cortland & Northern near Freeville the 24th broke a coupling pin and dashed back into a second coal train 20 minutes behind. The locomotive and ten cars piled up. Engineer Brown and the fireman killed. Conductor Rogers fatally injured Judd buried in wreck. Also notes deaths and crimes including Bripcet Farary at 104, drownings near Richmond Missouri a counterfeiters' conviction in Pittsburgh and other regional incidents.
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Elmira, Cortland & Northern
Freeville
N. A
Brown
Rogers
Judd
Bripcet Farary
West Stratford
Richmond
Tibbetts
Boston Buck
Clarion County
Edward Harmon
United States District Court
Pittsburgh
Buck
Queen & Crescent
Cincinnati
Chattanooga
James Quayle
Cleveland
Chicago
Hawes
New York
Europe
Paar
Rutland
Salonica
Turkey
Serres
Webster County
Murderer identified as son in jail scene at Hyde
Samuel N. Brooks of Hyde England identified Maxwell as his son Hugh in the jail cell. The two faced each other with shock as the father declared his belief in insanity. Hugh Maxwell had vanished since January when he left for Dublin, ending years of family ruin and a mother's ill health.
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Samuel N. Brooks
Hyde
England
Maxwell
C. Arthur Preller
Str. Louis
Hugh
Brooks
Dublin
Woman Seeks 5000 Dollar Breach of Promise Award
In Wooster Ohio 1845 Mary Fleming sued Thomas Eckert for breach of promise. Jury awarded 2500 to Fleming. motion for new trial denied and costs charged to Eckert. Eckert, once Wooster postmaster, later New York Telegraph executive, remains insolvent. Judgment now with interest totals about 8000 dollars collected by Fleming’s lawyer.
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Woosten
Ohio
Mary FE. Fleming
Thomas T. Eckert
Wooster
Tom Eckert
New York City
Western Union Telegraph Company
Heavy Gales Reported Two Barges Missing on Lake Superior
MonQuerrer Michigan October 24 Aboard vessels report unprecedented gale on Lake Superior with winds 40 to 60 mph and heavy snow. The steam barge S Baldwin arrived to seek its consorts the barges Grace Whitney and Eureka which separated Monday night and have not been heard from. Thirteen men were aboard the two missing barges.
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MonQuerrer
Mich
Lake Superior
Detroit
Grace Whitney
Eureka
Baldwin
Heavy Loss of German Carp in Two Nashville Ponds
Geo. McGraw of Pulaski Tennessee lost 7000 German carp valued at $2000 after his upper pond was drained to deliver minnows for new farms. Water was cut off overnight and not restored, causing thousands of fish to die.
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Nashville
Tenn
Geo. McGraw
Pulaski
Ile
McGraw’s Tannery
Prosperity of the Presbyterian Church in New York
The session reports growth across the synod with five more churches ten more licentiates twenty four more candidates and eleven thousand six hundred ninety five new members compared with last year. New enterprises and mission churches were built and contributions to boards increased. The synod adjourned to meet next year in Eliira.
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Troy
XN. Y
Presbyterian Church
Eliira
Canadian Banks See Liabilities Rise in September
Ottawa reports a monthly bank statement showing September liabilities up by 37 million and assets up by 5 million from a year earlier. Circulation reached 41.534 million while total deposits rose to 170 million, with public deposits at 98 million. The U S and Britain credit increased 3.507 million and discounts to the public fell to 123 million. Overall, the outlook is favorable in commercial circles.
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Ottawa
Ont
Minister of Finance
United States
Great Britain
Wealth and Longevity Gap Revealed by Hungarian Statistician
A Hungarian statistician studies comfort and longevity showing richest individuals average 52 years, middling 46, and poor 41.5. Wealthier groups suffer more infectious diseases. consumption and pneumonia hit the poor harder, while brain fever is less common among the rich. The text suggests some advantage to being rich.
Portrait of George Washington Brought From North Carolina
Colonel R. A. Jenkins shipped a well authenticated Stuart portrait of George Washington from North Carolina to Washington. Supposed to be painted from life, it had been hidden for years in a garret to conceal it at the outbreak of the war.
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R. A. Jenkins
North Carolina
Washington
Stuart
George Washington
Peculiar California Honey Season Keeps Bees Guessing
A Bee Keepers Magazine correspondent notes California honey season is feast or fast. Last season yielded the state’s largest crop on record, while the current year is expected to produce almost nothing.
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California
The
Bee- Keepers Magazine
Tramp Tramp Tramp Theme Poem From Mary Latirep
A dramatic verse tracing the ruin of a drunkard from a boyhood of purity to a life wrecked by alcohol. It laments loss of love and family, notes holy ties broken, and ends with a plea for divine aid and collective effort to end the scourge.
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Mary
The Only Safety in Intemperance Sermon by Beecher
In 1826 sermon by Lyman Beecher argues intemperance is a contagious disease and crime. No prudent use of ardent spirits exists. only medical use as a medicine is acceptable. The text urges drastic limits, labeling all alcohol a danger to families, politics, and society, with warnings of ruin and calls for prohibition.
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Col
Courst
United States
Zoledo
Rum the Primary Cause of All Society’s ills
A historical critique argues that alcohol fuels crime poverty and corruption, claiming the majority of murders, divorces, jailings, and governmental troubles stem from rum. The excerpt denounces rum as destroying family, church, education, and public order.
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Rui
Rum
Church
Busi
An Effectual Cure at the Drum-Shop
A husband and wife visit a liquor shop where Mary urges sharing the drink to forget sorrow. Tom objects but Mary defends the plan, offering drink to the children as a lesson. The tale ends with Tom praying to break the habit and achieving a firm reform. Mrs Treusdell recalls the first and last drum-shop visit with mixed emotion.
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Mary
Treusdell
Tom
Great Drain of Liquor Costs Across the United States
The Chicago Tribune and Chicago Standard report that retail whisky and beer costs total about 846 million dollars annually, plus 292 million for tobacco, collectively debiting labor and business resources. They warn of crime and poverty linked to liquor and urge an efficient remedy.
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The
Chicago Tribune
United States of America
the Tribune
Chicago Standard
Dipsomaniac traits noted by physiologist Kerr
Dr Norman Kerr argues excessive alcohol use destroys truthfulness. He notes that a habitual drinker becomes an unblushing liar and even abstinence may not fully restore honesty. He remarks the effect is especially marked in women.
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Norman Kerr
New Hampshire Legislature Bans Obscene Literature and Tobacco Sales
The New Hampshire Legislature passed laws prohibiting sale of obscene and impure literature and restricting cigarette and tobacco sales to minors under sixteen after parental prohibition. The reforms were backed by Miss Lucy J. Holmes, the National Superintendent, and the W C T U, alongside the Scientific Temperance Instruction law.
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Tur
New Hampshire
Lucy J. Holmes
Granite State
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