Turner's Yarn and a Rebel Ruse at Crab Orchard
A Civil War company followed a false dispatch from General Thomas to Crab Orchard and backfired when Bragg’s forces used a telegraphic ruse to move through Danville. Jack Turner’s boastful storytelling met its match as the unit learned of the hoax and returned in defeat, while the prank spurred humor and anger in camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ace Turner
Jack
Chisdood
Danville
Lexington
Turner
Louisville
Thomas
Crab Orchard
Bragg
Jack Turner
Rebs
Burt Ferris
Ferris
Weing
Burt
Manoa L. Crocker
Weeping Lovers on a Moonlit English River Scene
A dramatic scene unfolds on a hill overlooking a silent river where Fritz the baker and Wilhelmina clash over an impending marriage. Fritz pleads with Wilhelmina to wed, recalling their seven years in America, while she confesses fear of a dynastic fate and a choice to vanish with death as a possible end. He embraces her as the river spellbound by their kiss. The narrative shifts to state news items mentioning bank resumes, pardons, and local incidents across Ohio towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Soto
Wilhelmina
America
Jacob
Castle Garden
Fritz
Bingen
Rhine
Chicago
Adolphus
Wilelmina
Townsend’s ground becomes a raucous picnic site turned to scandal
George Alfred Townsend’s country place on South Mountain drew a private picnic that spiraled into a drunken festival as laborers and locals joined in. A local preacher condemned the scene from the pulpit while Townsend refused further select gatherings on those grounds. An Oregon girl’s letter to Anna Dickinson ends with a sharp quip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Alfred Townsend
South Mountain
Unknown Woman Leaps to Death at Niagara Falls
Early Thursday visitors witnessed a woman about 20, dressed in a dark suit with a red feathered hat, walk to the river edge at Niagara Falls and throw herself into the rapids. Bystanders and park officials saw her drown, with the Maid of the Mist witnessing the tragedy. A description matched a visitor who checked into Spencer House as Mrs. Lawrence of Brooklyn.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Goat Island
Hackman
Goat Island Bridge
J. McCloy
McCloy
Spencer House
Mrs. Lawrence
Brooklyn
Legitime Ex-Hayti President Denies Banished Status in NY Stop
Legitime ex-president of Hayti arrived in New York aboard the Manhattan with family and officers after transfer from a French ship. He said he left to avoid more bloodshed and may go to France then possibly return to Hayti as a private citizen. He recounted events from 1838 to 1839 and defended his resignation as peaceful. He praised the American people and said his future plans depend on conditions in Hayti and Kings.
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Legitime
Hayti
New York
France
Manhattan
Santiago
Weslander
Treston
Cienfegos
Thelemaque
Haytien Republic
Haiti
Hippolyte
Port Au Prince
Huayti
Doctor Brown Found Dead in Illinois Barn
Dr. David Tilton Brown a wealthy retired farmer and former chief of Bloomingdale asylum hanged himself in his Batavia area barn Wednesday night. Once a noted insanity expert he had lived in seclusion on his Illinois farm after treatment in Europe and a suspected death in an Edinburgh asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. T. Brown
Aurora
David Tilton Brown
Batavia
Brown
Bloomingdale
New York
Europe
Edinburgh
Illinois coal output declines in north, rises in south
The State Bureau of Labor Statistics reports Illinois coal production for the year ending June 30 shows a net drop of 278000 tons from the previous year. The decline is limited to northern districts while the Fourth and Fifth Southern Illinois districts gain 457000 tons, signaling better results for southern mines and hardship for northern operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Bureau of Labor Statistics
Illinois
Southern Illinois
Exodus of Colored People From South Moves to Montana and Washington
Rev. T. W. Henderson of Quinn Chapel leads plans for another large migration of Southern African Americans to Montana and Washington Territory. He recalls 1872 Mississippi to Kansas exodus, claiming thousands will relocate, with organized setup and prospects of prosperity, though travel details remain undisclosed.
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Montana
Washington
House of Ham
T. W. Henderson
Quinn Chapel
Chicago
Kansas
Mr. Henderson
Washington Territory
South
John Brown
St. John
Mississippi
Insolvent Douglas Axe Company Tied to Dana Defalcations
Boston Sept 7 The Douglas Axe Company faces insolvency due to defalcations by treasurer Dennison D Dana now suspected to be in Canada. Liabilities exceed 500000 with possible range up to 2000000. Dana, a Brookline Congregational deacon and Sunday school teacher, has a wife five children and raised 10000 before leaving. Police to file embezzlement charges. extradition likely if he is in Canada. Company capital was 409000 and banks hold most debts.
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Boston
Douglas Axe Company
Dennison D. Dana
Dana
Canada
Congregational
Brookline
Storey
Perkins
New York City
Fort McHenry Siege Reenactment Sets Baltimore Parade
Secretary Tracy orders naval units to Baltimore for a September 13 sham bombardment commemorating the 75th anniversary of the North Point battle. Nearly 4,000 troops from Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia join forts and militia, with 500 descendants in the historical division and 300 floats in an industrial parade. President Harrison to review the procession and host a city hall reception.
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Fort McHenry
Baltimore
Tracy
Yantic
Pensacola
Ossipee
North Point
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Pimlico
Twenty
Roger B.taney
Eben Appleton
Armistead
Baltimore & Ohio
Peter Cooper
Harrison
Presidential appointments to diplomatic posts listed
The President named ministers and consuls general and secretaries of legation. Thomas H. Anderson of Ohio becomes Minister Resident and Consul General to Bolivia. Joseph T. Mason of Virginia to Mannheim. Bernard C. MacAuley of New York to Managua. Auleck Palmer of DC to Dresden. John D. D. Little of Texas to Bristol. Edwin Dun to Japan and Arthur W. Barrett of Massachusetts to Venezuela. William B. Gardner of Indiana as Second Secretary to Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thomas H. Anderson
Ohio
Bolivia
Joseph T. Mason
Virginia
Mannheim
Bernard C. MacAuley
New York
Managua
Nicaragua
Auleck Palmer
District of Columbia
Dresden
John D. D Little
Texas
Bristol
Edwin Dun
Japan
Arthur W. Barrett
Massachusetts
Venezuela
Willam B. Gardner
Indiana
Prince Hal of the Tweed Ring Dies in New York
Henry W. Genet, famed as Prince Hal of the Tweed ring, is dead in New York on September 7. The longtime political figure was prominent in 19th century Tammany Hall circles and linked to the Tweed era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Hal
New York
Henry W. Genet
Prince Hal” of
The
Tweed Ring
Two Men Drowned In Maryland Fishing Excursion
OcraNn City Md Sept 7 Captain J T Robinson formerly of Long Island and Captain William Short of this place were drowned Friday when two boats took on rough seas during a fishing trip. Robinson and Sport were pulled under by the current and perished while several companions were saved by the life saving crew in view of 200 hotel guests. The Oregon Pacific Railroad foundry at Yaquia City Ore was destroyed by fire causing a loss of 2000.
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OcraNn City
J. T. Robinson
Long Island
William Short
Robinson
Sport
Oregon Pacific Railroad
Yaquia City
Ore
Antwerp
Sisters of Charity
Hobel
Africa
Corinhian Cartridge Factory
Common Council
Deputation Permanente
Mipnicut
Leopold
Deput
Buit
Europe
Demonstrations Planned as Odd Fellows Meet in Columbus
The Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows will convene in Columbus September 16 for its first Ohio session. A grand parade, drills, and receptions are planned with 50 000 in parade ranks and officers to be honored at a grand ball for General John B. Underwood.
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Sovereign Grand Lodge
Ohio
Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Order
Columbus
United States
Canada
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Michigan
Illinois
Kentucky
West Virginia
Odd Fellows
Buckeye
Grand Lodge of
Odd Fellows of Coumbus
Columbus Board of Trade and Citizens
Ohio State Fair
Montgomery Grays
Alabama
Louisville Legion
Louisville
The
Wooster (O.) City Guards
Hussars
Grand Lodge
Daughters of Rebekah
Sisters and Daughters of Odd Fellows
State House Senate Chamber
John B. Underwood
House of Representatives
State House
Foraker
Bruck
H. E. Frost
New Lisbon
Piqua
Rocky Mountains
Enterprising Bostonian Profits From Bolivian Mines
Boston reporter Y E Fall describes W H Christy’s control of the Londres mine in Bolivia after recovering it from flood damage. The mine yields 25 percent copper and 75 percent silver with high silver assays, plus coal and lead mines. About 800 miners labor, coal could sell for 30 per ton with strong profits while prior Bolivian coal came from Chile at 200 per ton.
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Bolivia
Boston
Y. E. Fall
W. H. Christy
Christy
Londres
Chili
Oddities and Tales From Across the Nation
A trio of curious items includes Grorce Freeman and wife of Lathrop Missouri celebrating thirty years of marriage and twenty five children. A Belmont County farmer notes a woodchuck and a black snake share a hole in his clover field. Specimens of flexible stone quarried at Chattanooga resemble sandstone and bend sixty degrees without damage. A Lansing spy, struck by lightning, now faints in storms, reliving the first shock. Frank McCrimmon in Sylvanus Georgia finds a turkey nest filled with apples, not eggs, baffling the gobbler. A Hartford Connecticut man loses his arm under a car wheel and remains unaware as he bleeds to death while walking the track.
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Thomas T. Thompson
Cleveland
State Board of Pardons
Foraker
Maggie Thompson
Cincinnati
Otto Luth
Grimsby Poor
Jackson
Cal Johnson
J. F. Brushart
Portsmouth
Wuiile
Sidney
Newcomerstown
Mr. Yingling
Prof
Duff
Squire Little
Montgomery County
Duke-Norton Oil Company
Lima
Standard Company
Lehman Farm
Ohio
Sandusky
Allentown
Minzey
Newark
Tur State Board of Pardons
Frank Stevitz
Lucas County
Samuel Wanamaker
Isss
Mahoning County
Fred Davis
Williams County
Heintz
WM. Lewis
Ed Oliver
Oliver
Charles E. Clark
Dayton
Germantown
Firoren
Tiffin
Gro. McWilliams
Youngstown
Walter Gage
Danville
Jones
Gage
James Rucker
Moscow
Clermont County
New Concord
Muskingum County
Ohio Reform Farm
Lancaster
I. T. Jeannot
Matinpa Hall
Wesley Lusk
Frank Suow
Mt. Vernon
David K. Moore
Western Christian Advocate
Grorce Freeman
Lathrop
Belmont County
Chattanooga
Tenn
Lansing
Mich
Sylvanus
Frank McCrimmon
McCrimmon
Hartford
Conn
Calamitous Scotland Mine Disaster Claims Sixty Three
In Penicuik Midlothian the Maurice Wood pit fire kills sixty three miners and boys. Twenty two bodies recovered. Rescue attempts stalled by heat and toxic fumes as crews fought to ventilate and reach the eighty fathom level. By dawn no further bodies could be retrieved.
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Scotland
Maurice Wood
Penicuik
Midlothian
John Walker
Hugh McPherson
Badger
Woman Who Went Over Niagara Falls Identified
The Niagara Falls incident is attributed to Anna Mead of Binghamton New York aged 25. She left home Wednesday for a walk and a letter postmarked Niagara Falls arrived Thursday. she expressed hope her body would not be found and intended to go over the falls. No motive is known.
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Niagara
Anna Mead
Binghamton
N. Y
Niagara Falls
Miss Mead
Tragic Express Collision Kills Father and Helper
Frederick Schultz and 16 year old Louis Ludwig were riding in a covered wagon crossing the Pennsylvania tracks at Bay Way when an express train struck the wagon full in the center. Both occupants were killed instantly and terribly mangled while the horse escaped.
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Eliza Beth
N. J
Frederick Schultz
Louis Ludwig
Pennsylvania Tracks
Bay Way
Great Gathering of Red Men Set for Baltimore Meeting
The great council of the United States Improved Order of Red Men will convene in Baltimore on September 7. A large turnout is expected from members across the region for the upcoming session in this city.
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Batimore
Great Council of the
United States
Red Men
Houriey
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Paar
Cambridge, Guernsey CO
Mahaffey & Ogier
W.8. Heade
Attorneys-At-Law
Hutchison Block
Cambridge
C. Steele
Fred. L. Rosemond
Steele & Rosemond
Pah al Ae
Old National
J.M. Bushfield
Rainey
Court House
Vv. D. Craic
Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public
Guernsey County
Jebiti
B. Taylor
R. T. Scott
Taylor & Scott, Attorneys-At-Law
New Taylor Block
Physicians and Surgeons
WM. T. Ramsey
Providence Hospital
National Medical Dispensary
Washington,d.c
Hutchinson’s Block
Main Street
Joseph Morton
Dels
Exchange Hotel
Caldwell
John W. Robinson
Orner Market
Avm
Kirke
Zanesville
Obie
Thompson
Crow
Washington, Ohio
William Smith
Prop
Berwick
H. F. Hunt
G. D. Miller
G. W. Broom
Ohto
James G. Johnston
West Cambridge
Seth
E. McCollum
Hie
South End Mill Street
Jambride
Police Gazette
Ichard K
FOX
Franklin Square
N.Y
John Harries, JR
Wall's Drug Store
I. Hmipeesk
Boots and Shoes
West Main St
Apl
John Moss
Apameistas
Tur
Mt. Gilead National Bank
Ottawa
Charles Rappell
East Union
Republic
W. S. Kerr
George H. Hilderbrand
Senate
Chas. Smallwood
Chillicothe
George Graves
John Eutler
Wooster
Crestline
Gath
Oregon
Anna Dickinson
Anna
Illinois Coal
Eastern
Tax Herald
Belgium
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