Three hundred stove makers strike in Cincinnati over wage cuts
A Boston style news roundup notes a British brig arrives with yellow fever onboard and a crew member dies. a bricklayer Capstead commits suicide in Port Jervis. Newsboys' Aid Society buys 251 South Sixth for 13000 and plans a two story addition. Brandt and Hummel escape attempt at Lebanon jail discovered. Irish famine relief totals reach 44045.78. stock brokers Watson and Weeks suspend in Boston with heavy liabilities. Western Iron Association cuts card rate to 2.90 amid weak demand. Mesilla reports mining camp attack. Bradford oil fire destroys 200 derricks and 100 Reno City houses. a long verse about changing affection between a man and Alice.
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Cincinnati
Delaware
Capstead
Port Jervis
Newsboys’ Aid Society
South Sixth Street
Brandt and
Hummel
Raber Murdeters
Lebanon
Philadelphia
Citizens’ Committee
Kenmare
Galway
Paris Millinery Display Opens With Latest Novelties
We respectfully announce the opening of twenty four cases of Paris novelties in millinery. Featuring Bonnets and Round Hats for ladies, misses, and children, with French and English trims, new braids, ribbons, silks, and an extensive Paris Flowers and feathers display. Large assortment of Sailor hats and other new shapes, with creations from our own artists and popular prices.
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Paris
British deficit and Wolseley voyage report balance
The Standard boosts Afghan war cost estimate by at least £4,000,000. General Wolseley returns to England after an interview in Natal. Drogue reports suspensions of Dale and Eccles and Outram & Co. Ireland relief funds fall to $33,026. Mansion House Committee seeks ideas to boost donations. Middlesbrough iron workers resume with 5 percent wage cut, Consett strikers show internal rifts.
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Great Britain
Loxpon
Wolseley
Carr Town
Garnet Wolseley
England
Natal
John Dann
Zululand
General Wolseley
Messrs
Dale and Eccles
Liver Brokers
Outram & Co
Preston Cotton Manufacturers
Ireland
Denix
Mansion House Relief Committee
London
Middlesborough
Consett
Sharpshooter in trouble after aiming at boy’s finger
A Georgia marksman faces trouble after shooting at a finger held up by a small boy who dared him to fire. A Michigan journal notes a bride may wed without gloves as etiquette reflects how she handles the groom after marriage.
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Michigan
A Rain of Snow and Filth in 1778 Parliamentary Lodgings
An extract from 1778 records recounts a Congressman and aides suffering extreme cold in a tavern near Johnston's. The room was drafty and filthy, with a squalid bed, a dirty table, and a landlady whose avarice and slovenliness are harshly described. They paid thirty eight shillings for scant fare and stay.
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Wm. Ellery
Francie Dana
Colonel Higginson
Johnston’s
Tristam Shandy
Lycurgus
Queer Funeral Service Delays Readings By Clergy
An old Hartford congregant dies and leaves one son who demands Episcopal readings at the funeral. A Congregational minister reads from the prayer-book but none of the marked prayers are included. After the failings, the minister offers two improvised prayers as the heir groans for an Episcopal service. Diogenes quips on temperance as a wine anecdote.
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Hartford
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Chester, PA
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D. C. Weeks
Boston
Eriebonda
Watson
Western Iron Association
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Chicago
Mesilla
New Mexico
Cooney
Margolen Mountains
Victoria
Silver City
Shadent Company
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Oak Shade
McCalmont Oil
Summit
Reno City
Colt
Johnny
Alice
Joe Hart
Pyar & Hamilton
Market Street
Vienna
Williamson's
Edgmont Avenue
South Chester
Media
Isaac T. Chalfant
Ena
Aya
Entwisle's
Penn Street
C . Hamilton
Atlantic Telegraph
Diogenes
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