Detroit Girl Plans Golden Wedding Then and Now
A Detroit woman looks ahead to a golden wedding, marrying in 1580 to benefit in later years. Colonel Thomas Comins of Winnemucca Nevada lies critically ill at Middlebury, noted for gifting Middlebury College a silver mine. Telegraph reports tally 1517 Tuners murdered this year with 93 hanged and 118 executed by Judge Lynch, totaling 211.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Thommas Comins
Winnemucca
Nevada
Middlebury, VI
Middlebury College
Tuner
Telegraph
Lynch
Illness in Mitchellville linked to gin seng buckwheat flour
Several Mitchellville residents fell ill with swollen eyes rough skin and dry coated mouths. Authorities found the gin seng weed ground with buckwheat flour caused the sickness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchellville
Iowa
Enterprising Criminal Captured in Havana Plot
An enterprising criminal traveled to Havana to organize a band of brigands but was apprehended by authorities. The article notes harsh suppression of brigandage amid a broader climate of robbery and violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Whisky revenue distribution proposal gains dampening press impact
The passage notes that no congressman has drafted a bill for Mr Blaine's plan to distribute whisky revenue by population and suggests press criticism has effectively ended the initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Blaine
Pioneer John Wichner of White Pine Dies Nebraskalike
John Wichner died at White Pine Colorado amid the northwest frontier era. He was a cousin of poet John G Whittler and brother of B W Wichner who wrote with his wife the Widow Bedot papers, marking a notable family legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wichner
White Pine
Col
Northwest
John G. Whittler
B. W. Wichner
Widow Bedot
No red haired man barred from Devil's Gulch camp
Report notes that a red haired man cannot enter the Devil's Gulch mining camp in Gunnison county Colorado after a Auburn haired visitor previously left counterfeit money with miners and stole gold dust. Oliver Dalrymote of the Dalrymple wheat farm in Dakota is described as a classic Uncle Sam lookalike with peaked face, long hair, a large white hat and plain farmer attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devil’s Gulch
Gunnison County
Colorado
Oliver DauRyMote
Dalrymple Wheat Farm
Dakota
Sam
Prairies
Keifer Confirmed as Republican Leader in Appropriations
The republican caucus names Keifer head of the minority on the appropriations committee. The caucus edict and member votes endorse his leadership, granting him the strongest opportunity to assert influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CaRrussie
Keifer
Appropriations Committee
Sonora Population and Mining Lore
Sonora, an old Mexican state, houses about 125000 inhabitants with roughly 75000 modern native Indians. It hosts around 5000 United States natives, mainly speculators, and boasts tales of vast mine riches and occasional Spaniard era gold vases found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonora
United States
Governor Rebuffs Push for Extra Session on Rail Rates and Grain
Citizens urge Minnesota governor to convene an extra session to study grain grading and inspection and to consider laws capping railroad rates and taxing railroad land. He declines, a move described as wise, reflecting restraint amid debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Harvard student funds room with four thousand dollars
An Exchange notes a Harvard student outfitted his room at a cost of 4000 dollars and predicts he may become the poorest scholar in his class. It suggests the father errs by funding his son’s college according to the piece’s view that scholarship and wealth rarely go together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Parker's Ginger Tonic Promises Health from Weak Stomachs
An advertisement touts Parker's Ginger Tonic as a non intoxicating remedy that improves stomach, kidney, and bowel weakness. It claims to cleanse poisonous matter from the system and restore rosy cheeks and good health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker
Court adjourns after lengthy district session in Laramie case
District Court convened with Chief Justice Sener presiding. Cases involving G W Corey against the board of county commissioners of Laramie County and E Blair with Jacob Strous versus J M Treayett proceed amid objections over bill descriptions bond validity and deposition subpoenas. Adjournment set for 10 oclock tomorrow morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Sener
Journal Record
G. W. Corey
Board of County Commissioners
Laramie County
Board of Commissioners
J. A. Riner
Wyoming
Baird
Christmas at Anglo-American Ranch Hon. Oelrichs Hosts
Hon. Harry Oelrichs of the Anglo-American cattle company hosted a Christmas at his ranch with city guests including Hon. Phil Dater John J. Palmer J Steedman Captain East man Dick Ashworth Dick Suterlee Hon. Coutts Marjoribanks and Percy Hoyt. Miss Oelrichs received many toasts and gifts while company employees received gold Hereford ox heart pins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Oelrichs
Anglo-American Cattle Company
Phil Dater
John J. Palmer
J. Steedman
Captain Eastman
Dick Ashworth
Dick Suterlee
Coutts Marjoribanks
Percy Hoyt
Mr. Oelrichs
Miss
City hosts watch meetings to ring out old year
Several gatherings across the city last night marked year end and year start. Residents attended in various neighborhoods to observe the transition and welcome the new year with communal events and reflections.
A New Year Vision From The Leader Poet
W P Carroll reflects on time and mortality in a verse meditation titled A New Year’s Vision. He recalls the hearse of ’63, the stream of time, ruined shrines, and the graves of those felled by truth’s unkept promises. He sees 1884 as a gateway, the old giving way to the untried, with a benediction over the coming year.
Sons of American Kings New Year Call
A humorous New Year call for a quartet describes cheerful singing on the frontier. The chorus proclaims we are sons of American kings and toast bright futures while avoiding gore and drink, ending with a farewell for the flyaway march.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cho
St Jacobs Oil Awarded High Praise In Milwaukee
In Milwaukee the Daily Sentinel notes strong local use of St Jacobs oil for rheumatism. The paper claims many residents report marvelous relief from rheumatic pain after using the remedy in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Daily Sentinel
St. Jacobs
George Andrews Cured by Ayer’s Sarsaparilla
George Andrews, overseer of the Lowell carpet corporation, suffered salt rheum for over twenty years. Ulcerations covered more than half his body before a complete cure attributed to Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. See certificate in Ayer’s Almanac for 1883.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Andrews
Lowell Carpet Corporation
Lowell
Ayer
Parker's Hair Balsam Offers Hair Loss Solution
An agreeable dressing for the hair that stops its falling has been long sought. Parker's Hair Balsam, noted for its purity, fully supplies this need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dparker
Frost Bitten and Burned Man Survives After Three Days
John Peterson, supervising a stone house near Poison Creek, was caught in a blizzard and wandered for three days. With no gloves or overshoes he burned his overcoat, endured hunger and frostbite, crawled to Reed’s ranch then was carried to Rock Creek for care. He survivNo more details beyond this.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Peterson
Searight
Poison Creek
Fetterman
Rock Creek
Peterson
Reed
Mr. Peterson
Crook
St Jackson Day Anniversary and Lottery Distribution
The 69th St Jackson Day celebration is planned in New Orleans with pomp as Creoles honor the Battle of New Orleans. One week later the 164th Grand Monthly Louisiane State Lottery draws 265000 dollars to ticket holders priced five dollars or one for fifths, benefiting the New Orleans Charity Hospital. Information available from M A Dauphin in New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Jackson’s
New Orleans
G. T. Beauregard
Jubal A. Barry
Noble Charity Hospital of
M. A. Dauphin
Court House Burned in Boothaven Mississippi
A New Orleans special reports the courthouse at Boothaven burned last night. An incendiary destroyed the court house and all records, with only a few circuit court books and papers surviving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
The
Picayune
Boothaven
Miss
Circuit Court
Iron Mill Closed in Reading Coal and Iron Plant
The Philadelphia and Reading coal and iron company shut its rail mill in Reading Pennsylvania today likely for good. About 300 workers lost their jobs as rails cost $37 per ton locally versus $23.5 elsewhere in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Penn
Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company
Sunday Law Arrest of Bartholdi Exhibit Director
A summons was issued to arrest J Hopkinson Smith, director of the Bartholdi art and loan exhibition, charged by H Provost secretary of the Sunday closing league with violating the Sunday law by opening the exhibition on the last two Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
J. Hopkinson Smith
Bartholdi Art and Loan
H. Provost
Paddy Ryan vows to whip Sullivan after Toledo arrival
Paddy Ryan arrives from Toledo with wife and child expressing he will nose any man who calls him coward. He accuses Sullivan of branding him a coward and says in a saloon meeting they will fight in a rough and tumble confrontation if they meet again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Paddy Ryan
Toledo
Sullivan
Jesuit Missionary Attacked at Vienna Pulpit
In Vienna on December 31 a Jesuit missionary named Hamerlee denounced workers. about twenty laborers rose, condemned the associations and attacked the pulpit. The stampede caused injuries to several, and several arrests were made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Hamerlee
Benedictine Order Leader Celebrates 50th Entrance
Right Rev. Boniface Wimmer marked the fiftieth anniversary of his entrance into the Benedictine order at St. Vincent's college Pittsburg on December 31. He received the degree of arch-abbot of America in a ceremony that drew bishops from across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Boniface Wimmer
St. Vincent’s College
America
United States
O'Donnell Honored In Modest San Francisco Funeral
A ceremony for O'Donnell, hanged in London, was held in San Francisco this afternoon. Officials and major Irish groups stayed away, turning the procession into a small affair with roughly three hundred participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
O’donnell
London
Board of Supervisors
Itinerant preacher shoots nurse in Fort Donelson incident
Chicago reports the case of Cook a Fort Donelson preacher who entered a birthroom and shot Mia Glasgow killing her instantly. He fled but was captured after an excited pursuit and claimed the woman planned to poison the newborn. A witness party believes he was lynched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
The
Daily News
Cairo
Ill
Cook
Fort Donelson
Mia
Joseph Glasgow
Comet with Dual Tails Seen by Rochester Observer
Professor Lewis Surft of the Warner conservatory reports a new sighting of fPon's comet. The object now shows two tails as it nears the sun, with one tail longer by three degrees. Visible to the naked eye at dusk, the comet's behavior remains under study. Swift notes red sunsets result from atmospheric matter reflecting sun rays, not volcanoes or earthquakes, though the exact cause is unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Lewis Surft
Warner Conservatory
fPon
Swift
Massive Chicago Fire Destroys Monroe Street Printing Firms
A December 31 blaze at 119 and 121 Monroe Street in Chicago damages a large 24 by 80 foot front and 112 foot rear building housing printing lithographing and related shops. Major losses include Bradner Smith & Co 125000 with 80000 insured and National printing company 120000 insured 160000. Shober Carqueville lithographing loses about 200000 with 80000 to 90000 insured. Rough totals near half a million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Monroe Street
Bradner, Smith & Co
National Printing Company
J. H. McConnell
Shober & Carqueville Lithographing Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
E. ©. Blair
Jacob Strous
J. M. Treayett
Treavett
George L. Webster
Messrs. Donzelman and Potter
Corlett and Campbell
James L. Nicholas
J. N. Nicholas
W. P. Carroll
Angel of Death
Ayl
Ana
Haustion
Christ
Mas Was
the Sunday Law
Paddy
Gapital
Prizh
Louisiana State Lottery
Louisiana State Lottery Company
Esssee-Eee
P.O
NEW Orleans National Bank
Dauphin
Seventh St
Washington, D. C
Religious Row
Dr. Liebig
Liebig
Bright
Dri Liebig & Co
Butorss
California
Patent Office
Liebig Dispensary
Geary Street
Cal
Mason Street
Learny
Theodore Huston
Blandinaville
McDonough Co
Craig,Davis & Co
Peenltad
Bali
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!