Terre Haute Fire Destroys Snapp Planing Mill
A large fire in Terre Haute Indiana destroyed Thomas B Snapp s planing mill and contents causing about five thousand dollars in losses. Sam McKeen owner of the building suffered over four thousand dollars in loss with only partial insurance. The Catholic school house nearby was damaged and other structures were saved. The blaze is believed to have started from the engine. A separate report from Michigan details a fatal fire on Goguac Lake where Mrs Cleveland and her infant perished and two children are badly burned. the fire began in a steamer engine room.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Cincinnati Gazette
Tere Haute
Thomas B. Snapp
Sam McKeen
Battli Ng
Len. Clark
Goguac Lake
James Cleveland
Cleveland
Clevend
Star Elevator Destroyed by Fire in Bloomington
Bloomingon Illinois July 31 The Star Elevator at Becor was destroyed by fire last night with an estimated loss of 3000 dollars.
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Bloomington
Ill
Becor
Jones Slays Giant Snake Near Dayton in Riverbank Fight
Dayton July 31 Jones joined fishermen north of Dayton along the Miami near Taylorsville. He slept under an elm, woke to a giant snake crossing his feet, and battled it with rocks and a club. After a fierce struggle the eight foot reptile lay dead, its head removed, bloodied by Jones, who vowed no more snakes.
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Cincinnati Gazette
Dayton
The
Gazette
Jones
Millaam
Taylorsville
Miami
Uito
Camp McCook Drill Quietly Replaced by Heat Omission
Special Dispatch reports Camp McCook on July 3 maintaining military routines except for the 2:30 p.m. battalion drill of the 4th Regiment postponed due to intense heat. Lists company captains for A to I and notes the 4th Regiment Band from Dayton arriving to the camp. Evening events include a large dance at Franklin with anticipation of guard house crowd.
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Cincinnati Gazette
Camp McCook
Wayne Guard
Koerlein
Lytle Greys
J. A. Johnson
Harrison Ht
Wm. Meade
Moore Light
R. Schappe
H. Robinson Light Infantry
E. P. Dustin
Lincoln Light Guard
John Foelger
Dayton
Smith
Phillips
Sutete Eer
Franklin
Miners' Wages to be Increased in Schuylkill County
Pottsville July 31 The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company announces a four percent wage increase for miners employed by all devators in Schuylkill County, setting new pay rates and affecting local labor.
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Pottsville
Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company
Schuylkill County
Fever Stricken Memphis Faces Yellow Fever Turbulence
Memphis report July 31 notes nine new yellow fever cases and four deaths, with camps filling as aid and ration distributions tighten. Colored leaders push for city camp relief amid suspicions of ulterior motives, while health officials enforce strict controls on aid and travel.
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Cincinnati Gazette
Memphis
Col
Cameron
Howard Association
Board of Health
Mary Ashbrook
Bradford Street
Rachel Taylor
Hernando and
South Street
Mary Taylor
Elliott and
de Soto Streets
Jerry Creeden
James Hester
Clay Street
Leonard Dunlap
Union Street
Lizzie Saville
Echols Street
Ada Boyd
Hatcher
Tony Botto
Elliott
de Soto
Athy
Raleigh
Deligaway de Bennett
Howard
Nonconnah Creek
Hernando Road
Child Berkson Dies as Yellow Fever Fears Subside
In New Oceans the four and a half year old Berkson died this evening after falling ill Monday. Bedding to be burned, house disinfected, and fumigation planned after burial. No new cases reported to Board of Health or Sanitary Auxiliary. officials say illnesses are sporadic. Quarantine tensions rise in New Orleans while other cities report suspected cases and isolation measures.
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Cincinnati Gazette
New Oceans
Berkson
Seventh Street
Board of Health
Sanitary Auxiliary Association
Choppin
Morgan City
Jackson
Herrick
Mobile
New Orleans
Severe
Washington Street
Quarantine Precautions at Cairo Amid Travel Notes
Unclear OCR fragment references quarantine steps at Cairo with notes on certificates and infection status. The readable parts indicate movement restrictions and health checks but lack full details to confirm actions, dates, or authorities involved.
Deaths on the Merida and Saratoga from Fever at Quarantine
In New York on July 31 Bartholomew McKeon a firefighter aboard the steamer Merida from Havana died this morning of yellow fever while under quarantine. A. F. Reith a barber on the steamer Saratoga died last night. One patient remains in hospital.
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New York
Bartholomew McKeon
Merida
Havana
A. F. Reith
Saratoga
Norton Expects One of Buford's Counsel in Trouble Militia Gossip
Dr. Norton of Seneca discusses Republican strength and a possible Senate majority while Buford’s defense coach ex-Judge Curtiss is jailed for a minor knife incident. Capt. Poy reports Chickasaw Guards aiming for a $1000 prize in a Columbus military tournament with several states drilling. Henry Bell, a naughty boy, was sent to the Reform Farm.
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Cincinnati Gazette
ColumsBus
Norton
Seneca
Senate
Donn Pratt
Charles Foster
Charles Keemelin
George W. Curtiss
Buford
Owenton
Bourbon
Poy
Governor's Guard
Carnes
Chickasaw Guards
Memphis
Clarksville
Columbus
Toledo
16Th O. N. G
Henry
Bell
Reform Farm
Death of the oldest Gypsy Aunt Mary Smith 112 in Dayton
Aunt Mary Smith aged 112, the veteran gypsy of Harrison Township and England native, died at her home. She traveled with her tribe for years before settling near Dayton with her son-in-law Tom Geffrey. Her funeral was held at Woodland Cemetery in the Stanley tribe lot with local kin present.
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Cincinnati Gazette
Dayton
Mary Smith
Harrison Township
Mary
England
Thomas Geffrey
Amelia Geffrey
On Tom
Pennsylvania Registration Circular on Corporate Registry
Auditor General Schell to issue a circular clarifying the registration of corporations under the general revenue laws. All incorporated companies and institutions doing business in Pennsylvania must register by September 7 1879 or face penalties. exemptions require sworn statements and post September review.
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Harrisburg
General Schell
Jenny
Lincoln Monument meeting in Springfield outlines progress
The National Lincoln Monument Association met in Springfield to authorize casting of the third and fourth Lincoln monument groups and to consider returning the old Lincoln homestead to memorial use. Governor Collum was named to consult Robert Lincoln on preservation options. In New Albany the Gazette reports a champion Floyd County wheat crop, the Clawson variety yielding forty bushels per acre and selling at $150 per bushel for seedling.
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Springfield
Ill
National Lincoln Monument Association
Larkin G. Meade
Robert Lincoln
Lincoln
Lincoln Homestead
8. M. Collum
Robt. Lincoln
Cincinnati Gazette
New Allany
the Gazette
Indiana
Vachel Newman
New Albany
Floyd County
Emancipation Day Celebration Planned in Four Counties
In New Albany on July 81 colored residents of Floyd Clark Harrison and Washington counties will hold a four county Emancipation Day celebration with speakers and ceremonies at the head tomorrow.
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Cincinnati Gazette
New Albany
Floyd,Clark, Harrison
Washington Counties
Ex-Confederate in Canada and Panama Canal Setback
An infamous ex-Confederate, rooted in the Blackburn yellow fever plot, sought refuge in Canada after the rebellion. Canadian authorities reportedly would surrender him, easing fears of death. Separately, Ammen and Menocal’s remarks on the Paris Inter-Oceanic Canal Convention dampen Panama funding, signaling a possible new international survey and US opposition to De Lesseps route.
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Canada
Cincinnati Gazette
Washington
Confederate Congress
Luke P. Blackburn
North
Blackburn
United States
Darien
New York
Admiral Ammen
Menocal
de Lessep
de Lesseps
Panama
Interest Refunding Figures From 1871 to 1879
The Cincinnati Gazette reports detailed refunding operations from 1871 to 1879, showing amounts refunded into various securities, double interest paid, and net interest savings. It notes three months of double interest totaling 15,441,470 and projects annual savings after 1879 of 19,907,087.
Interest owes decline figures 1868 to 1879
The article notes an unpaid interest balance of 40 882 791 89 on July 1 1879 reduced to 30 792 351 34 and presents a yearly table of interest due and accrued since 1868 showing a steady decrease after 1870. It warns against repeating refunding statements and suggests figures may aid the upcoming campaign.
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Sherman
Treasury
Mint operations and bullion flows from July reports
The Carson City Mint reopened with coinage resuming once bullion is procured at market rates. The New Orleans Mint operates at full capacity with ample bullion, much of it Mexican dollars. Treasury measures lessen the August need for night and day Philadelphia Mint work. Bank Redemption agency July totals show notes disposed of 5,265,000. unfit notes 3,066,500. failed banks’ notes 5,811,900. Overall July 1879 total 8,913,400 versus 21,962,150 in July 1878, a decrease of 13,051,750.
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Carson City
New Orleans
Treasury
Philadelphia
National Bank
United States
Accident to a Lady in Mount Washington
Miss Lucy Lowe, principal of Mt. Washington private college, suffered a compound fracture in a buggy accident when attempting to jump free from tangled lines. She was treated by Dr. Buckingham and Dr. Shelby and placed at Capt. Collier's residence. A Cincinnati resident, Herman Lovely, was fatally injured in Bloomington when struck between train cars on the C and A railroad, his left leg severed and serious injuries expected to prove fatal.
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Cincinnati Gazette
MiaMivitte
Lucy Lowe
Buckingham
Shelby
Lowe
Mt. Washington
Collier
Bloomington
Ill
Herman Lovely
Cincinnati
Doctor Dies From Error In Medicine At Greencastle
Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazelle reports Dr. R. R. Town of Frankfort Indiana died after taking morphine by mistake for quinine. He was a former well known Greencastle citizen and will be buried there tomorrow.
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Cincinnati Gazelle
Greencastle
Ind
R. R. Town
Frankfort
Two Steam Yachts Capsize Near Oswego Drowning Five Ladies
A pleasure party aboard two lashed steam yachts near Oswego, New York capsized when the Josephine took on water. Five women from Binghamton Kirkwood and New York drowned. divers to recover bodies as captains blamed for mismanagement. A separate Raritan River rowboat accident drowned two women and a Virginia ice cream poisoning case is reported.
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N. Y
Perseus
Binghamton
Sarah Bostwick
Bur Elew
Kirkwood
Hattie Pollock
New York
Clayton
Oswego
Pinghamton
St. Lawrence
Farrington
Josephine
Ki N
Ontario
Thousand Island Park
Judgm
New Brunswick
Haes
Raritan River
John Dunnigan
Kate Horan
Death of a Pioneer and Prominent Friend
John T. White of Raysville Maryland dies at 78 after brief illness from bowel hemorrhage. Native of North Carolina, he raised a family and helped build Cincinnati trading and banking firms. Survived by two children, connected to Morris M. White and Frank F. White. Funeral set at Raysville Friends' church. Also reports Otis and Dubois deaths in New York and Hamson brief.
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Cincinnati Gazette
Kybcutstown
John T. White
Raysville
North Carolina
Miss Morris
Salem
Washington County
Vine and
Columbia Streets
Cincinnati
Morris M. White
Fourth National Bank
Frank F. White
First National Bank
Muncie
Ind
Central
Society of Friends
Friends’ Church
Raysyville
Delaware County Politics Shows Republican Club Win
Delaware County politics showed a strong Republican turnout with Foster and Hicks clubs formed and about 400 names enrolled. Democrats appeared few at their headquarters, while Republicans organized a large, enthusiastic meeting in the Council Chamber with Col J Heer temporary chair and W A Hall secretary. The party plans to welcome Hon Charles Foster and Gen Hicklenlooper on Monday.
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Ewing
Cincinnati Gazette
DeLaware
Delaware County
Foster
Ewing Club
Council Chamber
Foster and Hicks Club
Nblicans
Col. J. Heer
Tempora
W. A. Hall
H. J.mcculloush
H. F. Brown
A. P. Clark
Stewart Crawford
Ste San
Robert A. White
John Cowgill
John W. Watkins
Frank Thomas
Owen L.davis
F. C. Orhanes
Ase
Eres
Republican Central Committee
Charles Foster
Gen. Hicken
Ewing Bill Sparks Gallipolis Meeting and Gubernatorial Talk
A Gallia County gathering near Gallipolis erupts over a $50 bill connected to Gen. Ewing. A secretary reads a letter from the governor candidate asking time to settle the debt, prompting calls for payment and political jabs as GOP figures discuss nominations in Xenia for Common Pleas Judge.
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Cincinnati Gazette
Columbus
Ewing
Ohio River
Gallia County
Gallipolis
Secre
Gen. Ewing
Tom Ewing
Congress
Sammy
Wood County
Aborn’s Nasal Catarrh Cure Proves Durable in Eye Ear Lung Disease
The advertisement proclaims a century old method by Dr Aborn as the most rational and successful treatment for eye and ear threats bronchial and lung diseases including consumption. It cites cases treated 10 to 15 years ago remaining permanently cured and notes success in Cincinnati over the past two years.
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Aborn
Cincinnati
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