Notable notes and local upheavals reported abroad
A fragment from a late 19th century issue mentions various items: a London horse mart’s importations reaching New York, a Paducah and Illinois Bridge Company stock issue over the Ohio, Captain David H. Todd of Lexington, Kentucky, dying in Huntsville Alabama, masons striking in Berlin with an unresolved cause, and a Madison County wife poisoning case involving arsenic and a $75,000 target. Additional notes include tax exemptions from a Supreme Court decision, rail track warnings near Miami, a Louisville burglar arrest, and a Warsaw Kentucky murder of Pettit with two Black suspects fleeing after an axe attack near Widow Greet’s farm.
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David H. Todd
Lexington
Kentucky
Lincoln
Huntsville
Alsbams
Paducah
Lllinois
Ohio
Berlin
New York
Su‘preme
Buffington
Firi
Miami
Harding
Louisville
Warsaw
Gallatin County
Pettit
Widow Greet
Bat
A Wife Suspected of Her Husband Murder Case
A London Madison County sensational murder tale centers on Mrs Colburn, suspected of killing her former husband Peter Proffinbarger during a long running scandal. The Times notes arrests after arsenic poisoning findings, with extensive victim lists and a looming grand inquest.
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London
Madison County
Peter Proflinbarger
Ives
Colburn
New York
Proffinbarger
Lyais
Unsuccessful Escapade Ends Turner Erie Lawyer Trial
Pittsburg special dispatch describes an unsuccessful escape attempt. Turner, an Erie lawyer, was involved in the incident begun on August 1 and is noted in the report as the central figure in the failed endeavor. Further details are sparse due to the brief fragment.
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Times and Chronicle
Turner
Erie
London Fears the Approach of the Cholera
London faces rising fears of cholera spreading from Baltic routes as authorities enforce ship regulations for arrivals from Baltic ports. Hull reports a few cases among emigrants traveling from North Germany to America amid tense political mood in France over papal policy.
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France
New York
Gist
Gaseth
Als
Ava
Baltic
Hull
Germany
America
Tax on New York Central scrip dividend examined
New York August 1 tax on the New York Central and Hudson River Railway Company scrip dividend is under examination to determine the amount of tax due. Officials review Cent books to assess the assessment and payment obligations.
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New York
N.Y. Central RB. BR. m
Schooner Afire on Lake Michigan
Milwaukee August 1 reports a schooner J L Newhouse scuttled and on fire off Grand Traverse Bay, loaded with wood. River notes from Louisville show the Ohio River falling with 4 ft 6 in at Portland and 4 ft to Evansville. Weather clear, 98, business dull. Towboats Tom Dadeworth and another are being built at Freedom Pennsylvania, due February. Lock No 2 repairs continue with a ten thousand gallon per minute pump and progress slated in ten days. Thermometer 79 with clear skies.
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J. L. Newhouse
Grand Traverse Bay
The
Times and Chronicle
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Portland
Evansville
Mercury
H.S. Turner
New Orleans
Prrissure
J. A. Blackman
Tom Dadeworth
Marshall McDonald
Freedom
Pennsylvania
the Navigation Company
Disaster at sea explosion claims many lives and injuries
Reports from World and Herald recount a deadly explosion with seventy one or more killed and about one hundred twenty seven injured. Most victims are from Brooklyn and Staten Island. Investigators note overpressure and a patched boiler as the likely cause, while hundreds remain missing or unaccounted for.
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New York
Auicen le
Monroe Street
Isaac
W. Canal Street
Monroe
Broadway
Sam’ Phil
Eee
Sam Phil Jr
East Pa
Rachel
Fortieth Street
Patrick Finly
Second Avenue
Matilda Nelson
Est Street
Eliza Reeder
Madison Street
Finn
Canal Street
Lau
John
Tenth Avenue
Geo
Mott Street
J.J. Ji Ike
Myrtle Avenue
Brooklyn
Louisa Or
Firevente
Louis Neidh
Mid. Street
Tata
Stapleton
Staten
Amelia
Louis Street
Catherine Chandler
Clinton Street
Laurence McCormick
John W. Ristlantic
Jersey
Baller
Rngna
Bernard Smith
Avenue
I Wis
Westfield
Bellevue Hospital
Ony Anney Nesbitt
van Dorn Street
O’clak
Secretary of the Treasury
Develoes
Franklin
Jenny Ubiman
Mra. Ubiman
Lyn
Bellevue
Keating
Ian
Keenan
Peete
The
World
Napanetorld
Herald
Staten Island
Michael Finlay
East River
Matthews
Boole
Pine Street
Boutwell
Retary
States Island Ferry Company
Ers
Tain
Representacy Mage
Caghia
Jameson
Thomas F. Powers
Weather and civic notices with YMCA meeting
The text lists many U S weather station readings and city forecasts across Albany Boston Toledo Grand Haven Leavenworth Wilmington and others noting cloudy or clear conditions. It also mentions the monthly issues meeting of the Young Men s Christian Association this evening with committee reports and planned exercises.
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Albany
N.Y
New York
Riese
Aoa Os
Phil
Csveceen
Gal Stoees
Beeanaba
Ville
Marquette
Mee Ornemns
Boston
Toledo
Grand Haven
Leavenworth
Wilmington
M. Y
Augusta
Baltimore
Buffalo
Charleston
8. C
Cheyenne
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Corinne
Utah
Detroit
Duluth
Todianapolis
Key West
Knoxville
Memphis
Milwaukee
Mobile
Menjomery
Montreal
Washington
Nashville
New London
New Orleans
Norfolk
Omaha
Oswego
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Portland
Wechester
San Francisco
Savannah
St Louis
St. Paul
Cairo
Keokuk
Davenport
Galveston
Escanaba
Lynchburg
Cape May
Young Men's Christian Association
Teale bail plea in murder case heard aloud in Ohio court
Judge Borffer rules that Rachel M. Teale must have bail hearing with oral testimony in her presence rather than affidavits. The ruling upholds constitutional right to face witnesses and outlines that a murder bail hearing requires direct examination by the examining court with witnesses sworn in court.
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Rachel M. Teale
Borffer
Iby
Regium Tele Ees
Oun
Ohio
Antil
Rachel M. Teele
Ees IL
Ohie
Rachel M. Fheale
Ampt & Hosea
Blackburn & Wileson
Theale
Fire destroys Schwab warehouse in Hamilton
This afternoon at 4 o'clock a fire broke out in the large warehouse on the south side of the basin known as the Schwab warehouse, now occupied by M. Dodeworth. The building was totally destroyed with no insurance.
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Andrew Dreeler
Germania
Count and
Walnut Streets
Cutter Street
Waite
Muscroft
Hamilton
Schwab
M. Dodeworth
Richmond
Unad.y
Weguin «Co
Peabody Block Opens In London As Peabody Square
The Peabody funded dwellings in Blackfriars Road now open with 326 tenants. Rents range from half a crown weekly for a single room to five shillings for three rooms. Also noted are a potential title change for Prince Arthur to Duke of Connaught, and London Aldermen debating Rowell Ganney’s US voyage as treaty commissioner. Duke of Edinburgh has returned home and US warships Franklin and Juniata plus the Abyssinia sighted at Southampton.
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Peabody Block
London
George Peabody
Black Friars Roads
Peabody Square
Prince Arthur
Duke of Connaught
Rowell Ganney
United States
Washington
Duke of Edinburgh
England
Fourth of July Excursion to New Richmond Draws Thousands
The colored population marks the holiday with a steamboat excursion to New Richmond. By 9 am crowds gathered at Walnut street, bands played, flags flew, and about two thousand waited aboard three boats. Many attendees came from nearby towns, with grounds hosting 5 000 to 10 000 people expected, all hoping for a joyful, safe return.
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United States
Sinhab Paadipchad Cerca
Walnut Street
Nao Moe
Mayes
Ilatecaa Gia
New Richmond
Only You and a Grand Circus Parade Draw Crowds
The piece highlights the popular serenade Only You published by John Church & Co. and performed by G. Mueller with Addison as lyricist. It notes upcoming Procession Forepaught Menagerie and Circus on the streets, with a lavish parade of elephants, horses, camels, hippos, and other animals across August 2 to 5, including two mammoth tents and single ticket admissions.
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Grand Street
Childrem Ander
Beckeye
Ohmer
Garéon
Baer
Tony Frank
ALD
Jnsi
Adam Forepai'gh
Solei E. D. Coin
You
John Church & Co
West Fourth Street
J. P. Williams
G. Mueller
Addison
Assembly votes only unopposed imposts at Versailles
Versailles August 1 The Assembly approved only taxes with no opposition. The raw material tax including cotton was deferred for future consideration. Officials affirm the government does not plan to dissolve the National Guard.
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National Guard
Rome Elections Present Aesthetic Voter Turnout
Rome July 1 voters cast ballots amid an unusual emphasis on aesthetics with about two thirds of eligible citizens participating, signaling notable public interest in the regional elections.
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Rome
Publication Shut by Turkish Government Over Papal Attack
In ComyrANTINOPLE on July 31 the Turkish government ordered the suppression of the newspaper Turquie after it published content attacking the Pope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comyrantinople
Turquie
Plum tree branch sent to office as sign of fruit season
An office door was found with a four foot plum tree branch hung on the knob. A note from David Pisgah Butler County explains the fruit sample represents his crop and the local abundance, thanking the recipient for the evidence of a fruitful season.
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Cincinnati
David Pisgah
Butler County
Borhood
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