State Board headquarters at St James Hotel Mansfield during State Fair
Fragment describes claims for payment totaling about $8,000 as an entering wedge for paid claims. It notes claimants are not in this class and implies eventual full payment. Mentions reelection of St James Hotel Mansfield as headquarters for state agriculture attaches during the State Fair and signals a successful outcome.
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State Board of Agriculture
St. James Hotel
Mansfield
Loxpox and strikes mark August reports from England and beyond
London notes detail a costly fund for Captain Nolan and a 14000 pounds subscription tied to legal costs. Strikes press agriculture in Oxfordshire with soldiers deployed by government. Belfort fate discussed with Thiers, while Duke of Saxe sails to New York. War department memos, bank instructions, and mansion repairs fill the rest.
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St. Petersburg
Florence
Stanley
Fadenai
Nolan
Justice Keogh
Oxfordshire
Belfort
Paris
The
Standard
Thiers
Com- Duke OF Saxe
New York
Eeet Serger
Brasil
North America
President replies to Charles Summers attack on words case
The article reports on a presidential reply to a Summers attack and discusses acts against words connected to a colored party. It mentions the invitation to dinner, public agents, and reactions at Long Branch. It notes Senator Sam P did not vote on the joint resolution and cites mentions of a colored cadet and unrelated telegrams from 1872.
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Ku-Blax
Charles Summers
Commissaat
Ee Cooerwel
Este
Long Branch
Carpenter
Der
Congressional Globe
Sam P
Davenport Exaggerated Rampage leaves two dead and several hurt
Davenport residents recount a violent incident during a circus performance. A performer attacked the crowd, damaging canvas and tents, injuring spectators including breaking a shoulder and arm. The Davenport Board of Trade discussed the event, while the firm H M Co. faced public scrutiny. legal action appears likely.
Central America turmoil as Medineta seizes ships and plots attack
Reports from Havana dated August 15 describe Medineta proclaiming himself president, planning assault on Medina and seizing objects at Omoa and Port Ecorte. Details recount attacks, captures, and movements of ships including the steamer Tornado and the British war steamer at Omoa, with casualties and ransom notes amid chaotic actions.
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Medineta
Medina
Havana
Soria
Sunapee Sencha
Omoa
Orsorio
Unclear local accident report in Venice Illinois
An unknown man threw himself before a switching engine on the Chicago and Alton Railroad near Venice Illinois four miles above their work site. The fragment mentions misdirected travel and an industrial expedition, with nonsensical additions about products and stalls.
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Br. Louis
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Venice
Ill
Kaseas
Unclear Sunken Text Baseball Note From Auguste Site
Fragmentary OCR text from a wartime baseball item mentions St. Louis and Augustae with garbled city names and player names unreadable, offering no clear event, date, team, score, or outcome to summarize into a fuller news card.
Agitators In Tammany Fight and Damages Claims
August reports from New York discuss ongoing civil and criminal suits tied to the Tammany influence, with defendants offered settlements. British claims for damages from blockade runner seizures are cited, while a murder case describes a maniac killer with eight children. A thunderstorm and heat mark the late news with temperatures and fatalities.
Horace Greeley as a National Calamity Opinion
In BaRaTosa New York on August 16 a public banner declared that Horace Greeley would be a national calamity if elected. The remark was attributed to A. T. Stewart and others present, reflecting strong opposition to Greeley’s candidacy.
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A. T. Stewart
Horace Greeley
BaRaTosa
N. Y
Ata Grant
Witeon Banner
Charles
A. 1
Berar
St Horace Greeley
Additional River News and Weather Report Dispatches
Special dispatches relay river rise readings at noon showing three feet three inches and favorable water indications. Reports from Brownsville to Parker’s reveal rain impacts and a clear cool Louisville day with 2 inches of canal fall and dull business.
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The
Times and Chronicle
Pierserre
Brownsville
Parker
Wola
Carro
Tee
J. Tidetune
Bee
New Ri
H. C. Yaeger
Louis
Louisville
California beet sugar hopel mobile industry grows from one factory
A Chicago based report describes California beet sugar prospects with two factories near Sacramento and at San Joaquin Valley. It notes large profits, mild climate, and Chinese labor powering field work as farmers eye expanding sugar production. The piece discusses climate, yields, and potential factory expansion across California.
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California
Sacramento
France
German Empire
Austria
Europe
Germany
San Francisco
San Joaquin V
Alabama Republican State Convention Nominates Tickets
The Republican State Convention of Alabama nominated David P. Lewis for , Alexander McKinstry for Lieutenant Governor, Patrick Reyland for Secretary, R. C. Smith for Auditor, A. Bingham for , and Benjamin Gordon for Attorney General.
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Republican State Convention
Alabama
David P. Lewis
Alexander McKinstry
Patrick Reyland
R.C. Smith
A. Bingham
Bnjamin Gordon
Rains Halt Drought as Mosby Plans Virginia Campaign
Heavy rains end weeks of drought with fears of water shortage eased. Col Mosby, in town yesterday, will campaign in Fauquier County Virginia and predicts Grant victory. A Greeley ratification speech in Alexandria featured a candidate for Elector at large arguing for unity in the Republican party. Georgia’s Democratic convention looks likely to nominate Herschel V Johnson, a Grant supporter, with Republican backing.
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Alexandria
Georgia
Times
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Wasttindom
Col. Mosby
Faujaier County
Virginia
Grant
Dr. Withers
Greeley
Caalitates
Bediel Lowe
Herschel V Johnson
Gen. Grant
Atwood Frauds Dominate Louisville News of August
Special dispatch from Louisville reports the Atwood fraud case continues to terrorize business circles. He allegedly withdrew over 120000 in days before departure, with losses estimated near a half billion dollars across banks and individuals. Schoenie & Co. pork packers tied to Atwood file for insolvency while others suffer little. A supposed confederate and a canal case heading to Washington are noted as developments. Col Wharton and James Speed head to the capital as investigations proceed.
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A. Schoeine & Co
Pork-Packers
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Washington
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Miscegenation Case Shocks Indianapolis Court
A black man and a 16 year old Columbus girl faced the Police Court in Indianapolis. The girl was placed in the House of Refuge and her husband jailed. Political tension rose after Tuesday night riots with expected polling trouble in the Fourth Ward amid Democratic and Republican clashes. A reported fatality was denied as the “vah” in question was seen alive.
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Times and Chronicle
Vntianapolis
Ind
Columbus
Ohio
House of Refuge
Vaa
Death of an Aged Lady in New Acnany Chronicle
Dispatch from New Acnany reports Mrs. Elizabeth Clapp widow of Dr. Ashael Clapp noted geologist has died last night at age eighty. The elderly woman was widely known in local circles for her late husband's scientific work.
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Elizabeth
Ashael Clapp
River News Special Dispatches Report Rising River Levels
Evansville August 16 river has risen several inches causing delays for local packets and river traffic. The latest reports show the river level falling to four feet at Cairo while shipments and business slow.
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Times and Chronicle
New Almamy
Morning Star
Mallis Ragon
Ke Kinney
Caer
Sil City
Earl Scharz Bere
Evansville
Port Liet
Lonmee
Cairo
Sham
Jim Watson
California and China coinage prospects from San Francisco
The Alta California discusses establishing a Mexican silver coin supply for Chinese use, considering Straits dollar varieties, and the potential for American dollars to circulate in China. It notes difficulties in obtaining Mexican, Peruvian, or Chilean silver, the role of San Francisco in silver export, and proposes diplomacy to gain official Chinese recognition of U S coinage to meet demand.
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Alta California
China
Ney Ao Ailveria
Exican Congress
California
Singapore
San Francis
San Francisco
Europe
Nevada
Mexico
Peru
Shanghai Couriererm
Celestial Administration
Old London Journals and Their Notable Editors
A survey of major London newspapers detailing origins, editorships, and circulations from the 18th to 19th centuries. Highlights include the Morning Post from 1772 with Coleridge and Lamb connections, the Times under Mowbray Morris, the Morning Advertiser’s Victorian licensee roots, the Standard, The News with Dickens, The Telegraph’s vast reach, The Pail Mail, Echo Liberal leanings, and evolving circulations and influence.
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London
Morning Post
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Charles Lamb
Piay Micon
Ante
Sabe
Walter
Gran
Gale Ounher
Janie Tens
Fane
Cent
Fraser's Magazine
the Times
Mowbray Morris
Geik
Times
Ges
Tor
Society of
Ao Dickens
Mr. Dilke
George Hegerth
Jehn Forster
Ckens Wee
Toon
Ully
Atail
Télegraph
Colonel Sleigh
Joseph Meees Lavy
Lay
Rene
Tapany
Thornton Hunt
Leigh Hant
Frederick Greenwood
Echo
Arthur Kinold
Campaign opening in county race as delegates chosen
Dayton dispatch reports ward and township primaries to pick delegates for the Republican County Convention in Dayton with Hon. L. B. Ganekel addressing a Bowlesville meeting and slated appearances in Bellbrook. A Short-Line Railroad freight collision near Carrollton caused engine damage but no injuries or delays.
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Dayton
L. B. Ganekel
Bowlesville
Carrollton
Cabinet Meeting To-Day and Political Reports
Special dispatch from WasitixeTos reports the cabinet meeting in town with all members present and little business transacted. Political notes from across the country are being compared with encouraging results as the President returns to Long Branch and decides not to go to Chattanooga tonight.
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Times and Chronicle
WasitixeTos
Long Branch
Chattanooga
Repeal of Party Processions Act Triggers Ireland Violence
The repeal celebration across Ireland sparked disorder in Belfast where a procession was pelted by a crowd. Rioters clashed with marchers, police dispersed the scene after one man was shot. Dublin saw minor disturbances and several injuries, Londonderry remained calm. In Pontefract, H C E Childers, Liberal, won the MP seat by eighty votes.
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Lonpox
Ireland
Dublin
Londonderry
Pontefract
H. C. E. Childers
Arbitration column predicts American damages from England
In Geneva a dispute reported that American representatives expect damages from England. Mr. Cohen is seen as favorable to a large recovery. The Americans will seek a Board of Assessors if a gross sum is not awarded. In Geneva on August 15 the arbitration Board met at noon and adjourned after one hour until Monday. Swiss Arbitrator Jacob Staempé expressed hope the board would finish its work in three weeks.
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Saczito Beet Sugar Company
France
Bagle
Ois
Contin
California
Ercan
Geneva
England
Cohen
Gantva
Board of Arbitration
Jacob Staempé
Creat
Methuen
Maes
Lawrence Pyle
Psane. Org
Arlin Mills
Anether
Homs
Murderers Still at Large in Porrsville Ambush
In Porrsville Pennsylvania on August 14 miners Geo W Davis John Webster and four others were ambushed near Centralia. The would be killers are still at large with no clues to their identities. Webster survived though in critical condition after being shot seven times with seventeen buckshot in his body.
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Geo. W. Davis
John Webster
Ambuch
Centralia
Webster
Weather broadens from the South to the Midwest today
Weather reports indicate a general continuation of unsettled conditions from Alabama to Louisiana and advancing north into Ohio and Lower Michigan. Winds shift easterly to southeasterly, with falling barometer, and telegraphic advisories from the morning remain incomplete as of August 16. Rio Janeiro cables note ongoing negotiations between Brazil and Argentina with rising tensions in military and naval departments.
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Washington
Alabama
Luisianus
Ohio
Lower Michigan
Lake Michigan
Lispon
Rio Janeiro
Brazian E
Poenree General Centre
The Barnard Case Develops In Courtroom Arguments
In BakatoGa New York on August 16 Judge Vancott argued for the Sonics in the Barnard impeachment matter. Court proceedings continued into noon with a secret five hundred devotees awaiting a prison sighting at Fortress Cane River near the Potomac mouth as the Mace and O Baldwin confrontation drew interest.
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Vancott
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Sonics
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Monaow
Cane River
Potomac
Mace
O'Baldwin
Heavy rains in New York delay Utica races
Heavy rains in New York began around ten this morning and continue this afternoon. The downpour prompted postponements of the races at Utica due to the wet track conditions.
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Utica
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