Democratic State Convention at Opers House Assembly
Special to the Cincinnati Times reports the Democratic State Convention meeting at the Opers house, with A T P Walling chairing and remarks urging a strong ticket and platform. speakers blame Radical party for financial woes, while Republican leaders hope this convention could fracture their party. The gathering adjourned for committee work amid debate on conventions in Illinois and Missouri.
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Opers House
Washington
Diemmersbech
A. T. P Walling
Pickaway
Cl . McKenny
Dayton
Radical Party
Els
Hamilton County
John Cook
EL. &. Brewster
Hunt
Keystone State
Ilinois
Illinois
Simon-Pure
Missouri
Unprovoked assault ends in Gunfire as Doggett Protects Father
Special Dispatch recounts a brutal mob confrontation where Heller attacked Marshal Doggett and his son. The fight escalated with repeated strikes, a pistol drawn by the son, and a fatal shot incapacitating Heller. Witnesses note Doggett’s defense saved his father, while brass knuckles were found on Heller. A coroner’s inquest was held with findings yet to be reported.
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Eal
Heller
Doggetts
Hel Jer
Mar
Marshal Doggett
Robert
Mr. Doggett
Doggett, Jr
Doggett
Young Doggett
En Neces Mae
Young Doggatt
The
Daily Times
Irwin Denton
Whitehead
Hancock
Harrison County
Denton
Carolina
Susan
Goforth
James
Poindexter
Busan
The War of Races Breaks Out in Lennessée
In Nashville August 26 a mob of 75 to 100 white men seized the jail at Pickettsville Dubson County near Humboldt. They lynched sixteen black detainees after forcing the sheriff to surrender the keys. Four were killed and two mortally wounded at the town edge. Ringleaders were earlier jailed in Trenton for safekeeping as mobs threatened more violence.
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Nasavile
Pickettsville
Dubson County
Humboldt
Trenton
Htown
Beecher Investigation Committee Deliberations Continue
New York reports a Beecher Investigating Committee meeting with two witnesses examined and more sessions planned to complete its labors. The panel did not invite Moulton, and Frank Carpenter submits a letter denying Beecher’s charges as false while Beecher plans a fall lecturing tour.
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Moubonm
Frank Carpenter
Beecher
New York
Moulton
Sane new organ adopted a name amid party changes
August 26 reports a Peoples Party split leading to a renamed group. A known planter Bernard committed suicide with landanum on Independence Street at Gestoyed. The record notes a loss of thirty thousand dollars and a third Darcy street designation in the era.
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Sane Sane
Es Airen
Darcy
Tee
Independence
Gestoyed
Re Mralker
Bernard Planter
Landanum
Republican Convention Renominates Local Public Works Candidate
The Republican State Convention renominates M. and Bundy as candidates for Member of the Board of Public Works. Captain Robinson is described as a popular candidate.
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Board of Public Works
Captain Robinson
Blood Indians Skirmish Near Agency In Colorado Territory
A dispatch from New York dated August 20 reports a clash between troops and Kiowa and Comanche along the agency line. Red Foot and Lone Wolf leaders claim many Indians were killed as troops pursued. Meantime, disarmament was underway and reinforcements were sent, with additional troops expected at the agency.
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Red Foot
Lone Wolf
Wompa
Infirmary worker injured after fall through scuttle hole
Tuesday morning Alexander Dallas fell through a scuttle hole in the new infirmary and was badly injured. A fire damaged the roof of Dr. Ter’s block at Walnut Street yesterday noon. The Republican County Convention scheduled for this city on September 12 drew crowds for John Robinson’s show.
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Alexander Dallas
Galty
Dr. Ter
Walnut
Lexs Small
John Robinson
White Citizens League platform outlines race and voting stance
The document, attributed to the White Citizens League of Louisiana, presses white unity and self defense, denounces federal interference and Kellogg, opposes naturalization hurdles, calls for electing white men of integrity, and urges opposition to constitutional amendments while seeking honest governance and restraint of racial tensions.
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Baron Rover
Ellie
Orleana
Loueui- Louisiana
Baca
W. P. Kellogg
USA
Louisiana
Spee
Young man arrested in Germany tied to bank robbery
New York report states a young man claiming Gustave Meyer fame was arrested here as Theophile Gierstein who confessed to robbing the Köln Credit Bank of Western last December. He allegedly used the name Kerntein, was a director, and has vanished since the event. Victims included banking houses in Berlin with losses around $30,000.
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New York
Gustave Meyer
Le _ ae Theophile
Gierstein
Koln
Credit Bank
Western
Kerntein
M In
Kulm
Him
Berlin
Ambiguous fragment hints Saunders tribute request
In Atlantic City on August 25 a vague note mentions a request or plea for Saunders with unclear details. The surface reads as a small memorial or ode reference, but the transcription is incomplete and lacks concrete names or events.
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AtLantic City
N. J
Saunders
Opie
Otis
Steamships Arrive From Major Ports In Mixed Lineup
In late August maritime traffic reports list arrivals from New York and Boston. The Spell City of Montreal Frankfort and Elysia landed from Partha and Boston respectively. New York reports Rotterdam and Abyssinia arriving from Rotterdam and Liverpool, while San Francisco notes the mail steamer China arriving from Panama.
Weather Service Telegrams Enhance Commerce and Agriculture
The text references the Signal Service of the U S Army and its telegrams for business and farming. It mentions August 26 at 7:05 M, a Place of Observation, and notes on weather conditions and signals. The garbled excerpt cites Western Region Fair details and related entries, indicating a weather communication framework guiding regional commerce.
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Weatne
Seyer
Department
Army
Weather Update From Washington Morning Report
Washington reports a fall in barometer with slowly rising temperatures across the Tennessee Ohio Valley and western areas. Winds shift east to south with occasional rain, while the Upper Lake, Upper Mississippi, and Lower Missouri Valleys see mostly easterly winds, partly cloudy skies, and rain possible later Wednesday.
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Washington
Tennessee
Ohio Valley
Upper Lake Region
Mississippi
Missouri
Riots and horse races amid scattered reports from Milan Tennessee
An incipient riot case near Milan Tennessee involved J Vance a Shelby county citizen and others. The report also notes New Charter Oak Park Hartford Connecticut races with winners Ty Walleding Boye Reserve and Queen and May Bird. A stockholders meeting for Cincinnati Rocksport and Southwestern Railroad elected directors. A San Diego source reports Apache raids into Sonora and the Don Irenio Lagdr message to Bacatehuachi describing assaults and a double fatal outcome as twenty two soldiers found three bodies after a battle followed by gun damage.
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Milan
Tenn
LD J. Vance
Shelby
New Charter Oak Park
Hartford
Cons
Ty Walleding Boye Reserve
Queen
May Bird
Sashville Gi Music
Frank Ferguson
Phil. Sheridan
Cincinnati, Rocksport and Southwestern Railroad Company
Eer
Parrancis Smith
J. M. Sabid
Jet A.gouilla Jones
MN. Moore
F. Rockwood
H.G .Haninaman
Clement
San Diego
Cal
Sonora
Don Irenio Lagdr
Munici Eee
Katie King and the Katie King debate in spiritualism
A 1874 letter from Robert Dale Owen and excerpts from Katie King utterances are analyzed. The writer argues that spiritualist claims deserve scrutiny while noting differences between the London and American Katie King. The piece questions whether Katie can truly illuminate a better life and whether such communication justifies belief.
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Seta Repubtic
Katie King
Katie
Dr. Child
Pe Ging
William Crookes
Alfred Wallace
Varley
Atlantic Cable
Rovest Dale
Lake Grerce
Katik King
Child
Dean
Brothen
Spirit Land
Earth
Spiritland
Eastertal
Robert Dale Owen
Owen
Wallace
Col. Higginson
Judge Edmonds
London
Venus de Milo
Florence Cook
Mr. Owen
Inn ‘Buccaneer
Europe
Tay-At-Homes
Andrew Sackson Davie
Bwedenborg
Katie Ring Ter
Bancroft Davis Interviews Prince Bismarck
Bancroft Davis has conducted a long interview with Prince Bismarck. The German Government informs the powers it will not interfere in the interval affairs of Spain. The American cricketers defeated the Irish Club in Dublin by 87. A baseball match between eighteen Irish Club players and nine Americans is scheduled for today. Le Nord warns Russia against recognizing a coup d etat based government. When Marshal Serrancas government meets established power conditions Russia will recognize it.
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Bancroft Davis
Prince Bismarck
Spain
Dublin
le Nord
Russia
Marshal Serranc
Post Office Plans Prepaid Bulk Postage Stamps
The Post Office Department will soon arrange for suitable stamps to prepay postage in bulk as required by a recent Act of Congress. First Postmaster General stated no changes planned in the Department. A three-engineer board departed for an Atlantic coast navy yard inspection to ensure economical orders are enforced. Attorney General Williams resumed duty last night, and Secretary Belknap departed for New England.
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Post Office Department
Naval Investigation
Williams
Daily Times
J . Wastrintox
D.C
Congress
Navy Yards
Atlantic
Bureau of Engineering
Belknap
New England
Democratic State Convention Opens in LENILE
The August session of the Democratic State Convention met at noon with a strong temporary chairman chosen. After a brief opening, a recess was taken as officers and proceedings began, setting the stage for further formal actions.
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Srkin. Eleld
Effe
Wheat and grain markets across multiple cities
Detroit and New Orleans price lists show wheat, corn, rye, and flour quotes with mixed futures and freight notes. Chicago and Cincinnati readings report flour, wheat, pork, lard, and whisky prices, with steady to firm tones and varied receipts and sales volumes.
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Detroit
Buffalo
Oswego
St. Louis
Cindy
New Orleans
Louisiana
Cincinnati
Caicaco
Sponges on Syria coast richly described in trade report
The Pall Mall Gazette summarizes a British vice consul's report from Beyrout 1373 detailing sponge fishing along Syria's coast. It notes 1500 divers on about 250 to 300 boats, main centers at Tripoli Rash Lattakia and Mount Lebanon, boat types, diving times, and shares of profits. Two thirds of sponge output goes to Ostive merchants for Europe, with France buying the finest, and overall UK sponge imports around £125,008.
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Greece
Syria
West Indies
Eclexhére
Pall Mail
Iat
Tripoli
Rash
Lattakia
Froun
Mount Lebanon
Aborhood
Batroan
Mount Carmel
Alexandretta
Jane
Waté
Tanner
Syrian
Ostive Mérchats
Europe
France
Germany
England
United Kingdom
Sir Samuel Baker on slave trade and European role
At the Royal Institution Sir Samuel Baker describes the White Mile and the slave trade system. He argues the trade would resume if European commands withdraw and that Egyptian governors profit from slavery. He warns caravans of 500 slaves bring large government tolls and urges European influence to suppress the trade.
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Royal Institution
Samuel Baker
White Mile
White River
Darfur
Laarge
Africa
Water spout at Langley Mill Pond Amazes Augusta
A large water spout formed over Langley Mill Pond of about 690 acres on a hot Augusta day. Water rose into a bluish funnel to the cloud, lowering the pond by about two inches, then vanished without rain. Local engineer calculations estimate the water removed could fill a vast column tens of feet wide and miles high, with no precipitation afterward. General Ewing addressed a convention, praising Democrats and critiquing Wall Street policy, as rising support for William Allen as next president drew cheers.
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Jlene
Turkey
Pigypi
Nile
Abyesina
Bartouw
Berber
Kum
Alth J Himsel
Langley
Augusta
Burhood
Wa. Phillips
Mill Pond
Cotemaes
Ewing
Illinois
Republican Party
Otter
Wall Street
Mississippi Valley
Democratic Party
Dakotan farmer recalls ruin from pests and storms
A Dakotan farmer describes starting a ranch with crops that faced disaster from potato bugs, a severe wind storm, cold nights, and an invasion of grasshoppers. An extraordinary hailstorm finished the remnant, leaving him with little. He muses on abandoning the region to make whale fishery elsewhere.
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Missouri
Local Matters Tale of a Might Shirt and Departures
A Rochester visit tale recounts a host and a night-shirt mishap with a fig leaf sewn on. Cincinnati loss of Col J J Slocum from Franklin Bank to Milwaukee railroad purchase agent role noted. Richard Hepple of the Twenty-fifth Ward to begin an extended East tour tonight.
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Rochester
Cincinnati
J. J.slocum
Franklin Bank
Perkins, Livingston & Post
Col
Slocum
Milwaukee
Richard Hepple, Em
Twenty-fifth Ward
City Peking Excursion Steamer Leaves Newport Harbor
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company's steamer City Peking departed Newport R I from Long Island Sound at 9:15 AM to celebrate its completion. About 300 guests including President Grant, Secretary Belknap, Gen. Arthur, and numerous dignitaries joined, with notable attendees from New York papers and foreign officials aboard. The ship planned to sail to Newport for two nights, returning to New York Friday night.
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Pacific Mail Steamship Company
The
Treasury
Don
Vincente Dargan
Guatemala
C. A. Arthur
George H. Sharp
T. L. James
Joel Parker
N. J
W. A. Buckingham
H. Tyng
Rufus Ip
T. C. Platt
C. O'Neill
W. Kellogg
Negley
W. Townsend
New York
Bay
Sandy Hook
John Roach
Newport
President's Mart T
Sandy Louk
Grant
Horace Porter
R W. Schafeldt Addes
Garnes
H. J. Hastings
Democratic States Convention Opens at Library Hall
August 26 Piersscre delegates gather for the Democratic States Convention. Dr. Andrew Nebinger presides as chairman. William A. Wallace elected temporary chair. A one-member committee from each senatorial district to refer all resolutions without debate and to open telegraphic communication with other conventions is proposed. Committees on resolutions and permanent organization chosen. Adjournment set for 4 pm with indication of a likely continuation tomorrow.
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Daily Times
Illinois
Missouri
Minois
Committee On Permanent Organization
Thomas Fwing
Thos. Hartshorn
Oliver Brown
James K. Newcomber
K Donovan
Allen
Library Hall
Andrew Nebinger
Central Committee
Wm. A. Wallace
H. Witte
Monmouth Park Pacing Association Holds Extra Meeting
An extra meeting of the Monmouth Park Pacing Association began today. The sprint for all mile featured Warminster filly Tury finishing second, Minnie third, and Mac-Time with a 1 17 seconds.
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Lexe Beaxeu
Anguat
Monmouth Park Pacing Association
Warminster
Tury
Minie
Mac
Fire disrupts Maree event near Ireig
An unclear report describes a blaze near a lake with possible involvement of Maree and J as August 26 notes, mentioning ice and oil. The fragmentary text references Erle Bites and a team, but specifics are incomplete.
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Maree
Ireig
Erle
Jake
Appointment for James Scott as Consul to Housiale
Washington dispatch dated August 26 reports Jas. Scott of Ohio assigned as Consul to Housiale by the executive order. The brief notice lists the appointment and origin, noting the Ohio connection and the consular posting.
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Washington
Jas. Scott
Ohio
Housiale
River News Dispatch The River Falls Slowly
Additional river notes report the river falling slowly at over five feet nine inches, with clear cool conditions in the afternoon. Messages from Evansville and Port Kanawha list arrivals, departures, and a port list of barges and vessels.
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The
Daily Times
Pirrsacera
Eagle
Inn
B. H. Cooke
Evans
Evansville
St Louis
Geis
Kanawha
Louisville
Portland
Weatherclear
Mercury
Nashville
Eddyville
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Nore Negroes Murdewe
Lennessée
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Satelde
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Curiaco
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Ill
J. G. Cannon
Soeier
le the American
Ian Hartford
Bya
August Liege Eee
Ghost IN Soclety
Necond Rdytio
Ls Ocloch
P.M
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Sponge Fisheries
Langley Mill Pond
Rothe Auguta Chronicle and Sentinel
Aue
Tom Ewing
Iliners
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Heeopia
Honest Old
Bill
Gov. Allen
Pak
William Allen
United States
Local Matters
Orr Saxby Hoox
Pennsylvania
Outh Park
Additional River News
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L. M
Columbia Station
East End
Pendleton Street
Columbia
Parker
New York Grocery Report
Rio Cofa
Yestersdaya
Aoa
Philadelphia
Wells
Titusville
Parker's Landing
JON Printing
Pineries 108
Cincinnati Times.co
Weat Third St
Cincinnati, Ohio
Tan le
Business College
Nelson's Business College
Land Telegraph Institute
E.corth & Vine
BR. Newell
UNG
Auburn Institute
Irving Institutre
Hudson, N.Y
Amagnac & Rowk
Bellevue
Frost
Pairield Avenue
Taylor Avenue
Roe
Tiny
Fourth Street
Pike's Opera House
Nes
Washington Street
Fourth St
Opp
the Post-office
Jackley
Great Vienna Circus
Rene
Stokes
Wm. Morgan
Joe Brothers
Oilers
D. Pern
Ce Association
Lookout
Etons
No. 1
Pall Corps
National Theatre Comique
Ste. At
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Su Sananresan & Go
Ciger Manufactor Firs
Mulligan Guards
Mulligan’ Guards
C. Pusauan
Hassuax
T. M. Smith
Olfe's
N. E
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Seventh Street
Prnoxa
Cologne du Boudoir
Cai
T Wee
Cigcianati
Nation
Office
Sweet Seventh Street
Geo C. Miller
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