Snowfall and fires flare across towns in Texas and beyond
Reported snows blanketed Jefferson Texas with five to six inches as fires consumed business properties worth about 100000. Insurance stood at 56000. Elsewhere ships and trains faced delays plus accidents. the Broadway Commission cut awards by nearly two million to 3954490 while sugar district crops looked favorable. Deaths include Wm Cox Ellis and a Hertford asylum escapee killed by a train.
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Texas
Mercury
Cape Palmas
Africa
New York
Broadway Widening Commission
Cubs
East River
Bank Troubles Stir New York Markets and Robber Leader Evades
Special dispatch from New York December 14 reports ongoing bank suspensions in the Bank of the Commonwealth Tenth National Hoboken Bank and others. Traders expect limited recoveries and potential 50 cent payouts. Emigrant robber Moore may escape punishment as key witness Komach departs west. smallpox alarms Brooklyn as vaccination funds run dry. street car workers claim graft and bribery within a ring controlling transit.
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Tenth National
Hoboken Bank
Adairs
Wall Street
Pacific Mail
Fisk
Gould
Erie Road
Charles Moore
Komach
Moore
Brooklyn
Health Board
Rossel and Ferres
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Political maneuvering and votes in the 1870s Senate
Special Dispatch reports a busy session with Republican senators debating Trumbull's amendment to Anthony's standing re trenchment committee resolution. Key moments include Trumbull's plan receiving support, calls for adjournment, and a mix of positions on the Eight-Hour Law repeal. Geneva counsel salaries and Venezuela war talk also appear amid broader party tensions.
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Wasnuretox
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Anthony
Conkling
Trumbll
Cushing
Evarts
Geneva
New Hampshire
United States
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Frelinghuysen
Venezuela
Republic
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Sherman
Cincinnati
Howe
Wisconsin
Green Bay Canal
Morrill
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Thurman
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Convention at Ottawa debates ship canal around the Falls
The Ottawa convention met in December with Governor Lucius Fairchild of Wisconsin presiding. Delegates from Michigan Wisconsin Maine and Iowa discussed interregional river and canal projects and urged federal action to study and possibly build a ship canal linking Great Lakes to allied routes. The gathering adopted resolutions urging Congress to permit federal involvement in canal planning and to pursue a Niagara to New York route. A conference followed to address eastern western interests.
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Democrats Consider Legislature Fight Inhire Purchase Plot
Columbus report from December 14 describes Hon. James Ashley leading a scheme to defeat John in the Democrats’ re election by organizing the next Legislature. A subscription paper circulated with initial $3,000 and expected to rise to $10,000. Ash ley allegedly boasted of political maneuvers including shoe signatures. Governor Hayes accepts Bellamy Storer’s resignation as Cincinnati Superior Court judge effective December 31. A separate incident recounts a teen assault after a saloon dispute ending with knife wounds.
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James Ashley
John Ee Ee
Neil
Ashley
Hayes
Bellamy Storer
Superior Court of
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Debates On House Bill And Committee Proposals
Legislative notes show Mr Trumbull proposing a census cost cap and a seven member standing committee with broad inquiry powers. The House discussed pay, labor, and government reform measures while Garfield and Kerr debated committee orders and sessions planned for January.
Desertion blamed for case at Curiaco on December 14
In Curiaco on December 14 the incident is attributed to desertion by the wife. The brief report states the cause as marital abandonment and notes no further details available.
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Times and Chronicle
Curiaco
Trial testimony on Ketchum case hints at tartar emetic plot
In Wharton trial Deputy Marshal said the prisoner disclosed on July 7 that she used tartar emetic during ill health to travel to Europe, sought money from Ketchum, and produced a note that appeared as a bill. The prisoner allegedly spoke of arrangements with a man on a Tuesday afternoon.
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Tucudey Afernoon
Cholera fears hinder pilgrims landing at Mecca route
A letter from New York reports five pilgrims halted by consuls on arrival near Mecca due to cholera fears. They were landed outside the city and transported by a lighter that was struck, sinking to the water’s edge. The incident drew little attention in Alexandria as cholera spreads globally.
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Ieei
Hoe
John &. Phelps
Missouri
Sree el Reehere Bigwien
Mecca
Alexandria
Kitchen Recipes From A Olde Cook Book
A fragment of culinary instructions lists milk with butter and flour mixtures, liver hash, beef fillet broiling and stewing with lemon, oyster additions, roasted turkey notes, chicken jelly method, and a folk remedy using turpentine and strong tea for headaches.
Prince of Wales Health Updates Across Cities
December 13 reports from Loxpox and Bombay note prayers for the prince’s recovery and concern over illness. Sandringham bulletins show restless, exhausted condition and a period of sleep, with later notes of tranquility and no further change. Public sympathy grows as Ireland’s reactions, and London Republicans and Democrats prepare condolences to the Queen.
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New Albany Thief Eludes Grain Stamp Theft Report
A report from New Albany notes Deputy Collector Mason's office in Cannelton was robbed of 210 half dollar tobacco stamps, with the thief aboard the Grey Eagle. Police arrested a suspect on arrival but found no clue to the missing stamps. Three new grain distilleries in Washington and one in Floyd County are anticipated soon.
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New Alpeany
Warner
Mason
Cannelton
Washington
Floyd County
Dayton Jury List Adopts Repeated Challenges in Tom McGehan Case
At Dayton the jury list for Tom McGehan shows repeated seating and removal by challenge. The court adjourned until Friday after the twelfth juror sat multiple times. Defense filed sixteen peremptory challenges, the state two. A nearby smallpox case was officially reported.
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Times and Chronicle
Dayton
Tom McGehan
Water Street
Opinions of Thiers Message In Berlin Report
Berlin December reports present Thiers message to the Assembly as a fresh pledge of pacific intention by the government. The dispatch notes cautious optimism amid European diplomacy and calls for concord to ease tensions.
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Thiers
Berlin
Aed
Ambiguous Kentucky bill on district timing referenced
Disjointed OCR text mentions Kentucky, a bill, timing changes, a district and a January date. The readable facts are incomplete, but imply a legislative bill affecting timing in a district with a January reference. No clear names, places, or actions present beyond the fragment.
Disastrous Mansfield Fire Kills Two as Wall Collapses
A three story brick building on North Park Street Mansfield collapsed in a morning fire destroying J P Bummels bakery Gell Shamps rvory J Ritter Sons leather store and Shield and Banner printing office and Hedges Clugston law office. The loss nears 25600 with 12000 insured on building and 12000 on stock. A wall collapse killed John Klein Jr and Miss Mathes and badly hurt Harry Sutherland.
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Times and Chronicle
Mansfield
Hedges
North Park Street
J. P. Bummel
Gell. & ‘Shamp's
Rvory
J. Ritter & Son
Hedges & Clugston
J. ‘Hollinger & Son
Hs Knox Mutual
Richland Mutual
Columbiana Mutual
New York
North America
Columbus
Jehr Klein, Jr
Miss Mathes
Dauhter
Harry Sutherland
Debate on Retrenchment Committee Sparks Senate Tension
Washington scene reports the Senate resuming a fight over the Retrenchment Committee. Mr Wilson warns against creating a wrong position while millions of readers may see the last two days as protecting corruption. Nye opposes Trumbull's amendment citing necessity and constitutional questions.
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Times and Chronicle
Washington
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Senate
Trumbull
Nye
Gas and Law and Fistic Exhibition Tie Up PittscvRe
Special Dispatch from PittscvRe reports Judge M H Hampton of the District Count suffered a stroke of paralysis last night. Mac David Coburn staged a boxing display to raise about $1,000 on Tuesday night in a tiger fight. Scowden chief engineer of the Cincinnati Gas Company and Kregore of the Chicago Gaslight Company are visiting the city to study the Consolidated Gas Company's manufacturing process.
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PittscvRe
M.‘H. Hampton
David Coburn
Scowden
Cincinnati Gas Company
Kregore
Chicago Gaslight Company
Consolidated Gas Company
Widow’s case and bank failures grip New York trials
December reports from New York describe the widow of Hulburd, comments on suspended matters, and a hung jury in a trial. Comptroller Hulburd notes the Tenth National and Commonwealth banks connected to the Hotoken Bank and Ocean Bank issues.
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New York
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Callender
Erms City
Staten
Tenth National
Commonwealth
Hotoken’Bank
Incomplete Wardrobe Noted In Seal-Skin Jacket Report
A report describes a lady's wardrobe as incomplete with a seal skin jacket mentioned among items. The text centers on sartorial remarks and interviewers' remarks about attire.
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