National Woman's Suffrage Convention in Cleveland
The National Woman's Suffrage Convention opened at Case Hall Cleveland with about 400 attendees and a full hall by session end. Delegates included Cecilia Burleigh Myra Bradwell and Mary Livermore among others. committees discussed constitutional issues and the scope of national versus state action.
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Cincinnati Chronicle
Cluveland
Woman’s Suffrage Convention
Case Hall
Cecilia Burleigh
Myra Bradwell
Judge Bradwell
Mary F. Davis
Cutler
Mra
Frances Et Geos
Commonwealth
New York
Godeans
Soya Fecaert
Emorton I
Aed
Cvor
Congress
Auxiliary State Society
Death of Rev Dr Steel Prominent Hillsboro Pastor
Friends mourn the sudden death of Rev Dr Steel, longtime Presbyterian pastor in Hillsboro. He collapsed from a stroke while preparing for service Monday and died Monday noon at age 75. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon with several ministers officiating. he was born in Derry Ireland and studied at Princeton before serving in Ohio.
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Dr. Steel
Presbyterian Church
Grand Girard
Highland" Female Institute
Salem
Carothers
Greenfield
J. McD. Mathews
Oakland Female Seminary
J. F. Marley
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Bat Es
Sen
Derry
Ireland
Gi Pn Amy
Princetom Dolioes
New Jersey
Theological
White Sual- Pier Springs
Ohio
Tragedy at Miller Co store two men killed one severed months old wreck
A catastrophic accident at Messrs. C. H. Miller & Co. when torpedo boxes swung from a sling and tumbled from the second to the first floor. George Gant and John Ross were horrifically mangled and killed while August survived with shock, as debris and broken goods covered the store.
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York
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John Ross
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Stange
August
Jackson Street
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Revered Local Pastor Remembered for Service and Kindness
The pastor's duties and long service ended with his death as friends recall his amiable manner and social respect. He inspired many in the community, and his works linger after him. His loss was marked by closing business houses in tokens of respect.
Horrific Nashville area murder shocks readers
Correspondence reports a brutal murder twelve miles from Nashville on the Clarksville pike. A husband, George Barton, killed his wife and three children in bed before daylight, then disappeared. Neighbors later found the gruesome scene as Barton, a traveling laborer, left town, while a Manistee Times letter from a grieving mother accuses him and condemns the crime in stark terms.
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Starkaville
Sleep Mixup At New Orleans Hotel Leads To Comical Exit
A late arriving elderly guest at a New Orleans hotel misreads room letters and enters the wrong room. He discovers a closet full of women’s garments, a bed with a screaming occupant, and an ensuing confrontation with other guests before finally retreating for the night.
The Gallows Cheated Conrad Meter Escape From Toledo
A Toledo Commerocial report describes the escape of Conrad Meter from a jail where he was to be hanged. A misperceived berth and open cell doors allowed Meter to vanish before guards noticed. Prisoners and guards searched the area, and by morning Meter was gone, with twelve hours headed into a long flight.
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Toledo
Ua Molter
Cecterane
Meier
Itja
Turkey
Conrad Motes
A Wedded Pair Separated by the Death of a Cat
A couple tired of marriage seek divorce but lack funds. They ask a magistrate to untie the knot. The official replies there is no divorce. they must live together until death do them part, then share what remains and part ways. The tale unfolds with quirky old time humor and a legal quip about matrimony.
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John
Fire treatment for rattlesnake bite in Confederate era
In Galveston Medical Journal a Confederate veteran recounts an intelligent claim that fire cured a rattlesnake bite. A young man bitten on the elbow received a coal of fire and alcohol, with rapid recovery noted. the writer questions whether fire killed venom and impeded vessels, noting the patient’s severe initial symptoms but quick improvement.
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Galveston Medical Journal
Love and Matrimony at First Sight in St Paul
A rapid romance unfolds at the Snelling House as George Richards of Austin, Minnesota meets Kate Johnson, a Swedish American waiter. Within six hours they wed and plan to proceed to Austin for housekeeping after securing a license and ceremony.
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Remedy for Chronic Diarrhea by Alum Powder
Dr Russell of Grand Rapids Michigan forwards a remedy for chronic diarrhea caused by lead exposure. He cites his Boston office illness from Cochituate water via a lead pipe, and notes success using a powder recipe from Prof George T Wood Philadelphia. The powder Palv alum gra X and palv ee gra V taken three times daily reportedly aids recovery and has been used for other lead poisoning cases with good results.
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Grand Rapids
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Boston
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Philadelphia
Boston Journal of Chemistry
Five men flogged in New Castle jail yard for varied crimes
Edward Smith and four others were publicly whipped in the New Castle Delaware jail yard on Saturday. Smith received thirty lashes after a one hour confinement plus a fine of 100 dollars and ten days imprisonment. Andrew Cham was whipped twenty lashes and sentenced to one year in jail with restitution money and coats due. Geo W Jackson was whipped twenty lashes and ordered six months jail, restitution, costs, and public convict dress for six months. James Gordon was whipped twenty lashes for theft, to face six months imprisonment and six months in public dress. An unnamed man received twenty lashes for stealing a cow, plus one year imprisonment, restitution of 150 dollars, costs, and six months public dress after release.
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James Gordon
Joseph Dar
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Jeasup & Moore
Welcome to Cuban Patriot Lanza Returns From Madrid
In New York on November 22 a scene in a Broadway business office showed Cuban exile Senor Lanza welcomed with hugs and kisses from veterans and supporters. Once a rebel punished by Spanish authorities, he endured torture and a Traitor placard before a Madrid prison term. He escaped to the United States with aid from allies and Mason contacts.
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Needle in a Living Man's Heart Case Astonishes Milan Academy
At Milan meetings Dr. Serafin Biss showed the heart of an insane nobleman who died after killing his father and biting off his tongue during lunacy. The man had allegedly pierced his heart with a needle twenty two months before death, a claim his parents doubted due to no cardiac symptoms. Scientists call the case highly remarkable for surgeons and anatomists.
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Academy of Science
Milan
Italy
Serafin Biss
Kindness remembered in will from Mr Jones in St Paul
The late Mr. Jones of St Paul left a $10,000 bequest to a young woman in Waukegan Illinois. A romantic motive appears, linked to gratitude from travelers who aided him four years earlier when ill among strangers. He expressed lasting thanks by aiding Miss Nellie, the designated recipient.
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Waukegan
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The Spirit of Rejoicing in Everyday Life
A reflective piece on cultivating joy as a duty beyond outward pleasure. It argues joy comes from inner sources, faith, and virtuous effort, especially amid trials. The article urges gratitude, resilience, and a steadfast trust in divine wisdom to sustain a hopeful spirit for all.
Where Our Ex Soldiers Are
The Army and Navy Journal notes ex soldiers number among admired village figures who faced death in war and now guide neighbors with wide horizons. The piece suggests ex Confederates share similar stature, and that postwar reconciliation will bring states back into a united Confederation.
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Nation
A Wonderful Machine Demonstrates Dexterity of Pins and Automata
A detailed description of a pin machine works like a human hand. A small, strong device with a ceiling shaft powers rows of automatons that assemble and place pins with rapid precision. An intricate sequence covers wire feeding, pin insertion, cutting, alignment, and final boxing, with multiple automata checking form and sorting lengths.
Death of ex Governor and Senator Benjamin Fitzpatrick
Governor Fitzpatrick of Alabama and former United States Senator Benjamin Fitzpatrick died at his Elmore County residence Sunday. Born June 1809 in Greene County Georgia, he moved to Alabama in 1815, read law, served as Solicitor of the Judicial District, and held multiple offices. He served as Governor, was a U S Senator from 1852 to 1861, aided the rebellion, and was nominated for Vice President in 1860 but declined.
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Professors oppose mixed gender clinical instruction
A Philadelphia meeting at the University of Pennsylvania produced a formal remonstrance signed by nearly 200 physicians from the University of Pennsylvania, Jefferson Medical College, and Philadelphia hospitals. They protest admixing male and female students in clinical teaching, arguing it compromises examination scope, instructor effectiveness, and moral standards.
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Jefferson Medical College
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Wife Duties In Wife And Husband Relations Discoursed
The sermon at Spring Street Presbyterian in New York on family life argues wives must love by revering and trusting their husbands. It urges restraint on confidants, maintaining affection through daily care, neatness, and thoughtful attention to please the husband, framing the wife as headship’s partner.
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Brave mother rescues child from forty foot well
Mrs Eliab Clark of a rural area near the city, after her child fell into a twenty four foot well with ten feet of water, climbed down between a pipe and the wall and, despite cold and exhaustion, brought the little girl to the surface. She then laboriously climbed back to safety using the pipe and rough rocks for leverage, aided by prayer and resolve.
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