Bull Fight At San Francisco Park Ends In Cruelty Incident
A crowd at Booth San Francisco Park witnessed a brutal exhibition where a bull rider named Ramon remained mounted as the animal collapsed. A drunken butcher attacked the bull and a pet dog was crushed after gatekeeper Justo Martinez blocked its exit. Captain Burns of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals halted the show and arrested Martinez for cruelty.
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San Francisco
Oscrio
San
Francisco Park
Roman Chevarria
Lopez
Chulo
Chevarria
Ramon
Juneze
Tore
Justo Martinez
Martinez
Henry J. Burns
The
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Captain Burns
Lee’s Disposition Shifts During City Hall Escort
After a tense moment, Lee showed a calmer demeanor and left with his companions. Martinez guided him to the City Hall, then accompanied by Captain Burns in a quiet departure.
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Lee
Gling
Martinez
Captain Burns
A Gloomy Scene From Bulgarian War Camp
A war correspondent at Gorny Studen describes mud and cold as troops, including czar and Grand Duke Nicholas, endure darkness, wolves, mice, and rain. Horses lack shelter, hay is scarce, and spirits are low amid a bleak, rain-soaked camp.
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Bulgaria
Sistova
Gorny Studen
Czar
Nicholas
Nettles as a resource for farming and industry
The article extols nettles as a versatile plant useful for linen fibre and yellow dye from roots. It notes seeds aid cattle spirit and skin, leaves make a delicate esculent, and roots with alum form dye. Cattle feed value is highlighted, with nettles thriving on poor soils and providing multiple harvests per year.
Senator Withers Daughters Marry In Virginia Tradition
A Washington correspondent notes that Miss Ellie Withers, ninth daughter of Senator Withers of Virginia, aged nineteen, wed Boston widower Mr Putney of fifty summers. She stands tall, beautiful, and sharp, able to discuss politics quote Mill and ride a wild horse. The piece notes this marriage as an annual event with only two unmarried daughters remaining Miss Willie and Miss Virginia Becessia born on Virginia’s secession day.
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Washington
Ellie
Senator Withers
Virginia
Putney
Boston
John Stuart Mill
Willie
Virginia Becessia
Items of Interest from the Era and Trade Laughs
A collage of curiosities and short items: a San Francisco printing office scene, a stove burning poems, Minnesota lakes totaling 5 000 with 1 500 000 acres of water, honey and bees valued at 11 00, and a quip about patent ideas. Also notes on Empress Eugenie and Queen Victoria, jars of food goods, and a first five dollar note dated 1863. Stephen A. Haviland, famed type setter, dies in New York aged 66. Boston Herald on silk fashion regulation. hat styles set by a Boston association, with semiannual model reviews.
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San Francisco Mail
Minnesota
Ballarat
Australia
Nettie Sanford
Women’s Kingdom
Marshalltown
Iowa
Burlington Hawk- Lye
Eugenie
Queen Victoria
France
Louis
Prince of Wales
Nashville
Tenn
Third National Bank
Treasury Department
Historical Society
Stephen A. Haviland
New York
William E. Dean
New and
Wall Street
Methodist Book Concern
Boston Herald
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