Broadway Surface Railroad Issue Clears Mayor's Veto
New York Aldermen override Mayor Edison to authorize the Broadway Surface Railroad construction. Fire at Fleischman’s distillery in Millstone New Jersey destroys $50,000 worth of assets, with $500,000 in liquor saved. Incendiary attack disrupts Salvation Army meeting in Saco Maine.
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Board of Aldermen
Edison
Broadway Surface
Millstone
N. J
Fleischman
Hower
Woman's Bank Notoriety
Boston
Salvation Army
Saco
Pennsylvania
New York City
Adams Express Company
Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh
Ubber
Trenton
Frankfort Plains
Zachariah H. Price
George Opdyke & Co
Western freight rates urged for readjustment nationwide
The Toledo Produce Exchange asks railways to lower freight costs due to falling Western product values. News items report a Knoxville Ohio wagon accident killing two children, a Prescott Arizona court sentence for polyamists, a Toledo private bank failure, Ingersoll lecture disruption in Lafayette, Wis election bets and suicides, a Thornburg Iowa double murder suicide, a San Francisco wrestling title match, and J I Case Plow Co indebtedness and filing.
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Toledo (Ohio
Knoxville
Ohio
Wm. Reynolds
Prescott
Arizona
Howard
Ammon M. Tenny
P. J. Christofferson
C. S. Kemp
United States House of Correction
Detroit
Mich
Kemp
Mormon
Wm. J. Flake
Jas. F. Skonsen
Yuma
Seave & Co
Toledo
Lafayette
Ind
Col. Ingersoll
John A. Stein
W. H. Tibball
Methodist Church
Paw Paw
A. O. Roach
Waterloo
Wis
Madison
Nettie Horan
Whitewater
Nettie
Thornburg
Iowa
Schultz
Duncan C. Ross
Tom Cannon
San Francisco
Cannon
Catch
Catchman
Sidehold
Ross
J. I. Case Plow Company
Racine
Charles H. Lee
Mr. Case
Risks of Spain treaty ruin Key West and cigars
The article warns that ratifying the Spanish treaty could wreck Key West, leaving 7000 cigar workers idle and $2,000,000 in property loss. It also notes a Virginia poisoning case, Alabama school funding, a Little Rock train robbery, a Texas shooting, drought deaths in Kentucky and Virginia, and McCook confessing to the Arkansas train robbery with loot recovered.
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Key West
Andrew Mann
Fort Spring
W. Va
Sauls
Basham
Gatesville
Texas
Dr. Sauls
Henry Basham
A. Sauls
Courier Journal
Louisville
Kentucky
Virginia
Mc Cook
Little Rock
Ark
Republican conference weighs Warren trip to Washington
At a New York Republican gathering the group votes to send James D. Warren to Washington to determine if President Arthur wants an open or proxy race for Senator. The article notes shifts in public lands policy and naval affairs, including Navy Secretary Chandler reporting new ships and steel quality for warship construction.
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New York
James D. Warren
Washington
Arthur
House Committee On Public Lands
Pacific Railroads
Northern Pacific
Civil Service
Thoman
Gregory
William E. Chandler
Secretary of the Navy
Sammon Chandler
Electors Vote as States Close to Cleveland Victory
State elector groups met in capitals on Dec 3 to cast ballots for President and Vice President. Indiana and Illinois selected messengers, Connecticut used Loomis’s ballot box, and New York’s Jacob Windmiller joined others at the capital to greet Cleveland. Reports note Cleveland’s aim for reform, not purge, as the public awaits a people’s administration.
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United States
North Carolina
Indiana
Hendricks
Illinois
Andrew Shuman
Washington
Connecticut
Loomis
Massachusetts
New Jersey
John P. Stockton
New York
Jacob Windmiller
Cleveland
Little Sisters of the Poor
Albany
West Virginia
Wheeling
Cousion
George K. Steketee
Michigan
Tennessee College
Robert I. Chester
Oo — Ee
Kansas College
Blaine
Logan
J. M. Miller Messenger
Des Moines
John van Valkenburg
Iowa
Wisconsin
J. W. Ostrander
Missouri
John L. Martin
Gov.Cleveland
Grover Cleveon
Boston Telegram
the Journal
Levi P. Morton
Edmunds
Vermont
California
George C. Perkins
Aaron A. Sargent
John P. Jones
Nevada
J. W. Mackey
James Fair
National business gloom masks buoyant pockets in trade
In November US losses reach 7 million and 101 million for eleven months of 1884 across 296 failures this week, with 84 percent of the failures small traders under 5000 capital. Yet some trade circles show greater confidence, and a New York Sun editorial urges a shift from national bank currency to government currency by 1891. Executions in California and Ontario, drowned Chinamen, and a thwarted path to Washington accompany the economic snapshot.
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United States
Bradstreet
Solomon Forres
Jose Manuel Soto
Salinas
Cal
Cook Teets
Owen Sound
Ontario
Foul Bay
British Columbia
Washington Territory
New York Sun
Turbulent Spain Threatens Stability amid Riots and Cholera
European dispatches report Spain facing severe unrest and conspiracies after the Prim assassination. Riots and cholera rage as Britain borders brace for 15 000 reinforcements, while India eyes coinage law repeal impact.
Empress of China council of war and peace talks
Vienna reports expect a renewed peace negotiation with an Empress of China council of war in days. Earl Granville and Marquis Tsung discuss the interview outcome. Miss Mary Caldwell of New York offers 30000 for a Catholic university foundation connected to the council. Coal miners in Monongahela rally aim to revive a strike.
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Vienna
London Standard
Empress of China
Council of War
Earl Granville
Tzing
Mary C. Caldwell
New York City
Baltimorr
Plency Council
Pittsburgh
Monongahela
Congo
England
Prince Bisarck
Prince Bismarck
Reichstag
Gladstone
New Orleans
Washington
Albert W. Allen
Thompsonville
Connecticut
Daggett
California
Lon Farthing
William White
William Pitts
Josiah O. Harris
Pitts
United States Army
Hartford
City of
Springfield
Huntington Harbor
Illinois Central
Dongola
Illinois
Dougherty
National lawmakers debate silver dollar coinage bill and pensions
Senate discussions cover suspending silver dollar coinage and barring notes under five dollars. A pension of five thousand dollars a year is proposed for Gen. Grant. Amendments target tariff policy, foreign trade, and shipbuilding premiums. House considers Interstate Commerce reform and election supervision laws as both chambers adjourn for Monday.
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United States
Senate
New Jers
Commerce Compr. Sees
Aan
Mitchell
Gen. Grant
Cameron
Finance Committee
Otis P. G. Clarke
Rhode Island
Luther Harrison
Pennsylvania
Alaska
John G. Brady
Alabama
Sitka
George P. Ibrie
Wranee
Chester Seeber
California
Ounalaska
William P. Dunwoody
Iowa
National Board of Health
Frank
Reagan
Rumford's Soup Bread Not Cooked Added Before Serving
The text explains Rumford's culinary rule to add bread just before serving to maintain texture and enhance enjoyment. It cites Mattieu Williams summarizing Rumford’s view that inexpensive substances can sweeten taste, and that small morsels with toasted crumbs prolong chewing, increasing pleasure.
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Rumford
Mattieu Williams
Popular Science Monthly
Rise in violence in Central India Hyderabad and Rajpootana reports
London Times reports a surge in violent crimes since 1880 with 146 cases in 1880 rising to 363 last year. Dacoits were estimated at 13,186 with stolen property valued at 5,080,140 rupees. many crimes go unrecorded and few drugging cases lead to convictions. The Baori tribe in Rajpootana is highlighted as a major organized robber band.
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Dacoity Department
Central India
Hyderabad
Rajpootana
India
London Times
Porter and Guest Debate Soap Type at Hotel
A Philadelphia Call snippet shows Porter asking if the bell was rung and a hotel guest requesting wet soap. The exchange mocks soap quality, noting the guest compares it to hard ball soap and questions if it is castile or cast iron in tone of a humorous local column.
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Porter
Castile
Philadelphia
Dumley
Lacy
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Drwaaiste
Scholar Ware Morel Stays at Work Amid Personal Tragedy
Frederick Morel, famed scholar and printer, delayed wife’s illness with a vow to finish two to three sentences of Libanius. He later learned of her death but continued work, remarking she was an honest woman. The New York Medical Tribune links cider reduction in New England with more rheumatism and stone cases, noting Normandy’s low stone admissions despite cider being common there.
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George Snyper
Darrtown
Ont
West Randolph
Visorth
Bro. Crabb
Alpena
Mich
Ware Frederick Morel
The
New York Medical Tribune
New England
M. Dumont
Normandy
Lucy Stone
Louisville Courier-Journal
Snake and rat tale from the barn yard
Merchant Traveler recounts a tall tale of a big snake swallowing a rat then regurgitating it alive. He claims to have checked the rat and found the snake’s insides, insisting the improbable scene proved true.
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Allright
Bob Johnson
Engaged at the library and a bill in one scene
Miss Pottleworth introduces Spickle to her father who mistakes the visit for a bill payment. Spickle clarifies his intent to marry and gains the father’s reluctant consent. The piece also recalls a historic auction method where bidders used aliases such as Pittsburgh and Lancaster.
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Young Spickle
Mr. Spickle
Spickle
Real Estate Talk Turns to Property and Health Claims
A real estate agent touts a gem house as twice asking price while a physician questions the neighbors and health of the area. The dialogue shifts to Lucy Stone criticizing marital property law, noting women often lose funds to dress while the law requires the husband to support, delaying reform.
Curious breakfast request and Amazon bird link claim
A Philadelphia Call anecdote recalls a breakfast remark about weak coffee. A Battle Creek scientist reports four footed birds in the Amazon whose offspring start with feet that become wings, plus a stomach rest habit and hissing. An antidiarrheal remedy, Dr. Pierce's Compound Extract of Emartweed, is advertised for various digestive ailments.
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Edward M. Bisona
Battle Creek
Mich
Chicago Academy of Science
Amazon
Dr. Pierce
Providentially Answered in An Unexpected Manner
A 1884 letter to the Democrat recounts a farmer’s near death from illness and poverty of health, then credits Warner's Safe Cure for a dramatic recovery. The narrative highlights J. M. Hitchins of Cuvacaville as a respected elder who regains vigor and resumes work after treatment. Also notes jewelry cleaning tip and praise for Mason & Hamlin pianos and organs.
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Cuvacaville
N. Y
The
Democrat
Mercer
Warner
J. M. Hitchins
J. M
Mason & Ham
Boston
Tremont St
York
Wabash
Cautionary signals warn of consuming Lungs disease warnings
A dated collection of health advices promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for consumption and bad blood, with other remedies and tips. It cites Liver care with Prickly Ash Bitters, butter pricing notes, and general wellness suggestions in a period voice.
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Pierce
J. W. Graham
Austin
Tex
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