Two Pottery Plants Back to Old Wages in Trenton
The Jamestown Savings Bank fails in Pennsylvania with a 40000 dollar defalcation and an officer missing. Mt Washington records 50 below zero with a 100 mph hurricane. A secret marriage headlines gossip in Cohoes. Aurora resident Wilhelmina Stourte robs George Bullinger in New York. Whitney Arms shop blaze causes sixty thousand dollars in losses. Boston Pilot defends dynamiters amid calls against government oppression.
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Trenton
N. J
Jamestown
Cohoes
N. Y
Mars
Wilhelmina Stourte
Aurora
Ill
New York
George Bullinger
Germany
Whitney Arms Company
Whitneyville
Conn
Joan Borie O'Reilly
Boston Pilot
R. O'Reilly
Shorthorn Breeders to Meet in Topeka February
The Kansas State Shorthorn Breeders Association holds its third regular annual meeting in Topeka Kansas on February 10 and 11. Prominent breeders and speakers will present addresses and join discussions inviting all interested in shorthorn cattle breeding.
Far Reaches of Crime and War in Early News
Reports describe a Kentucky widow firing at a barn intruder killing a noted hog thief, a Fourth Cavalry clash with Mexican bandits leaving four dead and twelve captured at Fort Yuma, and mutinous soldiers suspected. A Grand Jury finds true bills in election fraud, while Gen. Hatch corners Couch’s Oklahoma boomers. Texas stock losses from cold exceed $1,000,000. Louisville Nashville cuts rail fare to Chattanooga. Bentonville banker McReynolds declares liabilities up to $200,000.
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Kansas State Shorthorn Breeders’ Associa
Topeka
Kan
Wyoming
John T. Stewart
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Edwardsville
Ill
Smith’s Falls
Ontario
Roswell Grant
Gen. Grant
Charleston
W. Va
Earlville
John J. Orton
Milwaukee
Eessc
Ilwaukee
West
Kansas
Oklahoma
United States
Couch
Col. Hatch
Neway Yone
Colch
Leavenworth
Augur
Cook County
Irl
Chicago
State House
Atchison
Anoka
Indian Territory
Jim Bounds
Buck Smith
Gordon
San Francisco
Goodey
Relief and Aid Society
Indiana
Deplaines
Louis Bachus
Theodore Lay
Trades Assembly of
Wingate
Union
Gibson
Reno
Lyon
Fort Leavenworth
Arizona
Fort Yuma
Escanada
Arkansas City
Hatch
Stillwater
Upson
Texas
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Chattanooga
S. D. McReynolds
Bentonville
Ark
Galveston Cotton Exchange Chief Dies Prompting Bank Closure
CamTon G. Wellls, president of the Galveston Cotton Exchange, dies suddenly and is alleged to have killed himself. Wolston, Wells & Victor cotton factors suspend operations and Island City Savings Bank, of which Wells was president, closes its doors. Both the bank and firm are described as financially wrecked.
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CamtTon G. Wellls
Galveston Cotton Exchange
Wolston, Wells & Victor
Island City Savings Bank
Wells
Congress probes Townsend lease deals and canal neutrality stance
The Senate Indian Affairs committee uncovers a lease deal involving Towns end and a licensed trader near the Iowa Reservation with funds alleged to have benefited Townsend and partners. Separately, lawmakers discuss canal neutrality, railroad land forfeiture, and a push to reduce postal rates while reporting shifting trade figures and a Washington fire incident.
Spooner Nominated for Senate by Wisconsin Republicans
The joint Republican caucus in Madison Wisconsin nominates John C Spooner for United States Senator with 54 votes to 25 for Fairchild Also noted are Henry Teller elected Senator from Colorado J D Cameron chosen as his successor from Pennsylvania and Edward Brace nominated by the Democratic caucus in Wisconsin The Iowa temperance convention with 400 delegates urges enforcement of the prohibition law and possible amendments A Minnesota Senate proposal would issue permits at 5 per year for moderate drinkers to buy liquor funds go to the state reserve Gov Squire supports Washington Territory statehood and Sonora purchase to benefit Arizona rail rates and Indiana 6 percent interest law are also mentioned.
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John C. Spooner
Madison
Wis
United States
Weapeias
Jan
Spooner
Fairchild
Henry Teller
Colorado
J. D. Cameron
Senate
Pennsylvania
Edward 8. Brace
Fond du Lac
Iowa Tempe
Minnesota Senate
State Reserve Fund
Squire
Washington Territory
Territory
Trittle
Arizona
Congress
Mexico
Sonora
Texas Senate
Indiana House
Various U S News Highlights and Local Incidents
Summary of last week’s US news including 386 failures across multiple trades with counts for general stores grocers clothing and more. Reports on crimes in Charleston and Marshall including murder and lynching. wage cuts threats in window glass industry. Liberty Bell move to New Orleans Exposition. December 1884 exports at 91 294 810. Manitoba Canadian telegraph link outside US. Santa Pacific train wreck near Smiths Falls Ontario. and controversy in Washington over Jefferson Davis and states rights.
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United States
Thomas J. Chapman
Nicholas Hub
Charleston
Illinois
Anthony Walker
Marshall
Texas
William Henry
Inndence Hall
Philadelphia
Manitoba
Superior
Santa Pacific Railway
Smith's Falls
Capital crime statute found on attacking public arms depots
London lawyers discover an unrepealed statute that makes it a capital offense to attack any public building where arms are stored. The historic law would impose the death penalty for such attacks, elevating the stakes of any assault on arm depots or related facilities.
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London
Dynamite scare and war news from London and Africa
London reports show anxiety over General Stewart in the desert with rebels and possible reinforcements from Wolseley. Firebombing damage estimated at 70 000 pounds as Londoners fear for security. tension spreads to Westminster Hall and the Tower with arrests and patrols in effect.
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M. Pe Grers
London
British War Office
Stewart
Ee i Pias Pen Sea
Tunis
Wolseley
Camas Ment
Malta
Egypt
Korti
Abu-Klea Wells
Westminster Hall
Tower
Cunningham
Cox
Cole
Royal Apartments
Windsor
Senate
Bayard
England
Telegraph Rates Drop as B&O News Prompt Civil Advances
The Baltimore and Ohio telegraph company announced no charge for dates in messages to and from Central and South America via Galveston and cut rates between New York and Mexican points by 15 to 25 percent. Central and South American business rates were largely reduced.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Central
South America
Galveston
New York
Tom Thumb
Count Rosebud
Sam Kintz
Stansburg
Pennsylvania
Kintz
Monroe County
James Larmon
Cincinnati Barbed Fence Company
St. Louis
Sevierville
Sevier County
Tennessee
Willis Graham
Polly
Campbell
Graham
Carbon
Sharon
Thos, Back
Chester Clink
O. A. Lochrane
United States
Atlanta
Georgia
Southern Telegraph Company
Eugene Spofford
Spofford Bros
State Street
Hatch
War Department
Boomer
Boston
Congressional Proceedings on Oklahoma Lands in Jan Session
The Senate and House debated Oklahoma land policy and Indian affairs. West pushed a treaty report while Plumb offered a substitute. the House advanced an Indian industrial school at Santa Fe and broader federal-court and tribal-lands provisions.
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Senate
Coke
Evins
South Carolina
House of Representatives
Kelly
Aes
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Lands
West
Secretary of the Treasury
Messrs
Paves
Var, Ribeiro
Henry
Plumb
House of Yes
Santa Fe
Mr. West
Ans
Aster
Andrew Pe
New York
Enn Oolivotee
Alabama
John T
Philadelphins
William
Pease
Pennsylvania
Phelphia
Constitutional Wyers
Judiciary Committee
Friends of the Educational
House of Congress
America
Kelley
House
Horseshoes Symbol of Luck in Old Times and Local Tradition
The essay traces horseshoes as protective charms against witches and bad omens for knights and ships. It notes Norman customs at Oskham Castle where lords once demanded a horse shoe from barons on first entry, and mentions a gilt shoe with the Princess of Wales’s name to be affixed after her visit.
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Tom O'Shanter
Oskham
de Freres
Victoria
Princess of Wales
Ales
Brooklyn Magazine
Sad Case of Sympathizers in Philadelphia Death Row
Excerpts from the Philadelphia Call reveal two women discussing a man condemned to death. They lament the lack of a respite and wonder about compassion bouquets while noting the condemned man killed his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mani
Philadelphia
Advice to an Angry Man From a Burlington Hawkeye excerpt
An advice note urges control when rage rises above governable levels. It suggests channeling anger into productive work and warns against destructive targets. The excerpt references practical tasks like picking oakum as safe outlets and hints at avoiding costly mishaps during fits of temper.
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Burlington
Stolen Cigars Incident Remains Shrouded by Circumstances
A Houston justice questions a man caught stealing a box of cigars from Mr. Shurly. The thief pleads guilty and cites poverty and illness from smoking the cigars as mitigating factors.
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Shurly
Houston
Darky
Texas
Curious Texan Learns Of Heavy Seasonal Rain
A Texas traveler returns to a homestead to find the peonies brighter after a season of intense rainfall. An old settler confirms the storms have drenched the region, bringing lush growth and renewed vitality to the area.
Frozen Turtle Surfaces After Ten Months in Ice Cake
A Newsone report notes a live turtle thawed from a cake of ice after ten months. An airplane wreckage with a 5,000 foot altitude was found on Island Samos.
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Newsone
Samos
Murder at the Crouch Homestead in Jackson
A New York Herald account details the Crouch murder case in Jackson where Jacob D. Crouch and Moses Polly were killed, Eunice Holcomb and her husband White implicated, and a web of suspects and trials unfolded from 1870s events with Pinkertons, revolvers, and multiple arrests and inquests across months.
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Jacob D
New York State
Texas
Crouch
Eunice
Sones Sie
Jackson
White
Holcombs
Mnice
Bolles
Moses Polly
Mercer County
Pennsylvania
Crouches
Holecomb
Foy
Pinkertons
Daniel Holcomb
Holcomb
Judd Crouch
Union City
D. J. Easton
The
Register
Elmer Sholes
Gentenen
Brown
Horton
Theland
Daniel Hotcomb
Jacob D. Crouch
Lorenzo D. Bean
J. Lee
Joseph Allen
Canada
New York Herald
Manufacturing reopens boost total to hundred thousand workers
The Baltimore finance column reports about 90,000 workers returned to employment in large manufacturing concerns since January 1, with an estimated 10,000 more in smaller works recently started. An additional 10,000 miners in Pennsylvania have begun work in recent weeks, lifting overall employment in industry.
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Baltimore
Pennsylvania
Railroads face fierce rate wars and shaky profits
The New York Railroad Commissioners report a poor year for many lines while a few remained profitable. Seven trunk lines now compete to move western crops, up from four, fueling a costly rate war and uncertain outcomes. The note mentions Michigan donations for Governor Pattison and a Hartford revival incident, plus a Wind Gap girl with unusually bent ears and sharp hearing.
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New York
State of
Albany
Tidewater
Wind Gap
Why Leaves Fall in Autumn Says Professor Owen
The piece discusses defoliation as a growth cycle driven by leaf-bud development. It notes thunderstorm effects on elms, differences in plane and sycamore leaf detachment, and how new leaves push out old ones. The author, quoting Prof. Owen, frames leaf fall as birth rather than death and urges gratitude for nature’s cycle.
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Loudon
Prof
Owen
Kentucky Squire Joins Escape Over River To Wed Pair
Squire Beasley of Maysville Kentucky known as Gretna Green performs a hurried marriage after a boat chase. As pursuers close in a second boat ferries the lovers across the river. The ceremony ends with the couple wed and Beasley collecting ten dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squire Beasley
Kentucky
Gretna Green
Maysville
Ohio
Ruins in Mexico Reveal White Gypsum Chambers Vast Hotellike
The Chicago Herald describes a Mexican ruin where a 700 foot hill contains a gypsum layer cut into hundreds of rooms. Each room ranges from 6710 to 16x18 feet, walls floors and ceilings nearly perfectly plumb, no windows, one top entrance, eight foot ceilings, and walls so white they seem transparent though the rooms are not dark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Chicago Herald
What a Woman for Wife in a Seaside Tank
An exchange in the Rockland Courier Gazette describes a display of a "woman fish" within a glass tank. A companion notes the creature’s calm, graceful presence while observers discuss the surprising ability to hold breath for five minutes. The chatty scene highlights fascination with nature and clever entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Converse
Rockland
Courier Gazettle
Red Bear Cough Cure Praised by Maryland Deputy Sheriff
James Brant deputy sheriff of Baltimore Maryland reports thirty years of experience with cough remedies but says only Red Bear Cough Cure cured his severe cold and deep cough with a single bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Brant
Baltimore
Maryland
Leave Taken Ends Tender Exchange in Atlanta Constitution
A fragment from the Atlanta Constitution depicts a romantic exchange where one party asks for a gesture of love as a memorable keepsake. The response turns chilly, offering only a final leave. The dialogue evokes a vintage newspaper style with emotional tension and a sudden, curt denial.
Discounted remedies and home decor notes in brief
A collage of 19th century newspaper items offers doctor advert lines for Dr Pierce and Horsford products, tips on fabric crafts, a cake icing technique using citrus peel, and a Grand Union Hotel promo in New York City with low daily rates. The mix features health claims, consults, and travel lodging notes.
Forty Years With Draft Horses at Bull's Head Stables
Chamberlain, longtime rep for Bull's Head Stables in New York City, discusses values of draft breeds. He runs exchange and sale stables, handling thousands of horses annually from various counties. He notes growing demand for French horses, including Percherons, Normans, Clydesdales, and Belgian breeds.
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Chamberlain
New York City
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Tipton
Grand Union Hotel
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Grand Union
C. V. Majors, Esq
Rolia
Arkansas
Lydia E. Pinkham
Reo Star
Socentsa Dottie
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Charles A. Vogeler
Dison
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Missouri
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Entaseme
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Washington, D. C
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Centerbrook, Conn
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Minneapolis
T.paul
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Steven
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Joliet
Seneca
Peoria
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la Salle
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Pullman
Missouri River
ST. Albert Lea
Kankakee
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Richmond
Indianapolis
la Fayette
Rr, Cable
Pres
T & Gen'l ’ Chicaco
E. ST. John Gen'l
R Ag’t
Ecoop Blisher
Bros
Janesville
MIU. F. W
Jorney
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