Grant's condition worsens as reports of bust dispute denied
Mount McGregor reports say General Grant grows weaker with limited sleep and no clear improvement. Rumors that Mrs Grant and Mark Twain funded a bust are false and hurt the family.
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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1885
Page
4
Cyclone havoc and Indian Territory tensions sweep Midwest and west
A three section cyclone devastates Oshkosh and surrounding towns in Wisconsin, with ruins in Exposition Building St Pauls Church and widespread damage. Reports from Indian Territory warn of rising tensions as Gen Schofield and Endicott mobilize 4000 troops to Fort Reno. Warnings from Wichita and Dodge suggest a brewing outbreak among Cheyennes. Also notes on a violent Ohio killing, a Lake Minnetonka yacht capsize fatal to ex mayor and family, and rising Dakota population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schofield
War Department
Kansas
Guasabas
Sonora
Oshkosh
Wis
Waupaca
Lind
Madison
Sparta
Plainfield
Edgerton
Stoughton
Allegan
Mich
Monticello
Minn
Sheridan
Washington
Fort Reno
Indian Territory
Wichita
Dyer
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Bay City
East Saginaw
Saginaw River
Cincinnati
Charles Harding
James Townsend
Evansville
Ind
Sadie Corning
Townsend
Stan
Ogden
Utah
Judge Powers
Cleveland
Endicott
Gov. Martin
Arizona
Secretary of the Interior
Lake Minnetonka
Rand
Minneapolis
Northern Dakota
Woodsfield
Ohio
David Cogan
Chicago
Momence
Lynching ends search for Mrs. Hazell murder suspect
THE SOUTH, JOHN MARTIN, one of two escaped negroes tied to the Hazell murder in Elkhart Texas, was dragged from Grayson County Jail and lynched. The action leaves six victims in the Judge Lynch case. Also notes denial by New Orleans Health Board of yellow fever rumors and a Jersey cow record butter yield of thirty pounds fifteen ounces in seven days. A new comet has been discovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Martin
Hazell
Elkhart
Texas
Grayson County
Judge Lynch
Dr. Hamilton
Marine Hospital Service
Washington
New Orleans
Board of Health
Ethel
Jersey
Mr. McEwen
Columbia
Tenn
Washington notes on silk culture and naval reforms
A Washington meeting of agricultural college representatives endorses a silk culture communication by Miss Cleveland. Treasury rejects protest against Peoria government building stone-work contract due to labor source. Secretary Whitney plans a Navy yard overhaul and book audit. Brigadier General John Gibbon named to command Department of the Columbia. Attorney General Garland rules on Dolphin purchase and payment. Land Commissioner Sparks allows entry of lands withdrawn for railroad indemnity, potentially unlocking millions of acres for homestead and other laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cleveland
Peoria
Treasury
Whitney
John Gibbon
Seventh Infantry
C. C. Augur
Garland
John Roach
Gibbon
Department of the Columbia
Vancouver Barracks
Washington Territory
Navy Department
Navy Yards
Sparks
Supreme Court of the United States of Lands
General Land Office
Secretary of the Interior
Pennsylvania Republicans nominate Quay for State Treasurer
At Harrisburg the Pennsylvania Republican Convention on the first ballot nominated Colonel Matthew S. Quay for Treasurer of State and adopted resolutions calling repeal of internal revenue taxes except on spirituous and malt liquors, higher import duties, discounts for goods imported in American bottoms, civil service reform, sound finances, and closer U S relations with the Americas. The President appointed several federal officers including Meade for U S Marshal Arizona and Morgan as Secretary of Legation Mexico, with additional postings and postmaster appointments in multiple states, many succeeding suspended incumbents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Matthew S. Quay
Internal Revenue
William K. Meade
Arizona
Joseph L. Morgan
South Carolina
City of
Mexico
Willis G. Clark
Port of
Mobile
Ala
Frederick Gerber
William Pollock
Sus
A. B. Walter
Tuscarora
Nevada
Edwin 8. Smith
South Haven
Mich
John O'Donnell
Mitchell
John Pepper
Boscobel
Wis
Adolph Piening
Manitowoc
Joseph Vannahmne
East St. Louis
D. A. Sullivan
Spring Valley
Minn
Benjamin Harrison
Palatka
Fla
Mary M. Force
Selma
Ohio
Mexican editors visit Mount MacGregor and Grant salute
Mexican editors touring the country visit Mount MacGregor and pay homage to General Grant who writes of his history with Mexico and hopes for its orderly progress. He notes prayers from diverse religions and nations as he endures ongoing suffering. Also covered are business failures, agricultural yields, and regional political updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacGregor
Grant
Augustin Arroyo de Anda
Mexico
United States
Father Didier
Baltimore
Bradstreet’s
National Agricultural Department
Canada
Middleton
Hamilton
Ontario
Riel
Northwest
Great Britain
Magdalena River
Colombia
Northwest Territory
Admiral Jowett
Panama
Vast U S Trade Surplus Noted In Fiscal Year
The June commerce will show a further excess of exports leaving the foreign trade balance for the last fiscal year about 165 000 000 in favor of the United States. Lieutenant Commander Webb of the Alert on the Asiatic station is found guilty of drunkenness and suspended from rank and duty on full pay for two years. Two hundred of Big Bear's Indians surrender and become prisoners at Fort Pitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
W. H. Webb
Big Bear
Fort Pitt
Tur Pall Mall Gazette and World Events Report
The article cites the Pall Mall Gazette defending itself against possible prosecution with reader donations. It notes officials and bishops urging protective amendments for girls, and reports from Afghanistan on loyalties to England versus Russia. It details a flogging at Ashabad, unrest in Pesth, a lethal collision in Ireland, cholera outbreaks in Spain, Wolseley arriving in London, and a Russian expulsion of a traveler from Yarkand.
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Tur Pall Mall Gazette
Chester
Gregg
Reform Church of England
Afghanistan
England
Russia
Ashabad
Austria
Hungary
Pesth
Waterfort
Ireland
Peter Grant
Grant
Battle of the Boyne
Spain
Caen
Wolseley
London
Dagieisto
Yarkand
Marion lynching attempt and jail guard firefight ends in deaths
A mob in Marion Indiana tried to seize a black defendant from jail. Sheriff Holman fired on the mob, killing James Kiley a saloon keeper, and wounding many others. The report also covers political and logistical shifts in federal offices, strikes in Michigan, and additional local tragedies.
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Marion
Indiana
Holman
Haning
James Kiley
Maynard
the Treasury
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
San Francisco
Australia
Post Office Department
Postofice Department
Russia
Empire
East Saginaw
Michigan
Ager
Pinketon
Albert Ross
Jeffersonville
Ross
Minnesota
Chicago
New York
Northwestern
Lawrence B. Harrison
Cincinnai
Union Pacific Railroad
Harrison
First National Bank of Cincinnati
William H. Stedman
Fourth Auditor's
Ofice
James M. Wright
Alabama
Cleveland mobs hold firm as mill talks limp on
Amid a city crisis in Cleveland, authorities declare the strikers have been subdued after arrests of four Polish and Bohemian workers. Mayor Gardner warns against gatherings as Mill President Chisholm says wages stay above 12 dollars with future raises possible. Clergy and police roles blur in a tense scene as talks on rolling mill reopen with a possible temporary shutdown.
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Cleveland
D.) Special
Hoadley
Gardner
Eee
Irda
Mba
Kalasaewski
Clevela Cw
Chisholm
House
Lemmy
Plain living and high thinking quote by Frances Willard
A historical quotation argues for austere diet and simple living as a path to clear thinking and steady nerves. The speaker predicts twentieth century recipes will banish pastries and rich foods in favor of bread vegetables fruit fish and milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Willard
Excessively Tall Boy Shrinks From Public Eye
In a humorous Arkansas Traveler quip, the excessively tall boy, despite superior family status, endures social awkwardness. He must exert effort to enter rooms without causing damage, speaks with a high voice that falters, and remains miserable in company, seeking quiet resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesterfield
Arkansaw Traveler
The Morals of France and Birth Rate Decline
The Globe-Democrat argues French morals are degraded as sin is shielded and homes built on bribery. It cites a drop in birth rate from 32.9 to 25.5 per thousand in five years, blaming illegitimate child abandonment and proposing secrecy for mothers, and prizes plus tax exemptions for larger families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe-Democrat
Skates Made of Bone From Long Ago Origin Story
The earliest skates were made of bone wired to the feet with cords. Fragments of bone skates have been found in England Holland Sweden and Iceland with claims they were used in London during Henry II's era as noted by the Brooklyn Eagle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Holland
Sweden
Iceland
London
Henry II
Brooklyn Eagle
Senatorial Telegram Word Count Gag Cited by Chicago News
A senator candidate dictates a telegram to a legislative aide promising repayment of favors if elected. When asked for ten words the aide trims to ten by omitting not. A pawnbroker who joined a temperance society is praised for keeping pledges, playfully remarking on reliability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
Temperance
Sapre Expert Survives Attack by Escaped Maniac
A twelve year old girl from Flatbush New York faced an escaped insane asylum inmate with a carving knife in a wood. He commanded her to kneel and proclaimed he would cut her heart out. She fled after a scream and the attacker wounded himself fatally before capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sapre
Flatbush
N. Y
Trustees Face Excess Funds at Shakespeare Birthplace
The guardians of Shakspeare's birthplace in England are overwhelmed by surplus funds with no clear use. A tongue in cheek line suggests an American cashier tired of rural Canadian retreat might seek an opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakspeare
England
Canada
Luther and the Lutheran Walk: Faith, Fasting, and Health
In this excerpt Prof. David Swing argues Luther recovered from illness through fasting and long walks rather than bleeding. He notes Luther’s faith and study of natural facts led to self care that contrasted with sixteenth century medical practice, urging temperance and daily walking as a moral health aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther
Prof
David Swing
Outdoor Life and Classical Quips in Peck's Sun
A collage from Peck's Sun on outdoor living and resilience, critiquing urban life and fashion while praising breathable, dry air and shelter. The piece weaves in musings on transcendental wisdom, ancient beliefs, and moral jests about women musicians and notorious songwriters.
Do you see that stylish and handsome lady over there
A dialogue fragment centers on a widow accused of killing her husband. The widow, once engaged, is described as stylish. The confession hints at a murder by stabbing the pocket book rather than a head wound, implying a crime of passion and financial motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy
Giants Shoes From Nashville For One Mother And Four Daughters
In a Washington street window Boston five oversized shoes were made for giants. Thirteen inches long five wide. Pebble grain leather. Origin traced to Nashville Tennessee for a mother and four daughters. Then a note on Herne explaining cockney as a Londoner mishearing a horse laugh and the cockalo weight remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
Boston
Nashville
Tennessee
Boston Advertiser
Herne
Restoration of Mr T Posey After Sciatica Attack
An editorial in a New Orleans paper praises the recovery of druggist Mr T Posey 225 Canal Street from a severe sciatica bout aided by St Jacobs Oil. TaLMaGE opposes choir singing in his tabernacle and warns against four people doing all the singing for fear of losing control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
T. Posey
Canal Street
St. Jacobs
Talmage
Tabernacle
Liberty Statue Pedestal Fund Nears Completion In New York
The Bartholdi pedestal fund is nearly complete and the statue has arrived. The piece lauds Liberty Enlightening the World as a universal blessing and a home for those who suffered under tyranny. It notes Beers’s fundraising optimism, discusses prejudice against worthy causes, and recalls personal medical anecdotes to argue for public support.
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Bartholdi
New York Harbor
Bay of New York
Philip Beers
Pedestal Fund
Beers
New York
Bright
Warner
Rutter
Central Hudson
Ruter
Central Hudson Railroad
Willard Parker
St. John Promoted Within Rock Island Road
President R R Cable announces E St John will become assistant to the general manager effective July 1. St John, long a Rock Island official, began in 1862 and will mark 22 years with the line on July 4. Communications on ticket and passenger matters stay with him as General Ticket and Passenger Agent.
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Chicago Telegram
R. R. Cable
Rock Island Road
E. St. John
St. John
Quincy and Toledo Railroad
Quincy
Ill
Great Western Railroad
Springfield
Chicago and
Rock Island Railway
General
Chicaco
Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Atlantic
Pacific
Rock Island
Gene
Moline
Illinois
Davenport
Muscatine
Washington
Fairfield
Ottumwa
Oskaloosa
West Liberty
Iowa City
Des Moines
Indianola
Winterset
Knoxville
Audubon
Harlan
Guthrie Centre
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Gellatin
Trenton
Cameron
Kansas City
Missouri
Leavenworth
Atchison
Kansas
Albert Lea
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Minnesota
Watertown
Dakota
Union
Penn
Chicago
Missouri River
Union de
Whee
Beltone
Interior
Seneca
Kankakee
Newport News
Richmond
Indianapolis
Lara
Ford
Uni
Canada
Bell Trade and Remedies Note in Rural Ad Column
A rural scene opens with cow bells offered in exchange for a larger bell and a hint of how to locate cattle. The column shifts to domestic melancholy among women and promotes Dr. Pierce s Favorite Prescription as a safe tonic, then notes an auctioneer s value and ends with Perry Davis Pain Killer as a health precaution.
Boiling Potatoes Too Hard Moral Violence Tale
A Detroit Free Press anecdote tells of a tramp who sought food at a farm and was offered a warm meal and friendly welcome until another house revealed a shocking twist. The woman suspects kinship but drives the intruder away with a broom, declaring they are all girls in the family. The piece ends with a tongue in cheek moral about boiling potatoes.
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Annie
Obadiah
Deacon Barleymalt
Hell
Bloomington
Detroit Free Press
World’s Dispensary Ad Promises Cure and Savings
A Buffalo medical ad offers rupture, breach or hernia cures with no pay guarantee and references for two 3 cent stamps. It promotes pamphlets from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association at 663 Main Street and urges reading a companion column about Prickly Ash Bitters to save health costs on doctors’ bills.
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World's Dispensary Medical Association
Main Street
Buffalo
N.Y
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