Tragedy at Hartford Track as Two Horses Die
At Charter Oak track in Hartford two pacers Princess and George G. suffered injuries in a 2:17 race. Both pulled in the same direction and fell, with George G. dying almost instantly and Princess fatally injured. Each horse valued at $5,000, amid a year of short cattle and farm production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charter Oak
Hartford
Princess
George G
Adams
Jefferson County
N. Y
Board of Aldermen
New York
Broadway
Williamsport
Tur
Newport
Asbury Park
N. J
City Hall
Union Square
New York Tribune
Tragic duel of Mrs Crowprrr leads to murder suicide near Belleville
In a West region report Mrs Crowprrr and Mrs Cormack argued over work at O Fa lon near Belleville Ai. Crowprrr struck Cormack with a steel file inflicting a fatal wound then shot herself cutting her throat. The severest misfortune followed as the crowd mourned.
Multiple Executions and Crimes Reported Across States
A city marshal killed a doctor for resisting arrest in Sharpsburg Kentucky. A Hot Springs deputy sheriff shot a horse thief en route to the penitentiary. the coroner’s jury supported the act. A Louisville officer fatally wounded a robber in the act. Several executions followed: Berry Johnson hanged in Shreveport Louisiana. Ship Helly hanged in Tuscola Alabama for murder. Josh Berryman hanged in Natchitoches Louisiana. Willie Williams alias French hanged in Franklin Louisiana for murder. Four train wreckers captured by Pinkerton detectives in Illinois Central case. motive revenge against the engineer. Lynchburg Tobacco Association reports 20,000,000 pounds sold since January. August sales at 1,225,000 pounds. Virginia tobacco leaves unusually small this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharpsburg
Daniel Henry
Hot Springs
Louisville
John Lynch
Berry Johnson
Shreveport
Ship Helly
Luther Seely
Tuscola
Ala
Josh Berryman
Natchitoches
Scott Carter
Willie Williams
French
Franklin
Wiliam Burgess
Williams
Illinois Central
Duck Hill
Miss
Pinkerton
Lynchburg Tobacco Association
Public debt figures August 188k official debt statement
Official August statement of public debt shows total interest bearing debt 1 216 524 490 and total debt 1 841 704 203. Cash in Treasury 414 541 952 and cash balance available 141 072 541. Details include certificates of deposit gold and silver certificates fractional currency and unpaid interest with various balances and reductions since June 30 188k.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foi
Navy Pension Fund
BREE
Waysus
Deist
Treasury
United States
Ska
Tech
Experimental electric lighting in Pennsylvania Avenue Unsatisfactory
The report notes incomplete satisfaction with the electric light test on Pennsylvania Avenue with only the street center well lit while sidewalks remain dark. The Treasury Department orders collectors of customs to require positive evidence that imports come from non-infected ports to prove disease germ absence, a standard so strict it hinders importation. John B. Dawson, a Pension Bureau clerk in Washington, died last week weighing 438 pounds and required a grape arbor to hold the coffin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Avenue
Treasury Department
John B. Dawson
Pension Bureau
Washington
Political Nominations Sweep Across Multiple States
A sprawling slate of congressional and state nominations appears from Republican and Democratic parties in Indiana Illinois Wisconsin Michigan and Virginia with Greenback and Prohibition bids. Governors and electors named. moves include fusion talks and party stances in Arkansas Massachusetts and Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Fitztrict
I. L. Strable
Town
W. J. Stone
Missouri
Isaac
Wisconsin
Thomas Procee Serene Epeehe
Indiana
N. B. Eldredge
Greenbacker
Michigan
E. Barksdale
O.R. Singleton
Mississippi
W. C. Oates
Alabama
Joseph A. Scranton
St. John
Minois
Greenback Convention
Bloomington
Jesse Harper
Danville
State Central Committee
Greenbackers
A of
Milwaukee
W. L. Utley
Detroit
David Preston
Iowa
Des Moines
Daniel Campbell
Hunter
George Carter
H. 5
Wilcox
J. P. Halton
E. L. Burton
George Derr
Union County
James Dooley
Keokuk
Kansas Greenbackers
H. L. Phillips
John W. Breidenthal
H. P. Vrooman
J. D. McBryan
H. F. Hefelbourn
W. T. Wakefield
H. L. Brush
J. C. Hibbard
Fannie Randolph
Grovcie Ford
South Bend
Harry Libbey
Virginia
Duff Green
R. P. A. Morris
R. M. Mayo
Gov. Waller
Connecticut
Democratic Committee
Arkansas
Simon P. Hughes
National Labor Party
New York
People’s Party
General Butler
Butler
Massachusetts
Worcester
Wheat crop estimates and league standings span 1884
Milwaukee statistician W. Tallman Ge reports 1884 wheat output for the United States with winter at 350 million and spring 150 million bushels. Rival news notes Peru rebel Cacereo seizing Lima cathedral, Canada Pacific rights near the Rockies, California and Southern Pacific road valuations, Capt. Howgate sought by reward, and baseball standings across National League American Association and Union League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. TallmanGe
Milwaukee
United States
Cacereo
Lima
Canada Pacific
Rocky Mountains
Selkirk Range
California Board of Equalization
Southern Pacific
Howgate
Signal Service Department
Bermudas
Providence
Boston
Bnuffalo
New York
Chicago
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Detroit
Metroplitan
Columbus
Louisville
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Baltimore
Athletic
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Washington
Secret German French Pact Stirs England Over Asia and Africa
Reports claim Germany and France forged a hidden alliance granting France free rein in China and allowing Germany to seize Dutch territory if desired. The pact spurs unease in England as dispatches describe Franco Chinese clashes on the Min River and Admiral Courbet’s renewed bombardments, amid broader colonial maneuvering and unrest in Khartoum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
France
China
Holland
England
Sontay
Tonquin
Paris
Admiral Courbet
Formosa
Wolseley
Khartoum
Stephenson
Richard Tweed
William M. Tweed
New York
Fear Moines
Ireland
Sean Aces
Lyons
Loire
Khartoum expedition plan expands to seven thousand
Reports reveal an 7000 man Khartoum expedition with 700 Royal Scots from the West Indies and the rest from Gibraltar Malta and Gen Wolseley to arrive by November 7 after crossing seven cataracts. Alderman Denison of Toronto to command Canadian voyageurs amid broader imperial mobilizations and French affairs update.
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Khartoum
West Indies
Gibraltar
Malta
Wolseley
Alderman Denison
Toronto
Voyageurs
Tonquin
Millot
Paris
Germany
Bismarck
Spain
Ministry of Finance
Marseilles
Cardiff
Wales
Taft
Russia
St. Petersburg
Hunt
Couureit
Min River
Hong Kong
Canton
Chicago
China
Bremen
New York
Fragmented Greely Arctic expedition shows rift in camps
A diary reading reveals two factions within Greely's Arctic party led by Brainerd and Long, with Greely cared for by Brainerd during his final months in the field. The diary suggests longstanding disputes and a split that persisted to the rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Greely
Long
Brainerd
Providence
Coventry
R. L
Brown University
Providence Journal
Rhode Island
United States
Senate
River Disaster Strikes Evansville Seventeen Perish
A tornado lasting an hour struck Evansville Indiana at 8 39 this morning. Seventeen passengers drowned when the transfer steamer Belmont sank after part of its barge broke away. The storm damaged mills, the Redker Plow Works and furniture company and a large school under construction. Boats were wrecked or driven ashore, with chimneys blown overboard and crews stranded in wreckage. The Belmont was valued at 22 000 and insured for 15 000. the tragedy left many families mourning and survivors recount a horrifying scene on the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Redker Plow Works
P Tren Furniture Company
Eame
Louisville
Nashville
Josh V. Throop
Silverthorn
James Blackman
Belmont
Belmont Bert
John H. Smith
Lyon
Daugh
Laura Lyon
Sarah Bryant
Ee. Roach
John Smith
John Hay
Owensboro
Addie
Laura Morton
Karteld
Ala
Woodville
Henderson
Arthur Hamilton
Emma Bell
Pittsburgh
Terrible Circus Train Disaster Near Denver Colorado
A Denver telegram reports the Anglo American Circus train from Fort Collins to Golden was destroyed near Greeley by a torch that ignited gasoline causing an explosion. Ten men died and several were seriously or lightly burned. Wounded were transported to Denver hospitals. many bodies charred were laid to rest in an inquest exonerating the railroad company. Names and ages of survivors and the unidentified dead are listed. The blaze failed to be halted due to lack of water and unsafe car access.
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Crowprrr
Cormack
O’fa‘lon
Belleville
Crowdher
Savings Bank of
Adnan
Mech
Cook County Probate Court
Chicago
Wilbur F. Storey
Chicago Times
Entleman
Austin L. Patterson
The
Times
Denver
Orton
Fort Collins
Golden
Greeley, Salt Lake
Pacific Road
Greeley
Evansville
Ind
Silverthomme
Josiah Throop
Cegment
John Smith
E.C. Roach
Laura Lyon
Sallie Bryant
Chicago Tribune
Indiana
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Montana
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Snake Hollow
Ohio
William Hare
Hoadly
Jancister
New Lexington
Hilnots
Towa
Wisconsin
Miles Orton
E. E. Fairbanks
Armas
Alburned
Bert Borden
Logan
Kan
Thomas Golden
Detroit
Mich
N. J. Zimmerman
Frank King
Mr McGlenn
Holton
Hugh O'Donnell
New Orleans
Alexander McLeod
Nette
Wis
Thomas McCarty
Independence
Iowa
John Kelly
New York City
Silverthorn
Andy
George
Frank
Frenchy
Smithy
Troit
Murder at sea as laundry barge riot ends in death
Empire Laundry Association excursion barge Union sails to Linden Grove Staten Island where a thief is killed after a bartender strikes him with a club. A mob then beats the barkeeper to death with glassware. Police take no action and the barge returns to New York. John Behan arrested for murder. Many workers reportedly learned the trade in state prisons.
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New York Telegram
Empire Laundry Association
West Eleventh Street
Union
Linden Grove
Elm Park
Staten Island
New York
John Behan
Koph
New York Surgeon Restores Nose in Historic Rhinoplasty
Dr Sabine of the College of Physicians and Surgeons declares Thomas Colt cured at Bellevue Hospital after a remarkable nose reconstruction. Three months earlier the disease eroded Colt’s nose bone leaving only nostril remnants. The complex grafting operation created a functional new nose and two joints of a tiger were lost in the process. Medical peers hail Sabine’s achievement as unparalleled in rhinoplastic history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sabine
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Bellevue Hospital
Thomas Colt
Colt
Discouraged Illinois Farmers Moving West
A Western exodus, unprecedented here, shows in Shelbyville as the Bee Line excursion to Florence Kansas leaves with over a hundred farmers and business people, many with families and goods. Partial crop failure this year joins two years of poor yields to dampen local business prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
IIL
Bee Line
Florence
Kan
Shelby
Fragmentary 19th century clipping items and names
A garbled mix lists individuals Adele Hoco in France an asylum. Artemus Ward monument subscription. Our CARTER Post Office in Kansas. Ohio Republicans nominate three Taylors for Congress. Maharaja of Nepal Sir Runodeep Sing. Meyer the German butcher in Winada II dies cold. women and girls as depositors cited with $117 in savings banks. Sarah Bernhardt referenced with a nightly fever dream claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artemus Ward
Carter
Kansas
Chicago
Noted Ohio News Items Include Inmates, Lawsuit and Remains
A mixed Ohio edition reports Henry Wilson confined in Athens Luna tic asylum escaping barefoot homeward. Deacon Bowles dies in field after horses frightened a wagon. Mrs Thomas sues railroad at Xenia for 10000 damages over engineer husband’s death. Licking County Teachers Institute enrolls 308. Second National Bank of Xenia suspends. J A MacGahan remains honored in Columbus then Zanesville and New Lexington. Perry County legend hailed for Bulgaria influence. Navy to repatriate remains with public ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Bell Telephone Company
Henry Wilson
Bearfield Township
Perry County
Athens
Charles Bowles
Conneaut
Mound Township
Rowles
Thomas
John Thomas
Cincinnati and St. Louis
Beaver Station
Xenia
Licking County
Second National Bank of
Indiana, Bloomington and Western Railroad Company
Dyer
Sandusky
Bellefontaine
Beteen Green Springs
Clyde
Colored Barbers of
Ohio
Newark
Zanesville
Bellair
Springfield
Mount Vernon
Delaware
James Poindexter
Forty-second Ohio
Garfield
Lakeside
Hubbell
Cleveland
C. E. Henry
Sherman
Morgan
Foster
McKinley
Amos Townsend
Dayton
The
Cincinnati
Frank Waltz
J. A. MacGahan
New York Herald
Columbus
New Lexington
Chicago
St. Louis
New York Herad
Europe
Bulgaria
Russia
Constantinople
Pera
Turkey
Henry C. Greiner
Secretary of the Navy
Last Bugle Call and a Wyoming Suffrage Quip
An elderly nurse recalls a dying Eleventh Maine bugler who asked for his bugle and tried to sound a final call before death. The scene highlights wartime devotion and fading strength. A Wyoming women’s suffrage protest is noted, joking that residents prefer being 18 to vote rather than disclose ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Deathbed requiem of Stephen A Douglas described
An account from Ben Perley Poore in the Boston Budget details the final hours of Stephen A Douglas. Dying at his bedside in Chicago, Douglas declined ceremonial anointing and clergymen visits, requested fresh air, and exchanged final tender moments with his wife before dying peacefully around five o clock. He was buried near the lake shore with a monument marking the spot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheng
Douglas
Rhodes
Robbie
Stevie
the United Rat
Mr. Rhodes
Mrs. Douglas
Mr. Douglas
Stephen A. Douglas
Lake Shore
Chicago
Ben
Perley Poore
Boston
Generals Who Commanded The Army Since 1775
A condensed list traces army commanders from 1775 through Grant in 1869 and Sherman in 1883 including Washington Knox Wayne Macomb Scott Halleck Grant Sherman and Sheridan with dates of command. It notes Greely's assertion that McClellan became effectively chief in 1861 despite Scott remaining nominally in place.
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George W
Henry Knox
Josiah Harmer
Arthur St. Clair
Anthony Wayne
James Wilkinson
George Washington
Henry Dearbon
Jacob Brown
Alexander Macomb
Winfield Scott
George B. McClellan
Henry W. Halleck
U.S. Grant
Wm. T. Sherman
Philip H. Sheridan
Greely
Scott
McClellan
Inter Ocean
A Trout Boiled in Sulphur Lake on Gardiner River
A vivid Maine countryside scene describes a warm lake near a mountain crest and a hot sulphur river that forks from a rock ledge into the Gardiner. The narrator recalls catching trout in the cold stream and boiling them in the hot water, noting the dish’s epicurean verdict. A second vignette follows about a penniless dreamer boasting Texas land at a dollar an acre, prompting a comical exchange on funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epicures
Manhattan
Southwest
Texas
Condensation in storytelling says Reade in 19th cen note
The publishers of the Youth's Dompinion urge brevity while Charles Reade praised concise narratives. He argued that a story that engages readers through rapid dialogue and action, with no excess conversation, risks immortality over longer, diffuse works that overstay their welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Reade
Sought remedy promise for youthful nerves and memory
A fragmented classified style notice urges readers suffering from nervous debility and impaired memory to send three postage stamps for a large illustrated treatise. It touts testimonials and a supposed method of cure. No concrete organization or date is present, but the message echoes late 19th or early 20th century quack health advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nothng
John Bull
Insanity and a Train Journey Echo Shakespearean Fear
A St Louis express tale recounts a father and daughter whose arrival at a station led to the daughter asking the conductor not to take her to an asylum. The essay links rising insanity to stress, nervous disorders, and indigestion, urging moderation and praising Warner's Tippecanoe for stomach health and nerves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
San
Shakspeare
Ophelia
America
Warner
Tippecanoe
Harrison
Doctor Delays Healing Bruise With Quick Wits
Sam Simp son complains of a severe arm bruise and asks for medicine. The doctor writes a prescription and urges instant action at the apothecary. The patient fears the wound will heal before he can charge $2 for the salve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Simpson
Patent medicines and quack remedies in noisy ad copy
The passage advertises Dr. Pierce's and Lydia E Pinkham's remedies for female weakness and general frailty, touting purity and superiority. It mentions Pine Cod Liver Oil sold by Oswell Hazzard & Co New York and includes a pun about a leek on ships. A man who tells the bar-keeper to hang it up is called a great bar-ower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O:swell, Hazzard & Co
New York
Lydia E. Pinkham
Chicago
Dr. Pierce
Farmers' Folly and Butter Coloring Controversy
Farmers cling to old methods of coloring butter with carrots annatto and inferior substances despite the superior results of the Improved Butter Color prepaid by Wells Richardson Co Burlington VT The product has won top honors at numerous agricultural fairs surpassing all competitors with a splendid record.
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Cree South
Foo-Chow
Min
Kinpai
Courbet
Landrigan
Illinois State Board of Agriculture
Chateara
Henry Harbor
Labrador
Francis Joseph
W. S. Lingle
Lafayette
Arthur
William
Pattison
Grand Trunk Railroad
Wabash and Pacific
Cleveland, Ohio
Wm. Walton
Obkinnans
Toledo
BagLey
Os . Louis
I. Weeatt
Sinakecuere
Cincinnati Wheat
Porkk
New Indianapolis
East Liberty
Heereeee
Bio Socepte
Stfc Teer
Denver, Col
Illinois
Victor Hoco
Adele
Maharaja Sir
Runo-o-deeph Sing
Nepaul
Ers Meyer
Winada II
Coe
Sarah Bernhardt
Ohio State News
Charles Green
Baltimore and Ohio
Wm. W. Jackson
Miami County
Perry Adams
Brighton
Pittsburgh and
Lake Erie
Youngstown
New York Central Road
Prailty
Horsford’s
C. Ellis
Wabash, Ind
Tor
Caswell, Hazzard & Co
Giarts
Philadelphia Chronicle-Heral
Ely
Charlotte Parker
Waverly, N. Y
Drs. Starkey & Palen
Girard St
Philo
Perry Davis
Iit
Weuliit Biah
P.so
John Kuhn
Wm. Hall
Tom
R. W. Hanrata
Lic
Drugg'ste
Linan
Mes
Sean
Masten
Poland
Lowell Bos
Gifford
Lowell
Boston & Lowell Railroad
David Kennedy
Kondout
N.Y
Hostetter
Prickly Ash Bitters CO
Kansas City
Smith
Bull
Maln St
Louisville, KY
Mark
Hops and Malt Bitters Co
Detroit, Mich
P. C. Pailou
Monkton
B. N. Clark
Hero
C. M. Summerlin
Santa
Wells, Richardson & CO
Burlington Vt
Catarr Ii
Crean
T. Carr
Elzabeth
Liam
Aple
Guipr
Montgomery Ward & CO
Wabach Avenue
Acheme
Ridge
Om Woolrich & CO. Co
Ars
S & Kimberly
Bridgeport
Connectica
Sarge Tadozus Fren
G @anWorks
Pittsbar
Kidder
Cernaes Baristuna
National, Publishing CO
Mayo & Co
la Sal la Salle E St
Payne
Frazer
Ken Welling
Jocaseut
Clepameks
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