News of the Week from Washington and beyond in 1883
A long compilation from All Quarters covers the Hawaiian money order treaty signed by Gresham and the Hawaiian minister, pension office delays blamed on claimants, railway mail chief Vandervoort’s dismissal, and a summary of circulating money and coin totals. It also lists accidents, crimes, shipwrecks, weather impacts, political conventions, and notable deaths, with multiple regional items across the East and Northeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Hawaiian Islands
Gresham
Pension ‘Office
Omaha
Paul Vandervoort
Mth
M. A. Dauphin
Louisville Lottery Company
Cier Jones
Pension Bureau
Department
Hundreds Die and Destructive Fires Plague Nation in One Report
A chaotic bulletin details multiple incidents across states including hangings in Danville Arkansas, poisonings in Cairo Illinois, abductions near St Louis, arson and wrecks in Cincinnati and Lexington, and a string of murders and accidents from Ohio to Wisconsin, with offshore disasters and cholera fears also noted.
Banks Refuse to Handle New Postal Notes in Chicago
Chicago bankers from the National and private sectors of the Clearing House Association sign or pledge to avoid accepting the new postal notes for deposit. They cite extra labor and risk of mispunching margins and expired three month limits as key objections. Merchants expect wider use despite bank opposition due to mail money limits and convenience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wmivago
National
Chicago
Associatio
Gage
1St National
Parker, C. T
Chicago Post Office
Georgia Girl Murders Rival Over Heir to Estate
A Georgia dance ends in a fatal attack as Miss Mabel Smith battles Miss Roxy Wilson over a country swain with a $10,000 estate. Wilson fatally wounds her aunt before a second attempt on the swain is thwarted and Wilson is arrested. The tale notes the killers’ backgrounds and the heir’s wealth. A separate line mentions Michel Geoffery, the Parsifal actor, dying aged sixty three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Black Shear
Pierce County
Mabel Smith
Roxy Wilson
Miss Smith
Miss Wilson
Bursted Balloon Escape At Exposition Grounds
A balloon ascent by Prof. Warner ended suddenly when the gas burst the balloon at altitude. The car dropped almost to the ground, striking a chimney and grazing a house before the professor stepped out unharmed aside from minor scratches. The ascent had carried him solo, saving his life in the rapid descent. The event followed by fashion notes on autumn dresses and millinery trends with ornate embroidery and fabrics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serrspunin
Exposition Grounds
Prof. Warner
Warner
Fatally Injured on the Ball Field in Wanasa Ind
Charles McConnell a North Manchester Club book-keeper was struck at second base during a game with Wabash. Ring the Wabash captain collided with him. physicians called the injuries fatal. The incident drew strong condemnation from local onlookers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanasa
Ind
North Manchester
Wabash Nine
Charles McConnell
Ring
Wabash
Placid Man Traps Rat as Dogs Clash on Michigan Avenue
In Detroit a man exits a saloon with a rat in a trap and places it in the street. A crowd of about thirty men brings dogs to seize the rat, but the placid trapper calmly releases it as dogs retreat unharmed. The episode ends with the crowd amused by the cry it was a crockery rat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Anina
Aispaven
Santon
Rome
America
United States
St. Johns
N. F
Proteus
Greeley
Smith’s Sound
Pike
Jon J. Jones
Amherstburgh
Ont
Detroit River
Martin Luther
Wittenburg
Prussia
Michigan Avenue
Detroit Free Press
Buffalo man faces stagecoach hold up in Montana over debts
A Buffalo man traveling through Montana last spring was stopped by road agents while inspecting a new clothing store site. He offered to assign to his brother Moses at twenty cents on the dollar, then proposed thirty cents with threats of bankruptcy and his wife’s cash, but the robbers demanded payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yell County
Danville
Ark
John Coker
Dr. Flood
Pellit Jean River
Coker
Daniel
Flood
Mary Churchill
St. Louis
Chihuahua
Mexico
Jackson
el Paso
Tex
Johnson
Cincinati
Henry P. Blesing
W.F. Shellman
Blessing
Kansas
Kansas Sugar Refining Company
Hutchison
Peter Kohebeck
Milwaukee
Wis
Nick Rodermann
Michael Corbett
Columbus
McLane Ranch
Colorado
Lexington Street Railway Company
Lexington
Atlanta
Cleveland
Cleveland Rolling Mills
OxLanoma” Payne
Wichita
Kan
Smithville
N. C
Washington
Joseph Pune
Grapeville
Westmoreland County
Joan Jenkins
Niles
Charleston
D. C
Catherine
New York
Jacksonville
Fla
Tor Chicago Daily News
Manrix
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Deshler
Marrit & Co
Aurora
Ind
Albert Lea
Minn
Habntown
Jeffersonville
Joseph Byers
Martha Buchanan
Byers
Halentown
Buchanan
United States Express Company
Muncie
Junction City
Perry County
Barbara Miller
Richmond
Standard Oil Company
Rock Station
Cooper-Shop
Benton
Greenfield
Iowa
Adair County Court House
Horace Spooner
Transcript
Randolph
Charles Snell
May Quigley
Shelbyville
Lucinda
Wabash
John Noftsinger
King
Cincinnati, Washington & Baltimore Railway
Cozaddale
Cincinnati
Peter Snell
Gustave Grossenbacher
Cleveland (O
H. Moore
J. H. Wengel
James Knight
Cheyenne
W. T
Wengel
Cyrus C. Jonxson
Dayton
Fort Wayne
Pedro
Richards
Bagley
Wellsville
Andrew Sha ® Carpenter
Mount Pleasant
Lancaster
Butler
Henrietta
Texas
Sherwood
Swift
Warner Observatory
Draco
Warner
United States
Rio Janiero
Minnie Sarre
Blackwell's Island
Cit Mexico
Risle
Villard
Helena
M. T
Mullan
Rocky Mountains
Northern Pacific Railroad
Duluth
Tacoma
William M. Evarts
New York City
Ast Whitney
Congress
Great Lakes
Columbia River
Josiah Perham
New England
Perham
Smith
Vermont
Jay Cooke
Mr. Evarts
Thompson's Junction
Willard
Puget Sound
St. Paul
New Yor
Western Union
Broad Street
Garlington
Greely
St Joms’s
N. F
Smith Sound
Cape York
Proteus
Smith’s Sound
Pike
St Johns
God Haven Bay
Cisco Island
Cory Island
Colwell
Yantie
Pandora
Greenland
Northumberland Island
Upernavik
Waigate
Littleton Island
Yantia
Garlingtom J
Greeland
Cape Alexander
Cane Robertson
Cape Sabine
Pernavik
Arctic
Danish Harbor
Elburgh
Sophia
Pavy
Lady Franklin Bay
Linke
Arctic Circle
Yantic
Henry Wilson
Passeng
Montana
Buffalo
Shentlemens
Wall Street New
Personal and Literary Notes From 19th Century Columns
A collage of short notices: Rev New man Hall abandons a U S trip. Mont gomer y Blair's fortune cited as $75 000 against a quarter million. Sarah Winnemucca writes a Piute book for a Boston firm. E C Stedman builds a NH villa after a recent failure. Mrs S J Dunbar wins $100 for Colorado Springs Manitou article. Northern Pacific Railroad praised. Details of public figures changing names and roles illustrated with dated anecdotes and humor from several city papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newman Hall
United States
Montgomery Blair
Sarah Winnemucca
Boston
E. C. Stedman
New York
New Hampshire
Sun
S. J. Dunbar
Colorado Springs
Manitou
Boston Transcript
Northern Pacific Railroad
Villard
Wasington
Oakes
Chicago Inter- Ocean
Johu Baker
John Baker
John Jehu
Venezuela
Baker
Detroit Post
George Bancroft
Chicago Knights
York
Eng
Lorimer
Jocular quotes mix wit and wordplay across vignettes
A collage of humorous exchanges and puns from various sources. Rural manners, classroom quips, and genteel one liners appear with playful mischief as speakers twist language. The collection displays social foibles with light satire and regional flavor.
Copernicus and a Pork Merchant’s Daughter
In a Cincinnati mansion a pork merchant’s daughter debates Copernicus with a friend while her father muses on genius. He laments, If I had your brains I might have been a United States Senator from Ohio. The Brooklyn Eagle notes the humorous scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Pauline
Cleveland
Copernicus
Linade
Copernicus V
Paris
America
United States
Ohio
Brooklyn Eagle
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Defiance County Express
Frank
Culley
Defiance
News OF the Week
Athered
Allegheny City
William Romp
Cherryville
Stir Bank
Schenectady
Emmet O'Neill
Archibald Campbell
Elsworth P. Bertholt
Franklin Moeller
Annapolis
T. T. Fauntleroy
United States Army
Leesburg
Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States
Lehigh & Susquehannah
Easton
Lowell
Mass
Merrimac
Central Pacific
Pemberton and
Everett Mills
Joax H. Omtsnorm
Grand
Essex County
N. J
Long Island
Far Rockaway
Ada Lewis
Cow Bay
John Cooper
Cold Spring Harbor
Jane Parson
Oak Neck
New Jersey
Trenton
Leon Abbott
G. A. Warner
Pittsburgh Exposition
Philadelphia
Rosswell
Bearwster
Sandy Spring
Del
John McLean
Jon Q. Adams
Iss
J Wrutran Resyax
Millville
Columbia County
Jepson Smith
Aii
Waite
Taunton
George Hackett
Hackett
Hazarrox
Rist
Upper
Lehigh
Wowan
Harding
Foreign Intelligence
Delaware
Chester
York Counties
Ee Michel Geoffery
Jemima Susan
Oil City
Yonkers Statesman
Boar School
Harper's Bazar
Elise
Augustis
Louise
Atlas
Harford Post
Mike
Austin
Sur
Texas Siftings
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