Destruction of Banxum’s Museum in New York
The Dixon Sun notes Banxum’s loss exceeding 250000 dollars from a museum and menagerie fire in New York. It mentions rare animals including two United States only giraffes worth 80000, claiming his collection was the nation’s most valuable natural history set.
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P.T. Banxum
New York
United States
Cathcart Taylor
Philadelphia
Rrss
Susan B. Antnoxy
Rochester
N. Y
United States District Court
Center Street
Seventh Ward Baptist
Williamsport
Harry Grace
Homer Lane
America
New York City
Riverside Park
Stokes
Fisk
Paris
Rail smashups during Christmas week claim many lives
Reported railway disasters across several lines include the Buffalo Corry and Pittsburgh, Indianapolis Peru and Chicago, and a Cincinnati area accident. Dozens are injured or killed as trains derailed, cars overturned, and fires broke out while blocked routes caused exposure and frost deaths in Indiana.
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Buffalo, Corry and Pittsburgh
Indianapolis, Peru and Chicago
Cincinnati
Newton
Kansas
Washington
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Indiana
Unsteady Holidays Amid Ice and War News
Trains congealed on roads and steamers damaged by Ohio River floods. Deaths from exposure rise nationwide as December weather brings widespread misfortune. James Anxtosy Frever sails home. Ten Ku Klux from the South reach Albany Penitentiary, including a South Carolina Baptist cleric. Cuba reports cattle epizootic. Senator Sumner worsens. George Francis Train allegedly knows Credit Mobilier details but remains silent.
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Ohio River
James Anxtosy Frever
South
Albany Penitentiary
South Carolina
Cuba
Sumner
George Francis Train
Credit Mobilier
Western personals and political notes from Crawford county items
A collage of light anecdotes and political history cites centenarians and famous names. Reports mention Mrs Mary Snyder at 108 retiring to Paris, Booth's Theater advertising, and Vice President Henry Wilson as eleventh to hold the office. Also notes McClellan swindle reports, and a Port Jervis curiosity with movable heart.
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Diep
Crawford County
Mary Snyder
Curve Logan (Sykes
Paris
George
McClellan
Arizona
Waggoner
Memphis
Peter Ink
Knox County
Ohio
William Finn
Henry Wison
Burr
Calhoun
R. M. Johnson
van Buren
Tyler
Dallas
King
Breckinridge
Hamlin
Andrew Johnson
A. Johnson
Monroe
J. Q. Adams
Harrison
Pierce
John Adams
Jefferson
Fillmore
Greeley Husked Corn at Aunt’s Gaines Farm
An Aunt of Horace Greeley, Mrs. Dwinell, lived near Gaines. When Greeley planned to speak at the County Fair, he joined workers at his aunt’s farm, helped husk corn, and ensured everyone could attend his address.
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Orleans
N. Y
Horace Greeley
Dwinell
Gaines
Burial claim sparks contemplation on life after death
The Christian Observer notes that among millions buried alive, cemeteries across Europe report no revived cases after burial. The editor cites tests where bodies are kept and examined, concluding revival never occurs.
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The
Christian Observer
Europe
Census Shows North South Gap in Churches and Wealth
The census compares six New England states with 5,421 churches to six Southern states with 11,567 churches despite similar white populations. It notes total U S churches 62,522 with 21,395,54 percent sittings and 16,720,090 unprovided worshippers, plus $349,619,780 in church property value. It lists denominations by strength and density, discusses growth rates, and highlights vast occupational figures including 2,512,664 agricultural workers and 2,905,030 farmers, with notable counts of women in various roles.
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New England
Atlantic
Territories
District of Columbia
Disciples of Wesley
Whitefield Tower
Lautan Basra
Eiveese
RRO
CS Ca
Cceeccas
BSIRO
Phi Postale Esta Dec
STC Vries Foe
Ceos Bude Dee Ee Eee
Spiiemorgar Heed
Sabo
Rat Ne
Ebenezer
United States
Army Corps Ad Infinitum
New York World
Prince Bismarck’s 141 Societies Honorary Distinction
The note explains that Bismarck’s 141 memberships in German societies are honorary and require no regular dues payment, protecting him from annual financial obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Bismarck
Trans portation by balloons proposed with large capital ask
A Frenchman touts a balloon based system claiming to move 14,000,000 tons daily around the world needing only 4,900,000 dollars. The piece also reports on a general war against state schooling in Germany and notes sweeping Japanese educational expansion plans including hundreds of schools. It quotes Gaillard, Sr., of La Commune, vowing reprisals and educational restrictions targeting the rich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
H. G. and the Beggars and Horace Greeley
New York Letter recalls Horace Greeley as a victim of impecunious cheats. Though opposed to lending, he repeatedly funded constant impostors, totaling near fifty thousand dollars over twenty five years. He vowed reform weekly, but generosity persisted, drawing borrowers to the Tribune office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Greeley
Joan
Grea
Greeley
7Ribune
New York Letter
Liver Complaint and the Liver as Health Housekeeper
Bilious complaints called liver disease are common with yellowing of the skin, right side pain, and coughing. The liver, the body’s largest gland, purifies blood and bile, and climate shifts can impair its function. Carrier Nia Vinegar Brrrers is praised as restoring liver health.
Our Boys for January Opens Chipperer and Brighter Than Ever
A festive issue of American Boys’ Own Journal announces a January start with Charlies Diehl memoirs and a continuation of Sturdy and Steady and Lance and Lasso. It features short stories poetry puzzles and original illustrations and offers subscriptions at 31 a year or 25 cents per issue for three or more subscribers.
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Charlies Diehl
Lance
Lasso
Gur Poys
Chicago
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Petroleum Y. Nasby
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Locke
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M. Pauu Janet
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H. G.” and the Beggars
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