News of the Week from The Dixon Sun July items
The Dixon Sun reviews mid year events from July including the Boston Jubilee appearances Irish band and questions on East River Bridge cost. It reports Erie Railroad suit against Jay Gould and New York Senate impeachment of Judge McCann. Notes on Long Branch races weather rail accidents fires and crimes across cities.
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Boston
East River Bridge
New York City
Erie Railroad
Jay Gould
New York Senate
McCann
Pension Office
Long Branch
Harper
Longfellow
Tarry Bassett
Littleton
John Harper
John Robinson
West Haven
New York
Secarcely
Long Island
N. Y
Budd Doble
Dexter
Bonner
Joe Elliott
Doble
John P. Bigelow
America
New York Times
Erie
New York Central
Commodore Vanderbilt
Margaret Elliott
Jane
Utica
N.Y
Erie and Central
Philadelphia
John H. McCann
State Senate
E. L. Sanderson
Brooklyn Union
Brooklyn
Suicide at St Louis River Ferry Deep Body
Hagmann jumped from a ferry boat into the river at St Louis and killed himself on July 9. At about the same hour Mrs Ellen Allen poisoned herself with Paris green. The reported cause in both cases is whisky.
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Teteee
Hagmann
St. Louis
Ellen Allen
Paris Green
Notable Emigration Fears Prompt Imperial Repression Plans
Berlin reports growing German emigration to America concerns the Imperial Government. Measures to curb the exodus are being seriously considered amid unrest. Also, a fatal explosion and fire in a Glasgow flour mill killed eleven and injured many. Mexican bulletins note assassination and kidnapping, United States Minister Nelson sails home, and Yuclan's execution in Cuba sparks debate. General Rosecrans censures Mexican journals over railroad plans. Monterey situation remains unchanged.
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Robert Pratz
Berlin
London Standard
Germany
America
Glasgow
Scotland
Mexico
United States
Nelson
Yuclan
Cuba
Rosecrans
Monterey
Papers Free of Stamps After Next October
An internal revenue circular lists papers and documents to be stamp free after October 1 next. It remov es stamp duties from contracts against accidents affidavits agreements or renewals appraisements assignments bills of exchange proofs of stock or damage and many others. The only stamp tax retained will be a two cent stamp on bank checks.
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Internal Revenue
United States
Presidential Election Dates Listed for Various States
The document lists election days for many states and territories with August, September, October and November dates. The Presidential election is set for November 5 in all states.
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North Carolina
Kentucky
Montana Territory
Utah Territory
New Mexico Territory
California
Vermont
Maine
Colorado Territory
Dakota Territory
Indiana
Iowa
Nebraska
Ohio
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
West Virginia
Alabama
Arkansas
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Kansas
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Nevada
New Jersey
New York
Tennessee
Virginia
Wisconsin
Arizona Territory
District of Columbia
Opera Thriller Draws Eleven Hours at Dresden Doors
A crowd waited outside a Dresden theater for eleven hours to hear Pauline Lucca perform in Faust. Separate notes recall a 1871 German census showing 41,085,616 people with 752,347 more women than men.
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Dresden
Pauline Lucca
Germany
England
Daily Courant
Elizabeth Mallett
London
House of Commons
Ireland
Gold Pen Buried In Maj Morderwill Body Surfaces
From Geneseo Republic: Maj. Morderwell believed a neck boil was harmless but doctors later found a gold pen fragment issued from the wound. The ball entered the stomach during a Tennessee battle, exited near the spine, and portions of a gold pen and silver case have emerged over years. The Major hopes most of the metal is out as pieces continue to surface.
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Lizzie
Robert Dole
Milwaukee
John Brennen
Toledo
Ohio
Illinois
Chcaco
Michigan
Saginew Valley
Geneseo Republic
Maj. Murderwell
Tennessee
Morderweill
Mexican Revenge Sparks Corsican Vengeance Tale
A Mexican ranchero named Miguel near Zacatecas killed Realjo in a duel years ago. Realjo grew to seek vengeance, poisoning Miguel’s daughter and wife, then confronting Miguel who killed Realjo with a swift stroke. Realjo died boasting of partial vengeance as the Emperor of Germany receives daily three hundred pleas for funds.
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Corsica
Miguel
Zacatecas
Realjo
Guel
Realto
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