Attempted abduction and other week’s news from Taylorville
The week reports an alleged attempted abduction of Emma Bond in Taylorville Illinois while she remains vulnerable from past brutal treatment. It also notes Dr Solomon a Pasteur disciple to study germ theory under the Agricultural Bureau and other items including Crees and Piegans clashes, bank embezzlement, fires, and weather events.
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Taylorville
Ill
Emma Bond
Emma
Commissioner of Agriculture
Solomon
Pasteur
Agricultural Bureau
United States
Interior Department
New York
Bessemer Steel Works
Cleveland
Montana
Irish Land League of America
Ireland
Little Rock & Fort Smith
Ozark, Ark
Keighley
Youngstown Coke Company
Edde
Uniontown
Duncan DoLes
Byers’ Station
Katie A. Jupp
Newport
R. I
Eureka Cotton Mills
Mount Airy
N. C
Limerick
Nashua
N. H
Second National Bank of
Columbus
Packer
Lost Creek
Fort
Conrad
Charleston
Arizona
Richard Crowley
Texas
San Antonio
Merchants’ and Planters’ Bank of Montgomery
Ala
Huacheua
Canada
Political and civic notes from the era a snapshot of 19th century events
Rhode Island Democrats nominate ex Governor Sprague for governor at Providence on the 20th. Tennessee abolishes public executions. Thomas J. Stephens is Cincinnati mayoral nominee. A Forty seventh Congress salary bill for postmasters is inoperative. President Arthur appoints George R. Gage U S Judge for Southern Ohio. Suspension of Territory of Montana judge E J Conger amid charges. Star route trial Brady testifies. Sherman defends mail routes in the Territories. Ohio clerks issuing citizenship certificates declared legal, affecting many who thought themselves citizens. Payne’s remains arrive in New York. Kentucky Prohibition nominating convention set for Louisville April 19. Treasury official Law rence says tobacco rebate does not extend to dealers. James Russian Lowell named candidate for St Andrews rector. Wisconsin Assembly rejects women voting for school officers. Massachusetts Executive Council rejects Butler for Insurance Commissioner. Plympton nominated again. Doun G Dank of Inman Line dies. Rev S B Halliday celebrates golden wedding. A $1700 gift and a stamp change on the two cent note are noted.
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Rhode Island
Providence
Sprague
Tennessee
Thomas J. Stephens
Cincinnati
Arthur
George R. Gage
United States
Ohio
William White
E. J. Conger
Montana
Washington
Brady
Sherman
Cuyahoga County
District Court
Cleveland
John Howard Payne
New York
Kentucky
Louisville
Lawrence
Treasury Department
James Russian Lowell
Court of St. James
St. Andrew’s University
B. Halliday
Henry Ward Beecher
Brooklyn
General Grant
Marshall Jewell
Discharges Irish Workers Over Alleged Links to Assassins
A Birkenhead employer sent home all his Irish employees saying he would not disgrace himself by employing people who foster assassins. A Russian student recently arrived is noted in the same report.
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Birkenhead
Eng
British Judge Sr Garaah Miless Dies After Illustrious Career
The first Jewish person to serve as a judge in Britain, Sr Garaah Miless, died on the 1st. He had served as Master of the Rolls at the British High Court of Chancery. Reports of threats to the Canterbury Deanery during a new Archbishop’s installation were denied by a London telegram.
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Garaah Miless
Great Britain
High Court of Chancery
Canterbury
London
Vienna
Mount Tna
Tue
Honolulu
Sandwich Islands
Belfast
Ireland
Armagh
Burns
America
Wagner
Cardinal Manning
Canada
Windsor Palace
Victoria
Don Carlos
Spain
Switzerland
Nova Scotia
Sherbrooke
Bernard Gilroy
Buffalo
N. Y
San Francisco
Australia
Queensland
Mount Etna
Flavups
St. Petersburg
Russia
Politician Hows dies at 67 and other late 19th century items
Postmaster General Timothy O Hows dies in Kenosha Wisconsin of pneumonia aged sixty eight. He served in Maine legislature and was a circuit judge in Green Bay before three U S Senate terms. He held the post under Arthur from 1881 until his death. Also reported: Apache raids in Arizona with three hundred fighters. Montreal sewing factory fire causing heavy losses. severe wind and rain in Texas. Admiral Thomas Turner dies in Philadelphia. New Orleans flood damage from the Mississippi. Thibodeaux levee breach. Rhode Island to back straight Democratic slate vs fusion. Eldorado jail fire kills inmate Frank Hamilton. Chicago Republicans nominate Eugene Cary for mayor. French election note on Suats Lacroux winning a seat. Irish treasurer Patrick Egan arrives in Chicago promoting Irish unity. Queen Victoria's health largely good but mobility limited. Secretary Parnell’s condition described as epilepsy of the face.
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Timothy O. Hows
Kenosha
Wis
Maine
Green Bay
United States Senate
Arthur
I&1
Thomas L. James
Arizona
San Carlos Reservation
Williams
Montreal
Texas
Thomas Turner
United States Navy
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Thibodeaux
Rhode Island
Sprague
Eldorado
Kan
Frank C. Hamilton
Chicago
Eugene Cary
Suats
Onp Lacroux
Chamber of Deputies
Gambetta
Paris
Patrick Eean
Irish Land League
Hess ‘H
Irish National League
Vicronta
Papi Sup
Attack on Lady Dixie Near Windsor Leaves No Injuries
London reports Lady Florence Dixie was attacked near Windsor by two men in women's clothes. Her dress was cut, she swooned, saved by her St Bernard dog, and she recovered after about an hour. The incident sparked Irish political speculation, with figures in New York disputing Irish organization involvement and offering varied theories. An eagle seven feet from tip to tip was killed in Covington County, Alabama, while attacking a sheep.
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London
Florence Dixie
Windsar
Florence
New York Herald
Ireland
Leicestershire
St. Bernard
Windsor Road
Windsor
Florence Dixig
Land League
Covington County
Ala
Family labor and praise shape two farming girls
Two scenes contrast a stubborn farm girl who resents chores with Rose a thirteen year old who lovingly assists her ailing father. The piece argues praise over blame in child labor and reflects on how appreciation affects willing work and moral growth.
Governor General’s Travel Costs Reported in Northwest Trip
One fourth of the salary of the Mac was deducted during CGovernor-General of Canada’s absence and paid to the Administrator of the Government. The traveling expenses for the Governor General and staff on their Northwest Territories trip totaled $7,140.
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Lorne
Anada
Northwest Territories
Temperance and Religion Impress Connecticut Statues
Connecticut shows strong temperance and religious influence with about 118 saloon-keepers versus around 1,050 clergymen. The public message condemns pistol and street violence as unbrave and unchivalrous, urging youths to reject such conduct per the Constitution.
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Connecticut
No Windows In 219000 French Houses, Doctor Notes
Dr. Proust told the Academy of Medicine last year that there were at least 219 270 houses in France without a window. The claim highlights housing deficiencies cited in medical journals.
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Proust
Academy of Medicine
France
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