Fire at Drehman Hemp Factory Kills Several Workers
A Cincinnati blaze at Henry Drehman & Co. 252 Walnut St gut the six story brick factory. The fire began in a gas jet and trapped workers on the upper floors. Four missing women and several men were later listed among the casualties as rescuers sought survivors.
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Walnut Street
Evening Times- Star
Times-Star
News-Journal
Volksbiat
Henry Drehman
Gus Huber
Rachel King
Drehman
Nellie Kelly
East Sixth Street
Drehman & Co
Mary Burke
Bessie Brady
Fritz Huber
Maggie Lee
Rosa O’connnell
Mary Lynch
Mary. Glascheen
Robbery and acquittal unrest after Nantasket stage attack
A Nantasket Beach illumination drew about twenty thousand to Boston area festivities when a gang attacked a ten person party traveling by stage Minnie from East Weymouth. Edward Hawley was beaten, robbed, and injured as suspects fled toward Hingham. Acquittal of Frank James in a separate Winston train robbery case sparks mixed public reaction in Missouri and Kansas City.
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East Weymouth
Nantasket
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James Burke
Thomas McFawn
David Queen
Hingham
Louis
Kk Post-Dispatch
Frontiatin
Wallace Close
Frank
Missouri
Jim Cummings
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McMillan
Wallace
Frank James
Winston
Luther James
Kansas City
Hamilton
Hicktin
Westfall
Sheets
Gallatin
Liddell
James
Crittenden
Minnesota
Illinois Post Offices Renamed and Local Crimes Reported
The Atterberry Station post office in Menard County is renamed Atterberry with Greenberg Atterberry as postmaster. Salisbury in Sangamon County gets Daniel C. Pelham as postmaster. A farmer near Litchfield loses $100 to Rankin and Clements who posed as auctioneers. Burglaries and a train wreck with mules killed are noted. Multiple fires and deaths follow in Carmi Blooming ton and Springfield. A pastor invents a grave-placing crane. A rich Calhoun farmer is killed by a blind horse. The Lincoln Park artesian well draws attention for health claims. A West Chicago maker faces burglary. A Warren County case involves mutilated remains in a trunk.
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Menard County
Atterberry
Greenberg Atterberry
Daniel C. Pelham
Salisbury
Sangamon County
Litchfield
Montgomery County
Rankin
Clements
Decatur
Ziegler & Reinwald
Carmi
White County
John M. Palmer
Springfield
St. John’s Hospital Association
City
Stubblefield & Co
Bloomington
William M. Pope
Carrollton
Greene County
Southern Illinois Press Association
Elder du Quoin
Perry County
Hesse
Samuel C. Hornbeck
Macon County
A. B. Morrison
Morrison
Washington
George Smith
Calhoun
Richland County
Mr. Smith
Lincoln Park
Chicago
Waukesha
Wis
Lake
George D. Howard
John Bishop
East Dubuque
Daviess County
Elmer Fisher
Saybrook
McLean County
Cornell
Blue Mound Township
John Melton
Weir
Monmouth
Warren County
The Surviving Twin and Federal Interference in Elections
A nationalist critic denounces federal meddling in local elections arguing the Constitution limits federal power to state and local affairs. He recalls 1882 New York votes over Folger vs Cleveland and warns federal officers are used to sway Black voters in the South, endangering the republic.
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Appomattox
United States
South
New York
Folger
Cleveland
Empire State of the Union
Sieule
Certai Camadehcad
Treasury
The Java Horrors Telegraphed Disaster Update
The Governor of the Dutch East Indies states Telekbelong may be totally destroyed by a volcanic eruption. The surrounding district is inaccessible and Lampong reports silence. Lights are out at several Straits lighthouses. Tieringine tidal wave destruction and Browning 10 000 deaths are confirmed. Christian Jacobson, painter, killed at Grand Pacific Hotel by elevator failure.
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Tre HaGueg
Dutch East Indies
Telekbelong
Lampong
Sumatra
Tieringine
Christian Jacobson
Grand Pacific Hotel
Chicago
Peter Cooper Monument Fund Seeks Small Donations
In New York on September 7, the Peter Cooper monument fund appeals for nickels and other contributions. Boxes placed at ferries and scattered around the city yielded many small sums from two to nineteen cents during examination. The scheme is not abandoned.
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Peter Cooper
An Acrostic of Reform and Revolution
A critical poem laments corruption and inequality in governance and industry. It accuses monopolists, biased taxation, and political elites of stifling reform while workers suffer, urging the people to reject fraudulent rule and demand accountability. The verse calls for decisive action against entrenched power.
Public Opinion Favors Local Lawmakers Over Federal Invasion
A New York Tribune style argument contends public opinion and national intelligence oppose federal overreach. It warns against destroying the government of the fathers and upholding local control of elections and officers.
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New York Tribune
Letters Reveal Corruption in 1880 Republican Campaign
The Boston Post exposes letters between Garfield Dorsey Blaine New and others showing money and favoritism used to buy votes. It claims Garfield knew of the schemes to swing Indiana Ohio and urges reforms as the Republican party faces defeat.
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New York Sun
Durin
Garfield
Arthur
Dorsey
Jewell
Blaine
Allison
New
Tom Platts
John M. Forbes
Bacon Smith
Ohio
Paa9
Deacon Smith
Mr. Jewell
Indiana
John C. New
Foston
Democratic Warning on Republican Tactics in New York
A New York political column argues Republicans will seek to split the Democratic vote and win patronage to capture New York in 1884. It urges unity, warns against trading with Republicans, and condemns any fusion or “citizens” ticket as a trap. An unrelated note mentions an incendiary fire setup in Lingford Connecticut involving a carriage and turpentine.
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New York
Democratic State Committee
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Citizens
Tammany
Re Icans
Lingford
Conn
Wal
Drowned bodies remain unrecovered due to lake quicksands
In Lake Winnipiscogee New Hampshire the failure to recover drowning victims is attributed to the presence of quicksands near the cold springs at the lake bottom.
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Winnipiscogee
New Hampshire
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