Notable historical glimpses from The Weekly Historian
A compact update from centuries past notes: in France the first power loom was set up for cloth weaving, Washington DC allocated 200 dollars for the first chief of police, the USS Constitution and Commodore Preble captured African captives, Lombard of Prussia offered to mediate with Russia, 38,000 Irishmen issued a rebel manifesto in London, and Lord Russell faced arrest. Seventy five years earlier Czar Nicholas II visited besieging Russian forces at Varna, Yale students threatened strike, Henry Clay journeyed to Lexington, and the brig Suffolk sailed from New York with aid for captive Greeks.
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France
Washington, D. C
United States
Constitution
Prebla
Mediterranean
Lombard
Prussia
Russia
England
London
Lord Russell
Czar Nicholag
Vatun
Bulgaria
Yale College
Henry Clay
Lexington
Washington
Bia
Suffolk
New York
Fifty Years Ago Corner Stone Laid and Notable Events
Fifty years past report notes Plymouth Massachusetts cornerstone laid for Pilgrim Monument. Weekly yellow fever deaths reach five hundred in New Orleans. Patrick O Donohue Irish patriot arrested in Boston for challenging a duck. Slushing L I marks anniversary of slave liberation in British West Indies. William Lloyd Garrison and others address Myering. Edward Everett cites $120,000,000 spent on alcohol in ten years with 300,000 lives lost, 250,010 imprisoned, 100,000 children sent to the poorhouse.
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Plymouth
Mass
New Orleans
Patrick O'Donohue
Boston
British West Indies
Slushing
L. 1
William Taoyd Garrison
Edward Everett
Brite
United States
Kentucky Unionists Elect Bramlotte Governor by 2380 Votes
Forty years ago Bramlotte was chosen as governor by a margin of 2380 in Kentucky Unionist ranks with mass drafts into the Union army in Philadelphia and Washington. The Chicago City Council approved the first Lake Michigan water works tunnel plan. Mail service resumed between New Orleans and Cairo after Civil War disruption. An anti-Southern group formed in Manchester to counter Confederate agents. The sheriff of Kxoknk County appealed for troops to quell 4000 copperheads in a regional clash.
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Bramlotte
Philadelphia
Washington
D. C
Chieags
Lake Michigan
New Orleans
Cairo
Manchester
England
Kxcoknk County
Turbulent Era Headlines Span Illness Deaths and Political Upheaval
Thirty years ago stock prices fell due to Commodore Vanderbilt's illness. Cholera deaths were reported in Carmi Illinois and LaGrange Kentucky, while a Don Carlos movement stirred among Ticban revolutionists. Wheat hit 1821 a bushel on the Chicago Board of Trade via a Lyon corn. French troops returned to Nancy as Germans evacuated. Mount Vesuvius eruption frightened Torre del Greco. Lynching by kuklux in Maysville Georgia. Southern Cotton Exposition opened in Louisville by President Arthur. Edison abandoned invention for business. Irish informer James Carey shot near Cape Lown aboard a vessel.
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New York
Commodore Vanderbilt
Carmi
Lagrange
Don Carlos
Chicago Board of Trades
J. B. Lyon
Nancy
Tiaying
Enya
Vesuvius
Torre del Greco
Maysville
Kuklux
Louieville
Chester A. Arthur
Komnasx A. Edison
James Carey
Cape Lown
Ten Years Ago at Chicago World’s Fair Debts and Protests
A historical wrap notes the fair's first half closed with no total indebtedness of 0.831 million dollars. It reports 700,000 spindler halted at Fall River due to hard times, and Allen W. Pharman Jr of Ohio elected chairman of a free silver convention in Chicago. One thousand unemployed men arrived from the West, with 400 marching on Jefferson Street seeking work.
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Fall River
Mays
Allen W.pharman, Jr
Ohio
Chicago
Jefferson Street
Cold Weather Delays Crops Across Northern States
The weekly crop summary reports widespread delays from New England to the Northwest due to freezing temperatures and frosts. While the South shows better conditions with rain needed in Gulf regions, the central Rockies remain very dry and drought affecting winter wheat, corn, oats, and hay. Harvesting progresses unevenly with yields varing from excellent to disappointing across regions including Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Ohio, Michigan, and Minnesota.
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Nether Bureau
New England
North Taeltic
North Dakota
West Gulf
South
Activide
East Gulf States
Miswiasippi
Rocky Mountains
Texaa
Nebraska
Kan
Ohio Valley
Rocky Mountain
Gornle
Iowa
Kanans
Ilinois
Iake
Missouri
New York
Michigan
South Dakota
Nebranke
Oregon
Washington
Iown
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Tennsylvania
Cotton
Oklahoma
Indiana
Ohio
Upper Peninsula
Secretary Hay Grandfathered in Family News
Mrs J W Wadsworth, Jr, daughter of Secretary of State John Ifans, is mother of Evelyn a healthy baby named after Mrs ay the grandmother. Willie Sella loses suit against his mother's estate while a Topeka widow dies leaving claims. Col Street Ames, Minneapolis police chief under Mayor Amox, sent to state prison for bribery after six and a half years.
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J. W. Wadsworth
J. W. Wadsworth, Jr
John Ifans
Evelyn
Willie Sella
Elvena
Alice Bells
Topeka
Kan
Willie
Sait
Col. Street Ames
Polce
Minneapolis
Minn
A. A. Amox
Bullwater
Massacre Survivors From Kishene y Return to Boston
Relatives of Kishene y massacre survivors, Itven and Chaim Goldstein, 24 and 22, pass through Ellis Island aboard the Batavia en route to Boston where their parents and siblings live. They recount mobs attacking Jews, with brothers hiding in a Christian cellar and witnesses describing mutilations. Salmon Honderman, an 18 year old Jewish boy detained on Ellis Island, tells of killings and shelters provided by Christians as mob violence spread after a religious service.
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Kinkeney
Maasacre
Eilid Island
Batavia
Itven
Chaim Goldstein
Boston
New York Tribune
Marion Street
Kisheney
Ellis Island
Barcelona
Hamburg
St. Joseph
Salmon Honderman
Reden
Galinsky Square
Worry and Break down Demand Better Amusements
A New York Herald view argues for tighter healthier amusements to counter worry and breakdown among ambitious workers. It cites brain fatigue from modern pressures, urging more absorption in leisure activities like golf and opera to relieve strain and prevent mental decline.
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The
New York Herald
Allen's Foot Ease Ad and Rail Schedule Tidbits
A mixed page item notes Allen's Foot-Kake powder for foot relief and shoe comfort. It mentions an after dinner train beginning Aug 2 from Kansas City with a new No.4 schedule, and brief references to trans Pacific ships from Newport News and volcanic lore. The piece includes scattered ads and miscellany.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
Coven
Biberis
Newport News
Kansas City Union Depot
Texas
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Veras
Pluto
Winslow
P Conlin's Aches Relieved by Dean's Pills Doctor Says
A reader from Carbondale, Pa. describes long standing kidney and back pains, swelling, and dropsy symptoms eased after using Dean's Pills. The testimonial claims rapid relief from aches in the back hips legs and general weakness, with improved urination and energy.
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Doan
Tola Palow
Dean
Ballevo
Senator Butler Endorses Peruna For Dyspepsia
U S Senator M C Butler of South Carolina endorses Peruna for dyspepsia and stomach trouble in a Washington letter to ThePeruna Medicine Co. He claims Peruna cures catarrh and aids natural digestion, noting it as safer than artificial methods. The endorsement emphasizes Peruna as a catarrhoen and asserts its superiority in treating stomach catarrh and related digestion issues.
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C-U. 8
M. C. Butler
South Garona
Perna Medicine Co
Washington, D. C
Sisiff
Peruna
Peruos
Vronehia
Hartman Salitarium Advice Offered in Columbus Letter
A fragmented plea advises writing to Dr. Hartman, President of the Hartman Salitarium in Columbus for what is described as valuable guidance. The text mentions Peruna and requests a full statement of one’s situation to obtain his aid.
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Peruna
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Salitarium
Columbus
Anyon
Paxton Ga
Columbus Ave
Boxton
Man
Sale
Chica ' Bey Apaper Union
Jafforsan
Ft - Ohta
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Berlous
Kelly
Foster-Auburn Co
Buffalo
Ales
U. S
South Carolina
Perina
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Hophoier
Nenior
Goursas
Dutor
Will
Rae Y A. Morre
Ian Thompson
Wen
Drogeisla
Dr. Caldwell
Pepsin Syrup Company
Monticello
Ill
Pais
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