Odd Fragments From Iowa And Beyond
A chaotic Indiana Jones style recap of diverse items: Chicago predictions on Promoter Grable, a stranded figure in St Louis, a Buffalo elevator claim, Nansen’s lecturing vs polar hunting, and odd notions like paper horseshoes and paper collars. Mentions Maryland governor on cash damages for lynching, mileage about murders, and a Cuban relief shipment of half a million grains of quinine. Contains references to world politics and curious contraptions with no single cohesive narrative.
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Maryland
Survivor of Balaklava Charge Resides in Chicago
The lone American survivor of the Light Brigade's Balaklava charge lives in Chicago. He recently won a thousand dollar verdict from the city for injuries caused by a defective sidewalk, illustrating how sidewalk faults can yield notable recompense compared with war pensions.
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Light Brigade
Balaklava
Chicago
Reverend Lewis Carroll Dods on Cheerful Religion
The article notes that many youths view clergy as solemn and religion as gloomy yet Lewis Carroll real name Charles L Dodgson was a Church of England clergyman whose death was recently announced. It suggests his works like Alice in Wonderland offered cheer and would have carried a warm religious lesson if published under his own name.
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Lewis Carroll
Charles L. Dodgson
Church of England
War experience and true patriotism in balance
A reflection on Lieut General Schofield's view in Forty Six Years in the Army that enduring patriotism thrives in peace as a steady flame, not in brief bonfires of war. The essay argues that disinterested devotion to country lights the home and nation without ongoing conflict.
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Schofield
Accountability shadows in social glare and trials
A recollection recalls a confirmed drunkard asked to fetch wine for the President's wife and choose not to drink. A wiser policy in recent administrations questions mere display of temperance. A Hinsdale farmer assaulted by rabbits seeks shelter in a barn amid a siege. Luetgert pursues another trial, hoping Mrs. Luetgert can testify to imply his release without new proceedings.
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Potomac
White House
Hinsdale
Ill
Klondike
Luetgert
War of 1812 Era Totals and Honors Outline
A compact review highlights Tipu Sobral’s attempts to gain fortification details from the Southern line, notes Sobral’s Spanish legation ties and potential trouble. It reports January internal revenue totaling 12 895 027 dollars, up 1 184 504 from 1807, and lists honors: William Melfield awarded a gold life saving medal for 1897 rescue near Mexico, Jose Mendes y Herrera and Mugento Montero y Reguera given loving cups for humane actions during the Dolphin wreck off Cuba in 1807.
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Wahaslington
War Department
Tipu
Sobral
Legation
William Aeimeld
Wee
Meyl
Department of State
William Melfield
Lis Levole
Dolphin
Mexico
United States
Jose Mendes Y Herrera
Mugento Montero Y Reguera
Accidental Manpenings Tells of Tragedy and Fire
A Wisconsin resident John Wolt died when a limb fell in Willow River woods. A seven year old Black boy saved a baby but perished from injuries after clothing caught fire. Six thousand bales of cotton stored in Genoa warehouse burned from spontaneous combustion. Cotton imports involved 4500 bales from New Orleans aboard the Spanish steamer Miguel W. Finallas and 1500 bales from Savannah aboard the British steamer Burk Ingham, arriving June 16.
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John Wolt
Beldonville
Wis
Willow River
Whitewright
J. B. Everhart
Genoa
New Orleans
Miguel W. Finillus
Savanant
Burk Ingham
Multiple Criminal and Personal News Items From A Patchwork
A list of varied incidents and notices includes a fatal stabbing in a state penitentiary involving Charles Reynolds, a Hannibal Missouri arrest for an alleged $600 fraud, a man who killed a white girl then took his own life in Oakland, and a school principal justified after striking a pupil with a poker. Also noted are sporting updates, chess championship plans, race meet preparations, and personal notices including deaths, engagements, and military assignments.
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Celmen
Celiinal
Juergert
Jank McTherson
Colorado Penitentiary
Charles Reynolds
George Murphy
Hannibal
Nora Griffin
Dayton
Henry Williams
Othel Gray
Oakland
Cal We
A. 3. Park
New Cambria
Memorial or Margate Ramsgate for Terrias Memory
Friends plan a memorial stebent at a beloved English seaside, avoiding a monument. The item notes the Terriss link and a divorce case involving the wife of a painter who eloped with Bourbon royalty, plus Milwaukee businessman Hamilton Powhsend dies in New Orleans of heart disease after seeking health relief.
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William Terrias
Margate
Terriss
Falehi
Bivira
Bourbon
Anthony
Hamilton Powhsend
South
New Orleans
Deati
Fragmented World Wire: Died in Berlin and War News Amid Fire
A jumble of notices reports Privy Corncillor Sehnabach dying in Berlin of apoplexy and other varied items. It notes a football killing and manslaughter conviction in London, Rand’s Opera lineage, a plague hospital fire in Bombay with three dead, and an expedition reportedly landing near Marianno in Cuba. Hungarian railway workers are warned of discharge for listing names. London weather called mild, cuckoos arriving early. Victor Baillot, veteran of Waterloo, dies at 106. A Munich patron offers 1,000,000 marks for a bust of his founder in the Hall of Glory. Liverpool struggles to float a loan after stock-broker dispute. Bonney, Stanley’s relief expedition envoy, dies in a London poorhouse after a long starvation. Parisian animal protection gains a large legacy with conditions to curb cruelty and improve pounds.
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Fareina
Corncillor Sehnabach
Bleichtochars
Berlin
Senhor H. Ventura
St. Petersburg
London
Gardner Rand
Rand
Lroy
Bombay
Baracuay Neair Marianno
Hivaro
Cuba
Transylvatia Railroad
Parks
Victor Baillot
Waterloo
La-Roche-sur-Yon
Pschory
Munich
Pschory Brau
Liverpool
Stock Exchange
William Bonny
Stanley
Mtn Pasha
Bonney
Maj
Bartyelot
Paris
Miscellaneous 19th Century News Bits and Declines
Brief assorted items note a Brighamton fire causing $40 060 loss to a brick block housing Weir s billiard parlor and four cigar factories. Legal notes mention Rothschilds suing Sir Tatton Sykes. Colorado rules out name change at marriage. Milwaukee’s Matthews Bros win a New York warehouse furniture bid of 14 047. Welsh travelers host a horseflesh banquet for 84 guests. seven attend. New York Journal funds Maine sailors monument with 1 000. Exchange Telegraph and Oxford club decline an international contest offer. Chicago to host next International Distributors convention July 10 22. C Brown scandal to be burned on Rev J K McLean s return. Milduvit of Mattie Overman to be destroyed unseen.
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Brighamton
N. C
Weir
Rothschilds
Sir Tatton. Sykes
Jay
Sykes
Colorado
Matthews Bros. & Co
Milwaukee
New York
Gateway of the New World
Exchange Telegraph Company
Oxford University Athletic Club
International Association of Distributors
Chicago
Tulken Literal Humorists At Their Own Expense
A fragment suggests humorists like Tulken Literal and She-Do joke at their own expense. It notes the first two or three thousand are at their cost, then they begin to get paid or stop. The text is unclear but emphasizes self‑deprecating humor and shifting compensation.
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Tulken
Notorious Atlanta Murderer Toasts Before Death
The Constitution reports Cyrus, an Atlanta murderer, was calm on the gallows. While waiting the death trap, a plan in the crowd offered a cigar. he declined, saying he would light it when he arrived, as the sheriff adjusted his buckled cap.
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Cyamint
Cyrus
Atlanta
Constitution
Maine inquiry weighs fate of ship’s fate amid Spain doubt
Washington reports stress on court of inquiry as officials note no credible evidence of Spain’s involvement in the Maine disaster. Cabinet discussion centers on indemnities, submarine mine theory gains traction, Key West sessions reveal diver suspicions and potential court conclusions likely weeks away.
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Washington
Havana
Hull
Maine
Haavana
Blanco
Long
Onvy
Roosevelt
Montgomery
Yampa
Key West
Tha Castine
United States
South Atlantic
Barbadoes
Cincinnati
Castine
Martinique
Court of Inquiry
St. Paul
Marcel
New York Herald
Pioneer Press
Naval Court of Inquiry
Glreaty
Leent
Shan Bhyer
Renee
Tony
White House
Actu
Pais
Sokd
Diets
Sevietlands
Wich
Senor da Bose
Ittaivas
Ra’ Vanna
Tong
Song
Jon
Perdons
Spain
Sain
Gome Nnatic
Stinl
Navy Department
Keys
Fiela
Avary Enae
Miners Strike Tensions Rise Near Redding California
In Redding California on March 4 the Forty Niners employed by La Grange Hydraulic Mining Co at Water ville and Trushion City refuse wage cuts. Strikers vow to block replacements. Sheriff summoned to protect a few men as trouble looms citywide.
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Minera
Redding
Cal
la Grange Hydraulic Mining Company
Waterville
Trushion City
Worker killed at Anaconda Copper smelter in Montana
John B. O'Brien, a sampler in the upper works of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company smelters, was killed when attempting to place a belt on a pulley and was thrown back against rock. the crusher bolt penetrated the brain. O'Brien was a native of Iowa City. Costa Rica war tensions rise as warships arrive from Limón and Guatemala peace envoys report progress toward settlement.
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Anaconda
Mont
John B. O'Brien
Iowa City
Costa Rica
Colon
Columbia
Linior
Nicaragua
Guatemala
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Jake" Schaefer
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Ives
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Fin
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Tammy West Hight
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von Liesenmayer
John J. O'Neill
All Eighth
Missouri
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Austin Gallagher
Hodgeville
Apendway Lincoln
Katherine Duer
Charles H. Mackay
John W. Mackay
Trent
Wiliam
C. Brown
J. K. McLean
Mattle Overman
Ingairy
Gee
America
Naval Court
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Martin Riordan
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