22 Feb 1884
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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1884
Page
1
Telegraph items report debate over tariff adjustments affecting wool producers led by Morrison’s bill and allied groups. Also covered is a new convention change on steam vessel safety valves setting minimum openings and spring-loaded designs, plus political dispatches from Santa Fe and Birmingham rolling mill strike developments.
Across the South the cyclone left at least several hundred dead and millions in property damage. Reports describe towns like Atlanta and Charlotte hit hard with homes, stores, depots and farms destroyed. Grievous losses among the poor, with many wounded and unaccounted for. Authorities warn aid funds are limited to subsistence and supplies, urging newspapers to announce relief procedures.
Reports from London and Berlin detail Bismarck's refusal to back a foreign House of Representatives resolution mourning Herr Lasker. The German chancellor cites internal policy and diplomatic proprieties, while newspapers note reactions from antisemitic and conservative outlets. Also includes Sudan warning, Mongolian revolt, and a strange wood county animal aversion.
Louisiana farmers plow bor Fratree bloom in Alamo City Georgia alarm as Maddik retreats. Central Florida corn planting begins. Indiana man jailed at Santa Fe New Mexico cobbing an American of tity dollars. A bill to bar Chinese workers passes British Columbia legislature. Cattle die from bark in Seguin Texas. Medina County fences worst in Texas with only one acre in fifty in pastures. Snow drives eagles into valleys where many are shot. nine thousand eighty five coke ovens near Connellsville with 778 idle. A Louisiana doctor touts vinegar as a smallpox cure. Chihuahua silver mines sold for one million. state treasurer Polk remains imprisoned. Ex Senator Dorsey sells New Mexico ranch for $700000. Hogs buried under snow in Fresno County California. Marriage license applications refused for two children ages ten and thirteen. Dark ness over Hagerstown Maryland. Eight Mexican women carry a coffin in Socorro New Mexico. Mount Kelso tunnel to Georgetown Colorado could save transcontinental travel. company seeks $50 000 per 1000 feet. Russia to Germany grain in bulk. Roumania to Germany rail link expansion. Central Spring Trotting Circuit lists Terre Haute Kalamazoo Detroit Saginaw Toledo with dates. Pat ILaztneil sane for wife murder in Cincinnati. Long Island murderer Rugg captured. Dr Harrison Danforth paralyzed after horse accident. Laredo–Nuevo Laredo mail service suspended over carrier payments. Grammar questioned in military academy debate. Wealthy farmer noted in Lepanto Colorado.
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