Notable Figures and Opinions Stir Public Fancy
Prince BisMARCK is a famed yet irate figure craving fame and fish. Florence Nightingale remains active at sixty five aiding wounded soldiers in the Soudan. Queen Olga of Greece is praised as the most beautiful on a throne. Oscar Wilde backs abolition of coat and waistcoat, hoping to stay indoors.
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Florence Nightingale
The
Soudan
Olga
Greece
St. Paul
Oscar Wilde
Biography and Battle Reflections From Civil War Historians
Bardette recounts his Shiloh experiences, noting a specific charge encountered during the battle. Lowell’s London mission yields a Hawthorne biography slated for release in London and the U.S. in April. An article notes England’s crime figures lagging behind population growth and Porto Rico’s dense, productive West Indies profile with sugar and coffee exports.
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Battle of
Shiloh
Robert J. Bardette
James Russell Lowell
London
Nathanial Hawthorne
Evolution of Snap Signs in Edward III England
The article notes snap signs entered England from France during Edward III’s reign and spread to nearly all London shopkeepers. Sign boards were hung on posts or hinges along footpaths, driving up advertising spending and obstructing air flow. They were blamed for contributing to epidemics and fires, and were banned for safety and health reasons.
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England
France
Edward III
London
Princess Dolgorouki to Remarry Amid Russian Prince Rumor
The mor ganatic widow of Emperor Alexander, Princess Dolgorouki, is reportedly preparing to wed a Russian prince. The betrothal unsettles observers who believed her mourning life in Paris with her children marked her as an inconsolable widow.
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Alexander
Dolgorouki
Paris
The
Bois
London impostor Betelli alias Col O Kelly exposed in scathing case
A sensational London case unveils Honorable Charles Betelli alias Maloney Col O Kelly the serial bigamist who amassed five wives from Brittany to London society. Once a dashing figure he now faces prison after a spree of elopements and marriages ending with a barrister widow. He is presently confined at Ventonville prison.
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London
Charles Betelli
Col. O'Kelly
Colonel
Betelli
Maloney
Brittany
Seven Dials
Ventonville Prison
Iowa News Items Highlight Political Fire and Local Incidents
Mayor McDowell pressures gamblers in Clinton while Ft. Dodge secures immediate Lehigh phone links. Iowa towns report steamboat wage cuts, medicinal springs, flax sowing, and a Clinton pastor dies in Mobile. Descriptions cover saloon raids, a man found dead, and arson rewards in Guthrie Center.
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McDowell
Clinton
Ft. Dodge
Lehigh
Mississippi
Webster City
Emmet
Council Bluffs
George Rice
Bank of Livermore
J. A. Kerr
Mobile
Ala
West Union
Iowa
Onawa
Jewell Junction
Pat Brean
Union Horticultural Society
Davenport
Keokuk
Burns Hit Multiple Businesses Across Nation in Early April
Weekly review notes fires devastate the Falls knitting factory and Emory Sons candle plant with heavy losses. Bankers Baine Brothers close doors while Pope Cole firm proposes cash settlement. A Nevada convict commits suicide. a Philadelphia man dies from a fall, and stock market and railroad notes are discussed.
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Baine Bros
Portsmouth
Franklin Savings Bank
New York
Emory Son
Cintinati
Simon Strong
Reno
Nevada
Ridley W. Mitchell
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
Movements of Osman Digna and Central Asian War News
Reports place Osman Digna retreating toward Shakateb between Sinkat and Bukanet with his forces reduced to about 900. Dispatches detail Tamai actions on April 3 and 4 with British losses and Australian casualties. Separate items report English Russian negotiations tense in London, Chinese victory at Lang Son, Central America political shifts, and Canada’s troop movements and Riel’s forces near Battleford.
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Osman Digna
el Mahdi
Tamai
Shakateb
Sinkat
Bukanet
Graham
Tamai Springs
Zereba
Suakim
England
London
Earl Granville
Lord Granville
Foreign Office
Lord Dufferin
Lang Son
Dong Dong
Longkai
Paris
de l’Isle
de l'Isle
Hanoi
Negrier
Langston
Kil Na
Herginger
Don Dong
Tnannoi
Central America
Toronto
North Shore
Lake Superior
Winnipeg
Battleford
Wm. Howie
High Bluffs
Bacouche
Riel
Gourveney
Winniper Field
u’Appelle
Senor Peralta
Costa Rica
Justo Rufino Barrios
Guatemala
Chalchuapa
Barrios
Legislative Assembly of
Chalchaupa
Affairs at Aspinwall Sees Naval Officers Eye Active Duty
Secretary of the Navy reports many officers available for Aspinwall duty with more requests than positions. Army tents for sheltering destitute Americans are safeguarded. 50 hospital tents placed under fleet admiral for potential use. Marine deployment to Panama underway. Dispatch to intercept and transfer crews near Cape Henry. Messages urge force to restore order and protect American life and property.
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Secretary of the Navy
Aspinwall
Kane
Galena
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Panama Railroad Company
War Department
Panama
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Jouett
New Orleans
Tennessee
United States
Dispatch
Norfolk Navy Yard
Fortress Monroe
New York
Capes
Virginia
Senor Becerra
United States of Columbia
Washington
Ganoma
Colon
Buena Ventura
Whitney
Pensacola
Florida
James E. Jouatt
Swatara
Alliance
Para
Sketch of Louis Riel Bold Leader of a Movement
The piece profiles Louis Riel as a dynamic insurgent with roots in rebellion. It notes his birth in the Red River settlement and early education in Montreal under Bishop Tache, his oratory gifts, and initial acts with the Pembina trail barrier and Fort Garry seizure. It recounts the 1869 Red River uprising, Riel’s central role, and the fall of Governor Macdougall’s timeline leading to the Queen's proclamation.
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Toronto Globe
Louis Riel
Sayre, Laronde
Guillette
McGinnis
Thom
H. B. Co
Riel
Hudson Bay Company
Red River
Tache
Montreal
Cel. Dennis
Perty
Mr. Webb
Severtoet
Rieland
Fort Garry
Red River Valley
Macdougall
General Grants Condition Improves Voice Stronger at Night
New York April 3 Special to State Registrar General Grant fights for life after a severe illness last Monday. Doctors and family feared his death daily, but his voice is now distinct and stronger. A. S. Grant Jr. visited, and Rev. Dr. Newman reported improved rest and renewed strength.
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Davenport
Ernest Clausen
Order of United Workmen
Order
Iowa
Durango
Iron Mountain Company
Creston
Jackson Apri
Genera
Mexico
Des Moines
Jed K. Dunn
Joseph Knox
John Gibson
Nathan Church
Oscar P. Bills
Irwin
West Side
Wm. Lindsey
Druid Organization
State University
May Willims
Bessie and
Kate Hudson
Independence
B D. Connelly
Rock Island
Fred Nye
Iowa City
New York
State Register
General Grant
A. 8
Grant, Jr
Fifth Avenue
St. Cloud Hotel
Dr. Newman
Iris
Co.ition
Senate confirms postmasters and adopts room rental order
The Senate approved a resolution to remove executive branch orders for recess clerks and adopted a plan authorizing renting rooms outside the Capitol for the next session. In executive session Thomas J. Bunn was confirmed as Bloomington Illinois postmaster, and Henry G. Pearson was confirmed as New York postmaster after press bulletins on General Grant's condition.
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van Wyck
Nebraska
Senate
Allison
Iowa
Capitol
Congress
Thomas J. Bunn
Bloomington
Ill
Pearson
New York
Washington
Gen
Grant
Sherman
Ohio
Wilson
Messrs
Plumb
Miller
Cockrell
Harris and
Payne
Michael A Dougherty
Oner
Lesbury
Brown, Shipley & Co
London
England
Navy Department
Gen. Grant
Henry G. Pearson
War Scare Reports Progress in Russo Afghan Talks
March 30 dispatches say in Parliament the latest Petersburg advices suggest a peaceful settlement to the Russo Afghan dispute. The British undersecretary noted no public explanation of Russia talks, while naval mobilizations and troop-ready ships indicate precautionary measures amid the Baltic focus.
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Lonpvox
House of Commons
Marqiis
Huntington
St. Petersburg
Chicago
Karrington
Russia
Harrington
England
Afghanistan
Portsmouth
Eng
Lonpox
Cunard
Etruria
Oregon
Alaska
Admiralty
Iron Duke
Hotspur
Hecate
Conquest
Hyacinthe
Baltic
London
Musuruf Pasha
Hassan Fehmi Pasha
Earl Granville
Bonaparte Family Tales And A Matricide Note
A memoir excerpt recounts Mme Patterson Bonaparte recalling Napoleon I privately accepting her as part of Jerome Bonaparte’s circle. Caroline Bonaparte, famed for beauty, is described post bath with feet polished by a chiropodist. The piece closes with a quoted line on free schools and national identity.
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Mme
Patterson
Bonaparte
Napoleon I
Jerome
Caroline
Celia Logan
New York World
Farm and Garden Advice Panels on Sheep Fodder and Poultry
Agricultural notes discuss sheep care to avoid manure risks, wheat and corn fodder value, egg prices in Seattle, early lamb profit, wood ashes in orchards, driven-well patent expiry, apple prices in Berks County, and wool and breeding insights. It covers pruning oils, sorghum seed glucose potential, hatching eggs, melon exposure, beets and turnips for sheep, kale sowing, corn risks for young horses, greenhouse seed-starting, and Glanders in Illinois horses. It ends noting similarities of Wyandotte and Plymouth Rock fowls for dual-purpose use.
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Michigan
Seattle
Washington
National Stockman
Exchange
Colorado
Indiana
Illinois
Paaren
Rouen
Pennsylvania
Wyandotte
Plymouth Rock
Powhatan Visits Nicola Mole Hayti for Trade Bet on Log Wood
The Powhatan reached Nicola Mole, Hayti on January 31 and stayed one day. No officials or merchants came aboard, no commerce appeared, and only a Haitian flag flew from a ruined building as an officer tried to see the governor who was alone. The ship departed with no action reported.
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United States
Hayti
Nicola Mole
Salomon
New Orleans Times-Democrat
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Alice E. Freeman
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St. Louis and St. Paul Packet Company
Mississippi River
Wm. L. Hunt
Fairfield
Guthrie Center
Muscatine Anonymous
Coward
Suel Foster
8. E. Wilcox
Eddyville
St. Louis
John Dickinson
Mississippi Rapids
Mullen
Ottumwa
Weekly Review
Falls
N. Y
John Ganis
Cabazo
Innance
Missouri
Fort Benton
Lake Pippen
Lillian Smith
Carver
Keeling Station
Brownsville
Texas
Pope, Cole & Co
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Prince and
Humphreys
James A. Garfield
Taylor
Perry H. Smith
Northwestern Road
Orson P. Arnold
Salt Lake
A. M. Nasser
Deseret Telegraph Company
S. Cox
Turkey
Zanesville
Samuel Sullivan
Michael Moore
Brooksdale
N.S
Charles Lucas
Alex. Heron
Indiana State Board of Agriculture
Fayette County
William Quirin & Co
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Boston
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State Veterinary Sanitary Board
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Ellinger & Co
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Hazard Powder Company
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W. D. Hoyt
Cleveland
Hoyt
Standard Oil Company
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Monroe Street
National Printing Company
Bradner Smith & Co
Charles McConnell
Egypt
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San Salvador
Marco Aurelio Soto
New York City
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Bar
Tois
Canada
Sergius Orata
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Olynthus
Caligula
Seneca
Cicero
Rome
Cervantes
Spain
Louis LX
Sorbonne
Louis
Napoleon
Rousseau
Marshal Turgot
Encyclopedists
Helvetius
Diderot
Raynal
Voltaire
W. “U. Venadie
T. the Tribune
the Tribune
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