Dickens Widow Reported Dangerously Ill
Telegraph dispatch from London notes the novelist Charles Dickens widow is dangerously ill. It also covers parliamentary motion on U S cattle imports postponed at party request, Sheffield destitution figures, and Capetown advices through February 11 with Lord Chelmsford’s defensive stance and Rorke’s Drift losses.
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London
Charles Dickens
Sheffield
Capetown
Madeira
Lord Chelmsford
Rorkedrifft
Yellow Fever Outbreak Strikes Shipping in Rio
Rio de Janeiro reports a severe yellow fever outbreak among shipping. Government relief totals thirty million milrers with a request for ten million more to supply food. A riot on the 4th at Gesser saw the commander and chief magistrate expelled. nine killed and numerous stores looted.
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Rio de Janeiro
Gesser
Princess Louisa Margaret to wed Prince Arthur of Connaught
Princess Louisa Margaret niece of the emperor held a farewell reception in Berlin before her marriage to Prince Arthur of Connaught. The wedding is set for Windsor on March 13 after a one month postponement due to Princess Helene’s death and weather interruptions hindered transcontinental postal service to England.
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Berlin
Louisa Margaret
England
Prince Arthur of
Suffering by inundation in French southern floods
Paris February 28 In the chamber of deputies Demarcere minister of the interior asked for a grant of 200000 francs for sufferers by the inundations in the southern departments. Snow covers the eastern Pyrenees and flooding is feared. Horseback is the only means of communication for the inhabitants.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Demarcere
Interior
Pyrenees
Murderer Buell Sentenced to be Hanged in Cooperstown
Cooperstown New York February 28 Myron A Buell has been sentenced to be hanged on April 18 for the murder of catbarilla Richards. February 25 New York Charles Bernster and Abraham D Freeman convicted of arson in complicity with Perlatek and now in state prison were sentenced to life for setting fire to a Ludlow street tenement house.
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Cooperstown
N. Y
Myron A. Buell
Catbarilla
Richards
New York
Charles Bernster
Abraham D. Freeman
Perlatek
Ludlow Street
Census bill sent back with house amendments clash
Washington February 28 census committee reported the bill to provide for taking the tenth and subsequent censuses as amended by the house and recommended non concurrence in the house amendments. The subject was postponed until tomorrow.
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Washington
House
Barn Raising Tragedy Kills One Injures Another
Cincinnati reports a barn raising near Liberty Indiana where Joseph Shrackangast was killed and Clarence Leonard was fatally injured when the barn frame collapsed onto them.
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Cincinnati
Hear Liverty
Ind
Jos. Shrackangast
Clarence Leonard
Lunsford House Fire Kills Seven In Nelsonville
In Nelsonville Ohio the home of J M Lunsford burned at about midnight. J M Lunsford and six children died in the blaze while asleep. Only Mrs Lunsford and one child escaped the flames. The tragedy occurred around 12 o clock this morning.
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Nelsonville, O
J. M. Lunsford
Train wreck on westbound Pennsyl vania line near Salem Ohio
The Pullman hotel car and sleeper on fast line express No 1 ran off the track near Salem Ohio at 1 am. One person was slightly injured.
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Cleveland
Pullman
Salem
Trouble in Chinatown spurs California clashes
Virginia City reports a Chinese woman abducted in Chinatown sparked a day of commotion. Police responding to the abduction were fired on with shotguns, returning fire to scatter the crowd. The rescued woman, believed married that afternoon, along with her husband sought to honeymoon in the county jail fearing for their safety as further clashes erupted. The violence prompted Los Angeles city officials to weigh actions.
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Chinatown
San Francisco
Cal
Virgnia City
City Council of
Los Angeles
Fragmentary political declaration telegraphed to president
Readable fragments show an anti Chinese declaration adopted yesterday and telegraphed to the president, suggesting a formal political move. The text remains incomplete, but indicates a diplomatic or policy stance being conveyed to the national leader.
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Terday
Angell’s Journey to Joliet Reveals Ruin After Loss
Chicago on February 28 reports Charles W Angell showed signs of financial strain after his wife’s death. Authorities note Angell began borrowing money within a year of her death and acknowledged the enormity of his crime after leaving Rio for Lisbon, with continued unrest until his arrest.
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Chicago
Chas. W
Joliet
Pullman
Angell
Rio
Liabon
Boynton's Voyage Begins Amid Ice and Crowds
Cincinnati dispatch reports Capt Boynton left Steubenville at 9 30am amid floating ice and cold weather. He maintains about four miles per hour and expects to reach Cincinnati by March 7. The Wellsville to Steubenville twenty mile leg was completed in five hours as thousands cheered from the shore.
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Boynton
Cincinnati
Steubenville
Boyton
Wellsville
Fort Wayne
Ind
Clay Todd
John A. M Ller
Henry Street
Mille Resuming Work in York Woolen Mills
Mille Resuming Work. Portsmouth New Hampshire February 28 Chane's Woolen Mills at York idle six months resumes immediately.
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Portsmouth
N. H
York
Wheat and oats show steady prices in Toledo market
Toledo February 28 Wheat steady with Michigan varieties quoted around 4.54 cash and 5.14 asked for March and April futures. Oats reported neglected with no clear bids. Hogs sold across weights at about 47.0 dollars.
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Toledo
Michigan
Fort Wayne Market Prices For Grains and Provisions
Flour No 1 white wheat 500 red 450 XXX 375 patent process 606 aso lad Rye 40 6c Seed flax 82 clover 360 timothy 1 25 orchard grass 100 blue grass 100 red top 100 hay 600 6800 per ton mill feed shorts 12 00 ship stuff 14 00 middlings fine 00 bran 12 00 Sheep pelts green 11 50 dry 25c 100 Hides green 6 43 each cured 7 34 green calf e cured 9c ducks and bulls two thirds price Feathers live geese 45c mixed 10 Wc Beans pure white 1 00 1 25 prime navy 10 200 Tallow 6 64 4c Dressed Hogs 40 0 440 Beef 50 50 575
Mystery of Montpelier Merchant Vanishing Prompts Town Inquiries
Hartford City Telegram reports prominent Montpelier merchant Jas McGrew vanished after leaving Hartford City with no trace. He withdrew about $330 at Citizens Bank, boarded southbound train, and was last seen at Muncie with conductor noting attempted recognition. Rumors claim threats and a long-ago letter warning to flee.
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Hartford City
Jas
McGrew
Montpelier
Citizens’ Bank
Arthur Bowen
Samuel Miller
Muncie
Havin
Adam Wolf
Myrom Smith
Warren
Kitten Kreutzer
Wilson
Push for Truth in Pullman Earnings and Sleep Gas Monopolies
An exchange denounces the 8 percent profit claim by the Pullman Palace Car Company as absurd. It suggests the firm uses surplus earnings to expand operations and criticizes hiding parts of its transactions from a legislative committee. A dollar per berth per night is deemed sufficient, while sleeping gas monopolies resist scrutiny.
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Pullman Palace Car Company
Legislative Examining Committee
Alum Baking Powders Under Fire In Brooklyn Health Board Report
A Brooklyn Board of Health inquiry into baking powders finds alum used as an ingredient risks stomach irritation and indigestion. Experts from Dr. Hammond to the Evening Post warn alum whitening bread may injure the mucous membranes, urging removal in favor of pure grape tartar and bicarbonate mixtures.
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New York
Brooklyn Board of Health
Pressent Crane
Brooklyn
Raymond
Board of Health
Brooklyn Board
New York Evening Post
Evening Post
England
Arke
New School of Hygiene
William A. Hammond
United States
West Fifty-fourth Street
Hammond
William Parker
Alonzo Clark
le Grand N. Denslow
West Twenty-third Street
Carpenter
Thompson
Gibbon
Normandy
Sayre
New York Press
Liebig
Waller
New York Board of Health
Sun
White Fawn Baking Powder Endorsed as Pure and Alum Free
The advertisement urges consumers to buy White Fawn Baking Powder from any grocery, claiming it is pure and free from alum or adulterants. It contrasts it with cheaper powders selling for 10 to 18 cents and offers $100 to any chemist who can prove otherwise, signed by Trentman, Mownine & Son, manufacturers of the powder. Reporter notes endorsement and urging cautious purchase to avoid humbugged products.
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Trentman, Mownine & Son
Time is money, health is happiness ad copy
An old advertisement promotes Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup promising to cure a bad cold or cough. The price is listed as 25 cents, emphasizing quick relief and value.
German Syrup Proclaimed Best for Lung Diseases
Advertisement Claims German Syrup and Boschee’s German Syrup provide complete relief in severe lung diseases. Warns of throat and lung affections, cites 50,000 dozen sold with no complaints. Urges consumptives to try one bottle, price 78 cents, with druggists selling nationwide. Also promotes Dr Marshall’s Lung Syrup for severe coughs and colds at 25 cents.
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Boschee
America
el. Wayne
Indiana
Opice
Todd
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Germany
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CRIME
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Mille
J. I. McGrew
Alam
Mordhurst
Berry Street
H. W. Mordhurt
Academy OF Music
Metheny Family
C. B. Woodworth & Co
Lawrence Barrett
Richelieu
Munro
N. L. Munro
Beekman &J
Smick & Bro
Hay
Rescott
West
Columbia Street
C. O. D. Clothing House
East Main Street
Sidney Smith
East Columbia Street
Chy Todd
South America
East Indies
BF. Fliegner
Calhoun and
Berry Streets
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