Variety of patent medicines and health remedies offered
An assorted catalog of cures and products from Perry’s Moth and Freckle Lotion to Batchelor’s Hair Dye, plus treatments for marriage, deafness, and nervous debility. Includes miracle cures from Norton and Thiemans, cancer antidotes, and Humphrey’s Monoeopathic remedies with addresses in New York and across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
Bond Street
New York
Pease
Bar-Batchelor
Wm. A. Batchelor
Wm. H. Norton
Brazil
Ecipe
WM. H, Norton
Broadway
New York City
Fires Sweep Regions as Stock Markets React to Erie Advance
President backs protectorate talk for Mexico amid nationwide fires and stock tremors. A man shot dead in a saloon shocks Detroit. in Lawrence Kansas a man and three sons die in a blaze. A young woman in Detroit commits suicide by arsenic.
Reverend Huston case and international notes
Baltimore report says Rev Huston inquiry into alleged immoralities begins this week with private hearings and several named clerics on the investigative panel. President Grant backs a Mexico protectorate idea if Congress approves. Major fire at Washington County Leather Manufacturing Company in Maryland causes 70,000 loss. Internationals meet amid labor and press reactions in Europe and Canada. New York health board to prosecute a physician for failing to report smallpox cases. Erie stock advance stirs trading and London gains. Haggarty and Baulch voucher thieves bail set at 5000 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenck
England
Mexico
New York
Baltimore
Huston
Wilson
Washington
Gardner
Fredericksburg
Virginia
Register
Maryland Agricultural College
Kentucky
Ohio
Georgia
Granville
Fish
State Department
Paris
Grant
Hagerstown
Maryland
Washington County Leather Manufacturing Company
Rhein
Bremen
Mortberry
Switzerland
France
Germany
Italy
Toronto
Havana
Howard
Erie
Wall Street
London
Haggarty
Baulch
Court of Oyer and Terminer
John Graham
Connolly
Senate consider bills and delays on civil rights measure
Under a call of the States a considerable number of bills were introduced and referred. Much of the morning’s hour was consumed in dilatory motions to prevent a vote on Hooper’s supplementary civil rights bill. A bill was passed for the relief of certain officers in the navy. Mr. Morrill, of the Committee on Public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoopers
Mr. Morrill
Committee On Public
Bills Move Through Commerce as Public Buildings Referenced
The petition to erect Public Buildings in Philadelphia is referred back to the Committee. Mr. Morrill moves a bill to sell the Maine Hospital and grounds at San Francisco. The tariff will come up on furnished business. Mr. Chandler moves to defeat it and take up the bill from the Committee on Commerce. Several Commerce bills are then taken up and passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelhia
Scott
Morrill
Maine
San Francisco
Aoe
Chandler
Committee On Commerce
Elections Forecast for Cortes by Ministerial Party
The electoral committee of the Ministerial party projects 150 Unionists and 170 Sagasta Progressivists elected to the Cortes and its lower house after field canvassing. News from London notes several steamers arriving, including Nevada and Brittania, while Rome reports Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia advising Italian forces on the Prussian plan during his visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maprio
Sagasta
Congress
Cortes
Loxpon
Nevada
West
Philadelphia
Brittania
Ohio
Rome
Frederick Charles
Prussia
Missouri Crime and Fire Killings Reported
March 25 report from St Louis states Christopher C Cooper Jr was shot dead in a Eureka saloon near the Union Pacific line. George H Foley, jailed for jewelry store robbery in Boston, departs today under guard. Lawrence Kansas saw Randy Clayton's house burn on the 21st, killing Clayton and three sons aged 14 8 and 4, with Mrs Clayton and her infant badly burned and likely to die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Christopher C. Cooper, Jr
Eureka
Union Pacific
Geo. H. Foley
Crosby & Moise
Boston
Officer Cramer
Randy Clayton
Lawrence
Kansas
Clayton
Weet
Michigan Woman Commits Suicide After Arrival
A young woman who arrived from the Klin house in Detroit registered as Miss Francis Tyler of Quincy Michigan and died last night by taking arsenic. In Manistee Michigan the machine shop of Wm Crippen burned last night causing $12,000 in losses with $6,000 insured.
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Derroit
Klin
Francis Tyler
Quincy
Michigan
Wm. Crippen
Manistee
Fire destroys three Paris stores in Kentucky blaze
A March 24 fire in Paris Kentucky consumed three stores and damaged several buildings. The Bourbon House suffered a total loss. Estimated damage stands at 10 000 dollars with 5 000 dollars insured, mainly by the Phoenix Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Paris
Bourbon House
Phoenix Company
Chicago Relief bill foes face Ways and Means panel
In Washington on March 25 friends and opponents of the Chicago Relief bill appeared before the Ways and Means Committee. It was arranged that formal arguments against the bill would be presented to the panel next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ways and Means Committee
Minister Curtin and British case on Geneva tribunal
Wasmincton reports Elliott plans to defend Gov Scott against corruption charges while Bowen vows to expose them. A British Geneva case argues the U S has no direct damages claim and details the ships Alabama Florida Georgia Shenandoah and their wartime roles. Gov Curtin, our minister to St Peters-
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Wasmincton
Elliott
South Carolina
Columbia
Scott
Bowen
Eliott
Geneva Tribunal
United States
Great Britain
Georgia
Shenandoah
Alabama
Florida
United Kingdom
Curtin
St. Peters
Resigned official takes stance amid Pennsylvania anti-C Cameron and Grant currents
William W. Hawthorn of Hillsboro Washington County Pennsylvania dies at about 75 after a lifetime marked by rheumatic affliction. Paralyzed from the waist down since childhood he lived in a box to move and work for 60 years. He served 7 terms as justice of the peace, taught school, and managed mail routes from Pittsburgh to Waynesburg with his wife’s help bearing 12 or 13 children. He wrote with his left hand and maintained an iron will and considerable property through frugal labor.
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William W. Hawthorn
Hillsboro
Washington County
Pennsylvania
United States
Pittsburgh
Waynesburg
Washington
Wilson
Brutal Central Illinois murder shocks La Salle firemen
Henry Stay of La Salle was shot and killed by Edward Duffy during a Monroe Street saloon scuffle in Springorieto. Duffy then wounded saloon keeper Edwin Slater and calmly left, no trace of the killer by press time. Stay and Duffy were Toledo and Wabash Railroad firemen. Stay respected, Duffy seen as rough. James Mann, who shot Neal Lewis at Chatham, was arrested at Jacksonville and jailed, with expected fatal outcome.
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Springorieto
Henry Stay
la Salle
Edward Duffy
Stay
Duffy
Monroe Street
Daffy
Edwin Slater
Wal
Slater
Alread
Young Stay
Toledo and
Wabash
James Mann
Neal Lewis
Chatham
Jacksonville
Mann
Tammany Reorganizes as May Primary Nears
Tammany adherents in New York press reunion of the party with aims to exclude injured members and govern by respectable men elected at upcoming primaries. Names tied include John Kelly, County Clerk Loew, W. F. Havemeyer, Comptroller Green. Apollo Hall lists Senator O'Brien, Samuel G. Courtney, and W. H. Wickham among leading candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tammany
New York
Apollo-hall Democrary
Mayconley
Tammany Chiefs
John Kelly
Loew
W. F. Havemeyer
Green
Apollo Hall
O’brien
Samuel G. Courtney
United States
W. H. Wickham
Varied 19th Century Tidbits and Oddities From 1800s News
A collection of short items notes intrepid figures and curiosities from 19th century life. Topics include a would be clergyman offspring, Cape diamonds auction, roadside funerals, Natchez lodging, a schoolmarm candidate, a pantaloons gift note, imperial visit talk, polyglot youth, horse theft politics, boots seizure, Paris Opera drop-curtain mirror idea, autograph request with postage stamp, Washoe mines profitability, Jacksonville editor frostbite, Belfast hotel dining, new safe explosive design, emancipation rumor swindle, Cheyenne party fashions, and Pennsylvania oil region oil yields and area.
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Michigan
Prince Imperial
France
United States
Missouri
Massachusett
Paris Opera House
How an Iron Will Overcame Bodily Infirmaities
A serious exchange rebukes those who use bodily loss as an excuse, presenting a stark tale of resilience and perseverance. The defender argues that physical infirmities do not debench one’s spirit or purpose, urging steadfast effort despite hardship.
American Scandal in Paris Ends with Release of Sa n Smith
A prominent New York patent medicine maker in Paris with his wife was found visiting a cards game with two men. After a volatile quarrel the wife procured doctors to deem him insane and have him sent to a lunatic asylum. An American doctor later confirmed his sanity and he was freed.
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Paris
New York
New York Market Tapestry of Mixed Commodities
Telegraph report from New York on March 35 notes firm prices in some items and declines in others. Cotton middling shows little change while receipts reach 10 000 bbls and daily sales 6 000 bbls. wheat futures are soft with varied in store quotes. corn and oats show dull trade. pork steady at 13. lard and cheese prices mixed. petroleum refined around 22 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Youk
Western
Ohio
Telegraph
Buffalo
No. 1
Duluth
Wildcat Operator Suspected in Indiana Railroad Scheme
Detroit man Thomas S. Sprague, claimed relative of the Rhode Island Spragues, is said to have acquired stock in the Toledo Thorn town and St. Louis Railroad to gain control. Reports say his credit is poor and he may divert township taxes and bond proceeds, a suspected wild cat operation.
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Toledo
Thorntown
St. Louis
Thomas S. Sprague
Detroit
Spragues
Rhode Island
Thomas
Secretary of State
Sprague
Impeached NC governor offered Peru post by Grant
Governor Holden of North Carolina was impeached and removed for high crimes. General Grant offered him the Peru ambassador post. Arkansas papers mock Grant while decrying radicalism and anti abolitionist biases. Senator Schurz is labeled ineligible for president by some critics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Holden
North Carolina
Commonwealth
General Grant
Peru
Grant
Arkansas
Fort Smith
Financial and Commercial United States Stocks Report
New York money at 7 percent and gold at 10934 with dull steady government markets. Stocks show strength with Union Pacific at 414 percent and notable names including Western Union, Adams Express, Reading, Michigan Central, New York Central, Lake Shore, Illinois Central, Wells Fargo, Cleveland and Pittsburgh, and Illinois Central among others. Volume indicates broad activity across rail, telegraph, and staple lines while several midstream bonds and preferreds are referenced in markets today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Buie Bculve
Union Pacific
Western Union Telegraph
Adams Express
American
United States
Reading
Michigan Central
Union Pacific Stock Lake Shore
Beri Illinols Central Wells, Fargo & Co
New York Central
Pittsburgh
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Hamburg
Collier de Grace
Fritz
Nilsson Trimming
Marseilles
Bates Honey Comb
Columbia Street
B.C. Perry
Bondstreet
Howard Association
South Ninth Street
Fort Wayne
T. L. Cook & CO
Hoboken
N. S
Baek
Europe
H. Thiemans
P. O
New York Museum of Anatomy
Dra. Kline and
Lindley
The
Cancer Institute
Arch Street
Dalton
West Fourth Street
Greene
Charlotte
N. C
Dea, Healy and Benton
Humphrey
All Druggista
Humparey
Babe, Shinkle & Howell
ST. Cincinnati
New Orleans
Wall St
Health Board
Congressional
Senate
Forsign
Burg
Perit
Illinois
New York Record
Sunbeams
Butler
Natchez
Miss
Henry County
Spinner
Washoe
Jacksonville Journal
Belfast
Mississippi
Cheyenne
Miss W
Deragorr
Treadwell
Buffalo Market
Tolepo
Milwaukee
Great Clothing House OF the West
I. Lauferty & Son
Columbia and
Calhoun Sts
Rose
James S. Emery
Calhoun ST
J. J. Joques
Fort Wayne, Ind
Hollands
Indiana
America
Keystone Block
ARLOW
Barlow’s & Wiltbeger
Wiltberger
North Second Street
D. S. Wiltberger
H. G. Wagner
Great Western
CGC Goods
Lonsdale
Wamsutta
Victoria
Schurz
Keystone
Financial and Commercial
New York Stock Market
Saepees Neetaesee
Cleveland Col
Rock Island
Terre Haute
Soapeer
Chi and Alton
Ohio & Mississippi
Delaware and Lackawana
Indiana Central
Burlington & Quincy
Hennikel & Bt
Senene
Cincinnnati
John G. Fledderman
Gramp Street
Wabash Freight
Ind
Berk Binding
Sentinel Office
Calhoun Street
J Foellinger
Sol. D. Bayless
Ollars & Dollars
Attorneys AT Law
Allen Hamilton & Co
Supreme Courts
Ouis Newberger
Swinney's
OL. D. Bayless
Clinton
Wayne and
Washington Streets
Illegals & Hench
Merchants National Bank
J.D. Hillegass
Samuel M. Hench
Raham & Gotshall
Blanchards Collecting and Advertising Bureau
East Main Street
Jas. E. Graham
M. B. V. Gotshault
Justice of the Peace
Aniel Ryan
Charaeter
Court Street
Colerick & Beils Law Office
S. H. Bloomauff
Joseph Clark
Court House
Sel Sinclair
Curtice
M. D
W. H. Thacker
Dr. Curtice
Wagner's Drug Store
West Washington St
N. Thacker
Aveline Louse
Vollmer
J. Dills
Dr. Woodworth
H. St. Wagner
M. F. Green
West Main Street
Hr. Bittenger
Mike Corner
Main and
Calhoun Streets
Merchants’ National Bank
Rockhillst
Gaxe EL C. Freeman
H. Bossler
Hamilton's Bank
Eorge Trenham
Ewing’s Hall
Harrison Streets
Main Street Exchange
Main Street
Calhoun and
Harrison
Ind. A
Freeman
Neireiter
Wayne Lodge
A. J. Hollister
M. Graff
V.G
E. Zorbaugh
R. J. T. McKean
P.S
P. J Wilse
Tayne Lodge
A. M
Masonic Hall
Everett Pierce
W. M
J. Freeman
J. R. Wheeler
Geo
W. Wilson
Phil. BR
Ecatur Council
Carner
Berry and
Franklin Fry
J. H. Fry
Ummit City
OME Lodge
Postotice
Sta Communications
Daniel Gibson
James BE. Graham
Robertson
J. W
Samuel Thanhouser
John Lillie
ORT Wayne
J. E Graham
G. M
F. Comincavish
George Reiter
G. D. Crane
James Freeman
E. Pierce
H. F. Wilson
Odd Fellows
Armony Lodge
Wm. Killen
N. G
W. W. P. Berry
W.G
J. Albrecht
P. R. Grand
Gordon Green
Ummit
W. P. Berry
C. P
H. Turner
R. M
R. H. Harrison
Sachem
M. L. Albright
Sen. Segamore
A. I. Wright
Jan. More
Jas. Humphrey
Phil
R. Grund
Ampum
S. F. Smart
D. Hannum
Leat Hook and Ladder Company, No
L. R Buckwalter
A. H Carter
H Muighes
Fythiac
Umboldt Lodge
K.P
Stockbekiers
Fort Wayne Railroad
Yar
Richmond
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