Sensational 40000 Express Robbery in Cincinnati
A detailed account of a bold express robbery at Cincinnati’s Fourth and Race streets offices. Robbers used a green wagon and a trunk to lift a Chicago safe containing about 40000, aided by a discharged messenger Abe Monroe. Police traced the gang. Monroe was arrested in Indianapolis, with the hunt on for remaining accomplices and the stolen funds, now rumored near 75000 in total.
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American
United States Express
Fourth
Race Streets
United States Express Office
United States
Race Street
Charles Moody
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Moody
Abe Monroe
Monroe
Mark
Brown
Chicago
Adams
Frank Clark
Henderson
Weir
Atlama
Kiersted
Hazen, Mead and White
Mead
White
Third
Elm Streets
Elm Street
Telegraph
Indianapolis
Clark
Hazen
Hunt
Wisconsin’s political reform leads to industrial ruin
Wisconsin’s post reform era is blamed on Liberal Reform and railroad quarrels. Democrats seized control with promises of prosperity, but capitalists labeled the change as Communist in disguise. Railroads halted expansion, mills closed, unemployment rose as mines and ore shipments fell.
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Wisconsin
Party of Freedom
Twell
Republican Party
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago & Northwestern
Lake Superior
Cleveland
Wisconsin's Political Turn After Democratic Reform
The piece describes Wisconsin reacting to a Democratic reform wave, noting war and industry downturns in cities like Chicago and Detroit, then returning to Republican control. It predicts a Republican ascent in 1876 and views Wisconsin as ahead of Illinois and other states in moving past reform fever.
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Chicago
Detroit
Wisconsin
United States
United States Senate
Illinois
Speak Freely and Love Warmly, Have a Heart
A call to abandon cold restraint and show heartfelt kindness. The author urges quick generosity and honest warmth toward family, friends, workers, and strangers, arguing society’s rigid manners harm joy. Encourage praise, cheerful interaction, and frank, genuine affection to counter cynicism.
Characteristic Caricatures All Plants
A whimsical exploration of plants that grow without soil or roots in earth. The piece compares air plants like Tillandsia and orchids to people who never form roots in affection or interest, including Arabella who moves on after tragedy. It humorously contrasts fragile beauty with resilience in improbable settings and human social quirks.
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Sir Planta
Arabella
White Monument
Husband No. 3
M. Grier
Freeport
Air plants and memory in a Cincinnati Times piece
The article observes air plants as carefree beings that adorn vacant spaces with no attachments or possessions. They thrive without demanding return, contrasting human habits of collecting and enshrining objects, while reflecting on modern comforts and the fate of such items.
A Colony of Boobles in Maine Draws Editor Notes
The New York Times condemns a Maine colony of Bubier people near Lake Oquossac as degraded and semi savage, living in squalor and subsisting on scraps. The piece notes their isolation from neighbors, travel for goods, and dubious morals, while acknowledging distant church activity and support for foreign missions.
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New York Times
Maine
Bubier
Lake Oquossac
Times
New England
Canada
Lewistown
Phillips
Fund For the Maintenance of Foreign Missions
Brooklyn Scandal case in Tilton v Beecher delayed
Special Dispatch reports the Tilton vs Beecher case will be postponed to the first Monday in December with criminal indictments against Tilton and Moulton not pressed for now. Indictment viewed as a blunder, possible civil suit evidence issues. Industry names مالی.
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Brooklyn
Special Dispatch
Chicago Tribune
New York
Council
Tilton
Beecher
Moulton
Morris
William M. Evarts
John K. Porter
Judge Fullerton
John Winslow
Samuel D. Morris
William A. Beach
Roger K. Pryor
J. G. Shearman
Benjamin Tracy
John K. Hall
London plans centralized municipal government bill
A New York World London correspondent outlines a plan to extend municipal government over the London metropolis. The draft bill will be laid before Parliament next session. He notes London’s population and wealth dwarf Scotland and parts of the Empire, and warns against a potential government captured by a political ring.
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New York World
Scotland
New York
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