News of the Week Highlights From Across America
A miscellany of reports recalls smuggling rings found in New York aboard a steamer with jewels valued at 6100. Jurors from the Jennie Cramer murder case gather in Connecticut. Prices rise for matches in Philadelphia and disasters strike in the South. Notables include deaths in New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia, railroad and canal plans, and violent crimes across Indiana, Minnesota, and Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prenchman
New York
Jennie Cramer
Tral
Malley Homestead
West Haven
Conn
Philadelphia
West Sucre
Cornwall
N. C
William Penn
West
Political conventions nominate candidates across districts
The article reports on Republican and Democratic nominations in Virginia Ohio Georgia and North Carolina with figures like David L Woodfin Frank Hurd James M Riggs William McKinley Jr and J H Blount. It notes party alignments in Nebraska Indiana and Pennsylvania and references letters from Washington about cabinet plans amid Tammany influence.
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Virginia
David L Woodfin
Congress
Ohio
Frank Hurd
James 9. Robinson
Fiedard Townshend
Ilinde
Mount Sterling
Beardstown
James M. Riggs
Scott County
William McKinley, Jr
A.M. Scales
Raleigh
N.C
J. H. Blount
Georgia
J. C. Clementa
Nebraska
Omaha
Anti-Prohibition League of Indiana
Batle
Stewart
Pennnylvania
Geo. Beaver
Pallivon
Washington
D. C
Gazelle
McVeagh
Javen
W. Dorady
Garfield
Col
George Bliss
New York
Bach
Conkling
Arthur
Curtis
Wayne MacVeagh
MacVeagh
Cabinet
Pennsylvania
Jameg
John Kelly
Democratia Piinarion
Intiiana
Terra Taule
Cal
Broderick A. Conkling
Washington notes on lands at public sale at Duluth
The Commissioner forwarded a printed proclamation announcing an offering of lands at public sale in Duluth on December 4. Crop reports up to August 1 show cotton improving while pine suffers in the South. Spring wheat yields rise. total wheat output for 1882 estimated at 509,100,000 bushels. Corn condition lower than last year, other grains high. Trade total 1,566,850,456. Women in Washington form labor group denouncing Beerdario, Lincoln and Teller. Gold certificates being prepared for issue by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, distribution expected late next month. State Department notes Towell on Ireland’s repression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
Department of Agriculture
Wuahington
Bureau of Statistics
Washington
Beerdario
Lincoln and Teller
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Btate
Towell
Te Une
Moway
Ireland
Mixed Gleanings Includes Theft Claim and Rail Damage
A Montreal man named Mr Ingram faces a false statement scheme aiming to steal 4700 dollars from a bank chief teller. The text notes recent northern storms that damaged bridges, influencing rail plans. Also mentions Apaches captured recently, with fragmented details.
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Mr. Ingram
Montreal
Lia Fuyor
Lwe
Hulnies
Reunion invited for ex Confederate soldiers in Milwaukee
Leaders including James Redpath Rev Geo GC Betts of St. Louis Judge Moran of Chicago urged immense enthusiasm. English syndicate buys 110 000 acres in Southern Minnesota at 4 60 per acre to establish English colonies. Numerous actions and acquisitions noted across Minnesota and Missouri.
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James Redpath
Rev. Geo
Betts
St. Louis
Judge Moran
Chicago
Milwaukee
Thas
Minnesota
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Spire Company
James Thompson
Davenport
Iowa
Hock County
Minn
Bovaon
Faribault
Martin Counties
Bangor
Sprague
Canonchet
Frank D. Moulton
New York
William Sprague
Rounds
Cadet Taylor
Venona (Ol
Treasury Department
Prince of Wales
London
Paris
Victor Napoleon
France
de Castagnac
Foreign News Highlights From The Era
A German organ argues England will not yield the Suez Canal to a mixed commission. Greece plans to build powerful warships with a commission to England. The Mosel struck near Lizard Point in fog. 600 passengers survived at Penzance. Tensions rise in Beyrouth Beyrom Byria amid Christian-Muslim clashes. France’s census shows 37,672,048. Ireland reports 291 outrages and 321 evicted families in July. Czar cautious after Nihilist fears. Meany arrested in Ennig. Ignatieff telegram from Vienna notes arrest in Kamenez. Dutch emigration shifts to South Africa. Esmarch claims Garfield would live with proper care. Irish constabulary arrest five drilling near Dungarvan. Hillsdale cup dispute linked to Yalu Boat Club. English troops in Egypt to get blue spectacles for eye protection.
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Bismarck
England
Sez Canal
Mosel
Bremen
New York
France
Lizard Point
Penzance
Wales
Beyron Byria
Ireland
Russia
Stephen J. Meany
America
Ennig
Vienna
Ignatieff
Kamenetz
Petersburg
United States
South Africa
Amsterdam
Dungarvan
Limerick
Clifford Lloyd
Hillsdale Oraw
Thaiegs Rowing Club
Yalu Boat Club
Egypt
National Industrial Exposition Opens in Dublin with 100000 Attendees
The National Industrial Exposition of Ireland began in Dublin before about 100000 people. Lord Mayor Dawson led the procession as Parnell, Davitt, and Piles looked on. Parnell urged continued effort for Ireland's future prosperity and independence. Professor William Stanley Jevons drowned while bathing at Hexhill, aged 47. Over 16000 attended a demonstration of the Irish Nations Day at Ogden's Grove near Chicago on the 16th.
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Dublin
Tiree Milea
O'Connall
Dawson
Parnall
Piles
Davitt
Tiy
Daw- Aod
Ireland
Parnet
William Stanley Jevons
Hexhill
Hagland
Ogden'a Grove
Chicago
The Mohammedans Messiah and the Just One Examined
A discussion of the expected Mahd or Messiah in Muslim belief cites the Koran and the Prophet’s Conversations, noting 220 million followers await the Just One. The account references a false claimant, the Maady, and ends with a curious Lee County ghost incident involving a dog and a comical doctor visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moul_ Saa
Occidental
Africa
India
Kordofan
Indiana Republican Platform Reports Civil and Political Reforms
The Indiana Republican State Convention in Indianapolis adopts a broad platform praising Union victory, civil rights for veterans and orphans, tax cuts, tariff adjustments, and state constitutional amendments. It lauds Garfield, Lincoln, and Arthur, endorses civil service reform, education funding, and naturalization rights, and backs special elections for amendments with unity across factions.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Committee On
Senator Grubbs
Richard W. Thompson
N. P. Richmond
John Overmeyer
Republican Party of
National Union
Cheriahhys
Lill Nye's Advance Notices and Oblique Death Drafters
A fragmented oblique notice laments not wishing any investigation into a death or medical examination. The speaker mocks curiosity hunters and questions the handling of a missing or misplaced liver tied to an arsenic incident, ending with a New Thought remark and a reference to Luke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lill Nye
Omker
Jennie Cramer
Gabriel
Obrieteuion
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