Hartford Votes For War Memorial In City
News of the week reports Hartford city vote of 60000 for a war memorial. A Dart & Brother planing mill fire in Buffalo losses reach 110000. A tannery in Allegheny, Pa. valued around 100000. The American Book Exchange of New York fails with liabilities near 200000. Connecticut rail way case upholds limited ticket validity. Several drowning and hangings across states. Corpus Christi stage robbery. officials discuss Chile Peru policy and bond premiums amid market rates.
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Connecticut
Spooner Leads Rhode Island Race Despite Split Vote
In Rhode Island, Republican Henry J. Spooner received 8,617 votes against 1,116 for Democrat Henry J. Bisson in the vacant congressional seat contest. The result highlights a Republican victory margin in a tight election context.
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Henry J. Spooner
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Henry J. Bisson
Eight drownings from boat upset near Helbay hotel men
Eight members of the Cyuppernn and Wilkon families, hotel proprietors at Helbay, drowned when their small boat capsized en route to Gansnoyne Ontario. Other items report a Panama steamer sinking off Point Barbacosa with thirty-two deaths, New York raising funds for Michigan sufferers, and assorted notes on officials and trials.
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Gansnoyne
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Albion
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Michigan
Jerome
Brooklyn
Liverpool
Montreal
Quebec
Lont
Entty
Garfield
Col. Rockwell
Gen. Swaly
Guten
Washington
Gaye
Washington Notes on Guiteau’s Attacker and Domestic Turmoil
In Washington a man identified as William Jones faced arraignment on assault with intent to kill after an attempt on Guiteau. Bonds set at 6000 dollars, with several associates posted, and Jones released amid crowd cheers. Reports say Mrs. Christiancy caused a sensation by wandering barefoot and distressed, linked to recent testimony in a divorce case suggesting possible mental deterioration. Secretary Folger orders a study on government bond purchases to optimize rates. The National Board of Health coordinates with foreign health authorities to curb Asiatic cholera and the plague, as officials report confusion and ongoing disease concerns abroad.
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Folger
Per Canta
National Board of Health
Europe
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Lip Teaignation
Ag Ben Acocy
Brilliant French victory and other varied news
French troops report a brilliant victory over Tunisian insurgents with the chief captured. The iron ship Ouleean wrecked while towed to the Clyde, seventeen drowned. Asiatic cholera reaches Alexandria threatening spread to nearby lands. Baroness Burdett Coutts resigns half share in Coutts Bank, will receive annual pension. Britain and Ireland struck by a violent storm. Several ships lost or wrecked with casualties. An assassination attempt on the Czar and family. police probe and suspensions. Balloon dynamite plot foiled. Oarsman Boyd accepts Thames challenge against Hanlan for a large stake. British gov to appoint land court sub commissioners. Roumania extends pork import ban. Lefroy confesses murder and past killings. Lord Hartington notes rock renting cues prompting Land Act needs. Harcourt vows ministers will stay the course for the kingdom’s interests.
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Multiple global calamities and crimes dominate late news
The Bank of Prince Edward Island failed after cashier J. Brecker fled to the United States following unwarranted advances. Fires destroyed major works in East Cambridge and other plants across Ohio and Illinois. Lynching in Arkansas. murders in Mississippi and Ireland. Nihilist intrigue in St Petersburg. political retirement in New York. Odessa mob attacks Sara Bernhardt's carriage. rail and road travel woes noted.
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Aftermath of Forty Seventh Congress Member Changes
The Forty seventh Congress shows Senate and House shifts since last year. Vacancies filled by cabinet appointments promotions resignations and a death. Rhode Island held a November 22 special election. Windom returns to the Senate and party tallies update leadership and committee seats across states and parties.
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List of U S Senators by State and Names
Incomplete OCR list shows scattered names of U S senators and candidates by state including Oregon Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Texas Vermont Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin and names like Reagan Culberson Kennedy Hawthorne and others. The fragmentary text mixes initials, surnames, and party identifiers with no cohesive narrative or dates.
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Amall Capitala
McDill
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James
Pyn
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Ati
He Garland
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Chekrel
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Walker
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Alvin Serniders
Henry W Blatt
Delaware
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Warner Miller
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Fourlees
John HW
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Ibea
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William DB
Allison
Donal Cameron
Kansas
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Henry B. Anthony
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Wade Hampton
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Wm. P
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Richard Coke
Mary
Vermont
Arthur BP. Gorman
George F. Edmunds
James RB. Groome
Suntlu
Morrill
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Virginia
Terry L. Duwod
Manone
George I. Hoar
Miciliga
Omar D. Conger
Johson N. Camden
Thomas W. Ferry
Droit
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Wisconsin
McBulan
Phileluw Luwge
William Windoun
Angus Cameron
Eugene Bale
P. Frye
M. C. George
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Henry TH. Binglam
Cornelius G. Jadwin
P. Charles O'Neill
Stobert
G. Walker
Lemurl J. Kandall
Jacob M. Campbell
Wm. D. Rellay
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Fisher
Alfred Garmer
Frank K. Firizhoover
William Ward
Andre G. Curtin
Lewis F. Watson
Samuel F. Barr
Henry J. Spooner
Jonathan Chare
John S. Riefirdau
Sohn We
George D
Wyatt Aitken
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Wiliam W Grout
James M. Tyler
George T. Garvivon
John R. Teeker
John EB. Dezendorf
Patths
George We Wine
Dold S. Harbour
Josepl Jorgensen
FuLienson
George C. Anbell
West Virginia
Benjamin Wilson
John B. Kenn
John B. Mage
Charles G. Willame
Bernard S. Braga
Lucien BD. Caswell
Richard Gnenther
George O. Hazelton
Heman L. Humphrey
Peter V. Duester
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National Post Office Yearly Report Summary 1881
Postmaster General James presents the fiscal year ending June 30 1881 statistics. Expenditures total 39 529 566 22 with receipts 3 409 018 03. Highlights include postmaster compensation 8 298 742 79 and 7 500 000 excess over appropriation. Revenue from stamps and money orders grows, while inland transportation costs rise with 11 592 routes and 6 150 contractors. The report advocates continued post office reforms and notes reductions in star service and steamboat costs amid ongoing investigations into abuses.
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Postmaster General urges reform and postal cost cuts
The report details extensive investigations under the Inte Provident directive, cooperation from the Post Office and Department of Justice, and calls for a judicial probe into recent transactions. It notes potential abuses under existing statutes, supports reducing railway and postage costs, and outlines mail safety, delivery expansion, and civil service reform priorities.
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Department of Jortinr
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Ublic
Forced Marches and Civil War Foot Cavalry Echoes
The passage reviews historical forced marches by Frederick the Great and Austrian leaders in 1757 and 1760, cites Birney’s Red Diamond division as a famed foot cavalry unit, and compares infantry speed to cavalry in Napoleonic wars. It also lists numerous congressional election contests with mostly Democratic incumbents and Republican or Greenback challengers, and ends with a wry remark about organizational efficiency.
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Archabald Hopkins
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Roche-Aymon
Gold and Silver and the United States Mint Report
The annual report details mint operations for the year ended June 30 1881 including gold and silver coinage bullion flows from imports and domestic production. It discusses the international monetary outlook silver demonetization risks and potential coinage policy and presents long term price and monetary power tables based on fifty six years of New York market data. It also notes experiments by Prov Dr Picret Geneva on ship keel design to reduce water resistance and mentions paragraphing as akin to pocket mining.
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