News of the Week Highlights and Global Turbulence
Fifteen Brooklyn Aldermen fined and imprisoned for court fraud. A new oil well in Forest County, Pennsylvania yields 1,000 barrels daily, while Bradford and Pittsburgh stocks fall. Vanderbilt testifies before a New York committee on futures trading. Weekly U.S. business failures total 250, down from last week. A Brooklyn laborer fatally strangles a Protestant waiter with a choking incident. The Brookyln Board of Education secretary disappears, defaulter on $250,000. Chicago Chamber of Commerce cornerstone laid. deaths from a powder factory blast in Mountain View NJ. Disappearances plague Chicago and Milwaukee women. Toledo Tull Block fire destroys major retailers. Teresa Sturla found guilty of manslaughter. Continuous rain causes floods in Washington Territory and Oregon. Kansas reports rising winter wheat acreage. A cherry of calamities includes a fatal fall at an Iowa platform and a Kansas freight car disaster. The Princess Louise plans Southern travels through February. British capitalists buy cotton land in Arkansas. The Kate Kinney burns at Ferry Landing, Ca. Cotton report shows growth. 240 Southern matrimonial associations listed by Postoffice. Richmond octogenarian ex-Confederate dies. Grave-robbing by medical students leads to six months’ confinement. Cotton fully 4,000,000 bales forecast. vast Mississippi waste anticipated.
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Brooklyn
Forest County
Penn
Bradford
Pittsburgh
W. OH
Vanderbilt
New York
Philadelphia
United States
Alan
Iss
Parks Temaine
Tipton Station
Stewart
Brooklyn Board of Education
New York Senate Committee
Henry Ward Beecher
Panama Railroad
BTN
Latlin & Ranil
Mountain View
James R. Keene
New York Senate
Garner
Patrick Slattery
Mount Pleasant
Iowa
Toledo
Ohio
Tull
St Clair and
Jefferson Streets
Taylor, Hadgers & Co
Khoedealera
Bawngaurtner
Nations
Wood & Ackiin
Grocers
Cannesticut Mutual Life-Iesistance Company
Teresa Sturla
Charles Stiles
Palner House
Chienzo
Washington
Territory
Oregon
George W. Schotield
Anny
John M. Selwmfield
Fort Apache
Kansas
Clinton Briggs
Omaha
Chicotents
Ark
Kate Kinney
Ferry Landing
Kinney
Passeuvers
Hick
Postoffice Department
James Lyons
Richmond
Confederate Congress
Judiciary committee backs Davis framed Supreme Court bill
Washington notes report the House Judiciary Committee adopted a Supreme Court bill framed by Senator David Davis. A funeral expense bill for Ben Hill was sent back by the Senate Servant-at-Arms for reconsideration. The Supreme Court ruled on Gen NOM Curtis in a political expression case, upholding the conviction and denying habeas corpus.
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House Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
David Davis
Stask
Ben Hill
Senate
United States Supreme Court
Gen Nom. Curtis
Gen Curtis
Miscellany of 19th Century Railways and Robberies
Miscellaneous notes cover railway consolidations and dividends, a new B&O president, student tensions at Kingston medical college, deaths of two centenarians, major fires in Tilton and Hickman, Confederate bond trading, grain corner testimony, futures speculation critique, three hangings, tax changes on tobacco, and Chicago financials vs Philadelphia. Entities include Northwestern, Rock Island, Oniala and St. au roads, Mibusankeu and St. Paul, Western Union, Triton cotton-mills, Baltimore and Ohio, Kingston Ontario, Maria Appley, Morristown New Jersey, Sarah Wood Buford Georgia, Remington Sewing Machine Co Tilton, Manhattan Beach Railroad Bay Ride, Hickman Kentucky, London banking house, Baltimore brokers, Jilly Gould, Deadwood Dakota, Searle Alabama, Minfield Louisiana, and Vanderbilt.
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Northwestern
Rock Island
Oniala
St. Au
Mibusankeu
St. Paul
Western Union Telegraph Company
Triton Cotton-Mills
New Castle
Del
John W. Garrett
Baltimore and Ohio Road
Kingston,Ont. Medical College
Maria Appley
Morristown
N.J
George Washington
Sarah Wood
Buford
Remington Sewing Machine Company
Tilton
N. Y
Manhattan Beach Railroad Company
Bay Ride
Hickman
Baltiore Brokers
Jilly Gould
New York Senate
Chicago
Vanderbilt
Hame
James T. Gilmore
Deadwood
Dakota
John Redd
Searle
Ala
Peter Thomas
Minsfield
Clearing House
Philadelphia
Kentucky candidate Blackburn for Speakership
Mr Blackburn of Kentucky announces himself as a candidate for the Speakership, claiming support from a majority of his delegation. He states he is prepared to defend Handi and professes not to know that Air Carlisle is a candidate.
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Blackburn
Kentucky
David
Handi
Profuskus
Air
Carlisle
British Egypt policy and Irish unrest dominate Manchester speech
Marl Derby outlined England will intervene in Egypt only as needed to restore order, rejecting a protectorate and favoring consultation with France. The report also covers cabinet reshuffles, Irish rent arrears, emigration plans for Sikhs, a Cork banquet incident, Paris and Canton fires, and casualties from a Letuy fire in France.
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Marl Derby
India
Manchester
Egypt
England
France
Cheswick
Victoria
Gladstone
Clilders
Hampton Court
London
Wring
Eegyptutin Public Delt Commission
Brady
Himlen
Dabllin
Mroderich Cavendish
Cndersearotain Parke
Shoa
Gord Derby
Drekeek
Chido
Thayee
Joven
Cork
Parnell
O' Comin Anik Sexton
Aostrmiger
Earl Derby
Lord Imberley
Marquis of Martington
Mx Childers
Letuy
Francis Close
Carlisle
Kincardineshire
Scotland
Canton
Ching
Carvick
Donegal
Ireland
Indiana
Doings of Congress Highlight Tax and Pension Debates
Numerous petitions pressed tax on tobacco and pensions for wounded soldiers. Senate actions include bankruptcy proceedings, civil service reform debate, practical examinations urged, and a veto of a permanent appropriation. A grant of right of way through Fort Scott reservation was discussed, with broader party tensions evident over Civil Service reform and electoral influence.
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Senate
Tingalls
Ma. Beck
Tate
Tenderan
Logan
Sherman
Garland
Fore Scott
St Louix
San Franciseo Rox
Sena
Tancrafty Tavis Johodintee
Court of Claims
Hhe Hause
Springer
Elia Dean
Sanetary Academy
Rinku
Bocretary of the Treasury
O'Neill
Punudle
Hour
Brown
Agus
Republicne Party
Ma. Coorge
Oyvery Prada
Ma Brown
Democratic Party
Democratic Party Ingine He Was Ot Suo Wodlidentis Mastron
Political debate on civil service reform and Senate actions
The report outlines stalled Pendleton Civil Service bill progress in the Senate, with Mr Miller urging reform, Mr George warning of reform and Mr Bay art supporting it. It notes adjournment caucuses by Democratic senators, committee discussions on Postoffice Appropriation and spoliation bills, and a disputed vote to swear in McLean after district questions. The House focuses on Lostitlice Appropriation, Indian Appropriation debates, and a motion on holiday recess and fines for absences.
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Brown
Jefferson
George
Senate
Miller
Bayart
Mir Reed
James FH Melean
Thom
Mx Eched
Axdstonen
Diay Mc McLean
Voorhees
Pendleton Civil Service
Ural
Mr. Sherman
Uwe
Pirtini
Kort Dodie
Dawes
Ken H. Will
House
Orth
John F. Gimested
District of Columbia
Lnte
Lnte Hon. Goallover
Yhrasen
Hutterworth
Kelley
Religion and Divorce in Puritan History
The Churchman cites Dr. Bacon on polygamy and argues Puritans in New England legalized divorce in spirit, reflecting Miltonic ideas of liberty over law. It claims New England’s view influenced modern permissiveness, paralleling Mormonism in undermining accepted marriage doctrine and tracing origins to early colonial thought.
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Bacon
Princeton Review
New England
East
Utah
United States
John Milton
Panjandrum Orator Announces Grand Dakota Fair Tour
Col FP Conan of Fargo addresses a Dakota county fair praising farming and nature. He calls himself a silver plated panjandrum of orchard and field, promising an exhibition that blends myth with agriculture. The speech overflows with grand imagery of rivers and mountains and grandiose rhetoric aimed at rural audiences.
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Conan
Fargo
Dakota
Orchard
Deadly Canton Boiler Disaster at Parlin & Orendorff Works
Nine men die in a Canton Illinois boiler explosion at the Parlin and Orendorff agricultural implement works on Elm Street. Three boilers ruptured and demolished the engine room as fire raged. victims include William McCarney and Lea Vbuanicut with numerous gory injuries. Cause remains unknown.
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Canton
Ill
Parlin & Orendorff
Chicago
Lenienté Works
Parlin & Qorendorth Company
Elm Street
Ute
Fie Atte
Willian McCarney
Enchie
Lea Vbuanicut
Hina Valmer
Miller
Archie Henderson
Alexander Nickergon
Joghun Oldham
Robert McGrath
Samuel Bell
Calvin Armstrong
Joe Drake
Bill Nye Defines His Position Amid Postal Rants
A satirical piece rails at critics of Bill Nye and mocks British press while lampooning fashion guides and postal service woes. It envisions the Post Office as a busy theater of letters and schemes, noting relentless editorials, late letters, and the absurdity of scattered political and cultural debates.
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Eli
Touton News
Greeneland
Oifes
Tts
Postolice
Cue
Fragmentary musings on virtue and appetite in Westminster
A garbled passage contemplates self reliance and indulgence with scattered phrases about smoking, thirst, and desire. It cites Aristotelian notions on moderation, but the text remains unclear and fragmented, offering limited coherent facts or names.
Fragmentary dialogue from a dated scene with names and actions
Fragmentary OCR shows a conversation where a character asks about abstinence society membership, mentions devotion, and a handshake occurs. Text includes traces of names such as Lina Thembop and references to faith and roving behavior, with unclear context and broken syntax.
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Ark
Lina
Jin
The Hammer and Its Tools Across Trades
A fragmented account describes hammering in various crafts from watchmaking to engraving and metalwork. It contrasts novice and expert technique, detailing hammer types, such as nails, copper plates, filers, and beater hammers, and notes the skill required in shaping, beveling, and straightening metal with precise blows. It closes with a quotation on generosity.
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ATS
New York Sun
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