Bearlet fever and other 19th century headlines
News item volume reports a malignant scarlet fever-like outbreak in New York and a cascade of incidents from Jersey City to Alabama. It notes a fatal shooting in Biddeford, a vast New York currency total, bank deposits in Massachusetts, rail collisions in Pennsylvania, deaths of military officers, and various local calamities.
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New York
Lochiel Mutual Aid Association
Harrisburg
Jersey City
Biddeford
Moore
Belle Cushman
Clearfig
Massachusetts
William Bexton
Jsaab Schaffur
Pennsylvania Road
Christiana
Philadelphia
W. 8. Prigo
United States Cavalry
H. &. McComb
West
Varignola elects Tarbis mayor by 973 vote
Fragmented report notes Tarbis, a Republican, elected mayor of Varignola Florida by a 973 majority. It mentions a Missouri Mississippi context with figures and a secret Texas Republican conference proposing an independent movement and subplots about gubernatorial and congressional races.
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Tarbis
Varignola
Fla
Texas
G. Wasteing
Joseph Brinckdoy
Guyarner
Lynch
Mississippi
Gin Chalmers
Washington Notes Hidden Quoted Christmas Manifesto
A garbled Washington Notes item cites a Christmas manifesto attributed to Gui toan with blasphemous language and alleged political aims. It claims President Arthur seeks to raise the authority of his Private Secretary by 4000 and plans to add 3000 from his own funds.
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Guitoan
Arthur
Miscellaneous Gleanings From the Era of Reform
A compilation notes the ABA plan for a fifteen judge Supreme Court, a $250000 public pedestal for the Statue of Liberty, immigrant totals for the year near 440000, inland transport costs around $2500000, and $9000000 in coin brought by newcomers. It also cites Captain Cheyne’s polar balloon tip, Lag’s lecture tour in Canada, the El Paso dispatch on Chief Arzate’s capture, a Canadian customs claim over Puall man Car Company assets, a dropped prosecution, and Pennsylvania Railways seeking reimbursement for Garfield era transport expenses.
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Committee of the American Bar Association
New York
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Cent
William M. Evarta
Liberty
New York Harbor
Cheyne
Toronto
el Paso
Arzate
Presidio del Norte
Chihuahua
Puallman Car Company
Candian Custome
Pennsylvania Road
Long Branch
Irish and European News items from 1881 era
Foreign dispatches reveal Dublin plans to ban firearms in the city, while Vienna will fund a memorial chapel near the Ring Theater. Reports note Irish prisoners to receive a daily meal from sustenance funds and German emigration fears, with fascinations over socialist suppressions and international tensions. A deadly Shenewville festival collapse in Ohio kills two and injures many as a night of catastrophe shocks residents.
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Dublin
Austria
Vienna
Kilmainuham
Sona
Paris
New York Herald
Jeannette
Lena
Yukontak
Germany
America
Kteamera
Brumm
Vosuela
Hawbury
Taganrog
Nusaia
Forster
Ireland
Clare
4Olletien
Mediterranean
Shenewville
Carawan County
Ohio
Gluiasdt
Ward
Wong
Guiteau Insanity Trial Dr McDonald on Insanity
Dr A E B McDonald testified about insanity concepts including delusions and inspiration. He described how sudden impulses and feigned insanity appear, observed Guiteau in jail and court, and discussed temporary insanity and moral insanity with prosecutors and defense in a lengthy cross examination.
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Praouer
Abraham
Liv
Syheir
Belore
Ultur
Gillen
Selool
Enuch Caus
le Fey
Tere Xddres
Witnusy
Avraham
Kynins
Doster
Corkhill
Lys
McDonald
Beovilly
Court Adjourns Briefly Amid Busy Proceedings
The court adjourned until Tuesday after a morning marked by lists and references. Proceedings pause as parties prepare for the next session as the year turns.
Grant’s appeal and global items amid a troubled era
Gen Grant plans an earnest appeal after a controversial dismissal, while the Khedive of Egypt donates 400 toward a Washington hospital fund and 1,000 more. A St Petersburg financial smash hits markets as a Russian case alleges 25 million rubles misused. An imperial inquiry is ordered into a serious matter. Guards protect President Arthur from suspected troublemakers, and a six day walking race in New York ends with Fitzgerald setting a new distance record. City death totals for the year approach seasonally high levels, with births lagging prior years. A Kentucky boarding-house fire claims three children. A San Francisco tragedy ends in a mother’s murder-suicide, and a jailhouse death follows in another case. A Texas firm organizes to build a bold Atlantic-crossing ship, with stock nearing two billion. A mob assaults a confessed desertion, reflecting persistent social tensions.
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Davidne
Boeville
Corkhall
Scoville
Corkhill
John P. Gray
New York State
Tie
Gray
Paria
Guitean
Gultown
Paris
Camie
Hyonah
Guiteau
Cunningham
R. Gray
Scovulla
Privoner
Hire
Kane
Liatina
Corkbill
Theo
Gaiteau
Smith
Guitewu
Guitesu
Witheas
Guitéan
Winneas
Gultexn
Bouville
Grant
Joan Porter
Hie
Dent Arthur
Diag
Khedive of
Egypt
Washington
Prowajacy
Ig Aneg
St. Petersburg
Gruna Bovery
Rausnya
Hwulvent
Guq
Imperial Court of Inquiry
Artur
Ard
Lo Uy
Lexington
Mata
York
Fitzgerald
Robert Vint
New York
Richburg
George
Reed
San Francisco
Saidh Smith
John H. Russell
Joly
Kuliway Guy
Daphne
Sons
Atlantic
A Successful Drama The Hazel Kirke at McVickers Theater
A glowing critique praises Hazel Kirke at McVickers Chicago as a landmark drama. It has run for three years with heavy public support and managers report over $200,000 in receipts, while critics note its humanity and lack of coarseness.
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Hazel Kirke
McVicker’s Theater
Chicago
Himes
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