News of the Week US items Ernst and disasters
A Bethlehem Pennsylvania boiler explosion injured several workers. Mills along the Camden Maine river run half time from lack of water. Lot Morrill dies in Maine aged 18. Alice Livingston wins breach of promise suit for 75000 with courtroom applause. Jersey City City Bank suspends due to overdrafts. A kicking match in Camden ends with winner prevailing in 23 rounds. A dramatic Monongahela river incident, a mansion burned near Ulysses, and multiple violent deaths and accidents across the nation. Long report includes rail crashes, fires, abductions, hangings, and political notes.
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Maine
United States
Alice Livingston
New York
Henry Fleming
City Bank
Jersey City
Camden
N. J
Fairmount
W. Va
Hettie Cunningham
Monongahela
Toth
Montreal Express
Cohous
XK. Y
Samuel G. Lewis
Tarrytown
Washington Notes on Garfield doctors and Lincoln death house
The Garfield doctors including Bliss accept Congress awarded amounts. A report favors buying the Lincoln death house for 15000 dollars at Senator Cameron's Washington residence. In Washington Lieut Alexander Rogers weds Virginia Cameron. Clark Mills dies at 90. A new lease for Yellowstone Park to Rufus Hatch syndicate replaces the old monopoly, paying 2 dollars per acre for 2560 acres.
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Bliss
Congress
Abraham Lincoln
Senator Cameron
Washington
Alexander Rogers
Virginia Cameron
Pennsylvania
Clark Mills
Inerjor
Yellowstone Park
Rufus Hatch
Miscellaneous Gleanings and Civil War Echoes
General Longstreet writes to ex President Grant agreeing with his Wit case findings and recalls a Lee era disobedience at Getty Run aiding defeat. Officials report rising business failures with 263 in the week ending June 11, influenced by bankruptcy law changes. Alaska surtax and customs figures cited along with a dubious silver eagle theft tied to a New York Treasury shipment.
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Grant
John Porter
Lee
Bu! Run
New York
Western Press
William
Henry Smith
West
South Cone
William Gotverneny Morris
Sitka
Tates
United States
Pana
Jvuikure
Political Points and Election Results From Buffalo and More
John J. Manning Democrat was elected Mayor of Buffalo by 8510 votes. A Senate district in Indiana saw Republican Charles 2. Cosey win the vacancy caused by My. Orth's death. The National Tobacco Association backs a tax on tobacco and cigars with a May 1 rebate. Windies Legislature Republicans nominate Gow Shot to replace David Davis. The committee of Wise Representatives will report in Vero concerning candidates and party slate.
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United States
Buffalo
Dona
Indlang
My. Orth
Charles 2. Cosey
National Tobacco Association
Windies
Mt Cagiaay Loy Vunitak Klates Bunabar
David Davis
Qudeshy Abu
Caeon 2
Uaa
Wise
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Sean Yeni
Nicholas Felix
Allegheny City
Gonrad & Co
St. Louis
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Tanwrine
Kan
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Italian Financial Commission
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Dorsey
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Augustus H. Crarland
United States Senate
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Greenback
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Bywin
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Dallas
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Scuttering
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Danna
John
Kena
West Virginia
Democrat Caucus
Sanuatay
German Reichstag Petitioned by Goop Leaders Stirs Debate
Foreign news brief notes the Reichstag facing a petition from Goop leaders amid political tension as Merlin police break up a demonstration. Names and specifics are unclear due to damaged text.
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Reichstag
Inu
Goo Pasos Coerini
Comhamerwdid
Frdustuhel
Vatadllah Anke
Merlin
Immense Public Meeting and Irish Relief Appeals
The largest public meeting of workingmen since the Socialist laws protested against Stoeckel remarks. Ireland faces famine relief as Lady Florence Dixie spends £5000 to aid 26,000 in the West while Davitt vows determined action. Ongoing Hungary floods force 6,000 from Ranh, and Edwin Booth's Hamlet in Berlin sparks huge acclaim. Lord Dufferin suggests European financial oversight as Britain withdraws from treasury control amid Irish crop losses estimated at £4,118,107 with potato yield losses at £4,317,087.
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Stoeckel
John O'Brien
Cork
Prion
Hodnitz
Gilholy
Edwin Booth
Berlin
Hungary
Ranh
Michael Davitt
Birkenhead
Ireland
Florence Dixie
Clintell
Govermment
Tand League
Lord Dufferin
Great Britain
Extra session to tackle revenue questions after March 4
Washington reports President Arthur will call an extra Congress session after March 4 to push revenue measures. Other items include Billy the Kid lynched in Montana, saloon law clash in Massachusetts, and large losses from fire and business failures.
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Washington
Arthur
Congress
Fragmentary 19th Century Market Snippet
A garbled notice notes avarice among the poor and mentions a Germany train incident where a man who retrieved a hat from a window was jailed for inability to pay a fine. The text is thin on coherent facts and includes odd spellings and phrases.
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Germany
Giant Ab McIlrath Lifts Fox and Dares Ice Chase
The late Abier C. McIlrath stood six feet six and a half, weighing about 264 pounds, a famed fox hunter and extraordinary strength. He once lifted a 1700 pound iron shaft, jumped six feet nine, and rode through ice to capture a large fox, returning with the quarry hung from his saddle horn.
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Graveland Herald
Abier C. McIlrath
New York
Joe Call
Reynard
Hag
Hoe
Ab. McLrath’n Lavern
Jock Tars
Seutte
Buffalo
Charley Freeman
Cuyahoga
Freeman
England
America
Dipton
Abe
Ike Joe Call
Lfe
Old Evie
Usale Ab
Black
Uncle Ab
Uncle Abto
Remains of the Seven Wonders Research Note
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss Pyramids and other ancient wonders. Mention a Mr Newton in British government service and speculative findings about Magnolonia at Halicdensisis. The text references walls and guards of Baybyilan and a brass cist di pieces, all tied to a mythical or proposed set called the Wonder Works.
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Sone
My. Newton
Ble
Magnolonia
Halicdensisis
Baybyilan
Rhodes
Ancient Wonders: Fragmentary Ruin Timeline in Antiquity
The text recounts a sequence of ancient calamities and transfers. It mentions a 224 B.C. earthquake, Saracens selling fragments to a Jew who bartered 00 camels for them, and a 720000 pound weight. It notes the Temple of Diana set aflame in 856 B.C. by Evostratus, rebuilt, later destroyed by Goths in 866, and the Mausoleum and Olympian Joye at Elis, plus the Pharos of Alexandria, all damaged by barbarian invaders. The Knights of Rhodes allegedly used parts for a castle.
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Aind
Hare
Dianna
Evostratus
Hhedesir
Olympian Joye
Elis
Pharos
Alexandria
Night Way to Look at Life by a Noted Journalist
A reflective essay urges embracing joy over wealth and ambition. It contrasts a hedonistic, limited life with a world designed for enjoyment through art, science, and nature. The piece argues happiness comes from cheerful living and appreciative wonder.
Child's View on Value and Robbery Fear
A Sunday School verse ponders what people value most from dolls to jewelry as a child asks if robbers take dolls. The piece contrasts childish notions of worth with adult concerns about loss and safety, ending by noting quinine demand and bark cultivation pressures.
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Galuca
Europe
Cingdon
East Indies
New York Wort
A Warning From Old Mia About Greed at Hotel Mall
An old woman warns against greed claiming she saw someone repeatedly given soup, declaring it a gentlenimal figure of generosity denied him. The remark ends with a sharp rebuke to the greedy in a scene at Hotel Mall.
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Mia
Fire at Berdichteff Circus Kills Four Hundred in Poland
A Berdichteff circus fire in Russian Poland killed about 400, mainly audience members, after fireworks ignited straw on stage. Doors opened inward and side exits were nailed shut, trapping patrons who fled to windows as flames swept the building. Firefighters failed to reach the blaze before it spread rapidly.
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Berdtetchef
Bt Petershuret
Berdhetehetl
Russian Poland
Peddie
Eye-witnenaeg
Prasere
Volice
Berdictcheff Romeo
Merchants Guild
Ossailan
Indians must be forced to work or leave civilization
The Chicago Tribune argues that sentiment toward Indians should end. It calls for compelling able bodied Indians to labor, punishable as vagrants if they refuse, and insists the government stop supporting idle wards. The piece urges rapid suppression of lingering habits and swift integration through work.
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Boston
Teller
Chicago
Frivune
How a Georgian Made 3000 Dollars From Trades
A Conyers Weekly blurb recounts a Georgian who began with a $2 pocket-knife, swapping up to a pistol, shotgun, cow, and horse, then selling the horse for $500. He invested the $500, earned interest for five years at 10 percent, and now shows a $3,000 result. The note also mentions a New York photographer selling sealskin sacks and a Gainsborough hut offered for 50 cents.
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Ike
New York
Gainsborough Hut
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