News of the Week Generals Grant death and world events
Anniversary notes on General Grant birth and a flood of global items. Durango to see hotel bids. treasury April receipts likely exceed expenditures by about 15 million. Reports from Cleveland on Maggie McCarthy murder, rail consolidations, political notes, and weather and crime updates across North America and Europe.
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General Grant
Durango
Treasury
Cleveland
Ohio
Maggie McCarthy
California Central Railroad Company
Santa Fe
Dom Pedro
Brazil
Switzerland
United States
Montreal
France
Marquis of Landsdowne
Mexico
Sonora
Germany
Schnabeles
San Francisco
England
China
Cincinnati
Alexander Mitchell
Milwaukee
Emanuel de Freitas
Brooklyn Bridge
Samaritan Chief Seeks Help in London for Land Redemption
Jacob-esh-Shellaby head of the Samaritan community in Nablus visits London to raise about £200 to redeem land mortgaged under Turkish exactions. With 135 members, the community faces extinction without land as taxes rise and trade wanes. Canon Liddon aided with £5 and a commendation.
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London
Jacob-esh-Shellaby
Nablous
Gerizim
Damascus
Sheik Shellaby
Canon Liddon
Shellaby
Fitzroy Square
London News
Travel Safe With Hostetter Stomach Bitters
Travelers, emigrants, and sailors are advised that Hostetter s Stomach Bitters acts as a medicinal safeguard against unhealthful influences. It prevents effects of yitiated atmosphere unwholesome diet bad water and other conditions. Useful on long voyages in tropical zones as a preventive of fever stomach liver and bowel disorders and protects against extreme cold damp or fatigue. It is said to eradicate malaria type diseases known in the Americas Mexico the West Indies Australia and other countries.
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North
South America
Mexico
West Indies
Australia
Advice to Mothers Teething Syrup Advertisement
An old advertisement urges mothers to buy Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims immediate relief from teething pain and cures for dysentery diarrhea wind colic and inflammation. The assertion notes the syrup is pleasant tasting and widely sold by druggists at 24 cents a bottle.
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Winslow
United States
Bucklen's Arnica Salve for All Skin Ailments
Patent remedy advert claims Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns eruptions and piles with money back guarantee. Price twenty five cents per box. Sold by J F Frzer.
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J. F. Fr Zer
Girls Co operative Clothing Manufactory in Chicago
Special correspondence reports Chicago workers forming the Girls Co operative Clothing Manufacturing Company. Sixty skilled girls hire a room, buy sewing machines, and work for themselves, sharing profits at year end. The piece argues cooperatives lift workers from dependent employment, advocates organized industry, and envisions broader home industry and women’s employment opportunities beyond traditional domestic service.
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New York
Chicago
Senatorial boorishness and a Washington scandal tale
Special Correspondence from Wasnameton recalls Washington society clashes as a female poet, helped by Mrs. Stanford, finds publication for Crown Our Heroes. A western senator reacts with rage, dismissing the author and her book as worthless waste paper in a humiliating house visit.
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Wasnameton
United States
Washington
House of Lords
Treasury Department
Fox
Washington Republican
Leland Stanford
Missisippi River
Senator Blank
War Abroad Seems Inevitable in Early Spring
The piece argues that European tensions make war likely in the near future while noting public desire to avoid conflict. It contrasts America’s peace and wealth with Europe’s mass mobilization and fears of invasions of undefended coasts, citing historical wars and imperial powers as context.
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Europe
America
Mexico
Peru
Great
Britain
France
China
Rabbit frozen to the ice in Maine woods incident
A Maine woodsman observed a rabbit on the ice that did not flee. The animal hopped into a shallow puddle and stood still until its feet froze to the surface.
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Maine
CAPT. Kidds Gold From Sag Harbor Tale
Special Correspondence recalls Capt Kidd buried treasure near Gardiner Island in broad daylight before dining with Lyon Gardiner. Lyn Gardiner supposedly returned the gold to the crown, while Gardiner family lore preserves a gold cloth token. The author notes Gardiner’s honesty and outsized colonial role, with Montauk stage memories of treasure seekers and divining tools used to locate plunder.
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Sac Harper
Kidd
Sag Harbor
Gardiner’s
Lyon Gardiner
Gardiner
Execution Dock
London
Lynn
Crown
East Hampton Burying Ground
Lyn Gardiner
Isle of Wight
Nichols
Nicholses
Lawrences
Willetses
New York
Montauk
Long Island
New Jersey
New England
Hudson
Prentice Muliford
Late dinners spark fashion revolt says caterer
A Philadelphia Call forecast that society will revolt against 8 pm meals. The caterer predicts an ultra fashionable 4 pm dinner will shock society, then become the norm as people imitate the leader.
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Philadelphia
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Ence
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Capt. Kidd
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