Mortgage on a Man’s Body Sparks Odd Legal Tale
A Charlotte man Charles Didenover reportedly had a mortgage placed on his body to secure a debt, recorded in the local Recorder’s office. The piece mocks the idea and sarcastically notes the impracticality and absurdity of such a security, plus a Boston schoolyard incident involving a kicked teacher and a mother pulling a boy by the collar.
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Charles Didenover
Charlotte
N. C
Recorder
North
Caroina
Dide
Boston
P Poens
H. A. Raymond
KR. R
Jackson
Mich
Frank A. Bean
Iit
Thomas Lee
Frankford Ave
Philadelphia
Farragut statue unveiled in Washington amid ceremony
The unveiling at Farragut Square featured Admiral Farragut’s statue revealed by Quartermaster Knowles, with a seventeen gun salute. President, Cabinet, and senior officers reviewed the procession and a Marine Band concert followed.
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Grier
Pennsylvania
Garfield
Chicago
General Land Office
France
Indian Territory
United States
Admiral Farragut
Farragut Square
Washington
Quartermaster Knowles
Farragut
Mobile Bay
Lafayette Square
Maynard
Voorhees
Marine
Executive Mansion
White House
Army
Navy
John K. Botes
Hudson, Mich
William McMchael
Philadelpha
Board of Indian Commissioners
Cuticura Remedies Publicized for Skin and Hair Cures
Advertises Cuticura products as cures for skin diseases scrofulous humors and hair loss. Asserts remedies cleanse skin and scalp, restore hair, and purify blood. Includes patient testimonials from Michigan Ohio New Hampshire and Boston and lists product prices and address for Weeks Potter Boston.
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Cotlevas
Weeks & Potter
Washington Street
Boston
Wrecked morning escape leads to critical injuries in Allentown
A Hungarian man named John Guymphere awoke after seventy two days in a poo-house in Allentown Pennsylvania, locked his door, and leaped from a window. He fractured two ribs and sustained a severe spinal injury and was not expected to survive.
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Cara Town
Transvaal
Tux Porte
Turkey
St. Peterssoune
Constantinore
Imperial
Abdul Aziz
Cr Me
Tne
St. Petersburg
Mchaeloff
London
Freneh
Keil
Mth
Apispaton
Sophie Picoffsky
Henry Helfman
Pieoffsky
Leyden
Galway
Ireland
Allentown
John Guymphere
Dennis K. Muneny
Buffalo
Duanes F. Eaton
Palmer
Mass
Dr. Chapin
New York
Hown
Ladies’ Deposit Bank
Boston
James T. Fisup
Tle
Debates on Bankruptcy Papers and Senate Motions
On April 21 the Senate referred bankruptcy papers to the Judiciary Committee after unanimous consent. A motion for an executive session failed 18 to 25. Cameron and Dawes sparred over adjournment to the 25th as Groome signaled support if the policy would be altered. Proceedings continued with speeches by Coke Call and Jonas before adjournment.
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United States
London
Brady
Associated Press
Senate
Sherman
Hawley
Hale
Tuursday
Committee On Judiciary
Cameron
Dawes
Groome
Blair
Harris
Messrs
Coke
Call
Jonas
Morrill
Messia
Beck
Brown
Teespar
Edmunds
Irish Land League Assembly in Dublin and Global News
The Irish Land League met in Dublin with Parnell presiding and resolutions calling for Davitt’s release and thanks to Irish Americans. Delegates opposed the Land bill but urged amendments before rejection. Berlin’s Boersen Courier was confiscated for Paris transigeant’s piece supporting the Czar’s murder. A Leipzig public meeting was dispersed by police. Turkish forces defeated Albanians near Uskup. Bradford wool trade sours prompting talk of machinery exports. Canada cuts west bound canal freight rates. Children of Mr Le Duc burned to death in Hall Quebec.
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Tom
Irish Land League
Dublin
Parnell
Davitt
America
Boersen Courier
Berlin
Paris
Russia
Lelzig
Dominion Canals
le Duc
Hall
Quebec
Disorderly Scenes and Political Notes From the 27th
Reports from the date describe a life sentence for a Russian grand duke linked to Nihilistic plots, Bradlaugh’s ejection from the British House, and a Greenback gathering in St Louis. U S Senate caucus discussions on deadlock and nominations, plus Treasury bond receipts and new Union Pacific directors. Floods in the Mississippi basin threaten St Paul and St Louis while Omaha and Sioux City welcome lower Missouri levels. Internal Revenue clarifies immunity of government money from state levies.
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Asv
Purenspore
Nicholas
Bradlaugh
House of Commons
National Greenback Labor Party
Crandall
St. Louis
T. H. March
United States
Miller
Dawes
Union Pacific Railroad Company
T. Everett
Cleveland
R. H. Baker
Racine
Wis
Charles B. Peck
Port Huron
Mich
George W. Frist
Omaha
Neb
A. Kountze
New York
Ohio
St. Paul
Sioux City
Missouri
Nebraska City
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
United States Senate
Morgan
Panama
Was Cfleore
Temperance Move Spreads Through Texas Towns
A temperance movement sweeps Texas as saloon sets and drinkers abandon whiskey for chloral for nerves. Women are cited as promoting the exchange from bartender to druggist. The article notes counts of Chinamen by state and lists sugar-driven migration, with Nevada and Oregon showing high numbers and California leading with 75 122.
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Texas
Vermont
North Carolina
Delaware
Alabama
Lousiana
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Utah
Arizona
New York
Montana
Idaho
Nevada
Oregon
California
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Greencastle Woolen Mills
Putnam County
Birgh & Brother
J. C. Stevenson & Son
West Side Square
Greencastle, Indiana
Langdon
South Side Square
Greencastle
Indiana
Vnew Cash Crocery
Isaac Jenkins
John Burley
Jenkins
Sear
Jenkins & CO
Southard Block
B. Washington St
Bess
Jones’ Drug Store
Greencastle, Ind
Odd Fellowship
New England
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Europe
Wai E
Memphis
Louisville
Lumsey
Lucinda Fowlkes
Lunenburgh
Painesville
Huntsville
Tex
Hebrew Union College
Cincinnati
Salinas
Cal
Belleontaine
Fifth Street Line
Chare
Council Bluffs
Cheinnatl
Mayor Means
Eliza Dinkall
George Washington
Lancaster
Cononussuan M. P.o'connon
Charleston
D. C
E. W. Mackey
Chicago Tribune
Tas
Buena Ventura
New Grenada
South America
Glasgow
Scotland
Northcote
John Bright
Bradlaush
Lord Beaconsfield
Hubenden
Queen
Princess of Wales
England
Atasp
Dillon
Tabarca
Tunis
Algeria
Uticura
Mia
E. Whipple
Decatur, Mich
Elisabeth Buckley
Littleton, N. H
Whitelaw Reid
New York Tribune
Elizabeth Mills
D. O. Mills
San Francisco
William F. Morgan
St. Thomas’ Church
B. C. Smith
U.S. Senate Proceedings
Foreign Intelligence
Malt Bitters
Malt Bitters Company
Boston, Mags
Masa
E. A. Ribbitt
North Side
Public Square
Ind
Powell Bros
Paccue
Sattolite
Robi
Bonner
Rysdick
Hambletonian
Abdalah
Mambrino
Messenger
Nescue
Dain
Liesie
Rescue
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