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Newspaper
Greencastle Star
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1881
Page
3
After Garfield Assassination A Nation Mourns
A vast funeral era unfolds as Chattanooga and many cities hold requiem services for President Garfield. Veterans from both sides march, a flagstaff rises, and bands play patriotic hymns while crowds bow in grief and unity. Gunfire and violence elsewhere shade the era with crime and unrest.
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Chattanooga
Dixie
Turek
Tron Mountain
Hope
Ark
Wisconsin Republicans nominate slate at Madison convention
The Wisconsin State Republican Convention in Madison on the 21st named General J. M. Rusk for Governor, 8. 8. Fifield for Lieutenant Governor, E. G. Timme for Secretary of State, E. C. McFetridge for State Treasurer, L. Frisby for Attorney General, Robert Graham for Superintendent of Public Instruction, N. P. Haughen for Railroad Commissioner, and P. L. Spooner for Insurance Commissioner. The platform calls for legislation toward a bet-
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Wisconsin
Madison
J. M. Rusk
Fifield
E. G. Timme
E. C. McFetridge
L. F. Frisby
Robert Graham
N. P.haughen
P. L. Spooner
Solemn Last Honors Mark Grand Funeral Crowd Over 250000
Reports cite a vast public turnout for the hero's funeral, with more than a quarter of a million participants. The article notes legal and political movements, including a Grand Jury date of October 3 and counsel arrangement for an assassin. Washington reports Blaine may resign soon, and the Garfield relief fund stands at $313,000 by the 26th.
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Guitray
Corkhill
George Scovill
Chicago
Washington
Blaine
Arthur
Garfield
State Department
Asteep
Jesus
D. Rankin
Catafalque
Isaac Errett
F. D. Powers
Vermont Avenue
God
Iman
School of
Christ
Bratain
Alexander the Great
America
Garfield the
Ile Boly
Mnien
Baltimore & Potomac
Global news brief from the era with multiple items
reports Tim mutiy Ronan death at 105 in Guilford Ontario. imperial alliance signaled among Germany Austria Russia. Victoria BC schooner San Diego sighting near Behrings Straits. Ayoob Khan defeated by the Ameer and fled Herat. Spain to mourn Garfield. Queen Victoria statue plan in Washington. boiler explosion in Thurlow Ontario kills four. Old Believers bishops freed. British mourning noted. British deficits in Holland. Evans and Eyre deaths. Ayyo Khan’s Afghan losses tally 250.
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Timmotiy Ronan
Guilford
Europe
Germany
Austria
Russia
Pis
Victoria
British Columbia
San Francisco
San Diego
Bebhrings Straits
Bombay
Ayoob Khan
Herat
Garfield
London Society
Queen Victoria
Washington
Thurlow
Ont
Susdal
London Spectator
England
Great Britain
Holland
William Evans
Vincent Eyre
AyYoon Khan
Ameer
Afghanistan
Notable Civil and Public Affairs Roundup from the Era
The 27th reports events across politics crime railways and culture. Garfield’s widow and family depart Cleveland for Mentor while Maine Governor Plan has a new marriage in Exeter. Cuba suppresses papers and ships editors to Spain. Nevada stockholders clash turning fatal. Halesburg wreck claims crew. Indian Normal School enlarges Dakota instructor group. Treasury buys 2 million in bonds. Locomotive boiler explosion near Shakopee kills engineer. New York bank treasurer accused of embezzlement. Canon Campello leads Protestant schools in Rome. Sleeping car St Clair rescued after river transfer accident. Rhode Island Legislature convenes to elect a senator. Guiteau trial discussed before District Supreme Court. Garfield Monument Fund seeks dollar gifts for a monument.
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MaeVeagh
Washington
Arthur
United States
United States Supreme Court
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Army
Waite
Soverntesss
22D
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Suite
New York
Europe
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London
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St. Paul's
Saul
Canon Stubbs
Mexico
Frye
Maine
Senate
Bayard
Earl of Airlie
Scotland
Denver
Col
Cleveland
Ohio
Rudolph
Rockwell
Swalm
Boynton
Henry
Sheldon
Brown
Warren Young
Navy
Heber
Bedell
Isaac Errett
Lake View Cemetery
Tne
Cuba
Spain
Planstep
Mabel F. Hill
Exeter
Tus Mutual Union Telegraph Company
Chicago
Hartford
Dakota
Treasury Department
Wall Street
St. Paul Road
Shakopee
Minn
George Bradbury
William Bowers
Grorace W. Hunt
Bank of New York
Canon Campello
Rome
St. Clair
Canada Southern Railroad
Grosse Isle
Detroit
Tur
Rhode Island
Burnside
Supreme Court of
Garfield Monument Fund Committee
Garfield funeral rites mark solemn national farewell
National Capital services for President Garfield were brief and impressive as mourners filled the rotunda. Clergy delivered prayers and addresses praising his Christian life, while family and comrades paid private respects before the funeral train departed for Elberon.
England fog horn fails to reach distant marble player
A fog horn in England can be heard twenty two miles away yet a boy playing marbles two hundred feet away would not hear its first note. A California quip notes squaws wearing bangs and chewing pine tree gum.
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