Maryland Horror: Collapse at Tivoli Kills Scores at Baltimore Excursion
A crowd of about 500 rode the barge Cockade City to Tivoli near Baltimore. The pier collapsed as the crowd pressed the wharf, sending many into ten foot water. Dozens of bodies were recovered with more feared. The disaster sparked a large inquest and investigations into rotten timbers and potential liability.
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Baltimore
Bint Tivoli
Penipsco
North Point Lighthouse
Holly Grove
Tivoli
Mt. Royal
Catholic Church of
Amanda Howell
Henderson's Wharf
Ie Semor Poe
Anakin
Captain Webb Swims Niagara Rapids Then Disappears
Niagara Falls July 26 Captain Matthew Webb began his risky swim at 4 24 pm from the Maid of the Mist area and by 4 37 had cleared the rapids. He disappeared near the whirlpool with officials confirming the likely death. Frederick Kyle and two companions rushed to Queenstown after a search failed to locate him.
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Jack McCloy
Maid of the Mist
Captain Webb
Frederick Kyle
Queenstown
Pethng
Illinois Secrets and Sudden Deaths Across the State
A Decatur hermit Matthew Kelly is found dead in his cabin with inquest inconclusive. Bloomington editor H O Hoffman convicted by Mrs Pritchard who called him a duchess. Governor rejects Angell pardon for embezzlement from Pullman. Nine year old Mary Hayes struck by lightning in Macon. Gas scare at McCormick House in East St. Louis prompts guest to flee. Pana bond issue to fund railroad bonds at 50 cents on the dollar defeated. James S Waterman dies in Chicago. Sophia Farrar dies in Galena. Horse thefts plague Hornsby area. many work horses stolen. John Murson of Barrett dies suddenly. David B Scully of Decatur sent to asylum after revival meetings. Chicago Exposition repair costs reach 52000 with 20000 borrowed. dividends under four percent for a decade. Crafts Wright, West Point graduate of Jefferson Davis era, dies in Chicago. East St. Louis watchman McLean mortally wounded. likely linked to strikes or car thieves. Storm gusts blow wheat down except around Pegie farm oil can. Virgie Johnson’s body found in Sangamon River lodged in a tree. Sylvester Wagner near Mont Clare cuts throat. no cause given. Wilhent A May named postmaster at Elm Point Bond County.
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Decatur
Matthew Kelly
Kelly
Rov
H. O. Hoffman
Bloomington
Pritchard
Chicago
Charles W. Angell
Pullman Car Company
Mary Hayes
Macon
McCormick House
National Stock Yards
Moss
Pana
Christian County
Pana Township
James 8. Waterman
Ilinois
Sophia Farrar
Northwest
Galena
Joe Daviess
Hornsby
Montgomery County
John Murson
Barrett Township
McLean County
David B. Scully
Insane Asylum
Harrison
John P. Reynolds
Chicago Exposition Company
Crafts J. Wright
West Point
Jefferson Davis
Baltimore Ohio Telegraph Company
East St. Louis
McLean
MacLeon
Carhieves
Pegie
Springfield
Virgie Johnson
Sangamon River
Sylvester Wagner
Mont Clare
Sook County
Wilhent A. May
Bcon
Elm Point
Bond County
Summer Resort Quotations and Off-Year Complaints
A Detroit Free Press sketch lampoons summer resort advertising and inflated expectations. A traveler seeks Rosebush Lake access, complains of delays and misrepresented amenities, and jokes about prices and breeze shortages at lakefront retreats.
A Good Word for the Mule in Springfield
A Springfield Massachusetts Republican article extols mules for city work. It notes a Minnesota import priced around 8500, a Southern standard of 1000, and claims mules run 10 mph with calm temper. It recalls a telegraph line job and a horse railroad fleet using mules for greater trips and lower feed.
Roebling Resigns as Chief Engineer of East River Bridge
The article notes Colonel W. A. Roebling ends his tenure as Chief Engineer after successfully completing his father’s East River Bridge project in New York.
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Bridan
New York
W. A. Roebling
Personal and Literary Recap of Notables
A collage of brief notices features President Arthur’s four sisters, Harry Garfield at Williams College, Adirondack Murray planning a New York law office after cattle ventures, General Sir Edward Sibine’s 1812 war ties and Fort Erie batteries, Phil Armour’s vast wealth and origins, Frank C. Bangs quitting acting for a soap venture, Rev. Stephen Tyng Sr.’s memory and 1830 events, Belva Lockwood’s legal office and pension filings, Mrs Langtry’s book plans on American life, Simon Cameron praising Daniel Webster, Charles Wooley and Louise Billman’s Urbana Hedgeville marriage, and a notably brief bride groom stat line.
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Arthur
Harry Garfield
Williams College
Adirondack Murray
Texas
New York
WN. Y. Sun
Edward Sibine
England
Fort Erie
Phil D. Armour
Chicago
York State
Chicago Journal
Frank C. Bangs
Philadelphia
Stephen H. Tyng
Belva Lockwood
Washington
Washington Star
Humorous Snippets and Quips From Various Tales
A collage of light humor and oddities: jokes about rising generations umbrellas and borrowed words, rhubarb baked slowly, a child’s mustard prank, why people thirst after emerging from water, a lecture on phenomena with cows and apples, a photographer’s joke about a setter, and two women winning wood-cutting prizes. Also notes on the Tell Chapel restoration handed to the Swiss government with cantonal representatives present.
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Garrie
Mike
Flora
Brooklyn Lagle
McKean County
Norristown Herat
Tell
Lake of
Lucerne
Society of Swiss Artists
Ari
Confederation
A Will of His Own in Child Rearing
A Pech's Sun column urges mothers to value a child with a will of their own. It argues such will, guided with kindness, fuels future success in business and invention, contrasting it with passive, compliant youths. It cites examples of entrepreneurs and inventors who thrived from determined children.
A Story for the Marines From Old News Pages
A fragment recounts a whaling voyage aboard the Eliza F. Mason with a shipboard fire in a whale’s head and a dive to escape burning oil. The tale includes a bald captain and a boy on a hobby horse, with an aside about a “case whale” oil split into head and body.
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Maryland
Niagara River
Illinois State News
State Charities
State Board of Charities
Meade
Northern Insane Asylum
Eastern Insane Asylum
Central Insane
Southern Insane
Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Ececsee
Hanes
Nen
Pecoaens
Central Insane Asylum
Jake
Rosebush Lake
Long Branch
Tean
Grand Pacific
Fifth Avenue
Detroi Free Press
New England
Minnesota
Horse Railroad Company
Streat Hill
Mass
Republican
Charles Wooley
Urbana
Louise Billman
Hedgeville
Pech
The
Marines
Eighth and
Chestnuts Streets
Eliza F. Mason
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