Epitome of the Week reports many incidents and tribulations
A digest of scattered items includes a verdict seeking damages over a pharmacy error that harmed an infant, a fire at the St Nicholas Hotel in Lexington Kentucky, plans to burn a house, a Rockford Illinois fine, a death in Cook County Hospital from hydrophobia, cattle disease prevention, and various weather, agricultural, and crime notes across multiple states with mentions of agents, shortages, and legal actions.
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Racenst Mochester
St. Nicholas Ho
Lexington
Peter Dai
Cook County
III
TLE Cattle Commission
Saratoga
James Twa
Cornell University
J. H. Sanders
Chicago Live Stock Journal
Canada
Louieville
Alabama
Tennessee
Deaeh_Iaven
Camden
N. J
Tom
Jonathan Cottle
Boston
Pioneer Iron Works
Linwood
G. W. Marks
Hanover
L. C. Damarin
Portymouth
Ohio
Pulp and Skin Company
Belleville
Kentucky Board of Agriculture
Agricultural Department
Cosalittonist’ Republican
Lynchburg
William ©. Wickham
Ramuel Mr
New York
Oustle Garden
Nebraskas
Tim
Lands Department of Agricultura
Samuel Miller
Williamsport
Supreme Court of Nebraska
Sonora
Arizona
Milnes
Pola Hamilton
Yay Bayve Bey
Bany Wit
State
Tey Abbay
Chicago
Petersburg
Norfolk
Candéron
Nscook
N. A
Crockbry
United States
Wale
Charles Kolh
Baltimore
Garfield signs extradition document first act since shooting
The president signed his name as James A. Garfield to a document extraditing a criminal wanted by Canadian authorities for forgery. He showed no ill effects from the exertion.
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James A. Garfield
Virginia
Lynchburg
Spotted Tail
Crow Dog
Fort Niobrara
C. H. Browning
Quincy
Ill
Stephen A. Douglas
United States Senate
Interior
President Johnson
Onx County
North Carolina
Foreign excavations uncover cathedral column in Mexico City garden
Reported in the City of Mexico a public garden project revealed a cathedral column dating to 1646 unearthed by workmen last week. A London dispatch notes tensions over Bank of England gold withdrawals. Italy uses coin to back replaceable paper money while Germany acts to protect Jews in Pomerania and West Prussia.
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Panama
DeLessops Canal Company
Cornell
Vienna
Llth
John Hill Burton
Havana
Brad Susta
Transvaal
Prague
Bohemia
Shanghai
Scott
House of Lords
Commons
Dublin
England
Ireland
Paris
Algeria
Porte
France
Canada Grand Trunk
Preacott
Tuk Viccoroy
India
Ameer
Afghanistan
Graben
United States
Adrianople
Maxime Sampa
Edison
Genoa
Italy
Mexico
London
Bank of England
Pomerania
Prussia
President's Condition Worsens as Stomach Fails Prompting Alarm
News from Washington and Britain reports a critical decline in the President's health with stomach failure and urgent medical concern. Secretaries Blaine and Lincoln return to Washington while Vice President Arthur stands by. In Britain the Land bill revisions pass House of Lords and Yorktown celebration plans invite Baron Steuben's family. market notes show wheat corn pork and lard gains and crop forecasts reveal mixed yields.
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Bhaxs
Blaine
Lincoln
Washington
Arthur
House of Commons
House of Lords
United States
Baron Steuben
Yorktown
Chisago
Department of Agriculture
South
Fraudulent patent seeding machine swindle targets farmers
The Cincinnati Haquirer reports a swindle by con artists selling seeding machines. They lure farmers as agents with promises of profits, obtain signatures on a contract that is later altered into a promissory note, leaving farmers liable to pay after notes are sold. Indiana districts like Bartholomew County are affected.
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Hunieek
Yoa Gang
Zagutrrrae
Fle
Indiana
Bartholomew County
Cincinnati Haquirer
Death from hydrophobia after curare trial at county hospital
A hydrophobic patient taken to County Hospital Wednesday noon died at 7 10 PM after violent convulsions. Doctors used restraints and three doses of curare without stopping the disease, noting no relief and planned to repeat the treatment for future hydrophobia cases. A Chicago Tribune note adds a Glasgow ship owner seeking 25000 in damages from a Scotland rail collision and a Cambridge letter carrier riding a bicycle.
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Peter Dah
Borneo
Pacific
Clcago Tribune
American Bankers Association meets at Niagara Falls
The American Bankers Association gathered at Niagara Falls New York for its first day session presided by EB G Spaulding of Farmers & Merchants Bank Buffalo. George F Baker reported finances solid as John Thompson warned bankers to slow expansion amid signs of market heat and pending panics.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
EB. G. Spaulding
Farmers & Merchants’ Bank of
Busalo
George F. Baker
Garfiekd
John Thompson
New York
Government Finances and Banking News Across Nations
Secretary Windom reviews the Refunding act impact on registered bonds and interest savings, projecting 1881 October figures. Knox traces U S currency totals, gold, silver, and bank holdings, and Nomination Committee members are named. International banking topics follow with Canada, England, and Ontario Quebec data, plus a Niagara Falls International Bank call.
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Reau
Windom
Treasury
John Jay Knox
George
Cue
Association
Lyman J. Guage
First National Bank of Chicago
Edmund D. Randolph
George W. Baker
George Morsland
Thiam
EA. Towles
First National Bank of
St. Albans
St. H. Inglis Palgrave
London
England
Bank of England
Scotland
Ireland
United Kingdom
Canada
Q. HL. Sorley
Montreal
Ontario
Quebney
Dominion
Quebec
Senate
Ees
Ead
Spade
Mellow-voiced brigand robs stage near Del Norte
Juror Brazee hears preliminary exam of Burton alias Jinks for the Del Norte to Alamosa stage robbery on June 29. Key witness J. B. McMillan describes eight men and one woman in the coach, the blindfolds, the search, and the lone robber who spoke in a calm, gentlemanly tone. He earned about 140 dollars from a single pocketbook, operated with a soft voice, and vanished into the darkness.
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Burton
Pueblo
Denver
Brazee
del Norté
Alamosa
Billy le Roy
D.nver
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Wisconsin
Dan O’ Mara
Chippewa Falls
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Campbell
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Castle Garden
New Mexico
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National Civil-Service Reform Association
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Chiet
Supreme Court of Connecticut
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Massachusetts Supreme Bench
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