Multiple World News and Local Incidents Reported
A mix of crime, weather, and international notes fill the page. A New York letter-carrier confesses mail robbery. Lincoln County murder gang captured. locust eggs' larva may aid grasslands. Oklahoma raiders plan move into Indian Territory. Also reports on rail crashes, arson, mass weather freezes, and various international troubles and trades.
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Georor Booniex
New York
Lincoln County
N. M
Santa Fe
Dave Rudebaugh
Lopez
Las Vegas
Asie Minor
Agricultural Bureau
Carri Parxx
Oklahoma Raiders
Alontent
Oklahoma
Sandusky
Ohio
Bmithville
Dunn
Williamsburg
Western Union Telegraph Company
Boston
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Missinsippi
Alabama
Loulsiana
Texas
Mercury
Sherman
John E. Kirby
St. Louis
New Albany
Ind
Wiltam
Fannie Johnson
Tonax Yyse Mayy
Postolte Department
Dee Os
Disner Even
Purcall
Cincinnati
Asa Rotsisenino
Bessie Moore
Dy Bwiney
Plalyfeld
Waa
Albany
N. Y
Coutly
Font du Lac
Detroit
I D. Weight
Unveiling at Military Park and Election News Across Regions
The report covers the unveiling at the Military Park in Newark on the 26th, Cambridge celebration of settlement anniversary with remarks by Eliot Higginson and Longfellow and a Holmes reading. It notes embezzlement case in Hackensack and a Third New Hampshire district election result with Ray winning. Additionally Tayes plans to renew acting Navy secretary Ramsay’s appointment through March.
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Taratatuo
Philip Kemmey
Newark
N. 1
Cambridge
Magss
Eliot
Higginson
Longfellow
Holmes
Tin Thames
R. B. Marcy
Recrélerlasfvaris Sud Schurz
Court Martial Ordered At West Point January 18
A court martial was ordered to convene at West Point on January 18 under the presidency of General Miles. The proceedings concern charges against a military officer, details and identity not fully clear in the fragment.
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Weat Point
Miles
Vast 1840 1870 Grain and Bank Figures From Lively Year
Receipts of grain and flour in Chicago reached 166 504 082 bushels in 1840, compared with 187 624 888 in 1870, with shipments at 153 070 460 bushels. Lumber receipts stood at 1 555 497 000. Hogs totaled 7 065 220. Louis Atausis Blanquui died aged nearly 70. Fifty nine national banks formed, 11 failed, 3 opened, net national bank note circulation up 2 286 727.
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Chicago
Louis Atausis Blanquui
Dusinggs
White House
Washington
Mayes
M. B. Muller
Thompson
Madison
Wis
United States
B.D. Borgorn
Rock Island
Ill
Drogheda
Bally Castle
Killaly
Cenius
Alaska
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
James A. Kuene
Newport
Epzs Sancrnt
Beaton
Alpena
Goodrich Transportation’ Company
Illinois News Roundup Highlights Tax, Crime and Care Gaps
Reported events include a resignation of a state auditor elect and a Todd victory as Temperance nominee over Republican rival N Chester. Proposals urge Georgvor Contom to push epilepsy care legislation, noting about 150 sufferers receive no proper treatment. Also covered are railroad earnings, a Christmas Day robbery in Galena, and a fatal steam engine incident in Chicago.
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Rarno
Kankakee County
Bwigec
W. W. Todd
N. Chester
Georgvor Contom
Lincoln
Tis Triots Central Railroad Company
Totel
HE. J. Classen
I A
Galena
Custom House
Grorce H. Hanron
Springfield
Chicago
Joseph Reed
Northwestern Railway
Chicago Avenue
Joliet
Euprema
Fifth Street
Monroe
Jackbonvill
Hsg
Needica
Illinois
Notable Fires and Damage Reports in Chicago and Montreal
A Chicago woman named Timing ignited her clothing by striking a lamp, fatally burning herself before help arrived. A tenant warns a landlord over defective drainage and seeks $5,000 damages after his daughter nearly dies of diphtheria allegedly from sewer gas. In Montreal a blind boy crafts a miniature house inside a four ounce bottle from forty wooden pieces.
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Chicago
Timing
Montreal
Orang-Outangs Exhibit Shows Family Size and Features
A Rochester exhibit displays a five-member orangutan family from Borneo under Prof. Ward. The collection includes an adult male of 160 pounds and a red-haired male with missing digits, two females, and a two-month-old juvenile. The article notes their tree-dwelling habits, dental features, and timid yet intelligent nature.
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Borneo
Tion
Ward
Rochester
Inkling Orty
Hangig
Grengottang
Brave Engineer Stops Out of Control Train
Engineer Bond of the Wabash saved a westbound No. 8 from wreck nine miles west of Defiance Ohio after a driving-rod broke tearing into the cab. He climbed the tender and cut the brake-hose with a penknife, letting air brakes set automatically to halt the train without further damage. Passengers praised his bravery.
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Engineer Bond
Wabash
Toledo
Defiance
Ohio
Dowd
Pers Dnrtown
Bonds
Crtcago Tribune
Young Californian Marries Seventy-Two Year Old Widow
A 26 year old California man has married a 72 year old widow named Geneva Onn. He will receive a residence in San Antonio, Texas as part of the nuptial arrangement.
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California
Geneva Onn
San Antonio
Texas
Presidents Education Through History Course
Washington and several early presidents had no college education while Grant attended West Point. The list notes Adams graduates from Harvard and Jefferson, Madison from Princeton, Polk Pierce from Bowdoin, Buchanan from Dickinson, Hayes from Kenyon, and Garfield from Williams.
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Igut
Washington
Jarenson
Waald
Jeff
van Buren
Harrison
Taylor
Fillmore
Lincoln
Johnson
Grant
West Point
Adamses
Harvard
Jefferson
Monrose
Tyler
William and Mary
Madison
Princeton
Polk Pierce
Bowdoin
Buchanan
Dickinson
Hayes
Kenyon
Garfield
Williams
Paris Hairdressers Prize Hairof Coiffure Contest
A singular international contest in the Summer Circus on the Champs Elysees Paris saw seventy professional hairdressers compete for gold and silver medals. A Parisian won first prize and a Belgian second for the best historical coiffure.
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Champs Elysees
Paris
President of Buenos Ayres Offers Free Lands to Irish Emigrants
The Buenos Aires leader proposes granting free land to fifty thousand Irish emigrants. The plan aims to attract settlers and boost regional development, detailing eligibility and terms for new entrants.
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Buenos Ayres
Advances in Industry and Science Amid Global News
Reports from Geveden discuss German plans to seek Reichstag authority for expanding underground systems after a severe storm. The piece also notes a machine separating sound from unsound cranberries, a glass thread production method in Pittsburgh, and potato sugar dynamics during freezing. It covers railways, caoutchouc from Hovea trees, moss factories in New Orleans, and Gehring’s enamel process. Orange crops from Jamaica to Louisiana are expected abundant with lower prices ahead.
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Dumiva
Geveden
Télagt
Reichstag
Pittsburgh
Brazil
New Orleans
Dr. Gehring
Landshut
Bavaria
Jamaica
Florida
Havana
Louisiana
New York
Italy
Spain
Messina
Sicily
Glass coats and overcoats in quaint quips and quotes
A collage of cartoonish lines and witticisms from anonymous sources and periodicals. It skewers fashion, manners, and domestic life with quips about glass fabrics for clothing, flirtatious banter, overcoats, parental views at church, and a clerk noting a door knob’s wear as a running joke.
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Pennsylvania
Burlan Tost
Crispin
London
Billington
Jsoston Evening Journal
Papa
Mamma
Burdette
Galveston
Billy
Johnny
Alteton
Jones
Robinson
Boston Transcript
The Square Man by Josh Billings
A humorous vignette extols a “square man” who is consistent and solid in all directions. He is free from defects, unshakable, and unaltered by changing conditions, a paragon of reliable, unwarped sturdiness.
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Gx, Burt, JS
St. Etienne
France
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May
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Canon Farming
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Eng
Salilyott
Peixex Christorne Union
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England
Land League
Clare
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Tax Albanian League
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Highgate Cemetery
Tax Pall Call Gazette
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Vatican
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Chihuahua
Tawvik Pasua
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Sgeseagen &S
sUaueasanmedie
Subee Hawarpweses
Mount
Wes
Aeme
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Atlana
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Science and Industry
Square Man
Haint
Enny
Bio
Ben
Josh Billings
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