Foreign affairs and colonial tensions dominate weekly news
Telegraphic dispatches report Germany signing a treaty to evacuate French territory as Spanish authorities release Dr. Howard. Spain’s Republicans vow to oppose monarchy and renounce elections while Monarchy persists. Nellie Grant and Minister Schenck visit the British Lords. debates on Anglo American relations and Geneva arbitration. Peru suppresses newspapers. Central America notes Jesuit property seizures in Nicaragua. Cuba’s Captain General resignation followed by Cordova appointment. Epoca resists Spain giving up colonies, and Stanley’s expedition finds Livingstone. The London Prison Reform Congress opens with global delegates. Canada bound steamer canale burns ashore. sixteen expeditionaries shot. Geneva celebrates with Adams and Cushing. Constantinople reports major fire and 1000 houses destroyed. James Bilas captain claims the downing of a mark by a misstep.
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England
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International Prison Reform Congress
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Canale
Paris
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Switzerland
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Cushing
Constantinoploting Bean
Allen Mclisane
James Bilas
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Stella Maria
Lachance
Famine in Persia and Local Hardships Reported
Letters from American missionaries describe widespread famine in Perala with daily deaths in Teheran and crowds seeking aid in Chicago. Relatives and churches urge contributions to Persian relief while merchants note good grain crops in Iowa and Milwaukee printers strike for higher pay. A Bayou St John tragedy near New Orleans ends in three youths found dead after a suspected afternoon shooting.
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Perala
Chicago
G. W. Coan
Teheran
J. W. Farwell & Co
Field, Leiter & Co
Chicago Tribune
Iowa
Printera
Milwaukee
Bayou St
Catalog of fires and violence from Pine Bluff to New York
Clip surveys a string of tragedies and incidents including a Pine Bluff Ark. dwelling fire killing Mr Querburn and his daughter, a Fort Smith assault and suicide by Fred Grosse, a July debt statement, pension increases, a horse trot, and multiple heat related deaths, drownings, fights, and fires across several states with deaths and injuries.
Widows of Revolutionary Soldiers and Cabinet News Report
The Penaton Office notes two widows under forty of Revolutionary Soldiers and the oldest surviving widow at 115. President Lincoln returned to Washington on the 2d and held a Cabinet meeting with Boutwell Delano and Williams present. Postmasters appointed include C E Yost Omaha J Milton Best Paducah Chas G Clark Ann Arbor and 8 S D McKahan Me nomine. Jubilee enters third week with Irish band as highlight. Erie Gould suit seeks 10 million for bond over issue and personal use. Twenty clerks dropped from Internal Revenue in DC due to funding gaps. Hayes named Cincinnati Postmaster Chapman resigned Judd appointed Chicago Collector. Jubilee net profits reported at 405000. Mrs Drake Milla injured by fall at Metropolitan Hotel window. John R Bigelow ex mayor of Boston dies at 74. Army of the Tennessee reelects Sherman as President and names officers. Logan noted in Army report.
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Internal Revenue Office
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Cincinnati
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N. B. Judd
Cristoitis
Chicago
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Greeley
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Fernando Wood
Metropolitan Hotel
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Boston
Army of the Tennessee
Madison
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Meeting set for October 17 18 in Toledo Ohio
Ed Orator in Toledo Ohio was chosen as the meeting site. The event will take place on October 17 and 18 with attendees gathering at the city venue.
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Toledo
Ohio
Political ledger of party moves across states
Ex Governor Seymour is installed as Tammany Sachem and backs the Cincinnati ticket. Parker declines the Vice Presidency. Illinois calls a Chicago meeting. New York Senate removes Judge McCann. Illinois Temperance law takes effect. Michigan delegates to National Convention endorse Cincinnati. Lawrence Weldon declines Attorney General nomination in Springfield. Democratic and Liberal State Conventions called for Des Moines August 1. Florida Democratic State Convention set for Tallahassee August 14. General Browne resigns as Indiana District Attorney.
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Cincinnati
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McCann
Ilinois
Michigan
Lansing
Springfield
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Des Moines
Florida
Tallahassee
General Browne
Indiana
Type-Setting Machine Impresses New York Readers
A New York correspondent hails a newly perfected type-setting machine that can compose a column at six thousand ems per hour, surpassing four skilled compositors. The device is compact, treadle operated, with justifying and distributing mechanisms, costing about four hundred dollars and ready for mass production.
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New York
Reading Times and Dispatch
Morse
Fulton
Vinzcar Bitters touted as a health wonder and cure all
An advertisement extols Vinzcar Bitters as a tone up tonic restoring appetite aiding digestion and promoting sleep. It claims powerful effects on stomach bowels spine kidneys lungs and muscles praising its longevity benefits and noting wide popular sales. The piece also pitches Johnson's Anodyne Liniment elastic trusses Dooley's Yeast Powder and Elmwood Collar as other products and fashion items.
Chromo offer subscription lure from The Little Corporal
The publisher advertises Qmennirs Anz Rive a Chromo for subscribers of The Little Corporal at 1.50 per year plus 0.10 postage. It touts Lyon's Kathaiion hair product and Cristapone's Excelsior Ham Dreatan as leading remedies, with claims of health and beauty benefits and cautions about imitations.
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Lctive Corporal
Httle
Jonun E. MiLum
Chicago
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