Express Robbery on the Milwaukee Line Ends in Guilt
An express robbery attempt aboard the Michigan Central near Three Oaks ended with the assailant dead after a struggle with the messenger Heath. About $2,700 was taken as the robber fled the car. The incident follows recent reports of rail and debt news across states.
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Zanesville
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Milwaukee
Chi and Company Aa
Wisconsin
Louisiana
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Expresss
Michigan Central Railroad
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Treaanry
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IAW
Treasury
Internal Revenue Receipts and Court Decisions Reported
May receipts totaled 11,826,490 dollars with year to date 3,181,014.86. Judgment entered in Sangamon County Circuit Court against Chicago and Altoona Railway Company. Pittsburgh women crusaders win in Common Pleas Court refund of fines. Treasury directs sale of 1.6 million and 1 million gold on specified Thursdays. June total 5 million. Decoration Day observed nationwide on Saturday the 30th ult.
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Chicago &Altoh Railway Company
Pittsburgh
Thea Street
Common Pleas Court
Secretary of the Treasury
New York
Temperance convention called for Auburn meeting
A New York State Temperance Convention was called to meet at Auburn on June 23. Papers served on the Wisconsin Attorney General and Railroad Commissioners notify an injunction to restrain actions related to the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad creditors and weakened securities. Oregon returns on the 1st favor Democratic state ticket and a Republican congressman. Independents carry Portland. Currency bill conference fixes 37.44 percent greenbacks to retire with January 1878 specie resumption. Gov Weston of New Hampshire inaugurated at Concord on the 4th.
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Weston
New Hampshire
Concord
Congressional actions and bills in the Senate and House
The Senate considered extending public land time and a Pembina Territory measure with a conference. a pontoon bridge project was authorized and pension provisions adjusted. In the House debate on army reduction, court scheduling changes were adopted, and conference committees formed on appropriations and amendments. A naval monument project and naval academy funding received attention with Indian Appropriation amendments.
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Evansville
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Naval Monument
Washington, D
Military Academy
Congress Debates Charter Repeal and Voting Reform Proposals
The record outlines House and Senate actions on charter repeal petitions for the Masonic Hall Association of the District of Columbia, oaths binding officials, and allowing peremptory juror challenges from secret societies. It notes bills on populist reforms, constitutional amendments for direct Senate elections, women as attorneys, and changes to customs, railway operations, and mining laws amid adjournments and committee activity.
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Congress
Masonic Hall Association
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Denver & Pacific:Railway
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Minnegots
Iowa
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Judiciary
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Secretary of the Treasury
Committee On Appropriations
Select Committee On Transportation
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Mississippi River
Fitz Hugh Lee
Virginia
van R. Morgan
Freedmen's Saving and Trust Company
la Crome
Wis
Military Academy
Washington Monument
Indians Burying Their Dead Describes California Practices
The article explains California Indians use both cremation and burial. It details a blanket wrapping, kneeling, and the heart’s believed escape from an evil spirit during burning or burial. Relatives chant, prostrate, and sometimes turn the body on the pyre while a bead winding seals each portion.
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Ifornia India
Fragmented historical notice mixed with recipe and ritual
Mixed excerpt details postmortem funeral rites including burning garments and personal effects, mourning ashes processed in baskets, plus disparate home remedies for apples and burns. It references female mourning rituals and a Pacific Rural Press context with culinary and medical guidance.
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Pacific Rural Press
Hidden vice harms children’s honesty lessons
The author argues that a parent who hides vices from children is mistaken. Children quickly perceive wrongdoing and imitate it, so saying thou shalt not steal loses impact when the parent acts dishonestly by taking what is not theirs or exploiting others.
Maine man with twenty two children seeks tax move
A Maine man with twenty two children faced moving between school districts to adjust his school tax. Old neighbors urged him to stay with offers to pay him to remain, but new neighbors promised to relocate him at no cost and won the bid.
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Maine
Oakland Haunting Sparks Ghostly Storm at House
In Oakland California residents report a ghost that makes a storm like racket with bells ringing and objects flying. A screech heard like a drowning woman adds to fright as reporters pressure locals seeking the secret of the haunting.
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