Congressional actions span funding and reform debated in 19th century session
Reports cover House and Senate decisions on National Bank charter extensions, indemnity for Japan, centennial celebration costs, and military pension additions. Noting amendments, appropriations, and various bills including labor, canal instruction, river and harbor, and succession in government offices.
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Allson
Morrill
Japan
Westingtores
Senate
Miller
Trinois & Mississippi Canal
Bayard
Nyes
Maxey
Morgan
McMillan
House
Mn. Hoar
Noties
Blair
Indian Territory
Housa
Arctic
Ré. Dandridge
Zachary Taylor
Four Arizona cowboys hanged after store robbery near Most New Mexico
A posse overtook and executed four Arizona cowboys on the 18th after they robbed a storekeeper near Most, New Mexico. Other items include harvest prospects in Colorado, heavy crop yields in May, and various accidents and incidents across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Denver
Colorkio
Frederick Voss
Third Avenue
New York
Ocean Ateamship Lines
Cornell
Castle Garden
Willliam F. Weiß
Boston
Philadelphia
State of
Galveston
Tex
Philadelphia & Atlantic City Railway
South Braintree
Mass
Dayton
Ohio
Maloney
Weeden
West Virgina
Wilkesharre
Mansmat
Carterville
Carthage
James Morongly
Mount Sterling
Warren County
Pennsylvania
Rick
Winchester
Kentucky Fire Destroys Frankfort Hall and Fatal Injuries Reported
A front page blot lists a Frankfort hall fire caused by lightning that destroyed the building and killed two workers who fell during the blaze. It notes a storm sweeping Kentucky on the fifteenth and details other incidents including a Niagara Falls train wreck and multiple executions in various states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Silacend
Belo
Misa Bradley
iKentucky
Frankfort
Cael
Aixty
Niagara-Falls
Rochester
United States
Brookfeld
Lawrence
Kan
Bugar Creek
Linn County
Washington
Colorado
California
Nevada
Rice
Col
Thomas Wall
Trinidad Charlie
Clarkeburg & Western Road
West Virginia
Walton's Station
James YapGun
Pinckneyville, IL
William Watts
Milton Yarbery
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Charles Campbell
Llano
Tex
Maine Republican State Convention in Portland nominates Roble for Governor
The Maine Republican State Convention met in Portland presided by Senator Hale. Frederick Roble was nominated for Governor while Reed, Dingley, Boattelle and Milliken were nominated for Congress. The assembly endorsed party policy, praised Garfield’s death, supported Arthur, backed prohibition, opposed tax cuts on intoxicants, opposed foreign-built ship registry, favored veterans pensions, denounced Greenback theory, and opposed changes to the national banking system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Portland
Hale
Frederick Roble
Thomas B. Reed
Nelson Dingley
Charles A. Boatelle
Seth D. Milliken
Garfield
Arthur
Arthoma Ov
Daniel H. Pinney
Itttola
Supreme
Newton
Mass
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Society of the Army of the Potomac
Detroit
Andrew A. Humphrey
R. R. Dawen
Congress
Fifteenth
Otto
Craig
Supreme Court
Fifth Union Judicial
Willliam Dennisox
Ohio
Lincoln
Ted
Columbus
Rovstaw
New York
Arkansas
Little Rock
James H. Berry
Mississippi Valley
Dupat Grerce Y. Sawyer
New Hampshire
Nashua
Sevorty
Charlerton
Indiana
Inva
Thomas Brownhe
Washington, D. C
United Stats
Galveston
Political Snippets From Congressional and State Activities
Cabinet approved commissions and nominations at Washington on the 14th. Rose Greenbackers nominate Joseph Butler for Congress in Indiana's Twelfth District on the 16th. New Hampshire Republicans meet September 12 in Concord. Arthur fills Tariff Commission vacancies by naming William H. McMahon of New York and Alexander F. Bobeler of West Virginia.
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Leah ‘Commission
Agf
Washington
Farma Atubanut
Armaona
Arkansnas
California
Conneticut
Kentucky
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
New Hampshire
New Mexico
New York
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington Territory
West Virginia
Wisconsin
United States
Deadly turmoil and political crisis sweep Egypt and beyond
In a volatile period, a motion failing in the Lords blocks a marriage bill. Elsewhere waves of upheaval spread from Alexandria as Europeans flee amid riots and a potential abdication. Reports note a Hawaiian revolution, British naval readiness, and tensions in Servia and Italy as deaths and emigrations rise.
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House of Lords
Wifch
Auastia
Montreal
Victoria Square
Alexandria
Egypt
House of Commons
Servian Assembly
Sandwich Islands
Walter Murray Gibson
United States
Ayn Alexandrina
Tne
Garibaldi
Caprera
Pera
Cape Race
Lake Manitoba
William Rowland
Oxford
Ont
Bheth
Derviseh Pasha
Dar Jtres Crevats
Platt
Bollya
Convention nominates Breckinridge for Congressman at Large
The Democratic State Convention at Little Rock on the 17th nominated Clifton R. Breckinridge for Congressman at Large. A resolution favored resubmission to the people of the Constitutional Amendment for banning payment of alleged fraudulent bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Little Rock
Clifton R. Breckinridge
General Breckinridge
Kentucky
St. Peter's Bank
Hugecoberg
Dismond
Wilkesbarre
Justice Bradley
Washington
Gulteau
London
Clerkenwell
Timothy Remick
Boston
Fromen
Grinnell
Jowsa
Malcom
Dresden
Gadsden
Ala
M. M. Lawin
Cambridge
Mass
Tarek
Duncan Taylor
Brunsells
Ont
United States Senate
House
Page
Secretary of War
Robeson
Starvation Ravages Patrick County Mountaineers in Virginia
Dispatch from Patrick County Virginia describes a famine spreading across the remote hills with 5000 souls starving many dead or dying for meat and flour. Relief committees form as women carry infants along rugged paths seeking food while some families boil weeds to survive. A farmer offers cash for flour but cannot find supply as mounted volunteers rally to deliver aid from nearby regions. June 10, Vanville Virginia. Chicago Tribune special.
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Phe Lahabithsie
Patrick County
Patrick Pe Gants
Ering Ad
Ton
Ole Familiea
District 8
Vanville
Chicago Tribune
Swindling Farmers and New Dodges in Iowa
Farmers grow more cautious as reports of sharpers decline while new cons emerge. Two con men exploit lost cattle to claim rightful ownership, trick farmers into selling at low prices, then disappear. Chicago Times notes this method spreading. Connecticut reports tramp infestations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Notiece
Perann
Itil
Chicago Times
Illinois Crops Outlook Shows Mixed Yields and Drought Damage
Illinois Farm reports indicate rising oats condition but uncertain corn and hay output. Cold spring and heavy rainfall reduced meadow yields, with Central and Northern divisions faring better or worse on balance. Local incidents include a Mount Zion fire, deaths, and notable court and census notes across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiestius
Armanda
Digest of Anecdotes and Quips From Various Papers
A collage of humorous lines and short notices from multiple papers. Bits cover beef pricing, canned oysters, book borrowing, Trumped headlines, a 19th century letter found in a country post office, and jokes about luck and marriage proposals. Some quotes reflect regional tone and era.
Durable mortar and new armor tested in early science notes
The London Builder notes mortar durability from lime kept in water for two years before use. It mentions leather clippings repurposed into buttons and upholstery trims, and explores a red snow alga found atop the Wasatch Mountains. A Leipsic test shows a new cuirass very light yet protective, with bullets mostly halting in wool lining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Lynn
Salem
Ross
Wasatch Mountains
South Florida
St John
Leipsic
Martini
Acorn Storing Woodpecker on Hoowel Mountain
The California red headed woodpecker stores acorns in tree bark on Hoowel Mountain Napa County. A pine tree about 75 feet tall holds many holes the size of acorns, packed with acorns. The behavior is possibly to feed grubs that develop after the acorns drop, with Indians and Californians noting myths and ethnology views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Hoowel Mountain
Napa County
Stearna
American Naturals
Bancroft
Pacific States
Major Powell
Indianaph Journal
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Domestiq
Galt Slikos
Ireland
Edmund Yates
Domo
McMahon
Marigloe Ie
Orang
Saeco Een
Connecticut
Illinois
Department of Az
Viennaeon County
Mount Zion
Macon
Con
Ble&cutt and
P Smith
Spiriot Mayt Suni
William Thompson
Springfield
Rudolph Coolsky
Chicago
Cairo
J. G. Reeves
Charles Vandervoort
Inois Central
Albert G Burt
Seventh Circuit
Clinois
Carrollton
Emaline Stoneburner
Wiliam Lindsay
Clark
Bashaw Temple
Morris Hazel
Belleville
Pinkey
John McGormick
Minneapolis
Minn
Panchot
Frank Waterman
Danville
Fort Wayne
McLean County
Supreme Court of
Tilinor
hAat Louie
Wrank Rande
Shah Shasf
Thompson
Bey
Central Africa
James
Burlington
New Haven Register
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Ghaira
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