Indian Affairs Report Calls for Wider Indian Service Reforms
Commissioner Miram Pride presents the 1883 annual Indian Affairs report urging Congress to expand funding and reorganize the service. Proposals include surveying reservation boundaries, stricter penalties for arms trade, liquor controls near reservations, broader appropriations, and granting Indians equal court rights and homestead entry access.
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Wasmayoron
Miram Pride
Indian Affairs
Secretary of the Interior
Indiana
Serry Sawkaree Ees
Indian Service
Price
Congress
Iitraders
Ely
Walt Againstshim
Aobt
Alaska
Yellow Fever Outbreak in Mazatlan and San Francisco Ties
A San Francisco report describes yellow fever sweeping Mazatlan in August with a party led by J A Robertson fleeing for safety. One dies, others fall ill after returning to Mazatlan and large coffin burials are noted. death claims reach hundreds during September. The fever's virulence is described as deadly and fast acting.
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San Francisco
J. A. Robertson
Mazatlan
Robertson
Maxatlan
Explosion at gas well kills doctor and injures spectators
A gas well blast after a worker lit a paper flare in MiveraL Amoéx Ohio on Friday fatally injures Dr. A. J. Leitch, president of the school board, and critically injures him along with several bystanders and workers. The blast hurled him from the well mouth and scorched his face. Multiple injuries to others follow as debris and timber flew from the site.
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Miveral Amoéx
A. J. Leitch
Leitch
Impaled by a Led-Hot Rail in Scranton Mill
Michael Durwin, 40, died instantly at the Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company steel-rail mill when a red hot rail struck his back above the hips and penetrated his body.
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Scranton
Michael Durwin
Lackawanna Iron & Steel Company
Colored Men Protest and Rally Over Civil Rights Decision
A mass meeting at Lincoln Hall denounced the Supreme Court Civil Rights ruling. Frederick Douglass urged moderation but urged voting against injustice. others defended or condemned the decision in Cincinnati and Indianapolis meetings. Resolutions urged full political rights and party alignment for equality.
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Lincoln Hall
Supreme Court
J.-M. Gregory
Frederick Dougises
R. G
Republican A Party
Shellabarger
Republican
Democratic Party
Cincinnati
Zion
F. A. Thompson
W. H. Parkham
Court
Peter H. Clark
Caldwell
Louisville
Jackson
Justice Harlan
Indianapolis
Harrison
Peele
J. W. Gordon
John Coburn
Lincoln
Sumner
Fatal Railroad Accident Near Fort Edward
A Caldwell Glens Falls and Fort Edward train derailed crossing a canal bridge near Fort Edward New York, killing three and wounding twenty one. Fire crews and volunteers worked to remove victims as a bridge support failure caused the crash.
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Fort Edward
N. Y
Fort Epwamp
Caldwell
Glens Falls
Albany
Troy
Edward Deal
Deal
John Jenkins
Dallas Crippon
Wincop
Gloversville
Smichael Jonosin
B. Thoiz
Thomas E. Connors
Patrick Howard
T.brady
J. Jenkins
Edward Dealinger
B. Thola
L. M. Harland
Anna T'sdale
Whitehall
Thomas Loomis
Charles Bohelfors
Charles Calostraski
James Loomis
James Co
Ticonderoga
Abraham Wing
Mra
N. Goldstein
Jacob Goldstein
John H. Lossick
Illinois State Board of Charities Reports Yearly Finances
The Illinois State Board of Charities convened in Chicago with Dr. J.C. Corbus presiding. The report shows 3471 inmates average and total funds of 8 244 481 dollars, detailing cash, appropriations, and income sources, plus per capita costs and the plan to empty state insane hospitals as new beds open.
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Illinois
State Board of Charities
Chicago
J.C. Corbus
Mendota
Gould
Moline
Giinishaw
Pittsfield
Ty Vines
Joost
Lins
Burr Fund
Elgin Hospita
Ces Ag Eesenewee
Ee Ceepencees
Sir Asi
State Board
Vesssa
Northern Insane Asylum
Eastern Insane Asylum
Central Insane Asylum
Southern Insane Asylum
Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Biind Asyland
Ccc
Ence Pene
Feeble-Minded Asylum
Porotors
Reform School
BP Stare
Cook County
Beaty Becky the Cat Catches Scarlet Fever
A cat named Becky contracts scarlet fever from a sick mistress and recovers after hot linseed poultices. The account is cited as an absolute fact with witnesses. The piece also notes Rev. Charles Edwin Burdette sailing for India and his relation to Bob Burdette.
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Becky
Pusa
Isabel Smithson
Literary and Personal Notes From Twenty First Century Era
Ina D Coolbrith Oakland public librarian Bet jean pete the charming American girl who wrote Kismet? ished another novel. Mira Compton of Ha County Ohio engaged to fire three different lovers eloped with fourth and married him. Detroit Poet Eisa Emily McTavish twenty, Baltimore rich belle, vows with Sisters of Charity. Harper's London agent Bowker says many copies sold there second only to Wordsworth. Blaine rejects 100000 for From Lincoln to Garfield with fifty cents royalty per volume. American publishing houses announce 966 forthcoming books. Distribution centers New York Boston Philadelphia Chicago Cincinnati Baltimore Buffalo. Rev Dr S Imious Prime first sermon 50 years ago now oldest editor in New York. Every minister of the Presbytery of New York now dead. Jules Verne fifty, beard white, once destined for law, but chose literature. Journey Round the World in Eighty Days achieved world fame.
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Ina D. Coolbrith
Oakland
Bet’ Jean Pete
Ished
Mira Compton
Ha County
Fire i
Detroit
Eisa Emily McTavish
Baltimore
Sisters of Charity
Mr. Bowker
London
Harper's
Blaine
Lincoln
Garfield
New Y. Times
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
Cincinnati
Buffalo
Chicago Journal
Immous Prime
New York Observer
Hedford
Westchester County
N. Y
Prime
Presbyterian Church
Observer
Presbytery
Dales Verne
Kerahan le Tetu
Paris
Humorous headlines and quips from late 19th century papers
A collage of jokes and social snippets from multiple newspapers. Bits include a line about a Cleveland girl with a bullet in her head, taunting remarks about head full of balls, jealous remarks at a Boston party, a duel with a ridiculous target, a clerk’s war joke, and a gossiping- lady remark about a soprano marrying a bass.
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Cleveland
Norristown Herald
Mise Smith
Boston Transcript
Asrhund
Coney Island
Grocer
Rollo
Kreesy Mareh
Francisco Argonant
Kattler
Wuerit Ds Rawer
Indies
Boston
Cri
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Bethany
Moultrie County
Fourth Avenue
Charles Reynolds
Edward Patterson
E. A. Clifford
Evanston
Post-office Department
Washington
Clifford
Andrew J. Mason
William A. Paddacks
Paddacks
Mason
Carlinville
Macoupin County
Maron
Crawford County
Elm
David Eddy
Witfo
Pecatontea
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Money For Baseball
Ee Aee
Oor
Wardafone
Becca Seceses Cece
Cece
Cesnes
Cses
Wrens Saeeens
Eescares
Aes
Philadelphia Athletic
Hartford
Conn
Onur
Charles Edwin Burdette
India
Bob” Burdette
Hawkeye Fame
Brown University
Newton Theological Institution
Troit Post
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