Mass of 19 million in transport costs and global unrest
The Second Assistant Postmaster General reports total transport costs at 19,284,899 with rises in railway and steamboat services and a projected next year cost of 18,795,216 for rail plus 5,000,000 for steam lines. Across the U S violence and crime, including farmer Crawford murder near Clinton Falls and rail worker indictments, stain the era while lotteries and postal notes draw legal action and fiscal scrutiny.
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Tae
Crawford
Clinton Falls
St. Louis
Grand
Greshak
Lyon
Vermont
New Hampshire
Nran
New Comerstown
Albert Fintv
Washington
Massachusetts
Cape Cod
Leadville
Col
Frank Gallagher
James B. Garvin
Jeshy D. Wexxsa
Western Iron Association
Europe
England
Tombstone
A. T
Swisshelm Mountains
San Carlos
Winwiak H. Jenkins & Co
New York
Keeny
Warrenton
Quilford County
N. C
Treasury Department
Philadelphia
New Orleans
San Francisco
Vineyard Heaven
Mase
Apethroseomanu
Laroe
Mannen Dade Niciolty
Dayton
Political shifts and pension probes across states and cities
Democratic factions denounce Butler in Massachusetts while a Portland youth claims to be Charley Ross. Interior confirms suspension of pension attorneys for malfeasance. Iowa election returns show Sherman leading, with Weaver and Kinne trailing. other races highlighted include Supreme Judge and Greenback candidates. Military veterans gather in Cincinnati as docketed Supreme Court cases unfold in Washington.
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Massachusetts
General Butler
Portland
Charley Ross
Brazil
Commissioner of Pensions
Secretary of the Interior
Ileralitioa
J. R. Cilley
Rockland
Francis Regester
William 4. Druen
Philadelphia
Milo B. Stevens & Co
Cleveland
Washington
Datroft
Chicago
William H. Wells & Co
Washington, D. C
James R. Russell
Massa
Army of the Cumberland
Cincinnati
Iowa
Sherman
Kinne
Weaver
Reed
Hayes
Church
Greenback
United States Supreme Court
New Orleans
Myra Eae
Nomination Gossip From Fragmented OCR Digest
A garbled OCR snippet mentions figures tied to party politics and nominations. It references Washington, a Democratic candidate for Massachusetts vice governor, and a Republican candidate for Congress in the First District. It also notes Super U. C. Pool, a customs collector, and a relation to the late Congressman Walter F. Pool, implying a political milieu and family ties in the nomination process.
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Washington
Wasronig
Damocrate
Vidaber
Massachusetts
Supa U. C. Pool
Nightly global calamities and trials noted in a busy 1880s bulletin
A sprawling update reports a child drowned on a Manitoba pond while siblings perished on the bank, Egypt beats El Mahdi, a Dublin juror circular circulates, fever and exposure threaten crews, earthquake relief follows, Limerick plans a thousand cottages, a Chicago private detective scam swindles eighty, Mazatlan yellow fever claims five thousand, cholera returns to Egypt with nine deaths, Le Creuzot tragedy kills four foundry workers, mutilated remains found near El Paso, a surge of Socialist arrests in the Urals, a Chilean case of child harm, Fayroom cholera near the Nile, Olmutz acquits seventeen Socialists, and 130,000 Americans registered in Europe.
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Twrer
Jorrgn
Ren Fagus
Elkhorn
Manitoba
el Mahdi
Phanix Park
Dublin
Constantinofle
Limerick
Ireland
Mth
Montreal
Chicago
Mazatlan
Mex
Egypt
Alexandria
le Creuzot
Paris
Geneva
Mexico
el Paso
Tex
Ural Mountains
Russia
Ban ‘Andres
Rio del Chihushana
Maria Guadalupe Arilla
Fayroom
Nile
Zifteh
Olmut
Multiple Disasters and Political Notes From Late News
Cholera deaths tally in Alexandria and Cairo plague flare causes alarm. President Arthur proclaims November 9, 038 as National Thanksgiving Day. Security concerns rise over Marquis of Lansdowne amid Ireland tensions with Lord Rossmore and the Duke of Abercorn. A murder arrest in Hampton Indiana. Lincoln, Illinois tragedy to be examined. At Lovelady Texas a brutal knife attack. mob near Pauces Bennett in Hillsboro sentences. Jewelry store robbery in Springfield. Train wreck near Joliet Crossing with multiple fatalities and injuries. Washington lawyer Brenoa Locewoon suspended. revolver suicide in West Newton. Mrs. Davin Moses buried in Baltimore. body theft attempts surface. Edwin N. Benson residence fire in Germantown. Accidents near Foxboro Ontario and Grand Junction collision injures several. Earthquake near Smyrna reports damage and casualties.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Cairo
Arthur Ban
Marquis of Lansdowne
Cananda
Ireland
Lord Rossmore
Duke of Abercorn
Orange
C8th
Hampton
Zora Burns
Lincoln
Lovelady
Tex
Standley
Turner
Montzinger
Paucs B.nee
Hillsboro
TRE
L. 8
Stowe & Co
Springfield
Mass
Joliet Crossing
Ind
Brenoa A. Locewoon
Washington
Interior Department
Mapet Stone
West Newton
Mags
Davin Moses
Mount Olivet
Baltimore
Edwin N. Benson
Germantown
Foxboro
England
Ayacinrhee
New York
Smyrna
Asia Minor
President Arthur Proclaims Thanksgiving Day
A 1883 presidential proclamation sets aside November 28 as a day of rest from labor. Citizens are urged to worship, thank God for blessings, and seek peace, freedom, and national prosperity. The document is signed by President Chester A. Arthur and Secretary Frederick T. Frelinghuysen.
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Oftha Walfoa
Seaibs Atrica
Poe
Praia
Chester A. Arthur
United States
A. Arthur
Frederick “T. Frelinghuyben
Fatal Pan Handle and Michigan Central Train Crash at Crossing
At Shelbyville Indiana a Pan Handle incoming passenger train collided with a Michigan Central freight engine in dense fog at 5:40 a.m. The crossing flagman was killed and burned. Pan Handle engineer Norris and the Michigan Central head brakeman died. Fire and wreckage scattered across the crossing as passengers awoke unharmed apart from shock.
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Curcaco
Pan-Handle
Michigan Central
Shelbyville
Ind
Norris
kWed
Eer
Sean
Burial of Blanche Moses the Weighty Museum Bride
Hundreds gathered in Barrimone Maryland for the funeral of Blanche Moses five hundred pound bride from the Dime Museum. The coffin a black walnut box required ten men to move it onto a cooling board and into the grave at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Reverend Pearce led services as four ropes and eight men lowered the coffin seven by eight by four feet into the pit.
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Barrimone
Blanche Moses
Mt. Olivet
Miss Maxwell
White Moor
Nellie Corbitt
Jordan and
Edwards
Dime Museum
Sprague
Moses
AL. H. Pearce
Methodist Episcopal Church
Pension Frauds Probe Highlighted by Corkhill Interview
United States District Attorney Corkhill discusses pension attorney frauds in Washington. He cites hundreds of letters alleging attempted frauds by firms in the pension business and estimates about $1000 defrauded from soldiers and relatives. He urges tipsters to send any information to aid the grand jury’s work.
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Washtrxnton
United States
Corkhill
Teller
Wihrough
Strong Chick Rearing Advice For Disease Prevention
A Country Gentleman cor section advises that strong parent stock and good care prevent disease in chicks. Keep birds young, vigorous, well fed, dry and warm. avoid damp quarters and continual cool air. Proper feeding and cleanliness reduce gapes and disease, while negligent breeding increases risk.
Primeval Tinder Polypores and Ancient Fires
An examination of ancient use of tinder polypores notes their value as fire starters and materials for tools. Evidence from Swiss lake dwellings and Ayrshire lake dwellings suggests long standing use, with polypores found among habitation remains. The text mentions a California lady's scissors passed down for seventy six years.
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Lochlee
Ayrshire
Asia
California
San Francisco Chronicle
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Pacific
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