New York riot horror amid street slaughter and mobs
Eyewitness accounts describe a deadly riot on Eighth Avenue near Twenty third Street. bodies lay in gutters and on tracks as women and men perished from rifle and pistol fire while bystanders, soldiers, and police struggled to control the mayhem.
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Hany Athera
Natard Reed
Lipa
Jesua
Mary
Jeeph
Binger
Vamumstaneim
J. Tattimer
Chikara
Kennedy
Promea
Kelso
Spring Street
Ely
Mibernia
Peines Street
Mirahesan
Yveto Lystruder
Abo
Order of the
Siberniia Hall
Tate Broadway
St. Deus Hotel
Vochoodettor
Bon
Town site rules for small populations in Montana
The Secretary of the Interior reverses a Grand Land Office ruling on Springville in Jefferson County Montana. Towns with population under 100 may enter certain lands as town sites under a 1867 act. Assistant Attorney General Smith supports allowing occupancy and improvements up to 320 acres for towns under 200 residents.
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Pearse Lanne
Reecetary of the Interior
Jefferson County
Montiuut
Springville
Grand Land Office
Asaistuut
Ingenious Chicago gaming feeds on fear under windows
Thrifty operators in Chicago exploit anxious residents by staging noisy acts to lure complaints then sell discarded boots and boot jocks thrown at them, turning disturbance into profit.
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Chicago
Indian Payment Scenes Described in Ains City Record
Ains City Record portrays the Indian payment day with vivid, critical detail. Guardians and administrators monitor the distribution while many Indians, especially the women, drink heavily and loudly assert family rights, reflecting harsh social dynamics around annuities and guardianship.
The Family Poisoner at Derby Connecticut
A Derby Connecticut court case centers on Lydia Sherman accused of murdering her husbands and children with arsenic. The article portrays her as a dangerous, alluring figure who sought to inherit wealth, with chemical analysis confirming arsenic in exhumed bodies. It notes the case as likely to go to trial.
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Borgia
Derby
Conn
Lydia Sherman
Sherman
Connecticut
Patent Tonics and Quack Remedies Hit With Mixed News
An article reviews the Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of Cali saya by Caswell Hazard Co as a broad tonic for dyspepsia indigestion mood and debility and notes its use as fever preventive. It cites a Nashua physician overcharging a family then settling at doctor’s prices. California wheat yields exceed expectations and potatoes move to Denver at 8.50 per carload. Parsoyn’s Poteative Pints and Shot horse remedies are advertised with claims of gentler laxative effects and savings.
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Calisaya
Caswell, Hazard & Co
New York
J. Wacxen
R.H. McDonald & Co
San Francisco
Cal
Commuarre Atrec
California
J. Walker
ROB
McDonald & CO
SM Commerce Street
Mga
M. Wagner &Co
Marsh
National Publishing Co
Seropile Tree
Snee
Theum Etter Wire Works
Maiden . Lane
Cor
Ingenious Delivery of Daniel Webster Speech on Steamer
A Jersey City Fireward note recalls Daniel Webster’s anticipated Boston speech on the fugitive slave law. Reporters and printers on a Fall River steamer transformed it into a floating printing office, delivering the great speech to New York headlines within twenty minutes of arrival.
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Augh McDermott
Jersey City
Massachusetts
Diamel Webster
Fanueil Hel
Boston
Press of
New York
Ri Js
Daniel Webster
Fall River
Bennett
Lerad
Invention punches steel rail joints in Birmingham
Variance Investior reports a Birmingham invention with a hydraulic ram punching two 1 by 1.25 inch holes in rail webs near ends for fishing joints. A 14 metre diameter main cylinder and accumulator deliver nearly 400 tons, with a small piston lifting the ram to reset between strokes. San Dosaxco notes Senate failure to ratify Bay of Samana treaty prompts private loans to Baez supporters in New York to fund U S control and potential annexation goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
England
United States
San Domingo
Heartless bachelor flogged eight year old girl at school
A cruel incident reports a stern bachelor schoolmaster flogging an eight year old girl after she said her sister would not have him because of his ugly nose. The event highlights harsh punishment by a teacher and raises concerns about discipline in schools.
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Anna
Privet Street
Iris
Thirteenth Street
Kerwing Post
Abo
Refi
Bellevue
Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters Ad Claims Health Benefits
A nineteenth century style ad touts Hostetter’s Celebrated Stomach Bitters as a superior health tonic for summer ailments including liver stomach and nerve issues. It claims the product fortifies the frame, prevents fevers in river districts and cautions against inferior bulk sales and fake bitters.
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Hostotter
Sis
Hoxtetter
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Wis
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Barclay Street
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Thea
Great Atlantic and
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GEL French
Nassau St
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the & Tift
Great American Tea Co
Vesey Street
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Farnham & CO
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All Drucetsta, PLC
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