Classification of Grand Army corps in Washington encampment plan
The Grand Army of the Republic settles corps classifications for Washington reunions. A tent city between the White House and the Washington Monument will host corps headquarters and brigade tents. Detailed corps assignments range from First Corps to Twenty-fifth Corps plus Army of the Cumberland, with Navy and specialized services grouped under chairmen. Reunions schedule lists Meade Sherman Thomas tents and specific times for Thirteenth A. C. and Army of Tennessee events.
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Washington
White House
Army
Navy
Aa Maren
Teac
Cumberland
Dwenterk
Mississippi
Red Rivers
UGF
West Virginia
Army of West Virginia
Department of the South
Welfth
Isudier
Apythie Theruster
Army of the Tennessee
Casey
Pratt
Army of the Potomac
Department of Virginia
North Carolina
Department of the All
Army OF the Cumberland
Army of the Cumber Tana
Army of the Ohio
Allegheny Mountains
Mississippi River
Colored Troops
Cavalry Corps
Ohio
Tennessee
Mississi Marine Brn
Artillery
Res Army of the Potomac
Artilery
Engineers
Meade
A. C
Sherman
Thomas
Grant
Canadian Cabinet pledges shipper reimbursements on season tolls
The Canadian Government will reimburse shippers for losses due to tolls on freight through the St Lawrence and Welland Canals. A Cabinet meeting assessed President Harrison's proclamation impact on lake shipping and ruled out retaliatory discriminatory tolls. The government will urge Britain to abrogate the Washington treaty, arguing it lacks protections for Canadian citizens.
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St.ry's Canal
Harrison
Welland Canal
Social and Labor party nominates 9 candidacy for president
At the national convention in New York delegates from New York Pennsylvania Massachusetts New Jersey and Connecticut attended David Taylor of Boston presided and Henry ten of New York was elected secretary The party unanimously resolved to nominate a presidential ticket with Simon Wing of Boston for president and Charlen H Matchett of Brooklyn for vice president Wing a tailor and Matchett a carpenter
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The
Social and Labor Party
New York
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Connecticut
David Taylor
Boston
Henry Ten
Simon Wing
Charlen H. Matchett
Brooklyn
Wing
Matchett
Labor and Railroads Adjust Telegraph Operators Pay
A new pay scale for telegraph operators set wages at 5 per month with 4.2 salaries advanced about 10 per month, averaging about 865. The Lehigh Valley and Central Railroad of New Jersey see a broad severance with unions amid strike activity while the Venn Iron Company restarts, employing 300 men after two idle months.
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Dais Ind
Mery
Mnong Railroad
McLean
Lehigh Valley and Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Strcking
Venn Iron Company
Lancaster
Fiddlers
Oliver Wendell Holmes at eighty three in Beverly Farms
The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table Oliver Wendell Holmes celebrated his eighty third birthday at Beverly Farms Massachusetts his summer home. Visitors filled the day and gifts poured in including a nautilus shell mounted on silver inscribed with a line from The Chambered Nautilus. Friends Bayard Winthrop and Robert C. Winthrop called on him.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Beverly Farms
Mass
Yeers
Bayard
Robert C. Winthrop
Charles Lamb
Dr. Holmes
William H. Moore
Chicago
O. W.H
Ametia Calif
Robert Calif
Cotton Mather
Rontan Forum
Scotland
Robert Burns
Death Toll and Relief Fund Amid Multiple Disasters
The Colliery Company relief fund backs relief efforts after Friday's mine disaster as 110 names appear on the death roll. In Minnesota two passenger cars crashed through a trestle, killing four and injuring about 30, while Missouri Pacific freight collisions near Washington, Missouri, killed one and seriously injured several. The wreck destroyed 56 cars, with a $50,000 loss reported, and the dispatcher reportedly vanished. The queen expressed verbal sympathy.
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Northern Michigan
Fanderage
Mich
South City
Dublin
Metropolitan Opera House
New York City
Clara Morey
Larkslip Mining Company
Colonel North
London
Elbow Lake
Minn
Gust Bergquist
Hoffman
James Lannin
Bypress
Edward Smith
Dunbar
Wis
Michael Crockett
Tronwood
Dakota Harvest Fields
Washington, Mo
John Siebold
Condon
Wm. Roper
James W. Goodwin
Atlanta
Miners Survival Update From Park Slip Mine Rescue
A London dispatch reports 43 of the 143 miners trapped by the Aberkentig Park Slip explosion were alive. Thirty-five have been recovered, eight remain below ground with two later deaths, while no hope is given for the rest. Bidwell’s Acceptance Letter Issued in Indianapolis. General John Bidwell, Prohibition party presidential nominee, releases his acceptance letter detailing party principles from the Cincinnati platform.
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Park Slip
London
Aberkentig
John Bidwell
California
Prohibition Party
Indianapolis
Ind
Cincinnati
Weather and disaster notes from Pennsylvania week
The weekly weather bulletin reports very dry conditions with below normal rainfall, unusually sunny days, and mixed temperatures across the western and eastern regions. Corn and vegetables suffer while tobacco and fruit yields vary. drought in Carlisle threatens crops. storms bring some relief elsewhere. News also covers four newborns in Philadelphia, a 12 year old fatal shooting, court case prayers, and multiple local incidents including fires, accidents, and crimes across the state.
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Weather Department
Weather Crop Bulletin
Pennsylvania State Weather Service
Philadelphia
Drouth
Goose Farming Fad Promises Vast Geese Fortunes
An odd feature on Washington goose farming predicts massive flocks and fast wealth. A thousand geese could yield millions in a decade, with down and feathers adding profits. The tale recounts Ebenezer Parker leaving the jury box for geese and details costs for geese, shoes, and feed, ending with caution from a bountiful but risky venture.
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Eame
Rome
Crassus
Washington
Ebenezer Parker
Ebenezer
Superior Court
Oregon
Parker
Kansas
Barney Quinn
Quinn
Barney
Colorado
New Mexico
Rio Grande River
Helena
Montana
A Modern Pigmy on Exhibition in Berlin
Silas M. Witchell reports on Aka the 61 year old 27 inch pigmy in Berlin. The creature, once a witch finder for King Massai, grew famed for her alleged powers and strange odyssey from Africa to a Liverpool trader and finally to public displays in Berlin. Independent notes compare her to human intelligence with warnings of sensationalism in depictions.
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Silas M. Witchell
Tremont
Berlin
Mr. Witchell
Africa
Homer
Hanna
Stanley
Aka
Massai
Maseni
Liverpool
Ali ii
Chicago
Ocean
Cholera Plague in Hamburg Reaches Deepest Crisis
During the week ending Tuesday Hamburg recorded 2837 cholera cases with 1087 deaths. Officials say a peak may be past and decline could follow. Sanitary chiefs blame Elbe drinking water as the spread, claim it is filthy and contaminated with poison. Russian emigrants are viewed as a secondary factor.
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Wolf Greenberg
Boston
Mass
Bat
Baku
Astrakhan
Hamburg
Germany
Elbe
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