Trains Abandoned and Snow Losses Hit West Virginia
A heavy snowstorm cripples Elk and Coal river valleys in West Virginia. A towboat reaches the area and reports widespread outages as rail lines abandon service and telephones fail. Roofs collapse with several injured and a child dead in Buffalo. Five children reportedly lost on Milk Creek.
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Porst Pleasant
Rickanawha
Elk
Coal River
Central Ohio Railroad
Chesapeake & Ohio
Buffalo
Senoplarnt
Milkwcreek
Unicn
N. Y
GREAT DREAMERS on the Board of Trade Dreams
Board of Trade figures Weaver McIntire and Burker share rambling dreams. Weaver recalls a winter farm scene with hogs, ice, and a desperate rescue. Metative fantasizes of money and diamonds in a White River cave. Barker dreams of being a ghost haunting streets and frightening friends, ending with a jump into a well.
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Board of Trade
Weaver
McIntire
Burker
Burket
Hyself
Metative
White River
Tyell
Tye
Barker
Bishop Monogue’s Views on Ireland and Parnell
New York dispatch reports Bishop Monogue of California aboard the Majestic during a vacation abroad. He describes Ireland’s excitement and believes Parnell seeks personal gain and faces likely defeat at the polls next week. Also noted are flat copper prices due to a storm and Standard Oil purchase of Delaware oil assets.
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Bishop Monogue
New York
Assengers
Majestic
Hop Monogue
California
Jie
Rikkenny, Trebind
Ireland
Parnell
Judge Mitchell joked on fame and humility in election tale
RTD notes sail Jim Rice recounts Judge Mitchell's quiet humor after victory. A farmer's quip that Democrats carried everything highlights how even a one-term supreme court justice can be astonished by public perception. The piece mentions modest pride and community awareness.
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Jim Rice
Mitchell
Supreme Bench
Stanley and Mrs Stanley at Scranton talk and fashion insult
An account of Henry M. Stanley's Scranton lecture includes an informal reception where a Carbondale manufacturer questions why starving explorers did not fish. The piece also mocks Mrs Stanley's height and fashion, drawing a sharp rebuke from the Boston Globe and a Western editor's insult.
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Henry M. Stanley
Scranton
BE. I. Hendrick
Carbondale
Mr. Stanley
Africa
Stamler
The
Boston Globe
Shurley Claims Cure for Consumption by Experimental Injections
Dr Shurley of this city announces a cure for consumption using injections of chloride of sodium and gold chloride with chlorine gas inhalations. Experiments have been done on monkeys and guinea pigs, and plans for treating human patients are in place. The report notes the breakthrough follows years of study and compares to Koch’s lymph.
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Drraorr
Shurley
Prof. Koch
Gainea
Features Of Sporting Lite And Local Happenings
Maud Howe of Leith swam 150 yards in 2 40 while Young Ed Gould plans a race circuit entry. Sheepshead Bay to gain an immense grand stand. Canada’s war nearly wiped out the game, Toronto seeks revival. Elliott and Bogardus the only two men to shoot 100 straight live pigeons. Forty Harvard students paid to watch a Cleveland bout. the “hurray” wagon broke up the sixth round. Christmas and New Years decorations from Berlerman Bros florists.
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Maud Howe
Leith
Gould
Sheepshead Bay
Canada
Toronto
A. R. Elliott
Capt. Bogardus
Harvard
Cleveland
Died on the gallows Elmer Sharkey dies on Ohio gallows
Shortly after midnight Friday, Elmer Sharkey, Eaton matricide, was hanged at 12 06. The knot slipped and he strangled for four minutes before death at 12 21. Henry Popp, German, who killed a Canton saloonkeeper, followed at 12 30. Two executions occurred on the same gallows within minutes.
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Commans
Dee
Ohio
Elmer Sharkey
Eaton
Warden Pyer
Sharkey
Porter
Henry Popp
Canton
Grand Theatre Stages Farce and Benefit Shows
The Grand presented the farce U.S. Mail with a large audience applauding, featuring Frank David as a tramp printer and Artinw Ricketts as John Moneymaker. The Christmas matinee next week promises Ollivette’s stars and the Wiks benefit receives strong local support for refined minstrel-turned-entertainment with orchestral and vocal numbers.
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U.S. Mail
Frank David
Clarion
Artinw Ricketts
John Moneymaker
New Sideboards and Medical Adverts At Dr Howard Rooms
New sideboards at William Linders store. Advertisements claim thousands of lives saved by treated chronic diseases. Dr. Howard offers consultations for rheumatism neuralgia and irregularities at 88 West Marize t Rooms, promising cures and expert care.
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Howard
W. Marizet
Misfortunes and Miscellaneous 19th Century Notes
Spl notes report robberies, senate actions, and real estate deals from December. A robber took 8000 from Chris Kinsley, hidden in a cigar box. In Congress, Stanford urged the dand Joan bill as the deficiency LSD was addressed. Dent. W. E. Mick & Co sold the Thomas Davis residence for 25000. A Friday hanging for murder of three white persons is noted at Haphead.
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Congress
Wasnixeros
Senate
Stanford
House
Atkinson
District of Cormabia
Biz Realty Dent
W. E. Mick & Co
Menton Thursdit
Thomas Davis
N. Pennsylvania St
C. B. Cones
Marion county court items and local notices mix
A roundup of court actions and community notes. Perkins seeks 5000 damages after ejecting from a Fairview car. Wain Perkins vs Citizens street car case details amid local politics and temperance meetings. Attendees greet Miss Harriet Hosmer. thefts and post office losses noted. a long local anecdote ends with a lawyer origin story sparked by a misspelled word.
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Bend. Wilson
Fairview
Comercialells Committee On Legislation
Marion County
Fran Murphy
Tomlinson Hall
Theodore Kine
John Barnes
Luther Meinille
Ark
Harriet Hosmer
Henry D. Pierce
Meridian St
Hadlers
Hendricks County
Johnson
Pittsboro
Board of Charities
Sol Hathaway
Independent
Sol
W. Elliott
Shields
Clark
Measley Little Sur
California
Mary
Circuit Court
Pythian Knights
Indianapolis
Squire Harden
Smith
Geo. Arton
Ben Clifton W
Squire
Mayor sends 15 year old to reform school in city vice case
A country girl Kate Fay aged 15 is arrested with Frank Clippinger for public indecency in a Wisconsin street incident. The mayor, acting on police matron advice, sends Kate directly from police court to reform school, a precedent in city justice. Clippinger is fined for drunkenness and faces existing indecency charges.
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Toliercourt
Kate Fay
Kate
Frank Clippinger
Wisconsin St
Uae Bhune
Wnatron Campbell
Sullivan
Reform School
Clippenger
Swallowed Teeth Larynx Case Shocks Medical Staff
A middle aged woman referred from the provinces was thought to have phthisis or laryngeal cancer but weighed only 9 pounds. The real cause was a plate of artificial teeth lodged in the larynx for 22 months, causing coughing breathing and swallowing trouble until it was expelled. The patient is now recovering weight and health.
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Loxroy
Lennox Browne
Sheriff Died Before Hanging in Montagne Case
In Priday, Sher arooke, Sheriff La Montagne was hanged at 1350 Priday morn ing. Sheriff Webb, assigned as executioner, died of heart disease an hour earlier. The shock of the anticipated execution likely caused the fatal episode. As Montagne was to be led to the scaffold, Webb collapsed and died. Deputies then moved Montagne to the gallows and carried out the sentence.
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Sherarooke
la Montaene
Webb
Montagne
Nervous Clerk McKinney Teeters Under Pressure
In a police court, Clerk McKinney, famed for a jittery hand, distributes witness fees to two young ladies who laugh at his tremor. The scene underscores his strained temperament, as onlookers note his inability to present himself confidently while handling public duties. Christmas hats advertised by the Chappell linnet shop at 27 North Pennsylvania Avenue.
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McKinney
Police Court
Khase
Turanille Wreck Leaves Many Dead and Injured
A Wheeling & Lake Erie train derailed on a trestle over the Fusca sawas river near Caston on Thursday. Of 14 aboard, four were dead and several more injured as the car plunged 35 feet into the river. witnesses report rails split during the failure. Fire from a stove was soon smothered and rescuers treated the wounded at Bolivar. The crash prompted officials to investigate and prompted criticism of police leniency in criminal court.
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Caston
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Fuscasawas
Ada Jfall
Sherradsile
Harry Hill
Carrie
Shelby
Cay
W. G. Graham
Norwalk
Chas. Conrad
Massillon
Fred Landis
Serry
Leonard Whitman
Tee
Missouisa Piper
Stark County
Ira Cowan
Wim. Getting
Ada
Hall
Sherrodshire
Bolivar
Robert Cook
Miss Piper
Travis
Indianapolis
Henry Lattipee
Market gains amid relief hopes and holiday mood
In New York on Friday opening, optimism returned as Congress appears set to act on finances. Christmas season helps, with silver steady. In Cimence the president delays a proclamation awaiting finance clarity, while reports claim $3,009,010 of subscriptions and $5,060,000 in bonds deposited with the city comptroller.
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New York
Priday
Congress
Atlantic Mills
Harrison
Cimence
Washington
Passenger rate men meet amid war fears and delays
A Friday meeting of passenger rate men discussed steps to curb a rate war referenced in Thursday’s issue. The Stanley party was due on the 14 o clock Louisville train after a lecture there, but did not arrive.
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Wiks
Will E. Buatish
Jay Voss
Prof
Reisszenherz
Robert Downey
W. T. Randall
Barclay Walker
Clarence Henning
PT. Chatfield
Indianapolis Turnverein
Andrew C. Keifer
Leon Bailey
J.J. Colesanza
Jessie Oyler
Indianapolis
Crescent Quartet
Sun
Sentinel
Maurice Perkins
Tyas
Stanley
Louisville
Henry M. Stanley
Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Tay
Glargood
Creditors back higher bid in car works sale case
In senior court Pollack bought the car works for 525,000 and raised the bid to 570,000 with Judge Taylor’s confirmation. Creditors nervous of a low bid urged a voluntary raise to protect value. Plant value seen at about 140,000 above the bid, with aims to restart operations and turn profits from foundry output.
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E. M. Pollack
Tursday
Judee Taylor
Pollack
Henning
Haleyn the Breach. Who will apply the gag rule to Democrats
Washington December 19. The Republicans hope to pass the gag rule by forcing debate briefly and then placing a chair loyal to their aims. Rumor says Hale may accept the role, while Morton and Ingalls likely decline. Democrats vow to resist and claim many devices to gain recognition until all are exhausted.
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Washindton
Dec
Hale
Morton
Ingalls
Democrats Do Not Want the Apportionment Bill Passed
Washington December 19 Senator Vance expresses the Democrats aim to fight the apportionment bill and defeat it if possible. He says they believe it unfair and that many farm fractions lack representation, notably in New York Arkansas and Minnesota. He argues no apportionment bill should pass until an honest census is assured.
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Washington
Vance
New York
Arkansas
Minnesota
Mother and child travel to Pasteur Institute after mad dog bite
Friday morning Mrs James McDermott started to New York with her six year old daughter who was bitten 82 times by a mad dog on Tuesday. They will go to the Pasteur Institute. The Pennsylvania road surpassed Tree transportation.
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Crscisyaty
James McDermott
New York
Pasteur Institute
Pennsylvania
Parnell Defies Doctor Advice At Crares Bridge Crowd
Dec 14 report says Parnell ignored his physician’s warning to stay indoors to avoid eye trouble. He spoke at Crares bridge before a crowd with a brief address similar to his other speeches, raising concerns he could be blinded in one eye amid the protest waves.
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Parnell
Craresbridge
Mgr
United Ireland
London
Fresh Foreign Affairs News Flows From Europe and Mexico
In Paris Mrs O Shea is reported in fresh dispatches while Adelph Belot the French dramatist receives Harry Guelter’s Universal Review in London and has quit. Reports from Berlin Mexico London Paris touch revolts honors trials and public events including a Charles Frederick statue unveiling and a British American church jubilee.
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O'Shea
Paris
Adelph Belot
Harry Guelter
Universal Review
London
Emperor Willam
Reat
Berlin
Mexico
Balfour
Dublin
Jack the Ripper
Antonio
Guerreo
Frederick
Germany
St. Beterebure
Hyrand
Gabriele Bompard
Gabrielle
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Detroit
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Green and Hollis
Berlerman Bros., Florists
Mass
Ave. Tel
Ohio Penitentiary
Elimner Sharkey
Henry Poppy
Grarp
Opty Pankc
Olivette
Beggay
Ayrel Norton Barney
Bcity
Wm. Lnider's
Caxton
Chris Kinsley
Cavy Linn
Tfex
Donihs
Willie
S.A. Keane& Co
Siberia
Itis
Russia
Crags
Haythen
Port Townsend
United States
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Joyner
Brightywood
William of
Presbyterian Hospital
Union Station
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Sleten
Mother Bastens
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