Dickens and Whiffin tale from Rochester crier roots
A long feature recalls Tom Whiffin born near Gad's Hill Rochester famed as Pickwick’s influence, detailing his memories of Dickens, the Pickwick Papers satire, and the royal society feast where Dickens delighted in pun and toast. It includes family gossip, the Galton opera company, Windsor servants, and Whiffin’s recollections of Dickens.
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Thomas Whiffin
Mr. McCollum
Sylvester
Rochester
England
Gad's Hill
Charles Dickens
Dickens
Whiffin
Hatanswill
Fitkin
Slumbly
Mr. Pickwick
Pickwick
Mr. Whiffin
Susan Galton Opera Company
Dalby
America
Galton Opera Company
Miss Galton
Whiffie
Lyceum
New York
Kiffin
Chapel Royal
Windsor
Royal Orchestra
John Brown
John
Gilly
Royal Band
Brown
Royal Society of Musicians
Baldwer Lytton
Society
Royal Society
Handel
Dicketa
Toole
Our Flat and Arizona Joe draw Park audience in lively show
A Tuesday Park theater crowd packed the lower seats for Our Flat and Arizona Joe. The play's comedy drew steady laughter though not riotous, while audience behavior contrasted with Monday's. Marion Russell and Catherine Coggswell are noted as performers, with Booth and Modjeska slated for Macbeth at English's opera house April 29.
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Marion Russell
Tommy Russell
Lord Fauntleroy
Catherine Coggswell
Cincinnati
Arizona Joe
Park Theater
Jack
Jerry
Evangeline
Ned
Bob Seymour
Arizona
Joa
Edwin Booth
Joe
Cleveland Brotherhood Grounds Start Work
The article notes work begins on Cleveland brotherhood grounds and discusses baseball transfer talk. Kilroy’s sale to Philadelphia, Duryea’s pay, and McKean’s jump are mentioned with various teams like the Indians, Brooklyn, and Boston discussed. Anson aims to contract 16 players. Jamestown opens against Indianapolis March 24 and 31, while the Unseeno league heads to St. Augustine for spring.
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Cleveland Brotherhood
Cleveland
Kilroy
Philadelphia
Brotherhood
Spalding
Indianapolis
New York
Charlie Bennett
Boston
Jamestown
N. Y
St. Augustine
Florida
Anson
Cleveland League
McKean
Duryea
Brooklyn
Chicago
Brush
West
New York Star
Stationery Largest In City With Unmatched Prices
A bold claim from a stationery seller stating the store is the largest in the city and that prices will be made that cannot be duplicated. The notice directs interested buyers to contact Frank H. Suilth at 22N Penn. for details.
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Frank H. Suilth
Penn
Beaten by a Brute at State Orphan Asylum
An investigation into the state orphan asylum reveals severe abuse by Supt Healy. Boys whipped on soles, denied food, and other penalties. Julia Hunt, 15, alleges threats of nude flogging if orders are not followed. Girls Flossie Sawyer and Lilly Murphy were beaten for whispering. Lilly’s neck bled. Children forced to kneel and recite a prayer. Annie Gill punished until she remembered the words. Healy urged fear of death and readiness to die. Mamie Kilday, age 2, born in the state madhouse, cried constantly and was thrashed and choked.
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Providence
R. L
State Orphan Asylum
Healy
Julia Hunt
Flossie Sawyer
Lilly Murphy
Lilly
Julia
Littl
Annie Gill
Worthy
Mamie Kilday
Snow slide wipes out Lyon City mining town
HEerLA Mont Feb 5 Spl Lyon City a mining village at Lyon mountain was annihilated Sunday night by a snow slide with two persons killed Stands With Detroit At a board of trade meeting Wednesday a committee drafted a resolution urging Congress to repeal the inter state commerce law arguing it failed to curb railroad and freight discrimination and rates.
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Heerla
Mont
Lyon City
Lyon Mountain
Detroit
Board of Trade
Detroit Communication
Congress
Fleming
Charleston
W. Va
Goff
San Francisco
M. H. Herr
U. S. House of Representatives
Jack Naughton
Democrats Demand Full Journal Reading in House
Washington February 4 The democrats demanded the full journal reading in the house Tuesday. Springer claimed part was omitted and urged its reading. Speaker Reed ignored Springer and McKinley moved to approve the journal and call for the previous question. The vote was 165 to none with several democrats recorded as present but not voting.
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Washington
Springer
Reed
McKinley
Supreme court reverses Collett Gorby ruling in Dearborn case
In a Tuesday decision, the Indiana Supreme Court overturned a trial court ruling in the Collett Gorby dispute over Gorby’s office, stemming from Dearborn county quo warranto proceedings. The court also overruled Peelle’s motion for a new trial in the Worrell Peelle matter, noting the second childhood of Harriet Beecher Stowe and her declining mental state amid improving physical health.
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Collett-Gorby
Worrell-Pealla
Supreme Court
Dearborn County
Collett
Gorby
Coffey
Peelle
Worrell-Peelle
Hartford
Conn
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harper Convicted in Outrage Case with Three Year Sentence
The jury in the criminal court returned a verdict of guilty against Frank Harper after deliberating until 3 30 Tuesday. He was sentenced to three years imprisonment for trying to outrage the daughter of a colored man named Bynum on Shelby street several weeks ago. Harper is nearly 60 years old and bore the sentence hard.
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Harper
Frank Harper
Bynum Ins
Shelby-st
Mrs Woot Testifies in Ballot-Box Inquiry
Washington reports Mrs Wceod wife of the alleged forger testified Wednesday that Lew Hadden gave her money and urged her to burn his letters. She also said Gov Campbell called to see her three times as the ballot-box investigation continued.
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Woot Testifiaz
Washington
Wceod
Lew Hadden
Gov. Campbell
Tacy
Schofield
Kilpatrick
Congress
Senate
Col. Bright
Voorhees
Pellkover
Indiana
National Convention of Colored Men
Bishop Wayman
Ohio
Halstead
Foraker
Clifton R. Breckinridge
Missouri
John M. Clayton
Breckinridge
Bame Story Comes by Every Steamer
Spl advices from the Rio de Janeiro report the town of Tsin Li Chow near Nan king destroyed by a cloud burst with about 100 deaths and great property loss. Also the court verdict against the commonwealth for 1500 dollars in favor of W F Ganaborg. Pattison majority in the fourth district returns. Various commercial notices and local ads follow.
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San Francisco
Rio de Janeiro
Tsin Li Chow
Nanking
Funeral services for Mrs Tracy and daughter at White House
The funeral for Mrs and Miss Tracy was held in the east room of the White House with Rev Dr Douglass officiating. Cabinet members attended and Secretary Tracy was much moved. The remains were temporarily deposited in Rock Creek cemetery. Weather notes predict colder conditions for Indiana and Indianapolis through Feb 6. A separate report says a Ring of the Pearl Islands voyage companion died from exposure after a November offshore storm near San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Central church lunch and local business news in Elkhart
Will English is very ill with lagrippe and anxious relatives. Central Christian church ladies will serve lunch February 5 from noon to 2. The Excelsior building and loan of Elkhart filed incorporation papers with $500000 capital. Several legal notices follow, including coroner rulings on Pat Maher and Robert Laporte, divorce suit by Margaret Jackson, and an insanity finding for George H. Coster. Local injuries from Carmel wrecks, civil service exams, police court actions, and a forged bishop papers incident are reported with brief updates.
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Will English
Lagrippe
Central Christian Church
Excalsior Building and Loan
Elkhart
Ealt Road and Stock-Yards Company
Truma
G. A. RB
Tomlinson Hall
Adjt
Walker
Wagner
Pat Maher
Robert Laporte
Morphia
Margaret KE
Jackson
Richard R. Jackson
Annie M. Buchanan
Feibleman
Smock
Dra
Hough
Morrison
George H. Coster
Carroll County
St. Vincent Hospital
George Murger
Carmel
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Robert Jones
D. P. Erwin
Kregele
Mill-st
W. R. Woodward
Judge Fields
Moron Road
Little Grace Hensley
Haley
Carlos St
George M. Foster
Herden S. Bigham
Beatty St
Bigham
Bgham
Martin County
Sullivan
Ed. Hinckley
S. P. Bolander
Benjamin Solomon
George Shafer
Matthew Lawrence
Cas
Early
Charles Carnatz
London
Maurice Donnelly
Ireland
Sunay
Knickerbocker
T. J. George
Boston
Connersville Church
George
Gloucester
Bristol
Conneraville
Connersville
Four Homes Robbed in Broad Daylight With Voices Silenced
Mrs. Miller of 44 Fletcher Ave stepped out for a few moments around 2 PM Tuesday allowing a sneak thief to enter and steal a coat, vest, and other valuables. A separate burglary at 179 W. Washington St netted jewelry valued around 100 dollars. George A. Franzen reported a 590 dollar roll missing from a trunk. Two police officers on patrol near Deat and Massachusetts were noted sleeping, their badges exposing them.
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T. W. Parker
Washington St
Parker
George A. Franzen
W. New York Sr
Splan
Massachusetts
Britain and Europe Tangle in War, Finance, and Culture
Reports from Sebastovol, London, Berlin, St. Petersburg, and Wales detail three ironclads construction, retirement of Henry Leslie, daily Crete intelligence, Russian arming push, dock strike, water rate tensions, Welsh gold mining profits, and Gladstone’s self curated Ha warden library with marked passages.
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Sebastovol
London
Henry Leslie
Berlin
Crete
St. Petersburg
Russia
Boycot
Wales
Morgan Gold Mining Company
Gladstone
Hawarden
Rail fatalities and injuries rise on 1889 railroads
Tables show 656 killed and 1,446 injured across railways in 1889. breakdown: 406 employed, 207 passengers, 43 other people. Railway Gazette pins praise on Indianapolis union depot but criticises train announcements, noting Taffe’s artistic caller and suggesting better bulletin boards like New York’s Grand Central.
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Railway Gazette
Indianapolis Union Depot
Oysters Shipments Boost Brunswick Trade Amid National Talks
Brunswick Ga Feb 5 The daily oyster shipments from this point now average car loads with oysters from this city chipped to every state south of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi river as nationwide discussions continue on politics and discord.
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Brunswick
Ohio
Mississippi River
Rumors Taint Russia as Nihilist Plots Suppress News
St Petersburg correspondent reports rumors of fresh nihilist plots in Russia. Several alleged nihilists killed or committed suicide to avoid arrest while authorities push to suppress details. Whispers say the czar’s brother and other officials were involved and banished to England or Siberia.
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Ruassia
Loxvon
St. Pateraburg
Dalziel
England
Siberia
Postmaster Confessedly Arrested for Murder After Quarrel
Robert Moorman, newly confirmed postmaster at Newbury Ohio, is under arrest for murder in Fishdam after a wage dispute with Lee Shultz, a wealthy railroad contractor. A quarrel escalated to a shooting. Shultz died within minutes. Moorman is guarded in jail amid fears of lynching.
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CoLtains
8. C
Robert Moorman
Newbury
Fishdam
Lee Shultz
Moorman
Shultz
Train Through Bridge Kills Ten in Dallas Oregon
Special bulletin reports that a U P train plunged through a bridge at Dallas Oregon. Ten people were killed and sixteen injured. The accident occurred near the scene and details are being gathered. Authorities and railroad officials are investigating the cause.
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San Francisco
Ieport
U. P
Dalla
Oregon
Spotted Fever Closes Schools in West Indianapolis
West Indianapolis schools closed Wednesday morning due to several spotted fever cases among children. A son of Rev. Oliver died Wednesday after falling ill the previous Tuesday. A second child died Tuesday after illness began Monday. Another case exists in the area, causing parental nervousness as physicians confirm the disease is genuine spotted fever.
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Indianapolis
Oliver
Police Beat Plots Tested by Distracted Klingensmith
Superintendent Travis learns two Virginia avenue officers plotted to double their shifts by slipping off their posts for four hours three evenings weekly for extra pay. Klingensmith’s illness led Shaffer to cover and reveal the scheme, prompting warnings of suspension or dismissal.
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Travis
Virginia Ave
Klingensmith
Rick
The
Dominos
Daws. Shaffer
Enoch Arden Case in Superior Court
Nicholas Wycoff sues for divorce from Margaret in a dispute resembling an Enoch Arden tale. He alleges he married her at Conneraville after believing her single, but she later revealed a prior marriage to James Callinan. Four children were born. Callinan reappeared in 1880, with the wife deserting Nicholas and the children. He seeks divorce and custody.
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Enoch Arden
Nicholas Wycoff
Margaret
Nicholas
Conneraville
James Callinan
Callinan
Nicholas Antes
Tracy Doing Nicely Amid Public Interest
Washington February 4 Secretary Tracy made gradual gains in recovery as supporters called at the house. His son Frank B. Tracy arrived on a special train at 1:30 AM and will stay with the injured man, marking the first family visit since Monday's calamity and bringing visible hope to the bereaved parent.
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Tracy
Washington
Frank B. Tracy
Will Hiss and Make Up
In New York on February 4 a speculative note says President Barrison and Senator Warner Miller may reconcile at a Union League Club dinner Wednesday afternoon. Miller has criticized the president, but the administration is rumored to respond with an olive branch.
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New York
Barrison
Warner Miller
Union League Club
Miller
Pretty Girl Fist Fights In Church Assembly
A tumult at Ermst. southern church in Cincinnati involved Sunday school teachers in a brawl. A female teacher slapped the congregation president and called him a dirty bum, leading to the pastor being thrown out amid the general fracas. Fleming Won.
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Cincinnati
Ermst.outhern Church
Hassman Scheme Delays City Rail Track Removal Effort
City council delays appointing a committee to study removing railroad tracks as Democrats boycott sessions. Councilman Rossman backs a plan to route trains east to west via a Belt road, potentially eliminating Bee-line, Big Four, and M. I. lines. Possible nuisance ruling could trigger a large lawsuit.
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Sullivan
Aquaaium
Rossman
M. I
Breach of Promise Suit Tangles Chinese Commissioner Bisbee
An interesting breach of promise suit centers on Capt. Arlius M. Bisbee, Chinese commissioner to the Washington international marine conference. Mary I. Locke of East Burlington sues for $20,000, alleging old betrothal ended when Bisbee married another woman. A writ awaits his return to Rhode Island after five months in state service.
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R.L
Supreme Court
Arlius M. Bishee
International Marine Conference
Washington
New Hampshire
Mary I. Locke
East Barrington
Miss Locke
Bisbee
China
Misa Locka
Narragansett Hotel
Capt. Bisbee
Rhode Island
Shariff McCabe
Receiver Named To Take Charge Of Dedert & Sudbrock
Henry W. Piel appointed receiver of the tail retail dry goods firm Dedert & Sudbrock at 158 and 160 HK. Washington st. The move follows insolvency claims by Frank H. Sudbrock. Assets about 20000, liabilities over 5000. Receiver bonds at 1500. Contemplated plan seeks solvency or orderly abandonment. Both owners described as ambitious and capable, with friends regretting trouble.
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Dedert & Sudbrock
Judgs Taylor
Henry W. Piel
Washington St
Frank H. Sudbrock
Piel
Messrs
Dedert
Sudbrook
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