A New Local Paper Eyed in Henne Township
A 1885 prospectus outlines a monthly paper’s birth in Henne, promising independence in politics and religion, fair treatment for all sects, careful reporting. It reports on Edward A Boyd and George H Boyd being convicted for defrauding the government by illegally importing plate glass, with sentences of two years for the father and a $1600 fine for the son. It also notes a major Bell Telephone vs Western Pennsylvania suit, with working models to be shown in court, expected to draw visitors and mark a historic decision.
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Henne
Edward A. Boyd
George H. ‘Yd
United States Circuit Court
Benedict
George
Win
Boyd
Bell “Telephone Company
Western ‘Pennsylvania Company
United States
MccKennan
Howe Company
Richmond wives back lash as punishment for husbands
Women of Richmond Va meet and adopt resolutions favoring lash punishment for husbands who beat wives after a recent wife beating case. The item notes war rumors from Vladivostok and a test explosion by Captain Paul Boynton near Cincinnati. Also mentions Buddensick’s ten-year sentence for a New York tenement death trap and Buffalo’s grant of freedom of the city to commercial travelers.
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Richmond
Paul Boynton
Cincinnati
Buddensick
New York
Media's Sunday law uproar and grain forecasts tease readers
Readers in Media, Pennsylvania brace for strict enforcement of a centuries old Sunday law affecting ice cream and soda water after church. A Milwaukee wheat forecast warns of a 130 million bushel shortage while markets fall. Delaware County American lauds Pennsylvania anti oleomargarine law but urges firm enforcement. A Milwaukee plumbers convention derails into wage disputes. General Grant’s mountain health journey and a Lena Delta sword gift to Yakut governor are noted with formal, distant reverence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Media
Acquittal Elates Legal Drama and World News Jumble
A wild mix of items spans a jury acquittal on insanity grounds, a resigned official moving to a top Interior post, evolving marriage and wage laws, a looming smallpox concern in Montreal, and a broad view of fiscal shifts. Also noted are aviation and railroad trust actions, a notable New York export total, and a dramatic Susquehanna County snake tale with a lamb dinner.
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Yseult Dudley
O'Donovan Rossa
New York
Ohio man bets and dies driving cider barrels
An Ohio man tried a novel method to end his life by own action, wagering he could drive twelve barrels of cider in winter. He won the bet and earned enough to pay funeral expenses. Soldiers enjoy good weather for displays in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, with camp expected to organize further by Friday or Saturday as interest grows.
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Ohio
Fairmount Park
Philadelphia
Strikes, prices, and world end dates in condensed items
The entry compiles short notes on Chicago street car strikes seven cents a pound for late crops, Adventist world end date May 14, labor pay in South Carolina, retirement of mint superintendent Landon Snowden, New York as wealth leader, state rankings, 1884 US natural gas use value, Victoria and Lord Salisbury, wealth and marriages trivia, medical schools and doctors per capita, a 9 year old bride in Freeport Illinois, mercantile failure totals, Harvard graduates marriages statistics, Connecticut river erosion, San Francisco children census, a Wyoming Mich farm sea shell find, a Cremona violin misattribution corrected to Maggini, and bond prices with US bonds safest at 3 percent.
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Chicago
Adventists
United States
Victoria
Lord Salisbury
Boothlack
America
Patrick Malloy
Saratoga
Freeport
D.G. Dann & Co
Harvard
Connecticut
San Francisco
Wyominy
Mich
Strong
Auburn
N. Y
Paola Maggini
Cremona
Italy
Great Britain
Fraorth
Tk State Capitol
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Sparke
Ean County
Penn’s
Vera
Bradford
Vladivostock
Port Hamilton
Buffalo
Tallmage
Milwaukee
Cooper
Delaware County
Grant
Garfield
Elberon
Scheutze
Lena Delta
Yakutsk
Georgay Fedorovaitch Tchernaief
Erati
Goxerfior
Pattigon
Yeeul
Geo. A. Jenks
Brookville
Interior
Olao
Montreal
Canada
Lord Randolph Churchill
Susquehanna County
ALS Trustees
Mog
Wernogt
Yin ‘Townsmire
Triper
Miersa
Kane
Malimstrom
Highland Road
Jom Jonxson
Kane Gas Company
Fred. Swanson
Prof
Chase Street
Fred. Swangon
Kane, Pa
Youn
Flemming
Sraley
Kane,ra
Pioneer Hardware Store
Jouh Ryden
Jaurs Magoway
NEW Drug Store
Lis
Franny St. Kane
Furnituria
J. A. Vollmer
Fraley St
Hyde
Jas. Campbell, Yrof'r
C. B. Lay
Kane, Penn
Peoples Store
James McDade
General Merchandise
Courtland
Bnessena
Rigeland
Modest Ny
Fraey Ste
Cas
Ips Co
Tek Weekly
Grirfrith
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