Indignant O Dow NELL Denied Tobacco in Jail
Report that O Dow Nell protests being deprived of tobacco by English officers while jailed. A separate note discusses postage reductions potentially lowering postal card use. Also, seventeen Styrian peasants are imprisoned for robbing Jews and Pullman Palace Car Co earnings rise by three thousand dollars daily since August. A freight train fire at Jackson Mississippi destroyed thirty bales of cotton.
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Pullman Palace Car Company
Republicans, Democrats split House seats in state race
In the Sixth Iowa Congressional District the majority for Cook, Fusionist, stands at 234. The Lower House of the Legislature will total fifty two Republicans and forty eight Democrats.
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Cook
Iowa
Distillers Seek Bonded Period Extension in Congress
Iris states distillers will push during the next Congress session for a two year extension of the bonded period on all goods in bond starting September first. The proposal would apply to 1,500,000 barrels in total.
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Iris
Oesaunsad
Central Branch
Draft horses suffocated at Moerlefff Brewery spill
Twenty three draft horses died after pure ammonia used to cool cellars escaped under the Moerlefff Brewery stables. A streetcar passenger carriage nearby narrowly escaped stifling as the gas spread.
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Art
Senator Cameron's Seat in Senate Deferred Due to Health
Letters from Senator Don Cameron suggest he will not take his Senate seat before Christmas. Friends in Washington report he has improved but remains in fragile health, delaying return to political duties.
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Don Cameron
Washington
Senate
Phelps Delays Peru Credentials Amid U S Delay
Minister Phelps, recently sent to Peru, has not yet been instructed to present credentials to the Inca government or any other. The delay is attributed to Secretary Frelinghuysen’s hesitation to act, awaiting England’s move on the matter.
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Phelps
Peru
Inglesias
Frelinghuysen
England
Grand Jury Indicts Wharf Owner Over Fatal Collapse Near City
A Bartiwore Grand Jury probed the loss of sixty five lives at a rotten wharf three to four months ago. The panel indicted the wharf owner and the lessee for manslaughter after the structure collapsed during an excursion crowd rushing to board the last boat to the city.
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Bartiwore Grand
Western desperadoes hold Hinsdale in gun spree
Two rowdies, one white and one black, rampaged through Hinsdale New York firing revolvers and terrorizing residents. They killed Mr Banfield a leading merchant and wounded several others before being captured in a neighboring village.
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Hinsdale
N. Y
Banfield
Cat Saves canal boat family in peril at Fair Haven
A Baltimore bound canal boat carrying eight thousand bushels of oysters sank after strain and leaks as the family slept. A cat’s frantic cries woke the captain his wife and four children who escaped in deep water five minutes later. The incident followed by a separate note on the Supreme Court Civil Rights decision causing stir in Washington with hotel and restaurant concerns and General Harrison reacting to the ruling.
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Fair Haven
Conn
Baltimore
Supreme Court
Washington
Justice Bradley
Congress
District of Columbia
Harrison
Indiana
Ewing B Harris Missed Traveler Known for Munice Wealth Lost
A St Louis Globe- Democrat Special profile notes Ewing B Harris of Munice Indiana a top commercial traveler who has been missing. It states he lost 50000 during the Mc Geoch squeeze in Chicago last July and has since squandered 125000 more while traveling the country. Family now guards his remaining property as signs point to mental decline making him vulnerable to swindlers.
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St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Ewing B. Harris
Munice
Ind
McGeoch
Chicago
Massachusetts meeting nominates state officers for governor
A Worcester gathering of Massachusetts Greenbackers endorsed J Arnold for Governor with A B Brown for Secretary of State W W Wencel for Treasurer and George W Kimball as Auditor after a Solon Chase address. Nearby Iowa returns show Sherman leading Kinne by about 25 472 votes with roughly 5 500 lead overall. The Alsace Lorraine government bans nine French papers. The Albany bribery trial of State Senator Sessions ends in acquittal. Washingtons disbanding centennial observances draw about 50 000 in Newburg NY. Ferry hints at ending bacon embargo. James B Steadman dies in Toledo aged 67. Creek Nation Chief tally: Perryman 641 Chicote 608 He-Chee 468.
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Greenbackers
Worcester
Solon Chase
J. Arnold
A. B. Brown
W. W. Wencel
George W. Kimball
Iowa
Sherman
Kinne
Alsace-Lorraine
Sessions
Albany
N. Y
Washington
Newburg
Bayard
William M. Evarts
Ferry
Havre
James B. Steadman
Toledo
Ind. Ter
J. M. Perryman
Samuel Chicote
Pur- He-Chee
Extra Texas session eyed as land and school funds loom
The Texas governor called an extra session of the Legislature likely to focus on public lands fence war and the investment of school funds under recent constitutional amendments. Also noted are rail sabotage near Wheeling West Virginia, a deadly locomotive boiler explosion in Iowa, and various federal tax and land dispute developments across the country with multiple civil and criminal incidents.
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Glen’s Run
Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio River
Secretary of the Treasury
Chesno
Vourla
Gulf of Smyrna
Asia Minor
Society of the Army of the Tennessee
Cleveland
Ohio
General Sherman
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Edward Bagley
Daxter
Richard Day
Toledo
United States
Central Pacific Railroad Company
California
Petersburg
A. H. Leftwich
Colonel Leftwich
F. M. Dunnington
Brewton
Ala
Milwaukee
Wis
Musical Society
Weston
Wash. Ter
Ada Atkinson
Fowler
Ind
Jacob Nelling
Nelling
Beloit Case Reopened by Missouri Pacific Rail Board
The Missouri Pacific Railroad petitions a rehearing of the Beloit freight-rate case before the Kansas Board of Railroad Commissioners. The panel, after hearing, orders a cautious review, noting disputed earnings projections and proposing rate adjustments to reflect rising traffic while delaying posting of revised schedules to November 10, 1883.
Beloit case debated by Kansas railroad board
The Kansas State Board of Railroad Commissioners heard a re argument in the Beloit case with Governor Brown representing the Missouri Pacific and A H Ellis as complainant The board postponed final action and planned a November 6 meeting with rail managers to set uniform equitable freight rates for the state and suspend the Beloit decision pending review
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Railroad Commissioners of
Kansas
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Beloit
Congress
W. A. Klein
Stubbs
Polk City
Iowa
Clyde
John Cools
Tacoma
C. C
O'Brien A. Carpenter
Lincoln
Zora Burns
Carpenter
Mount Pleasant
Ross Brothers
Beckwith
Railroad Commissioners
Board of Railroad Commissioners
United States
Wen
Central Branch
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Brown
St. Louis
A. H. Ellis
Cawker City
Board of Commissioners
Railway Company
Missouri Pacific Company
Consel
American Manners in Traveling in an English Overview
A discussion contrasts English traveler Robinson’s critique of American travel manners with Richard A. Proctor’s rebuttal. He argues Americans generally show superior behavior, noting fewer bad habits and greater safety and courtesy for women travelers, while criticizing English biases and continental attitudes toward travelers.
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Robinson
Richard A. Proctor
America
Atlantic
England
United States
Continent
France
How Maine Got Its Name Explained by Antiquarian Society
A paper before the American Antiquarian Society discusses Maine’s name origin. Staples notes descriptive origin from the Mayne Land of New England, while William H. Smith cites Frankfort-on-the-Maine and Meyne in France as possible roots. Hakluyt’s Pilgrims described the region with rivers like Shawacotoc and places such as Marooshen, Tarrentines, and Peywaket.
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American Antiquarian Society
Hamilton R. Staples
Maine
New England
William H. Smith
Portland Press
Frankfort-on-the-Maine
Meyne
France
Williamson
Mavoshen
Mavooshen
Ephistoma
Marooshen
Shawacotoc
Saco
Crokemago
Peywaket
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Mich
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National Association of Wholesale Druggists
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Kansas Agricultural College
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Chanute
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Solomon Railroad
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Charles Achternacht
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Newico
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