African Thunder-Storm in Transvaal Described by Traveler
A vivid San Francisco Call reprint recalls a dramatic thunder-storm in the Transvaal. The writer details sudden crashes and blue-green lightning, fear, heavy rain, and a silver crescent moon after the storm. Guides and Kaffirs recall lions drawn by fires as the party camps and travels by sunrise and sundown each day.
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South Africa
Transvaal
Dolce Far Niente
Italy
Spain
Eaftir
San Francisco
Vanderbilt's Money Imagining $200 Million Spend
A Boston paper uses $200,000,000 as a thought experiment to show the scale of five hundred million dollars. It breaks the amount into tangible items such as bread, calico, beefsteak, shoes, dresses, and a $4 dinner for every person in the United States, highlighting the vast purchasing power.
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Vanderbilt
Boston
New England
United States
Earth
Union
Love in the Jail Ends in Self Mutilation
In a St Louis Globe Democrat account, William Lacey, a negro burglar, begins a three month penitentiary term while his lover Sadie Hays, a murderess with three husbands, awakens with a fainting spell after a note exchange. Lacey severed his right hand finger to send to Sadie, claiming love as motive, as jail guards and doctors treat his wound.
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William Lacey Wa
I. Brockseeck
Fifteenth and Market
Ike Davis
Sadie Hays
Se Jenks
Sadie
Lacey
Supreme Court
Ken Sadie
Willyam
William
Johnson
Lacy
A Great Railroad Said to Span Six States and Four Territories
Charles Francis Adams lectured Harvard students on the Union Pacific, noting it covers 5,000 miles of tracks across six states and four territories, with 270 million dollars in securities, 25 million in yearly income, 2.5 million passengers annually, a payroll of 800 thousand monthly, 555 locomotives and 12,000 cars, and 25,000 tons of steel rails yearly. He compared it to other major lines and urged reflection on future growth.
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Harvard
Charles Francis Adams
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
Canada
Washington Irving
Astoria
Pennsylvania Railroad
Rainfall Report Across County Highlights Growth
A citywide and countywide update notes fine rains aiding crops and growth across the region. Officials report steady soil moisture and improved prospects for harvest as weather patterns continue through the month.
Quirky Local Tales Across States amuse readers
A Monroe Georgia man uses ex-socks to mend pants while Knox Maine touts a five year old boy at a hundred and one pounds. Uniontown Pennsylvania pastor asked to resign for bicycle ride. Lambertville New Jersey resident claims never drinking water in twelve years. Philadelphia figures sneeze attack ends life. Wisconsin village jail term for beating constable. Reading Pennsylvania wealthiest resident insane after mill accident deaths. Pennsylvania preacher leaves goats meat fund in will. Nevada teachers earn $140 men $9 women. Montpelier New Hampshire two selectmen total 726 pounds. Athens Georgia ex Confederate soldier served nine regiments. Chicago area man guards barnes with wolf robe and dog. Burglar steals harness robe dog. Quack ad uses Wilkie Collins cut as portrait. Paris fashion trend makes cheek dimples. San Francisco woman silent seven years over lover quarrel. Bow New Hampshire voter Aaron Nichols votes since twenty one. Kingston New York egg sociables: girls bring eggs, names on them, escorts chosen by name.
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Monroe
Knox
Uniontown
Lambertville
N. J
Prask Mcreatrorp
Philadelphia
Scsticz
Wisconsin
Reading
Nevada
Movttonsnoro
N. H
Edwin F. Brown
John C. Davis
Turre
Athens
Wilkie Collins
Paris
San Francisco
Aaron Nichols
Bow
Kingston
N. Y
Green Goods Con Game Exposed Yet Still Flourishes
James T Holland and Theodore Davis described the sawdust game on the stand in a slaying trial. Adams Express superintendent William Hoey said fraud remains widespread with disputed claims that shipments are exchangeable after handover. A Washington man asked if green goods were jewelry and found plaster, demonstrating persistent confusion amid active prosecutions.
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James T. Holland
Theodore Davis
William Hoey
Adams Express Company
Express Company
Hoey
Holland
Washington, D
Columbus
Zimes
Washington
Mr. Hoey
News of the Week Roundup From Across the Nation
A broad digest notes East St Louis improving, arrests in New York, revival plans in Chicago, Logan as a firearms president, cholera in Italy, Gladstone's bill and Irish land policy, Kentucky and Missouri local notes, weathered by multiple outbreaks and political moves. Notable items include deaths in Illinois and Kansas, ship losses, court actions, and regional developments.
An Impressive Charge. Idaho Judge to a Jury
A judge instructs jurors on a case in Idaho Territorial times noting the deceased reached toward his hip pocket as the shooter fired. The charge argues statutes allow shooting when motion signals a weapon, and argues carrying a handkerchief proves unfitness for Territorial society.
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Idaho
Cupid's Little Comedy of Errors in Waterford Tale
A furloughed soldier agreed to swap clothes with an agricultural labourer to surprise his sweetheart. The man wore the uniform to visit, but the soldier vanished after returning to civilian clothes. The tale ends with an unclear, humorous turn and unresolved fate.
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Manchester
Eng
Waterford
Multiple incidents of crime and violence reported across states
Reports describe two sentinels in East St. Louis fired upon but unharmed, five Arkansas penitentiary convicts thwarting an escape, a Texas & Pacific wreck at Millsap with three tramps dead and Annie Bogise found in Dunkirk after a mill fire. Also a Benton City stabbing, a Lamberth store burglary, executions postponed in Indian Territory, and Texas Mexican violence near Murphyville.
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Jno
William Moberly
Benton City
Indian Territory
Fort Smith
Arkansas
J. B. Lamberth
Clifton
Texas
Murphyville
Cure of a Child's Boil and Running Sores by Cuticura Remedies
A grandmother reports her grandchild's severe skin illness starting at six months, with multiple sores and bone-like matter forming before healing. After using Cuticura Remedies for a year and a half, the child fully recovered by age six, though scars remain on the hands.
Absent Defendants Ordered to Appear in Kansas Court
In the United States Circuit Court for Kansas Ebenezer Hunt sues F Samuel Shuler and Mary Anne Shuler over a real estate lien on 160 acres in Norton County. Defendants not found in district or appeared, ordered to plead by July 5 1886 or default entered. Service by publication required for six weeks in Lawrence Weekly Journal.
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Thomas J. Coyle
Coyle
Lemuel
Bassett & Perkins
Lawrence
Co. G. Foster
Thomas
Circuit Court of the United States
District of Kansas
Ebenezer Hunt
Samuel Shuler
Mary Ano
Roery Shuler
Norton
Lawrence Weekly Journal
Lawrences
Sal
C. G. Foster
L.S
A.S. Thomas
Nelson F. Tipton
Susanna M. F Tipton
William Leonard
Aglas County
State of Kansas
Susanna M Tipton
Susanna M. Tipton
Fete Au and
Lees Ve
Fifth Street
Baldwin City
Nelson
F. Tipton
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N. ¥. Times
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Reilly
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Frearms Company
Pasteur
Amercan Citzens
Detroit
Lizzie Paxton
Bloomington
Esterday
London
M. Thomas
Pope County
Ills
W. J. Randolph
Adrian
Mich
Geo. D. Frier
Glencoe Express
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Hupnewell
Jasper N. Thomas
Springfield Tiley
McLeansboro
Gladstone
Atiesourl Pacific
Tacific
Virginia C. Thompson
Louisville
Kentucky
Gage
LaCygne
Kas
Chase
Carthage
Hawarden
Senate
Centleman
Bradley T. Johnson
William Leeper
Brooklyn
United States Military Library Association
War Department
Thos. P. Campbell
Pierce City
California
G. W. Clark
Lyons
W. H. L. Pephrell
Concordia
C. C. Wilson
Clay Center
Kas. —Mr. Gladstone Propounded His Irish Land Bill To the House of Commons
Brinkburn
St. Louis
Martin Irons
Jay Gould
Payne
Ohio Senate
United States Senate
Alex Huggins
Georgia
Hugsins
Kansas City
Stry
Galacia
David Johnson
Mooney
Waukegan
Liss
Audrain
LaFayette
Boone
Randolph
Saline
Missouri
North Missouri Fair Association
Workingmen’s Rifle Corps
Volks Zeitung
Laverty
New Jersey State
Arthur
Oglesby
City National Bank
Williamsport
Greece
A. A. Towner
San Atlonto
Misissippi
Land Development Association of London
D. RB. Smart
Cleveland
Corpus Christi
Tex
Berlin
Brazos River
Navasota
W. N. Carlisle
Henry O. Kent
New Hampshire
Naval
Customs District
Charleston
Cuticunia
Curicuna Soar
Porter Drucano Chemican Co
Saxronp
Santorn
Potter Drug & Chemical Co
Cutricuna
Potter Drea Axp CueEnicat Co
Kansas
TIMES
Weekly Times
the Times
Creal Court of the United
Douglas County
Hannah M. Price
Charles E. Price
I Lawrence
Rus
Kannah M. Price
John
A. Norton
M. Stmmenfreelp
J. L. Dudley
Martha Dudley
District Court
J.L. Dudley
Solon T. Williams
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