Bulgarian Troops Win at Silyinitza and Oregon Senator Pick
Latest from wire reports note Bulgarian forces defeat Servian troops at Silyinitza and French enterprises in Tonquin and Madagascar show signs of collapse. In Oregon Pontuana Nov 19 J H Mitchell elected Senator on the third ballot after Democrats rally to him. Mitchell previously served 1878 79 and pledged to back the Democratic National Administration.
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Tonquin
Madagascar
Oregon
Pontuana
J. H. Mitchell
Mitchell
Williams
Slater
Scattering
United States Senate
James H. Slater
Bulgarians Victorious at Slivinitza in Desperate Fight
The Bulgarians, led by Prince Alexander, carried Serbian positions at Slivinitza after heavy fighting. Serbians lost ten guns and 856 horses. about 3,000 killed or wounded. Bulgarians captured 200 Serbian cavalry. Bulgar forces held lines near Dragoman amid reinforcements from Roumelia.
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Loxpon
Slivinitza
Alexander
Servian
Daily News
Sofia
Dragoman
Roumelia
Bilvinitza
Red Cross
Widden
Servia
Batching
Smoltcha
Tuden
Malfeasance Charges Stir Steele Dakota County
Petitions signed by residents urge the District Court to suspend E. M. Wilcox Register of Deeds and County Clerk and John D. Smith Sheriff on multiple counts including malfeasance, habitual drunkenness, and using the county courthouse as a gambling hub. The Sheriff allegedly claimed a non existent warrant to sway voters against a candidate, while bondsmen withdraw amid community uproar.
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Steele, Dak
Kidder County
Board of County Commissoners
Steele
Dakota
E. M. Wilcox
Register of Deeds
John D. Smith
Sheriff Smith
Good Hope
Ill
Wilcox
Warwick
N. Y
W. F. Steele
Brisson outlines French policy shifts on Tonquin and Madagascar
Prime Minister Brisson announces possible new taxes to cover deficits from commerce and war. He aims for a Hue Residency with Tunis-like administration in Annam, a protected frontier in Tonquin, and an army of Annamite troops. Madagascar credit talks loom. Clergy state question to be debated. obligatory military service to be upheld. Cabinet crisis feared as amnesty stance split.
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Pari
Brisson
Chamber of Deputies
Finance Department
Annam
Hue
Tunis
Madagascar
France
Tonquin
Unclear text from court cases hints at political comeback
Fragmentary passage suggests a sick person on a bed and friends aiding a return to office. It notes that in court, such cases bring rich developments, implying potential political or legal shifts.
Senator Allison Talks in Cuiiaco
United States Senator W. B. Allison of Dubuque speaks on his Washington trip about Iowa Republican vote declines. He links it to an off year and Prohibitionist and Greenbacker turnout, predicts no tariff bill this session, and discusses silver coinage suspension and Appropriations Committee powers.
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Allison
Cuiiaco
United States
W. B. Allison
Dubuque
Washington
Appropriations Committee
Another Telephone Claimant Emerges from Des Moines
Des Moines reports a new claimant seeking letters patent and priority on the invention of the telephone. He first filed a caveat in 1857 with the US Patent Office detailing two methods and devices to transmit sound via electric currents and relies on that record to resolve the Washington controversy over the original inventor.
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Merritt F. Pease
Des Moines
Iowa
United States Patent Office
Washington
Ward’s Health Improves at Sing Sing Says Prison Officials
Dr Barber and James Connaughton dispute reports that Ward is failing or being overworked. Connaughton says Ward’s work filing iron grating is light and he handles it well. Barber notes Ward’s condition improving daily and he now eats prison food with relish.
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Ward
Brighton ranchos fencing case upheld by Supreme Court
Justice Miller sustains federal injunction against the Brighton Company in Nebraska. The firm fenced 52,000 acres of government land in Custer County with 56 miles of fence. After protracted litigation, the Supreme Court decision settles fencing of public domain and sets a precedent. The company must remove the fences immediately.
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Washineton
Miller
United States Supreme Court
Brighton Rancho
United States District Court
Brighton Company
Custer County
Nebraska
Supreme Court
Brighton
Frauds and Armory Site Scandals Uncovered in New York
New York November 19. The State Senate Investigating Committee has exposed abuses in county offices and armory-site purchases. Monmouth B. Wilson faces trial in General Sessions for allegedly receiving over $10,000 as a go-between in armory site deals. Ferdinand Ward shows improved physical condition in a New York special.
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New York
State Senate Investigating Committee
Monmouth B. Wilson
Court of General Sessions
Galveston Sore Need Calls for Aid and Damage Report
At a Galveston mass meeting a ten member committee was appointed to telegraph newspapers that losses exceed initial estimates, totaling 2.5 million dollars or one eighth of city value. Proffered aid is welcomed as distress grows ahead of winter. About 569 residences destroyed. subscriptions total 78,000 dollars with 23,000 paid. Also note a Starvation Report from Washington reporting Indian hunger on Tongue River. Montana governor requests confirmation as department questions surplus deliveries.
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Galveston
Galveson
Tex
Washington
Gov. Sauser
Montana
Lamar
Father Blondin
Tongue River Country
Royal Life at Balmoral Reveals Court Etiquette
A Tory account of Balmoral life claims to reveal daily routines at the Castle. Breakfast is solitary for the Queen at about nine, royals dine when dining hours suit them, and no family breakfast is held for non royals. The Queen walks briefly after breakfast before business and correspondence at luncheon. A London messenger network serves Balmoral with three daily departures from Whitehall and the Palace.
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Balmoral
Windsor
London
Whitehall
Palace
No Ice Water for Him
A humorous exchange about ice water ends with a punchline. A man refuses ice water citing a past danger while another warns moderation, and a playful misinterpretation leads to the line about falling overboard into a river full of ice water.
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Chicuo- Leder
Natural Religion and Flannel in Tropics Witnessed
In a clergy family the Atherton sisters aged 8 and 6 are quoted in a dialog about religion with the younger replying she would rather have a good time than go to heaven. Sir Guorex Ballingall observed flannel wraps curb a severe tropical dysentery in India, influencing military practice.
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Mabel
Floy Atherton
Floy
Guorex Ballingall
India
The Little Grenadier Tea Bearer at Balaklava
In Balaklava a British Grenadier Guards boy of ten or eleven brewed tea amid fire and carried warmth to wounded soldiers. Known as the boy in red and gold, Thomas Keep aided by supplying stocks and comforting his comrades. Colonel Wood and Philip Dilbert Hamerton praised the act, with Harper's Young People noting the incident from Inkerman and Balaklava.
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Thomas Keep
British Grenadier Guards
Inkerman
Valaklava
Colonel Wood
Philip Dilbert
Hamerton
Harper's
Squire Morton Uses Peers to Cure Thieving Boys
A kindly but shrewd Squire Morton suspects theft of Bartlett pears and Concord grapes from his estate on Prospect street. He shadow checks and identifies two youths, Henry Perley and Charles Getchell, as culprits. He plans an unorthodox, corrective approach by gifting pears to Henry at his home, aiming to reform without disclosure to families.
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Squire Morton
Prospect Street
Mrs. Morton
Pitts Street
Deacon Perley
Henry
Dr. Getchell
Charles
Henry Perley
Charles Getchell
Perley
Squire Morton and the Pears and Grapes
In this tale a kind squire repeatedly gives Bartlett pears and Concord grapes to boys Charlie Getchell and Henry Perley who fear discovery. After a final confession moment, Morton persuades them to promise not to steal again and, with their fathers’ eventual blessing, the incident ends with forgiveness and relief.
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Deacon Perley
Henry
Flere
Charlie Getchell
Charlie
Henry Perley
Squire Morton
Regulus and the Punic War Boldly Returned to Captivity
The story centers on Marcus Abilius Regulus, Roman general in the first Punic War, who commanded 830 ships and 140,000 men. After initial Roman victories, Regulus was captured and sent back to Carthage to negotiate terms, then chose to return to captivity and faced execution, a tale debated by historians.
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Marcus Abilius Regulus
Manlius
Carthage
Sicly
Regulus
Tunis
Nanthippus
Rome
No Imposition and the Dog as Customer
A colored boy asks a butcher in Austin for meat for their dog. The butcher jokes about his color and eye, recalling a prior tough piece. The caption Texas Siblings is cited. The note adds that in eighteen months the Secretary to Mr. Tilden has read 187 books.
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Austin
Texas
Mr. Tilden
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