News of the Week Foreign News
A roundup of global events mentions a Russian socialist escape to Switzerland, Italian woman suffrage votes, troop withdrawals in Africa and Europe, Tunisian administration changes, and Swiss trichinosis ruling. Also noted are the Tararua wreck, Iroquois wins, French inland disturbances, Tunisian garrison plans, and Irish census figures amid political crackdowns.
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Kiberia
Switzerland
Keogh
Limerick
Chamber of Deputies
England
Italy
France
Ireland
India
South Africa
Bey of
Tunis
Elu
New Zealand
Leon
St. James
Algiers
Uruguay
South America
Ths Minster
Polyphemus
Chatham
Marseilles
Nantes
TH. M.S. Munarel
Gambetta
Catherine Canal
St. Petersburg
Kariz Safed
Cabul
Ayoub Khan
Ameer Abdurrahman
Domestic turmoil and disasters amid a string of incidents
A jumble of reports includes Teubert Martin's fatal shooting of his wife and injury to a child in Newark, a major 600000 debt at E P Cutler & Co, warehouse fires in Brovisu causing 900000 damage, and a burned man in a London inspired tale. An accident on the Schuylkill Lehigh line killed Iren Castles Matthews and injured others. Separate items note a fire destroying Adams white-road works near Baltimore, and a tract of rail bonds worth 100000 on Broadway. An earthquake at Newburyport and drownings in Long Tuind Sound broaden the day’s dangers as various figures face legal and financial consequences.
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Teubert Martin
Newark
N.J
E. P. Cutler & Co
Bouton
Businsss
Pierrepont
Brovisu
Silay A. Waite
First Nations Bank of
Bretticiuro
Puelty
House of Correction
Adams White-Road
Baltimore
Schuylkill
Iren Castles Matthews
Berum
Jack Alexander O. Walker
New York
Broadway
Trevor W. Park
Panama Railroad
Bratveboro
Newburyport
Mags
William Hoffman
Frederick
Christopher Brash
Long Tu'‘ind
Batavia
William Murpau
Nisgara River
Tornado Toll and Crops Outlook Across Regions
A New York agricultural paper cites 3000 crop reports forecasting 20 percent less wheat, 16 percent more rye and barley, and record catatal crops. Across the Midwest and South, tornadoes devastate towns, injure many, and wipe out buildings and crops, with notable losses from Cincinnati to New Orleans.
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New York
Washington Notes on prosecutions and immigration trends
The report says Brady and Dorsey will lead the first Government prosecutions of star route operators with others not charged unless conviction seems likely. Immigrant arrivals for May reach 127,482 and 694,294 for eleven months through May, with Germans and Canadians the largest groups. The Panama Canal progress is poor, with workers quitting and brigades disbanded.
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Brady and Dorsey
French
Central Pacific Railroad
Admiral Rodgers
Lstter
Canada
Ireland
Panama Canal
Enpinours
Judge Cox Charges Grand Jury on Postal Fraud Case
Judge Cox informed the Grand Jury of Washington D C they must judge the new defrauding the Government case under postal laws without bias, only by true and just facts. Charles H Howard brother of Gen O O Howard named Indian Inspector as L Mahon resigned. William H Tuer a longtime postal clerk in charge of star routes is removed. George M Bywooney named in his place.
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Cox
Grand Jury
Criminal Court
Washington, D. C
Tham
Rew
Chariles H. Howard
Gen. O. O. Howard
View J. L. Mahon
William H. Tuer
Star Router
George M. Bywooney
Political muddle as Albany ballots test party loyalties
Judge Thurman resigns governorship bid and retires to private life while Albany balloting for U S Senate staggers between Depew Kernan Platt and Jacobs. Bribery inquiry hearings continue with new witnesses, Edwards trials, and bank drafts, as Garfield weighs Virginia campaign and party factions plot Grant links and future nominations.
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Allen G. Thurman
Paris
Ohio
Lfe
International Monetary Conforonee
Albany
Depew
Kernan
Platt
Gorrill
Jacobs
Conkling
Rogera
Wheeler
Wake Bribery Investigation Committee
Bradley
Crosa
Garfield
Washington
Mahone
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Greenbackers
Pottsville
St. W. Jackson
Mercer County
Greenback-Tuabor Party
Oho
Columbus
John Sivtz
Henven
Charles Wenkins
Mahoning
Joseph Watson
Knox
Altoruey
M. Tuttle
Lake
W. F. Lloyd
Montgomery
Board of Public Works
N. Is. Morrison
Austabula
Sexsiony
Beaxiond
Hradley
Young
Edwards
Mos
National Commercial Bank of Albany
New York
A. D. Barber
Yoten
Central Committee
Depewind
Legisatura
United States Senate
Orsino
Jonoa
Lindley
Iowa
Dea Moin
I. D. Kiuno
J. M. Walker
N. B. Menders
Gen. Wickham
Presdent Garfiglo
Cornell
Laphlam
Scattering
Dupon
Texsor
Grant
John J. Davenport
Strahan
Benator
Elbridge G. Lapham
Canandaigua
Whouever
Tobertson
Merritt
Mahone Coalition Expelled Amid Lt Governor Row
A Mahone faction within the Republican circle was expelled from the coalition. General A G Wickham Way was named Chairman. The party then scheduled a convention for August in Biaunton to nominate state officers.
Miscellaneous Gleanings From A Gloomy Report
A roundup notes Quebec fire destroys 642 houses affecting 1 211 families and 6 028 people, many uninsured. Across the country a woolen and chair factory burn at Appleton Wisconsin causes 100 000 dollars in losses. Notable arrivals and movements include Bitting Bull leaving Fort Qappelle and considering surrender while Edwin Booth and others sail from Liverpool to New York. Reports also cover yellow fever in Vera Cruz and tentative plans for a Telegraph company. Crop reports show Spring Wheat and Winter Wheat conditions decline. shinch-bug damage noted in Michigan Indiana and Illinois. California drought blamed for poor results. A San Francisco lady seeks Arctic expedition passage and Hartmann vows to head to New York. Edwin Booth earns 88 000 from Othello in London. Mexican dispatches describe a clash with smugglers at Cerralco and an Apache raid on Chihuahua. yellow fever spreading in Jorn Cruz.
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Quebec
Appleton
Wis
Bitting Bull
Fort Qu’Appelle
Wood Mountain
Bia Branea
Edwin Booth
J. H. McVicker
Chicago
Liverpool
New York
Bothnia
Frederick Douglass
Washington
Wye River
James KR. Keons
Vera Cruz
George I. Lenay
Wesleyan Female Seminary
Macon
Departments of Agriculture
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
California
San Francisco
Berry
Hartmann
London
Cerralco
Chihuahua
Yorn Cruz
Household Hints and Humorous Classroom Snippets
A miscellany of domestic remedies and cleaners for fabrics and iron alongside light humor. Includes advice on turpentine, starch, wax, milk dilutions, oilcloth care, and a playful dialogue about gray hair and a classroom riddle about a fortress and a place for men or women.
Presidents Rise From Humble Roots Across Generations
A long chronicle traces U S presidents from modest beginnings to power. It notes Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Adams again, Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln, Johnson, Grant, Hayes, Garfield and more, detailing family origins, professions, and early life challenges, plus a curious relic story about a 17th century trunk sale in Norristown.
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Lisa Ay
Philadelphia
Washington
Virginia
Huglizh
Sruyer
Custis
John Adams
Massachusetts
Adamses
Thomas Jefferson
England
Temes Madison
Janes Monroe
Madison
Hoe
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Congress
Martin van Buren
Wii
Henry Harrison
Treasury Department
John Tyler
Tyler
Jones XK
Poll
Jay
Tennessee
Zachary Saylor
Richard Taylor
Kentucky
Toe
Lousiana
Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
Benjamin Pierce
Senate
Lee Wis
How to Make Yourself Unhappy in Life
A fragmented excerpt warns that selfishness breeds misery. It urges fixating on self and possessions, mistrusting others, jealously guarding one’s own, snapping at intruders, and interpreting friends’ actions as neglect. The piece shifts to notes on trunks revealing valuables, with a stray mention of a diamond discovery.
Desperate Encounter and John Brown Reminiscence
An 1860s cavalry skirmish unfolds near Gallatin Nash ville with a Federal officer fending off a Confederate picket then escaping as pursuers close in. A reminiscence by Thomas B. Musgrove recounts meeting John Brown in 1859 and a later Harper's Ferry incident connected to a cash transaction and wardrobe request for his trial.
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John Brown
Thomas B. Musgrove
New York
Blo
Brown
Kansas
Harper’s Ferry
Righsmond
Jiu
Aya
Imly
A Boy's Bargain In Newburyport Family
A Newburyport Massachusetts family with two boys faced a curious incident when the elder sister offered a half dollar for the boy to give away the family dog. The boy agreed, and that night, when his sister asked whom he had given the dog to, he replied with charming naivete that he had given it to his brother.
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Newburyport
Mass
Fragmented Brevities From The Era Of Letters And The World
A collage of short notes covers diverse topics from Ottoman court life to Western literature. It cites the 37 year gap since a message via telegraph, remarks on Oliver Wendell Holmes in The Gentleman’s Magazine, and a London diary excerpt. It notes Post Office experiments, biblical word counts, and a Rochester NY harp tower prototype. It closes with German emigration trends and Lex nx Punch on party leadership.
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Ona
Gor
Pra
Washington
Baltimore
Auriovan Oliver Wendell Hol
London
France
New York
Nevald
Engl Hanes
Pernor
Postearth Savings Bank
Lord Unten
Denna
Germany
Goo Army Corps
Lexnox
Richest German gunmaker Nerr Krupp noted for habit and factory
A fragmentary portrait cites Nerr Krupp as Germany s wealthiest besides the Hothr children, recounting his brutal persistence after failures. It notes his late night desk writing, a habit with a saddle exercise, and a Saeenn factory employing about 6 009 men at Meissen. It mentions lavish dining and surgeons in London earning about 100 000 dollars yearly.
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Nerr Krupp
Germany
Hothr Childs
Msaen
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