New York bank seal ends in tragedy and uproar
A chaotic report recounts a disastrous bank collapse and ensuing public panic in New York with deaths, looting, and widespread damage. It mentions the discovery of dead bodies in lakes, a lightning strike on a powder magazine near Pottaville, Pa, a violent hotel incident in Chicago, and various calamities across states, including yellow fever outbreaks, robberies on express trains, and political upheaval surrounding investigations and elections.
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Paris
Chander-dorm
Pottaville
New Orleans
Ro‘paree
Potter
New-York
Dhecam Valyans
Biedir
Leetein
Potter ‘Committee
Humorous Limburger Cheese Tale From Faribault
A Faribault Democrat item recounts Robert and his wife in a comical domestic episode. After bringing home Limburger cheese, he hides the evidence in the gate post as the stench alarms neighbors. The wife suspects the culprit, leading to a dry exchange about sewer cleaning and the life lesson that the cheese was not his favorite.
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Robert
Bob
Jim
Fariboult
Denn
Vooth Hunter Fights Panther After Cariboo Sighting
In the White Tish to Black Trout forest near the Madayueka headwaters Far quarrson faced a large American panther. Reloading after a first shot he killed the beast with a knife and pistol shots, the dead animal measured nine feet from nose to tail.
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White Tish Lake
Black Trout Lake
Madayueka
Cariboo
Bathshoth
Boll
Woo
Farquarron
Boon
Ottawe
The sweetest Little tale of a season told by Frank Abbott
A Burlington, Town story narrates a girl at Clear Lake riding in a stout skiff drawn by two regularly harnessed pictures controlled by lines. The fish reach about three feet, weigh eight pounds, and are powerful. The girl drives the pinkore to the boat-house and feeds them in a glassing room. She is offered 1,000 for hustle and plays with the balloonist.
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Chicago Daily Commercial Bulletin
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New York
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Palliaan Palace Car Company
Coramton
Europe
Ilo Company
Einstein Bros
San Francisco
Frank Abbott
Burlington
Clear Lake
Mins
Hustenn
Remembering Stephen A. Douglas in a Turbulent Era
An appreciative sketch recalls the late Stephen A. Douglas at Chicago’s monument unveiling. It portrays the Little Giant’s rise, battle with rivals, and complex legacy shaping the Union’s fate, highlighting his stump speaking, personal charm, financial struggles, and the dynastic politics surrounding his era.
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Loulaville Gourier Journal
Stephen .A. Douglas
Chicago
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Sanders
Harris
Offaire
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Pump
Reilly
America
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Snadera
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Missouri
David Atchison
Senate of the
United States
Old Mason
Virginia
Robert Armstrong
Washington Union
Alexander IL Stephene
Buchanan
Dla Buck
Telmadyn Sud Rives
Gen. Jackson
Marriage Customs in India
Marriage customs vary across India with the Mysore Maharaja wedding featuring a ceremonial Sanskrit recitation by the groom. The exchange includes blessings and vows invoking love, unity, prosperity, and the bride’s beauty and virtue, framed in regal ritual language.
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Hia
Mysore
Variety of anecdotes and notices from a midwestern paper
A collage of short items and vignettes from Indiana and Kansas with humor, moral anecdotes, school notes, and miscellany. It includes rail station rules, humorous dialogues, tombstone inscriptions, a charity club in Michigan, funeral misstatements, industry reports from Bordeaux and Hamburg, a dramatic train robbery near Winthrop, medical ads, and assorted local color reflecting late 19th century life.
Bribery Rumor Hits Hot Springs Bill Enrollment
Rumor says during the Hot Springs bill’s pending status two Congress members and two Enrollment Clerks were bribed to omit the Hot Springs section. Clerk Adama allegedly discharged the enrolling clerk when the omission happened, per Washington telegram.
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Hot Springs
Congress
Adama
Washington Telegram
DooLxy's Yeast Powers Baking Powder Advised
An old advertisement extols DooLxy's Yeast Powers as wholesome nutritious baking powder. It claims safety from adulteration and recommends purchase only in cans by eminent chemists and physicians.
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