Various World and Local News Highlights
An Irish Land Leaguer Habon is jailed for three months for treasonable speech. In Vienna thirteen Socialists face trial. eleven are acquitted, two receive prison terms. Regiments are sent to Natal to replace men killed by Boers. Parnell and associates discuss Land League funds in Paris. Garibaldi elected president of a Nome suffrage convention. French journal backs abandoning the gold to alloy ratio. Binari favors double standard. In Thames rowing, Hanlan defeats Laycock for England’s championship. A Brazilian joint stock firm plans Halifax to Rio steamship line with a $50,000 subsidy.
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Garibaldi
Nome
Slovan
Binaro
Than
Thames
England
Hanlan
Laycock
Brazil
Halifax
Rio de Janeiro
Exch
Washington Notes Census and Territory Bill Update
The census totals for Panasylvapia enumerate males 2,186,638 and females 2,144,151 with Native 8,695 259 and foreign 687,589. White residents number 4,197,206 and colored 86,680 with mixed ancestry 18 Chindas 8 Japaness 168 Indiana and half-breeds 2 Finet Indiane. The Bennie Committee on Territories backs Senator Bannders to report on Pembios territory creation from the northern half of Dakota. Speaker Randall opposes higher refunding rates and no compromise is expected in the conference committee.
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Panasylvapia Axega
Indiana
Bennie Committee On
Territories
Bannders
Pembios
Dakota
Debris from Buffalo depot collapse kills several people
Historic storm at Buffalo buried cars and claimed multiple lives in the New York Central depot ruin. Henry Walters and Capt Byrns among the dead, others injured as the arched roof collapsed under heavy snow. Separate reports note January clearings rising and a new United States Bank planned with Grant and others as directors.
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Buffalo
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Hows
Lake Shore Road
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Byrns
New York
United States Bank
New Bank
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Logan C. Murry
Lata
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W. R. Travers
H. Victor Newcomb
Rock Hill
North Pennsylvania
Scoville Manufacturing Company
Waterbury
Jom
Hayes
Baltimore Press Association
Charles Howard Forbes
Supreme Coart of Massachusetts
Northampton
Ezra Wilkinson
Superior Court of
Massachusetts
Canal Boat Owners’ Association of New York
Draper
Rod Leary
Billy Connors
Notable 19th Century Deaths and Disasters Highlight Brief News
A sweeping summary notes numerous incidents including the accidental self-shot of Gen Herman Abl, the death of Charles Culton of the Dollar Saving Bank, and Peter Cooper's 90th birthday celebrations. It reports explosions at Standard Oil tanker Bagotteport and Welland canal, fires in Memphis and Chicago, a fatal mine blast in Montana, a tornado in North Carolina, and the death of Hon Fernando Wood in Hot Springs Arkansas. It also mentions railroad sales, legislative actions, and census figures on American Indians and immigrants.
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New York State
Zrifeuy
Ale
Charles Culton
Dollar Bavingy Bank
Hartford
Peter Cooper
New York
Californie
San Francisco
Alszke
Eldorado
Fernando Wood
Hot Springe
Ark
Philadelphia
Congress
Matthews Sees Narrowed Support in Judiciary Committee
Washington telegram reports it is now impossible to move Mr. Matthews from the Judiciary Committee as Senator Eduarda opposes his nomination. He reportedly has only seven allies on the panel, and Senator Thor mat told a Democratic member that the duty is painful, noting railroads and corporations warn against elevating him on the Bapgame branch, seen as a final check by the people.
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Matthews
Judiciary Committee
Eduanda
Mr. Matthews
Thormat
Democrstie
Hone
Bins
Bapgame
Grasping Corporation
J. E. Murdoch
Mr. Macy
Extraordinary winter storm paralyzes the East and floods the nation
A severe late season storm on a Saturday causes floods and heavy damage from the Potomac to the Ohio Valley. Rivers rise, cities flood, and trains are stalled as bridges are washed away. In Toledo the Maumee overflows, barges are wrecked, and lines report temporary improvements as crews race to shore up levees and tracks. Dead wood and New Orleans levee work are noted amid widespread disruption.
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Pennsylvania
Washington City
Toledo
Ohic
Trenton
N.J
Delaware River
Ohio
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania Railway
Maumee River
Streste
Washington
Maumee
Ohio River
Main Street
Cincinnati
Cyrue Bassey
New Orleans
Deadwood
Burlington Road
Iowa
To Make Boys Happy and Roman Mosaic Art Notes
A fragmentary guide describes making woolen balls and knitted reins for children, then shifts to ancient Rome mosaic work. It recounts handcraft techniques for woolen toys, knitting stripes and arm attachments, and moves to Pliny the Elder and Roman mosaic classifications, detailing tesselated and sectile pavements with Pantheon examples and historical context.
Mystery of Earth Tremor Echoes in Suburb
Sunday evening in the Roches Herald area residents were startled by distant thunder and ground tremor described as an earthquake. A young man, testing a hammock, fell when a fastening broke, the impact described as three hundred pounds of humanity.
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Ork
The
Roches- Herald
Richmond
The Story Disproved Court Officer Allegedly Sober
A leading court officer was accused of not going to bed sober. He denied the charge, recounting a quarrel with his wife who insisted he was not acting natural. She tested him by lighting a lamp and observing him, concluding he appeared sober.
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Buffalo Express
Katz
Hartford County Superior Court
Henry Katz
Thompsonville
Henry Buites
Mourning customs and the burden of memory
A writer argues about mourning wear and its duration. He rejects prolonged garb as impractical, noting grief over a relative’s death is real but should yield to wiser effort to move on. He likens perpetual mourning to carrying an empty cash box, a symbol of ongoing loss and vulnerability.
Home Remedies From Health Monthly Cures Colds
Geneal home remedies are described for coughs and colds. Advice includes baking soda air treatment, steam, raising the chest, and using glycerine morphine mixtures. Also suggests soap pepper rub, castile soap, red pepper, and alcohol mixtures for rheumatism, plus sea water gargling for catarrh with nasal contact.
It Was Alfonso A Well in Madrid Shop
A curious scene unfolds as a young man shop hops asking for watches with India rubber cases and diamond handles. The shopkeeper refuses, the youth leaves, and the tale ends with the king of pan and a picaresque note about the boy’s visit in a Hartford Courant item.
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Madrid
Mysterious Galveston Donkeys and Paris Mummy Mystery
A Galveston man mocked a mutual friend by recounting a ridiculous tale of buying Mexican donkeys in San Antonio for three dollars each and letting trains run them over for profit. Paris brims with intrigue after a browned mummy from Egypt is linked to a suspect in a Paris morgue case. New Zealand carries heavy national debts with towns owing England millions, and a Hillsboro Kentucky flirtation ends in elopement tied to a Methodist pastor. A San Francisco man and his wife seek divorce by consent, while a Connecticut child’s skull fracture prompts remarkable surgical notes.
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Texas
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New Zealand
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London
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James A. Caywood
Curious Names and puzzles from a distant era in a newspaper fragment
A scrambled column covers diverse topics from naming customs in China tied to birth circumstances and seasons to a debated origin of the dollar sign. It recounts historical quips about hay and corn trade, an unsure heritage of North American Indians, and closing notes on literary maxims and a War Department clerk, Channes Calvert, driven insane by dismissal.
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London
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Stewart
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Siberia
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de Courtraine
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War Department
Washington
Effects of Over-Exertion on Muscles and Heart
The article explains fatigue from prolonged work due to nerve fatigue and muscle strain. It notes tremor, cramp, and chronic exhaustion from concentrated effort, with risks of paralysis, heart irritability, and potential aneurysm. It cites Civil War soldiers and professionals like telegraphers and editors as affected groups.
Fragmentary Leeds hearing record on Bradford manufacturer
Fragmentary OCR excerpt shows cross examination at Leeds Assizes about a Bradford England manufacturer who made a composition with creditors. Witness questions unfold with partial dialogue and unclear details. The passage hints at financial arrangements and creditor difficulties but lacks complete facts.
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Bradford
England
Leeds
Sleeping-Car Innovation and Stage History Reflections
A fragment from a period piece describes the first appearance of a sleeping-car with a double tier of beds brought by Woodruff, and its trial trip on an evening trip. The account blends social observations with notes on Woodruff’s motive to ease travel for his wife. It also includes a long digression on stagecraft and horse endurance experiments in Paris, touching on kingship, theater, and a scientific study of equine capacity under varying conditions.
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Paty
Philadelphia
Paris
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