Old World News Briefs Amid Floods and Turmoil in Europe
Dispatches from London and Vienna recount Turkish military preparations and a skirmish on Roumella frontier with Bulgarians amid reports of widespread conscription and supply shortages. Floods devastate Bengal and Switzerland, with railways seized in Servia and relief efforts under way. A Peru fire, Congo protests, and a slave trade note surface alongside strokes of cholera and a brutal Ohio execution. An array of locales including Constan tinople, Adrianople, False Point, and Djakova frame a world in flux.
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Philippopolis
Malea
Alexander
Tehamakoff
Losvox
Buchareat
Adrianople
Djakova
Vixi
Servia
Unclear 19th Century Citing Multiple Local Items
Fragmented report notes weekly U S business failures, a Utah court case on unlawful cohabitation with fines and sentences, New York Democratic ticket changes, Ohio River Commission meeting actions, a Boston Greenback state convention, and a New York potato crop damage advisory with scattered details.
Riots Over Vaccination Roil Montreal Streets
A Monday riot in Montreal's east end followed compulsory vaccination orders. French Canadians attacked a health office, tore down placards, and hurled stones at police and nearby buildings. Militias were deployed as crowds attacked the city hall, the Daily Herald, and other targets amid tensions between English and French communities.
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Montreal
Can
Ho Wores
Béridon Brothers
St. Denia
St. Catherine Streets
Alderman Gray
Uni
St James Street
Victoria Square
Daily Herald
Culef Taradike
Alderman Grenier
Finnely
LaChappelle
Healt
Canada
Exposition
Fora Hospital
Victoria Rifles
Oncg
Cote St Lous
St. Jean " Baptiste
St. Henri
Ans
Criptum Whey
Iaéo
Old City
Rivalry Between Baybrook Physicians Ends in Murder
Saybrook, ILL a village twenty five miles away, woke to a fatal duel between Dr. George Barton and Dr. Harvey L Harrleim. After a quarrel on the street Harris shot Barton three times, killing him. Harris surrendered and claimed self defense. Rumors of lynching circulated as crowds filled the streets and business stalled.
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Baybrook
Ill
Beccameron
Saybrook
George Barton
Harvey L. Harrleim
Wivala
Harris
Ife
Morris
Barton
Ilaring
Grasshopper Swarms Threaten Mexican Crops
Swarms of grasshoppers have invaded central Mexico from the United States, filling the sky and damaging crops. The worst damage is near Zacatecas and Soledad with farmers and farm workers firing at the insects with shotguns as swarms sweep through, causing great losses to fields orchards and vineyards.
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el, Paso
Tex
Mexico
Chhuahua
Zacetecas
Soledad
Ami
Bay State Republicans and cholera reports prompt council
Senator Hoar presided at the Massachusetts Republican Convention where Governor Robinson and Lieutenant-Governor Ames were renominated by acclamation. The platform backed Civil Service laws and the extension of reform to all government offices, called for a General Bankruptcy law, enforcement of the Edmunds bill in Utah, and currency reform. Separately, reports from Halifax and Nova Scotia note Asiatic cholera in Hautsport and rising deaths amid a population decline.
Treasury department hunts for property store focus
Washington October 1 The Treasury Department people are guiding a hard matter to focus on property store noting efforts to secure assets and uphold regulatory actions.
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Washington
Auliciens
Immigration, Regulation a to Govern it Adopted by the Hawaiian Government
Regulations on Chinese immigration announced with limits. Passports issued by Foreign Office and Hawaiian consuls. Chinese residents with year of trade or family ties eligible, excluding laborers. Provisions extend to Chinese women and children with parents on islands.
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Washrgeton
Mawdiian Islands
Falanda Rammay Ong
Foreign Office
Hong Kong
Bhaoghai
San Francisco
Marriage license law sparks wedding rush in county
At the last session of the Pennsylvania Legislature a marriage law passed requiring couples to obtain licenses from the County Clerk and list ages and parents names. Many view the law as onerous. 115 marriages occurred in the county on Tuesday as clergymen rushed to perform ceremonies. A protest from Philadelphia’s Ministerial Union condemns Sunday delivery as an Sabbath violation. The Obelisk in Central Park is deteriorating, with experts proposing paraffin oil treatment to slow decay without inscribing loss. Receiver appointed for Howe Lewig-Maching Co with debts totaling 731,000 and assets about 1,100,000.
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Presidency of Bengal
British India
False Point
Calcutta
Bombay
Bay of Bengal
Vienna
Tyrul
Berne
Switzerland
Tomba
Tardis
Canton
Grigons
Hbine
Biamargle
Sr. Manton Marble
Marble
Cleveland
Congress
England
Iquique
Duan
Rowland Blennerhassett
Killarney
Kooney
Qudheory
Pimiaberruta
Ministerial Union of Philadelphia
Daysury
Copp
F. Pari Joy
Howe Lewig-Maching Company
Ifie
I Jn
Nginnal
Gambetta
Rome
Chihuahua
Grand Monument Fond
New York
Failadelphia
Papa
Baltimore
Peoria
Harris
Barton
Saybrook, Jr
Ohio
New Jersey
District of Columbia
Kentucky
United
Insane Asylum
Warm Springs
M. T
Nichols
Boston Journal of Chemistry
James M. Dennis
Crawfordaville
Ind
Tonquin
E& Chinese
Deoides
Georgia
Santa Barbera
Philadelphia
Hamilton
Marine Hospital Service
United States
Helen Hunt Jackson
London
Switzler
Bureau of Stetisetes
Bureau of Commerce
Bt. Joba
N. B
Boston
St. John River
Robert Lierce
Ban Fallet
India
Richview
Gregory
Civil Service Commission
Judge Thoman
Cigar-Makers' International Union
Cincnnati
Bogton
A. Btragser
God August Btromot
Chicago
Parks
Ottawa
Lil
Morris
Julio RB. Santos
Ecuador
Guiseppe Lombardi
Milwaukee
Taceday
Efferson Township
West Virginia Line
Beveridge's Cooperates Contest at Washington
Fragmentary report from Washington dated September 24 notes a contest related to a despot or deposits and a treasurer position. Details are unreadable. mentions Beveridge and a likely public finance context.
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Beveridge
S Cooper
Seposite Ok
Wide range of early 20th century curiosities and events
A late 19th or early 20th century digest lists varied items from across the U.S. and world. It notes deaths, land deals, fisheries, postal salaries, tobacco crops, building loans, church decrees, tax receipts, legal cases, quarantines, and a range of political and social notes. Names, places, dates, and figures appear with little cohesion, reflecting a miscellany column.
Virginia Colored Republicans Convene in Lyxcapene
The State Convention of colored men in Lyxcapene Virginia elected KK Beckley chairman and N V Backus secretary. They urged unity with the Republican party, criticized past betrayals of colored voters, and pressed for federal action and protection amid postwar turmoil. The meeting called for stronger support to sustain free conditions and address outrages affecting the Black community.
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Virginia
Pothualgia
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African International Association
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Ohio Penitentiary
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Henry W. Slocum
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Ohio River Commission
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Enneylvania
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Hautsport
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American Association
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Post Ofice Department
Aresbyterian Publication Society
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