Wisconsin Toll Bridge Debate in Door County
Door County citizens request a bill to allow the Wisconsin Navigation Company to build a toll bridge across Sturgeon Bay. County officials seek to authorize private stock to cross the bay while residents fear tolls and expect a bridge if funds permit. Congress may intervene on navigable water bridge projects funded by federal money.
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Beery der Wasuinotos
D.C
Dex
Wisconsin
Door County
Sturesor Bay
Wisconsin Navigation Company
Tin County Commission
Congress
Died 08 Radies and a Fatal Dog Bite in St Louis
A coroner declared Barbara Wigebeth Grand aged 16 died from hydrophobia after a puppy bite at her home in St Louis. Earlier she showed symptoms, physicians treated her but worsened, and she died amid medical efforts. In North Carolina a wreck on the Asheville and Spartanburg line disrupted trains, with twelve miles south of Asheville.
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Leyland St. Louis
Pontlouignh
Torettly
Pate
Lovie Qrupul
St. Louis
Republican City Central Committee
Renorml Bo
Barbara Wigebeth Grand
Sonia Tinte
Minor News Notes From The Northwest and Beyond
A patchwork of early electric line notes and a string of disasters dominates this segment. Robberies at Julius Krueger jewelry shop in Grtend, with 26,50 in cash and 8,500 in gold watches and jewelry stolen. Fires devastate retail stores on Brunswick Road and in New Orleans yard, with multi‑million losses tallied. A New York Pier death and other fatal incidents, plus several factory and mill fires in Middletown and Newark. insurance figures listed. A Knoxville drowning follows a failed rescue, and mental health concerns surface around a recently admitted lawyer. Minneapolis Pray Manufacturing suspended with liabilities of 200,000 and assets 60,000. A Minneapolis jewelry store robbery leaves watches and jewelry worth 2,500 stolen. Other fires, suspensions, and property losses across the era.
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Rocky Mounsain
Medicine Hat
Fort Adsinaboine
Helena
United States
Boryldts
Julius Krueger
Ab Grtend
Ase
Louisiana
Vattoo
New Orleans
Liverpool
John Lewis It Co
Brunswick Road
Pyter le Kerru
Puper
Rendemp
Marana
Ebencoera
Pier No
New York
Naw Rochells
Nea
Schwli & King
Middletos
Lysa
Slitton
Marquette
Mich
Plunkett & Co
North Adlama
Mass
Laws
Pisifer & Havengore
Buabiwick
Newark
Wade
Jessia Johnson
Dawyer
Knoxville
Av Chico
Abe
Wtarly
Cates
Pray Manufacturing Company
Minneapolis
Minneapolia
Iméa
Galveston
Tex
Oe Warsers & Biewithy Woolyn Goods
Itardeau
Duitdinger
Oukuloown
Prosecution of Bay State Brick Company and other 1880s notes
The Bay State Brick Company of Boston faces prosecution for importing foreign contract labor. In New York Judge Van Brunt ordered the Korauth Marx & Co. jewelers assignment set aside amid a firm collapse in September 1888 with a stated $1,000,000 loss. Buffalo endures pinkeye epidemic. Daniel Christman killer lynched by a mob. a London cable reports the Ligouity steamer foundering with twelve crowned. Lecco Lombardy boiler explosion kills six.
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Bay State Brick Company
Boston
New York
van Brunt
Korauth Marx & Co
Greundelfrand
Buffalo
William Muenel
Daniel Christman
Eaton
London
Atéamehip Liguelty
Liverpool
Holyhead
Lecco
Lombardy
Privest Fahey Freed From Galway Jail After Eviction Row
Father Fahey, who challenged bail to aid tenants from the Clanricarde estates in Woodford, was sentenced in September to six months imprisonment for refusing bail. He was freed unconditionally today, after a prior harsh arrest and a jail term, receiving an ovation upon release as Galway City lights up in his honor.
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Evieton Teuanta
Dupuis
Father Fahey
Galway
Fatey
Lewis
Clanricarde
Woodford
Father Pauhey
Mr. Lewis
Lowie
Mabey
Pather Tuhuy
Hoe
Tortured to Death by Pair of Brutes in Ta
A man and a woman near Montezuma Arkansas Brown and Chloe Robinson were arrested for torturing Brown s six year old grandson to death. The child was found lifeless in bed after a night of merciless beating including suspension by the heels with a rope and repeated blows. The investigation showed repeated abuse and a final castigation followed by washing with salt and water. Also mentioned is the death of Dr F Simpson bitten by a Spanield boy attributed to infection and ensuing blood poisoning.
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Towa Ki Thule
Lidia
Whipaine
Brown
Chloe Robinson
Montezuma
Robinson
Chris Robinson
Churchill resigns amid cabinet rift and admiralty budget row
Lord Randolph Churchill resigns his sabbatical post amid a dispute with the Octer minister. The English cabinet and war office are cited in a crisis over rising national expenses and opposition to domestic measures.
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Lord Randolph Capmenill Ban
Admiralty
Powderly Denounces Funds For Anarchists in Chicago Labor
Powderly orders master workmen to stop collecting money for the condemned Anarchists and to return any prior contributions to the assemblies and donors. A Louisville & Nashville strike halts trains as crews protest the discharge of committee members who urged officials to comply. Telegraph workers in San Francisco strike for higher pay and shorter hours. Market report closes the page.
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Knigata
Chicago
Mestur
Irciznt
Louisville & Nashville Road
Louisville & Naghvills
J. A. Moore
Henry Cornwall
Telegraph
Megeengers
San Francisco
Logan Dies at Washington After Long Illness
John A. Logan died at Washington in the afternoon of the 26th after a prolonged illness marked by brain complications and escalating fever. Physicians noted a sudden decline late that day, with a brief revival at 9 o'clock before sinking into a fatal sleep, recognizing his wife at his bedside earlier.
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A. Tagen Dassen
Brier Daese
John A. Logan
Washington
Senate and House proceedings in December session
Fortieth Congress debates funding and frontier measures across the Senate and House. Key actions include postponing the Pacific Railroad funding bill, appointments to committees, aid for Arctic disaster survivors, land grants for a railway through the Gila Reservation, and bills on inter state commerce and military appropriations. Debates touch tolls, printing staff, and negotiations with foreign governments on trade.
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Hanr
Pacific Railroad
Mears
Spooners
Macernon
Spooner
Committee On Claims
Pike
Bersie
Gilmore
United States
Secretary of War
Lake Michigan
Chisuxo
Commercial Club of
Calcago
Misaouri
Hauge
Jeannette
Arctic
Maricopa & Phrnix Railway Company
Arizona
Cullom
Wilon
James B. Angell
Michigan
Board of Regents
Smithrouine Institute
Edmunds
Committee On Foreign Relations
China
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Miesoor
Duluth Black Hilla Railway Company
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Hoar
Committee On Commerce
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Howe
Bincock
Dili
Tabucco
My. Forney
Tal House
Aldrich
United Stated
Eithur
Eugar
Mente
House
Cox
New York
Benge
United States Troopa ‘iv
Wrovespar
the &T, Paul, Minneapolis & Masitoba Railroad
Montana
Dakot
Oklahoma
Divorce petition dismissed after verdict in adultery case
Judge Butt Tikanisns dismissed the petition for divorce by Lady Colin Campbell and Lord Colin Campbell after a jury verdict found neither party guilty of adultery. Lady Colin awarded £150 costs and full costs of her deeds against her husband’s suit. Co-respondents Duke of Marlborough Caret Shaw Dr. Bird received full costs. Gen Butler did not apply.
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Lord Colin
Gen. Butler
Coats
Grave Robbery Mystery Solved in Carrielle Illinois
A murder mystery in Carrielle Illinois ends as Dr Bull identifies Maud Hall’s body in the dissecting room of the Town College of Physicians and Surgeons. A detective, after hours, climbed to a skylight and found the body on the dissecting table with the watch removed to hinder identification.
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Tls
Carriele
Maud Hall
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Dr. Bull
Gia
Father identifies dissected daughter found in Carlisle
A father was summoned and instantly certain the corpse before him was his daughter though no proof existed. He returned home with friends and relatives and the identification was confirmed, leading to the remains being taken back to Carlisle for burial after being stolen. The tale echoes a doctor discovering his daughter's remains in a dissecting room seldom seen even in the Wild West.
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Can
Carlisle
Evan
Knights of Labor district probes Chicago packing house strike
A five member committee of Knights of Labor in Chicago districts 24 and 57 investigates the stockyards strike amid claims of a secret boycott against leading Chicago packers. Witnesses Carter, Grant and Dolav allegedly expelled for trespass are questioned as factions discuss Powderly image and a possible special General Assembly session.
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Teppor Fowderly
Assembly
Knights of Labor
Chicago
Knights
Cook County
District Assembly
Seamen's District Assembly
Atch & Step
Messrs
Carter
Grant
Dolav
Banembli¢a
Satires Assembly 24
T. P. Barry
Mr. Carlton
General Executive Committee
Powderly
General Assembly
Richmond
Brooklyn Strike Ties Up 11 Street Lines in Labor Victory
A Brooklyn City Railroad walkout shut eleven streetcar lines for most of the day. Workers demanded recognition of the Knights of Labor and the Empire Protective Association and better hours. Car service failed. few cars operated until evening. settlement terms unclear but believed granted. One union arm said losses could reach $20,000 for the day.
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Kwelve Dourk
New York
Brooklyn City Railroad Company
Knights of Labor
Empire Protective Association
Greenwood
Lowell
Brooklyn
Christmas Day in Christian history and Nativity
The article traces the earliest mentions of December 25 as Christmas Day from a 10th century catalogue, noting its spread across Christendom by 380 AD. It cites church history statements from Chrysostom and Antioch about the festival’s roots and universal adoption within fifty years.
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Surper's Magazine
Christendom
Rome
Antioch
Chrysostom
Wisconsin court case and rail line notices mingle in turbulent report
A circuit court libel suit grows from December attacks on W P Mus sacre by R L Dickens in Arcadia. The Milwaukee Lake Shore & Western reports weekly earnings of 37 860, rail stations opened at Winona Little, Rutledge and Charlie with agents named. A pair of Chicago girls returned home after police found them in Milwaukee, while Ashland presses review notes 142 buildings and 881 300 dollars spent on docks. Ex mayor Davis of Eau Claire buys Daily Morning Leader stake. Andrew DeLax pardoned. Dolan burglary record. Lemeyer, charged after attempting to wreck a train, jailed on a $1 000 bail. A severe wreck on the Chicago North Western near Trempealeau injures crew and damages engines, due to a missed order.
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W.P
Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railroad
Chicago, Burlingtond, Northern Railroad
Winona
Minn
J. R. Hawley
Litle
Wia
W. Coons
Rutledge
Wic
N. J. Emery
Charlie
Wis
R. M. J. Glynn
East Winona
Chicago
Annie Ludwig
Alvina Bluim
Milwaukee
Ol ‘Tur Ashland
Davis
Hea Claire
Andrew DeLax
Chicero & North-Western
Trempealean
Full
Daring Diamond Thief On Bowery Jewelers Run
A bold diamond heist occurred yesterday at J H Johnston’s Jewelry at 150 Bowery New York. A man asked about rings, grabbed a tray, dashed through the door and into Broome Street, eluding pursuers as shoppers watched. Rings valued at five thousand dollars remained fixed in the tray.
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Bowery
New York
J. H. Johnston
Ayoupp
Balesma T. W. Baab
Tos
Broome Street
Elizabeth Street
Baab
Elizabeth and
Broome Brreste
Christmas in New England and Europe voices in 19th century notes
A collage of passages surveys Christmas observance across regions and eras, noting Puritan restraint, Catholic and evangelical influences, and the growing festive embrace in New England and the South. It contrasts northern strictness with southern warmth, and reflects on the social reach of holiday customs and church practices.
Christmas Candles and the New York Candle Trade
A reporter tours a Clifton Staten Island candle factory to show how Christmas candles are made. The piece explains the economics, including New York City’s role as a trade hub, production scales, and the labor and machinery used to render stearine and paraffin candles.
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New York
Thie
United States
England
Thote
Clifton
Staten Elland
Chia
Thia
Asaman
Tavka
Oneaux College Enrollment, Global Figures, and Oddities
Oneaux College reports 1,819 students this year while various items note large sums, purchases, and curious developments. Highlights include Penmoxs seeking $14,000,000 in November, New York spending $700,000 on ite ranvals, and a Newfourdland man claiming cod weighing 112 pounds.
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Penmoxs
New York
Ite
Tut
Parris
Vessey
Norida Canal
States ‘Treasury
Aman
Newfourdland
United States
Florida
Tuxedo
Canada
de. W. H. MecVicker
Philadelphia
Holy Land
New Middleton
Ind
Echool
Cali
Mattie Wooten
Viola, Tenn
Niagara
Boston Journal
Pstek
Hero Abromi
Philip Ferdinand
New Haven
Charles Dickens
Kentucky Union Railway
Standard On Company
Louisville & Nashville Company
Byars
Hand Crafted Candles From Wax to Light in Factories
A detailed description of candle making by hand and in small operations, including wax purification, coloring, and shaping. Workers use wooden hoops and a central wick, 190-wick capacity per day, with male and female staff decorating with cut patterns for church use. Notes on tallow candles and regional uses in the South.
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