Flood Threaten New England as Roxbury, Boston Buries Towns
Boston dispatch reports Stony Brook flooding Roxbury and nearby areas, driving two square miles under water with currents up to ten miles an hour. Over 1,500 families displaced, thousands of buildings and stock at risk, and major damage to bridges and rail lines across Massachusetts. Dam failures and widespread evacuations compound the disaster as officials establish relief depots and brace for continuing high water.
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Boston
Roxbury
Stoby Brook
Norfolk House Hill
Northampton Street
Shawmut Avenue
Boston & Providence Railroad
Stony Brook
Norfolk Hill
Thediood
Arnold Street
Roxoury
Wellard
Nypely
Milda
Jamaica Plain
Franklin Park
Cumberland
Pawtucket
Worka
New England
Masaachusetts
St. Lois Levan
Harrisburg
Miners' Quarrel Ends in Murder at Red Clit
In Red Clit Cot two miners Perry and Gleason quarreled over a minor matter. Perry fatally shot Gleason and was taken to jail. A mob of about 200 forced the sale at A. G Schmidt Co. in Chisago on the night of the 14th, breaking in. Loot included 82628 in cash and 3000 in notes, with other valuables taken. The night also saw robberies and fires across several towns, with injuries to police and deaths in multiple incidents.
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Red Clit
Cot
Perry
Gleason
A. G Schmidt Co
Chisago
Otter
Abell
Bruglars
Night Express
Oswego
Western Railroad
Liberty
Sullivan County
Pupiie
Express Nz
Bag- Vigo OY
Coorge St. John
Otwinedy
Aid
St. Guorge
N. Cres
Dossph Armatrong
Horatio Seymoun
New Yorks
Apainat Grint
la Siator
Ucina
N. Y
Mississippi
St. Louis
Che
Hovsery
Tincester
Hugh
John Evans
Rolla Banks
Windsor
Hia Vie
Tim
Banks
Battalo
Charles Herman
Wile
Ned
Bridgeport
Ill
Gallipolis
Tragic wreck of Austrian bark Kraljcica near Barne
In a storm and fog early on the 18th the Austrian bark Kraljcica bound for New York from Porto Rico foundered off Barne. Capt Mateveserville and thirteen seamen abandoned ship in a long boat. lifesavers under Capt Ridgway reached the wreck but the boat overturned, drowning Solomon Soper John L Soper and Forman Perine. Eight seamen perished. only Mateveserville and five crew reached shore alive. One body washed ashore later and bore the insignia of the crew.
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New York
Porto Rico
Mateveserylua
Rideway
Lifesaving Station 17
Chay
Capt. Ridgway
Gandam
Solomon Soper
John L. Soper
Forman Perine
Mateveserville
Dastardly Attempt to Hang Miss Aldridge at Windsor
A brutal midnight attack in Windsor, Alabama, ends with Miss Georgia Aldridge, 24, escaping as bricks weighted to her wrists and ankles fail to kill her. Her brother discovered her lifelessly suspended. no suspects yet, authorities promise swift action. The community reels with shock and vows severe justice.
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Windsor
Til
Georgia Aldridge
de. Aldridge
Georgia
Gen Hancock Dies After Acute Carbuncle
Newsboys on New York streets reported Gen Hancock’s sudden illness at Governor’s Island and a dispatch soon confirmed his death at 2:35. The general had been confined to bed for several days with a malign carbuncle on the back of his neck, though no immediate danger was anticipated.
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Mancock Pane
New York
Hancock
Governor's Island
Balelotin
Gloom
Hanveck
Witél
Farmer Henry Thielan Killed by Saw at Cageyville Mo
Farmers from Cageyville report a fatal accident when Henry Thielan, a resident of Cageyville, Mo, was cut in two by a rising saw blade during a planing operation at dawn. He died instantly, witnesses say the saw counter rose and the machine snapped into position while he spoke with friends.
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Henry Thielan
Cageyville
Thielan
Bir gift funds marble gate project for Golden Gate Park
Sharon Trelate Bir donates 50000 to Golden Gate Park for a marble gate project. Plans describe wings and a carved facade extending 490 feet with a central arch pierced by three arches. Wings to be built as colonnades with decorative arches. The announcement notes expansion and architectural details.
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Trelate Bir
Sharon
Golden Gate Park
Sangranciaco
Rioting at Trafalgar Square as Socialists Lead March
A mass assembly of about 10 000 in Trafalgar Square sparked a riot led by known Socialists including Mc Barns. Police moved to remove the speaker from Nelson’s pedestal, rioters attacked officers, looted shops, and damaged venues along North and South Audley Streets and Oxford Street before order was restored with military kept under arms.
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London
Trafalgar Square
Nelson Monument
Jarga
Mc. Barns
Nottingham
Nelson Columon
Mr. Buros
Burna
Audley
Oxford Street
Congressional Proceedings From Senate February 8
Senate reports move to extend session times and calendar items. Committees advance bills on public buildings irrigation and banking, with appropriations for cities including Omaha and Portland. Several resolutions pass or are laid on the table, and new bills target Chinese treaties and Wentworth Point promotions.
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Sanate
Moxcay
Calandar
Platts
Cvan
Afr
Ingallé
United States
Nebranka
Kaneas
Arkansas
Colorado
Eighth Judicial Circuit
Mionosats
Lown
Mispouri
Billy Pro Yudting
Hourtud
Newport
Onalonsan
Fort Scott
Kun
Wichita
Kus
Turapay
Senate
Sevetary of the Interior
Wirconela
Moneures
Omaha National Bank of Omaha
Neb
Aliaoz
Treasery
Aubereaaurr
New York
Logan
Conger
Brady
Mica
Eita
Thorson
Mahous
Calsador
Onbkook
Wis
Pt Ft. Awitl
Ark
Monros
Sioux City
Puahio
Gal
Vicxa Gary
Mist
Portland
Ore
Houstop
Tex
Fl. Scott
Kiw
Wishite
Kas
Onoloueun
Dayton
Zanesville
San Antonio
Stilwater
Mion
Atchison, Kus
Bac Frantisco
Raneyaa
Wanseupay
Poo
Secretary of War
Varicus
Alec
Theoayy
Academy of
Serencusk
Naval Observatory
Riddleberger
District of Nebraska
Omaha
Lincoln
Nebraska City
Hastings
Norfolk
Kearney
Teller
Eustis
New Orleans
Committee On Finance
Orleman
Dilla
Mitchell
Went Point
Sewell
Went Poist
Eight Hour Work Bill and Treasury Questions in Congress
Reports from the House cover an eight hour day for all federal laborers and a Treasury inquiry into funds linked to the sinking fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1885. Debates touch pension requests, Indian appropriations, banking capital changes, and the Mississippi River projects as committees report and actions proceed.
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United States
The
Treasnry
Jon
Treasury
House
Blanchard
Gen
Hancock
Bingham Pa
Usve
Runvock
Beach
Wellhorn
Tex
Compmittes On Indian Affairs
Adams {Til
Committee On
Adams
Frey
Senate
Bpraker
Hammond
Barwaday
Troseury
Guilhy
Butler
Banke
Drzon
Louisiana
Mains
Bil
Bragg
Rocky Mount
National Bank
Robbery Case Involving Ellen Plunkett and Mrs Annie Post
In New York on the 11th Ellen Plunkett a 60 year old serving woman accused her mistress Annie Post of robbery. Plunkett carried 200 dollars in a belt when Post aided by a masked man and a servant named Kate Buckjey allegedly drugged and robbed her. Kate testified Mrs Post had asked for the plan and dressed as a man to execute it. Post admitted Ellen was robbed in her presence by a masked son but resisted further action. Post cried as she was sent to a cell awaiting grand jury action.
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Orlwihal Oare Coton
Bligh
New York
Ellen Plunkett
Annie Post
Kate Buck Jey
Mrs. Post
Bey
Blood sealed envelope trick exposed by spiritualist
An account details how Foster the dead medium allegedly read a visitor’s name and displayed a bleeding signature on his arm. The trick involved copying paper and a prepared inkless process, with the audience shown a vivid blood message spelling a visitor’s name. Also noted is a temperance item praising milk as a drink.
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Wricven
Trout
Philadelphia
Foster
Girard Screet
John Smith
Mr. Smith
Dr. Smith
London
Bloodshed in Strathter Chinese protest turns violent
Early morning arrests of Chinese on a waterfront steamer led to no bloodshed at first as militia escorted detainees to the courthouse. By noon a mob attacked Home Guards triggering a volley and four deaths. A hollow square protected the guards for an hour before the crowd dispersed. The Queen sailed with 105 Chinese aboard and Fourteenth Infantry units were readied for Seattle.
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Rai‘ita
Walt
Home Guarda
Bernard Mullane
James Murphy
John Smith
Cenemeo
Queen
Portland
Fourteenth Infantry
Seattle
Quiet in London as unrest lingers after riots
A London cablegram dated the 11th reports quiet in the metropolis though unease remains about possible demonstrations. Three hundred unemployed workers urged the lord mayor to act to ease distress, who promised to help within his means and noted the Lord Mayor's Fund for relief has reached 6900 pounds.
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Aysin
Grast
Mesgares
Hallet
London
Wisconsin and regional notes in 1886 state roll
Facts cover pensions for Cartes Richards of Knapp Station and Dunn County, Amy Rettoga leading the Wisconsin Women's Temperance Union in Dunn County, and filings for South Superior Iron Company with 2000 acres south range twelve miles below Hurley. Also mentions Marinette branch of Y M C A, Chequamegon Hotel steam engineering, lakefront improvements, a new bass brass band, a Milwaukee coffee accident, upcoming fairs, a fatality from Minera Street, Eau Claire merchants club dissolution, county boundary effects, hot-water scalds, Marinette North Star purchase, possible amputation of J Crate’s foot, upcoming Wisconsin Horse Breeders meeting, gun cartridge incidents near Lancaster, Kissinger Mining Company filings, a Prairie du Chien man spared after laudanum wager, and a newly organized militia in Marathon County.
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Caartes Richards
Knapp Station
Dunn County
Twenty-firet
Migs Amy C. Rettoga
Wisconsin Women’s Temperance Union
South Superior Iron Company
F. Das
B. Heinemann
H. Thompson
T. W. Kennedy
James A. Wood
South Range
Hurley
Marinette
Y. MG. A
Chequamegon
Ashland
Carl Biases
Chironey-Swee
Minera Street
Milweuken
Biazina
Tas Eau Claire Merchants Club
Forest County
Langlade
Antigo
Sara Ronpeon
John Bell
Eau Claire
C.M. Famemup
H. C. Fairchild
Marinette North
Joux
Saymour
Eau Claire County
Wisconsin Horse Breeders’ Association
Bilwanxes
Lancaster
Ste Gibbs
Mr. Gibbs
J. Tat Kissinger Mining Company
Milwaukee
J. P. Kissinger
August F. Mueller
Christian Fernekes
Mrrzi Trims
Prairia du Chien
Makrxerre
A. M. Fairchild
Leutenant
Charles Thomas
Wallace P. Grean
Hayky Wannes
Schlitz
Loggers in Chippewa Valley Report Satisfactory Position
The loggers in the Chippewa valley are well positioned with iced roadways and large forces. Ernst Kleinschmidt of Milwaukee suffered severe injuries in a street quarrel near Bismarck Avenue on June 7. He was with Albert Holz after a quarrel involving Nehring of Bay View, who slashed Klein schmidt's mouth, severing his tongue.
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Chippewa Valley
Ernst Kleinschmidt
Milwaukee
Kismechmidt
Bismarck Avenue
Albert Holz
Nehring
Bay View
Kleinschmidt
The Borgiae and Lucretia Borgia in Rome's past
Rodrigo Borgia rises from law to papal power amid graft and fearsome rivalry. Cesar Borgia forges a brutal path through assassination and danger, while Rome's elite react with shock at their ambitions. A Washington Letter notes reform and a humorous tale of mistaken identity among servants.
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Borgiae
Rodrigo Borgia
Lucretia
Valencia
Spain
Rome
Valencian
Pedro
Cardinal Borgia
Sacred College
Cesar Borgia
Crear
Cesar
Hieself
Lucretia Borgia
Enterprising merchant on Clinton Avenue recalls children tale
A lively Albany tale recalls a merchant on Clinton Avenue and his bright five year old son at the museum. The boy asks if angels wear dresses sparking a family moment about innocence and city life. Also a Wall Street excerpt notes a Missouri bank owner facing a humorous annual report demand.
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Sohante
Albany
Clinton Avenue
Museum
Ma Mere
Fannie Louike Buckingham
Jeanme
A. Bleigh Ready to Bend in Albany Journal Tale
A.Bleigh prepares to scratch the new sleigh owner explains his plan to cause the first mark while a friend remarks on curses of borrowed goods. In Newburyport the Herald notes workmen at Bussel's foundry display a small patch of green grass by a heater as a seasonal curiosity.
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A.bleigh
Albany Journal
Ming
Teria
Bussel
Newburyport. Herald
Coffee and courage at a New York supper club
A vivid reminiscence recalls a crowded New York restaurant gathering of elites including Arctic expedition leaders and veterans. A coffee debate spanned two hours with talk of stamina, expeditions, and a Civil War anecdote about coffee keeping troops alert during early battles.
Starvation Club in Kansas Town Attracts Young Men
A Kansas town reports twenty young men forming a starvation club aiming to live on two dollars a year. Other notes include new medical diets for gout, a Danish gift delivery, a matrimonial club in Georgia, and varied oddities from California to Italy and beyond. The column surveys strange ventures, brief anecdotes, and curiosities across several states and countries.
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Tys
Kansas Town
Northwest
Friends
Europa
Guzzasyono
Luxcmura
Via
United States
San Verus NM
San Miguel Church
Baign
Gulf of Mexico
Salinas Valley
Cal
San Francisco
California
L. Elyezia
Martin County
South Carolina
Ibera
Truro
Tis Progress Medical
Constantin Hering
Philadelphia
Harry Sinsabaugh
Mattoon
Connectitat
San Francisco Alta, Have Batoned Out Along the Mokelumne River
Fort Custer
Mox
Furst
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Marshfield
Marshfield, Wie
Thomas
Nortch
Publishe
Kinston
Dis Leute
Lake Street
Chicago
Chicago Screw Company
Parry Bros
Cyrug H. McCormick
George Driscoll
Springbekd
Lars
Highange
Onbring
Driscoll
Wakur Wey
SIARK
Mmouri
Milwauker
Wrigl
TDI Sassa
el Uring
Anetvarers
Bocs
Buren—Gert
EGO Sretaacsens Tatatovetvana
Simmeren
York
Rigun—gopesatereund
Wessud
Witkalese
Coux
ATS
Sean Xowe
Ceara
ST. Loo
Eveenremae
Toledo
Redan
Aveseveee Bay Cous—Ho
Racine Care
Congressional Pryuceedinges
Mosoax
Fab
Tageire Tate
Progress Monde
Pudge
Congress
Committee On Labor
Pontmaster-General
New Haven
Dwight
Yale
Bloodshey
Sratter
Triscorsin State News
Demonet
Mr. Blank
Wall Street News
Missouri
Peole
Thia
Peretts
New York ‘Times
Heaven and Earth
Shere
North Pole
North
Potomac
Sret
Sumter
Ajao Illustratia
Jett
Washington
Conrad
Mexico
Aeta
New Hampshire
Virnia
Marshal Lanzes
Ropa Ware
Mom
Corseli
Smith
Corzell
Tsk
Hopewell
Pictou News
Picton
Denver
Col
Banday
Bouineas
Merbiy
Riverside Valley
France
Monsieur le President
Paris Figaro
Columbia River
Damariacotta
Ernest Ingersall
Robert Toombs
Washington, Ga
Italy
Awan
Los Angeles County
Atlanta
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