Marshfield Times World Bits Home Happenings
A mash of 19th century short items: Connecticut Democrats plan a Hartford convention on October 1. Chicago and Cleveland news update with fires, riots, and political shifts. Notable deaths include William McCormick from Beton Harbor and H J Webb in Cleveland. Multiple local and national figures are named along with oil plant fires, bank troubles, and political maneuvers from Omaha to Philadelphia.
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Connecticut
Hartford
New York
Brooke Tye
Jorsty
Wis
Maine
Peters Lumber Company
Alog
Ala
John Stack
Chicago
Cleveland
Bourke Cochran Bas
Nebraska
Kansas City
Elkhart
Ind
Grover Cleveland
Cheumont
Herbert I’. Plympton
Massachusetts Central
Sulciic
Maria Williams
Pera Quean
Gindidi
Katherine Kidder
Miss Midder
Delawere Ol
Trainor
Iiram E. Lutz
Philadelphia
Fre
Ineoyance
Chris von der Ahe
St. Loui Browns
Autie Kaiser
Newprt
Histoy
Quincy Herald
Democrate
Tirgan and
Sewell
Chingo Platform
Palwer
Ben 5
Morris
Joh Rweknson
Watong
Oki
Des Moines
Iowa
Silver Democrats
Comhecticut
Joseph B
BAL
Bomero
Cumiuigs
East Side
Recalyet Fond
John J. MicOethy
San Francisco
Los Angsios
Pacific Coast
Frisco
Sully
Oliver W. Winthrop
Jamey Campbell
South Carolina Democratic Executive Committee
Judge Earle
United States
Judy Earle
Evans
Earle
Midland State Bank of Omaha
Dota
Banking Board
Be Telephone Company
Western Union ‘Yelegraph Company
Bina
H. J. Webb
Great Lakes
Fort Atileton
Miz
Lucretia B
Chadwick
Carlyle
Ill
AFFAIRS ABROAD SUMMARY OF CONFLICTS AND NOTES
Italy and Abyssinia conclude peace with Rosala accepting terms. False report on Alexander Sullivan’s Paris arrest. Labrador fishery failure deemed complete. Malagasy rebellion grows against Pretender authorities. Monterey theater Progreso burned. rose valued at $100,000 with no insurance. Archbishop Martinelli to sail Sept 26 from Liverpool for New York. Pitman critically ill in Paris. German opinion skeptical of Wilhelm’s toast to the czar. Hawaii minister denies annexation talks with Cleveland. Canadian gazette bars foreign enlistment. measures against filibustering at Spanish request. Rhine tragedy at Rangway landing. 45 fell in, 3 drowned. Tynan linked to 1882 Dublin murders arrested in France. Ottawa senate notes silver party likely dominance in US election. Canada to be protected by American policy payments. Canadian life policies in US firms total about $196,000,000 with $17,000,000 in gold security assets.
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Italy
Abyssinia
Rosala
Alexander Sullivan
Chicago
Paris
Aribes
Madasascar
Progeso
Monterey
Mex
Martinelli
Cardinal Sstoli
United States
Liverpool
New York
Isaac Pitman
London
Germany
William
Willisoft
Hawaii
Cleveland
Dole
Coasiat
Montreal
Buesingen
Rhine
Tynan
Ihown
France
Frederick Cavendish
Burke
Dublin
Ottawa Senate
Oliver Mowat
Canada
Hess
City Hall Bell to Become Largest in America
A 25,000 pound bell to be cast for city hall will be the largest in America except for one in Montreal. It will measure about 10 1/2 feet in diameter and height and use Lake Superior copper with East Indiana metal in a secret proportion. In New York 300,000 visited the opening of Seige & Cosper, where 110 policemen were on duty as crowds rushed to a bicycle sale. The store sold 4,000 bicycles with many customers entering via stairs and causing injuries in the crush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
America
Lake Superior
Indiana
Tida
Stern
Seige & Cosper
New York
Salgano
Recently Discovered Papyri Exhibition Draws Attention
A London exhibition features papyri and antiquities from Fayum digs including Greek fragments before 250 B.C. and Homer variations. Items such as banking accounts, debts, visiting cards, domestic goods from Karanis and Bacchias, and alabaster thimbles are shown with Greek Egyptian portraits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DG. Hogarth
Sappho
Egypt
Exploration Puna
London
Demosthenes
Karanis
Bacchias
Lana
Alexandria
Harper's Weekly
AB RACE. Broken and dismembered torso end case
A fragmented report notes an assault or accident leading to severe injury described as a dismemberment scene. Authorities investigate the event, identifying possible suspects and securing the area as details remain incomplete.
Near at hand plotting for the spoils of Europe and Turkey
Paris reports Europe drift toward war as great powers maneuver for control of Turkey. The Berlin 1878 settlement and Russia Britain France Germany circles are cited while Britain leans to protect Turkey. Military estimates show millions under arms and a coming clash among great powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
America
Lord Salisbury
Turkey
Germany
Austria
Italy
Russia
France
Alraca
Lorraine
England
Great Britain
Europe
Berlin
Nicholas Roderick O'Conner
Nicholas
Borlin
Hague
Madrid
Washington
Brazil
Paris
Pekin
Bulgaria
Prince Ferdinand
Frank Cavendish Lascelles
Bertin
Europa
United States
Denmark
Butterfield
Waldersee
Feld Marshs
Armaey Corpe
Wisage le Fifty-Aix
Lord Wolseley
Lord Roberts
Obrutcheff
Ruesign
Impeace
Osman Psaia
Oversight of British National Revenue and Public Spending
The House of Commons cannot fully supervise estimates but relies on the Audit Department of the Civil Service and the Public Accounts Committee to review accounts. The public funds are administered with high integrity, ensuring expenditures align with parliamentary votes and preventing extravagance or peculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Nacional Revenue
Audit Department
Civil Service
House Appotitaa Public Accounts
Wudit
Chamber
Bronx literary figures in a tainted but vivid portrait
A garbled reminiscence lists American writers tied to the Bronx and Hudson Valley. It recalls Washington Irving at Sunnyside near the Hudson, James Fenimore Cooper near Scarsdale, Edgar Allan Poe at Fordham, and other poets like Joseph Rodman Drake, with a faded note on a monument and an epitaph by Fitz-Greene Halleck in a neglected burying ground near the Bronx River streams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronx Valley
Washington
Sunnyside
Hudson
Sleepy Hollow
Brona
Fenimore Cooper
Scarsdale
Edgar Poe
Fordham
St. Johns College
Long Island
The
Bronx
Slérps Joseph
Rodman Drake
Bing
Blackye
Fitz-Greese Halleck
Quoted Sarcasm and Public Notice in Ridiculous Speeches
The fragmentary text parodies a political scene with ruffian humor and gendered-stage lines. It references a Washington Star note on free silver free speech and theater tickets, then shifts to Puck and Cincinnati Enquirer mocks about recognition and a female speaker.
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Washington
Star
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Bank of Kansas City
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Hannibal
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Simon
Buckner
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John J. Fellows
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J. Frederick Halterman
James Rankin Young
Sfth
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Reyburn
Quay
Young
Indiana State Board of Health
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