Capitol Wing Collapse Kills Multiple Workers in Madison
A Madison dispatch reports the south wing of the Capitol extension fell at 2:20 pm burying over twenty workers. Four named dead include Bernard Higgins, William Edgar, Michael Zewauk, and William G. Jones. seventeen injured, several fatally. Blame ranges from defective iron pillars to poor masonry. A Milwaukee witness alleges preexisting defects and improper shoring.
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Capitol
Madison
Wis
Capitol Extension
Bernard Heymans
Wm. Edgar
Michael Seward
Wm. Jones
Onc
Bentley
Commonwealth
Historical Society
Bernard Higgins
Mason
Michael Zewauk
Wm. G. Jones
Milwaukee
Sre
Miles Maxwell
Janesville
Wim. Rose
Sheboygan
Wm. Junge
Carpenter
Arthur Lynch
Bahn
Sauk City
Page
J. C. Page
Masons
Middleton
Kingsley
Milhwaukee
Jas. Dowell
Patrick O’laughlin
Wm. Burke, Sr
Kineell
Cyrus Schenck
Shohire
Rock County
Henry Diderich
Mike Zewark, Sr
Ed. Bamen
Plasterer
John Clark
Nelson Boost
Bohn
Foreman Jones
Jones
A Coon at a Funeral Washington Letter
A former army officer recounts attending the funeral of a plantation child in South Carolina. He describes reading the burial service as enslaved laborers and family members followed, a funeral procession to a grove, and a doleful spiritual song in a somber setting.
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Washington Leter
Maryland
South Carolina
Ole Wahster
Treeing Mungo the Coon Dog Shocks Grieving River Congregation
In a rural scene a congregation crosses an open field toward a tall tree as a dog named Mungo treed a coon. A grieving father remarks that Mungo is the best coon dog on the river, and the following formalities are brief.
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Dar
Mungo
Chase at Sea Ends Near Galveston As Flying Stranger Escapes
The pursuit of a flying steamer off Galveston ended when the target steered for the shore and escaped the blockade. The Commodore Clarey ship fired its pivot and rifle batteries repeatedly with five guns but failed to strike. Spectators on shore and nearby vessels watched the dramatic chase unfold as the stranger slipped into the Bay of Galveston, leaving the pursuers with a defeated salute of an eleven inch shell.
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Mackie
Philadelphia Weekly Times
Clarey
Galveston Harbor
Galveston
Bay of
The Deadly American Humorist and Wolfe’s Last Stand
A fragment recounts General Wolfe dying on the Heights of Abraham as soldiers shout They fly The sergeant’s quip about the retreat is noted and a curious reference to American humorists and a Boston author appears alongside a mention of new square dinner plates.
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Burlington Hawneye
Wolfe
Abraham
Siuanane
Freddy Langtry
Cash Drawer Confession At Hartford Firm
A Hartford bookkeeper reports a cash discrepancy in a five year old firm. The senior member explains the overage as forty five dollars and instructs the bookkeeper to take five and cover the rest with notes. The wife had earlier emptied pockets into the drawer to cover a debt.
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Hartford Sunday Journal
Market prices and home remedies from an old newspaper page
The page lists Chicago and St Louis market quotes for wheat corn oats and pork with spirits of prices per bushel and per ton. It also includes travel notes about Omaha and hotel rates and multiple advertisements for tonics liniments and patent medicines with various claims and prices.
Young Man Quoted Over Slur Exchange at Boston Post
A Boston Post item records a brief exchange where a young man accuses Charlie of a deliberate slur. The dialogue centers on a cryptic remark implying the speaker fears being cut out, with emphasis on social slur interpretation.
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Boston Post
Charlie
Peter
Farm affairs and wells feature in rural notes
Short item notes happenings in agriculture and water access with mentions of farm topics and utilities. The write up hints at local concerns about artesian wells and community events surrounding rural life. The piece reads as a compact roundup of domestic rural matters.
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Philadelphia Record
Warran
Bennett Vs. Agricultural Insurance Company
Supreme Court of Errors of Connecticut
Thelaintiff
Johnson Vs
Supreme Court of Exas
Texas and Pacific Railroad Company
Levi
JUEY
State
Supreme Court of Vermont
Redfield
Omaha
Coop
Ugs HK
Chicago
ST. Louis
Metropolitan
Winchell
Sam
Eilert
Jaque
Eilburs
Drugiste
Uncle Sams
Artesian Wells
Belles of the Bowl
Girl Babies
Cash Shear
Staerothes and
Herain
Hall
W.O. rer_lasees
Frei
Joseph
Shepherd Church
Temple
Emembon
Lyon & Healy
Chi Ago
Oliver Whitson & CO
Neston
Wright
E. Ferrett
Pearl Htreet, LY
A+ myanod Nuevy Lirtment Co
Wabob Ave
Kiesgo
Hichardson &1
Knlting Machine Co
Iremont Treet
Boton
Mase
Rook
Agen
P. A
T Lous
W. Zingleh & Co
Cheng
Lil
Valentine Buua
Jeneeville
Wta
NaTional Ptus, Co. Et Sour
Mcknay Hill
Box i
N.Y
Kruse
Aedes H. Usilett
Rurtiaod, Me
Nuwe
Vusii
Agcress Roe & uAngusin Uelne
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