Indenture Labor Plans and Electric Execution Inventions
Twenty thousand Chinese laborers will be brought to Brazil at ten dollars each for five years of indenture with thirty two cents per day. they must feed and clothe themselves. In Philadelphia, Rev Sheldon Jackson praised Siberia while noting mild winters. Electric chair inventor Sheridan presents a humane execution device, hoping to replace gallows, but faces cultural and practical hurdles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Siberia
Philadelphia
Sheldon Jackson
England
Mr. Sheridan
Sheridan
Noroham E
Solimont
Binet & Go
St. N.Y
Duffie
Washington, D.C
Bayd
Lebanon
Ghibh
P.W. Ream
Ada
National PubLishing Co
Phila
John H. McAly
Mass
Yoleman’s Business College
Newark
Waltert & Con
Portland
Unusual Menagerie Case and Allied 19th Century Notes
A Cincinnati laborer Jacob Becker sickened after an emetic brought up an eighteen inch snake, five lizards, and eggs from his stomach, sparking neighborhood talk about a long illness since a German woodland drink. The report also recalls Cynthia Cleveland, a Dakota attorney and temperance advocate, becoming the state’s first female bar member. Other items note Russia’s costly coronation and the Sardine disappearance off Brittany due to shifting seas and cooler summers, affecting 1500 boats and 9000 fishermen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Becker
Cincinnati
Becker
Frankweiler
Germany
Detroit News
Cynthia E. Cleveland
Pontiac
Michigan
Dakota
State Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Brittany
Jumping-off Place Laredo and Opium History
California opium smoking sparks debate on origins with Dr. Kane citing 1868 California sport Clendayn while Dr. Hamilton recalls earlier white smokers in San Francisco. The piece travels east to New York by 1876 and details Laredo Texas as a frontier gateway with vivid street life, water carts, burros, and a mixed crowd at Blind Tom’s concert, before noting a mule sale in Columbia, Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
California
H. H. Kane
New York
United States
Clendayn
Allan McLane Hamilton
San Francisco
Park, Mott and
Pell
Laredo
Tex
Mexico
North Laredo
South Laredo
Rio Grande River
Republic of Mexico
Texas
Bank
Court House
Post Office
Rio Grande
Mexican National Railroad
Tom
Sam
Joshua TuTury
East Saginaw
Mich
Hunt
Brigtt
Haven
Hamilton
PY Feaven
Panic crushes 186 children at Victoria Hall Sunderland
In a Victoria Hall panic in Sunderland on a Saturday 186 children under 14 were crushed or trampled to death or injured fatally. The disaster sparked immediate deaths from injuries and widespread chaos among the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Victoria Hall
Sunderland
England
Foster
Spain
Madrid
Alfonso
Sierra Leone
Gopowe
Havana
Richard Hughes
Oshkosh
Wis
United States
McGeoch, Everingham & Co
Chicago
Gray's Opera House
Chardon Street
Boston
Mansfield
J. Lane Borden
Mansfield Female College
Benjamin F. Jenkins
Wm. M. Singerly
Philadelphia Record
Elkton
Denton
Jordan Corbin
Benjamin Carden
Rockford
Coosa Co
Ala
Corbin
Cardin
Warner
Little Nellie Lyons
Cheboygan
Mich
Lizzie Nutt
Dukes
Uniontown
Jim
Sterling
Ont
San Mateo
Cal
Casper Smith
Mount Carmel
John Ford
Philadelphia
Wm. A. Squire
Chesnut Street
Mount Vernon Mills
Baltimore
Bright denounces obstructionists in Commons
In Birmingham Night Bright criticizes obstructionists allied with the Irish rebel party hindering Commons work. France’s Madagascar actions shift priorities with Majunga’s Hova quarter destroyed and town occupied after bombardment. Reports cover church bill progress, English grants to Seymour and Wolseley, England Italy commerce treaty, and Li Hung Chang’s war stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
France
China
Senors
Novoa
Lavalle
Iglesias
Camarones
Chili
Tacita
Africa
House of Commons
Gladstone
Lord Cloud Hamilton
Marquis de Rays
Paris
Sweeney
Queenstown
Lord Montmorris
Dr. Gallagher
Bernard Gallagher
Ansburgh
Curtin
Whitehead
Wilson
John Bright
Birmingham
Cochin
Herr von Bennigsen
Landtag
Reichstag
Prince Bismarck
House of Lords
Messrs
Farnell and
McDevitt
Teller
Bushy Head
Congress
United States
Wallace
Lorpon
Majunga
Madagascar
Hova
Langtag
Admiral Seymour
Lord Wolseley
England
Italy
Li Hung Chang
Dublin
James Carey
Rockford
Coosa County
Ala
Jordan Corbin
Benjamin Carden
Carden
Vernon
Crane
Wylie
W. R. Sauter
Lacrosse
Wis
Philip Gilburt
Minneapolis
Min
R. T. Johnson
Marshall
Texas
Richmond
North Carolina
House of Tranch & Co
Liege
Violent Storm Hits Harrisburg and Nearby Areas
A major rainstorm battered Harrisburg with downed houses, unroofed buildings, and damaged electrical lines in Capitol Park. A roof blew onto a railway track near a bottling plant, narrowly causing an accident as crews assessed the destruction. Strong winds also hit Clarendon, destroying oil rigs and several structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Capitol Park
Philadelphia
Allison
Philadelphia Court of Quarter Sessions
Ellis P. Phipps
Almshouse
Clarendon
Pattison
August Hechler
Reading
Hechler
Capt. Nutt
Uniontown
N. I Dukes
Look Out Judge Heath Praises Cholera Medicine
The Hon. R. R. Heath of Eden ton North Carolina commends Dr Worthingtons Cholera and Diarrhea Medicine noting immediate effects and a perfect cure. Dr P H Arthur of Winton North Carolina also endorses it. Price 25 and 50 cents a bottle, sold by druggists and dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heath
R. R. Heath
Edenton
N. C
Worthington
P. H. Arthur
Winton
C. S.A
Warren
Kenneth Rayner
U.S. Treasury
Charles A. Vogeler
Battimons, Mo
Hop Bitters Promises Health In Psalm Styled Claims
A historical advertisement uses psalm like verses to tout Hop Bitters as a cure for bilious nervous rheumatic and kidney liver and female ailments. It asserts cures for numerous conditions including Bright's disease indigestion and general debility with testimonials of recovery after using Hop Bitters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
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Alexander
Moscow
Russia
Treasury
Brooklyn
Columbia
Tenn
W. B. Leonard
Louisiana
General News
Pennsylvania
Sir John Lubbock
City Mills
Maryland
West Virginia
New York State
Golden Medical Discovery
Department
Dr. Pierce
Pkages
Macbeth
Owenton
J. N. Peck
Coporus
J. D. Zehring
James H. Harris
Marion County
Fla
Carloline
Mother Swan
Florida
UR. Worthington's
Golgi Joer
Edicin
Holera
Hostetter
Fulton Street
N. Y
M. L. Noble
Santa Clara
Santa Clara Co
Providence
Groner H. Davis
Westminster Street
Providence Pharmacista
Davis
Oruccists
Europe
Henry Ward
N.G.S
N.Y
Hightas
The
Chicago Ledger
Ledger
Payne
B. W. Parner & Sone
Corning
Frazer
Frazer’s
Jones
Binghamtor
Binghamton
WN. Y
S. B. Collins
la Porte
Ind
True & Co
Augusta
Lydia E. Pinkham
F. Pinkham
Western Avenue
Lynn
the Sun
New York City
Piso
Aultman & Taylor Co
Ohi
M. Young
Greenwi Dykes
Ruixtr Force
Bob
L.A. Simithaou
Mors
Absoh St
Dre Marsh
Quincy, Mich
Dickens
Foewin
Walter Scottoschere
George
Biot
Gibbon, Macaulay
Bancroft
Froissart, Green, Gariyle
Louing Bacon
Herbert Spencer
Kingsley, Farran
Burns, Jow
Arnold
John B. Alden
Vesey SC
Psalms
Mark
Uwé “Fe
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