Dynamite blast destroys house. several injured in Dover area party
A party near Dover New Hampshire triggered an explosion when a revolver was fired at dynamite. The blast blew the house apart, killing one French worker and wounding seven. Miss Sadie Greenfield of Rochester was injured as a window was blown out. Several injured may die.
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StePhen Youn
Dover
N. H
Young
Bonde
Sadie Greenfield
Rochester
New York
Edison
Broadway Surface
Millstone
N. d
Fleischman
Pennsylvania
New York City
Adams Express Company
Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh
Ubber
Trenton
N. J
Straiton & Storm
Frankfort Plavia
Yachariah H. Price
George Opdyke & Co
Newark
Willliam H. Vanberbilt Boan
Gen. Grant
Grant and Ward
Thomas Barlow
Witzgerald
Rosch
Hesrea
West life and crimes mix in scattered 19th century headlines
A Lyon County Ohio wagon crash kills two children with a third minorly hurt near Knoxville. In Prescott a judge fines polyamists and imprisons several bishops after guilty pleas. Bank failures in Toledo surface amid wide-scale liabilities. Public scandals include Ingersoll’s Lafayette lecture, a Paw Paw minister resigning, a Madison election bet paid, a wrestling match in San Francisco, and lynching incidents in Missouri and California.
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Knoxville
Ohio
Wm. Reynolds
Prescott
Arizona
Jodge Howard
Ammon M. Tenny
P . Christofferson
C I. Kemp
United States House of Correction
Detroit
Mich
Kemp
Win J Finke
Jas F Skonsen
Yuma
Sengmve & Co
Toledo
Lafayette
Ind
Col. Ingersoll
John A. Stein
W. H
The
Methodist Church
Paw Paw
Roach
Waterloo
Wis
Madison
Duncan Cross
Tom Cannon
San Frocisco
Cannon
Ross
J. J. Case Plow Company
Racine
Charles H. Lee
Bond
Case
Mississippi River
Prairie du Chien
Omaha Charley
Charles Stevens
Maryville
Havens
Hubert Krime
Daggett
Cal
William White
Josiah O. Harris
D- W. Mills
New Paris
Alabama Senate backs large school appropriations
The Alabama Senate passed a regulation endorsing sizable state school funding and affirmed the intent of white residents to influence education for Black children. A masked robbery near Little Rock, Arkansas yielded $6,000 in cash and valuables as bloodhounds tracked suspects, with six men captured and three identified amid ongoing disputes involving the Sauls and Bas.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Kentucky
Harlan County
Harlan, Bell
Knox
United States
Marseilles
Toulon
Senate of
Alabama
Sidi
Little Rock
Ark
Washington Congress Faces Winter Session Debates
Reports from New York indicate James D. Warren will visit Washington to gauge President Arthur's stance on Senatorial influence. The House Public Lands committee notes Pacific Railroads unity on duties. Civil Service officials debate scope. Navy Secretary Chandler praises ship launches and calls for fleet modernization and merchant marine aid. Congress plans banking reform, postal telegraph debates, and treaty reviews as Cleveland’s reform bid gains traction.
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New York
James D. Warren
Washington
Arthur
House Committee On Public Lands
Pacific Railroads
Northern Pacific
Civil Service
Thoman
Gregory
William BE. Chandler
Chandler
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Brewster
Leavenworth
Minnenapolis
Dodge City
Washington Monument
Springer
Senate
United States
Congressman Money
House of Representatives
Spain
Interview with President-Elect Cleveland and Democratic Appointments
Albany correspondent reports President-elect Cleveland’s views on federal appointments. He argues the party must avoid morbid partisanship and uphold fitness for public service, while preparing a Democratic administration. The piece notes Cleveland’s stance on patriotic governance over partisan motives.
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Albany
Cleveland
Elet Theyubhe
Financial woes and gloom marked US business week
The November tally shows five losses totaling 7 million dollars and 101 million for eleven months in 1884. Weekly failures reached 296, with losses concentrated among small traders under 5 thousand. Yet some trade circles show buoyancy and cautious optimism for 1885 amid a general weak mood. George Snyder of Darrtown Ont killed his mother for a $100 mortgage payoff. a fire at West Randolph VT destroyed 50 thousand dollars of property. Alpena sawmill loss 275000 feet of lumber. a 63 carat pearl sold for 90 dollars and shipped to London.
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United States
Telegraph
Bradstreet
Solomon Forres
Jose Manuel Soto
Salinas
Cal
Cook Teets
Owen Sound
Ontario
Foul Bay
Banka
George Snyder
Darrtown Ont
West Randolph
Butterfield & Crmbbs
Alpena
Mich
Guaymas
Mexico
London
European unrest and maritime crime in 1893 reports
The London Times notes unsettled Indian business over potential silver coinage repeal and Parnellite gains after redistribution. Trade falters with Britain, Austria, and Italy threatening reprisals, while Spain faces riots, cholera, and a bankrupt treasury. In a separate case, Chief Justice Coleridge affirms murder verdicts in the Mignonette wreck trial.
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London Times
India
United States
Parnellites
Austria
Italy
Spain
Prim
China
Fraance
Premier Ferry
France
Coleridge
Court of Appeals
Dudley
Mignonette
Parker
Capt
Secretary of State
Hom
World items from brief dispatches in distress and diplomacy
The Nihilist chief in St. Petersburg issues a manifesto condemning the Minister of the Interior Count Tolstoi to death. Ex-Privy Councilor England Joseph Warner Henley is dead. Lord Dufferin, new Viceroy of India, well received at Bombay. De Lesseps secures Egyptian concessions for a fresh water canal from Hagazig to Port Said. Steamers Alliance and Pochard foundered off England with sixty or more lives lost.
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St. Petersburg
Count Tolstoi
Joseph Warner Henley
England
Lord Dufferin
India
Bombay
Alexandria
de Lesseps
Hagazig
Port Said
Democratic debate over Bayard cabinet amid N Y political disputes
The Albany visit of Senator Bayard triggers a Washington press report on Cleveland’s cabinet prospects amid Tilden hostility. Democrats dispute who backed Cleveland, while Bayard could get secretary of state. Other items note Andersonville tiger escape, Reuben R. Springer’s death, California wheat yields, farm prices, and congressional actions on treaties and expenditures.
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Senator Bayard
Albany
Washington
Chicago Daily Fews
New York
Cleveland
Bayard
Tilden
Stin
Randall
Senate
Mr. Bayard
Thurman
Electoral Commission
C.N Potter
Andersonville
Ohio
Hhs
Reuben R. Springer
Cincinnati
Union
Agricultural Department
Florida
Nebraska
Wyman
Marine Hospital Service
Koch
Berlin
H. Wortiter
Estelle Newman
Egremont
Mass
Albany Medical College
Iuaane
Sthoharie County
Wright
Wilkinson
Syracuse
Allen Bo Wilson
Waterbury
Conn
Bewine-innehines
Harford
Robbers Attack a Train Near Little Rock
A passenger train on the Little Rock Mississippi River and Texas Railway was halted by five masked robbers three miles below the town. They looted the baggage car and passenger cars while firing on crew and passengers. Authorities later arrested five suspects as bloodhounds traced the robbers toward the city. a $1,000 state bounty and matching railroad reward were posted for capture.
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Little Rock
Mississippi River and
Texas Railway
Pat Rice
Honeycutt
Rice
Jesse James
H. B. Dow
Cole & Dow
L. Thompson
Pine Bluff
Ark
Z. T. Hedges
W. Richards
W. Dyer
Reese
J. M. Blair
Matt Coen
John W. Dillon
William Resor & Co
St . Louis
J. C. Duncan
San Antonio
Tex
Duncan
Geo. W. Atkins
T. B. Martin
Freeman Smith
H. Waterman & Co
St. Louis
J. W. D. Cook
Atlanta
Robert Allen
C. Z. Williams
Cole Manufacturing Company
Memphis
Southern Express Company
Joseph Cook
J. C. Jones
John Clifford
Charles Campbell
Parker
Jones
Cook
Clifford
Young Parker
Governors and Appointees in States and Territories
A detailed roster of current governors, overhairs, and governor elects across the United States, with the president's territorial appointees. Includes names like Geo. Stoneman and J. W. Dawes, notes on re-elections or vacancies, and references to Alaska, Arizona, Dakota, and other territories. Also mentions Ouida, a papal bull on tobacco in churches, plans for a Father Mathew monument, and Canadian papers not printing Arthur's full message.
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Territories
Clovernor
Alabama
O'Neal
A. O'Neal
Arkansas
Jas. H. Berry
Simon P Hughes
R. Minn
L. F. Hubbard
R. Mies
Robert Lowry
X. Lowry
Missouri
T. T. Crittenden
D.J
Marmaduke
Nebraska
J. W. Dawes
Nevada
J. W. Adama
Penn
Pattison
M. Pattison
O. Bourne
Bourn
Caroan
H & Thompson
H &,Thompson
Tenn
Bate
M. Bate
Texas
John Ireland
Vermont
John L. Barstow
R. F
B. Pingree
Virginia
E.cameron
W. E. Cameron
Jacob Jackson
W. Wilson
D. Wiscon
Jere
M Rusk
Jero
M. Rusk
Alaska
John H. Ninosid
Arizona
Frederick A. Tritle
Dakota
Gilbert A. Pierce
Hiiness
Idaho
Willian M. Bunn
Pennsylvania
Montana
Lionel A. Sheldon
Ohio
Utah
Murray
Kentucky
Wash
Watson C. Squire
New York
Wyomi
William Hale
Iowa
David B. Hill
John Sthyler Crosby
President Arthur
National Law Makers Report on Bills in Senate and House
Senate considers a £50,000 grant for the Col colored People's Exposition in Chicago. Spokane and Coeur d Alene Railway charter faces opposition over monopolization fears. House debates rail, currency, and monument measures, including Bartholdi Statue and Greely expedition victims. Interstates and Mississippi government reform bills advance discussions but no action. Executive session covers Deputy Marshal election correspondence.
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Buair
Senate
Chicago
Max
Detroit
Caada
Mitchell
Gen
Grant
House of Representatives
Postmaster General
Railroad
Bir Fownshend
House
Ryan
Indian Territory
Buckner
Robinson
Cox
Bartholdli
Kome
Dakota
Harrison
Indiana
Lafayette
Sherman
Arkansas
Riddleberger
Hugh McCulloch
Davis
Tinoia
Horr
Reagan
Springer
Department of Justice
United States
Ohio
Lot Wright
United Stater
Rumford on bread in soup and the pleasure of eating
In Mattiew Williams' Popular Science Monthly excerpt, Rumford argues bread added before serving preserves texture and prolongs eating. He treats the culinary taste as a philosophical topic, noting affordable additives can enhance flavor, while tiny portions and crunch extend mastication and enjoyment.
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Rumford
Mattiew Williams
Popular Science Monthly
Waite Morel On Duty Amid Personal Tragedy
The eminent printer Waite Frederick Morel remained at work on his edition of L Banus as news reached him his wife fell ill and then died. He replied he would be there soon, later noting she was a very honest woman. The piece closes with aphorisms about youthful speech and wealth.
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Waite
Frederick Morel
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Partoa
Feduaien la
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Lavi P. Morton
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Edwards
Morton
Blaine
California
George C. Perkins
Aaron A. Sargent
John P. Jones
J. W. Mackey
James Fair
Charles G. Rega
Worcester
Maes
Samuel B. Hildreth
Wade Hampton
South Carolina
Chauncey M. Depew
Executive Mansion
Generays
Mer West
Eades
Vert
Minneavolia
West Point
Antwerp
Ranev White
Tony
Milwauke Witt
Louis
East Liberty
Ouida
Pere Urbain VIII
Father Mathew
Temperance
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