Des Moines Convention Aims at Prohibition and Tax Legislation
The Central Committee outlined a plan to determine if state laws should ban fireworks and enforce constitutional measures. If needed, an extra session may be called with Governor approval. Petitions are circulating statewide. Fourth of July incidents include a Chicago house fire injuring a girl, a Aurora balloon igniting a building costing 4090, and nine nonfatal gunshot injuries from ball cartridges.
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Puice Prohibition
Des Moines
Amendment State Central Committee
Ben Ry Premure
Chicago
Aurora
Review-Dispatch Delivers Guiteau Hanging News Early
Tus Review-Dispatch reports timely coverage of Guiteau’s hanging, claiming to be the only weekly in the state to publish a full report a week ahead of competitors. The paper touts extra effort and reader appreciation, noting a prior timely Heilwagon hanging as another example of their ahead-of-competition reporting.
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Tus Review-Dispatcu
Guiteau
Review Dispatcu
Review-Diepateu
Uiteau
Heilwagon
Resizy-Disraten
Simonson Reenters Race for Legislative Nomination
The Port Byron Globe notes Hon. J. W. Simonson will run again for the Republican nomination to the Legislature, citing two prior terms and deep familiarity with legislative work. It argues his senior committees on insane asylums and his push for a new asylum in Rock Island County position him to represent the county effectively.
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J. W Simonson
Simonson
Comunitece
Port Byron Globe
Simongon
Aong
Insine
Aueo
Rock Feland County
Egypt Crisis Sparks Immediate Military Action Rumors
Lonpox July 4 reports the government may call out the army and militia reserve within twenty four hours as rumors spread of a planned bombardment of Alexandria. Admirals Seymour and the British French fleets threaten action if fort works are not halted amid calls for decisive engagement in Egypt.
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Lonpox
Timez
Egypt
Abinet
Harcourt
House of Commons
Duke of Cambridge
Moscaicinta
Arches
Seyour
Alexandria
Admiral Seymour
Peers Covernmes
Forta
Sinking of Sciota steamboat after collision on Ohio River
Report of a July Fourth disaster as the side wheel steamer Sciota from Wheeling sank within minutes after colliding with the tug Loomis near Mingo Junction. About 400 to 500 passengers, an excursion party, were aboard. rescue efforts by Loomis reduced fatalities, but exact death toll and cause remain unclear. The survivor recounts chaos, long night of attempts to reach the West Virginia shore, and widespread panic among passengers.
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Ohio
Sciota
Wheeling
Moundsville
W. Via
Wellsville
John Loomie
Mingo Junction
John Loomis
Loomis
Charles Page
Meriettta
Liverpool
Washington and
Martin's Ferry
Steubenville
West Virginia
Sugar duty reform move ahead in Congress
Mr Avprica of Illinois aims to reduce the sugar tax by removing the 26 percent ad valorem burden added in 1876. He has delayed introducing the bill to allow committee review, but now intends to press the measure. He argues the specific duty protects sugar growers and the extra levy burden should be dropped.
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Avprica
Ilinois
Committee On Ways and Means
Milwaukee Championship Bout Between Sewardi and Brooks
Moxey has been posted for a Wisconsin championship prize fight between Ed Sewardi and John Brooks of Milwaukee. Strong personal animosity between the contenders promises a hard bout. Jack Donaldson will act as second for Brooks.
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Moxey
Wisconsin
Ed Sewardi
John Brooks
Milwaukee
Jack Donaldson
Brooka
Verdict Clears Malleys Dowlass in New Haven Murder Case
Tax jury in New Haven Connecticut returned a Not Guilty verdict for the Malleys and Blanche Dowlass in the Jensie Cramer murder case. The jury found the prosecution failed to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt despite belief of their involvement.
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New Haven
Williams College Trustees Endow Professorship and Garfield Chair
The trustees voted to grant Prof. Hewitt of Chicago the chair of ancient languages and to endow the Garfield memorial fund to establish a chair for a leading political teacher as originally planned.
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Tre
Williams College
Tyilaebeeaas
Hewitt
Chicago
Garfield Memorial
Discovery of gold sparks global rush in 1850s legends
The narrative recounts early Australian gold finds at Ballarat and Bathurst and the California discovery at Sutter's mill. It details reports to Governor Latrobe and Earl Grey, the vast wealth seen, and the worldwide excitement that followed. The tale contrasts California gold with Australian finds and notes the rapid influx of settlers and speculative optimism.
Noted Exploration Sparks Hunger and Death in Search for Gold
Report describes mass movement to gold fields near Sandwich Islands area, with crowds rushing to wealth. Many perish from hunger and exhaustion crossing mountains while authorities and editors chase fevered gold prospects.
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Ae Abe
Keech
Oraw
Star and
Norman
Sandwich Islands
Womer
Mentecanis
Amnank
Montana
Ohioago
Explosive Force and Handling of Dynamite Compared to Powder
The article explains dynamite’s greater explosive force, rapid expansion, and multi directional impact versus black powder. It notes dynamite’s safety in handling, water resistance, and ease of use, detailing nitroglycerine production, infusorial earth adsorbent, and roll formats for blasting stumps and rocks. It cites practical examples of fragmenting a stump and shifting a four ton rock.
Last of the Chartists in Manchester Home
J. J. Finnigan, one of the last surviving Anti Corn Law lecturers, lives in a small room near central Manchester. Once helped urge repeal of the Corn laws at a Cornwall meeting with the Earl Stanhope’s tenants, winning two hundred petitions after a four hour debate. Now over 70, unable to work, his wife ill, their income about seven dollars, and life in hardship in a shadowed neighborhood.
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Manchester
J. J. Finnigan
Earl Stanhope
Cornwall
Air
Finnigan
Diverse religious notes and education stats from era column
The article cites church leaders including Bishop Paine seeking retirement after decades of service. It notes a Detroit school system with 850 female teachers and salaries rising to 800, and reports on biblical source studies by Dr. Schaff contrasting Matthew Mark and Luke. It also quotes Dr. Cuyler on temperance reform and the low reform rate among drinkers.
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Louis
Detroit
Schaff
Matthew
Mark
Luke
Chivaggo Tribune
Cuyler
Brooklyn
Sun
Pungent Paragraphs Highlight Oddities and Jibes
A Philadelphia man plans savings on ice cream, carriage hire, and theater tickets while marrying his partner. Various anecdotes from Worcester to New Haven mirror social foibles, marriages, elopements, and light humor, with remarks from the Boston Post and Norristown Herald.
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Philadelphia
Carria
Boston Post
Buffalo
N. Y
Oscar Wilde
Oscar
X. V. Tribune
M. P
Fast Mail Plan Affects Chicago and Omaha Lines
A proposed through fast mail route connects Lake Shore at Toledo to Cowell Bluffs via the Wabash, extending thirty miles beyond the Chicago route. Chicago and Omaha roads fear loss of through passenger business if the arrangement proceeds. An agent reports the Wabash line is comparable to Chicago lines up to the Mississippi but the new path raises questions about wider extension.
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Weil
Wabash Road
Tla
Pacl
Vnal
Chicago
Omaha
Post Office Department
Wabash
Mississippi River
Lake Shore
Toledo
Cowell Bluffs
Stearate
Cling
Guiteau Executed Despite Warden’s Sanity Claim
Warren Cros en notes Guiteau did not sleep before the execution and spent the night crying. He did not eat on the day, leaving dinner untasted. The warden calls Guiteau the most depraved wretch seen, yet asserts he remained perfectly sane, dedicating time to religion and cursing.
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Warren CrocxEn
Guiteau
Erettirda
Eulogy on College Deaths Sparks Noted Ages
A reflection notes that Yale and Harvard graduates show similar high average ages at death, with seventy and seventy one alumni reported dead last year. The observation highlights an unexpected coincidence in longevity among educated men.
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Yale
Harvard
Sixth Annual Meeting of National Music Teachers Assn
The sixth annual meeting of the National Music Teachers Association convened in Chicago on the fifth. Proceedings focused on organizational matters and upcoming initiatives for music education nationwide.
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National Music Teachers’ Association
Chicago
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Moline
Ill
Curth
Turkey
Sogland
Europe
Clinton
Justice Mcfenry
Disct
Niptight
Scaaion
Morse
Clin Whire
Lucas Mines
Ener Ern On
Jey
Weennes
Nowth Wales
California
Ife
W. J. Kew
Sons & Aesinne
Victoria
Bathurst
Melbourne
Gov. Latrobe
Earl Grey
Ballarat
England
Australia
Geelong
Mount Alexander
Millrace
Sutter
Marshall
Mr. Marshall
Capt. Sutter
Exci
Moecpele
Tarshall
Somoolan Church
Methodist Church
M. FE
Paine
Norristown Herald
New Haven Register
Jones
Toth
Yugeler & Co., Ragimena, Xp
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