Attack on Queen at Windsor Station Sparks Tense Scenes
London March 4. The Queen and Princess Beatrice survived a gun attack at Windsor station as the carriage prepared to depart for the castle. A man named Roderick MacLean, described as hungry and distressed, fired a six chamber revolver but caused no harm. James Burnside, a Windsor photographer, seized the weapon and police detained the assailant amid a crowd clamoring for his removal.
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Oman
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Tie
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The
Pines
England
Lefroy
Limee
Edward Oxford
Oxford
Australia
John Francis Fred
Francia
Benn
Bean
Hamilton
Constitution
Robert Pate
Massare
Arthur O'Connor
Garfield Memorial Service Tribute in Chicago Read Aloud
A panoramic eulogy honors James A. Garfield at a Chicago memorial service. The speaker recounts Garfield’s rise from poverty to presidency, underscoring his personal virtues, wartime service, and sacrifice, while lauding the nation’s loss and Garfield’s enduring example.
Southern Democrats Break Away From Bourbon Rule
The piece surveys Southern political shifts as Democrats in Virginia Georgia Kentucky and Texas move toward liberal progressive platforms. It notes Republicans aligning with Union Democrats in Kentucky and outlines a broader move to organize a new party, with cautious judgment about leadership and the pace of reform.
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Virginia
Georgia
Kentucky
Union Democrats
Tennessee
Texas
Calyeston Vews Sass
South
Priddenre
Chicago-tuter Ocean
Felton Attacks Georgia Democrats and Coalitions
Ex Representative William H. Felton of Georgia denounces Democratic policy and the conquiert farming system in a letter. He warns that party leaders shelter graft and coin coalitions while urging the youth and independents to push reform and restore honest public service.
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William H. Felton
Georgia
Democratic Party
Vast Range of Facts and Figures From 19th Century Record
A compilation of diverse data including Texas taxation at 35 million dollars, Delhi’s population drop from 2,000,000 to 200,900, the U S Post Offices count at 45,080 on January 28, 1882, and a thought on a billion sheets of newspaper forming a 47,348 mile column. It also notes Portage bridge erosion, a minister’s salary, timber culture gains in Nebraska and Kansas, a Califormian pump motor concept, San Francisco sugar imports, New York City salaries, telegraph expansion in colonies, and telegraph revenue by colony.
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United States and Territories
Portage Bridge
Erie
Trescott
Nebraska
Jeiisas
San Francisco
New York City
Grace
Campbell
New South Wales
Victoria
New Zealand
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Newland
Colonial Telegraph Department
Wit and Wisdom Snippets From an Era
A collage of quips and vignettes on money fame happiness and language misfires. It recalls letters and conversations about social vanity occupations love and boastful boasts with humorous asides and a portrait of charming folly from a bygone period.
Lord Beaconsfield Ideal Fueled By Fame Not Truth
Prof James Bryce recalls Lord Beaconsfield’s youthful cynicism and ambition ruling his life. Beaconsfield chose political power over a literary throne, believing fame the true arena. The anecdote comes from a House of Commons corridor exchange cited in The Century.
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House of Commons
James Bryce
Food, health tips, and farming notes from an old journal
A miscellany discusses dental and digestive cautions, milk and limewater remedies, potato and corn prep for horses, wagon tire debates, and a recipe for potato croquettes. It cites the New York Commercial and Detroit Free Press as sources for household and agricultural guidance.
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David Davis
Detroit Free Press
Corn in Drills vs Hills Sparks Change in West
Col. Prairie Marble explains that corn planting drills four feet apart with single stalks increases yield on strong soils and enables better air circulation. He notes a current Illinois debate and predicts adoption will spread as soils lose fertility, reshaping old hill methods. Massachusetts editor George William Curtis adds that New England press and pulpits power civic progress.
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Tlinois
Prairie Marmer
Massachusetts
George William Curtis
State Press Association
New England
What Will Become of Mother After Sudden Laundry Accident
A sixteen year old named La Vera Mulvey lost his right forearm up to the elbow in a hydro extractor at the Western House of Refuge laundry. Doctors amputated at hospital. he reportedly said he is the sole support of his mother and begged for relief from his burden. The incident prompted commentary on workers safety and a social reflection on family hardship.
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Eugene J. Hull
Chicago
Washinton
James A. Garfield
Gabin Theor
Carrige
Mar. Fitzspooner
Jack W
Virginia
House of Refuge
la Vera Mulvey
Youne Mulvey
Dtovhester
Noyl
Typical Snake Flying Monster Stuns California Train
A Southern Pacific express encounter near Dog Palns features a 30 foot long winged creature that menaced the train, tore tail and limbs, and evaded bullets from passengers. The story, relayed by an engineer and fireman and corroborated by reporters, remains a sensational, diary-like tale from Los Angeles.
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Southern Pacific Express
Messegers
Dog Palvns
Passenizdys
Los Angeles
Cal
Remarkable Cure Cited by Mrs Conesan of Hamilton
Lucy T Conesan writes of long standing dyspepsia and heartburn eased by Dr Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla. She notes relief from nervous symptoms and loins pain after trying the remedy despite initial skepticism.
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Nature
Earth
Lucy T. Conesan
Hamilton, C
Tates
Longmore
Guysett
Bed-Ridden Woman Healed After Using Dr. Pierce Remedies
A Emporia Kansas woman long bedridden due to chronic illness improved after using Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription. Within one week she could rise and in three weeks walk, following treatment by multiple physicians. The item ends with an altered joke about seeds as gate posters.
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W. ¥. Hunrstis
Emporia
Kun
Medical and household notices and remedies
A collage of letters praising Pierces Golden Medical Discoveries and other remedies for liver debility and general weakness, plus book offers on diet and cooking. Advertisements promote Hop Bitters Dr Benson’s Celery and Chamomile Pills Lydia Pinkham’s Compound and a pamphlet offer from Mrs Pinkham with an address in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Western Avenue
Lynn
Mass
Lydia E. Pinemam
Health cures and tonics offer broad remedies from blood cures to eye care
An array of advertised health tonics claim to restore health by purifying blood and aiding organs. Products include Scovints SARSATARILUA AND STILLME GIA and BLOOD AND Liver Syrup for nervous disorders, kidney and liver issues. Also listed are worm remedies, skin salves, oxygenated tonics, liver pills, and Dye kits.
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Green
Darrin
Voltaic Belt CO
Marshale, Mich
Removal talk fades as rheumatism cures take center stage
A Washington removal debate fades behind a flood of letters praising St Jacobs Oil for rheumatism and neuralgia. Notables from Bishop Gilmour to Ex-Postmaster General James endorse the remedy, claiming rapid relief and notable cures.
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Washington
St. Jacobs Oil
Gilmour
Cleveland
Ohio
Carter H. Harrison
Chicago
John Carrson Esq
Vallejo
Cal
Paul Boyton
St. Jacobs
D.W. McDonald
House of Commons
Ottawa
J. B. Coghlan
U.S. N
Mare Island
Wm. H. Wareing
New York Post Office
James
New York
Supt. Wareing
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