Ostrich Feathers Exports and Global Echoes in 19th Century News
A mix of items notes ostrich feather exports from Cape Colony totaling 200 tons over thirty years valued at 50 million dollars. It also mentions a White Ribbon petition with 4 million signers, divorces in South Carolina, and various global topics from pyramids trips to a Cairo electric railroad concession. The piece cites a Zionist or religious council, language tones in Chinese, a Newark society acronym PHYLITSCIEPOMA, and Gen Booty’s Salvation Army tour, plus details on the sixth international geographical congress in London.
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Cape Colony
Anomalies in Trade and Marriage Customs Highlighted
The article notes American woolen cloth sold in English markets and English cloth sold in the United States, with the American cloth praised by English merchants. It compares civil marriage in the United States to sacramental marriage in Catholic countries and cites the Castellane-Gould union’s civil ceremony. It also reports Nebraska lawmakers naming the goldenrod the official flower, lauded by the Omaha World-Herald for its beauty and symbolism.
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England
United States
Yvorman
Nebraska
The
Omaha World-Herald
Publishing giants draw fire over editorship and records
The St Louis Globe Democrat criticizes national publications for poor editorship and excessive bulk. It notes the Congressional Record as a massive, ill edited daily with rigid rules. January and February saw 75 wrecks totaling 1,190 lives, with six disasters accounting for most deaths.
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Congressional Record
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
St. Louis
Secreted Civil War Draft: Original Thirteenth Amendment in London Home
Secretary of State learns the original draft abolishing slavery, written by William Seward with Lincoln's corrections, sits with Mrs. Clark in a London suburb. Drafted winter 1864 and adopted by Congress February 1 1865, she will surrender it if formally requested for state archives.
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Clark
London
William Nl. Seward
Lincoln
Congress
Epitome of the Week Highlights and Global Cable Talk
The treasury shows a monthly circulation drop of 30.1 million and year total down 116 million. Immigrants at US ports for seven months total 113 375 versus 180 582 prior year. The president sails from Washington on the Violet for a North Carolina hunting trip. Clearing houses report 1 002 852 773 in week to the 8th, up from 770 100 683. France Russia Japan and Hawaii may join US in a Pacific cable plan. US business failures numbered 234 in the week to the 8th, down from prior weeks.
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Treasury
United States
Washington
North Carolina
Limetallic League
France
Russia
Japan
Hawaii
Notable 19th Century Figures And Events Across States
Estates and elections anchor a busy digest. Frep Dovernass leaves an estate worth 200000 dollars, while New York municipal results show Republicans carrying most cities and towns. Edwin Forbes dies in New York at age 53. Samuel Wakefield, aged 96, marks a long ministerial anniversary in West Newton Pennsylvania. Chauncey M Depew builds a theater car for night trains between New York and Buffalo. Charles A Dana, editor of the New York Sun, faces indictment for alleged criminal libel against Frank L B Noyes. In Boston Mrs Micah Dyer Jr files for insolvency with 100000 dollars in liabilities. Robbers force a resident in Exeterborough Pa. to burn in extortion attempts. William Wall and Sons cordage works in Williamsburg New York close, leaving 1000 job losses. Dana surrenders and is released on own recognizance. A major fire in the Hazelton Lehigh Valley Coal region risks a million dollars in loss. Tramps seize a freight train near Baltimore, later arrested in Wilmington. Nahant Massachusetts sailors kill a 75 foot whale bearing a harpoon dated 1858. Pittsburgh coal operators concede wage scale advances sought by strikers. Dr Frederick Cook plans Antarctic expedition from New York with scientists. Rev Dr Samart Mintzer dies after 70 years in Episcopal ministry at Middletown Connecticut. George Leake and Samuel Smith drown near Newburyport Massachusetts after a boat overturns.
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Frep Dovernass
Charles A. Dana
New York Sun
Frank LB. Noyes
Washington Star
Boston
Micah Dyer, Jr
Women’s Clibs
George Wagner
Exeterborough
William Wall & Sons
Williamsburg
N. Y
Dana
Iazel
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Hazelton
Baltimore
Wilmington
Avr
Nahant
Mass
Pittsburgh
Frederick Cook
New York
Samart Mintzer
Episcopal Church
Middletown
George Leake
Samuel Smith
South Lawrence
Newburyport
Notable Deaths and Disasters Sweep US and Abroad
A mix of fatal incidents and disturbances across the United States and abroad. J Howard Wayne in Oklahoma found frozen to death. mining losses in Missouri. a Chicago thief sent to prison. Flora Indiana fire. dead bodies found in Seattle water reservoir. train wreck near Sanborn Indiana injuring six. bank robbery in Adel Iowa. other political, criminal, and natural events detailed across states and nations.
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Arapahoe
O. T
J. Howard Wayne
Seattle
Wash
Indianapolis & Vincennes
Sanborn
Ind
Adel Ia
Michigan
Alfred Milnes
Coldwater
Joax Townsend
Lynchburgh
Battle Creeix
Mich
A. M. Todd
Kalamazoo
Congress
Peffer
Canton
John L. Clare
Muskegon
Sacramento
Cal
St. Joseph
Joel Mallory
John Williamson
Reuben Melride
Idaho
George N. Shoup
Salmon City
United States
Missouri
Mississippi
Arkansas
Liberia
Patrick H. Gilkey
Georgia
Cedartown
Harry Hayward
Catherine Ging
Minneapolis
Long fellow sinks after colliding with bridge at Cincinnati
Reports from across the country recount disasters and deaths including the steamboat Longfellow sinking after hitting a railroad bridge near Cincinnati with five drowned. Other items note tremors at sea near San Francisco, deaths of notable figures, and various crimes and accidents.
Multiple Global Events Reported From March Ledger
Treasury shows receipts 9 625 000 pounds against expenditures 11 354 000 dollars with a deficit 2 029 000. Courthouse and business block burned at Murfreesboro Arkansas by incendiary. Ida Y Seward capsized with seven drowned off Broadcreek Maryland. Charles Feeperick Worry death in Paris born 1824 England. Taney Waywanp to hang June 10 Minneapolis. Indiana legislature adjourns after veto fight. Forsyth Street church marks 105th anniversary. James Young and George Clark sentenced life in Pembina. Joan Ginn dies at 95 in Columbus pioneer car builder. Jupee Uunt rules sleeping car company liable for missing jewelry. Nicholas Bodgin shoots father after quarrel in North Minneapolis. Spain suppressing Cuban insurrection 12000 troops under orders. Mrs James Matthew Aubrey Jr seeks divorce in Chicago. Sultana mine suffocation kills twenty diggers in Manitoba. Visible grain stocks: Wheat 77 717 000 bushels corn 13 792 000 oats 6 509 000 rye 97 000 barley 1 217 000.
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Tur Treasury
Murfreesboro
Arle
Ida Y. Seward
Oxford
Broadcreelk
Charles Feeperick Worry
Min
Paris
England
Taney Waywanp
Miss Ging
Minneapolis
Indiana
Forsyth Street Methodist Episcopal Church
New York City
Joan Tiomas
Racine
Wis
Pembina
N. D
James Young
George Clark
State Penitentiary
Joan I. Ginn
Columbus
Builer
West
Jupee Uunt
Cincinnati
Porter
Nicholas Bodgin
Peter Hodvin
Spain
Cuba
Chicago
James Matthew Aubrey, Jr
Fuller
Sultana
Manitoba
United States
Hayward Found Guilty in First Degree Murder Case
In Misynaronis Minnesota on December 3 Catherine Ging was killed by Claus Blixt at the urging of Marty Hayward who sat at the Grand Opera house at the time. Friday the jury convicted Hayward of murder in the first degree and a new trial date for Claus Blixt was set for April 15. Two defense witnesses were arrested for perjury, G A Grindall and Maggie Wachter, amid claims of an alleged third man and statements implicating Adry Hayward as instigator.
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Catherine Ging
Claus A. Blixt
Marty T. Hayward
Grand Opera House
Ore Ballet
Hayward
Erwin
Slaynard
Claus Blixt
Goor
Pond
Minneapolis
ER. R. O'Dell
C. A. Blixt
O’dell
G.A. Grindall
Maggie Wachter
Slixt
Grindall
West Hotel
Aliss Wachter
Blixt
Adry Hayward
Harry
Miss Wachter
Adry
Knout Abolished in Russia Amid Killings
A St Petersburg dispatch reports an imperial edict abolishing the knout in punishment. The move follows czarist statistics showing 3000 petty thieves died from knout use over the past decade.
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Berlin
St. Petersburg
Lokal Anzeiger
A Trust Betrayed in Church Mission Society Scandal
New York report says defalcations totaling about $19,000 were found in the American Church Missionary Society accounts. Rev. W. A. Newbold severed ties after confessing to four members that he stole from the treasury. George C. White announced the findings and noted the expert accountant linked the theft to at least the past decade.
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New York
American Church Missionary Society
W. A. Newbold
George C. White
Newbold
Emigration from Greene County to Mexico Shrinks Local Crops
A report from Eutaw Alabama notes about 500 Greene County Negroes have emigrated to Mexico in the last forty days with hundreds more awaiting train transport. Renters abandon plantations, livestock is sacrificed, and late dates hinder new renters for the crop. Railroads and landowners face reduced corn and cotton shipments.
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Biramincuam
Ala
Eutaw
Greene County
Mexico
Review of trade shows better feeling in business circles
R G Dun & Co reports improved sentiment despite wage losses and strikes in coal, textile, and iron sectors. Notes gold exports and imports, rising iron demand, and lower prices with widespread factory activity. Data cover February failures totaling 11.25 million, down from last year, and weekly U S and Canada failures.
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Dun
New York
R.G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Pittsburgh
Coke Works
Lessemer Lake
United States
Canada
Japanese forces take Yin-Kao stronghold in Tenchantai assault
Yin-Kao on the Liao river sees Japanese first division aided by Gen Nodzu attack Chinese positions at Tenchantai March 7. Fire from three flanks drives 10,000 plus Chinese from the town, with over 2,000 dead and 100 Japanese casualties. Town and war material captured. fire razes the town.
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London
Central News
Tokio
Yin-Kao
New Chwang
Liao
Nodzu
Tenchantai
Vanderbilt Divorce Granted and Visit to Europe Planned
New York judge rules absolute divorce for Alva E. Vanderbilt from W E K Vanderbilt. She may remarry during his life. he cannot marry while she lives. Children to study in the United States with joint legal consent. Vanderbilt to provide lump sum payment deemed sufficient. She plans a European visit with three children. In Pittsburgh area, coal miners win 69 cents daily rate with several operators complying and more expected.
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Barrett
Supreme Court
Alva E. Vanderbilt
W. E K. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Efe
Pittspure
U, Pa
Pittsburgh
Catsburg
Monongahela City
Pitrspuren
Col
W. P. Read
Chicago
McDonald Station
Risher
Dravesburg
John Munhall
Munhall Station
Desperadoes Roasted Alive After Siege in Indian Territory
A posse trapped two horse thieves near Enterprise Oklahoma after a three day pursuit. The men refused to surrender and a house burned with them inside, burying the desperadoes in the flames. In New York Dr. Talmage prayed decrying public officials who have harmed the nation.
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Ark
Enterprise
I. T
Talmage
New York
Dr. Talmage
Academy of Music
Congress of
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