Des Moines Jury Convicts Fountain W. George of First Degree Murder
The District Court at Des Moines ends three week trial with a guilty verdict for Fountain W. George in a murder case. The jury's verdict orders death by hanging, reflecting a two year old statute restoring capital punishment and giving the jury sole power to impose the sentence. This marks the first jury-instigated death sentence under the new law.
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Fototat W. George
Des Moines
Fountain W. George
Desarmine
Farmers Duped by Two Man Swindle Reported
A fraud method used by pairs of roguish men is described. They pose to buy stray horses or cows, waste time initially, then a partner reclaims the animal after accurate description and the pair sell it to the advertiser for half value. The buyer often ends up losing the money when the rightful owner reclaim is the animal.
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St. Louis
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W. 8. Robertson
R. J. Farquharson
Board of Regents
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Mississippi River
Ag Offerman
Whitdng
Monona County
Watertown
Dakota
Des Moines
Cass County
Bloomfield
Davis County
Cass
Joe' S Samaritan Nervine
Optum
Optus
ACAIN
Samaritan
Jeane
Pep
RicuxoNap
Journal of Heath
Alan
Epileptic & CO
Irish Republican Brotherhood declares sympathy withheld over Dublin executions
The Executive of the Irish Republican Brotherhood urges reverent restraint and no public sympathy for the Dublin executions. It condemns Burke and the Cavendish lineage, calls for amnesty, and asks supporters in America to aid those condemned, arguing England’s policy harms Ireland.
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Irish Republican Brotherhood
Dublin
Ireland
England
Burke
Frederick Cavendish
L Hneal
Lord Broughill
MacKagan
Ross
Carrigadrohid
Lord Hartington
Duke of Devonshire
Parnell
Hla
Rafe
Trvland
Treland
Gladstone
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America
Iriab Republican Brotherhood
Daring Rescues At New River Ferry Featured Inghin
A Newport Kentucky woman Bliss Ella Bailey saved a drowning fifteen year old, Willie Baird, by clinging to his hair until help arrived while at Gretna and on the Golden Crown voyage. Lillie Bryant, fourteen, rescued Payne after his horse and buggy fell into New River. Harper Hairston aided, Andrew Ingles saved the horse. Payne seeks to educate the rescuers, while Lillie refuses formal schooling for mountain life.
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Dr. Baird
Wheeling
Bliss Ella Bailey
Newport
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Robert Clarke & Co
Baird
Willie
Cinehinati Enquirer
Payne
Hamaton
New River Ferry
Lillie Bryant
New River
Lillie
Montgomery
Tariff Commission bill outlines structure and duties
The bill creates a nine member Tariff Commission to study agricultural, commercial, mercantile, manufacturing, mining and industrial interests to set or revise a just tariff. Members receive ten dollars a day plus expenses, with a secretary and messenger funded by the Treasury. The commission may visit regions, report to Congress by December 1, 1682, and print 2,000 copies of its first report with testimony.
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Tariff Commission
Congress
United States
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Ousted Southern Democrat Chalmer s and the Mississippi Plan legacy
A critical portrait of Chalmer s as a central figure in Mississippi politics during Reconstruction. It details the Mississippi Plan’s use of intimidation and electoral manipulation to install him in Congress in 1876 and his repeated success through fraud, the subsequent decline as Republican opposition strengthened, and the enduring debate over Jeffersonian principles in the era’s political realignments.
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Supreme Bench
Mississippi
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Ile
Ops
Washington
Republican Congress
Chalmer
American Christian Review
Cincinnati
Our House
Allen
Alles
All Medicine
Jeffersonian Principles and Southern Policy Debated
A discussion of Jeffersonian principles critiques Federal action for Southern needs. The piece contrasts principles with practical policy, citing Louisiana Purchase as Jeffersonian practice and suggesting Southern leaders may abandon theory for action. The article notes widespread calls echoing northward.
Republican Party resilience amid new issues and ballot freedom
The piece argues the Republican party should stay intact during quiet times, opposing new party formations. It cites achievements in public welfare, anti polygamy efforts, Chinese immigration limits, and electoral reform, while opposing Democratic calls for change and stressing the pivotal issue of ballot freedom amid southern racial intimidation. A Toledo anecdote about a railroad worker and wolves follows, illustrating frontier hardships.
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Republic
Democratic Party
Congress
Thei Hinds
South
Nthe
Chicago Tribune
A Marine Novelty Steams Through Hudson Trade
A three masted steam schooner named Maynard Sumner, built in Rockland Maine, claims to revolutionize Hudson carrying by matching three times its capacity. At 150 feet long with 807 tons and 120 horsepower steam, the iron mizzen shaft drives an eight foot screw, while the crew envisions future vessels of triple size.
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Hudson River
Hudson
Rockland
Maynard Sumner
Constipation and Cure Claims in an 19th Century Ad
A compilation of medical advertisements discusses constipation remedies and claims for Dr Guysotta Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla to restore bowel balance and purify blood. It cites testimonials, praises Allen's Lung Balm, and notes a Buffalo hotel rebuilt as a medical facility.
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Guysotta
J. M. Morrison
Monroe, C
Tulsa
Piarcé
N. H
Atriot
Favorite Prescription Report From West Virginia Woman
A neighbor suffering from female weakness was persuaded by my wife to try the Favorite Prescription. After one bottle she discarded the supporter and did a large washing, something she had not done in two years. James Millen, 4246 Jacob Street, Wheelersburg, West Virginia.
Health remedies and advertisements highlight eye water and grease
An OCR snippet promotes Dr. Isaac Thompson's Eye Water for sore eyes and Frazer Axle Grease as money saving aid. It mentions health renewer claims and suggests wart and Buddhism themes as spring prevalent, with pricing details included.
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Isaac Thompson
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