Notable Deaths and Political Nominations in Early 1880s News
A string of obituaries and political notes: Mrs. Caldwell a Lexington journalist dies. Daniel Butterfield and C. C. Shane secure Republican congressional nominations in New York's Twelfth and Fourteenth districts. Dennis Hanns Lincoln era tutor passes at 93 in Paris Illinois. Gen. Panriner dies near Bay City Michigan. John Gaines aged 90 dies in Crawfordsville Indiana. President and Mrs Harrison anniversary noted. Emin Dreier Danish consul to Chicago dies en route. George Howland Chicago schools chief dies at 68. Enwanzo Denning of Denning Co. dies in New York. Caroline Harrison dies in Washington age 47. Auntity Balpy Terre Haute oldest woman marks 163rd birthday.
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Lexington
Daniel Butterfield
Congress
New York
C. C. Shane
Dennis F. Hanns
Abraham Lincoln
Nancy Shoaff
Paris
Ill
B. F. Panriner
Bay City
Mich
Michigan
John Gaines
Itadiana
Crawfordsville
Tre
Harrison
Emin Dreier
Chicago
Denmark
George Howland
Enwanzo J. Denning
RE. Denning & Co
A. T. Stewart & Co
Carolinge Layvinta Scott Harrison
Washington
Native of Munroe area passes at 99 in Indiana
Asazbe THoornpur RG died near Mun ele Indiana at age 99 years 10 months and S days He had lived in one voting precinct since 1825 and was a Republican.
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Asazbe
Thoornpur RG
Munele
Ind
Global distress and disasters span cholera to quakes
Cholera deaths in France reach 3184 since April. Hamburg sewer collapse buries 14 workers. Santiago del Estro in Argentina under revolt as insurgents seize the provincial governor. Crete riots kill four Christians and twenty wounded, with Turkish casualties.
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France
Hamburg
Germany
Santiago del Estro
Crete
Russia
Caspian Sea
Black
Sardinia
Assemini
Ilmus
Kutais
Trans- Caucasia
Mexico
Monterey
Cedros
Cagliari
Adolph Sooetbeer
Goettingen
Soetbeer
W. M. Conway
Hindau Kush Range
Kashmir
Apvicres
Tue
Rodique
Moloi
Manila
Sainte Anne de Beaupre
Que
Deutsche Bank
Berlin
CroSera
Vienna
Austria
Supreme Court voids registration law affecting travelers and locals
The Indiana Supreme Court declared unconstitutional a registration law mainly targeting commercial travelers and residents employed by the government. News from Ashland Kentucky reports counterfeit quarters of 1892 design flood the city. Other notes record notable deaths, corporate splits, and upcoming World’s Fair access rules. The World’s Fair will run May 1 to October 30, 1898, daily 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. except Sundays.
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Indiana Supreme Court
Ashland
Vira Reeve
Rochester
N. Y
Nicolet
Can
Harrison
S. J. Zeigler
New Orleans
Empire Express
New York Central
Buffalo
Allen Spinks
Hamilton County
Ind
William Swinton
New York City
James W. Tuttle
Fort Donelson
Casa Grande
A. T
Arthur L. Thomas
Utah
Secretary of the Interior
Tom
Western Union Telegraph Company
New York
Chementi M. Cummine
Frisco Road
Phillipsburg
Albert Dickerson
Floyd Harwood
Hummelstown
National Commission of the World’s Fair
Mrs. Caroline Harrison Dies in White House
Mrs. Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison wife of President Benjamin Harrison died at 1:40 a.m. in the White House after a long illness. The death marks the second time a president's wife has died in the mansion. Her remains will be moved to Indianapolis for burial at Crown Hill Cemetery. The article recounts her life from Oxford Ohio to Cincinnati and Indianapolis noting her devotion to family, church, and social duties as first lady and her roles in arts and charity.
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Harrison
Indianapolis
Washington
Farrison
White House
Crown Hill Cemetery
Gardner
Caroline Scott Harrison
Dr. Scott
McKee
Russell Harrison
Keut
Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison
Oxford
United States
College Hill
Cincinnati
Ben
Carrie Scott
John W. Scott
Carrie
M Harrison
Scott
Oxford Female Seminary
Miami University
Benjamin Harrison
North Bend
Mary Scott McKee
Presbyterian Church
Blodgett
ChicaGo
Ilinois
Commission of Arbitration
England
Behring Sea
WasnInetTon
Wanamaker
State Department
Supreme Court
Cleveland
President Harrison
Executive Mansion
Grover Cleveland
Balmoral
Gen. Harrison
Victoria
Cardinal Gibbons
Cardinal Rampolla
Blaine
Morton
General Society
Scott Lord
Halford
Pruden
Tracy
Walker Blaine
Coppinger
Emmons Blaine
Windom
Cox
Miss Cox
John Overhall
Two Remedies for Colds and Digestive Troubles
An ad promotes Reid's German Cough and Kidney Cure as a safeguard against lung ailments from colds and a laxative gum drops remedy for digestive issues and constipation. The Sylvan Remedy Co of Peoria Illinois is listed as the source.
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Reid
Sylvan Remedy CO
Peoria
Ill
Early timekeeping and transportation facts from the era
The text notes Babylonian sixty part divisions for hours and minutes, cites John Sabin of Philadelphia importing the first European book, claims coffee as a beverage in 870 Aegira, mentions ABRAZAM giving his son's wife ornate earrings, and records the South Carolina railroad as the first to regularly use steam locomotives in 18381.
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Europe
John Sabin
Philadelphia
Aljuzini Aluamabali
Abrazam
South Carolina
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the Express
Cris Grove
H. Hinley
Florida
Erie Canal
Carer
Police O'Mann
Pittsburgh
New Jersey
Frank Mellick
Bergman
Tur Bureau of Statistics
New York Life Insurance Company
Plain City
Chattanooga
Tenn
Tur
City
Queenstown
West Winsted
Conn
W. L. Scott
August Belmont
Boston
Tom Barter
Des Moines
Martinsville
Henry Watterson
Kentucky
Chauncey M. Depew
Stewart Stucco and Cement
Colorado City
Col
Sterling
Kan
Jown Sells
Swedesburg
C. Burkhalter & Co
M. &. Williams
Leadville
Joseph Matthews
Claremont
D. C
Epward Neumuist
Louisville
Wedward
Sue
Michael Hansas
Manannah
Mien
Carnegie
Uazched Smith
Dannel Graves
Salt Lake City
Altoona
Hart
Moore
Conners
Guerrero
Campana
Dean
James M. Waterbury
Ada Melville
Trosmas Cone
Danville Express
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Forty-ninth Street
William McDonald
Zimmerman
Strittmatter
Laa Crosse
Wis
Bor Winiams
Bob Cook
Bonham
Tex
Sands Point
Roslyn
George Jarret
James Patterson
Joseph Haines
Greenwood
James MaAson
Macon
James Corbett
Chicago & Erie Road
Lelters
David Frederick
John Metz
Eipwin Boorm
Reading Road
Allenwood
Marie Dellis
Old State Road
McKeesport
Jamestown
City of Erie
Atlantic County
N. J
Carer Weissertt
Grand Army of the Republic
E. B. Gray
Milwaukee
John Taylor
George S. Goodale
J. L. Bennett
Ford H. Rogers
Detroit
Emma Healey
Fredonia
Hogtown
Tollivers
Howards
Cal
Wiley Tolliver
Sam Howard
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Plymouth
Thomas Fitzgerald
N. Lingle
Spokane
Wash
Charles I. Peck
Justice Guttman
Albany
Temple
Reading Railroad
West Manayunk
Grayson
Sylvester Adams
Oscar Adams
J. D. Bennet
Mrs. Harrison
Georgia
Swift Pracific Co
Atlanta, Ga
Durham
Purp L. ScHencx
P. O
Dr.kilmer
rHent
Dr. Kitmer & Co
Binguauton
F. Smith &C
Proprietors
Ely
Ziafrever
Nea
Warren Street
Dr. Buips
Zane Te
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