A boy burglar case from Evansville linked to Casey youth
Walter Thompson, a 14 year old from Casey Illinois, was arrested in Evansville for vagrancy and later suspected of stealing from the Bridwell family. He fled with a gold watch and chain, diamond rings, cash, clothing, and personal items, while a reward is offered for his capture. Thompson had lived with the Bridwell family while their son was ill.
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New York City
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Jim Doe
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Indiana State Grange
Local option gains ground in Maryland counties
Washington reports that the local option prohibiting liquor sales in towns cities or counties is expanding in Maryland. Since 1874 thirteen of twenty eight counties are dry with footholds in others and incumbents fear opposing enforcement as crime and court costs decline.
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Descriptions of New York Life and Events in 1883
A column from December 8 1883 covers Thanksgiving scenes in New York with theater fires and public aid for the poor. It details evacuation day celebrations in crowds, Curtis speeches, President Arthur's pardon of Mason, a Mason engagement rumor, a journalists banquet, arrivals of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony, Monsignor Capel on home life, a Veterans Rights Union forming, and Speaker Carlisle's handling of Mississippi contest cases.
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Susan B. Anthony
Liverpool
Monsignor Capel
Chickering Hall
Snow in Mexico and political notes in disarray
Snow four inches fell in LaLacLio Mexico with four feet in mountains near Monterey. In Congress, the president warns of peril amid elections, while dissolving party lines and predicting multiple Democratic nominees in the Lawrenceburg district. A New York opium den raid, a piano in elevated rail stations proposal, and various local political notes follow.
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Washington Gossip on Presidential Courtship in 1883
In Washington on December 8 1883 whispers persist that the president may be considering marriage to a tall brunette daughter of a cabinet officer though no certainty exists. Boston reports a large city vote with the Democratic ticket winning except the mayoral race. Charleston notes a full Democratic city ticket victory while Worcester records Republican defeats.
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