Exhumation of Northern Pacific Workmen at Missoula Cemetery
The remains of workers who died during Northern Pacific Railway construction are being exhumed and reburied in a purpose built Missoula Montana Territory cemetery at the railway’s expense. Workers call the exhumers resurrectionists. A Nashville chancery court decision held Tennessee building associations usurious. an appeal to the Supreme Court is expected, with hope of reversal.
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Northern Pacific Railway
Missoule
Montana Territory
Chancery Court
Nashville
Tennessee
Savannah News
Supreme Court
Mirror revelation in Georgia dray wreck
In Macon a dray loaded with furniture caused a wreck after the driver a local man from the black community placed a bureau with a large mirror at the front. A horse bite and a turn to see the mirror triggered a crash leaving splintered furniture a broken shoulder and a dilapidated drag.
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Macon
Georgia
Fontaine locomotive’s rise and fall on the Canada Southern
The Fontaine locomotive, once famed on the Canada Southern line, used two friction wheels above driving wheels to gain speed. A company with 81 million capital formed, two engines cost 25 thousand each, failed, totaling outlays of 645 thousand while earning 2700 pounds in return.
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Tue Fontaine
Canada Southern
Congress and commerce mockery in a single day
The House quick to pass popular will as the Senate braces for Wall Street’s retreat. Dr Epson reports adulteration in New York groceries including Rio coffee and mustard. A Boston “College of Christian Science” trains healers in one month. A tip suggests kerosene lamps as cheap heat, noting 25 cents buys notable warmth.
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American Congress
House of Representatives
Reagan
Senate
Wall Street
Epson
New York
College of Christian Science
Boston
Cold wave peril and nostalgia echo in a frigid era
The piece notes how cold waves threaten winter stores of vegetables, praises kerosene, and reflects on revolutions and executions from history. It contrasts distant harrowing events with contemporary riots, urging endurance and recognizing lessons from the past.
Widow deceives husband over pay day ruse exposed by detective
A Brooklyn wife pressed for money triggers a tale of robbery by a highwayman as her husband Charles Wilson fakes wage loss. A detective later proves he lied. The piece then shifts to a fiscal argument over a proposed Spanish treaty affecting cigars and U S tariff policy with Cuba and Mexico framed as a broader trade dispute.
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Charles Wilson
Brooklyn
Charles
Wilson
Havana
Internal Revenue
Cuba
United States Treasury
Mexico
The Best Potash Salts for Health and Diet
The article argues for obtaining potash salts from vegetables rather than laboratories, noting vegetables and fruits like lamons and grapes contain rich potash. It warns that cooking wastes salts and raw vegetables in salads preserve them, suggesting cream of tartar as a grape salt substitute for those who cannot afford fruit.
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Nature
The Bowie Knife Duel That Wasn’t Fought
In Washington after the affair, Potter and Pryor faced off over a challenge to duel with bowie knives. Seconds argued, Pryor backed off, Potter stood firm, and the incident highlighted tensions between Northern and Southern lawmakers amid Buchanan’s final years.
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Washington
Lincoln
Mr. Pryor
Congressional Globe Office
Mr. Potter
Potter
Pryor
Virginia
Col F. W. Lander
Mr. Chisman
Keitt
Hindman
Straightway
Lander
North
Hw' al
Croffus
New York World
Etiquette of Toasting and the Loving Cup Tradition
The article traces toasting customs from England Germany and China noting ancient and tribal parallels. It explains how sharing cups Signifying marriage persisted into modern wedding and festival rituals with the loving cup linked to King Edward’s assassination and evolving into a protective pledge during drinking bouts.
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England
Germany
Brazil
China
Edward
Reporters in Parliament Gallery Grows and Organizes
The reporters gallery in the House of Commons has grown from fifty to two hundred members, with enlarged facilities, writing rooms, dining and reading areas. An elected 12‑member committee oversees arrangements, contracts with a caterer, and a gallery library that has about 600 volumes. London Correspondence.
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House of Commons
Reporters
London Morning Papers
The
Electric and Magnetic
Reuter Telegraph Bureau
Tve
House of Parliament
London
Sailor and wife slain in Swallow battle off Vrejus 1812
The Naval Chronicle recounts a harrowing tale from June 16 1812 when Swallow fought two French vessels off Vrejus. A seaman Phelan’s wife aided wounded sailors aboard before a direct shot killed her. the couple were buried together. The anecdote links to further wartime notes of maternal figures aboard ships and a Maltese goat nurse.
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Swallow
Vrejus
Naval Chronicle
Phelan
Tar
Tommy
Mahon
Roman
Rodney
de Guichen
Pearl Rock
Martinique
Sandwich
Deacon Jones Joins Prayer With Gentle Amen Charm
In Detroit, a devout Deacon Jones often voices Amen during sermons. Last Sunday, as a lengthy prayer extended, he interrupted with a fervent Amen, mispronouncing the moment as Amon, amusing parishioners. The minister, verbose and prosy, continued despite the aside from the pew.
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Deacon Jones
Amon
Detroit
ARID ARIZONA Sights and Prospects From a Chino Valley Correspon
A Chicago Times correspondent tours arid Arizona, describing freighting methods with mule trains and back action wagons, mining transport, and high fruit prices. He notes peaceful Ava Supi and Sapie Indians near Little Colorado, juniper and black walnut trees, and striking cacti and maguey plants. Tucson grows to about 18,000. metals promise new industries and jobs, though miners face union tensions and hardship.
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Colorado River
Arizona
Indiana
North
Illinois
Tucson
Chino Valley Cor
Chicago Times
Donnybrook Fair Quietly Captured by Barrington's Lens
Through Jonah Barrington’s mirthful view the fair unfolds with tents of wattles and quilts, a tavern ivy made from tools, and tables on clay as crowds drink, dance, and brawl. Dozens of fiddlers, feasting aromas, and a sea of revelers fill the June night under Dublin’s summer moon as marriages surge after the feast.
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Jonah Barrington
Watcman
Jonah
Dublin
Father Kearny
Donnybrook Fair
Capital Punishment in Egypt at Keech
The London Post correspondent describes a primitive execution in Keech the Egyptian capital of the province between this and Assiout. The condemned man sat unconcerned on a stool as the rope was placed behind his neck. The nearest male relative performed the execution after failed pleas for clemency. The crowd howled as the executioner shortened the rope and fled.
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Egypt
Keech
Assiout
London Post
Imagination as a Medicine Illustration of placebo surgery
A Philadelphia Press report recounts imagination aiding healing. A patient with hysterical symptoms was convinced of an abdominal operation. Four surgeons simulated an incision under ether, but no real operation occurred. The patient recovered through belief and care.
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Philadelphia Press
Put This in Your Pipe and Smoker Folklore
A New York Graphic piece mocks tobacco use highlighting its insanity link and social folly. It cites poets as smokers and jokes about Sir Walter Raleigh and Queen Elizabeth, noting harsh punishments for smoking in Amarath IV era Turkey and suggesting officials smoked to justify head removals.
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Walter Raleigh
Queen Elizabeth
Amarath IV
Turkey
New York Graphic
When the Dog Was Asleep in a Curious Exchange
A fragmentary scene features George saying good night and Linda responding with a quirky remark about hair and rattie. The passage pivots on playful, cryptic phrases and a sense of domestic meaning, hinting at deeper ties among characters.
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George
Emma Abbot
Linda
Burlington Frankeye
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