Prominent Rome Men Named as Bar-keeps in New Directory
The Rome Georgia directory lists prominent church members and business men as bar keepers. An obituary notes Rev Henry Crawford Tucker served Georgia Baptists for 47 years with three wives and 31 children. A Polish girl reportedly stole 25 trade dollars and hid them in her mouth. A Kansas City obituary recalls Annie, a social figure of Hell's Half Acre, drowned in the Missouri river. In Tiflis, Melih Sarkissoff shot his brother. a police commissary named Sarkissoff killed the assassin with a blow.
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New Directory
Rome
Henry Crawford Tucker
Georgia
Kansas City
Annie
Hell’s Half Acre Society
Missouri River
Maggie
Sam
Joe
Tiflis
Melih Sarkissoff
Fall River dram shop scandal and odd governor claim
A Fall River rum shop was found closed in unlawful hours yet had many visitors. Police searched the home and found nothing until a gas burner caused whisky to pour from a pipe into a groggery barrel. Gov Butter declares a tanned skin will be buried after use. The New York Morning Journal mocks strong measures against those who harmed the poor at Tewksbury.
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Fall River
Gov. Butter
Rome
New York Morning Journal
Ben
Tewksbury
Cholera Ravages Egypt Amid War Cleanup Failures
Reports say cholera spreading in Egypt results from wartime disruption of sanitation rules under British occupation. Filth and disease flourish as authorities are blamed for failing to implement cleanliness measures despite ample warning.
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Egypt
Wasnixaton Territory Sets Ambitious Export Targets
Wasnixaton Territory outlines a bold trade plan for the year with exports of 335 million feet of lumber 200000 tons of coal 200000 pounds of hops 200000 cases of salmon 5000000 bushels of wheat 3000000 bushels of oats 100000 bushels of potatoes and 2500000 pounds of wool. The package will load 900 ships per year in cargoes of 1500 tons, averaging three sailings daily except Sundays.
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Wasnixaton
Sentence Reflects On A Rural England Prisoner
Justice Moune quotes the bar and prosecution agreeing on innocence but a jury verdict finds guilt. He declares the prisoner guilty yet notes the sentence should have already elapsed, humorously ordering one day in prison since the day already passed, allowing the prisoner to resume his affairs.
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Justice Moune
England
Change in Supreme Court uniforms proposed by Brewster
General Brewster advocates a reform in the Justices' robes. The New York World notes his taste is shocked by the sombre baggy gowns lacking ruffles. He favors a double row of brass buttons, an Elizabethan ruff, and sleeve chevrons signaling years of service.
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Brewster
Supreme Court
New York World
Harlen man jokes about millennium as offering takes sting
A Harlem man quips about the approaching millennium to a deacon, noting the box yesterday received a $5 gold piece instead of the usual donation, prompting a humorous exchange over expectations and generosity.
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Harlem
Strange Sea Pearls Spark Gulf of Mexico Gold Rush
An 1882 Gulf of Mexico pearl fishery yields three notable gems. A seventy five karat pearl sold for 14000 dollars, another forty seven karats valued at 5000, and a forty karat gem bid at 3000 at La Paz. Fishermen anticipate extensive pearl deposits, amid widespread excitement.
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Gulf of Mexico
la Paz
Gulf
Boston Thrift Joke From a Maine Village Native
A New York jeweler, a Maine native, recalls a gold chain theft and a boast about Boston thrift. The wary friend humorously quips that Boston would convert the gold into a pudding bag for Maine blueberries before the thief returns.
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New York
Maine
Marlboro
Boston
Bastion Transcript
Talk for the Children and the Value of Conversation
Arthur’s Magazine argues that children hunger for new ideas and learn through pleasant daily talk with intelligent parents. A lively home fosters curiosity, social argument, and unconscious mental training, while a silent home becomes dull and drives youth to escape.
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Arthu
First Christian Marriage in Virginia and Jamestown History
Capt Newport reached Jamestown in 1608 bringing seventy passengers, among them John Langdon who married Ann Burras, the first white woman in Virginia. The note recalls the 1587 North Carolina landing of Mrs Dare and eighteen other women in what was then called Virginia. The text ends by mentioning dying spruce trees in Northern Maine.
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Capt. Newport
Jamestown
John Langdon
Ann Burras
Forrest
Virginia
John White
Dare
North Carolina
Dorsey recalls Fifth Avenue conference and finance plot
The interview with Stephen Dorsey recounts the 1880 Fifth Avenue Hotel meeting between Garfield allies and New York figures. Dorsey details a Finance Committee, funding schemes, and promises to Morton as well as disputes over Cabinet offers and the role of Conkling and Arthur.
Indiana campaign confession and Gould bargain details
In an interview, Dorsey discusses Indiana's 1880 campaign financing, claiming about 400000 dollars paid across townships to canvass votes and shape sentiment. He confirms Gould and Huntington contributed 50000 each to the national fund, with related cabinet and appointment implications arising from those payments, while promising more revelations in Congress.
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James
Sun
Isaac
Indiana
Dorsey
Vess
Indianapolis
Mr. Gould
Gen. Garfield
Supreme Bench
Garfield
Gould
C. P. Huntington
Om Platt
Ohio
Stdénley Platthows
Matthews
Hayes
Huntington
Tom Platt
Whitelaw Reid
Congress
New York
Conklings
Cornells
Warrens
Hiscocks
Asters
Mortons
Wayne MacVeagh
McVeagh
Simon Cameron
Wharton Barker
Mr. Dorsey
Thrifty Mexican Miner Hoards Bullion In Mud Hut Home
A Santa Fe letter describes a Mexican resident near Socorro who, despite a life of frugality, has amassed a fortune entirely in bullion stored under his floor. He pays every thirty days with weighed bullion, earned from years of mining rather than trade, living in a mud hut with his family on beans and jerky. He prefers staying home to travel, saying he will pass wealth to his children for them to decide how to use it.
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Socorro
Mexico
Santa Fe
Murder by Two Day Debate in New Orleans Court
In a New Orleans case Judge P dies of apoplexy after a lengthy two day speech by an old Irish counselor. Deputies announce the judge's death as the lawyers await another hearing. The veteran lawyer calls it murder by his old adversary I. N. during the lengthy argument.
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Ruggles
Michigan
St. Clair County
Sturgis
Shroil Rreen
Henry Niles
Shroil Green
New Orleans
Col. Grymes
I. N
Orleans Times-Democrat
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