New York Printers Club and Various City Topics
A jumble of brief notes from the era including a dramatic printers club in New York, Bank of France clerks, punishments for coughing in Brooklyn schools, a Crescent City Chautauqua, Paris cremation decree, Rockefeller income, Doyle modeling a statue, a long settled lawsuit, and various global and local curiosities with names, places, and figures.
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New York
Tue
Bank of France
Brooklyn
Crescent City
Fila
Paris
Rockefeler
Standard Oil
Mr. Gredy
Atlanta
Alexander Doyle
Berm
New
Windsor
Vt France
United States
Riverside
Cal
Zanzibar
Charles H. Gibson
Maryland
Prixer Groner
Wales
Kino Menelik
Alyssinia
Italy
South Grongia
England
Eur Crees
Carroll County
Tennessee
Vermont
Oklahoma
Austrian Alps
Europe
Siquann
Joux Miuls
Spats
Amato
Alexander of
Servis
Russia
Yehil- Brena Younadren
Deadly dynamite test fires from a rifle cartridge
In Utica on March 15 a test of the Justin explosive cartridge used with a Blakesley rifle produced dramatic results near Canastota. A 50 pound shell carried up to 19 pounds of dynamite, exploding on impact and shattering a quartz cliff, with dynamite detonating at contact.
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Utica
N. Y
Perryville Falls
Canastota
Blakesley
Fawcett, Preston & Co
Liverpool
Eng
Charleston
Justin
Syracuse
Youth Thief Bolton Sentenced to Three Years Solitary
Wm. Bolton, thirteen, was sentenced to three years in solitary confinement at hard labor in the Eastern penitentiary. He led a gang of boy thieves, breaking into stores and smashing windows for some time.
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PiavapEurora
Bolton
Paralyzing Illness Strikes Five Wheeling Residents
In Wheeling West Virginia on March 15 five prominent locals, including County Clerk Herr, were suddenly paralyzed within 24 hours. Neighbors live in fear as authorities search for a cause amid an unexplained epidemic.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Herr
Kane County court-house destroyed by fire
The Kane County court-house in Geneva was destroyed by fire last night along with its contents. The county records in the vault are believed safe. Eighteen prisoners in the basement were moved to the hotel and closely guarded.
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Geneva
Kane County Court-House
Kincaid Indicted for Taulbee Murder
The grand jury presented Kincaid for murder of ex Congressman Taulbee after an inquest. District Attorney to prepare an indictment for court submission.
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Kincaid
WasmacTron
Taulbee
Hanged for Killing His Brother in Alabama
Robert Raines was hanged at Hartzell's Morgan County for the murder of his brother Bone Raines on January 7, 1889. Both were drunk when the crime occurred. Raines confessed on the scaffold and asked forgiveness.
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Kling
Brausaagm
Ala
Robert Raines
Hartzell’s
Morgan County
Bone Raines
Raines
Smuggler Andrew Holt Fatally Shot by U S Officers
Andrew Holt also known as Andrew A Andersen, a longtime smuggler and pirate on Paget Sound, was fatally shot on his sloop near this city last night while resisting arrest by U S officers.
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Woted Smaggier
Kilied
Ru Washi
Andrew Ac Holt
Andrew A. Andersen
Paget Sound
U.S
Wiggins Predicts a Storm Off Atlantic Coast
Ottawa March 15 Prof Wiggins warns the Government of a great storm next week off the Atlantic Coast. He says the weather system will be very destructive to ocean shipping and could affect coastal navigation.
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Wiggins
Ottawa
Ont
Atlantic
Railway Workmen Killed in Mountain Earth Slide
A mass of earth from a mountain buried railway workmen near Cumberland Maryland killing three and fatally injuring three others.
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Cumberland
Broken Levees Threaten New Orleans Area Amid Flood Crisis
The Lottery Company offers 100000 to Governor Nicholls for state levees but the gift goes to the Levee Board. Crumbling Nita Crevasse near 65 miles above the city widens, with 200 workers unable to close it as water rises. A submerged Gulf coast lowland from Port Eads to the quarantine station risks cattle loss and Gulf rise. Pecan Grove crevasse widens over 1000 feet, threatening East Carroll, parts of Akenas and Madison Parishes, and the Vicksburg Shreveport line while Orleans area sees slight water drop then a possible rise.
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New Oraveans
Nicholls
Lottery Company
Nita Crevasse
Gulf
Port Eads
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi
Pecan Grove
East Carroll
Kensas
Madison
Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railway
Coldest Southern Tennessee night in the season
The thermometer in Coattancoca Tennessee stood at twenty two degrees Sunday night the coldest weather of the season for Southern Tennessee. Ice an inch thick formed on ponds. In Chau Lestox the temperature dropped to twenty four degrees and concerns arose over possible damage to the truck crop.
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Coattancoca
Tenn
Tennessee
Chau Lestox
Raleigh Crevasse Eases Some Flood Threat in Louisiana
News sketches the Raleigh crevasse widening to 1 800 feet and lowering river risk along the line. Four inches drop in forty eight hours relieves Pass Passengers report Buckridge levee sloughing. stock moved from Tensas Parish and rail towns. The flood invades twenty seven East Carroll plantations. Osceola steamer arrives with pile driver.
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Vieresme
Raleigh Crevasse
Louisiana
Tensas Parish
Parker
Bolivar Landing
Milliken’s Bend
Leathers
Buckridge
Tensas
Duvall
Raleigh
Shreveport
Queen and Crescent
East Carroll Parish
Body of suspected defaulter found in Patowas river
In Wasumetox on March 18 a badly decomposed male body was recovered from the Patowas river's eastern branch. Mrs Jones, wife of Benjamin A Jones the defaulting pay clerk of Major Goodloe at the Marine Corps, identified the man as her husband and said articles from the clothing were taken.
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Wasumetox
Patowas River
Jones
Benjamin A.jones
Goodloe
Marine Corps
Proclamation Spurs Eviction on Cherokee Strip
March 17 reports that President’s order to remove settlers on the Cherokee Strip is working. Trains unload boomers all day as poor claimants head out, many unable to return and will stay until escorted by troops.
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GutTakiz
I. T
Cherokee Strip
Farmers Alliance in Kansas Presses Congress for Relief Legislation
The Farmers' Alliance, rapidly the state's strongest farmers group, sends an open letter to the Kansas congressional delegation urging action to relieve agricultural distress and protect state interests.
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Topeka
Farmers’ Alliance
Farmers’ Organization
Kansas
Congress
Eight Widows sue for damages over Nottingham mine disaster
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania March 18 the widows of eight men killed by a gas explosion at the Nottingham mine filed a suit against Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Company seeking about 100000 dollars. They allege criminal negligence for failing to provide proper ventilation.
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Wilkesbarre
Nottingham
Lehigh and Wilkeshbarre Coal Company
Wife killed by husband in Michigan house fire
In Bay City Michigan on March 17 a dwelling shared by John Nadon and Thomas Lozon caught fire early Saturday. Mrs Lozon fainted while fleeing but was thrown from a window by her husband to the sidewalk, fatally injuring her. Nadon and Lozon families' seven year old daughter perished in the blaze.
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Bay € Iry
Mich
John Nadon
Thomas Lozon
River Detroit Railway Bridge Plans Renew Charter
Dernarr Michigan March 18 The River Detroit Railway Bridge Company plans to present a bill in the Canadian Commons renewing their charter The proposed bridge would span 2 600 feet in length and rise high enough for the largest lake vessels to pass beneath It will be accessible to all railways and is projected to cost about 5 000 000 dollars
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Dernarr
Mich
River Detroit Railway Bridge Company
Old Insurance Charter Found in Ohio Office
An insurance charter granted by Richard and Thomas Penn rulers of Pennsylvania during George II's reign was found in the Ohio Insurance Commissioner’s office. The document ties to colonial governance and early American corporate charters.
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Columnus, O
Richard and
Thomas Penn
Pennsylvania
George II
England
Ohio Insurance Commissioner
Mob takes Henry Williams from jail and shoots him
In Gadsden Tennessee on March 17 Henry Williams a Black man was seized from jail by a mob and shot dead for an attempted assault on Miss Tucker an elderly white woman.
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Gadsden, Tenn
Henry Williams
Miss Tucker
John Brown Dies in Ohio Penitentiary at 81
John Brown a renowned counterfeiter died in the Ohio penitentiary on March 17 aged eighty one. He was among the country’s most noted forgers and spent years behind bars.
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Jo LumBes
John Brown
Ohio Penitence
George att GiipoFedaning mill incident reported
Partial OCR notes from WAYXE Indiana indicate an event at a local mill involving a person named George and a mill named GiipoFedaning with March 17 referenced. Details are unclear but suggest an incident or attendance.
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Wayxe, Ind
George Att
GiipoFedaning Mill
Widow Payne of Washington Street Linked to Fighting Joe Hooker
March 18 report identifies a widow residing at 204 Washington Street and her widowed daughter as siblings of General Fighting Joe Hooker. Old soldiers from both armies plan a relief effort to ease the family's distress.
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Mesas
Ternn
Payne
Washington Street
Joe” Hooker
Representative Borrill Proposes $3 Pension Bill
Washington march 18 Representative Borrill of Kansas introduced a bill providing a service pension of three dollars per month to certain soldiers of the late war and their widows. Its enactment would add about 400000 pensioners at once and about 52000 yearly thereafter.
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Bel Eor
Wwwaskington
Borrill
Kansas
Bank Wracker’s Esturn Curcaan March-karep
A scrambled OCR fragment mentions a bank related incident and potential date hints. The readable portion references a crime involving a bank and a suspect, but specific names, places, and outcomes are unavailable in the legible text.
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Bank Wracker’s
Esturn
Curcaan
March
Karep D
Spenig Coun
Sherman Substitutes for Anti-Trust Bill Details Provisions
Senate Finance Committee reports a substitute declaring arrangements or trusts between citizens or corporations across states or with foreign entities that restrain trade unlawful. The measure gives U S circuit courts jurisdiction to enforce provisions and authorizes federal prosecution. Injured parties may sue for double damages plus costs and attorney fees.
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Sherman
Senate Committee On Finance
United States
Circuit Court of the
Resignation of German Chancellor Bismarck Reported
The Tagblatt reports the German Chancellor has resigned from all offices and that Count Herbert and other ministers may also resign. Berlin doubts the Herbert resignation. Reichsanzeiger confirmation awaited. A cabinet meeting over labor questions led to the resignation after an impasse over Windthorst’s demand to restore funds to the Duke of Cumberland.
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Brrwursx
the Tagblatt
Count Herbert
Berlin
Pople
Reichsanzeiger
Bismarck
Windthorst
Germany
Duke of Cumberland
Hanover
Ives Secures Bail After District Attorney Visit
In New York on March 19 Henry O. Ives obtained bail yesterday afternoon. Soon after 3 oclock George H. Stayner visited the DA’s office saying the bail bond could be prepared. A deputy retrieved Ives from Ludlow Street jail and Henry Hambleton, a liveryman, supplied the bond.
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New York
Henry
Ives
Ohleck
George H. Stayner
Ludlow Street
Henry Hambleton
Supreme Court rules Bible ban persists in Wisconsin schools
In Rock County case, the Wisconsin Supreme Court unanimously holds that the Bible has no place in common schools. The Edgerton suit sought to prohibit teachers from reading the Bible to students, and the ruling upholds the district board's practice.
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Mapisox
Wis
Circuit Court of
Rock County
Supreme Court
Edgerton
Iron company uncovers Civil War grave in Kentucky
An iron company at Middleborough Kentucky discovered the grave of Captain J Edgar of Company B Forty sixth Ohio Volunteers while extending an excavation. The remains will be held to allow the Grand Army to decide disposition.
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Louisvinuir
Eky
Middleborough
J. Edgar
Forty-sixth
Ohio Volunteers
Grand Army
Judge narrows gambling law focus to progressive euchre ban
Judge Eyland told the grand jury that playing progressive euchre for prizes violates state gambling laws and is punishable as such. He urged how the law should be applied in Mo. court.
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Mansuans
Arch
Eyland
Calamitous Bowen Merrill Fire Traps Firemen
At Bowen Merrill on Washington street a basement blaze collapsed walls and roof trapping many firemen. Captain McGinnis and others were injured or killed as debris buried victims. rescue moved slowly amid heat and dust. Dozens were injured or missing with several confirmed dead by midnight and early morning.
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IndiaNarouis
Bowen-Merrill
Washington Street
Daugherty
McGinnis
Fred Brummer
William Reasner
Reasner
Brummer
Charles” Jenkins
George Glenn
George Falkner
Richard Lowery
Ulysses Glazier
William Hinsley
Albert Huffman
Samuel Neal
Espy Stormer
Tom Black
Tom Smith
Lee Rafert
George Diller
al Muir
William Reasoner
Wm. Porter
Losey
John Litney
Eb Leach
Wm. McGinnis
Webster Robinson
Tom Quinn
John Buskhart
William Jones
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