Varied 19th Century Groundswell of News Curiosities
A roundup of disparate items notes pensions paid in a month, a famed oarsman, a royal plate value, state division talk, an arrest for curb stone theft, and diverse international society notes. It mentions sorghum imports, a statue plan for Stonewall Jackson, Irish eviction actions, and electrical lighting initiatives in Chicago and other snippets.
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James Hannen
Cambrize
Queen Victoria
California
Philadelphia
W.B. Tascott
United States
Ephraimevin
London
Berrato Bint
Nebraska
Aman
France
Sterling
Kus
Aban
Harry McCanthy
Joey Siehrman
New York
Board of Aldermen
Pirtsarkyn
Westinghouse Lancern
Stonewall Jackson
Lexington
Vlauricarde
Ireland
Dakotai
New England
Ine Fiana
South Carolina
New Jersey
Delaware
Bernard Meyer
Omaha
William
Germany
Droungmeis
Cumberlan L
General Sherton
Uenes Ayres
Mexico
Georgia
Crasntea
Jacksonville
Nathan B. Gomer
Robert Garrett
Snl
Boston
Leavitt
Eeven
Wade
Beecomes
Holland
Netherlands
Europa
Hotland
Borneo
Fort Orange Paper Company
Castleton
Albany
Burets, Nev
Chicago
I. Ie
Seventy-Second Anniversary of Indiana’s Statehood
Public schools marked Indiana’s 72nd statehood anniversary with a study of pioneer history. The article outlines Indiana’s early settlement at Vincennes, Northwest Territory organization, and the path to statehood from 1787 through 1816, including key figures like Harrison, Jennings, Posey, and Parke and events such as Tippecanoe, the Corydon Constitution, and first state government formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Paris
Chippe- Coke
Vincennes
Fig
John Law
Tis
Morgan de
Test
Bari
Teresa Fry
Terona
Spain
Thearre Hegers Clark
Hatuiton
Cisrks
Ohio
Obsa
Pudibaona
Wmiineds
Wisconsin
Nathan Dane
Beverly
Mass
Arthur St. Clair
Northwest Territory
Tindiang
Himeis
Umidbana
Vincenaues i
Tndso
Wolliisin
Henry Hlarmsan
Crovernor
Bosdiana
John Geb
Henry Vanederburg
Daves
Dehn
Knox
Dearhern and Clark
Daebbhoon
Harrison County
Franklin Wayne
Jefferson
Tippecanoe
Harrison
Ohio Valley
Falls of the Ohio
Pittsburgh
Great Britain
W. HH. Harrison
Indiana Territory
Thomas Perry
Warne
Washington
Perry
Switzerland
Posey
Jackson
Orange
Congress
Corydon
Sessons
Iara
Jonathan Jennings
Thomas Posey
Jennings
Christopher Harrison
Benjacin Parke
Jesse B. Thomas
Cape Haytian Bombardment Sparks Flight and Destruction
News from New York reports that on December 4 four Legitime warships bombarded Cape Haytian. The town was shelled from offshore as residents fled to the hills. Fifteen to twenty people were killed as bamboo huts fell and central stone buildings withstood the fire. Legitime loses public support to the North.
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New York
Saginaw
Hayti
Legitime
Dessaline
Belize
Toussaint Ouverture
Cape Haytian
Thnm
Bregun
Broassine
Toussaint
South Carolina Senate Rejects Confederate Home Bill
The South Carolina Senate rejected a bill to create a home for disabled Confederate soldiers and sailors. It passed a bill amending pension laws to cap annual disbursements at 50000 dollars. Each county will form a five veteran committee to select applicants for pensions of six dollars and nine cents per year.
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Co.Imbra
Senate
House
Washington
Minnesota
Dawes
Hiddleberger
Committee On Finance
A. J. Smith
Calviry
Oklahoma
Union Pacific
Nicaragua Canal
Senate Bi
South Dakota
Morrill
Holman
Henderson
Reveal Service Commission
Randall
Cummings
Man Appears Dead Then Rises Alive in Minnesota
Stillwater residents recount Bert Whitemore once believed dead after typhoid and bowel inflammation. While being shaved by a barber at the wake he suddenly sat up, declaring he was not deaf. Friends celebrate his surprising recovery from illness.
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Stillwater
Minn
Bert Whitemore
Omaha
Whitemore
Hunters lose two French explorers on Missouri expedition
In Helena Montana a hunting party along the Missouri River reports two Frenchmen missing after their October 20 start. One body, Guillaume Jacoby, was found by a boy Sunday, standing upright with feet on the river bottom and head frozen in ice. The companion Isidore Meyers remains unfound.
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Helena
Maxt
Doger
Missouri River
Guillaume Jacoby
Isidore Meyers
Naval Vessel to Colon Aimed at Panama Interests
Navy Department says a U.S. vessel may be sent to Colon to safeguard American interests in Panama as winter patrols in the region are common. No current trouble reported on the isthmus and no steps yet taken.
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Washington
Dec
Navy Department
Colon
Panama
Tragic Child Death Reported in Kingman County
A Wichita special details the murder of Minnie Bartlett a young girl from Bross Kingman County Kansas found stripped and roasted in a fireplace by a Black woman employed by the family who fled the area after accusing the child of voodoo.
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Cascado
Wichita Kan
Minnie Bartlett
Bross
Kingman County
Kan
Despatch Grounded Off Cramps Yard in Delaware Storm
The United States steamer Despatch, anchored in the Delaware near Cramps' shipyard, was blown aground by high wind today. Four tugs failed to free her, and another effort is planned for tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelrhis
United States
Delaware
Cramps
Jury verdict: Ferdinand Carolin guilty of first degree murder
In New York on December 18 a jury found Ferdinand Carolin guilty of murder in the first degree for the killing of his wife after a trial that concluded tonight.
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New York
Ferdinand Carolin
Three Men Drown Crossing River to American Side
Three men named Johnson Oaks and Dickey were drowned while crossing to the American side of the river last night.
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Johnson, Oaks
Dickey
Race War at Wahalak Ends in White Deaths
In Wahalak Mississippi a dispute between a white and a colored boy escalates. A constable is beaten while serving a warrant and a white posse is attacked by armed locals. Nine riders are shot. four are killed and others wounded. News spreads as Meridian and West Point mobilize.
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Corcampes
Miss
Wahalak
Macon
Mobile
Meridian
A. J. McDowell
Columbus Riflemen
West Point
Stanley's Expedition Dispatches Revealed by Foreign Office
Foreign Office releases show Emin Key reliefs history with dispatches dated Sept 28, 1st to May 47, 1877. England had no direct talks with Stanley and never officially recognized the expedition. Egyptian funds of £10,090 were pledged but only £45 reached the Emin Key Relief Committee, with repayment tied to ivory sale proceeds in Emin Goy's possession. Reports from Wassela in late July 1877 were among the bleakest for the committee.
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Lonnox
Foreign Office
England
Stanley
Emin Key Relief Committee
Emin Goy
Wassela
Fire causes death from electric wire accident
A street fire near Sevand street and Germantown avenue forced firemen to cut power. A telephone line crossed an electric lift circuit, sparking. Twelve year old Theodore Helmmelman touched the wire and died as full current ran.
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Phinaperrara
Dec. L
Sevand Street
Germantown Avenue
Theodore Helmmelman
Sevier County Farmer Plans Early Winter Wedding Upset
A Sevier County farmer learned en route to marry his neighbor that she had chosen another man. A challenge was issued by the rejected suitor and a fight is likely.
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Rloxville
Tenn
Sevier County
Fatal Truck Train Collision Ends Riverside Steel Worker Life
John Kratz aged forty five was fatally mangled today when struck by a B and O train in the south end of the city. He died at once. he leaves a wife and three children and worked at Riverside Steel Works.
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W. Wa
Dee
John Kratz
Riverside
Sabnomittee backs relief for Maxwell land settlers
The sabcom committee of the House Committee on Private Land Claims agreed to report favorably to the full committee the joint resolution seeking relief for settlers on the Maxwell land grant.
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Wasiisorox, Rea O
House Committee On Private Land Claims
Maxwell Land Grant
Jones
Ark
Department of Agriculture
California
Sullivan
Felton
Yeas
Atdd
House
Washington
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of the Interior
Alaska
P. m
Perry Belmont
Spain
Clover
Missouri
John C. Femon
Oklahoma
Min Butterworth
Ohio
United States
Canada
Payson
Receiver appointed for Union Tron Works in Cratraxooga
Cratraxooga Texas December 13 A receiver has been appointed for the Union Tron Works manufacturers of steam boilers The liabilities of the company are 47000 dollars probably to be paid in full or dollar for dollar
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Cratraxooga
Texs
Dev
Union Tron Works
Itavil
Mohawk Valley Flood Stops Industry and Travel
Mohawk Valley flood halts factory work and travel as ice breaks up and dealers lose their winter staking ground.
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Mohawk Valley
Albany
Haytien Republic Sail to New York Under Atlas Charter
Charles W. Brooke of the Atlas Steamship Company says the steamer Haytien Republic seized at Hayti will sail to New York tomorrow morning. The vessel will be manned by an American crew and delivered to the United States on arrival.
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New Yonk
Chas. W. Brooke
Atlas Steamship Company
Haytien Republic
Hayti
United States
State Intelligence Oil and accident reports in Indiana
A string of injuries and deaths across Indiana includes Joan Waxipn’s fatal fall from a smoke stack scaffold while painting a barn near Laf ayetta. Blucker Miller’s 27 foot fall from a scaffold. a newborn with a rare equine deformity in Anderson. multiple railroad and farm accidents. a lawyer’s resignation. and political and legal updates from the Indiana governor to the state treasury.
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Joan Waxipn
Fort Wayne
Laff
Blucker Miller
Anderson
James Smith
Luray
Muncie
Tinkler
Lafayette
Otis Lafever
Rossville
Frankfort
Frank Lee
Bee Line
Indianapolis
Lee
Otis Shephard
Anoka
Logansport
United States Supreme Court
Green Island
Indiana
Kentucky
Benjamin Harrison
Harrison, Miller & Elam
Congress
General Treasury
Treasury
John Ross
Alquina
Fayette County
Indiana Midland Railway Company
Lebanon
John van Meter
Union Township
Whitley County
Brazil
Bereiars
Rockport
H. Kerstein
Commodore James
Hesey
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Hoosier Commonwealth
Naval Vessal
Damand
Aida
State Intelligence
Siom
Jons Lae
George Mason
Howard’s Chapel
W. V
Russia
Persia
Lucy Parsons
Rome
Ist
Bernstein
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