Fragmented 19th Century News Snippet Mix
A garbled roundup reports varied items from politics and war to science and society. It mentions Michigan liquor tax start dates, naval yard employment, an ice mine in Idaho, exotic curiosities in Paris, a West Point graduation, and a proposed commemorative monument at Fort Leavenworth, among other scattered notes.
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Bosteys
Jay Gouin
Atucrd Linnuana
London
P. Myers
California
Pennsylvania
Calumet
Lake Michigan
Taran County
Idaho
Paris
Geseraal Alarnt Price
New York
DL. Meopy
Chicago
Smith
Pevpack
England
Manchester
Himseck
Newack
N. O
Mine Disaster Claims Several Lives Near Gidlden Shaft
The mine one mile from Gidlden collapsed trapping workers 780 feet down. Names of 12 victims include Johnny Murphy and Jos. Butler with families. Water-filled old shaft plus ongoing pump efforts endanger rescue. widows and orphans gather at the entrance as prayers rise.
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Dexven
Johnny Murphy
Wr. Collins
Jack Collins
Jos. Allers
Jos. Butler
Wm. Bowden
David Lloyd
John Morgan
Henry Huseman
Richard Rows
Ming
Gidlden
Loveland
White Ash
Ripper Case in Whitechapel Declares Grim Murder Scene
Police found the mutilated body of an abandoned woman in a Cable Street railway arch Whitechapel. The head and bowels were removed and carried away. the body shows surgical skill. No identification yet and a large crowd gathered at the scene.
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Lexpos
Cable Street
Whitechapel
Ca Oobag
Compromise Proposal Rejected by Strikers
Cardinal Manning's plan to set terms the dock companies already conceded to begin on November 1 if work is resumed was met with unanimous opposition from the strikers at yesterday's mass meeting led by Mr. Burns who urged an immediate wage increase instead of delayed start.
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Loxnoon
Cardinal Manning
Burns
Scarlet fever outbreak at Colormi Orphans Home
In Pittsburg area a scarlet fever epidemic grows at the Colormi Orphans Home on Greenwood Street Allegheny. One child fell ill a week ago and was sent to hospital. the illness spread daily until twenty six patients were reported by yesterday.
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Pittsneunai
Colormi
Greenwood Street
Allegheny
Atore
Jury Secured in the Ives Case
The Henry S. Ives court case quickly chose a jury in three hours and twenty minutes. The court adjourned at 2 30 this afternoon. The prosecution will open the case at 11 o clock tomorrow. Ives counsel failed to keep him at Ludlow Street jail and he will be housed in the Tombs tonight.
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Ives
New You
Henry S. Ives
Ludlow-street
Death of Hon S. S. Cox in New York
Congressman S. S. Cox died at his home 13 East Twelfth Street New York last evening from peritonitis. His wife and a few friends were present.
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New York
S. S. Cox
East Twelft Street
Wif Lockwood
Tramps Clash With Town in Coshocton Street Shootout
A gang of five tramps caused a disturbance on Main Street in Coshocton. Marshal Hagans was shot in the right breast. Joe Ringer was hit in the thigh. Pursuit ended with two captured and two wounded, one prisoner sustaining a brutal injury from a Winchester. Names given as William C Phillips and Frank Meyer. German-speaking.
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Coshooton
Winchester
Cosnocton
Main Street
Marshal Hagans
Marshal Hagansi
Joe Ringer
Jackson Township
Jas. B. Manner
S. J. Brower
Wm. C. Phillips
W.C
India
Frank Meyer
Philadelphia
Toth
Died at the altar as groom collapses at church
James I. Barnhill, 70, a Clay County resident, obtained a license to wed 69 year old widow Mrs Clayton in Ashland. He grew ill while alighting from a buggy at the church and died within twenty minutes. The prospective bride fainted in the church and was taken home.
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Burminallam
Ala
James I. Barnhill
Clay County
Ashland
Clayton
Barnhill
Mischievous Boys Burglary Prank Ends in Fatal Buckshot Blast
In Wisconsin Kan Sept 10 a prank of placing a tick tack on a window led to Willie Ray firing a shotgun into a crowd. Daniel Lowe was shot in the head, Tom Gardiner hurt with four wounds including head and lung injuries, Ed Lucas wounded in the arm.
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Wiscumster
Kan
Willie Ray
Daniel Lowe
Tom Gardiner
Ed Lucas
Petition to Ban Brown Sequard Experiment Reaches Parliament
In Loixnon on September 10 the petition to interdict the Brown Sequard experiment in England amasses thousands of signatures. Critics foresee evils including destruction of civilization and humanity, deeming the French innovation immoral and irreligious.
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England
Loixnon
Baltimore Defense Celebration Opens With Parade
In Rackvene on September 10 the six day Baltimore defense anniversary celebration began with President Harrison taking part. A parade of about one thousand floats and fifteen thousand men lasted four hours as it passed a fixed point.
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Baltimre
Rackvene
Baltimore
Great Britain
Harrison
Murder at Sewell's Point Nets Six Suspects
In Norvock Virginia on September C Rix negroes Wm Henry Custis Henry Williams Samuel Steinle Cornelius White Geo Pryor and Hubert Custis are jailed for the murder of merchant T L Wahler at Sewell's Point yesterday. Custis, first arrested, confessed under examination and implicated the others as accomplices.
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Norvock
Sept. C
Rix Negroes
Henry Custis
Henry Williams
Samuel Steinle
Cornelius White
Geo, Pryor
Hubert Custis
T. L. Wahler
Sewell's Point
Accident to Circus Men in Kansas City
Forepaughs circus wagon brake failed while descending a steep Kansas City hill. The wagon overturned at the bottom, wrecking the vehicle and injuring six occupants, some severely.
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Kansas City
Two Miners Killed in Simnee TON Incident
A fragmentary report notes two miners killed in an incident at Simnee TON. No further details or names are readable in the text.
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Simnee Ton
Sevesseniay
NO EXTRA SESSION CALLED BY CABINET
Washington Sept 9 cabinet decides not to call an extra session. Secretaries Windom Tracy oppose. Blaine absent but not in favor. Time before regular session deemed too short to gain benefit. election delays limit knowledge in remote districts. Public and business leaders generally favor decision as prudent.
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WaAshington
Windom
Tracy
Wanamaker
Proctor
Noble
Miller
Blaine
House
Washington
Hawes' Accomplice Jannie Bryant Guilty in Murder
In Birmingham Alabama on September C the jury found Fannie Bryant an accessory before the fact to the murder of Mrs Emma Hawes and her children May and Irene and sentenced her to life imprisonment in the penitentiary. The verdict was delivered as Judge Greene arrived from the bench.
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Jannie Bryant
Bimmingham
Ala
Sept. C
Fannie Bryant
Greene
Emma Hawes
May
Irene
Monster Gas Well Dazzles Up per Sandusky City
The Up per Sandusky monster gas well draws over seven thousand visitors from twenty to thirty miles. Experts from Lancaster and Findlay estimate 50 to 60 million cubic feet daily flow, uncontrollable and the nation’s largest producer. Pittsburgh experts are being sought to control it.
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Upper
Sandusky
Lancaster
Findlay
United States
Pittsburgh
The Antwerp Fire Claims Many More Lives
The cartridge factory blaze that began Friday in Antwerp has been extinguished. Several more corpses are found and the death toll is expected to reach 200. King Leopold and Cabinet Ministers visited hospitals, and proprietor Corvillain has been arrested.
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Antwerp
Asttwenp
Leopold
Corvillain
Hanged Himself in His Cell in Charleston Jail
Wiley Anderson, a colored prisoner brought from Leflore County to Charleston Mississippi, died by hanging himself from a water pipe in his jail cell. He reportedly lost his reason after fearing an uprising led by George Allen who had threatened his life for refusing to join.
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Memphis
Wiley Anderson
Leflore County
Charleston
Miss
Anderson
George Allen
York County Man Shoots Wife Then Kills Himself
In York County today W. H. Boyd shot his wife then killed himself after moving to Arkansas years ago and returning alone claiming a divorce. Mrs Boyd died about an hour after the shooting. The report raises the possibility he also murdered his first wife.
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Charleston
S. C
York County
W. HE. Boyd
Boyd
Arkansas
Leader of the Uprising Captured in Indianola
George Allan, a principal leader in Leflore County unrest and the man who shot his own brother over rioter alignment, has been captured at Indianola. A deputy sheriff was sent to identify him and return him to the scene of the crimes.
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Greenwood
Miss
George Allan
Leflore County
Indianola
Suanflower County
Minister and Others Drowned in West Selkirk Incident
A report from Sept 9 indicates a drowning tragedy in West Selkirk involving a minister and others. The Free Press notes the incident and the group’s fate as authorities investigate the event.
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Wissiee
Man
West Selkirk
Free
Antwerp Cartridge Factory Explosion Slays Many
A massive dynamite blast near Antwerp destroyed a cartridge factory behind the docks. Fire from burning petroleum warehouses sent smoke over the city as police troops and charity workers aid victims. At least 300 killed and 1,000 injured, mostly factory workers and women. Fire may burn twenty four hours.
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Antwerp
Yes
Sisters of Charity
Twenty two Negrobles Revolt in Mississippi
A Greenwood Mississippi dispatch reports twenty two enslaved workers on Le Flore County cotton plantations killed while resisting arrest and two leaders Joseph Allen and Oliver Cromwell escaping or being released. The unrest spreads fear. mobs threaten to burn homes. D D Jameison’s store burned for refusing cartridges. over two thousand laborers quit the fields.
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Mississippi
New York
Herald
Greenwood
Miss
Resterneath
le Flore County
John Bayker
Dal Wharton
Monroe Jones
Scott Marsh
Warren Snell
Theyton Lock
Ben Leck
Warren Beckworth
Jos. Allen
Oliver Cromwell
Allen
Cromwell
Jackson
le Flore
D. D. Jameison
Farmers' Alliance Expels Jute Bagging Delinquents
In Colusius Georgia the Muscogee County Farmers' Alliance expelled members who used jute bagging. They considered holding cotton for higher prices and attacked jute stock by buying it, tar, and burning it. A boycott against guns using jute bagging was declared.
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Colusius
Farmers’ Alliance
Muscogee County
Horace Jenkins
Alliance
Frost Hits Corn Crops in Nebraska and Minnesota
A heavy frost affected northern Nebraska and central Minnesota last night. In Pharrsuouta Nebraska frost damaged dry high land corn, with some injury to the crop. In Center Minnesota frost caused considerable damage to the corn in the county’s northern part.
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Nebraska
Minnesota
Pharrsuouta
Neb
Dover” Center
Minn
Gas drilling in LaPorte abandons near 3000 feet depth
In Northern Indiana notable events include a buried gas well near LaPorte abandoned after two years of drilling to 3000 feet. Also reported: Mrs. Otto Ogden of Jeffersonville dies of puerperal fever leaving a ten days old baby. many local incidents and notices across Wayne, Knox, Randolph counties and Marion.
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Otto Ogden
Jeffersonville
Indiana
LaPorte
Henry Puterbaugh
Logansport
Freddie
Samuel Hodapp
Seymour
Louisville
B. F. Butler
Marion
Wayne County
Walter Engle
Winchester
Harvey Sterns
Fishersburg
Jas. Elliott
Goshen
Wabash
Sarah McCoy Beeg
Richmond
Tur
Coumbus
Spencer Hollingsworth
Knox County
Rockville Fair
Wilbert Blue
Montezuma
Blue
Tim Sullivan
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Ottawa
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Brooklyn Navy Yard
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Montana
Sea
Is Point
Hutson River
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Hunter
Cnas Younes
West Point
Hermann
General Grant
Fort Leavenworth
Deal Sea
Palestine
Pansroest
Schenevaas
N. Y
Elihu Burritt
Berkshire County
Nase
Brooklyn
Maine
New
Mason
Senenal ScHorienn
Fort Larame
Fort Hays
Kas
Fort Kyon
Col
New Opera
France
Amirican: Iron ‘and Steel ‘Association
Eeven Mundred
Hopea
the Ripper Again
Coz
Hawes
State Intelligence
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