Booth Plot Incident and Fire Updates Across Cities
Reports detail a dramatic April 24 incident in which an assailant aimed at actor Edwin Booth during a stage performance, was restrained and taken to custody amid an uproar. Nearby, Mount Carbon mill burned near Volttaville with $250,000 in losses, and a Louisville Monmouth Park racing series was announced by Clark and Lorillard.
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Booth
Richard
Aswezin
Josh
Gray
Osd
Louis
Keokok
Stely
Talear
Baotis
Lawrence Leth
Richela
Taro
Keokuk
St. Louis
Mle
Axyfers
Aljot
Port-viray
Mountarbon
Vottaville
New York
Pottsville
Cmt
Idla
Gadnig
Quast Fisher
Lewis
Lirrsnoxg
Alexander King
Nellie Ellis
Nettie
Lady Alice
Department of Agriculture
Foreign Notes On Political Strife And Debates
Debates resume in committee of the whole on the legislative appropriation bill. Joyce denounces treason and ballot violence in the North. Randall questions deputy marshals in Philadelphia. De La Matyr attacks postwar policy favoring wealth. Gillette, Hazleton, and others argue over constitutional rights and amendments. Also reports later items: scores in Brown vs Hazell, Cairo council decree, and Belgian coal pit fatalities.
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Joyce
O'Neil
Philadelphia
Randall
de la Matyr
Lazieton
Greenback
Gillette
Iowa
USA
New York
South Carolina
Deuster
Davenport
Bragg
South
Seales
Davis
N. C
Burroughs Davis
Plis
Luisiana
Hell
Jouse
Tlackburn
de la Matur
Weaver
Hazleton
Notable Puritan Eliot and Hair Care Patent Remedy
John Eliot a famed Roxbury minister known for his charity and Native Bible translation is praised for his work among Indians. The piece recalls Cotton Mather on Eliot and promotes Hall's Hair Reviewer as a popular restorative marketed by medical authorities and sold nationwide.
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John Eliot
Roxbury
Eliot
Ito
Jere
Cotton Mather
Pension petition and election violence debate in Congress
In the forty seventh Congress a petition from Mrs Caroline Webster, widow of General Fletcher Webster, asks to raise her pension from 30 to 50 dollars monthly. The Wallace resolution debate fills the morning, followed by the army appropriation bill. Conkling argues the bill prevents armed violence at elections. New York rumors blame law enforcement in advance for unchecked violence across the city.
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Wasninxetos
Ede Dawes
Caroline Webster
Gol
Fletcher Webster
Committee On Pensions
Wallace
Brand Conkling
New York
Kingsbridge
Two Leu Persons Arrested in Plot Against Leaders
Two Leu persons Liave Deep arrested a Bo Petersburg the last few lay eave specie of complici ty in the anarchypol Gov. Kropotkine and the attempt on Gen. Dreatelin have been arrested in Warsaw and Plevsk respectively.
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Bo Petersburg
Kropotkine
Dreatelin
Warsaw
Plevsk
Epidemics and political notes from transatlantic dispatches
A Atis dispatch cites a smallpox outbreak in Nice and court proceedings for an assassin Soloviéif. Queen Victoria and Princess Beatrice travel via Turin toward England. Edwin Booth’s residence in Cos Cok, Conn., is cited with a notable birthday. General Dix’s funeral fills Trinity Church. A Fa neuil hall meeting funds Kansas immigrant relief, presided by Gov. Talbot. Fires destroy Meadville properties, leaving families homeless with substantial losses. Ex‑Treasurer Cardozo and ex‑Congressman Smalls are pardoned by Gov. Simeon. German reports claim Tartars burn Orak amid baptism fears. Negotiations Germany‑Vatican stall, Dollinger denial echoed. Russian officers order stricter discipline in Bulgaria and Eastern Roumelia. fears of revolutionary ideas on return to Russia.
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Soloviéif
Victoria
Princess Beatrice
Turin
England
Cos Cok
Conn
Edwin Booth
General Dix
Trinity Church
Faneuil Hall
Gov. Talbot
Binlding
Esterday
Meadville
Logan Estray Auction Listing for Various Cattle
A Logan estray pound auction on May 2 1879 offers cattle including various red and roan cows and yearlings. Notable marks include brands AIL PN DH and other ear crops and slits. Descriptions cover age from two to five years with multiple ear and hip markings.
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Logan Estray
Kiefer
Iegme
Gueret
Fea
Steur
Ona
Hiefer
Leit
Rean Aiser
Po Marke
Branda Vinb's
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Wasuixetox
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Moses
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Washington
Indian Bureau
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Perking
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Liga
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Telegraph
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Weston
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Cairo
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Meni
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Orak
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Newton
J.T. Hammond
St Mamonand GM
Atiouery
Bed Rock
Teeg
Qoe Sowell
Verb's
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Islde
Logan
Fish Bros. & Co
Racine, Wis
John Fowler
Pioneer Music Store
Fish Bros
G. Frem
Pero Thoeus
Fish Bro. & Co
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Terme
Fish Bro, & CO
Racine
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Ogden
Charles Frank
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Territory OF Idaho
Congress
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Territory
Lembhi County
Dsid Lembi
Aaid
Mootapa
Terrttory
Idaho Territory
Onelda Land District
Oxrosp
Qaeide County
Ajit
Thal
Seid
Oneida
Tolaho
Oneides
Washingtoni
Ths
J. A. Willeamson
B. Fox
Tegfater
G. C. Ormsby, M. D
Cache County
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Main Street
Ja Wantiag Brass
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Bloom
Zysim
Ealray
Brigham City
Ol Jar Mnatke
A. Madson
Tiet
Poundmester
Plala City
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Fala City
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Cooner Institute
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