Frightful Cottenburg Fire and Baltic News Across Sweden
The notice reports a catastrophic fire at a water works in Gottenburg Sweden on the 19th killing fifty one workers. It notes broader devastation including two thirds of Port au Prince Hayti burned with $2,000,000 in damages and 700 families homeless, plus other international civil and political shocks such as indemnities in the Virginius affair and a confiscation of a German newspaper. Concluding items cite parliamentary notes from Tilton Beecher case, Louisiana politics, and various railroad accidents with injuries and fatalities.
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Gottenburg
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Spain
Virginius
Port Au Prince
Hayn
Eilgary-Tyree
House of Representatives
Washington
Minnesota
J. R. McMillan
State Supreme Court
United States
Ramsey
Tux
McDonald
Indiana
Boys’ High School
New Orleans
Kellogg
New York & New Haven Railroad Company
New York
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati & St. Louis
Mingo Junction
J. N. McCullough
Vreperspur
Ind
Henry Eister
Mr. Beecher
Mr. Moulton
Ernest Ortwein
Hamnett
Tome Sentinel
Mary LeFevre
Texas
Hare
Dallas
Hercules
Titan
Capitol
Washington St. Louis
Ilwaukee Sentinel
San Francisco
California
Harthorp
Poughkeepsie
Sturtt Evant
Milford
Mass
Rochester Democrat
New York Central Railroad
Erie Road
Hornellsville
Democrat
Bergh
Detroit
Congress Street
Detroit Free Peas
Starry Becket
Comeran
Beckett
Louisiana Investigating Committee Majority Report on 1874 Election
The House in Washington presented the majority report of the Louisiana Investigating Committee, refuting the minority view of widespread tampering. It argues registration excesses favored colored voters were inaccurate, cites no general intimidation, and states the Kellogg administering faction should be recognized. The minority urged restoring Kellogg and seating disputes.
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Select Committee On
Alabama
House
Joseph R. Wawney
Congress
Connecticut
Washington
Louisiana Investigating Committee
Messrs. Foster
Phelps, Potter and Marshall
Committee On the
South
Messrs
Wheeler and Frye
Louisiana
Warmoth
Republican Party
Colfax
Conshatta
Kellogg
United States
Packard
New Orleans
Joint Party Committee
Republican State Committee
Kellogg Party
Returning Board
Guy
Bster
Phelps
Lower Honce
Foster and
Potter
Marshall
Charles Foster
William Walter Phelps
Clarkson N. Potter
Samuel S. Marshall
G. F. Hoar
WueEreas
House of Representatives
House of Representatives of
William P. Kellogg
Messrs. Foster, Phelps, Potter and Marshall
Hoar
Wheeler
Frye
Foster
Administration
Hirth
Sidth
Gov. Kellogg
Durell
Knighth
William Pitt Kellogg
Newspaper Telegrams Stir Toronto Salaries Feud
A spoof circulates in Toronto press circles after the Globe editor allegedly lured Mail chief Parkhurst with a higher salary. In return the Mail recruited Globe chief Horton with a matching raise.
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Toronto
Canada
the Globe
the Mail
Parkhurst
Mail
Horton
The
Globe
Ohio Legislature Faces Wide Range Of Bills In Feb Session
Senate Feb 18 to 22 reports numerous measures from local governance changes to criminal and civil reforms. Proposals include amending Bastardy laws, expanding court and jail powers, aiding public works, and granting authority for bonds and corporate proxies. House actions cover civil trial procedures, small pox regulation, and municipal incorporations. The sessions adjourned with debates on tax, charity, and election of judges.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Logan
Mississippi River
House
Texas Pacific Railroad Company
Missouri River
Sioux City
Iowa
Poland
Select Committee On
Arkansas Affairs
United States
Rice
Hersey
Crocker
Hooper
Committee On Public Lands
Wisconsin Central Railroad
National Grange
Texas Pacific Railroad
Messrs. Rice, Crocker, Hersey and Hooper
Congressional Record
Congress
District of Columbia
Southern Claims Commission
Quartermaster’s Department
Texas Pacific Railway
Sherman and Thurman
Gunckel
Committee On Federal Relations
Thomas IT. Legler
Dayton Asylum
Isaaxe Stanley
Athens Asylum
Ohio Penitentiary
Justices of the Peace
Common Pleas
Walter Crook
Supreme Court
Ohio
Cincinnati
Secretary of State
Duplex the Death-Defying Dog of Diffey's Woods
In Virginia Nevada Linterprise a humorous tale recounts Jimmy Diffey and his dog Duplex. Duplex dies after a Chinese festival bomb scare when he instinctively chased a falling bomb and is fatally injured by the explosion. The incident blends town chatter with other brief notes on oddities, local crime, and curiosities.
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Sheffield
Rock Island
F. L. Browning
Annawan
Louisiana
Ife
Washington
Wheeler
Exeter
N. Y
Wahl Bros
Chicago
Jimmy Diffey
Duplex
Chinatown
Mr. Diffey
Hop Lock
Miss Soo Chow
Virginia
Linterprise
A Parisian Indus ry and the Totty Theft Scheme
A Parisian improvised swindle uses a childlike ruse to lure elderly men. Totty, a so called innocent, pleads loss of mammy and begs to be taken home. A confederate spurs sympathy and the plan leads to thefts as benevolent strangers buy toys and harlequins, filling Totty's marketable haul.
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Paris
Totty
Wordplay on the longest English word joke
A playful note asks which word is longest in English and answers with a pun about miles between the first and last letter. It treats the question as a riddle and delivers a lighthearted explanation.
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Wuart
When Do Teeth Usurp The Tongue Prerogative
A quip notes the moment teeth chatter to supplant the tongue’s role, illustrating a playful clash of body parts and a humorous take on speech and restraint.
Nighttime meals and insomnia relief from light snacks
A discussion on eating before sleep notes that a hearty meal before retiring harms rest and causes nightmares, while a small snack can prevent empty stomach distress and restless nights. Light lunches before bed have helped habitual insomnia, with drowsiness and longer sleep, as advised by physicians.
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Secribner
Bureau of Education Under Interior at Washington
The Bureau of Education in the Department of the Interior at Washington is led by Commissioner Alex Shiras D D. Its purpose is to collect statistics on education in states and territories and to promote the organization and advancement of school systems and teaching methods to aid national education.
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Bureau of Education
Department of the Interior
Washington
Alex. Shiras
D. D
United States
Bishops Wheelan McFarland and Bacon Die in 1874
In 1874 the Roman Catholic Church in the country suffered the deaths of three bishops, Wheelan, McFarland, and Bacon, marking a significant clerical loss that year.
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Wheelan, McFarland and Bacon
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