Notable 19th Century Criminals and Political Figures Briefs
Letters from Washington report Hon. Marshall Jewell and Commissioner Pratt sending prompts to the President. Dom Pedro sails to Europe while Kerr’s health declines at White Sulphur Springs. Milan proclaims himself King of Servia. Custer pensions and life-insurance details are listed amid a guardianship dispute involving Ralph Tilton. Laywood Grant hanged in Rome Georgia confessing to four murders including Gen Hindman. Governor’s wife Wilhelmina Weick referenced in a terse note.
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Marshall Jewell
Pratt
Internal Revenue Bureau
Jewell
Lion
J. N. Wyner
Indiana
Dom Pedro
Europe
White Sulphur Springs
Kerr
Prince Milan
Milan J
Servia
Custer
Capt. Yates
Keogh
Lieut. Calhoun
Chittenden
Porter
Tilton
Ralph
Mr .Tilton
New Jersey
Orasik
Laywood Grant
Rome
Hindman
Wilhelmina
Ote
Weick
Surrogate Dismisses Will Contest. Fort Smith Bonds Delayed
The New York Surrogate dismissed a petition to set aside A T Stowart’s will on behalf of supposed relatives. The Fort Smith and Little Rock railroad bonds inquiry is postponed until Congress next sessions pending two Blaine physician dispatches urging quiet for recovery.
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New York
A. T. Stowart
Congress
Fort Smith and
Little Rock
Seventh Cavalry
Custer
Rain
Waco
Tort Sully
Dak
Battle of the Boyne
United States
Canada
Montreal
Thunderer boiler explosion kills twenty five on trial
Old England builds war steamers but the Thunderer exploded a boiler during a trial injuring sixty others and killing twenty five. Véliur Morse, 27, son of Prof. Morse, was killed on the Pontchartrain railroad near New Orleans when he was thrown from a crowded platform car by a sudden move of the train.
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Old England
Véliur* Morse
Prof. &. I. B. Morse
Pontchartrain
New Orleans
Morse
Newark shoe factory tragedy claims lives in German raid
Three German workers at Newark factory brawl escalates into fatal gunfire. Police arrest three Thielberg brothers depicted as violent, shots fired during escape lead to two more deaths. Pursuit ends with suspects leaping into river. workers and officers report injuries.
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Newark
3. J
Guyou
Wothers
Thielberg
Dick Ctaart
Tip River
Stovas
Koiives
Tie Livers
Kansan
Missouri Pacific Dismisses Six Conductors Over Low Wages
Railroad officials allege the Missouri Pacific reduced crews after months of under-earning and claim a loss of 80,000 dollars in the past year. Six conductors were summarily dismissed as a result of the conduct.
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Missouri Pacific Road
Gome
Centennial Exposition attendance and receipts reported. Glasgow shipyard fails
As of Monday July 10, the National Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia hosted 2,076,106 visitors with cash receipts totaling $684,530. Separately the Glasgow shipbuilders Thos Wingate & Co. failed shortly after, with liabilities around $600,000.
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Philadelphia
Thos, Wingate & Co
Glasgow
Scotland
Sinco
Tilden Accepts Democratic Nomination Read In New York
The St. Louis Convention committee delivered the nomination to Gov. Tilden at his New York residence. He accepted and said a formal letter of acceptance would follow. Also noted are nominations in Minnesota and Illinois, with James Simpson for Governor in Illinois Prohibition, and Ben Butler denying withdrawal from the congressional race.
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St. Louis
Gov. Tilden
New York
Gen. McClernand
Ilinois
Minnesota
James ¥. Simpson
Greene County
Ben Butler
War News and Local Disorder in Sorvia and Salonica
Reports describe Sorvia as a thieves paradise with police aligned to the army, widespread pillage, and arms used against farmers. British petitions call for Paris treaty changes amid unsatisfactory East War news with claimed victories by both sides. Servians reportedly repelling Osman Pacha while Turkish leaders face sentencing for killings of foreign consuls. Parliament adjourns as twenty seven MPs plan a Centennial visit.
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Sorvia
Osman Pacha
Salonica
Jacob Bright
Sir Charles Dilke
John O'Connor Power
Senate and House Proceed Amid Impeachment and Bills
Congressional proceedings cover Senate amendments to the River and harbor appropriation, House adjournment for a member's death, impeachment trial developments with witnesses, and multiple bills on Yellowstone posts, Pacific Railroad acts, consular funds, and Sioux hostilities. House and Senate clash over references, committees, and conference reports.
Senate and House Teem With Late July Legislation
July 14 17 sessions show conference approvals on Silver Bankrupt bills and River Harbor plan. Impeachment trial postponed due to Evans absence. Massachusetts election contest Frost v Abbott decided for Abbott. House debates frontier protection and approves widow Custer pension while numerous private bills pass. July 15 17 House bills introduce monuments and memorials plus gold silver legislation and Chinese immigration inquiry. Senate focuses on River Harbor bill and state pay bills for suppressing Indian hostilities.
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Mittee
Benate
Wait
White
Adams
House
Lynde
Lord
Irye
Frinay
Senate
Evans
Massachusetts
Frost
Abbott
Court of Commissioners of the
Custer
Texas
Smalls
South Carolina
Georgia
Conger
Bright
Cox
Partridge
Rainey
Jones
Bouse
Hopkins
Washington Monument
Phillips
Kansas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Wyoming
Colorado
Dakota
Utah
Wade
Gen
Washington
Landers
Eames
MacDougall
California
Californian
Oregon
G. T. Leauregard
Banking and Currency Committee
New Postal Regulations Lower Third Class Postage Rates
The Postmaster General announces a circular on cheap postage for third class mail. Transient newspapers magazines and all third class printed matter pay 1 cent per 2 ounces with increases per two ounces thereafter. Publishers may print subscription payment details on wrappers and unsealed circulars. All conflicting acts repealed. January Synen Postmaster General.
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Janus N. Synen
The Fast Atheist Cain and Courtroom Ironies
Fragmented and florid prose discusses Cain as a ruthless figure, debates on verdicts and damages, and contrasts handwriting flourish with truth. It riffs on moral weight, satire of audience judgment, and generational views framed by a chaotic market note. The tone is critical and digressive.
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Cain
Solomon
Relics of the Past in Peters Township Washington County
A Canonsburg Herald report details a mound on William Boon’s farm containing scattered remains and stones arranged around a central boulder, with bodies radiating from the center and signs of long burial. The article also notes the Declaration signers’ ages and origins, contrasting youth and age among the signers.
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Canonsburg
Wm. Boon
Peters Township
Washington County
Boon
Lim
English couple tame boa that died after house pet life
An Englishman named Mann and his wife kept a boa constrictor as a family pet. The snake walked with visitors, learned to "ask" for food and water, and would walk under coats on travels. It killed pigeons before eating them and could tighten or loosen its coils without harming them, and it named Cleo welcomed friends on return.
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Mann
Cleo
Brave 12-year-old rescues sister from eight-foot river depth
In Nepa California, Judge Hartwell's son Tommy dives into the water after his sister Blanchie. He retrieves her dress and brings her to shore in a near miraculous rescue. The Register notes the boy's age and his future reminiscence of the feat as a notable childhood incident.
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Judge Hartwell
Tommy
Blanchie
Disputed Will and Dog Attack Report From Rome
A scrambled Rome Georgia item reports a dog attack on Jonas Kinebrew near a railroad bridge after an uncertain will dispute. The text references a pistol and threats, but the details are garbled and incomplete with market notes following.
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Rome
Jonas Kinebrew
Jonas
Cheatyn MD
Simple soothing remedy for catarrh and related ailments
The notice rejects patent medicine fables and presents a mild remedy as a perfect specific for catarrh and its associated symptoms. It also claims to aid offensive breath, loss of smell taste or hearing, watery eyes, and head pain caused by catarrh, emphasizing its simplicity.
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Sahara
Atlantic Ocean
Harvesting machine praised for perfect bundle formation
The Tus Kisterly reaper of Whitewater Wisconsin with one arm rake in a quarter circle is praised as the only machine that lays bundles perfectly even. It outperforms other reapers with its revolving vibrating rake and transverse table that feed into binders, with simple operation and self explanatory use.
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Tus Kisterly Reaper
Whitewater
Wis
Isterly & Son
Hanvestens
Vauxorrs tonic promoted for workers in malarial zones
An old notice touts Wilhoft's Tonic as a valuable medicine for construction firms operating near swamps and rivers. Endorsed by contractors and railroad presidents in the South and West, it promises time and money savings. G R Murnay & Co. advertise in New Orleans while druggists distribute it. The notice also promotes revolver certificates with a June deadline and a premium cartridge offer.
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Vauxorr
Wilhoft
G. R. Murnay & Co
New Orleans
AL Driacists
Aim
Remedies and tonics advertised for skin and digestive cures
An advertisement lists Juniper Tar Soap by Caswell Hazard & Co. New York curing rough skin and saltrheum. It promotes Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Powders for horses and Parson's Purgative Pills for gentle catharsis. Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic is urged for ague, dyspepsia, and general vitality, claiming to mimic gastric juice and aid digestion.
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Caswell, Hazard & Co
New York
Schenck
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N.Y
Asthma
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Taylor & CO
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Nous
Address True & CO
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N. Y
Goodspeed
Caroano
A. Coulter &Co
Monitor Manuel CO
Cincinnati, Ohio
Jay Bronson
Detroit
Mid
B. Burges
Rawlins City
A. G. Nettleton & Co
L. N. Brown & CO
W. Sixth St
Acd Outfit
P.O. Vickert & CO
Augusta
Matus
Shanuy
Ashington
Suleman
Western Gun Works
Curcaco, al
Field, Leiter & Co
Fuller & Fuller
G. M. Henderson & Co
W. M. Voyt & Co
Turner & Ray
U. S
Oo Arnold
U.S
Ohio
The
Home Journal
Lothier
Mill Village
Eee Einsylvania Military Academy
Chester
Penn
Roonens
Con
Theo. Hyatt, Pres. P. M.A
Devanie Avtisto
Andreas
Williams & CO
Pul's
J. D Vaughan
Cheyenne
Wyoming Territory
Seaday
SALMN
T Wells
Vesey St
P.O
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Outfit
Dann-Printer
Lock-Box
Ashland
Ational Publishing CO
Omicano, Ill
David Landreth & Sons
Home Bitters Co
Shallenberger
Walt
Prater & Co
General Commission Merchants
N. Second Street
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