Destructive River Floods Slay Land and Halt Industry
Rivers including the Mississippi and Ohio surge, submerging plantations and towns from Memphis to Friar's Point. Memphis reports water over North Main Street and mill closures threaten jobs. New Albany and Dayton report rising waters with potential damage to furnaces and infrastructure. Arkansas, Indiana, and Tennessee areas face levy breaks, with floods blamed on heavy rains.
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Mississippi Valley
Friar's Point
Mississippi
Austin
St. Francis
Tennessce
Cumberland
Friar’s Point
Vicksburg
Main Street
Presbyterian Church
Indiana
New Albany
DePew Glass Works
Upper Fifth Street
Lower Third
Jeffersonville Depot
State Street
Water Street
Miami River
Dayton
Arkansas
River improvements to be presented to House committee
The Mississippi River convention memorial committee, meeting in St. Louis last October, will travel to Washington to present their case to the House Committee on Commerce on Tuesday in March. Chairman Pugh will hear their arguments. The notes cover river improvements and related issues.
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St. Louis
Washington
House Committee On Commerce
Pugh
Lawyer Shot in San Francisco Police Court
D. C. Murphy, a defense attorney, was shot through the neck by policeman John Mooney in the San Francisco police court. Murphy, wounded likely fatally, had earlier named Mooney as an Australian convict and thief. Mooney attempted suicide while in custody but was prevented.
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D. C
Bradlaugh Seating Battle and London Bomb Attacks
In Parliament on the 21st Labouchere and Lord Randolph Churchill clashed over Bradlaugh's seat with a writ and a de qualification motion, both rejected as Bradlaugh took the oath and vowed to claim his seat. Concurrent Belfast and Edinburgh incidents saw explosions injuring eight. Costello linked to the outrages. Davitt elected to succeed Sullivan. Skobeloff denounces Germany amid European tension. A long poem extols the Farmer's Wife.
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House of Commons
Labouchere
Northampton
Bradlaugh
Lord Randolph Churchill
House
Bradlaugh Haying
Edinburgh
Costello
Thief Beards Melted as Punishment in Tunis Tale
A 1842 Tunis incident recounted by Midshipman McCauley ends with two long-bearded Arabs captured after stealing silks. In a public justice display, rosin was melted and applied to their beards, fixing them together as onlookers jeered. The writer remarks on perceived Moslem justice. Also mentions a Cincinnati anecdote and a claim about St Jacobs Oil curing rheumatism and neuralgia.
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Fairfield
Tunis
McCauley
C., Jr
Allenses
Gerald x CO
Neus
Bos St
Beaconsfield in Life and Novels by James Bryce
An excerpted review praises Lord Beaconsfield Disraeli, summarizing Bryce's March Century portrait. It contrasts his novels for wit and political insight, notes weak dramatic power, and highlights his loyalty, domestic kindness, and social skill alongside a vivid anecdote about securing his wife’s title.
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Lord Beaconsfield
James Bryce
M.P
Lord Baconsfield
Pursuit of Fame Shapes a Politician’s Early Life
The anecdote recalls a politician who chose power over a literary path. He prized personal genius and skepticism, pursued fame and influence, and deemed other ideals inferior. He once told a rival in the House of Commons that fame brought them both there, abandoning a literary throne for politics.
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House of Commons
A Woman’s View of Congress From Council Bluffs Nonpareil
A Washington visitor from a foreign delegation recalls her first House session. Asked what struck her most she answers not the members or their eloquence but the jets of tobacco juice.
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Congress
Council Bluffs
Washington
House of Representatives
Dr Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla Claims Health Renewal
An advertisement touts Dr Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla as a comprehensive tonic that builds up the body, improves appetite, cleanses blood, and restores strength. It lists Yellow Dock, Sarsaparilla, Juniper, Buchu, Calisaya Bark and Celery as ingredients and promises gentle, safe effects with a charming result.
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Guysett
Weaker sex mischief and a dexterous flip in Steubenville
A comic clash on a Steubenville street features a young man with a fez cap and a cane, who tells a passerby he always yields to the weaker sex. The woman rebukes him with a swift throat grab, spins him, and wins the exchange, while the scene includes stray remarks and other clipped snippets from town chatter.
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Steubenville
Romance of the School leads to marriage in Hammonds Corners
In a western reserve town a district teacher Fred Mull punished a defiant girl prompting an assault charge. After a court bail was posted the pair reached a private understanding and the father withdrew suit. The couple will wed when spring brings flowers.
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Philadelphia Times
Fred Mull
Hammond’s Corners
Western Reserve
Truth Is Mighty and Favorite Prescription Claims
An article recalls Dr. Perce of Buffalo praising Favorite Prescription as a universal cure for women's weaknesses. It notes thousands of ladies used the remedy and were cured by druggists while mentioning George Bancroft and his fondness for youth and society in Washington.
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Perce
Buffalo
N. Y
George Bancroft
Washington
Lynn
Mass
Pinkhem
Western Avenue
Somebody's Child and Cough Remedies Adverts
A historical clipping warns of consumption and touts cures. It promotes Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as curative, claims disease reversal with lung damage, and endorses Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar. It also advertises Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for female complaints and other tonics.
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Pierce
Dr. Pierce
L. D. Ransom
Jon
Hale
Pike
Lydia E Pinkham
Western Avenue
Lynn
Mass
Music house advertisement promising cheap sheet music and instruments
Lincoln Nebraska dealer W H Prescott advertises 10000 pieces of popular sheet music with 1 cent postage and free sitset to any address, plus cheap organs pianos violins and accordions. Claims carboline cures baldness with thousands of attestations and improved formula.
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Nebraska
W. H. Prescott
Lincoln
Nebraskka
Esides
Vow
Remarkable Rheumatism Cure Reported Near Newark
Mr W A Davenport of Butler Pitken Co at 476 Broadway New York recounts the case of Ezra D Clarkson near Newark New Jersey who suffered a severe rheumatism attack resisted by other remedies. Davenport persuaded him to try St Jacobs Oil and the result was favorable as noted by the Cleveland Practical Farmer.
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Newark
N. J
Cincinnati
Haldeman
Louisville Courier-Journal
St. Jacobs
Thomas L. James
United States
City of
New York
Wm. Ii
Wareing
Hay Assi
Dent
I Department
New York Post- General
Samuel H Taylor
Washington, Ind
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Jacobs
Brooklyn Eagle
W. A. Davenport
Messrs. Butler, Pitken & Co
Broadway
Ezra D. Clarkson
Davenport
St. Jacobs Oil
Cleveland (O
Lulu
J. A. Kennedy
Netawaka
Kansas
Drs. Dickerson & Stark’s Surgical Institute
Kansas City
New York City
Baggage Express
Carriage Hire
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Caswell, Hazard & Co
Frazer
New York Herald Attacks Cigarette Tax Bill
The Herald calls a Congress bill to cut internal revenue on cigarettes shortsighted arguing the tax should rise. It warns cigarettes kill thousands of youths and ruin minds and bodies.
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New York Herald
Herald
Inauguration Question Sparks Schoolroom Debate
A Cincinnati editor notes a teacher asking who inaugurated the fall campaign, a sharp reply from a pupil. The item weaves in a Harbinger of political discourse amid notices of medical ads and local business promotions from Netawaka Kansas to New York City. The column blends varied topics in a bustling late 19th century newspaper style.
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Adam
Cincinnati
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