News of the Week highlights global tensions and tragic events
Felix Pynt, Paris journalist, to serve two years and pay 1000 francs for justifying Berezowski's attempt on the Czar. Reports speak of Moroccan religious protection, harvests in Scotland, and Irish disturbances. European politics, espionage, and violent crimes fill the week with court actions, massacres, and fires across continents.
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Felix Pynt
Paris
Berezowski
Morocco
Scotland
Kerry
Ireland
Hutchins
Rennes
France
Berlin
Hamburg
Altons
Treland
Alfred Henry Thesiger
English Court of Appeals
Egypt
South America
Christiancy
Chile
Peru
Bolivia
Great Britain
Gladstone
Greece
Eliza Linhardt
Germany
Civita Vecchia
Italy
Warschalko
Ica
Pr. Richardson
London
Tragic triple murder and suicide in Wheelock Vermont
Telegraph reports Byron Blake, 26, killed his mother aged 63, his sister, and his stepfather with a shotgun at Wheelock Vermont, then hanged himself. The account recalls Blake’s prior spinal illness and temporary asylum confinement, with graphic details of the scene and bloodstained room.
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Wheelock
Byron Blake
Henry D. Foster
Pennsylvania
Blake
Miles to Lead Signal Service as Army Enlistments Rise
Washington notes say General Miles is to be named Chief of the Signal Service. The recruiting office reports 5,000 army enlistments for the year with rejections nearly four times that figure.
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Miles
Signal Service
Political party tallies in Indiana and Ohio elections
The Democrats nominate William R Grace for mayor in New York. Indiana reports official congressional results by district with Republican majorities totaling 15 859 and Democratic 10 413. Governor Porter leads Ohio with 236 291 to Sanders 222 740 and 7 551 plurality. Louisiana registry delays trigger arrest. Ohio Secretary of State totals 714 444 with Townsend ahead by 18 999. McIlvaine leads Supreme Court race by 23 041. In 1879 Ohio total 669 170 with Republican 336 261 and Democratic 319 132.
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Democrats
New York
William R. Grace
Vermont
Edmunds
United States Senate
Indiana
Heisman
Cobb
Stockslager
Holman
Matson
Browne
Peelle
Pierce
Orth
de Motte
Steele
Colerick
Calkins
Porter
Sanders
Gregg
National
Louisiana
New Orleans
United Sates
Pearson
Ilegally
Ohio
Townsend
Supreme Court
Footsay
McLivaine
Follett
Dem
Rose
Prohibitioniat
Lennon
Greenbacker
Victim and band slain or captured in Mexican action
An El Paso dispatch says Victoria has been killed by Mexican troops with most of his band slain or captured. Genera Buell retreated to American soil after notice that his advance into Mexico would be objected.
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London
Fitz William
St. Petersburg
Golos
Russia
Bismarck
Ired
el Paso
Texas
Victoria
Buell
Mexico
Loss of the Alpena Off Grand Haven in Great Lakes Gale
The Alpena bound from Grand Haven to Chicago disappeared after leaving port on Oct 15 with about eighty aboard. Wreckage washed ashore near Holland confirming the disaster. The article lists officers and passengers including Capt. Nelson Napier and many from Michigan and New York, noting the vessel’s 654 tons, built 1866, rebuilt 1876, valued at $50,000 and insured for $20,000.
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Edward G. Ryan
Supreme Court of Wisconsin
Ireland
Chicago
Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
Cox & Fairbanks
Terre Haute
Ind
Frank Stanley
William Kirtly
John Brooks
Joseph Denny
Howe Day
William Bergman
Henry Dinkle
Mike Kelly
Cincinnati
Hereford County
Col
Antonio Mestes
Benjamin Hey
Second Street
Broadway
Hamilton and
Dayton
Jones’ Station
Ohio
Sitting Bull
National Grand Lodge of the Anti-Horse-Thief Association
Keokuk
Iowa
Ilinois
Missouri
Indiana
Arkansas
Kansas
Nebraska
Holland, Mich
F. Spaeth
Grand Rapids
Cole
Muskegon
Croseman
Grand Haven
Locke
New York
George A. Wheeler
San Francisco
Pacific Coast Whalers
Rea
Madison
J. B. Doyle
United States
Secret Service
Doyle
Charles H. Smith
American Bank Note Company
Holland
Mich
Alpena
Racine
Nelson Napier
St. Joseph
J. H. Kelly
Robert Johnson
Robert Patton
William Shepard
Arthur Haynes
Thomas Lynch
Harry Falls
A. Crossman
Benham
Hills Bros
Farrell Hart
White Pigeon
Mr. Ryder
Glass Works
Syracuse
N. Y
John J. Bowen
Bobolinsky
L. D. Peyton
Philadelphia
Harry L. St. Clair
W. C. Pettidone
John Osborn
Neal McGillvray
Maggie Mack
Decoudres
Evanston, Il
Nelson W. Napier
Goodrich
Galligher & Co
Marine City
Manitowoc
Goodrich Transportation Company
From Yedo Letter on Japanese Habits and Dress
The letter describes Japanese cleanliness, daily baths, clothing habits, headwear norms, hair care, and dietary focus on fish and rice. It notes men wear the same suit for a year and only change at night for a quilted cloak. It highlights gendered grooming differences and cultural routines in Yedo.
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America
Japan
Yedo
A Collegian's Letter From James Fresu
A letter from James Fresu to his father describes college life at New Haven. He asks his mother to send a double-soled pair of pants after wearing out his best ones while sliding for third base. He notes strong tobacco and mentions practicing on his meerschaum.
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New Haven Register
Father
James Fresu
Winking Photographs Shake Sight With Illusion
An observer explains a trick where two negatives are printed on opposite sides of a single paper. One negative shows the sitter with eyes open, the other with eyes closed. Held to light, the prints create a rapid winking effect as light changes.
Household hints and recipes from a bygone era
A collection of practical kitchen tips and home remedies. Includes making potatoes fluffier with salt, color setting for fabrics, lemon and egg custards, berry canning notes, meat pie layering, stews, plum puddings, and a note on a two story well in Erin, N. Ireland.
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Frourr
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