Drowning Deaths and Local News From Valentine Area
The three year old daughter of Hon Robert Payne of Nebraska City drowned in an outhouse on Monday. Valentine reports a town well being dug and noted railway progress at Hartington with a new depot near completion. A nine year old girl in Sacramento suffered severe hand injuries from a cane mill accident with possible amputation of fingers. A cattle man near McCann visited with 100 blooded calves, noting a pricey celebrated calf. A lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen formed at Bellwood. In Lincoln a forgery case involving Prof Aughey was revisited with new evidence exonerating a supposed accomplice, described as a romantic and sensational western incident.
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Valentine
Sacramento Equity
Joseph Glasgow
James Shillings
Cherry County
Order of United Workmen
Bellwood
St. Helena
Hartington
Auburn
Pacific Company
Aughey
State University
Board of State Regents
Lincoln
Rughey
Commissioners of Public Land
Wisconsin
George Keath
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Road
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Doctor Arrested After Outrage In Plattsmouth
A report from Plattsmouth describes a doctor accused of assaulting a thirteen year old girl, daughter of Edward Grissell. An angry crowd later detained the physician as authorities consider charges and bail status. The case involved a local foreman, railroad workers, and a forthcoming trial in district court.
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Omaha
Plortsmouth
Edward Grissell
Richmond
Rietson
Jahmond
Plattamouth Severand
Nashville man fined eight hundred dollars for kissing teacher
The Yonkers Gazette notes a Nashville man paid $800 after kissing a schoolteacher. The writer reflects on the act, contrasting it with romance and propriety, musing on appropriate punishments and the value of goodness.
Multiple Disasters and Unrest Reported Across Regions
Fire at Destieger glass works destroys furnaces with 9000? loss and 150 workers laid off. Belleforte and other glass districts face strikes and boycotts over union conflicts. Coal miners strike ends with 400 returning to work while wage disputes persist. Fatalities and disappearances rise from Ogden to Cedar Rapids and Milwaukee amid rail and land-fraud complications.
Mint director reports year gold and silver coinage totals
The annual mint report cites gold receipts and operations totaling 49 million dollars and silver nearly 39 million, with total coinage valued at 66.2 million and gold coinage 36.94 million, silver 28.84 million including 2.81 million standard dollars. It notes silver circulation exceeds needs and calls uniform international coinage, proposes changes to silver and trade dollar laws, and outlines future gold and silver coinage and circulation estimates. It also covers army signal, engineering, and pension bureau actions and proposed federal appropriations for rivers, harbors, and coast defenses.
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Congress
Pacific Coast
Riots, Robberies and Revelations Across States and Nations
Richmond dispatch details a Fredericksburg disturbance sparked by a white citizen's riot talk. A negro named Street assaulted Captain Morris Rowe amid crowd fears of further clashes as arms sales surge in the state. Reports span Mexico, Kentucky, Illinois, and England with murders, outrages, mine disasters, and Luther anniversary observances abroad.
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Richmond
Fredericksburg
Morris Rowe
Danville
Street
Rowe
Luther Day Observances Across German Cities
A 53 division procession with bands marched to churches as busts of Luther were placed in altars. The emperor crown prince and officials led a town hall to St Nicholas church procession. Berlin and Hamburg held major celebrations with monuments unveiled.
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London
Luther
Exeter Hall
Chester
Stoughton
Lord Shaftsbury
Germany
Mr. Spurgeon
Imperial University
St. Nicholas Church
Melancthon
St. John’s Church
Erfurt
Augustine
Eisenach
Wartburg
Nordhhausen
Destructive Cyclone Strikes Springfield Area Citywide Damage
The Kansas City Journal reports a Monday cyclone visiting Springfield Missouri and nearby towns. It leveled residences and factory buildings, wrecked St Marys Church, demolished the F A Hacker cigar factory, and damaged Brookline and Republic. Estimated losses exceed 150000 dollars with several deaths and many injuries.
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Springfield
Division Street
Booneville Street
North
Bridgetown
F. A. Hacker
St. Mary’s Catholic
Brookline
Republic
Hazel Dell
Sallie Arnquist
Sallie Edmondson
Aiken
Jerome
Ingler
Strong
National Republican Committee Call for 1883 Convention
Col John A Martin secretary of the national republican committee issues a call for a meeting at the Arlington House Washington on December 12 1883 to decide the date and place of the next convention. The text outlines representation rules delegates at large from each state two per congressional district and method of electing delegates with contests notice and hearing procedures.
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Atchison
Kan
John A. Martin
National Republican Committee
Republican National Committee
Arlington House
Washington, D. C
Marshall Jewell
Washington
Belepares
District of Columbia
National Committee
J. A. Mant
Iron Bitters Praised For Indigestion Relief
Dr W Carter of Clutsville Alabama reports personal and family relief from indigestion after using Iron Bitters describing strong benefits and recommending it to readers.
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Clutsville
Ala
W. Carter
Nyan
Elections Roll Up Republican Gains Across States
Returns show Reese winning Nebraska supreme court seat for Republicans by about 10 000 over Savage. Ames elected lieutenant governor by 12 000 plurality. New York Carr sec retary of state Republican, Maxwell Democrat state treasurer. Virginia and Maryland leaning Republican with mixed county results. Connecticut to Senate GOP majority with 16 R to 8 D. Minnesota Hubbard elected governor by about 14 000.
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Reese
Supreme Udge
Savage
A. m
Varsity
Dges
Broady
Colby P
Massachusetts
Butler
Robinson
Ames
Maxwell
Russell
Pennsylvania
Democratic State Central Committee
Philadelphia
Republican Central Committee
Virginia
Senate
House of Representatives
Maryland
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Frederick
Washington
Calvert County
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Abbot
Assembly
Minnesota
Hubbard
Two Wicked Boys. Tiger Prank Ends in Fatal Dog Mix Up
In Texas Siftings tale locals recount Jim Hinkle and Sam Richie staging a tiger scare by painting a dog with stripes. Old man McEvans far away at another end of town is woke by a pie gag, police fire, and a shooting that kills the painted dog. McEvans vows vengeance while Mira laments the mishap and the tiger joke backfires.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
Joseph Hipp
Milwaukee
Wis
Laredo
Durango
Lalinga
Tex
John L. Martin
Martin
H. Clay McGee
Kansas City
McGee
Sterlings
Ill
Henry Hodge
Hodge
Gilbert
Anthony
James Truaxtell
Comnes
Bear Cales
Kentucky
Texas
mcEvans
Jim Hinkle
Sam Richie
Sam
Jim
Mira
No More Lead Pencils Scientific American Note
The article explains that no lead pencils exist today and none for fifty years. It traces the term lead to historic Cumberland mines misnomers and describes graphite as plumbago. It outlines pencil grades from fine point to broad marks, made by grinding carbonate with clay and molding, then drying and encasing in wood.
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Scientific American
Cumberland
England
Cumberand
Roman pearls and prune culture in California highlights
Pearls are described as in fashion with triple twisted necklaces in heliotrope pink gold mauve sea-green and rose tones. California prune culture reports trees yielding about 100 pounds of prunes each, valued at roughly 14 cents per pound.
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California
Remembrance poem by Arne in Chicago Inter-Ocean
The piece reflects on graves and memories in a mourning tone. It contrasts worn graves and verse like garlands with faded sunlit memories. The speaker muses that earthly longing yields to a distant heaven beyond rust and mildew.
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Heaven
Chicago
Fall lambing and wool yields from Merino stock
In 1882 a farmer reports spring washing and ram breeding for fall lambs. Lambs learned to feed in a dedicated trough, producing good winter condition and 54 pounds of wool from twelve lambs. Ewes wintered well, with high average fleece weights. Also notes Dr J E Morris on trichina in swine and rat-borne infection sources.
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Col
Ohio Farner
J. E. Morris
Vienna
Moravia
What Last Season Taught
A farm and garden guide reflects on pest control and planting practices. It notes that mixing hill plantings for squash cucumbers and pumpkins fails against bugs and that air-stacked lime saltpetre water coal oil and repeated liquid manure have mixed results. It favors wood ashes and sulphur, warns against overuse, and emphasizes warm soil, quick germinating seed corn, old ground for peas, row planting Lima beans, soaking sorghum seed, and manure in tomato hills for faster growth.
How to Keep Cabbages
Elmira Husbands gives simple cellar tips for storing cabbages. Pull late in autumn and place roots on moist earth with heads against the wall for better sizing and sweetness. Leave earth on roots and add a little more if possible. Works best with a moist cellar bottom rather than a dry one.
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Elmira Husb
The Modern Berkshires Swine Breeders Manual
The Modern Berkshires of the most approved strains are large and possess vitality and active habits of the wild hog with good digestive and assimilating qualities.
Berkshire Pig Breeding Gains From Select Stock Over Crosses
The article argues that Berkshire improvements over the last century come from careful selective breeding and better feeding and management. Crosses with Neapolitan or Essex reduce vigor and hardy constitution, while pure Berkshire meat remains prized for its tender juicy flavor and marbling, shaping top ham and shoulder quality in world markets.
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Berkshires
Neapolitan
Essex
Leaves as winter mulch benefit trees in spring
The article notes how fallen autumn leaves mulch tree roots in winter and decay to nourish the trees. It urges collecting leaves around trees and covering them with brush or cornstalks, claiming the experiment will be repeated after success.
Meat and beans for SHOE fed ground state mix
The note states SHOE eats beans on the ground, unlike other stock which rarely do so. Ground or fed beans are among the most nutritious foods, but when fed whole or on the ground they perform better if cooked.
Domestic tips and recipes for washing and cooking
Practical household hints cover cleaning with turpentine to whiten clothes and rust prevention for steel knives, plus simple roast pork entree with potato sage dish, a chicken soup with barley or rice, ginger cookies with milk, crystalized popcorn, and nuts prepared in a similar style.
Whisky the Great American Leveller in New York Nightlife
The writer recalls a national figure so drunk in upper Broadway at 4 a.m. that he sought a Turkish bath to sober up. He notes night bathhouses stay open in fashionable districts, and a politician proclaims whisky as the standard American beverage that levels all classes from senator to hack driver to millionaire’s son.
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New York
Upper Broadway
Twenty-third Street
Fifth Avenue
United States
Worth
Fashionable Fan Attire Showcases Hand Painted Drees
Citizens attend a local exhibition where fans are displayed in material covered garments with hand painted details. The event highlights craftsmanship and unique designs attracting curious onlookers.
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