John J Cooper seriously injured in Bendert brick yard accident
Blair Republican reports John J Cooper an elderly local worker at Bendert's brick yards west of town suffered a severe accident while digging under a clay bank. A cart struck him, injuring his upper jaw and tearing facial tissue. He is hospitalized in Dexter's addition with a precarious but hopeful prognosis. His family depends on him and funds were raised to assist.
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John J. Cooper
Bendert
Dexter’s
Taylor
Bedal
Smith
Cooper
James McSteen
Pittsburg
Ship
Jung
bYeae
John K. Snyder
Exchange Bank of
Chenoa
Bloomington
Potatoes Used to Power Feed System
Southern Industries proposes feeding surplus potatoes to livestock to avoid losses. A furnace setup with a large kettle and perforated sugar-hole cask facilitates steaming and galting to improve palatability for stock. Report notes success feeding to horses cattle and hogs and urges utilization when prices stay unremunerative.
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Aestatoes
Violent Crimes and International Tensions Reported
In St Joseph Missouri a farmer killed Dan Dillon after a insult exchange at a saloon. Across Minnesota and Gloucester Massachusetts thieves stole clothing and valuables from stores and a post office. A mother killed her daughter then herself. a suspect bail set for a murder case in Council Bluffs. Various international notes include Alpine Austria, Madagascar, Spain, Russia, France, Germany, England, and China reports on political unrest and diplomacy.
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St. Joseph
Dan Dillon
Cohen & Rosenthal
Washington Avenue
Minneapolis
Washington fiscal actions and pension projections outlined
The report details September debt reduction and a projected pension need of about 40 million dollars for the year ending July 30, 1885. It notes last year’s 100 thousand dollar appropriation with about 39 million remaining, a pension list growth since 1882, and a projected payroll decrease around 20 million as funds stabilize. The piece also mentions a possible recovery of a stone presented to Washington, Admiral Crosby seeking retirement, a lottery dispute involving the New Orleans bank, treasury counts as of October 6, and Major Nickerson’s status as he faces possible desertion charges.
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Dudley
Congress
Treasury
Potomac
Washington Monument
Pierce Crosby
New Orleans National Bank
Postmaster General
United States
Nickerson
Canada
Secretary of War
Washington
Indian mission notes mark Niobrara history and rights
At the General Convention in Philadelphia Bishop Hare of Niobrara described frontier missions where 30,000 Indians remained isolated from whites. He warned of swindle and neglect, urged assimilation, and cited 13 women and 13 clergy in Niobrara with 864 adults and 468 children baptized over three years and 900 presented for confirmation in a decade.
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Protéstant Episcopal Church of the
Bouises
House of Deputies
Niobrara
October Crop Report from Nebraska Board of Agriculture
October 2 1883 Plattsmouth Nebr reports from Daniel H Wheeler state statistical agent to US department of agriculture. Summary shows wheat yield 17% bushels per acre quality 103 percent of last year. Rye 20% yield quality 992 percent. Oats 44% yield quality 100 percent. Barley 30% yield quality 90 percent. Potatoes corn and other crops listed with conditions and cattle likewise rated at 100 percent.
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Plattsmouth
SEC
Y State
U.S
Nebraska State Board of Agriculture
Daniel H. Wheele
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington
Evangelical Church Conference Opens in Allentown
The general conference of the Evangelical church began in Allentown Pennsylvania with delegates including two from Switzerland two from Germany and five from Canada. In Detroit the American board of foreign missions re elected Mark Hopkins to lead one more year and set Columbus as next year's meeting site. The twenty fifth general conference of Free Baptists met in Minneapolis with Nebraska association admission on the agenda.
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Allentown
Switzerland
Germany
Canada
American Board of Foreign Missions
Detroit
Mark Hopkins
Columbus
General Conference of Free Baptists of the
Exposition Building Burns in Pittsburg Fire
A magnificent exposition building in Pittsburg Pennsylvania was destroyed by fire at eight o’clock Wednesday morning. The blaze began in the boiler room of the machinery department and quickly engulfed machinery hall and the main structure. In under ten minutes the entire complex was a mass of flames with a large loss estimated at about one million dollars, including many relics.
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Pittsburg
Machinery Department
Why They Keep the Old Ladies Moving
A torn item about a Fargo anecdote where a wealthy passenger marries a young woman who guides her aging grandmother along a track. The piece links gossip with a gag about Kidney-Wort and ends with a brief jab at the deaf and dumb alphabet.
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Bismarck
Dak
Philadelphia Herald
The Dead Minstrel Died in Jail at Cana Johghie
Billy Birch recalls Lew Brimmer a famed banjo player and singer who died in Cana Johghie jail after a career with Henry Wood's minstrels and the San Franciscos. Friends describe his talent and unreliable habits that hindered steady work.
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New York Sun
Eaettes
Louis Brimmer
Billy Birch
Lew Brimmer
New York
Sandy Spencer
Bowery
Coopertown
Henry Wood
Minstrels
Broadway
Pittsburg
San Franciscos
Backus
Rochester
Bernard
Britamer
Plunkett
Lew
Bernee
San
Wambold
Birch
Billy
California
Massachusetts
Brimmer
John
Toppin
Harry Miner
New Theater
Connecticut
West
Top Thin
Washington Monument to reach five hundred feet in 1885
The Washington Monument rises rapidly and could be 410 feet before cold weather, with completion hoped for spring 1885. After, it would stand 500 feet high with a glass cap, lighting at night as a potential tallest lighthouse. The Washington Monument Association, led by President Arthur, plans a 1885 celebration inviting nations with stone blocks in the lower, rain-stained sections. Citizens hope Corcoran remains well enough to witness completion.
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Hila
Congress
Capitol Dome
Otomac
Washington Monument Association
Arthur
Mr. Corcoran
Florence Doctor Praises Brown's Iron Bitters
Florence Ga Dr W B Prather states Brown's Iron Bitters have given satisfaction in every instance he has known it used. The endorsement highlights the tonic’s effectiveness.
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Florence
W. B. Prather
Minting Gold Through Suffering A Poet’s View
A Chicago Inter Ocean poem laments gold mined from grim conditions. It contrasts the harsh furnace and damp mold with the final minting of coins stamped as symbols of freedom, praising the beauty of gold despite its arduous origins.
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Apc
Chicago Inter-Ocean
The £20 Bet That Shattered a Life
A man loses £20 to a daring bet with Staining and later helps the debtor Staining face the consequences. The tale follows the long bet, the moral clash, and the ironic ending as Staining dies after a financial fraud and a final attempt to repay the debt leads to a legal stand.
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