News of the Week Highlights Global Turmoil and Tragic Happenings
Stanley reports from the Congo as a bridge collapse in Spain claims many lives. Seaham collieries near Durham trap 130 to 140 workers, with few recovered. Bulgaria to declare independence in October while Armenia sizzles into unrest. The Prince of Wales cancels his Australia trip. Duels in Germany claim a general, while Niger expedition suffers losses. Yellow fever and smallpox ease in Havana amid political flux in France and Peru mediation.
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Valencia
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Roumania
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Armenia
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Australia
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Africa
Gallieni
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Peru
France
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Domestic Tornadoes Fires and Fatalities Across Cities
A Utica man Knapp shot himself near Niagara Falls and fell. Manhattan Building in New York burned for estimated 1.5 million. Fires killed firemen in St. Louis and damaged Excelsior works. Indian attacks, arrests, executions, and political shifts populate the daily toll across New York to Chicago and beyond.
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Knapp
Utica
N.Y
Niagara Falls
Political party ticket notices and state results
The Greenbackers of Nebraska nominate O T B Williams for Governor and a slate including B Lansing and B F Allen. Georgia Republicans reject gubernatorial nominations. New Hampshire GOP nominates Bell and electors White and Winchester. Arkansas and Vermont state elections Sept 6 and 7 favor Democrats and Republicans respectively. Massachusetts Prohibitionists back Neal Dow for President and H A Thompson for VP and endorse female suffrage. Maine voters select state officers on Sept 13. Dispatches report Plaisted wins Maine Governor for Democratic Greenback ticket by 1500 to 3000. Ladd and Murch remain Greenback incumbents.
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Nebraska
O. T. B. Williams
B. Lansing
B. F. Allen
A. V. Herman
Noah A. Sheckler
David Neal
Mansfield
Georgia Republican Convention
New Hampshire Republicans
Charles O. Bell
James E. French
Charles A. Smith
E. J. Tenny
Nathaniel White
E. H. Winchester
Arkansas
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Massachusetts
Worcester
Neal Dow
H. A. Thompson
Charles Olney
New Bedford
Timothy K. Earle
Worcheser
Sol. T. Root
Dalton
Thomas J. Lathrop
Taunton
Fusionists Elect First District Congressman Reed
The report notes back Congressmen were re elected and the Fusionists also elected the Congressman in the First district now represented by Mr Reed.
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Reed
Washington Noes and Census Probes Amid Claims
One hundred seventy five workers toil on the Washington Monument while Census Bureau agents head to South Carolina to investigate alleged frauds. An heir of Count Pulaski appears as a Franco American claimant seeking $7,000 plus interest for the Count’s Revolutionary Army service and asks for a treasury clerkship until payment.
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Washington Monument
Census Bureau
South Carolina
Count Pulaski
Miscellaneous Gleanings From a Turbulent Era
News items report a major forest fire near Upton Canada destroying farms and displacing over 1,500 people with four to five killed. Other notes mention 2,000 emigrants landing in New York, Joe Emmet’s decline, Anglia's collision with Iron Gate, Dr Buchanan’s arrest, a dangerous counterfeit $100 note, Chihuahua’s governor offering $3,000 for Victoria the Apache chief, and the death of the bearded woman Rebecca Lyon in Syracuse.
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Upton
Canada
New York
Joe Emmet
Boston
Iron Gate
Buchanan
Philadelphia
America
Treasury
Bell Nuisance Provokes Medical Journal Protest
The London Lancet labels church bell ringing in cities a nuisance with negative impact on the sick and nervous. American papers echo the complaint urging curbs as clocks and schedules advance. The Louisville Commercial notes that medical authorities deem the noise unnecessary and calls for action to end ostentatious church bells.
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London Lancet
Louisville
Better Than Expected Fight at Local Farm Meeting
A crowd of farmers at a hotel barn argued over politics and two men clashed. An old man learned his son George fought and was defeated but apologized and remained calm, walking to the drug store rather than fleeing with his load of salt.
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Fort Cummings
New Mexico
Ewing 8
Madden
D. Madden
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Sarah Doolittle
James R. Doolittle
Racine
Wis
Knights Templar
Chicago
Mexico
George
Cheap Prices for Wives Reported in Conquest Town
The Cayuga Chief notes a report from trustworthy authority that in Conquest a man sold his wife for five dollars plus drawing up the bill. The goods were delivered and all parties are said to be satisfied. A similar case near Meridian thirty years ago sold a wife for forty dollars. she lived with the buyer for years before the original husband bought her back for a pair of boots.
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Meridan
Rochester Express
How His Life Was Saved by His Ulster
A western man narrowly escaped being struck by a train when he removed his ulster and threw it onto the tracks. The improvised shield derailed the cars and saved his life, according to the Sentinel.
Merry Old Maid of Danville Raventair Verse
A poetic portrait from Danville Wisconsin, praising a free spirited single woman. The piece celebrates independence compassion and a sunlit life with references to poetry music and art and contrasts with conventional domestic roles.
Prof Payne on Women and Society in Chicago
Prof Payne argues against romanticized views of women, urging practical roles for wives and mothers. He critiques tight lacing, emphasizes domestic duties, modest dress, and the need for women to balance beauty with health and duty, calling for less sentimentality and more real care.
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Prof. Payne
House of God
Pope
Prof
Payne
Weeping Willow Fragment Across the Bridge
A fragment narrator recalls weary travel over the bridge spanning the Tinois and the distant sound of a nearby workshop. The scene hints at solitude interrupted by machinery and footsteps.
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Tinois
Reunion at Salley county grove recalls faded warmth
A narrator laments absent health and missed August reunions of Salley county ad ders, noting crowds in the grove along the pulling river while recounting hope, friendship, and personal struggle. He reflects on longing for spirited gatherings yet remains bedridden and hopeful despite illness. Ororawa Tl.
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Salley
Weeping Willow
Scott Confederate? No, Hints of Scott and Scottish lore
An admirer speaks of Scottish heritage and love for Walter Scott’s novels. He cites how Tyanhoe Marmion and The Lay of the Last Minstrel evoke Highland scenes, castles, and courtly life, imagining kings and knights with vivid detail.
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America
Walter Scott
Tyanhoe
Branksome Hall
Lake
Marmion
CuscaGo
Jil
Household Cookery Notes and Everyday Dishes
A column of home kitchen tips lists recipes and techniques such as reheating boiled hominy with eggs and butter, trimming chops and serving around peas, corn fritters with milk and eggs, rich waffles and brown bread using Indian meal, rye meal, and molasses, a brown onion stew with meat strips, a steak pudding crust dish, and steam-cooked meat puddings. The text weaves in light anecdotes and scattered notes on social topics including a joke about Smartington, the illuminated Vesuvius, Texan goose farming, and a tally of yacht clubs and yachts in Britain and Ireland.
How Birds Fly Compelling Wing Mechanics Explained
The text explains that bird wings have a stiff front edge and a flexible rear, guiding air backward as the bird moves downward. Flight results from weight pulling down while air slides backward, with birds rising on each wing stroke to balance descent. Birds also sail by wind, tilt and lean to steer, and some can hover without flapping in strong winds.
Novel Use of Wood Shavings to Make Dishes and Plates
The method uses bound wood plane shavings soaked in light gelatine, dried, and cut into lengths. Plates are formed from strong paper or pasteboard moistened with gelatine and placed in heated molds. Finished objects are coated with a gelatine-turpentine adhesive, wood shavings applied, then pressed, dried, and varnished.
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Herr Heilemann
Lucretia Mott 87 in declining health near Philadelphia
Lucretia Mott is reported aged 87 and in failing health. Once active and cheerful, she is confined to a room in her son in law’s home near Philadelphia.
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Tae
Lucretia Mott
Philadelphia
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