Interview with Judge Jeremiah Black on polygamy and politics
An Oxford Eagle dispatch reports Judge Jeremiah Black refuting a Philadelphia telegram about Mormon polygamy meetings and praising Congress for blocking the Edmonds bill. The interview covers Blaine, Conger, Hendricks, McDonald, Hancock, labor legislation, rail monopolies, and Dukes, with other notes on Steton’s death and a Penn shooting.
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Jeremiah
Black Feli
Philadelphia Times
Freburg
Congr
Edmonds
Black
Ieam
Associated Press
Polyrgamy
Ingersoll
Washington
Blaine
Ingersoll Bowul
Inersoll
Brewster
Edmunds
Senator Conger
Michigan
Reminiscences of Sam Houston by a Texan Lady
A Philadelphia Times reminiscence recounts a Texan girl meeting Sam Houston in a Brubon street office. The girl recalls Houston's courtesy, singing a homegrown parody, and later teaching her to craft a Texas flag, highlighting his personal memory and popularity. It also notes Mormon converts in Utah and a local murder case B Holmes County.
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Sam Houston
Philadelphia Times
Housaton
Texas
Houston
General Flanston
Engagec
Leland
Bayard
Wallace
Washington
Brace
Pexans
Knek
Sontag
Malibran
Alias
General Houston
Jackson
Tennessee
San Jacinto
Republic
Plao
Ruth Vennor Defies Fate In Love and Duty
Ruth Vennor learns from Dr. Brian that marriage to Rolf Grennis must not occur due to hereditary insanity risks. She accepts duty, departs to grieve, befriends Miss Lander, and discovers a hidden heiress lineage linking Ruth to a European adoptive history and a caring ally.
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Mrs. Vennor
Ruth
Mr. Vennor
Peter of
Grennis
Mia. Vennor
Alrothys
Brian
Rolf Gren
Nia
Éppe
Ian
Tre
Marath
Rolf Grennis
Loroic
Ruth Vennor
Dyad Moth
Rath Goon
Miss Lander
Spiri
Roth
Dai Mieseling
Europe
Thad
Mra. Vennor
America
Miss Landex
Reunion of Lovers Ends Melancholy Tale in Quiet Home
The narrative closes with Rolf Grennie accepting a grim fate, Miss Lander restoring letters guiding the news, and the lovers reunited. Miga Lander, now content, resides with them as their children grow in happiness.
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Mia
Vennor
Miss Lander
Rolf Grennie
Miga Lander
Investigation of Tewksbury Alms House Misconduct Alleges Body Sales
A large audience attended the Legislative Committee on Public Charitable Institutions hearing Governor Butler's charges of mismanagement at Tewksbury Alms House. Dr. John Dixwell testified students bought infant corpses from janitor William Andrews, who supplied remains from the almshouse. Andrews later killed himself. Dissections showed malnourished infants, and bodies were treated with poor burial practices.
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John Dixwell
Harvard Medical School
William Andrews
Andrews
Grand Jury
Butler
Alms House
Harvard
Marsh
Boston
Scot
Ted
Appeal to the Press for New Orleans Charity Hospital
A letter to the press from George Nicholson and others urges wide publicity to expand services at the New Orleans Charity Hospital. It notes the hospital already serves patients from many states and warns overcrowding risks during epidemics. Remittance can be sent to Nicholson or other signatories.
Kentucky News Roundup of Crimes and Public Affairs
Reports from Kentucky and beyond include Frankfort U S building work starting now, Todd County vote against a highway, deaths in Pilaski and Breathitt counties, fires in Mason County, bail set in Stanford for mail robbery, and a murder case near Ashland. Also notes on Clark County politics, probate losses, and temperance initiatives with 150 Mormon converts to Utah discussed.
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Todd County
Red
Pilaski County
Spring Lick
Thomas Wilson
Mas. Small
R. McCombs
Cynthiana
Durrett
Mason County
Leevon
Franklin County
Samuel Kincaid
Shelbyville
Isaac Hamilton, Jr
Stanford
Adeline Frazier
Squire Willian
Quicksand River
Breathitt County
Jas. S. Baskett
Oldham County
Court of Appeals
Newcomb-Buchanan Company
Ashland
George Horn
William Gribbens
Wmn. Lumbernan
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Oxford
Eagle
Jere
Stowe Township
Penn
William Pritsch
Jackson Vessner
Steton
New York
Chattanooga
Morgan
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Utah
South
Knoxville Chronicle
Albert Boykin
Holmes County
Ozark
Ark
Altus
Albion
John Armstrong
Prof. Wiggins
John
J. N. Peers
Collinaville
Wm. Pitt Kellogg
Louisiana
District of Columbia
Samantha Phillips
Taylor County
Kentucky
William J. Clark
Jackson Wallace
Thomas
Simon Williams
Brownsville
Col
James L. Corley
Gen. Lee
Hampton
The
Charity Hospital of
New Orleans
Gorge Nicholson
New Orleans Picayune
Numa Dourovur
New Orleans Bee
Jacob Hasssinger
N. O. German Gazette
Kentucky News
Louisville
United States
Frankfort
Clark County
Hon
Z. G. Stuart
Elliott Matthe O
Barren County
F. Minor
Penitentiary
John B. Farrell
Paige Bros
Davenport
Iowa
Nashville World
P. Markle & Sons
Pittsburg
Chicago
Carter Harrison
Society of the Army of the Potomac
May
Loulaville Democrat
Tae Ee
Saelen
Joan Ne
Canada
Perance 1Urance Company
Holmbarge
Massachusetts
Mra. L. B. Barrett
Orphan School
Midway
Christian Temporance Uuions
Geo. W. Bain
Northwestern Railroad
Good Templar
Tenn
Newburg
N. Y
Philip Samuel Fleming
Shreveport
House of Refuge
St. Louis
New Western Union Telegraph Company of
Illinois
Old Western Union Telegraph Company
Ilinois
Casper Liebman
Middeltown
Liebman
Herbert Eaton
Calais
Joseph
Samuel Kelley
Kelley
Albani
Ottawa
St. Johns
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