Empress Victoria Tours Flood Affected Areas in Posen
Empress Victoria travels from Landaberg to Posen to inspect flood relief efforts. She meets officials and clergy, visits the asylum, and thanks those aiding the distressed. The Empress notes the Emperor’s sympathy and reports on charity work and local loyalty during the relief drive.
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Bern
Frederick
Posen
Victoria
Sophie
Mary
Landaberg
Kreuz
Mueller
Second Hussars
Dinder
Landwehr
Klitsing
Bismarck
Prince Alexander
Battenberg
Prince Bismark
Drs. Howell
Mackenzie
Prince Bismarck
Herr von Bennigsen
National Liberals
Empress Wins After Long Conference With Bismarck
Berlin reports an Empress and Bismarck held a two hour meeting amid rumors of a deferred betrothal and possible government shakeups. Speculation links Baron Von Roggenbach to the Emperor’s circle as a preferred successor, with Bar on 68. The exchange suggests a pretexted betrothal crisis and a pending surprise.
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Berlin
Bismarck
Count Munster
Paris
Baron von Roggenbach
Roggenbach
Post
National Zeitung
Pa 43
Prince Bismarck
Philadelphia Times
Reward Offered For Stolen Baby In New York
A wealthy New York couple offers a $1000 reward after leaving their fifteen month old baby in a carriage on a sidewalk while shopping at Siegel & Co. The child disappeared and detectives are searching. Parents’ names are kept confidential at the family’s request.
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New Yor
Seigel & Co
Seventy-seventh Street
Third Avenue
Baby
Siegel
Apel
Biecen & Co
Siegel & Co
Apts
The
Philadelphia Times
Commercial travelers spend billions yearly in U S hotels and railroads
About 80,000 commercial travelers in the United States spend an average 3000 annually each, totaling 240000000. Adding salaries of at least 1000 per traveler brings the yearly expendi ture to 320000000. Hotels and railroads capture the lion’s share, with notable changes in traveler culture over the last decade.
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United States
Enero Caves
Woman over fifty cured after cough relief
Martha Monors of 27 Florida Street, Knoxville, recounts long catarrh and a distressing cough. After failed treatment from a noted doctor she used a bottle of your remedy and felt better, claiming a full cure and gratitude to God.
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Knoxvillle
Tenn
Martha Monors
Florida Street
Remarkable dog Don tracks doctor's return in Gridley tale
In Gridley California Dr Harris owns Don a crossbreed bird-dog with uncanny powers. While Harris was away six weeks the dog intercepted callers at home and led them to the depot barking until the doctor arrived. Don greeted a surprised visitor and even seemed to hear prior plans, prompting the doctor to conclude the dog understood conversations. Don even enforces the boy Jon Harris's return home on command.
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Gridley
Cal
Herald
Harris
Don
Siskiyou County
Jon Harris
Decline of Conkling and Blaine Noted Amid Deathbed Reflections
The Augusta Chronicle notes Roscoe Conkling’s failing health in New York and James G. Blaine’s rapid decline from diabetes as 19th century politics recede. It contrasts their rivalries, recalls their political blocks, and imagines their end in distant Europe and Italy with a sense of national dissolution.
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Augusta Chronicle
Roscoe Conkling
James
Blaine
New York
James G. Blaine
Europe
Maine Statesman
Ile
Pst
Congress
Conkling
Ienry Clay
Republican Party
Vesuvian Bay
Old
New England
Knights urged to perfect eight hour plan for labor
General Master Workman Powderly writes to Knights of Labor urging practical steps toward an eight hour day. He advises campaigning with employers, forming plans, and voting for municipal leaders who favor shorter hours for city workers, while avoiding partisan politics.
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New Yor
Powderly
Knights of Labor
Ile
Ele
Pianos and Organs Offered at Factory Prices in Columbia
N. W. Trump of Columbia Missouri advertises cash or easy installments on pianos from 210 dollars and organs from 824 dollars. Notes freight savings, fifteen days trial, and free delivery to any depot with freight paid both ways if unsatisfactory. Order and test at home.
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N. W. Trump
Columbia
Physician Denies Blaine In Feeble Health Rumors
Blaine’s family doctor issues a public card stating Blaine is not in feeble health and denies circulating reports. The card reiterates Blaine’s health is stable and clears the record of the rumors.
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Blaine
Is It a Ghost at the Wise House?
The house once occupied by P. L. Wise is vacant after a spate of unexplained noises and shaking. Neighbors recount Sunday disturbances with popping sounds and a sulphur scent, prompting the Wises to move out. The cause remains unknown and fright has troubled the neighborhood.
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P. L. Wise
Mr. Wise
Messrs. Wise
Batra
Footman in Philadelphia to Inherit $30,000 Fortune
Sydney Tf Phipps a 20 year old English footman for Lawyer G T Bispham at 1805 De Lancy Place has learned he is the joint heir to a $30,000 estate. His mother in Liverpool informed him of his grandfather M A Chinaman's death, a Cheltingham money broker. He arrived in 1885, worked for Dr Stewart and later Bispham, and plans to return to England only if required for Cheltingham Court of Chancery. otherwise he will stay in Philadelphia after receiving the money.
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G.T. Bispham
de Lancey Place
Liverpool
England
M. A. Chinaman
Cheltingham
Young Phipps
Stewart
Broad Street
Bispham
Phipps
Alexander Phipps
University of Liverpool
Sydney
Chicago
Lake City
Philadelphia
Broadstreet
Cheltingham Court of
National Leive Meeting Debates British Rule
Mr Timothy Trealy M P led a National Leive gathering in the city arguing the prior week s meetings disproved Chief Secretary Balfours claim the league is dead He said the people remain ready to end British rule and will rise when given opportunity Patrick O Brien MP faces three months imprisonment for a Goresbridge speech with first class misdemeanour status confirmed by Thomastown Sessions.
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Timothy Trealy
M. P
Balfour
League
Thomastown
County Kilkenny
Patrick O'Brien
Goresbridge
O'Brien
Navy report on Tangier unrest and Moorish relations
Commander McCalla relays a Tangier dated March 21 report to the Navy Department detailing strained ties between the Moorish Government and U S Consul Lewis. The dispute centers on mosque real estate leased by American citizens and the El Hafir case, with Hofir imprisoned at Rabat. McCalla argues Morocco diplomacy weakens U S leverage with only a consul present.
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Navy Department
McCalla
United States
Interprise
Tangier aYait
Lewis
Tangier
el Hafir
Leon Rotli
Hofir
Rabat
Morocco
Sweden
Nine Year Old Laney Walker Charged with Murder in Gowdeysville
Laney Walker a nine year old negro boy has been jailed in Union for the murder of Sibby Ashe a twelve year old negro girl. The death occurred at a spring in Gowdeysville Township after a dispute escalated to a knife stab. Reportedly the boy may have killed another child last year.
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Laney Walker
Union
Sibby Ashe
Laney
Sibby
Gowdeysville
Parthia Brings Global News With Fire Disasters and Legal Row
Vancouver reports the Parthia arriving with Japanese advices to March 26. A ship Hayakkan Maru burned in Larimanada island sea with 16 of 67 passengers dead. Fires at Pukagawa Sapporo Ikeshimura Nakagory and Kashiwasaki Bosun destroy dozens of homes. tokio earthquakes felt but without damage. A $10,000 verdict against Jacksonville Play News-Herald concerns BE Lewis amid a Florida deathbed story. Lewis denies abuse and plans to appeal in U S Court.
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B. C
Larimanada
Pukagawa
Marce
Sapporo
Ikeshimura Nakagory
Kashiwasaki Bosun
Tokio
BE. H. Lewis
Jacksonville
Play News-Herald
Lewis
Florida
Mra. Carvanno
General News Notes Tallies Global Happenings Of Late
Reports from around the world note a massive world count of Sunday school scholars and various political and economic developments. French Deputies reject amnesty for exiles. J B Cannon renominated. floods threaten Wisconsin and Minnesota. Drake County Ohio treasurer jailed. coke region closures displace workers. immigrants increase in New York. rail and labor disputes progress. political moves loom ahead.
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French Chamber of Deputies
David Johnson, Jr
Clinton Academy
Fifteenth
Illinois
Joseph ©. Cannon
Upper
Mississippi
Wisconsin
Minnesota
M. Wier
New Albany
Indiana
Simon
Drake County
Ohio
Indefinite Postponement and Notable Local Incidents
A report recalls a fatal shooting by a Jamestown Ky officer after resisting arrest by railroad men near Dennison. The Panhandle engineer John Gen died instantly. conductor Thomson wounded. A nearby murder case involves Henry Hills and Mary Smith fleeing threats, with remains found near a farm. Separate items cover a Texas murder, and a Supreme Court ruling upholding state health powers over business, in a Philadelphia Times summary.
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Quillan
Panhandle
John
Thomson
Mary Smith
Henry Ifill
Jamestown
W. Alston
Weatherford
Texas
Monday
W. W. Turpin
Alston
Turpin
Whimsical Echoes and Errant Aphorisms From a Victorian Page
A collage of comic maxims and society quips fills a late 19th century page. It riffs on thrift, eloquence, and social pretenses with playful lines about angels, overwork, gingham girls, and a parade of witty observations.
Fatal Woodland Shooting Near Smiths Mills
A fatal accident near Smiths Mills about thirty five miles from Georgetown left Beo Davis, a colored man with a large family, dead. He and two white men named Perry went into the woods early for turkeys when one Perry imitated a turkey, Davis mistook him and Perry shot him. Davis was described as a deserving man.
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Smith's Mills
Georgetown
Beo Davis
Davis
Perry
Perrys
Ben
Lightning Claims Mule and Cattle In Privateers Township
Report from Sumter Watchman notes a mule and a cow killed by lightning on J. F. Ingram's property in Privateers Township. Nearby, a negro boy and his mule died in the same storm, with the buggy wrecked. Also mentioned are exaggerated tales of hunting along the Orinoco and a long-lived pair: Louis Lewis of Sandhurst New Zealand turning 104, and Hoe, from the Jewish era, whose father lived to 107.
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J. F. Ingram
Privateers
Sumter
Louis Lewis
Sandhurst
New Zealand
Hoe
Porcelain and Poetry in a Gifts and Glazes Essay
A New York Correspon dent New Orleans Picayune passage muse on porcelain craft and taste. It links Lily poems to Japanese Chinese Corean wares, praising artisans who unlocked glaze secrets and harmonized techniques across eras. The piece blends literary quotes with critique of beauty and skill in ceramic arts.
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New York
Cor
New Orleans
Picayune
Humane care for horses and curiosities across world events
A Canadian writer condemns horse mistreatment via frostbitten bits and urges thawing methods. Reports note vast forest labor, jungle fever deaths, and quinine dangers. Immigrant arrivals rise in New York, a revolving hall tree debuts in Ohio, and North Carolina becomes a Catholic diocese. Phosphorus dangers surface in San Francisco. Fractional currency debated by Congress to aid small-town commerce.
First Class Boarding House Opens in Charleston
On October first the undersigned opened a first class boarding house in Charleston for transient and permanent boarders. Located at Wentworth and Glebe near King street and reachable from the Academy of Music and churches, the building is repaired and fitted with new furniture and fixtures. For information contact Mus, BE., HASELL, or Miss 8S. 8. EDWARDS. Charleston, 8. OG.
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Charleston
Wentworth and
Glebe Streets
King Street
Academy of Music
Mus
Hasell
Edwards
Charlotte Female Institute Announces 1888 Session Dates
The Charlotte Female Institute announces its current session ends January 21 1888 and the Spring Session runs to June 6 1888. The school reports prosperity, limited boarding space, excellent health, and strong teaching staff. January 1 is a convenient entry date. pupils are charged from entrance. Rev Wu R Atkinson is the principal.
Pitts Carminative Teething Relief for Infants
An instant relief for colic of infants, cures dysentery diarrhea cholera infantum and stomach bowels diseases. Makes the critical seething period safe and easy. A safe pleasant tonic sold by all druggists and wholesale by Howarp Winner Co Augusta Ga.
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All Druggista
Howarp, Winner & Co
Augusta
Celebrated Tozer Patent Engines Offered by New Dial Works
A new company operates the Dial works manufacturing the Tozer patent agricultural and stationary engines noted for durability and fuel economy. They offer return tubular boilers, saw mill shafting and boxes, iron foundry work, and guaranteed repairs with estimates on request. W P Lester is superintendent.
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W. P. Lester
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