Dispatches from Europe and Illinois News Blur the Day
Dispatches from Europe describe political turmoil in Paris with Empress and advisers sending the Prince Imperial and royal jewels to London as a new ministry forms amid mob unrest. Reports from Illinois note local incidents from Pekin drownings to burglaries and river accidents, with details of deaths, mising teachers, and a county seat proposal in Missouri.
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Paris
Prince Imperial
Duke of Brunswick
London
Metz
Corps Legislatiff
Dts
Strasbourg
Illinois
Carrollton
Tazewell Journal
Dlinois Teachers’ Institute
Bloomington
Mike Haley
Mike Whelan
Chenoa
Whelin
Wiley
Congress
Jacksonville
J. 8
Turner
Hopley Drew
Ottawa
Rock Island Bridge
New Boston
Christian County
Joseph Dunham
Kellogg's
Pekin
G. W. T. Sheffield
Greenfield
Missouri
Dr. Pope
St. Louis
St. Joseph
Chillicothe
E. A. Stanard
Randolph, Monroe and
Audrain
James Harrison
St. Lewis
Chauteau, Harrison & Valle
P. B. Randolph
Morley
Maryville
Fay
Cassius M. Campbell
Bethany
Harrison County
James Bryant
Des Moines
Casualties from two fatal mine and ship accidents
Portsville Pennsylvania reports twelve miners in a shaft accident this afternoon with six killed four badly hurt and two slightly injured. Toronto sees six women and children drown when a market boat sinks after a schooner collision. Desvent Kansas describes a railroad crash where a heavily loaded iron train derailed into a boarding train killing six and injuring six to eight.
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Portsville
Middleport
Toronto
Desvent
Kansas Pacific
Paris and Metz War Chaos Follows French Setbacks
London reports plague of fear and anger in Paris as French armies suffer heavy losses at Hagenau and Saarbrucken. Marshal MacMahon blamed for failures as mobs clash with troops. a new cabinet may form under General Trocher while Napoleon’s fate and the Prince Imperial’s whereabouts spark anxious scrutiny in London and Paris.
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New York
London
Metz
le Beeuf
Panistia
Loxpox
Trocher
Paris
France
Orier
Prince Imperial
le Farre
le Soire
Forbach
Frossad
M. Farre
Soire
Napoleon
Gaudots
Payee Aly
Freres Eitly
St. Cloud
Lonpos
Edmund Abont
Changarnier
William
Keiserland
Duc de Aumale
Lexpes
Dumont
Saarbruck
Lospex
General Sheridan
Melliret
Army of the Rhine
Garde Mobile
Amoniteur
Brest
Chalons
Journal
Oficial
Moniteur
Weissenberg
Beruts
Army Headquarters
Frassard
Republican State Convention Nominates Dubullet and Graham
New Orleans August 10 The Republican State Convention nominated A Dubullet for Treasurer and James Graham for Auditor. The National Conventions nominated J H Sypher in the 1st District R L Sheldon in the 24 and C B Dunnell in the 3.
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New Orreans
A. Dubulett
James Graham
J. H. Sypher
R. L. Sheldon
C. B. Dunnell
Ratification of Naturalization Treaty with Great Britain
Official telegram from London announces the ratification of the naturalization treaty with Great Britain. August 10.
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Washington
Telefrom London
Great Britain
Republican State Convention Nominates Toffee and Cuttere
The Republican State Convention met at Lincoln and renominated Toffee for Congress and Governor Cuttere. A tour of silver bricks passed east today. A German relief meeting last evening raised about $1,000 for sick and wounded Prussians.
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Oxwara
Lincoln
Toffee
Congress
Cuttere
Ketone
Association seeks uniform railroad freights east and south
In St Louis millers and shippers plan a joint group to press for low uniform railroad freight rates east and south and to shield against railroad arbitrary actions. President Grant spent the day on private business. Irish committee to seek pardons for Gen O Neil and Fenians in prison. Nathan murder case advances with witnesses and suspicions. A self-inflicted double murder in New York and a separate U S Army private shooting.
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St. Louis
Grant
O’neil
Buffalo Races At Avin Park Abortive First Heat
Over 2,000 attended Burraro races as ideal weather plus orderly crowd marked the day. The opening 20,000 purse for pacers never beat 2:30 saw eight entries in five heats, a wreck ending a wheel and rider ejecting from Harry Harley’s sulky. Harry Barry won heat and race after three wins. Kansas Chief topped the second race for pacers never beating 2:50 with multiple time checks. Arch Bishop Purcell and Jefferson Davis were noted arrivals in New York with transatlantic movement signals.
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Burraro
Avin Park
Harry Harley
Harry Barry
Prince
Anthony Mayne
Kansas Maid
Lady Augusta Dth
Henry
Kansas Chief
Shallenberger’s Pills Praised for Chills and Fever
An advertisement from MESSRS HAVILAND STEVENSON & CO of Charleston praises Shallenberger’s Pills as a specific for chills and fever. A Beaufort District planter Henry Goethe attested that among two hundred enslaved workers fifty fell ill with fever and ague but all recovered after using the pills, calling them the greatest medicine in the world for all ills.
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Messrs. Haviland, Stevenson
A.D. Shallenberger & Co
Rochester
Shallenberger
Calicaya Bark Cultivation In Jamaica Promoted
Observers note that Puaytation Barrens proprietors have tested growing Calicaya bark at 1500 to 2000 feet on Jamaica’s mountains. With misty forests and peak ripeness, supply grows to meet rising demand for umine and plantation barriers. The English Government aids efforts. a cheap Blanc Mange pudding recipe is also advertised.
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Puaytation
Jamaica
Popenrage Dadhey
Untitled Horse Left For Claim By Stranger
A person unknown left a five year old sun burned black horse about fifteen hands high with an M brand on the left shoulder. The owner or rightful possessor is urged to call, prove property, pay charges, and reclaim the horse.
Hostetter’s Bitters Attacked by Impostors in Market
A century of strong sales for Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters draws counterfeiters across the nation. Aggressive imitators push worthless nostrums to drain customers, while the genuine tonic remains in high demand. The notice warns consumers against fake preparations and urges trust in the proven remedy backed by twenty years of experience.
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Hostetter
Ite
Continued Skirmishing In Havana Eastern Department
World Havana correspondent reports ongoing clashes in the Eastern Department with Cuban forces usually prevailing over Spaniards. Elsewhere on the island inactivity dominates as authorities execute captured Cubans while cholera and yellow fever afflict Spanish troops.
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New York
Havana
City records show spike in deaths and fevers this summer
New Years Aug 10 officials report 35 relapsing fever cases and five smallpox cases in the city last week. Mortality over six weeks compares to 1869, with deaths this summer averaging about 200 more per week. July 3 to Aug 7, 1869 saw 3,826 deaths versus 5,041 this year, a striking rise attributed to the unusual fever spike.
Ohio Republican Convention Opens In Corowse Ohio
The Republican State Convention met at Corowse Ohio with Samuel Galloway elected permanent president. Gen J R Sherwood nominated for secretary of state, Judge Geo W McIlvaine for supreme judge, Gen W T Nelson for comptroller, and Philip V Hersing for board of public works. Resolutions praised the party and tariff policy while urging neutral American stance in Europe.
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Coruwses
Samuel Galloway
J. R. Sherwood
Geo. W. McIlvaine
W. T. Nelson
the Treasury
Philip V. Hersing
Board of Public Works
Republican Party
Germany
France
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Nyack
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Rockland County
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Richard Arnold
David Kelly
Mike Ford
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Sporting
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Russia
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Henry Levi
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