Reading Daily Eagle in Reading, Pennsylvania

Election day scenes and grim notes from nineteenth century press

The Macon turnout is described with old time quips about names. reports recall Rufus B. Anderson’s Nevada hanging and other violent or strange incidents. Tales cover a Norway Maine threat, a 15 year old nurse accused of harming a child, and a Jamaica L I arson case. Also noted are false letters of credit in London, Syracuse salt output, a California court ordering alimony, the McClure estate sale for a seminary, and regional transport and cultural items.