18 Dec 1885
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Newspaper
Republic County Chief
Location
Narka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1885
Page
1
A garbled OCR fragment notes numerous topics from fashion and markets to royal marriages. Names like J C, News, Crystal Palace, Sage Hiltem, and Mrs Esau Stunns appear amid scattered references to estates, theatres, lectures, and social figures. The piece shifts erratically through global mentions without a cohesive event.
Ex Governor B Gritz Brown dies at his Kirkwood home from heart disease after a long illness aged 21. He was a former master in chancery and noted political figure with a national reputation. He leaves a wife and children and had a long career in Missouri and national politics.
Two trains on the Brooklyn bridge collided in heavy crowd conditions after a grip failure. Conductor Meyers, John Dwyer, Victor Schaumberg, Baker and others sustained severe injuries, with ambulances and police on the scene as rescuers freed trapped passengers. The front and rear trains jammed near the Brooklyn terminus while crowds watched in terror.
Ohio Supreme Court reverses a Hamilton County contest ruling and certifies the Democratic candidates for senator and representative. Paris reports a painter’s son bitten by a rabid dog. treatment at Pasteur is urged and recovery deemed certain.
The article recounts moments when pianists forget sections during performances. M de Pachmato faltered on a Kaffe Prelude and Fugue in E minor and Weber Rondo in F major, improvising briefly. Dr Jouchtut repeated a violin solo from memory, recovered after spectacles restored order with Sir Julius Benedict present. The piece notes audiences applauded breakdowns as signals of engagement.
Fragmented verse describes an approaching storm with ominous imagery. The speaker laments the weather and notes the door remains open despite the threat. Nonspecific garbled phrases appear, mentioning wind, snow, and a brute, with uncertain phrasing throughout.
The article notes wealthy New Yorkers investing heavily in private stables on Fifth Avenue and nearby streets. Prominent names include William Rockefeller, Fingler of Standard Oil, and William and Frederick Vanderbilt, with costs ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars for sumptuous facilities.
A man named Thomas Chapman, once a self-styled preacher, was shot while attempting to steal from Thomas Collina in a small Kansas town. He was wounded but not fatally as conspirators hidden in bushes fired at him during the burglary gone wrong. Separate dispatches note a judge resignation in Sedgwick County and townbooms in Waterville Miltonvale and Frankfort as rail and grain activity rise.
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