15 Jan 1886
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Newspaper
Republic County Chief
Location
Narka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1886
Page
1
A long dispatch reports a color sailor hanged in Liverpool with ritual, a Burmese divorce ritual with candles, pigeons sent to New Zealand, and large consignments to Lincolnshire. It notes Paris punishments for adulterers, Bulgaria’s war costs, and underground telegraph progress. Also covers Bavarian opera plans and a Moroccan prison system.
Reports recount arson and accidents in multiple cities. The Louisville warehouse collapse killed and injured workers as flames spread through cotton and tobacco. Oberlin College dormitory fire trapped and wounded occupants, while a Kentucky warehouse fire erupted amid snow. Debris and casualties are detailed alongside dramatic court and religious revival follies in Illinois and Indiana communities.
The report covers rail rights disputes over indemnity for Athentic & Pacific Rwy, a 4000 square mile area affected, and a Pennsylvania flood with bridges swept away near Renova and Youngstown. It notes disaster impacts, riverine damage, deaths, and widespread property losses, plus international and political items from London and Washington.
The bulletin lists grain quotes for Wheat No 3 red and No 2 red winter with prices around 687 and 255, plus No 2 white and other grades. Cattle market shows steady trade with slipping steers and cows, but most beavies at 3.75 to 4.05, mediums 3.00 to 3.70, and a few top lots near 4.02. Telegraph market notes from St Louis and New York report No 2 red, No 1 white, and various spring and corn bids with closing figures.
Alice Graves plans a traveling wedding gown and flees with Joe Curtis on the eve of her ceremony. Gilbert Warner pursues truth, forgiveness, and a second chance as years pass and secrets surface about the elopement and its impact on everyone involved.
The Philadelphia editor discusses an anxious mother's inquiry about stopping her twelve year old son from smoking. The piece argues for strong corrective measures but presents advice that shifts toward punitive ideas like a pine shingle paddle rather than addressing underlying causes or softer strategies.
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