Reduction of Wages and Cold Weather Across Cities
Boston to honor George William Curtis for his Wen dell Phillips eulogy. Jersey City rails cut wages on Jersey Central division except for conductors engineers and trainmen. New York denies free trade club ties. Grant relief fund raises $100000 with Cyrus Field donating $1000. Cotton mills see brighter prospects in Bartimore and nearby areas. Exposition goods move into place in Chicago. sunshine hoped to resolve delays. Ericke's comet reappears at Vanderbilt Observatory. O'Hara arrested for Adams Express robbery. clues hint at deeper solution. Sheridan told Hazen to file formal charges. no official notice of informal charge. Bozeman reports cattle starving due to deep snow. Paymaster Smyth surrenders $5150. Christmas spree cited. St Paul endures record cold as dozens report subzero temps. Coshocton Ohio steel wage cuts. Homestead mills slash pay. idle mills. Hancock family endures son Russell Hancock's funeral in St Louis.
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Boston
George William Curtis
Wendell Phillips
Jersey City
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Jersey Central
New York
Cleveland
Cyrus W. Field
D. B. Wesson
Springfield
Mass
Bartimorf
Lycenigen
New Orleans
Burke
Nashville
Ericke
Lee Barnard
Vanderbilt Observatory
Washington
Indianapolis
John O’hara
Adams Express Company
O’hara
Sheridan
Hazen
McKeever
Caicaco
Bozeman
Montana
James Dedowich
Madison County
J.C. Brown
Judith
Yellowstone
W. H. Smyth
Savannah
War Department
St. Paul
Stillwater
LaCrosse
Bismarck
Minnedosa
Winnipes
St. Vincent
Moorhead
Jelena
Huron
Duluth
Western Union
Chicago
Pirrspura
Coshocton
Ohio
Homestead Steel Works
Carnegie Bros
Bessemer Steel Works
Homestead
Amalgamated Association
St. Louis
W. 8. Hancock
Barber
Nicholas Gwynne
Sword Presentation At Belknap Rifles Ball
The Belknap Rifles held a well attended ball with a sword presentation to Captain Robert B. Green and First Lieutenant John B. Cresson by Colonel Augustus Belknap. Speeches praised the officers and the ceremony ended with a dance program and named attendees including Misses Lilian Ogden, Alma Ogden, Bessie Weir, and others.
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Augustus Belknap
The
Belknap Rifles
Robert B. Green
John B. Cresson
Belknap
Seventh New York Volunteers
Green
Cresson
Captain Green
Glide
D. Polka
Lancers
Saratoga
Polka
Lanciers
Sanematolka
Hay Foot
Qasdrite
Lilian
Alma Ogden
Bessie
Nannie
Emma Weir
Kimnie Howard
Carrie Simpson
Angie Ummins
Eloise Prescott
Mollie Smith
Aggie Crawford
Phenie Yturri
Misses Ulff
Misses Sterling
Misses Gaylord
Josie Hughes
Martha Payne
Minnie Hunter
Emma Semlinger
Fredericka Zacher
Julia Vogt
Above the Heart: San Pedro man stabs youth in delirium
Fernando Arredondo residing west of San Pedro on Comal and Leal streets plunged a knife into Hose Angel Corona’s breast in a delirious state after typhoid fever. The attack occurred around 2 PM as Corona, about 19, lies in a precarious condition. Arredondo, affianced lunacy, is jailed after a violent struggle with the attending physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fernando Arredondo
San Pedro
Comal
Leal
Angel Corona
Vity
Arredondo
Jose Corona
Mexico
Corona
Political Picnic at Kiisch Hall and the Workingman Ballot
A San Antonio Light correspondent sketches a Workingman's picnic at Kiisch hall as a lively political pageant. He describes laborers, the temporary and permanent chairmen, and caricatures of ex-candidates and labor leaders, culminating in a contested ballot as an aging politician bows out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio Light
Kiisch Hall
Krisch Hall
Sons of Toil
Sons of Labor
Son O Tail
Aroma Corapatites
Youn Law Pounder
New Year Gift From Galveston Brightens Local Boy
Mr S Scrivener manager of 8.8 Floyd & Co received a gold necklace from Mr 8 8 Floyd of Galveston as a New Year gift for his little boy. The cordial gesture reflects neighborhood goodwill and personal generosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Scrivener
Floyd &Co
Floyd
Galveston
W. S Castile and Wife Barely Survive Fire Near San Antonio
A family traveling from San Antonio to Somerset area camped by the road when a fire burned Mrs. Castile’s clothing and flesh. Mr. Castile and a helper removed burning garments. they were brought to San Antonio Hospital with the wife in critical condition. The child was unharmed. A similar nearby fire had occurred two months earlier involving Mr. Kinney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elm Creek
Somerset Road
W. S. Castile
San Antonio
Castile
Pat Kinney
Kalteyer
Kian
Santa Rosa Hospital
Kind Sisters of Charity
Mr. Kinney
City Finances Review Under Mayor French Ten-Year Report
A city clerk, amid filing and binding, compiles receipts and expenditures for ten years of Mayor French's term. City Collector and City Treasurer records from 1875 to 1885 detail funds received and paid, with warrants traced by the clerk. Journals and records are orderly, suggesting thorough financial testing and worthy commendation for improved city accounting. Ladies approve of your smoking Little Joker tobacco.
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French
Ray 4
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Dan J. Coron
J. H. Boutoy
East Houston Street
Texas
J. H. Marquart
Soledadst
Crystal Restaurant
Soledad Street
Billie & Joe’s
Joe Meny
DOE & Engelee
Commerce Street
Kretall Department OF
J. Ronse & CO
Houston Street
Excelsior Polis
Williams & Russell
Soule & Williams
Crystal Plate Glass Company
Averill
Arta
East
J.B. Shaw
J. Benson
A Clara Place
Rhodius
Commerce St
San Antonio, Tex
Mars
Knabe & Co
New England Piano Co
Christie & Bons
Telegraphic News
Eral Grant
Curtis
Russell Hancock
Southern
Church of the Messiah
Unitarian
Elliott
Washington University
Belle Fontaine Cemetery
General Hancock
Justice
Eace
Hell
Napoleon
Napoleon the III
Belknap Boss
Gambetta
G. B. Frank’s
Alamo Store
Baltimore
Lee
Esse
Men’s & Boys
G ‘S
People’s Paradise
G. B. Frank's
Alamo
Alamo Plaza
DOB & Engeled
iLadies
Berlin
E. Rettberg & CO
W. S Castile
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