11 Feb 1885
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Newspaper
Springfield Globe Republic
Location
Springfield, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1885
Page
1
An advertisement touts Owen Pixley & Co as offering the largest stock of clothing and furnishings at Springfield Ohio, with low prices, wholesale margins, and a return exchange policy. The note references the Alaska glacier, icefields and floating ice, plus a rough collage of market notices and disjointed prices from Springfield retail markets.
Joint session of Congress counted the electoral votes confirming Grover Cleveland and Thomas A Hendricks as President and Vice President. Other items include Dudley remanded in New York and multiple dispatches reporting Khartoum, Mahdist actions, and European diplomatic moves amid ongoing turmoil.
A report of a Milwaukee wagon factory blaze with losses around 450000. Separately a Pennsylvania bill targets dynamite misuse with penalties up to ten years hard labor and fines to 5000. Other items note battles in Egypt, storms, political shifts, and proposed constitutional amendments in Milo.
The passage describes a chaotic scene on a moving train with strangers, threats, and a dramatic rescue attempt. A pistol shot, a loud cry for help, and escalating panic unfold amid crowds, with a conductor maneuvering to restore order as the car fills with shouting passengers and onlookers.
A well dressed man at a Market Street pawnshop passes off a full set of gold bound upper teeth for five dollars, while the clerk recalls three prior visits for different items. He notes medical students pawning skeletal bones and even women pawning babies, common on cold days, with various thefts and odd bargains described in a grim, local anecdote.
A London Standard summary surveys a year of earthquakes across the world from September through December. It notes shocks in Europe, Asia Minor, Portugal, Spain, Iceland, New Zealand, Italy, and the Marmara region, with widespread but uneven damage and no fixed seasonal pattern. It discusses geological interpretations and the enduring impact on ancient sites such as Andalusia’s Alhambra and Gibraltar.
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