English winter wheat crop promising but Senates acts loom
A long list of 1880s items notes mixed world events and local misfortunes from crop prospects in England to a Dublin murder, with incidents in China, Switzerland and Canada. It cites political shifts in Chicago and Wisconsin, trade and railway chatter, Sittings Bull and Cairo news, plus college and theater chatter in Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. M. Blanco
Philadelphia
Dallas
Texas
Toni Buford
Anchorage
China
Berne
Switzerland
Swezey & Dart
New York
Earl of Hardwick
England
Rochester
Hughes
Leavenworth
Kansas
Sitting Bull
Mitchell Henry
Westport
Ireland
Cincinnati
de Lesseps
Panama
Joseph Koetsel
Dubuque
Iowa
Shattuck
Hatfield Mass
Gibsonville
N.C
Holland Landing
Ont
Kansas City
Marshall, Field & Co
Global tremors and distant battles mark uneasy world
Reports note earthquakes felt in Orange County New York and Agram Australia while Turkomans collapse in Central Asia. Spain endures heavy snow then destructive floods. Smallpox fears rise as vaccination urged. In Cincinnati bids for electric street lighting spark debate. La Crosse Wisconsin residents convicted of forging silver dollars. Glass works fires devastate McCully Co Pittsburgh $27,000 and Kentucky Glass Louisville $10,000. Durban dispatch details Boer attack at Drakensburg Pass with colors seized and recaptured under heavy fire. many killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange County
New York
Central Asia
Spain
Agram
Australia
Cincinnati
la Crosse
Wis
McCully & Co
Pittsburgh
Kentucky Glass Company
Louisville
Durban
Drakenburg Pass
58Th
58Th Regiment
Deane
Inman
Statewide Fires and Accidents Highlight Indiana News
South Bend suffered a severe fire. Joseph M Shawhan and Benjamin Ashby, Pike County pioneers, died last week. Dearborn County spent 9717 on paupers in 1880. Samuel McDonald of Wells County severely injured by a horse. Dearborn plans an infirmary on the old Manchester site at an estimated 17000. James Hebden of New Albany broke shoulder in a fall. Scarlet fever and measles spread in Delaware County. Country schools closing in many areas. Allen Marrs loses eleven horses to undigested chopped cornstalks. Frank Kriegbaum of Ekhart injured by a falling limb while chopping a tree. Evansville debates a steam heating company charter with calls for privileges before a monopoly. Boarding houses at Valparaiso Normal School are mentioned.
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South Bend
Joseph M. Shawhan
Benjamin Ashby
Pike County
Dearborn County
Samuer. McDonald
Wells County
Manchester Township
James Hebden
New Albany
Delaware County
Allen Marrs
Booneville
Frank Kriegbaum
Elkhart
Evansville
Valpar
Normal
Moody fire destroys most belongings at campus dormitory
A Tuesday blaze gutted a dormitory housing ninety students. only a small portion of contents survived while most property was ruined. Insured items include Tess valued at $12,000 but insured for $7,000. the incident details unclear.
The New Senate and Party Balance After March
A historical table lists remaining Senate seats by state and term end dates, naming members such as John T. Morgan and James L. Pugh for Alabama and Kansas figures like Augustus H. Garland and James D. Walker, alongside others. The piece notes Democrats hold 39 seats to Republicans 36, with vacancies, predicting Democratic control for two years barring accidents.
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Senate
John T. Morgan
James L. Pugh
Augustus H. Garland
James D. Walker
California
James T. Farley
John F. Miller
Colorado
Henry M. Teller
Delaware
Esecee Ieheedy
Samuel J. Kirkwood
William B. Allison
Kansas
Preston B. Plumb
Maryland
Michigan
Mississippi
Lucius Q. OC. Lamar
John Z. George
Missouri
Geroge G. West
Nevada
George H. Pendleton
John Sherman
Oregon
Lafayette Grover
James H. Stater
Pgshay
South Carolina
Matthew CU. Butler
Wade Hampton
Tennessee
Isham G. Harris
Howell E. Jackson
Texas
Richard Coke
Samuel B. Maxey
Vermont
Justin 8. Morrill
Nathaniel P. Hill
Connecticut
Orville H. Platt
Joseph R. Hawley
Eli Saulebury
Thomas F. Bayard
Florida
Wilkinson
Charles W. Jones
Benjamin H., Hill
Joseph E. Brown
David Davis
John A. Logan
Daniel W. Voorhees
Benjamin Harrison
John J. Tugalls
Kentucky
James H. Beck
John 8
Williams
William P. Keloge
Benjamin F. Jonas
James G. Blaine
Mugene Hale
de Sanderlene
James B. Groome
Arthur P. Gorman
Massachusetts
George F. Hoar
Henry L. Dawes
Thomas W. Ferry
Omar D. Conger
Minnesota
William Wirddoin
Samuel J. RB. McMillan
Francis M. Cockrell
Nebraska
Alvin Saunders
Charles H. van Wyck
Asadstebeines
Joan B P. Jones
James G. Fair N
Lampshire
Edward H. Rollins
Henry W. Blair
New Jersey
John &. McPherson
William J. Sewall
New York
Ruscoe Conkling
Thomas C. Platt
North Carolina
Matt W. Ransom
Zabulon B. Vance
George KF. Edmunds
Virginia
John W. Johnston
William Mahone
West Virginia
Henry G. Davis
Johnson N. Camden
Wisconsin
Matthew W. Carpenter
Philetus Sawyer
Messrs. Davis
Jhinvis
Mahone
Stupidity and sociability in public life across regions
The article critiques self centered guests who expect entertainment and urges sociability. It contrasts a pessimist's question about the soul with a cheerful child Lulu who brings happiness by simply observing. It notes Swiss concerns over whisky, low wages, and labor shifts affecting race vigor and social behavior.
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Boston Transcript
Brillianey
Lj Luln
Lulu
Mrs. Bates
The Uses of a Sand-Bag
An old New York Post feature advises using a sand bag warmed in an oven or stove to comfort a sick person. It describes making eight inch square flannel bags filled with dry sand and covered to prevent leakage for safe, long lasting heat.
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New York Post
Whisky Pest Spreads Across German Speaking Lands
The article reports rising whisky consumption in Germany Austria and Switzerland with civil disturbances and injuries among workers. It notes potato brandy in North Germany lower wage areas and lavish loutish drinking in Upper Silesia. In South Germany schnapps use rises as wine is scarce and fruit wines suffer from a cold winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nachrichten Aus Deutschland Und der
Upper Silesia
Germany
Rhein
The Society of the Last Man in Cincinnati
Dr J G Vittier of Cincinnati died recently and was among seven founders of the Society of the Last Man formed on Sunday September 30 1832. The group met yearly to drink a wine bottle kept since 1832 and only opened when one survivor remained. Members included Joseph S Manson Dr Mason Henry L Tatem Fenton Lawson William Disney Jr and William Stanbery. Vittier served as Ohio senator in 1851 and postmaster of Cincinnati 1833 to 1859. Vattier Lodge honors him.
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Foster
Ohio
Washington
Blaine
Cape Town
Coley
Heidelburg
Colley
Eads
Panama
Nicaraagua
Congress
Uncle Sam
New Mexico
Colonel Potter
United States Geological Survey
Albuquerque
Sprague
Indiana
John C. New
Garfield
St. Paul
Fort Buford
Crow King
Lone Day
J. G. Vittier
Cincinnati
Joseph S. Manson
Vattier
Jamies M. Alason
Henry L. Tatem
Fenton Lawson
William Disney, Jr
William Stanbery
Bunker Hill
Dr. Mason
Mason
Ghia
Vattier Lodge
How to Stain Wood
An English article outlines a wood staining method to imitate oak or walnut. It uses Vandyke brown in oil, pearlash, dragon's blood, and boiling water. After preparing and smoothing boards, stain is applied lengthwise with a brush, dried, sized with glue, and finished with brown hard varnish or oak varnish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific Journal
London
Paris
The Other Fellow sin and the gossiping eye
A Boston Sunday school superintendent recalls a class scene in which a boy points to another as a sinner revealing how easy it is to judge others. The tale highlights how quickly people label peers with moral fault and how such judgments reflect our own failings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Montgomery subscribes nearly all funds for Southern Railroad
The citizens of Montgomery Alabama have raised or pledged almost the entire sum needed to build the Southern Railroad to the Florida line through a prosperous cotton region, signaling strong local support and imminent construction momentum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Southern Railroad
Florida
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Lake Front
J. W. McKee
Indianapolis
Forrestville
Conn
Justus C. Ramsey
John Francis
Dayton
Bethlehem Baptist Church
Shepard
Whitevale
Kellogg
Mercantile Bank River Plate, Limited
Argentine Republic
Wooster
Ind
Worcester
Mass
St. Louis
Bruce
Rozanna
Barbadoer
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United States
Pennsylvania
Charles Sumner
Baltimore
St. Petersburg
Berquez
Senate Caucus Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
United States District Court
HamMain
Eugene Hale
Maine
Mississippi River
Board of Commerce
Denver
Denver and
New Orleans
Legislative Assembly
Little Porcupine
Inspector Crozier
Ilges
Poplar River
Allison
Ges
Tess
John Fowler
Richmond
Transcontinental Railway Company
Spartanburg
Terre Haute
Parke County
Charles Adams
Adams
NEW
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