Europe Named For New Comet And Other Items
Astronomers name the new comet Europe. Lin Oscar Lorillard ships nine thoroughbreds to England. Iroquois earns $5000 daily for his owner per Tyre London tablet. Samuel J. Tilden lives on a $1000 daily income. The first tea crop of the season will be short by about sixty thousand chests. George Ferguson Dyer of New York becomes insane after Garfield shooting. Destructive cyclones hit Fairfield Minnesota and Monroe Michigan on the 13th. Deaths by lightning exceed one hundred this season. President Garfield and his wife praised in Judge Yourgee’s eyes. Cincinnati internal revenue district paid $12,000,000 taxes on whisky and tobacco last year. Boenseter, a famous Chicago trotting horse, died in heat at Pittsburgh. Two thousand gallons of buttermilk sold daily in Milwaukee saloons. Charles Erio of Scituate bought a cow that gave 47 quarts milk daily. Supreme Court Justice Clifford’s foot amputated for gangrene. Thursday July 14 observed in Kentucky and Arkansas as fast day. Olapat S. Prien, Michigan, Berlin consul general, served two years in Congress with Garfield. Dueling epidemic spreads among German university students. French courts condemn dueling, ordering compensation to victim’s family. Another Guiteau resurfaces in Binghamton. Jerome Dean attempts to kill Mayor Grant.
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Chicago
Guiteau
Corkhill
Kansas
United States
Cincinnati
Baecktheimer
Austria
St. Louis
Galveston
Texas
Fort Gibson
En Ulm
West Newton
Minn
Board of Health
Merrill
Boston
Lewes
Sussex
Eng
Montreal
Vermont
Church of Notre Dame de Lourdes
McDevitt
Ensign
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Agricultural Department
Washington
Sitting Bull
Fort Buford
Enegland
Transvaal
Bradigugh
House of Commons
Arctic Circle
Spitzbergen
Algeria
Tell
Charlons
France
Cork
Ireland
Winmbledon
England
Dora Carlos
Irance
Avr
Doromenin
St. Petersburg
Barket
Lawrence
Rio de Janeiro
Hessy Helfman
St Petersburg
Parnell Party
Allan Rutherford
Toronto
Canada
Earl of Teviot
Czar
Czarina
Czarowitz
Peterhof Palace
English Quay
Massa
Fourtress Cathedral
Berlin
Germany
Valencia
Admiralty
Boulevard Des Italiens
Paris
Sheffield Cutters
Britain
Fourth of July news and local incidents in brief
The paper notes Grant birthday coincidences with Nellie Sartoris and a grandson born on the Fourth. It reports the drowning of Willie Carin in Rockport Maine by two youths, and mentions the Cincinnati Ninth Industrial Exposition opening September 7. Also covered are sun stroke versus lightning fatalities, liquor trade in Massachusetts, and Indianapolis gas-electricity contract details.
Water strikes threaten Cincinnati Paris of America
The Cincinnati water supply is dwindling and brewers are on strike, worsening conditions for residents in the hot city nicknamed the Paris of America.
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Cincinnati
Paris
America
Free public bath houses rise in many cities
A large number of leading cities nationwide are building free public bath houses due to recent hot weather. They are noted for sanitary value and additional benefits beyond health.
Ohio Democrats nominate John W Bookwalter for Governor
The Ohio Democrats nominate John W Bookwalter a Springfield Ohio turbine water wheel manufacturer as their governor candidate. Iris claims Guiteau fears a mob night terrors at his jail doors and a mob may serve justice by terrorizing him. Reverend James Freeman Clarke argues Christ was the coming man whose development would enable him to perform wonders like the founder.
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Ohio Democrats
John W. Bookwalter
Bookwalter
Springfield
Ohio
Iris
Guiteau
Tip
James Freeman Clarke
Christ
Canal digging planned in Florida swamp lands
Remarkable rapid excavation will clear 9 million cubic yards in six months using powerful machines at the freeheme project. Digging aims to redeem vast swamp areas by cutting soft soil to a depth of fifteen feet and a width of forty four.
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Florida
Silk worm grower Nellie Rossiter gains national notice
Nellie Rossiter of Philadelphia won a state diploma for silk culture after starting with 200 worms and nearing 1 000. She earned 300 dollars this year and wrote on worm care with subscribers including Vice President Wheeler General Grant and President Garfield. In North Carolina temperance dominates party lines as Democrats split on prohibition ahead of next fall’s ratification vote.
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Nellie Rossiter
Philadelphia
Whreeler
Grant
Garfield
North Carolina
Swedish naval architect plans Atlantic crossing ship design
CAPYPAIN GUNDLORG proposes a 450 foot long vessel with 74 foot beam and four compound engines delivering 22 500 horsepower. Lundsini tinien to build a ship with a rounded hull, protected below the waterline, and a double hull center section. Trade reports show year ending June 30 1857 with exports at £223 000 600 and imports at £72 000 600. Specie imported reached $160 009 000, up $17 000 000. Grisccom the Chicago faster drank 1 433 ounces of water in forty five days abstinence and lost about 11 10 pounds per day. Doctors hope some medical benefit will result and a summary will be published.
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Capypain Gundlorg
Lundsiinintien
Siori Zenthy
Reasovey
Batanes
Griscom
Chicago
Dudley denies Confederate ruling at Pension Office
Commissioner Dudley says reports that he barred Confederate soldiers from passing on Union claims are false. He intends only to reorganize clerical staff to boost efficiency within budget.
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Dudley
Col
Aftermath Refined: Secret Execution Protocols Amid Crisis
The government plans future executions inside prison walls with limited witnesses after the assassinations of the late Emperor. In a separate interview General Longstreet criticizes General Grant praising his calm under pressure and practical military skill despite others' theoretical prowess.
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Grant
Longstreet
Attorney Corkill Statements on Guiteau Case
Government attorney in charge, Cob Corkill, asserts the first bullet struck the President. He rejects the tale of Guiteau's exclamation claiming Arthur is President now as fiction. He notes the assassin only cried, Dont hurt me, take me to the jail quickly.
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Cob. Corkill
Guitau
Guiteau
Lf Am
Arthur
Commission of the Dead
North Carolina Senator Merrimon speaker on prohibition
The report cites Senator Merrimon of North Carolina saying he has never meddled with liquor yet it has harmed him and his family. The piece notes widespread talk about elevating the Vice President’s role, proposing options like Senator-at-large ex-officio Cabinet member or District of Columbia Governor.
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Iny
Merrimon
North Carolina
Reideville
State
Raleigh
District of Columbia
Charities warn against street donors and swindlers
The Associated Charities of Boston publish a circular warning people not to give to street volunteers, saying many are swindlers and that charitable funds should go to aid the poor. Also reports test a new steel cuirass protecting the heart and lungs, showing bullets mostly fail to pierce, and court rulings on Sunday sales by hotels and railroads. Berlin stats show rising German emigration through Hamburg in 1881, risking large loss of manpower if trend continues.
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Associated Charities of
Boston
Illinois court denies alimony for second marriage case
An Illinois woman failed to force continued alimony after remarrying. The Supreme Court ruled the former support obligation ends with the first marriage, not duplicating aid from a second husband. The decision cites the Contract law as the basis for denying continued alimony. A separate note reports the Del Norte Alamosa stagecoach robbery and arrest of H. M. Burton in Pueblo.
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Illinois
Supreme Court
Scott
Chicago faces 15000 licensed dogs in city limits
A 19th century bulletin notes Chicago has 15,000 licensed dogs. Other items report Guiteau mail order to District Attorney Corkhill, Kansas wheat crop at 29,000,000 bushels, Michigan 17,600,000, and a rise in iron furnaces with 1877 figures. Heat waves cause hundreds of deaths in Cincinnati and nationwide prostration reports continue.
Apaches Attack Railroad Crew and Train in Chihuahua
Reports say Apache forces killed six on a railroad construction party near Chihuahua Mexico and later killed two on a construction train. Other items note Chicago post office revenue, a famous Chicago surgeon commenting on the president, and stray astronomical discoveries.
Strikes Rally Farm Laborers In Macroom District Cork
A large force of farm laborers in Macroom County Cork Ireland have struck for higher wages and march through the district forcing others to strike. This stems from Land League agitation and signals rising unrest in rural Ireland amid reports of lawlessness and social tension.
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Macroom
County Cork
Ireland
Land League
North Africa
Sfax
Tunis
Kerry
Lawon
Petrakt
Pontive
Moorsk
Russia
Ceneva
Switzerland
Egypt
Theovine Chpals
Marseilles
Geneva
St. Petersburg
Horges
Town Sketches and Incidents Across Indiana States 1900s
A overview of varied events from Indiana towns: a new company forms near Fort Wayne to erect an electric light factory. Greensburg fights rabid dogs after a bite on a boy. a Crothersville robberies on a Niagara Falls trip. a Mishawaka factory struck by lightning. a South Bend poison case. panthers in Dubois county. court notes in Fort Wayne. a fleeing suspect, a circus snake escape, and eerie domestic cases in Camden and White county.
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Ort Wayne
Greensburg
Mace Warthin
T. A. Eliinger
Crothersville
Scott County
Niagara Falls
Indiana State Line
Union City
Dodge Manufacturing Company
Mishawaka
Bolpnéneesy
A . Ag
Tlaverstawi
Wes
Fedelitintiy Cmos
Duke Fox
Che
PF. G. Bennett
St. Louis Crossing
Shelbyville
Hall
Columbia Townships
Dubois County
William McLain
Waterloo
Connersville
Guiteau
Garfield
William Hamilton
Iim
Fort Wayne
Dr. McDowell
Amanda Rockhill
Burr Robins
Redding Doren
David Paxton
Camden
Jay County
Stoker
White County
Lingle Farm
Chalmers
Tre
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Tyre London
Iroquois
Samuel J. Tilden
Bachelor Comfort
George Feratson Dyer
New York
Tairfield
Monroe, Mich
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Crarfield
St. Lous
Ea Firs
Ctincinnati Internal Revenue Collection District
Sune Sib
Boneseter
Pittsburg
Erin
Milwaukee
Charles Erio
Scituate
Mass
Clifford
United States Supreme Court
Kentucky
Arka BS
S. Priwin
Michigan
Congress
Carfe’d
Binghamton, N. Y
Jerome Dean
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Nellie
Sartoris
Fred
Willie Carin
Rockport
Ralph Richards
Edward T. Gross
Grand Lodge of Knights Templar of
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Indianapolis
Akron
Rome
Pius IX
St. Peter’s Church of
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Teo
Italy
Leipsic
Martini
Biddie
Heller
Indianapolis Criminal Court
Hamburg
Slamburg
Ris
del Norte
Alamosa
Bnnga
Bis
H. M. Burton
Pueblo
Denver
the Newe
Chihuahua
Mexico
Hosmer A A. Johnson
Sin
Wieter
Bax Leen
Ann Arbor
Imperial Observatory
Vienne
W. A. Pfeiffer
Prankfort
Pises
George A. N. Moore
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