Wide-ranging 1880s dispatch roundup in Chicago and beyond
A sweeping 1880s chronicle notes Duke of Sutherland's Change in Chicago, sermons on revised Testaments, London sales of the New Testament, Hudson Wisconsin house burned, Columbus Sunday-law actions, public punishments in Delaware, and shifting European and American political scenes including rail, naval, and labor developments, with many names, places, and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Sutherland
Chicago
Brooklyn
London
Hudson
Wis
Cooper
Mark Lane
Columbus
Ohio
New Castle
Del
Robertson
Albany
Rochester
N. Y
Russia
Clark Street
Novick
Anglo-French Union Bank, Limited
Ohio Democratic States Executive Committee
Chicago Land Leaguers
Prince Bismarck
Reichstag
Holland
Boynton
West Indian Island
Senator Conkling
New York City
Louisville
Prince Leopold
Queen Victoria
Duke of Albany
House of Lords
Michigan
Con
Thomas A. Scott
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Warren
Broadway Tabernacle Presbyterian Church
Siemens and Halske
Berlin
Battle Creek
Mich
Fenton
Clonmore
The
Land League
O’donnell
Cahir
San Domingo
Gold Found Near Jefferson County Line Sparks Local Excitement
Reported discovery of gold in Scott County near the Jefferson County line. Isaac Mace of Saluda Township claims two nuggets valued at about $11.60 and $280, with government assay confirming purity. Local farmers and merchants discuss mining prospects and regional economic impact.
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Asylum For the
Indianapolis
Leavenworth
Lafayette
U. R. No 1
Knights of Pythias
Hovey Creek
Vigo County
Alexander McPheters
Illa Bloom
McPheters
Jefferson County
Scott
Isaac Mace
Saluda Township
Mace
Scott County
Adam dZarb
Stuart
Europe
Canada
Texas
Colorado
Plains
Revered Farragut recalled in San Francisco reminiscences
A San Francisco Chronicle reminiscence recounts Admiral Farragut’s career legends and character. It debunks a tale of him being lashed to the maintop during Mobile Bay, noting instead he navigated above the smoke to direct gunnery. The account covers his origins, language, intellect, politics, and views on government patronage.
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California
Graces Valley
New York
New Orleans
Port Juckson
Phillip
Fies
Farragut
San Francisco Chronicle
Anthony
Admiral Farragut
Washington
Mobile
Mary Yard
Buchanan
South
The Marriage Question Across Europe
Pall Mall Gazette surveys sweeping shifts in European life and morality as legislatures push marriage reforms. Hungary legalizes Jewish Christian marriage and debates civil marriage. Denmark discusses remarriage of the divorced. Spain restores civil marriages. France debates divorce and in law proposals affecting priests and in laws. Italy considers a drastic plan converting separation into divorce after years of estrangement or childless years, prompting debate in the Chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pall Mall Gazette
Europe
Hungary
Denmark
Folkething
Spain
Segasta
AL. Nocquet
Italy
Bold escape by 17 year old from Sedalia jail
John Burns, 17, jailed for assault to kill Conrad Wing, plotted a bold escape. He made a fifteen foot pole from soap box strips and a handkerchief, stole keys from a desk shelf, and unlocked his cell and the outer door to slip away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Burns
Conrad Wing
Sedalia
Calaboose
Calaboore
Burns
Bequests Include Socks From Marshfield Widow
Miss Ann Stevens recently deceased in Marshfield Mass left a bachelor relative 125 pairs of socks knit by her own hands among other bequests. The estate of Louis A Godey of Philadelphia inventoried at 221854 dollars. Godey published Godeys Lady's Book which he started forty years ago.
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John Cross
Dorsey
Ozark
Eureka Springs
Ark
H. M
Straits of Magellan
Chaikoff
Gottschakoi
Ireland
Hieff
Catechina
St. Joe
Danforth
Gen. Ignatieff
Melikoff
North Carolina
Raleigh
Washington
New York
Illneis
House of Commons
Lord Elcho
England
London
Earl Granville
Charles Dilke
London Standard
Grand Duke
Scullion
Victoria
Ontario
Springbank
Cove
Ann Stevens
Marshfiel
Mass
Louis A. Godey
Philadelphia
Godey
Boston mill-owner weds orphan girl from his mill
A wealthy Boston mill-owner, seventy, marries an orphan girl who had been employed in his mill at three dollars a week. The union joins a prominent employer with a working-class background, highlighting social mobility and the era's charitable pressures.
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Boston
Quince Cooking and Illinois Sunday School Stats
A Victorian tone exchange notes sweating and whiskey as potential comfort items. The text also claims the quince improves with cooking. It states Illinois has 6,316 Sunday schools and 553,290 members.
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Illinois
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sullivan Union
Indiana
the News
Major Bridgland
Havre
John M. Glover
Jefferson Davis
Whitaker
West Point Court of Inquiry
Garfield
Blaine
Windom
Kirkwood
National Cemetery
Gettysburg
Penn
Grand Trunk Railroad Company
Montreal
Brennan
Dublin Land League
Watertown
Manhattan Railway Company
Warsaw
Poland
Woizka
Walsh
Dillon
United States
Dublin
Charles
Roumania
Bucharest
Plevna
Hessy Hellmann
Manchester
Rouen
Tunis
Suter
Satonica
Goschen
Constantinople
Sutar
Niko
Vodina
Romelia
William
James Feailly
East Saginaw
Donnelly
Lucan
Ont
G. J. Heap
Assemblyman Husted
San Francisco
Merced
San Joaquin County
Oakdale
New England
J. W. Lansberry
Anderson
Thomas Miles
Oakdsale
North Vernon
South Bend
Langley
Prof
Michigan University
Knox County
Thomas Histie
James Bennet
Markland
Elder Miller
Colored Baptist Church
Jeffersonville
Anna Mills
Sdleanor Spence
Marion
Slack
Etreat Court
Hughes
Ward
Hoosier Temperance Team
Tecumseh
Julius Coleman
Implurance
Evansville
Insane Asylum of
St. Vincent
St. Louis
Frank McDonald
Naomi Moore
Gee
Denver
Hartford City
Snider
Taxon
Gettys
Oliver Truax
Village of
Hope
Bartholomew County
Jackson Township
Decatur County
Pete McCrea
Bay House
Shelbyville
J. H. Blankney
Samuel Cunningham
Crawford County
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