Indiana items of marriage crime and theft report
The Owensville Echo item notes a marriage ending in a squall, a Cincinnati soda poisoning suspected of Belle Alley, a Shelbeville farmer injured in a wagon runaway, a steam plan to heat Indianapolis, and a $500 bond for Rebecca BillinglSyl. Reports of moonshine raids, a trackside accident near Connersville, a painter injured by scaffolding, and a deckhand beaten in Madison follow. Also listed are carious deaths from buggy falls, libel suit dismissals, robberies near Peru, and a suspected milk sickness poisoning in Floyd County with alleged arsenic involvement.
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Owensville
Belle Alley
C. C. Alley
North Vernon
Cincinnati
George Cochran
Shelbyville
Mixed items and rumors across politics and society
A collage of brief notes: Mr. GouGu to lecture in Philadelphia pro bono. Grant offered presidency of the Nicaraguan Canal Company at $25,000 yearly. Letters from the Czars and imperial audiences. a clergy legacy in Boston. marriage rumors among foreign legations. birthdays with large checks. Yale crew selections. French minister Constans on church orders. end notes on Sen. Sharon and a missionary death in San Francisco.
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Ammen
Nicaraguan Canal Company
William Mornvey Pax- Shon
Washington
Henry Chisholm
Cleveland
Mun Yen Cutng
Yale
New London
M. Constans
Andrew Aimers
Great Britain
Edinburg
Sherman
Senator Conkling
Senator Jones
Moltke
Gladstone
Beaconsfield
Anthony DE Costa
Massachusetts
King Philip
Mount Hope
Sachem
West's Island
Dartmouth
Fairhaven
John Cooke
Plymouth
Philip
Retired Army Officers and Rising Pension Costs
The Cincinnati Commercial notes Congress shows reluctance to enlarge the retired army list. Since its creation, $7,548,701.40 has been paid to retired officers. The list grows as officers reach retirement age, with many poised to retire when eligible. General Sherman reportedly plans to retire next April. General Heintzelman has recently died, leaving five major generals in the corps.
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Congress
Army
Navy
Sheree
Heintzellman
Samuel P Heintzelman
John Robinson
Daniel E Sickles
Samuel L Carroll
James B Ricketts
Stews Hely
Harne
Phillip St George Cooke Awe
George D Ramsay
Joseph Holt
Eereee
Benjamin W Brice
Ank Irew
Humphrey Neee
Thomas J
It Enery
Gabriel R Pani
Samuel W Crawford
John B Mcintosh
Joseph B
Kiddoo
Richard W Johnson
Thomas W Sweeney
Martin D Hardin
Fee Feesenden
Wove
Eli
David Hunter
Bey
Horace Brooks
Albemarle Caday
Lawrence P Grai
Tranes
Bomford
Isaac
Reeve
Thomas J Cram
Robert
Samuel K Dawson
George Stoneman
Griey Peeves Enesen
George W Cullomonan
DeLancey
Floyd Jones
Abner Doubleday Ae
Innis
Palmer
Robert 5
Granger
Henry D Wallen
Charles R Woods
Franklin D Callender
Samuel Ross
Theodore Yati
Moses B Walker
Robert L Kilpa Sk
Andrew J McNitt
Isaac Catlin
John Pulford
Albert W Preston
Ther
Eberge
Turner Ashby G C E guest with a Virginian host in era tensions
A Northern guest in Virginia after Harper's Ferry is insulted by a local suitor at a Turker Ashby tournament. Ashby intervenes, defends his guest, and halts a planned duel, asserting hospitality and gentlemanly protection. The piece recounts Ashby's chivalry, courage, and a later tale of his peacemaking and a famous will.
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G.C. E
New York Post
Virginia
John Brown
Harper’s Ferry
C.D
Turker Ashby
Mack
C. D
Turner Ashby
Mr. B
Mnyself
Ashby
Departure of Marlborough From Dublin
London Truth reports the Duke of Marlborough's farewell levee in Dublin with crowds in the streets. Spectators included society figures at Kildare Street Club and Trinity students who caused minor disruptions by crackers flour and balloons as the carriage left for Westland Row and Kingstown.
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London
Duke of Marlborough
Dublin
Westland Row
Kingstown
Kildare Street Club
Olivia Guinness
College Ark
Trinity
Ten Thousand Dollar Humboldt Shifts East to Utica
Eastern turfmen snag the Western speedster Humboldt for 10000 dollars. The six year old bay gelding from Cynthiana Kentucky, previously owned by W H Wilson, posted a 1320 mile time and a private half mile in 1 10, then joined Charles Green and Mr Thompson of Utica New York after a ship from Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Eastern
Humboldt
W.H. Wilson
Abdallah Park
Cynthiana
Charles Green
Mr. Thompson
Utica
New York
Wilson
Who Struck Billy Patterson in Baltimore Mystery
A Carnsville Georgia paper revisits the question who struck Billy Patterson, tracing the name to William Patterson a wealthy Baltimore merchant from Maryland. The narrative alludes to Franklin county origins in early times.
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Billy Patterson
Carnsville
William Patterson
Baltimore
Maryland
Franklin County
The Hopes of Poland in a Looming War
Berting reports from London on Polish strategies amid a likely German and Austrian victory. Poles debate neutrality or a restored kingdom, with liberals predicting cultural absorption under Germany and nobles fearing Russian rule returns, while a second faction backs compromise with German and Austro-Hungarian powers.
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Poland
Berting
London Standard
Russia
Germany
Russian
Spoiled Sermon By Coastal Preacher Delight Turns To Rescue
A Yarmouth Maine preacher used a lake boat near disaster to illustrate prayer. He prayed for deliverance as the wind rose and night fell, and was saved when a man onshore dispatched a boat to retrieve him. The crowd waited in silence before the minister could explain.
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Yarmouth
Captain Sweetser
North Yarmouth
Preacher
Matrimonial Generalship in a Paris Double Wedding
A New Orleans mother sails to Paris to settle a dilemma of two equally eligible suitors for her elder daughter. She instructs to hold both, then attends a double wedding at the American Chapel on the same day. The mother and daughters continue to hold both men after the ceremony.
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George Gutbrod
Peru
Chanabarger
Frank Johnson
Johnson
New Orleans Picayune
New York
Paris
Sun spots foretell eleven year heat wave
Astronomers predict a great heat wave following the sun spot cycle. Yesterday’s heat may stem from the excited solar surface now thronged with spots. Observers should note the solar forces, as similar conditions will not occur for eleven years.
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Providence Journal
Pennsylvania Roads Declares Three Percent Dividend
The three per cent dividend is payable in cash or stock at holders option. It will not raise capital stock as three million dollars sits in the treasury after a recent purchase from the city. The dividend exceeds two million dollars and will be covered by this reserve.
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Pensylvania
A Patchwork of Quotations and Mini News Bits
A collection of humorous lines and short items from various papers. Snippets include social quips about Sundays in Boston, a marriage in Grand Rapids, and a Texas steer encounter. Also noted are a child's comic prayer and a playful remark on fashion figures.
Rouge et Noire The Croupier in Saturday Review
The piece discusses rouge and noire gambling with croupiers dealing rows to 31 points and notes on luck and superstition. It recounts a Monte Carlo suicide linked to gambling and describes croupier habits affecting runs and fortunes with dismissive tone.
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Saturday Review
Rouge
Stons
Seo
Noire
Monte Carlo
How the Flashy Man Was Took In by a Little Tot
A bundle labeled Collect on bal on mnns $1 was handed to a San Francisco resident on Tenth Street. The man claimed the bundle as his and sent the boy away. He opened the package to find a faded sheep’s wool doormat wrapped around hay in grain sacks, neatly wrapped like a dry goods item.
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Tenth Street
San Francisco
Sonny
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