Gladstone's Grand Tour Interrupted by Injury
Gladstone sustains a head injury after falling from a London carriage. He is carried to his residence in a disabled state and may miss parliamentary sessions, affecting efforts on the Irish Coercion bill. At 71, his condition raises concerns for the government and its planned legislation.
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Garfield
Transvaal
South Africa
Colley
Congress
Richardson
Mississippi
South
New York
Cincinnati
Chicago
Ohio
Gladstone
London
House of Commons
Her
Lake Erie and Western rail vote. missing man and other items
Crawfordsville approves a ten thousand dollar levy for the Lake Erie and Western railway by a large majority. Henry W. Glendening of Roush County has been missing for two months with sixteen hundred dollars on him. Four Wabash engineers killed in six months. Delphi dam partially carried away. local farmers jubilant. Various oddities and political quips close the page.
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Gladstone
Edison
New York City
Hanlan
New York
Bernhardt
St. Joseph
Windom
Cape
Ludington
Lake Michigan
Chatsworth
Illinois
Dixon
Wisconsin
Carpenter
Balimore
Bradford
MeaArthur
Chicago
Alabama
Scranton
Judge Folger
Buffalo
New Orleans
Tokio
Washington
Robert Lincoln
Garfield
Ohio
Columbus Crarfield and Arthur Glee Club
Columbus
Jay Gould
General Eckert
St. Louis
Germany
Augusta Victria
Schleswig-Holstein
Berlin
Henri Watterson
Louisville Courier-Journal
New York World
Chistiancy
O'Leary
Franklin
Virginia
Sterling
House of Representatives
Senate
Congress
Miami Medical College
Cincinnati
F. W. Langdon
Portland
Oregon
Columbia River
Clatzep Chief
Baltimore
Liversons
Bay
David
Wolff
Niagara River
Canada Southern Railway
Tonawanda
M. Y
Indianapolis
Harry S. New
John C. New
John Q. Thompson
Chicago Times
Cox
Crawfordsville
Lake Erie and Western Railway
Henry W. Glendening
Roush County
Tdikhart
Jarvis Clark
Wabash River
Delphi
Mr. W.spellman
Chatard
Stowhsburgh
Hendricks County
Dennis O’ Donovan
Hbcks
James Ketciam
Newberry
Grover
Plans for Prosperity and Suc cess Aims in U S Admin
A Chicago Times account cites a New York Graphic interview where a visitor and General Garfield discuss a bold program for reform. They propose cheaper cigars and drinks, government restaurants at Delmonico quality, rail and telegraph price reforms, and social measures like ear-trumpets for the deaf, aiming to win broad public support.
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Mentor
Chicago Times
New York Graphic
San Francisco
Lo France
Amusing Mixup Tells of Corwin Shannon Meeting
In St Clairsville a staged tale recalls the 1840s Ohio race between ex Governor Wilson Shannon and Thomas Corwin. A dark nurse on a stagecoach swaps baby duties and, at a Grove rally, Corwin is announced as the next governor to Mrs Shannon, provoking her embarrassment.
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Tom Corwin
My. Corwin
St. Clairsville
Shanken
Shannon
Big Hill
A Snow Merteyr System Cleans Snow in London
The Engineer reports Clarke's snow cleaning apparatus in Forestreet London uses stacked inclined metal plates with atmospheric gas burners under each plate. Heat from the gas warms the plates and the spaces between them, drawing heat to the man hole shaft where snow is placed. One operator handles mud removal after snow melts. cost and efficiency figures are not provided.
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Clarke
Forestreet
London
Presidential birthplaces and ages chart from early lists
United States Presidents personal facts include birthplaces birth dates inauguration dates ages at inauguration years of service and death dates. The list covers Washington Adams Jefferson Madison Monroe Quincy Adams Jackson Van Buren Harrison Tyler Polk Taylor Fillmore Pierce Buchanan Lincoln Johnson Grant Hayes Garfield Arthur Cleveland Harrison McKinley and Roosevelt with ages years and notable trivia. It notes Virginia as the most common birthplace and outlines age ranges and term lengths.
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New York Mail
George Washington
Virginia
John Acanis
Maassachussetts
Massachusetts
Thomas Jefferson
Joh Adams
James Madison
James Monroe
New York
John Quincy Adams
John Adams
Prutley
Washington
House of Representatives
Andrew Jackson
North
South
Pennessee
New Orleans
Martin van Buren
Williaman Hears Harrison
Senday
Olld
L Miont
Hoe
Todivesses
Beilay
Zachary Tesler
Moores
Hayes
Taylor
Millard Filmore
Frankin Pierce
New Hampshire
James Buchanan
Pennsylvania
Abresham Lincoln
Kentucky
Eie
Andrew Johison
North Carolina
Gincolo
Tennessee
Uissies Shuapson Grant
Ohio
Rutherford Birchard Hayes
James Abram Carfield
Deo Volente
Bor
New Ee
Apel
Ortser
Jackson
Inesin
Pyler
Polk
de Herson
Mattison
Harrison
Tillore
Jooun Adams
van Buren
Johinson Oonhursday
Monroe
Pierce
Efntrieotis
Wis Grant
Eligibility Rules for Congressmen and Expenses Cited
The text states U S representatives must be native or naturalized citizens aged 25 plus residency in the state and seven years in the country, while senators require 30 years and nine years of citizenship. It notes compensation of 35,000 dollars yearly plus 20 cents a mile for travel and 125 dollars yearly for newspapers and stationery, mentioning Henry Clay as an underage exception and a date in 1866.
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Congress
Henry Clay
King Coffee of Ashantee Threatens Colonial War
The British note a possible Ashantee war threat as King Coffee demands a refugee chief’s surrender from the Cape Un: Castle ambassadorship. The Governor refutes the demand and bolsters Prahsuie with troops while awaiting potential British naval support. The piece mocks the king’s audacity and cautions against a second campaign to Coomassie.
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Lueudon
Avrizun
Ceffea
Ashantee
Isis Tsielai
Cape UN
Castle
Coomassia
Houssars
Prahsuie
West Coast
Coffee
Europe
Asia
Africa
South Kensington
Coolmassie
Bingland
Swallowed by the Sea and the Bohemian Wreck
Wreck details reach by letter from Wm. Clancy the cook. He recalls the captain ordering all hands rescued or mustered as boats were launched. The starboard boat filled after a heavy lunge, drowning the fourth officer and chief steward. The port boat broke on launch. sick crew and a boy were to be saved.
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Wm. Clancy
Cook
Thomas
Geo. James
Tragic shipboard rescue ends with five lost at sea
Survivors recount a nightmarish ordeal as a steamer lurches, sending a small boat adrift. Five men perish including two unnamed sailors and a Greek, with one captain seen clinging to rocks before vanishing. Coast guard rocket apparatus is cited as a missed chance to save at least two others.
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Gove
Evies
Gunwala
Janes Brown
Clovely
Fiesto
Brown
Sruard
W Lo
One hegged man speaks of Oregon as promised land
An interviewer at the Union depot records a rambling tale about Oregon, Providence, and rough justice. A hitchhiking driver claims Oregon offers climate, Indians, and plentiful warnings, then recalls a murder by highwaymen as proof of providence’s mercy and danger.
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Scholt Pree Press
Union Depot
Oregon
Providence
Uae
Portland
Cole
Ovecou Luli
Ahiate Rey
Jez Boab
Pere
Comet Sightings Highlight A Year Of Skies And Snags
The year yielded several notable comets. Professors Gould and Gill announced a great southern visitor unseen from the north. J Mo Schaberlest and Dr Swift, Harrington, and Loth in Ann Arbor Rochester reported multiple bright comets, while Cooper’s comet faded amid public commentary on telescope handling.
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Highteen
Gould
Cordeeva
Gill
Cape Town
J. Mo Schaberlest
Ann Arbor
North Star
Swift
Rochester
Harrington
Loth
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Dachanan
Gineohn
Till
Johnson
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