Various 1881 News Bits From Across the United States
A roundup notes bail for Gen Tom Brapy on Star Route indictments at 20000 while Guiteau trial costs may hit 15000. Reports cover weather, religion, politics, crime, industry and social trends with dozens of named places and people including Newark Oregon Clinton Ul and Man rented pew in Canada church.
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Tom Brapy
Star Route
Chattanooga Mallpox scare and flood reports loom
A wide array of 19th century items describe a Mallpox scare in Chattanooga Tennessee, flood impacts in Kentucky and Tennessee, immigrant arrivals, and various political and international notes amid a flood of brief notices.
Honest International Exhibition Set for Amsterdam 1888
Capitalists merchants and manufacturers of Holland prepare for the Honest International Exhibition in Amsterdam during 1888. Lin Cup Colorado rises from obscurity as the Garfield Banner shines on journalism’s wall, making Tin Cup famous.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Lin Cup
Garrison County
Colorado
Rockies
Irish Land League funds and US aid cited in letter
A letter from Patrick Egan to D. Q. Birdsall notes that Land League trustees in Ireland received about 530000 from America for general purposes and nearly 300000 was donated for distress relief in 1880. The piece also discusses Senate post office budget increases and France wheat cultivation and yields since 1820.
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D. Q. Birdsall
New York
Patrick Egan
Ireland
Trustees
The
Land League
America
France
Griffin grower views peach buds in vast orchard
Ma Joan D Cunningham Jr tours a 50 900 tree peach orchard near Griffin Georgia. He notes buds are developing well and reflects on the season with quiet satisfaction.
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Mr. Cunningham
Joan D. Cunningham, Jr
Griffin
Annuity Death Funds Return to Donors in Widow’s Passing
The widow of Daniel Webster dies and the $60,000 fund she relied on as an annuity for support reverts to the surviving donors. The piece notes poverty in public service and cites a New York Sun question on overloaded primary grades and divided school departments.
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Daniel Wrebster
Webster
New York Sun
Jaet
Board of Education
Free College
Laborers Described as Skilled and Unskilled Chinese Workers
The passage uses laborers to cover both skilled and unskilled workers including Chinese laborers, reflecting a broad, mixed labor force description. It notes occupational diversity among workers identified in the period.
Bank of England lowers discount rate to four percent
The Bank of England reduces its discount rate to 4 percent. The Porte seeks alliance with Austria amid rumor of a possible war with Russia. Rumor suggests General Skobeleff has been arrested and confined in Vilna fortress. A Panama dispatch claims Costa Rica earthquake damage reports are greatly exaggerated.
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Bank of England
Porte
Austria
Russia
Skobeleff
Vilna
Panama
Costa Rica
Varied Indiana News From Railroads to Trials and Tragedies
A railroad find near Terre Haute is confirmed as a dog remains. Jackson county reports record fruit and wheat yields for 1982. Mrs. Walton denied bail in the St Omer tragedy case awaiting trial. A Millville youth fined 13 dollars for spitting in a church. Major Trimble, jailed convict, dies at Jeffersonville prison. Evans and Hunt sentenced to four years for robbery from Terre Haute. Foster returns to control of Fort Wayne Journal after hospital stay. A large steer sold for 250 dollars at Shelbyville show. Prof Coulter seeks a Yellowstone party this summer. Mrs Haighland of Folsomville dies by suicide. Revival meetings spark unrest and insanity among attendees. Lesner, Rush county worker, dies after fatal foot wound while woodcutting. he collapses en route home.
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Terre Haute
Jackson County
Walton
St Omer
Frazier
Millville
Henry County
Major Trimble
Jeffersonville
Wm. Evans
Edward Hunt
Indianapoli
T. J. Foster
Fort Wayne
the Journal
Crestline
Ohio
John Fulton
Ithamar Davison
Shelbyville
John Robinson
John M. Coulter
Wabash College
Yellowstone Park
Isaac Haighland
Folsomville
Boonville
Haiwoud Speott
Marion
Richmonde
Aliss
Maggie Ieuareli
Lesner
Rush County
Horn
There is nothing in the paper say the reader
A Philadelphia Herald article defends newspaper work, noting editors face heavy mental labor, endless revisions, and the challenge of pleasing diverse readers. It argues grumbles claim there is nothing in the paper often reflect the critic, not the publication.
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Philadelphia
Union
Long lived Colonel John Miller of Sharpsburg
Colonel John Miller of Sharpsburg Maryland born in the same house and room for ninety seven years remains hale and hearty. He earned the title of colonel during the War of 1812.
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John Miller
Sharpsburg
Washington County
Playbill Falls at Volk's Theater Sparks Fire On Woman
A play bill dropped from the gallery of Volk's theater in Copenhagen ignited by a gas jet as it fell. It landed on a woman's head burning off her bonnet and nearly all her hair before attendants extinguished the flames.
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Volk’s
Copenhagen
Fragmented Era Notes From A Turbulent Year
A mosaic of snippets records diverse items from politics, technology, and society. Reports include a Dakota boom, post offices named Ioo Toe, telephones in Samarkand, New York physicians, and rising Denver exposition funds.
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Sullivan Union
J. A. Hays
Indiana
Texas
England
Illinois
Newark
New Jersey
Empire
Michigan
Jacksonville
Oregon
Mississippi Valley
Manhattan Island
Blatchford
Supreme Court
Omaha
Armando
St. Louis
Piedmont
War Department
Feoria
Clinton, UL
Joliet
Gold Coast
Ashantee
Bannerman
Cape Coast
Brazil
Rio
London
New York City
Canada
Senate of Congress
United States
the News
Chattanooga
Tenn
Mexico
Kentucky
Tennessee
Maple Park
Geneva
Ill
Memphis and
Little Rock
Mississippi
Rhode Island Supreme Court
W. Sprague
Canton County
N. C
Ho Kun Kua
Harvard
Cheyenne
China
Tts
Benham
Secretary of War
Columbia
George Francis Montagu
Washinton
Guiteau
Armstrong
Wabash
Ft. Wayne
Lafayette
Antioch
Ind
Zoological Gardens
David Navarro
Pittsburg
Western Union Telegraph Company
Internal Revenue
Washington
Gerhart
Lake Shore
Chicago
Cleveland
South Bend
Liscon
Gordon Lord
Zerah Hall
Lord
St. Paul, Minn
Manitoba Colonization Company
Northwest Territory
Chamber of Commerce
Cincinnati
Maclean
Windsor Castle
Tunis
Kaiwan
Berlin
Ali Kalifa
Don Carlos
Brand
Kieff
Palestine
Jankow
Herzegovina
Feacle
County Clare
Connell
Patriota
Switzerland
Steckhorne
Canton Thurgau
Killarney
Crivosie
Victoria
St. Petersburg
Archbishop McCabe
Dublin
Gladstone
Jules Simon
Lowell
Manchester
General Walece
Dagdad
London Times
Shobeleff
General
Crawford
Balanas
Danecht House
Scotland
Broteaux
Lyons
Milan
Servia
Brussels
Hatton Garden
Gaston
Paris
Henry Halford
Creedmoor
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Assiniboine
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Senate
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Sam
Solomon
Europe
Florida
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Everglades
Samarkand
Central Asia
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Elba
Napoleon J
Italy
Sullivan
Ryan
John Jacob Astor
Massachusetts
Union Pacific Railroad
Denver
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Tudia
Major Haten
Tov
Senies Stein
Lordsn
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Blair
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Vicksburg
Andrew Paxton
Citizens’ League
Garfield
Inquirer
N. Y
Power's
West Main
North Fitzhugh Streets