Melee at McFarland sparks Indian tragedy in Wisconsin
Reports from Madison detail a fatal Indian camp incident after a brawl led by three Norwegian youths. Gus Hannah, a Winnebago husband of Wibunka the pregnant squaw, killed himself with a throat cut in a butcher shop. Wihunka remains in grave danger as the infant's death compounds the turmoil.
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Madison
Wis
McFarland
Stoughton
Gus Hannah
Wibunka
George
Wihunka
Cincinnati
Methodist Episcopal Church
Pike’s Opera House
Oelch
Scott
Foster
Hishop Merrill
Joseph BM. Yrimble
Andrews
Peck
Pr. D.os
Hingham
Bishop Wiley
Simpson
Committee On Organization of Committees
Paine
Tom Scott
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Thomas A. Scott
White-Lightning religion and other late 19th century notices
Long dispatch covers a range of items from a San Francisco letter to mayor Kalioch, Irish famine reflections, railroad politics rumors, a Terre Haute to Indianapolis religious scare, a fatal mill accident in Chicago, a Jersey man with an oversized head exhibited in Philadelphia, and various international and domestic anecdotes.
Mr Gladstone in the British political mind
The passage evaluates Mr Gladstone as a seventy year old statesman whose intellectual and political activity exceeds that of any other UK figure, noting how his character and career provoke strong judgments and passions among contemporaries, with discussions unlikely to be impartial for years.
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Philadelphia
Jersey
Walnut Street
Charles Dor. Ting
Gurlington County
Charles
Bridgeborough
Riverside, N. J
Mr. Gladstone
International Review
United Kingdom
England
The Queen Anne Craze in Decor and Taste
A reflective piece on the Queen Anne style and its evolving appeal. It muses on furniture colors, chequered windows, and carpets, noting how taste shifts from Louis Quatorze to Queen Anne and back, with firm opinions on aesthetic trends.
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Louis Quaterze
My Wife's New Shawl and a Secret Shawl War
A man recalls buying silk and a cashmere shawl for his wife, while friends tease him over a $900 shawl purchase. The tale follows family tensions, a sister-in-law’s schemes, and a church outing where appearances and pride clash with modest expense. The narrator ends with a warning to keep silent about the price.
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Capt. Morton
Torm
Nellie
Inidne
On Woman
Connecticut
William Bendoin
Calcutta
Loom
Lacy
Thomas Wilcox
Mollie
Phil
Des
Suv
Benduin
Wr. Beud
Iime
Legget
Prof. Lumley
Government Grapples with the Fifteen Game in Treasury Hours
A Washington letter reports treasury clerks, previously enjoying the game Fifteen in New York and Boston, playing it during working hours. An order was issued to stop the game in the treasury during work time, permitting it only during recess.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
John Howard
Ospremo Township
Washington, D. C
Secretary of the Treasury
New York
United States
Omaha
Louisville
Louisville Jockey Club
Harrisburg
Opera House
Philadelphia
Wallace
Randall
Senator Wallace
Monaghan
West Chester
Boston
Treasury
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Tenth Street
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Baumeister
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Sampson County
Jethro Carson
William Cashwell
Cashwell
Carson
Butlerville
Ind
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St. Louis
Las Vegas
N. M
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White Oats
Station County
Brittain
Brown
Berlin
Paris
Missouri
Marshall
Texas
Jane Hope
Board of Pardons
Kemble
Crawford
Saiter
Petroff
Rumberger
Palmer
Supreme Court
Sue Board
Jacksonville
Wadsworth & Batterson
Matheson & Brewnon
Dr. Brown
W. Harrison
Democratic Party
Cassidy
Wayne County
Powell
Kiling
Hutchinson
Phillips
Phillipps
V Powell
John Will Smith
Philips
Jaid
Atlanta
Columbus
Cin
Dilly Beach
Jennie Hendricks
Aup Battlevcreen
Battle Creek
Potter House
Williams House
Curry
Smart
Detroit
Wew York
San Francisco
Kalioch
Eue
Alta
Chronicle
MM. K
Mr. Kalloch
Charlies de Young
Falmer
Board of Pardons of
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Kimble
Salter
Stone
Vanderbilt
Europe
Cornelius
Erie Railroad
Jay Gould
New York Central Railroad
American Union
Western Union
New York Central
Muay 3
Ireland
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Mayo
Walter M. Bourke
Clare
Board of Works
Corbitt
Redpath
Robert Bloss
Indianapolis
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Russianville
Amman
Vitts
Pitt
Pitts
Denver
New Mexico
Victoria
Chicago
Star and Crescent Mills
Randolph Street
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Queen Anne
Lontion World
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