Various 19th Century News Snippets From Almanac Style Notes
A compilation of brief items notes half a cotton crop in Arkansas and mild winter forecasts, Cincinnati saloon density, a large Florida watermelon, and Victoria's fortune versus Vanderbilt. Reports cover Alaska representation, hog cholera in Iowa, cotton shortages, England crop losses, a Kentucky preacher, weapon laws, diphtheria in Danville, railway finance, and Platt entering grape sugar business. Also mentions St. Louis homicides, Indianapolis liquor law push, Delaware peach crop failure, wheat and potato prospects, a barn fire in Laporte county, alcohol-related disease claims, a Women's rights convention in Iowa, execution in Mississippi, immigrant cash, Bishop Talbot's illness, Howgate fraud, U.S. debt decline, and weather impacts on crops across regions.
Ireland praised for wealth and law obedience gains
In a House of Commons speech Mr Gladstone lauded Ireland as the most improved European country in wealth and prosperity over thirty years and in law obedience over half a century.
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House of Commons
Gladstone
Europe
Ireland
Bread shipments fall while wheat flour rises in July 1881
The Bureau of Statistics reports July 1881 bread stuffs valued at 19 981 792, down from 31 229 677 in July 1880. Seven months ending July 31 1881 total 131 962 709 versus 153 586 362 last year, with large drops in Indian corn barley oats and rye and a rise only in wheat flour from 20 096 808 to 25 096 759. A London Truth note comments on rumors and gossip about youths. The Treasury Cattle Commissioners warn western governors about purchasing east coast dairy calves amid pleuro pneumonia, urging discouragement or prohibition to protect western cattle.
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Bureau of Statistics
Treasury Department
Alleghanies
Numerous world items flash through Atlantic dispatches
A long list of 19th century brief items covers storms near Chariston Illinois to fires in Plano Texas. Other notes include legal cases in Albany and Liverpool, census style totals on taxes, cholera in Bangkok, oil or ore finds near Boothby Co, and a large graft case in England. The report also mentions royal and parliamentary matters amid weather and harvest worries.
Fort Wayne debates Brush electric light proposal
The report notes Fort Wayne considering a Brush electric light proposition while Lafayette schedules its annual Trade convention for September 14. Other items include a series of violent incidents and legal actions across Indiana, with scattered notes on state affairs and local crimes.
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Fort Wayne
Lafayette
Marshal Makepeace
Noblesville
Ivy
Sheridan
Indianapolis
Judge Giles
Baltimore
William Gleason
Anderson
Markleville
State Board of Agriculture
W. Corby
Notre Dame University
Watertown
Wis
Thomas B. Walsh
Samantha Roberts
Terre Haute
Clinton County
James Love
John D Barchett
Evansville
Areaway
Thompson
Firstational
Bank of Huntington
J. W. Burson
Muncie
Laporte
Clear Iske
Tou Swagon Losuas
Harvey Baker
Willie Cos
Madison
House of Refuge
Wabash Fron
North
Manchester
Charles Snyder
George Dils
Clark County
Charleston
Charles Curtis
Jeffersonville
Snyder
Converts vice queen Minnie Brooks to prayer group leader
A Chicago quarter once known for houses of ill fame now hosts prayer meetings for fallen women led by Minnie Brooks, longtime proprietress who has reformed her life and aims to aid others. The move follows years of vice and social reform efforts.
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Chicago
Minnie Brooks
Savannah
Chicago Stock Yards
Lovelock
J.C. Hately
Dubuque
Iowa
McMahon
Sisters of
Dangerfield
Texas
Wabash Railroad Company
Magill Bros
Chinton
Toledo
Tenant Right Association Opposes Land League Candidate
The Tenant Right Association approves a resolution denouncing the attempt to run a Land League candidate against Dickson the government nominee as unwise and impolitic. A memoir on Russia by two Czar’s friends notes the bleak state and urges a popular administration. It suggests the Czar could act if Nihilists granted him a chance.
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Tenant Right Association
Land League
Dickson
Russia
A Cat as a Weapon in Jersey City Burglary
The Jersey City Journal reports a burglar entered a widow’s home and was attacked by the resident’s cat. The cat landed paws first on the intruder, sank claws into him, and caused a chaotic escape as the thief fled downstairs with the cat clinging on.
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The
Jersey City Journal
Sentenced for Life in Winslow Killng Case
Dr Thomas Frederick Aust alias Frédt Gibson was sentenced to life in the penitentiary for the murder of his brother in law James Humphreys at Winslow Pike County on November 11 last. The court called the killing a most cold blooded act.
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Africa
Old Calabar
Uestion
Petersburg
Ind
Thomas Frederick Aust
Frédt Gibson
James Humphreys
Winslow
Pike County
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