Victoria Driven to Mexico in Indian War Report
Brigadier General Ord telegram from San Antonio dated August 29 details Grierson findings of retreating Indians toward Dequesman Mexico after clashes, with 30 to 40 slain or wounded and no large Mexican engagement. Then a border affairs note covers Laredo jail break attempts, gunfire, and casualties, plus silver dollar mint data and hog and corn market updates.
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Washington
Victoria
Mexico
War Department
Ord
San Antonio
Texas
Grierson
Quitman
Condaleuranis
el Paso
Chihuahua
Col. Vallee
Santa Maria
Dequesman
Fort Bliss
Victoris
Tenajo Dog
Rattlesnake Canon
Fort Quitman
State Department
Jenne
Nuevoaredo
Laredo
The Canton Reunion in Ohio Draws Notables and Mass Attendance
The Canton Ohio reunion parade moved from the rendezvous to the fair grounds before a vast crowd of about fifty two thousand fed freely by township provenders. Notable attendees included President Hayes General Garfield and other dignitaries. Mayor Walleley gave a welcome as President Hayes delivered the main address amid multiple platform speeches.
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Canton
Ohio
Fair Grounds
Exhorator
President Hayes
Garfield
Sherman
Hazen
Wiley
Devon
Robinson
Hickenlooper
Crook
Carroll
Kennedy
Gibson
Myers
Poe
Manderson
Leggett
Barnett
Commodore Wells
Foster
Bishop
Stanley Matthews
Townsend
McKinsley
Walleley
Hayes
Unknown man found dead on railroad near Hilliard
In Killea Ohio on September 1 a man identified as James Kelley of Manyunk Pennsylvania died after being struck by a locomotive near Hilliard. Two tramps report Kelley had been in their company earlier and the trio slept by the track before the fatal incident.
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Killea
Columbus
Hilliard
James Kelley
Manyunk
Pennsylvania
Morton Monument Adopted Model by Dayton Firm
The Morton Memorial Association committee chose a memorial model after reviewing several designs and adopted the submission from Carpenter & Raymond of Dayton Ohio.
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Morton
Indianapolis
Ind
Morton Monumental Association
Carpenter & Raymond
Dayton
Ohio
American Josephine and Berlin Secretary Hatzfeld Divorce
A Berlin dispatch reports Count Von Hatzfeld’s appointment as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs blocked by his marriage to Miss Moulton being dissolved. The Countess, born in New York circa 1852, came from notable American families and moved in Paris and Imperial circle life before marrying Hatzfeld in 1869. A Berlin observer notes court acceptability hinges on customs, not law, with divorce and stage connections harming prospects of admission to court society.
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Josephine
Berlin
Count von Hatzfeld
Miss Moulton
Countess von Hatzfeld
New York
Ceasarina Metz
Julius Metz
Metz
Moulton
Albany
Charles Moulton
Moultons
Paris
Baron Haussman
Lille Greenough
Boston
Baron von Hageman
Miss Mouleton
Empress Eugenie
Bois de Boulogne
Imperial Court
Baron von Hatzfeld
Parisian
Prussia
Augusta
House of Hohenzollern
Thundering Bolus Mention Amid Harvard Oddities
An odd note from the Havard Register recounts Rev. C. Palfrey and the absence of any reference to the so called Thundering Bolus a stout oak baton two feet long with iron tips belonging to the strongest man in the circle.
Pudding Club and College Pranks Recall Old School Days
In reminiscences, the junior class passes a cherished relic while a jack-knife prize circulates among contenders. The Nasty Pudding Club meets in neighbor rooms to share Indian rye and molasses pudding, with a mock trial and public meals. Brotherly humor and quirky rites mark a bygone era.
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Pudding Club
Stimson
Kirkland
Quincy
Empress Eugenie Visits Chiselhurst Tombs in Sorrow
A Baltimore Gazette correspondent recalls visiting Chiselhurst to view Napoleon II and Prince Imperial tombs. Empress Eugenie, appears in mourning, walks daily to mass from her nearby residence, greeting the writer with a quiet dignified smile and exchanging a farewell salute on departure.
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Eugenid
Chiselhurst
Baltimore Gazette
Napoleon II
Prince Imperial
Napoleon Ilf
Danners
Eugenie
Spelling Reform Ideas From The Filological Society Of London
The Filological Society of London proposes immediate partial spelling reforms. Suggestions include dropping silent letters where no dispute arises and restoring older spellings for non tonal words, with examples such as sland for island and rein for reign, plus broader changes to align irregular spellings with used forms.
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England
Filological Society of London
Drivn
Promis
Hiht
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