Chinaman New Year Observances in Cincinnati
Cincinnati observes the Chinese New Year with quiet due to few Chinese residents. In contrast, San Francisco and New York hold elaborate celebrations with temples, music, and feasting. Laundries open, gatherings at Lun Sing’s and opium use noted, yet public revelry remains muted and uncertain about broader community celebration.
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Cincinnati
China
Confucius
San Francisco
Erk
New York
Paincinnati
Lun Sing
Petroleum riches. A city built and controlled by oil
A reporter interviews Dilworth Richardson, ex Standard Oil worker, returning to his homeland to open a petroleum exchange in a city overwhelmed by flood and oil wealth. The piece extols an oil-driven metropolis, its banks, certificates, and speculative petroleumbased markets while noting ruinous floods, ice, and fire challenges.
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Dilworth Richardson
Standard Oil Company
Oil City
Richardson
Allegheny
Meadville
Colorado
Stroteum
Bolivia
Norway
Pethe
Pittsoak
Rusv
New York
Controversy Over John Randolph Book Receives Critical Review
A Cincinnati Literary Society reading discusses Theo Kemper's paper on John Randolph of Roanoke and the Boston edition of his life by Henry Adams. The The Nation review notes Adams disparages Randolph, while the piece argues Adams selects biased passages and misrepresents Randolph’s education, oratory, and character.
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John Randolph
Roanoke
Theo. Kemper
Cincinnati Literary Society
Valentine’s Day customs traced from ancient rites and satire
A reminiscence on St Valentine’s day observances from antiquity to modern times. The piece notes origins in Roman February rites, the shift under Christian influence, early gift practices, and later caricature valentines. It discusses the persistence of the holiday despite changing sentiments and references to notable figures and events.
Maiden traveler breaks sixteenth day without selling goods
A well-dressed 19-year-old traveling salesman for a hat house stood in Emery Arcade last evening near a hotel. He explained his sixteenth day on the road with no sales and dull business, while the company pressed him to return home. He said he would not rest but would head home if his firm thinks he is coming back empty.
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Five colored converts baptized in the ser y Ohio
A chaotic telegraphic bulletin lists multiple incidents from across the United States including baptisms in Bellaire Ohio and a fatal boiler explosion in Pottsville Pennsylvania. It notes costs for New York Albany state house, factory fires in Canton Ohio, a New Jersey liquor bill passage, and various deaths and legal actions. The item reflects rapid, fragmentary notices typical of late 19th century telegraphic briefs. It mentions national banking figures, a ghost of a buried graveyard theft, and a shad of other scattered events across states.
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Bellaire
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Albany
Sehraishuhn
Klotz
Canton
New Jersey Senate
Vernard Hall
Pottsville
New Brunswick
N. J
David R. Winans
New Jersey
Mabel Luppie
Jesse Horn
Riceland
N.C
Willie Bryant
San Antonio
Texas
Dispatch
Colored Medical College
Brooklyn
Wm. Britton
Port Clinton
Montana
David Johnson
Jefferson County
Martha Washington Case and Columbus recollections in 1851
Sperit correspondence recalls Columbus Ohio in 1851 with two political magnates Sam Medary and Aaron F. Perry. It details the Martha Washington trial involving Burton and conspirators like Cole and Kissane, the court of Judge McKean, and the controversial verdicts amid late 19th century political shifts.
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Sam Medary
The
Statesman
Aaron F. Perry
Cincinnati
Fillmore
Capitol Square
High Street
United States Court
Martha Washington
Arkansas
Mississippi
Cole
Chapins
Fillers
William Kissane
John McKean
United States
Supreme Court
David’.C. Morton
Toledo
Henry Stanbery
Thomas C. Ware
Thomas Fwing
Timothy Walker
Geo. B. Pugh
Moorehead
Kentucky
Stanbery
Ewing
Judge Walker
Pugh
President Pierce
Morton
George H. Pendleton
Pendleton
Kissane
New York
Sing-Sing
Nicaragua
Burton
Warden Reports January Inflow and Stock at Joliet Penitentiary
The Joliet penitentiary warden reports for January: convicts on hand at start 1,441, admitted 44, total 1,485. Discharged 4, pardoned 0, died 0, out on writ 2, escaped 1. On hand January 31, 1,424, with males 1,401 and females 23.
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Joliet
Ihl
Labor Problems and Child Labor in New England Mills
Senate hearings reveal harsh mill conditions in New England with Foster reporting tenement houses owned by mill operators, poor ventilation, and compulsory living in company housing. He condemns child labor, cites long hours and meager wages for shop girls, and notes reform efforts including a Rochdale style cooperative store system and calls for an eight hour law.
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Wasminetox
Probert D. Layton
Senate Committee On Education and Labor
Blair
Layton
Cunninghams
Rochester
N. Y
Knights of Labor
Wer
Pennsylvania
England
Shawnee
Ohio
F. K. Fostex
Cambridge
Mass
National Federation of Trades and Union
Washington
New England
Senate Committee On
Frank K. Foster
Massachusetts
Governor Young Failes to Seek Investigation in Weil Claim Scandal
The New York Herald denounces Representative Young of Ohio for involvement with a fraudulent Weil claim. It urges Congress to bar lawmakers from acting as claim agents or attorneys before federal bodies and predicts Young’s term ends March 4 as Hayes bears scrutiny for associating with him.
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New York Herald
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Washington
Representative Young
Ohio
Weil
Congress
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Chinese New Year Celebration in Philadelphia and Abroad
Parapotenta reports a chaotic Chinese New Year scene with revelers described as intoxicated by brandy and opium. The piece notes more than two hundred Chinese men gathered, eating exotic foods, singing oriental chants, and carrying babies on their shoulders as they stagger through the festivities.
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Parapotenta
Ohio Inventors. A Batch of Patents Issued Yesterday
A list of patents issued to Ohioans yesterday includes Vin L. Allbright assigning to H. Varwig of Cincinnati for a car coupling, Johar and Beach of Zanesville with a tobacco cutter, Wm F. Beecher and A S West of Cleveland for a portable coffee roaster, Henry S. Belden of Canton a vapor burner, Dennis and Blue of Fremont for a whiffletree hook, Elmer A. Converse of Monticello with a fire escape ladder, Caleb Dodsworth and Burke of Cincinnati a heating and cooling mash device, Dudley of Covington and Rapp of Cincinnati for an electric arc lamp, George A. Ford to Cleveland Block Company for a snatch block, Arthur A. Fowler of Newark a portable base firing boiler, Giles Gear of Cleveland a guard for excluding air from ice chambers, Jacob O. Joyce of Dayton two lifting jacks, Wm W. McCallip of Columbus a billet guide for rolling mills, George W. McCarlin of Cleveland a ruffling attachment for sewing machines, Theodore C. Miller of Canton a ironing board iron, Sylvester H. Milligan near McCluney a car coupling, David S. Morrison of River Styx a fence, Frank J. Roth with J. Kauffman of Cincinnati a steam engine, Robert N. Sanderson of Ashtabula a device for attaching hoisting buckets to belts, Demetrius M. Seward of Cincinnati an electrical insulator, Perry J. Weiland of Farmersville an automatic gate, James R. Woodrough of Cincinnati a saw handle, Chas L. Work of Mount Vernon a book holder.
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Peb. G
Henry S. Belden
Canton
Dennis &. Blue
Fremont
Elmer A. Converse
Monticello
Caleb Dodsworth
Burke
Cincinnati
William EF. Dudley
Covington
Po Rapp
Leidium Co
Cleveland
Trwodore C. Miller
Ae Rt
Sylvester H. Miligan
McCluney
David S. Morrison
River Styx
Frank J. Roth
J. Kauffman
Robert N. Sanderson
Ashtabula
Tragedy in Cenla: Wiggins slashes wife and self in jealousy
In CyaTlaxcoca Tesn Feb 9 a Black man named Tom Wiggins fatally wounds his wife by cutting her throat after a quarrel over an affair with a preacher Dehart. He then turns the razor on himself, both dying from their wounds. The double tragedy followed a separation a month earlier.
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Tesn
Tom
Wiggins
Dehart
Treacher
General Fitz-Hugh Lee Honored by Thirteenth New York
About 3000 people gathered at the Thirteenth Regiment armory in New York to witness a grand review and parade honoring Major General Fitz-Hugh Lee of the Virginia State Volunteers. Lee, nephew of the late Confederate General Robert E. Lee, is praised as a kin of the revolutionary hero. The event follows the Thirteenth Regiment’s earlier visit to Yorktown and Centennial celebrations when Lee commanded.
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New York
Fitz-Hugh — Lee
Virginia State Volunteers
Lee
Robert E. Lee
Yorktown
Weather Moderates as Stock Battered in Texas Blizzard
Fort Worth Texas February 7 The snow storm has abated and the weather moderated though still cold. Cattle drifted in every direction and sheep losses are said to be the largest on record in the region with 20 percent to 50 percent mortality reported by ranch observers. Thermometer readings dipped to extreme lows.
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Fort Wort
Tex
Stock Journal
Saloon Keeper's Murder Suicide After Shooting Attempt
A German saloon keeper Henry Mi Roths heib aged 55 attacked his paramour Mary Jackett aged 53 with a pistol after she sought court summons. He fired twice, she screamed, and he then killed himself with a pistol shot to the head. neither shot struck her.
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New York
Henry Mi Rothsheib
Mary Jackett
Rohrsheib
Weiman
Murdered by burglars near Rocktorp by McGregor family
Seven miles south of Rocktorp last night burglars broke into the house of Wm McGregor. He resisted entry and his eleven year old daughter woke. The burglars shot father and child before gagging the wife and fleeing with $60. Both McGregor and the daughter are reported to die.
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Rocktorp
Fri
Wm. Mefiregor
McGregor
Stage Lost In Blizzard Kills Passengers In Montana
A Montana stagecoach running from Missoula to Deer Lodge was lost Sunday night in the Flint Creek Hills. The driver, horses, and several passengers froze to death in the blizzard. The region is described as desolate with rugged divides and harsh stories of suffering.
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Salt Lake Curry
Feh
Messoula
Deer Lodge
M. T
Flint Creek
Wealthy Holmes County Farmer Dies By Strychnine Intake
Jesse Bucy a prominent and wealthy farmer of northern Holmes County died by his own hand early this morning after taking a dose of strychnine. He had been in good health and no cause is given for the rash act.
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Creveland
Trent
Millersburg
Holmes County
Jesse Bucy
Bucy
A Week's Failures Across Regions Reveals Decline
New York reports a weekly total of 274 business failures across the United States and Canada, down 30 from last week. Regional tallies show New England 26, South 78, West 85, Midwest 48, Pacific Coast and Territories 15, New York City 4, and Canada 24.
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New England States
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Western
Middle
Pacific Coast and Territories
New York City
Canada
Death of a Prominent Citizen in Highland County
Col. Wie H. Trimble, one of Highland County's wealthiest and most influential men, died suddenly this evening in Ouro of paralysis. A veteran of the late war, he was regarded as a brave officer and an honorable gentleman. The community mourns the loss of a prominent civic figure and benefactor.
Death of an Aged Minister
Rev. Samuel Heiss, aged seventy eight, long traveled minister of the Evangelical Association, died this morning after a fall on the ice several days ago. He was a well known figure in the denomination and his loss is mourned by many.
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Samuel Heiss
The
Evangelical Association
Desperado Sam Meatson Found Dead Near Carpenter’s Station
CuAarraxooca Tenn Feb 8 Sam Meatson, a noted desperado living near Carpenter’s Station about twenty miles below the city, was found dead with a bullet in his brain Wednesday evening. He had killed five men in the past six years.
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CuAarraxooca
Tenn
Sam Meatson
Carpenter’s Station
Loss of Breck in Colorado Stock Loss Reported
Reports from Colorado's cattle range section warn that heavy snow and extreme cold will cause stock losses near one tenth of the herd. The forecast cites Breck area conditions, noting Pens and St. Lois sources, with early data suggesting significant disruption to livestock operations.
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St. Lois
Pen
Colorado
Empress Eugenie In Paris For Tooth Pulling
Empress Eugenie traveled to Paris for a simple dental procedure with an old family dentist performing the pulling while the nation reacted with loud public remarks and chatter.
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Empress Eugenie
Paris
France
Nihilists Confer With Herr Most on Czar Threats
Paraphernalia Feb 8 report describes Le See and three nihilists meeting at Koeberlein’s house with Herr Most. Hartmann, masked, travels to New York to evade Russian detectives. Most hints at plans and denies coronation timing. Most to Washington to address unions after the talks.
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Parapeurnia
le See
New York
Herr
Herr. Koeberlein
Hartmann
Herr Most
Philadelphia
Russia
Boiler Explodes Kills Several at Taylorville Factory
A boiler blast at the Peter New factory near St Louis injures and kills multiple workers. Engineer John Jones is found dismembered, fireman Samuel Lenam dies, proprietor Peter New dies after severe burns and injuries, and several others are fatally or seriously hurt when cold water pours into a hot boiler.
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Fed
Taylorville
St. Lowis
Peter New
John Jones
Samuel ‘Lenam
Martin Merriman
John McCullum
William Dishel
Henry New
New
Aso
Sandy
Vandeveer
Kansas Sheriff Defends Jail as Mob Attacks
In Paora a nine year old girl Maud Bennings was assaulted by Henry Smith. The sheriff’s mob faced officers guarding the jail, gunfire erupted injuring Ed Long and killing James McGrew among several others. The crowd fled after the exchange of shots.
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Paora
Maud’ Bennings
Henry Smith
Smith
Ed Long
James McGrew
Dwa
St Louis Man Murders Wife Then Kills Himself
In St Louis this morning Herman Drees killed his wife with a razor and then took his own life. The couple, living at 2340 Mullanphy Street, were found by their eldest son. Drees, a well to do Neamster with five children, had long been jealous and had threatened his wife. The tragedy follows a string of similar incidents.
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Christ
Valentine
Ite
Claudius
Wheatley
Wessel
Longe
St. Louis
Parker
Jessen
Herman Drées
Owas
Drees
Mullanphy Street
Five Cent Nickel Piece Seen In Boston Paper
The Chicago Times notes a Boston paper’s nickel design featuring a goddess of liberty with a bold bang and back coil like Langtry. The obverse bears United States of America and a V amid a wreath, with In God We Trust omitted, prompting comment on devotion to money.
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Goddess of Liberty
United States of America
Poverty's Pings. Toledo Blade reports Napoleon man found frozen
An unknown man found frozen to a Napoleon sidewalk, later revived, identified as Wm. Johnson of Rockport New York. He had been sick at Mapenta and sought aid at the infirmary. transported to Toledo, then sent back to Napoleon with no money or friends. Wet and frostbitten, he faces possible permanent disability if he recovers.
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Virginia
Kentucky
Ridgway
Joseph Ridgway
Congress
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Vermont
Herman Allen Moore
Ethan Allen
Green Mountain
Stephen A. Douglas
Young Moore
Moore
Dick Menifee
Fort —Ticonderoga
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Wm. Johnson
Rockport
N. Y
Mapénta
Uncle David Davis Declines Marriage Citing Sense and Age
The speaker mocks a relative named Uncle David Davis for avoiding matrimony. He declares he is too old and large to marry, questioning why he should marry a girl for his possessions. He doubts any reasonable woman would marry a man who would be foolish enough to marry for money.
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