Labor notes from across the nation mixed hope and doubt
Statements from correspondents in major industrial centers describe the current state of labor as generally hopeful in the near term, with some regions noting strong demand for workers especially in the South. The report also cites posts on industry, law, finance, and public affairs reflecting a nation in transition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World of the 1St
South
American Meat Company
Philadelphia
Jacos H. Dimick
Post Office Department
New York City
Bell Telephone elects new president amid vacancy
Joux BE and Hepson are elected as president at Bell Telephone Company. The vice presidency remains vacant after a resignation. The Teurosnoe Legislature adopts the Australian voting plan and redraws the state. Governor Bonteron of Maine appoints General Neal Dow Commissioner to the Paris exposition. General Dow previously served in the same role at the Paris exposition.
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Tva
Flagstaff
A. T
Atlantic & Pacific Express
Edward St. Clair
T. S. Wilcox
Epward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
Brooklyn
N. Y
Tuer
Jumbo
Barnum Museum of Natural History
Taft’s College
Boston
P. T. Barnum
Secretary of State
Consul Allen
Kingston
Jamaica
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh
Tnr
Pennsylvania House
Maine
N. E. Palmer & Co
New York
Denver
Col
Golden Eagle Dry Goods
T. B. Croke
Hamilton
Tenn
Tennessee River
Chattanooga
Board of Governors
The
National ‘Soldiers' Homes
Sharpe
Milwaukee
General Kilbourne
Chicago
Nashville & Decatur
Nashville, Tenn
Ernest C. Green
M. L. Eby
Albert Fimp
J. W. Waitz
McLean County
Tur
Senate
Ingalls
Alexander McCor
United States
Cottonwood Falls
Kan
Minnie D. Morgan
William Garrert
LL. D
Rhodes Island Historical Society
Providence
Bowis Boots
Rochester
E. F. Levee
Ohio
Chillicothe
Turner Sargent
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Mass
Robert T. Lincoln
Blaine
England
Rhode Island
Ladd
Davis
Richardson
Chace
Rogers
Slocum
James A. Voz
Post Office Department
Hamilton Reeve, Jr
Pension Office
Joux Be, Hepson
Bell Telephone Company
Teurosnoe
Bonteron
Neal Dow
Dow
Scattered 19th century crimes and tragedies reported
A compiled notice details a thirteen year old boy cut by cars in Baltimore, post office robbery in Randolph Alabama, arrests for murders in Texas, a Stillwater Minnesota sitter burned to death, a centenarian Kentucky man using a cane, a steamer kiss attempt ending in murder, smuggling charges against Allan and Sons, a Birmingham murder confession, a bank safe blown open in Down Iowa, a fatal shooting in Wikibarre Pennsylvania, a hanging in Lancaster Pennsylvania, aLebanon Tennessee lynching and other ills including cholera in West Virginia and gold hoards in Iowa.
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United States
Indian Territory
Muskogee
Shackelford
Indiana
Custom House
San Francisco
Richard Ahlf
H. Gaehder
Hayti
Boston
Mass
John Scott
Pittsburgh
New York
Hackster
St. Andrews
Renova
Grassley
Smith
Joan Lonngren
Wart Nya Hem
Jamestown
N. Iy
Lonngren
New Haven
Treasury
Clara Totten
C. H. Read
Hoffman House
New York City
New York Pension Agency
Batimore
BuroLams
Randolph
Ala
Frank Savize
Texas
Ellis H. Roserts
Elijah Bledsoe
Harrodsburg
Jour Justice
Big Sandy River
Allan & Sons
Ben Exay
Jim Williams
J. W. Meadows
Birmingham
Als
Citizens’ Bank
Down
Joseph Buchanan
Wikibarre
Manthy Tomas
Lancaster
Mack Francis
Lebanon
Tenn
Joel B. S.hardt
Cornelus van Coit
Postminster
Old Man Pays 31 Year Old Freight Bill In Full
A 70 plus year old Providence man settled a 31 year dispute with the Providence and Worcester railroad over a December 3 1857 freight bill for 1650 dollars of apples. He paid 30 in full settlement but insisted on paying the entire 47 19 including interest. The receipt was issued then returned and the man finally paid the full sum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
the Journal
Providence & Wcester Railroad
Providence
Providence Journal
Tippecanoe Battle and Harrison Legacy Through History
The Tippecanoe battle of November 1811 pitted American forces under Gen. William H. Harrison against the Prophet and allied Western Indians. The victory opened vast Indiana settlement and propelled Harrison’s rise to U.S. Senate and eventual presidency. The article blends history with ad-like praise for Warner’s products and other 19th century notices.
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Tippecanoe
Webash River
Indiana
Elskwatawa
Wm. H. Harrison
Harrison
Army of the
Northwest
United States Senate
Tip
Ben. Harrison
United States
Warner
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Tereer Sonal
News OF the
Pennsylvania
Saran Key
Keno County
Topeka
James I. Welch
Winfield
Stier
Tuscarora Station
Rockville
Chipley Handred
Fla
John Dickens
Greenwood
Milk Producers Union
Westernland
Antwerp
Castle Garden
Circassia
Glasgow
South Pacific Ocean
Tahiti
Tonga
Nevada
Cal
Downieville
Northern Pacific Railroad
Helena
Mont
Minn
Chestnut Street
Omaha Road
Sheriff & Son
Washington Light Infantry
Charleston
S. C
William Washington
Cowpens
Eutaw Springs
Government Printing Office
Congress
Suh
Empire Lumber Company
Hannibal
Coynandant H. B. Steney
League Island Navy Yard
Carpenters’ Brotherhood
Sneure Gueensen
Granger County
John Wolfenbarges
Georgia State Alliance
Atlanta
Georgia
Ar Nelson
Neb
D. L. Moody
Benin
Sperber
Alexandrine
Samoa
Apia
New Zealand
Hinemoa
Admiral Kimberly
America
Twe
Ottawa
Orangemen
Dominion
Rome
King John
Abyssinia
Metterna
Montreal
Kate Byrne
Eliza Marling
Ev. Treiter
Berlin
Vienna
Perth
Amsterdam
Paris
Joan Lre West
New Orleans
Toronto
Canada
Guelph
St. Thomas
Lennox
Addington
Kent
Northumberland
Durham
Victoria
Frontenac
Wellington
Lanark
Brant
Carleton
Ontario
Peterboro
Lincoln
Colchester County
Nova Scotia
Chamber of Deputies
General Boulanger
Republic
Saran Garry
Stillwater
Lowa
Hoa
West Snert
W. Va
X.ono
Joan Wolfinderoer
Ton
Fronensce Rollene
Wilkesburre
Aany
Oklahoma
U. S Army
Connecticut Senate
Bulkeley
Iowa
Dakota
Cherokee & Dakota
Illinois Central R. A
Onawa
Sioux Falls
F. B. Bowes
Randolph Street
Washington
Stafford
Edgartown
South Dakota
E. P. Wilson
Fifth Avenue
Ill
Carter
Hale
Pike
Cincinnati
Cholon
Seeennes
Wisconsin
Baltimore
Indianapolis
Perc
Renee
Brown
Jter
Isaac Thompson
Hood
Thomas Burrell
Tillary
Stratton
Swampscott
Parib
W. Baker & CO
Dorchester, Mass
AMC
Brappfield
Aris
Osbaday
Jacobs
Mark
Charles A. Vogeler CO
Charles A. Vogeler
Magee
Macee
Syracuse
N.Y
J.a.magee & Co
Nellie Nolan
J. A. Magee & CO
Lawrence, Mass
Swift
Joun Dethl
Peru
Ind
Joan F. Hearn
Auburn
Swift Specific Co
Ely
Hayfever
Pelee
ELY Brothers
Warren St
Aealthfur “Olah
Co. L. Colby
Land
Wis
Tutt
Murray St
L’art de la Mode
T. Scorke
Movin Pacific
Hiss Agricul
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