News of the Week Highlights From Lexington to Washington
King Mambrine sold at Lexington for fifteen thousand dollars. Louisville seeks Kentucky capital and one million dollars in value. John J. Knox confirmed Comptroller of the Currency. Mason Fund reaches seven thousand dollars. Chandler confirmed as Secretary of the Navy 238 to 17. Tobacco ban urged for preschools in Northern Indiana. Congress debated Damages for defense in a murder case. Ohio River flood heights and ship crews crowned. Mrs Scoville appointed conservator of Guiteau estate. Commerce committee approves Mississippi River improvements totaling four million one hundred twenty three thousand dollars. Chicago Presbytery seeks veto of a bill affecting Chinese conversions. National Land League holds session in Washington with two hundred twenty seven delegates. McVeagh criticizes Arthur administration as bossism.
Great Country Aims At One Million Souls
Report notes this country targets close to one million souls. In a related line the text mentions the exile of five thousand Jews from Moscow. During Easter, Odessa streets were patrolled by troops. In the recent days seven hundred people were arrested, most without passports.
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Moscow
Odessa
Dying from Trichinous Ham Outbreak Hits Bridesburg
In Bridesburg Pennsylvania ten people are dying after eating raw ham. Mr and Mrs Lars and four children along with members of two other families contracted trichinosis from pork.
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Bridesburg
Pennsylvania
Lars
Bender Not Captured in Kansas Manhunt Report
A St Louis report claiming the Kansas human butcher John Bender was captured on a raft proved false. Bender remains at large while the man captured was only another person.
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St. Louis
Kansas
Old John Bender
Old Bender
Large hailstones strike Dallas in sweeping storm
A Dallas hailstorm produced stones up to ten inches in circumference causing extensive damage. Windows shattered and property losses reach about 150000 dollars while surrounding areas report stock losses and varying fruit and grain impact.
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Texas
Dallas
Great Kentucky Trotting Sale Leads Local Markets
The April 10 sale near Louisville offered Denview Indian Bill and Woodlake stock. Buyers included New York's Robert Bonner who paid 4000 for a three year old Cuyler filly. 79 head sold for 29260 total.
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Kentucky
Lousville
Denview
Indian Bill
Woodlake
Robert Bonner
New York
Cuyler
Jeannette Crew Letters From Irkutsk Reach Salem Family
Two private letters dated February 21 1882 from Irkutsk reach Raymond Newcomb’s circle in Salem Massachusetts. The Jeannette survivors travel toward St Petersburg via Augsburg and expect to arrive around May 1 barring delays. Newcomb serves as amanuensis to Lieut Danenhower. health improves for all. tone is hopeful and cheerful.
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Jeannette
Irkutsk
Salem
Maas
Raymond Newcomb
St. Petersburg
Augsburg
Siberian
Newcomb
Danenhower
Capt Howgate Escapes From Washington Jail
Capt Howgate was jailed in Washington charged with embezzling government bonds. He fled the bailiff during a two hour visit to see his daughter who had left the bailiff and rushed to seize him.
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Howgate
H. W. Howgate
Washington
Fatal trio of sisters die within half an hour in Philadelphia
Coroner records three sisters dying in quick succession as a mystery case in Philadelphia. Mrs. Watson, 52, dies after Mrs. Winsmore, 58, enters her room and then collapses. Mrs. Smith, 60, dies ten minutes later. Addresses cited include 829 Wharton street and 1335 South Fourth street.
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Philadelphia
Sarah Watson
Cynthia Winsmore
Wharton Street
Elizabeth Smith
South Fourth Street
Mrs. Watson
Mrs. Smith
Ransom note hints at killer as officers close in
A victim died within moments after a ransom note was found. The note warned to leave and claimed Billy Brazil was after what he had. Authorities, with a clue to the murderer, expect an arrest soon as they press the case.
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Billy Brazil
J. N. Goopamor
Death of Ida Greeley Smith in Chappaqua
Ida Greeley Smith wife of Colonel Nicholas Smith and daughter of Horace Greeley died at her home in Chappaqua on the eleventh. Ill for a few days the disease was diagnosed as quincy by Dr Sloan and later as diphtheria by Dr White of New York. She died quietly after a brief illness aged thirty leaving three small children Horace five years old, a two year old, and a one month old infant. She studied four years at the Sacred Heart convent in Manhattanville before devoting herself to her mother. A beautiful woman of intelligence and vivacity, she was greatly beloved by a wide circle of friends.
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Idea Greeley Smith
Nicholas Smith
Horace Greeley
Chappaqua
Sloan
Quincy
White
New York
Josrin Davis
Niles
Thomas James
Findlay
Galton
Fred
Miller
Isaac Burt
Cleveland
Canton
Gorrelle
Lon
Gore
Roserr
Jnx
Millersburg
Fremont
Hayes
Joseph
New Plesenine
Tartesaees
Melton Ace Ple
Amity
John Cunningham
New P
Kam
Exivupina
Fostoria
Norts SP River Group
Summit County
Jonathan Meyers
Meyers
Unionville
Union County
Pennington
the Cincinnati
Ison
J. N. Kinnear
Peren Greatnovse
Lebanon
Colmescens
Baldwin
Greathouse
Armer
Thomad Fish
Fishburn
Michig
Ohio State Board of Agriculeee
Toledo
The
Congregatio Church
John Deering
Wood County
Terrible Baltimore Boiler Explosion Kills Many
A mill feed store boiler at A. H. Silbey & Co. on King Street caused multiple deaths and serious injuries. Exploding debris demolished two houses, injured residents, and damaged several nearby buildings.
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A. H. Silbey & Co
King Street
Baltimore
John Addison
Harrigson Waters
Andrew Cooper
Frank Krani
James Roden
Afteen
Edward Callahan
Margaret Kant
Pratt Street
C. W. Gates
Edward Kelly
Denial on Wartenberg Conversion and Ohio in News
Latter items report a denial of the King of Wartenberg’s Catholicism, a major fire destroying buildings in Cincinnati with $295000 loss, and a note on a U S House panel approving a 10000000 education appropriation. Ohio moves to close saloons on Sundays. indictments issued in Franklin County for bribery tied to canal schemes. Wat son faces bribery charges. tax firm A T Stewart & Co plans to quit dry goods.
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Trew
Wartenberg
Ahe Penfi
Cincinnati
A. T. Stewart & Co
New York City
U. S. House Committee On Education and Labor
Aura Bornton
A. Boynton
Garfield
Grandma Garfield
Hiram
Ohio
Tue
Ohio General Assembly
United States Senate
House
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Maryland
Missouri
New York
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
West Virginia
New Mexico
Grand Jury
Franklin County
Wm. Bloch
Cleveland
W. A. Wright
Hocking County
J. D. Watson
Senate passes anti polygamy bill and Indian relief measure
Senate actions include amending the Anti-Polygamy law with a $5,000 salary for Election Commissioners, passing a repeal of permanent appropriation laws, and approving a Wichita and Indian relief bill of 20 million dollars in bonds. Also approved are Native lands adjustments, annuities options, and a landmark monument funding bill.
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Bayard
Judiciary Committee
Davis
W. Va
Senate
Saunders
Wichita
United States
Allen
Sabia
Ben Halliday
Ohio Legislature passes several bills and redistricting committee named
The Senate and House approve multiple measures including a flood control and road wage bill. A redistricting committee of Harr Pond Strong Kinney Pollard Chapman Godfrey White and Foresman is appointed. A May Decoration soldiers pledge is passed along with funding for the National Forestry Congress. Additional acts cover land sale for Blind Asylum use estray laws road preservation infirmary spending and public printing. The Senate directs clerks to index trial documents and committees approve probate to common pleas procedures and widow or minor allowances.
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Senate
Sayre
Dickinson
Harr
Pond
Strong
Kinney
Pollard
Chapman
Godfrey
White
Foresman
Hollingsworth
Stegate Pene Yeas Anderson
Brigham
Rown Dickinson
Evans
Hall
Hartshorn
Myers
Norton
Perkins
Nays
Ballauf
Dexter
Easton
Yocerann Kirby
O Beans
Palmer
Pearson
Reed
Yeatman
House
Common Pleas
Snyder
Jones
Delaware
Ohio Wesleyan University
Bell
United
Locke
Metcalf
Scott Beetoee
Hamilton County
The Figs of Commerce in the Levant markets
The article explains Smyrna figs as a dominant Levant trade item with September October ripening, Meander Kaistros valley harvest, and shipments by camel to Smyrna. It notes packing in cardboard drums, Belgium and Austria paper, and heavy export to England America and France, with Smyrna figs commanding high quality and price.
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Asia Minor
Meander
Kaistros
Smyrna
Levant
Belgium
Austria
Smyna
England
America
France
Mediterranean
New Orleans
Paying for the War Pensions Outlook From 1882 to 1906
The Commissioner of Pensions estimates total wartime and Mexican War pension outlays at 1 347 651 598 dollars from 1881 through 1906. Yearly appropriations are listed from 1882 to 1906, showing fluctuating sums ranging from about 29 million to 89 million. The narrative notes the burden to public finance and the ongoing effort to fund the afflicted, though the text ends with a stray line about a physician and mats rather than pensions.
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Commissioner of Pensions
Ohio House Debates and Local Incidents Reported
The Ohio House discusses and passes measures including a pension and revenue bills, with debates on Standard Oil investigations and liquor licensing. Local deaths, accidents, and crimes are recorded, including multiple fatal injuries and a bank incorporation with Ex-President Hayes among incorporators.
Pillar Saints and the Fame of Stylite Ascetics on Pillars
The article recounts anchorites who lived atop pillars to renounce earth and society, focusing on Simon Stylites the Elder. It details his ascent from a small starting pillar to about sixty feet, wearing an iron neck chain, praying with body bent to touch his feet, and enduring thirty seven years on the pillar before dying at 72. Crowds flocked to view him from abroad, highlighting the era’s fascination with extreme asceticism.
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Simon O
Stiles
Peasence
Connectic cut Mutual Life Leads Hartford Finance
The Connecti cut Mutual Life Insurance Company of Hartford holds assets of 50 258 785, exceeding six times Hartford banks and fire insurers and nearly five times Hartford’s five companies combined capital. The article notes French physiologist Fourens places full human development at twenty years, with life expectancy targeted at five times that in adulthood.
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New England
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company
Hartford
Frourens
The Kind of Man to Marry
A young man with a modest salary saves weekly to build a future home, sacrificing comfort. He seeks a suitable partner whose value lies in character, not dress, and finds a patient, steadfast match. Their married life starts simple but steady, with lasting affection and mutual respect.
A Mexican Salutation Described by Mary Foote
The narration describes a Mexican greeting where ladies in carriages signal with a quick two finger gesture, palm to eyes, common in the capital but reserved for friends in Morelia. The scene highlights intimate social custom, the pace of white mules on rough streets, and the refined exchanges of ladies as they meet and lean in for affectionate cheek contact.
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Morelia
Mary Hailock Foote
Sewing-Girl Flora Fay Finds Fortune in Sailor Captain
Flora Fay, a sewing girl, faces harsh work under Madame Molini who overcharges and underpays. Captain Drake, a sea captain and Flora's suitor, helps her, and after a snag over dress materials Flora gains new prospects with Mrs. Arkwright. Drake proposes farm life in Connecti cut, and Flora contemplates leaving the city for a stable future with him.
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Speculation Sentiment on Bubbles and Market Collapse
A fragment discusses speculation and market exposure, noting that half of speculative stocks are bubbles likely to burst, and mentions figures like Gould or similar. The text reflects a cautious view of financial risk and impending collapse.
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Gould
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