Centenary of the Blue Licks Massacre Observed in Kentucky
August 19 marked the mas sacre centennial with the laying of a monument corner stone in Blue Licks. D Lyman B Todd Prof J D Picket Mrs Mary K Jones Governor Blackburn and Hon John Mason Brown delivered addresses. Henry L Stanton read an original poem to close the ceremonies.
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Blue Licks
Kentucky
D. Lyman B. Todd
J. D. Picket
Mary K. Jones
Blackburn
John Mason Brown
Henry L. Stanton
Toronto
Vennor
Lower Lakes
New Jersey
Charleston
Atlantic
Brownshilre
Texas
Taz National Quarantine Service
Brownsville
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Price
Ala
J. Sterling
Butler
Jack Turner
F. D. Barney
Jesse Wilson
Peter Hill
Willis Lyman
Aaron Scott
Range West
Mt. Sterling
de Sotoville
James Brep
Warren
Illinois
Gratiot
Wisconsin
Hawzax
Ross
Cons. C. Stockrix
Delaware
Globe
Arizona
Andy Hall
Wells, Fargo & Co
Fish
James Crawtord
Carson City
Syracuse
John Brown
Lucretia Garfield
Arthur
Wendell Phillips
P. B
Pinchback
Michigan
Land Office
Board of Education
Grand Rapids
J. W. Begole
Flint
Congress
Irish and global news brief from Mallow to Hungary
Reports of trials in Ireland sentence three men for a brutal assault on Sullivan in Mallow to decades, a shooter in Mullinger jailed for life. Admiral de Luthem and Arctic explorer Leton Smith noted. Dublin dispatch on Joyce family murder victims including a wounded boy and a decayed mother. Smallpox in Cars Town and Suez concerns. Montreal forgery congress and French caution over Suez policy. Simla treaty draft rejected by Theebaw. Nihilists kill horses in Copenhagen. Canadian forts rush armaments while Wolfe and Simcoe boats warned. Gavin arrested over Joyce murder. hundreds of women face trials for poisoning in Hungary.
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Sullivan
Mallow
Ireland
Mullinger
Frederick de Luthe
Leton Smith
Nova Zembia
Cars Town
South Africa
de Lesseps
Port Said
Guayamas
Sonora
Mexico
Montreal
France
England
Suez Canal
Apviets
Simla
King Theebaw
Mandalay
Copenhagen
Quebec
Canadian
Wolfe
Simcoe Islands
Gavin
County Mayo
Joyce
Gross Bedskerck
Hungary
Admiral Hewitt Telegraphed From Suxt on Seagull Mosquito Action
Admiral Hewitt reports from Suxt that yesterday Captain Hastings commanded Seagull and Mosquito crews aiding 200 Highers under Major Kelsey in a seaborne operation with seamen and marines.
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Admiral Hewitt
London
Hastings
Mosquito
Kelsey
Ambitious Egypt War News and Local Hangings In 1890s Dispatch
Alexandria reports uncanceled orders on disembarkation in Egypt and a proclamation against Arabi Pasha. Arabi supposedly withdraws 5,000 troops toward Tel el Kebir while Hanfi Pasha is reportedly jailed after disputes. Nearby, the Nautilus remains off Aboukir as Wolseley’s forces rout Egyptians at Mahatta. Reports of yellow fever rise in Brownsville with deaths, plus hangings in Newcastle Delaware and Jacksonville Florida.
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Shaluf
Shalul
Port Sarp
S Lave
Wolseley
Canal Company
Arabi Pasha
Damanhour
Tantah
Alexandria
Greece
Ludgate Hill
City of New York
Ismailia
Ramleh
Kafr-el Dwar
London
Admiral Seymour
Nefich
Port Sar
Kantara
Oes
el Arish
DeLesseps
Hoskins
Sullivan
Egypt
Alison
Duke of Argyll
Lincoln
Montreal
Sues Canal
Port Said
Aboukir
Zulfikar Pasha
Ismalia
Tel-el-Kebir
Ismaila
de Lesseps
Duke of Connaught
England
Household Cavalry
Ramses
Khedive
Kafr-el-Dwar
Hanfi Pasha
Neitch
Nile
London War Office
Wolesley
Mahatta
Horse Artillery
York and Lancaster Regiment
Marine Artillery
Jamees Reppen
Newcastle Delaware
Tur Porte
Arabia
Suez Canal
de Lessep
Brownsville
Texas
Matamoras
Turip
Hazen
Post Office Department
Treasury
Jacksonville
Lorida
Alen
S. 8
Robert Parker
Poland
South Carolina Fraud in 1880 Election Stirs National Debate
The contested Lee versus Richardson case illustrates South Carolina efforts to suppress African American votes in 1880. It details ballot stuffing, destroyed records, and post-election disenfranchisement aimed at maintaining Democratic control, with calls for federal action to ensure fair elections and restore voting rights.
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Lee
Richardson
House Committee On Elections
South Carolina
State Board of
House
Congress
House of Representatives
N. Y. Times
Hendricks Fights Lost 1876 Bid in Indiana Platform
The Indiana State Convention platform echoes Hendricks accusing fraud and perjury in 1876 to dismantle the will of the people. The piece defends Hayes as a rightful president and recalls the Electoral Commission decision that settled the dispute amid national crisis. A Chicago Journal note remarks on maritime women aging at sea.
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Tom Hendricks
Indiana
Indianapolis
Hendricks
Tilden
United States
Hayes
George Washington
Chester A. Arthur
Rutherford B. Hayes
Louisiana
Florida
South Carolin
House of Representatives
White House
United St’es
Army
Navy
Congress
Special Court
Thomas A. Hendricks
Chicago Journal
Multiple Ohio incidents and deaths reported across counties
The Canton drugstore fire causes heavy stock loss. Carrollton mayor Joserx L. Ros dies. cyclist Ed Lybrand injures a farmer George E Fetty fatally. Shanafelt teen killed by accidental gun discharge. flagman Wa Linox dies in Youngstown Beaver accident. canal drowning of L Schmidt in New Bremen. Cons Frapy fatally shoots John Beal near Canton. Supreme Court decision revokes licences of mutual aid associations in Indiana and New York. Assault on Almon Sherman leads to arrest of Rodney Sherman. Chan dersenville outrages reported. Dun Kirk resident Henry Holmes dies of blood poisoning from a corn. Mary Axton attempts self harm with oil of vitriol. a four year old Alexander McGuion hangs himself accidentally. Mark Henry dies of sunstroke in Ironton. Grace M E Church ladies raise 3000 dollars at Urbana Camp meeting. Bellefontaine reports a cave discovery near Petterson farm and underground railroad tunnel. Lancaster note: Ohio Evangelical Association camp meeting near Carroll with 1000 tents. Grace Fourty recovers from self inflicted brain wound.
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Dursin Wriert & Co
Canton
Joserx L. Ros
Carrollton
Gerorce E Fety
Delaware
Ed. Lybrand
Wallace Shanafelt
Greentown
Stark County
Shanafelt
Wa. Linox
L. E. Yards
Youngstown
Beaver
L. W. Schweter
New Bremen
Auglaize County
Cons. Frapy
John Beal
Supreme Court
Fidelity Muttal Aid Association
Philadelphia
Superintendent of Insurance
Pioneer Mutual Association
Union City
Indiana
Indiana Benevolent Association
Mutual Endowment and Accident Association
Bath
New York
Ohio
J. Q. A. Campsety
Belefontaine Republican
James Taylor
Henry Holmes
Dunkirk
Mary Axton
Accoun
Geroratana
Alexander McGuion
Mount Vernon
Mark Henry
Ironton
Burnace
Dr. O. Ellison
Ladies of Grace M. E. Church
Springfield
Urbana
Bellefontaine
George Smith
A. G. Petterson
Grorce Fourty
Nevada town boils over deaf man whisky miracle tale
A deaf and dumb man, aided by the public with twenty five cents, drinks whisky and momentarily speaks. Citizens then throw him into a disused well, leaving him deaf and dumb. The report quotes the Chicago News on the incident. Ambrose Lindsay of North Carolina profits from an $80,000 potato crop, netting about $50,000. A Nebraska paper notes a local custom of addressing non Judges as Professors.
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Nevada
Chicago News
Ambrose Lindsay
North Carolina
Europe
N. Y
Riparian rights and political graft show in early court rulings
The digest reviews cases from Vermont and Illinois on riparian water rights and upper stream use, campaign promises to pay electors, usury in notes, pension fee recovery, damages rules, municipal contract limits, and property title protections. It also covers presumption of death, dog bite liability, and assignee equities across several courts.
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Canfield
Howard Vs. Jacoby
Court Common Pleas
Columbia County
Penn
Recorder’s Office
Dickens Et al
Miller
St. Louis
Advances in Science and Industry Report
A year saw about 4 000 patents for electrical applications. Pear trees dominate New York nurseries shown at Rochester meeting. New machines cut pin length from wire rolls, and form heads, tips, polish, sort, and insert rapidly. Glass imitates marble for tablet tops and cases. A Yankee collar from swamp flags prevents horse galling. A German explosive claims superiority to gunpowder. Ocean salinity varies with coast and affects navigation. A cheap insulating material from wood fibers promises low-cost battery and telegraph insulation.
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Rochester
N. Y
New York
St. Louis Globe
Pittsburg
Detroit Post
Etrie
Vienna
Chicago Times
Whimsical Snippets From Quip Filled Columns
A collage of humorous quotes from various papers highlights oddities in daily life. Jokes about a seventeen year old girl pilot, mop handle shortages, and mispronounced galvanized iron mix with light quips on conscience and letters, ending with a prune loving husband.
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Nantucket
I Herald
The
Agricultural Bureau
Detroit Free Press
Vermont
Paris
Chicago Journal
New Haven Register
Austin
Texas Siftings
Wigglesworth
New Haven
Advertising Rates In The Glermont Courier
The Glermont Courier lists legal and transient ads at 81 per square for first insertion, with fixed cents for each additional run. A yearly liberal reduction applies to advertising. Business cards up to six lines priced at 6 per year.
Why He Tramped and the Frogs That Wreaked Loss
A tramp recounts losing six thousand dollars after raising twenty three thousand frogs in Illinois. A farmer’s land dispute and a burned jumper catastrophe ruin his venture, leaving him penniless and asking for help. He travels east seeking relief from the crash of his failed enterprise.
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Illinois
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Clermont Courier
Charles W. Fegg
Hohe
Garland
H. J. Hall
Hospital Trust Company
Providence
Rhode Island
Tucson
C. B. Hawley
L. O. Grimes
Cicero Grimes
Express
Xegro
Smith
Little Rock
Ark
Watkins
R. G. Ingersoll
Tur Erie
Buffalo
John Bonnar
John Kemp
Henry Lee
Timothy Driscoll
Cons
Rottison
Kansas
Greenbackers
Jay A. Husser
Concord School of Philosophy
G. W. Cushman
Evanston
Chicago Tribune
Boston Bank of Commerce
Chicago
Cushman
Puck
Newport
R. I
George T. Downing
Providence Journal
Republican Party
Washington
Roy
South
Ohio State News
Nebraska
St. Louis Commercial Gazette
Burbach
Goodyear Rubber Company
City of
Bank
Rider
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Science and Industry
Glermont
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