Beath of Robert Hale and Other 19th Century News Items
Robert Hale of New York is dead. Boston elected Lemuel A. Green mayor by 500. Frelinghuysen nominated and confirmed Secretary of State. J W Dixson, murderer of R W Phillips, committed suicide with poison. Rhode Island dissolves injunction on Sprague estate sale. Bath City feared lost with 34 crew after leaving Bristol November 10. Beandon drug liabilities noted at 2112007 assets 69595. Gas explosion at Prospect Mines kills John Turner. Mexican politician murders a man then kills and wounds seventeen others. Four of eight men drown after skiff goes over Charlestown dam. Mrs Langtry debuts at Haymarket London in She Stoops to Conquer. London meeting backed emigration of women to Canada. Lottery case lacks penalties as B Frank Moore fined 500. Pat Dolan convicted of murder in Uniontown. Poughkeepsie bank defalcation 40000 to 50000. English rail disaster near Canonbury leaves five dead and thirty injured.
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Guiteau
Wilkes Booth
Chicago
Guieau
Ted
New York City
Stephen Lish
New York Insurance Times
Eer
Iperiacripx
New York
Guitean
Olbar Tr
Warren Broynysldwyer
D. McLean Shaw
Gax Ad Wien
Schaile
Charles H. Wehle
Wehle
Agaliar
Scoville
Orfe Ab
Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Pennsylvania Road Runs Fast Train Cincinnati to New York
The Pennsylvania Road introduces a rapid service between Cincinnati and New York, completing the journey in twenty three and a half hours.
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Pennsylvania Road
Cincinnati
New York
Postmaster General James to Retire From Cabinet
Postmaster General James announces intent to retire from the Cabinet on January 1 or as soon after as his successor can assume office. He will continue to serve until a replacement is in place.
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James
From Bad to Worse in Goldwater Bagnio Murder Suicide
In Goldwater Michigan Frank Wheeler killed his wife in a bagnio then shot himself twice and died almost instantly. authorities report a domestic tragedy ending in murder suicide with Wheeler succumbing at once.
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Goldwater
Mich
Frank Wheeler
Anti Jewish Riots Persist in Odessa
Rioting in Odessa continues with severe violence as authorities report 256 Jews considered most obnoxious to the rioters have been expelled from the country.
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Odessa
Cotton Crop Yield Forecast for December Reports
The department reports December 1 cotton yield will not exceed 4,900,000 bales, the smallest since 1866. Liberal subscriptions pour in for sufferers with Paris contributor of 62,500 dollars.
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Ry Department
Paris
Garfield Monument Fund advances collation total
The Garfield Monument Fund has received popular contributions of 1 dollars and fees totaling 25 115 dollars. Special large contributions from Cleveland citizens add 52 700 dollars, bringing the overall aggregate to 77 815 dollars.
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Garfield Monument Fund
Cleveland
Elevator Tragedy Claims Five at Pfister & Vogel Tannery
An elevator plunge at Pfister and Vogel tannery in Milwaukee Wisconsin killed Fred Koldt instantly. Otto Greenwald and August Uncke died from injuries while Heyer and Fred Kuth were seriously hurt.
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Pfister & Vogel's Tannery
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Fred Koldt
Otto Greenwald
August Uncke
Heyer
Fred Kuth
White House visitor rules cited by President
At New Orleans Oscar A. Rice the defaulting Internal Revenue collector pleaded guilty to embezzlement and was sentenced to pay a fine of 10304 dollars and to serve two years at hard labor.
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New Orleans
Oscar A. Rice
Internal Revenue
Threats of Dynamite Foreshadow Guiteau Wing Shutdown
The Warden of the Washington Jail has received anonymous letters urging the removal of all prisoners from the wing housing Guiteau, warning it could be blown up with dynamite at any moment.
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Sguatrean
Washington
Guiteau
Italian man fatally wounds sister's suitor near San Francisco
An Italian man attacked his sister's suitor with a knife near San Francisco after displeasure with the match. The killer was stabbed by his mother who intervened, while the sister was seriously wounded.
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San Francisco
Brother Guiteau Describes His Assassin Kin
John W. Guiteau calls his brother a queer man who is quick and sharp yet lacks sensible reasoning. He says the perceptive faculties are strong but he has no sensible power of judgment or reasoning.
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John W. Guiteau
Guiteau
Trial of Guiteau Faces Delay as Juror Falls Ill
On the 14th inst juror Gates a Navy Yard mechanic fell ill delaying Guiteau's trial. His digestive collapse followed prolonged high living and inactivity in court. Rebecca Bates noted for 1512 heroine feat as she and Abbie sounded roll call with fife and drum to deter approaching British troops.
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Guitean
Gates
Navy Yard
Rebecca Bates
Abbie
Ring Theatre Disaster Toll and Local Notices
Fragmented report notes a Vienna Ring Theatre disaster with a casualty count near 508 bodies recovered and 589 total dead. Scituate Massachusetts mentions a vessel death at 88 with cousin Abbie surviving. New York District Attorney Rollins targets disreputable gambling and assignation houses with closures and penalties.
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Rollins
New York
Desperate Search For Charley Johnson After Fire
A woman frantically seeks Charley Johnson amid smoke and ash as police guard a burning scene. She insists he is dead, then collapses sobbing after finding other injured men. Subscriptions pour in for the injured including McCune and family, who lose everything.
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Charley Johnson
McCune
Financial and political notes from Congress and White House
Senate Finance Committee backs Sherman bill on 3 per cent bonds, with Alaska expedition proposal and court nominations in play. Reports detail cabinet, postal, and treasury moves, plus possible public printer appointment and bank charter debates as Congress reconvenes.
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Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Sherman
Ward
White House
Strager Keirer
Washington
Arthur
Turkey
Fekret
MixEs
Department of the Columbia
Alaska
Schwatka
Hird Cavalry
X ‘ Anne c
Hitt
Hunts
Court of Claims
Army and Navy Register
Anson G. McCook
Mary Ag
Committee On ‘Military
Bt Arms
Irmary
Vocat Gener
ATM
Inters” Union
DeFrees
David Davis
Hatton
Eads
Upton
Ths
Recenwy
Gilfillan
Pennsylvania
Gulf Committee
Bial & Id
Treksty
Zare
Logan
Cincincinnati Commercial
Kentucky
Senate Committee On Territories
Keifer
Balloon ascension tragedy leaves Powell missing
In Bath England a balloon voyage by Ima Ballos Mr Walker Powell and Captain Templar ends in disaster as the balloon falls soon after ascent. Templar Gardner and Powell are missing with no news since the accident. The Ring Theatre Fire sees police criticised for door locking as many victims remain unidentifiable and a long common grave is prepared at Central Cemetery.
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Ima Ballos
Walker Powell
Malmsbury
Templar
Gardner
Ascension
Bath
England
Gaitt
Powell
Ring Theatre
Vienne
Prohibition in Kansas Prompts Governor's Reward Proclamation
Governor St John issues a proclamation offering rewards from 100 to 500 dollars for arrest and conviction of anyone manufacturing intoxicating liquors in Atchison Leavenworth Topeka and other cities and for removal of county or city officials neglecting temperance laws in the state.
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Kansas
St. John
Atchison
Leavenworth
Topeka
Ot “End City
O Y
Entertaining Proposition Aims Direct Presidential Ballot
General Thomas M Browne introduces a joint resolution proposing constitutional changes to abolish electors and have voters choose the president directly with a single national election day. The effort signals broad attention and a major shift in how presidents are elected. The piece notes political implications and calls for nationwide synchronization of the vote.
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Thomas M.browne
Indiana
Death of General H. S. Banning in Cincinnati
General H. S. Banning of Cincinnati died suddenly on December 10 from heart trouble traced to war wounds and exposure. Born near Mount Vernon Ohio in 1834 he enlisted as a private in 1861 rising to brevet Major General while commanding the th. Ohio. He later served in the Ohio Legislature and two terms in Congress, defeating R. B. Hayes in 1872 and Job E. Stevenson in 1874. He leaves a wife and four children, the eldest twelve.
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Banning
Cincinnati
Mt. Vernon
Ohio
Knox County
R. B. Hayes
Job E. Stevenson
From the Altar to the Tomb at Latrobe
Mrs Belle Karns died instantly when the Johnstown express struck her on December 14 at Latrobe Pennsylvania. She had just married Robert Karns and the couple were starting their wedding tour. He briefly left the car and she fell or was struck on the platform. He witnessed the tragedy and fainted, later described as delirious and likely permanently affected.
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Belle Karns
Bell
Westmoreland County
Penn
Johnstown Express
Latrobe
Robert Karns
Fire at Gibson Station boardinghouse claims many lives
A blaze at a Gibson Station boardinghouse used by railroad workers killed numerous men after a lamp exploded near the stairway. Of about forty men in the loft, twenty four escaped in night clothes, while charred remains of several victims were found beneath roof openings. Train crews aided injured survivors arriving in Pittsburg.
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Gibson Station
Pittsburg
Lake Erie
McCune
Emperor Napoleon’s Downfall and Saxon betrayal at Leipsic
The passage recalls Napoleon’s campaign around Leipsic where Saxon allies fired on him, influencing the battle. It notes Napoleon’s dinner quote about victory before eating, his later defeat by larger allied forces, and the ultimate abdication at Fontainebleau marking the end of his European empire.
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Leipsic
Saxony
Napoleon
Vola
Wagram
Austerlitz
Jena
Austria
Russia
Prussia
Bavaria
The
Rhine
Grant
Petersburg
Fontainebleau
Europe
Oyster Stews and Honest Labor Warned by Winfield Courier
The Winfield Courant notes life’s folly and urges early and late labor to earn money, citing oysters at two bits a plate as a necessary cost in a reflective, traditional moral voice.
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Winfielad Courant
Guiteau Trial Exposes Bristling Testimony On Insanity
The twenty second to twenty fifth days of Guiteau's trial feature Dr Spitzka the veterinary expert, Dr Barker and other witnesses declaring insanity while Guiteau shouts at reporters. witnesses describe congenital brain inequality and moral imbecility, with courtroom interruptions and intense cross examination revealing deep defense and prosecution tensions.
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Trau-Smiler
Ed@ward
Chas, Spitzka
New York
Ando
Prigoner
Scoville
Davidge
Guiteau
Tharg
Quitean
Witness Testimony on Guiteau Insanity and Attitude
A witness describes Guiteau’s use of the word assassination twelve days after the shooting. The jury hears a tenacious exchange with Guiteau, including insults to witnesses, and notes on his behavior and conversation with Rev. Rush R. Shippon, pastor at All Souls Church in Washington.
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Guiteau
Collier
J. M. Justice
Logansport
Ind
Moody
Corkhill
Rush R. Shippon
All Souls Church
Washington
Congress Debates Garfield Aftermath and Civil Service Reform
The XLVIIth Congress discussed reimbursement for Garfield assassination expenses and funding for a statue and Indian education. Debates covered tariffs, Civil Service Reform, and the Dawes plan. Bills included a ship railway proposal, Potomac River study, gold certificates, and silver dollar issues. A pension inquiry on Lincoln’s widow was adopted, with focus on presidential succession and related contingencies.
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Garfield
Army of the Cumberland
Beck
Morrill
Pendleton
Dawes
Vee
Aitacaian Bai Publicanidn
Eads
Potomac
Washington
Ohio River
Barkersburg
W. Va
Committee On Territories
Hoar
Committee On Finance
Ingalls
Committee On Pensions
Abraham Lincoln
Garland
Senate
Large batch of bills filed including tariff cuts and land sales
A legislative report notes seven hundred eighty one bills introduced with 121 from Kansas. Many measures treat tariff reduction and access to postal telegraph information, plus lowering public land prices for actual settlers. Resolutions audit President Garfield illness expenses and funeral and propose a union for his widow and family. A Special Census Committees resolution was adopted.
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Kansas
Garfield
Five-Cent Garfield Stamp Called Handsomest Yet
Notes from LATER NEWS report the Garfield postage stamp as the handsomest issue to date. Reports also recount fourteen Galway to Arran Islands drownings in a small boat and seventeen convicts escaping while being taken to pick cotton at Skipwith Landing on the Mississippi above Vicksburg. A typhoon swept a town of 3000 away four miles inland. Mrs. Scoville suspects her brother Guiteau was drugged in confinement. Vermont hotels refuse travelers amid Temperance Committee conflict. Salt Lake dispatch: Chief Justice Hunter denies altering Campbell vs Cannon, confirming Cannon’s alien status due to fraudulent naturalization.
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Galway
Ireland
Arran Islands
Skipwith Landing
Mississippi River
Vicksburg
Salt Lake
Utah
Hunter
Campbell
Cannon
Lincoln's remark on preachers and bees in sermon delivery
The speaker recounts Mr. Lincoln preferring preachers who act as if in a struggle, not merely delivering dull sermons. He notes Lincoln's habit of extending his arms and matching gesture to speech while describing a combative stance akin to fighting bees.
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Volk
Lincoln
Domestic Life in Italian Winter Habits and Linen
The account describes coarse homespun table linen saved for months, yearly washing with carts to rivers, and minimal personal washing in winter. It notes strict indoor temperaments, warm dress, limited soap use, and women keeping indoors in elaborate dress while men wear greatcoats. The Cornhill.
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Veeioe
Marietta
Sissignora
Sissi
Cornhill
Railroads blamed for brakemen deaths and brutal work
The Hartford Courant denounces freight railroading as endangering brakemen. It argues promotions declined as workers are killed or injured, noting brutal treatment and rare top positions. It warns that rapid industry growth worsens conditions for the workers.
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Hartford Courant
Attack on Juggernaut Idol at Pooree Temple
A group of twelve men and three women attacked the Pooree Juggernaut temple during a large pilgrimage. One intruder died in the struggle, others were arrested and jailed for three months. The attackers formed a new Hindu sect, the Kumbhupallas, claiming a 1664 revelation by Aleknew amy and denying images of the divine.
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Juggernaut
Pooree
India
Sumbalpore
Aleknewamy
Calcutta Gazette
American rider tangled with armed bandit in Mexico
A lone American traveling from Colima to Manzanillo was accosted on the highway by a well-armed bandit. The exchange led to a tense standoff as the American claimed the bandit wore his coat, producing a six shooter to force a reveal and ensure the coat was not mistaken for the bandit’s own. The narrative ends amid the confrontation.
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Colima
Manzanillo
Mexico
Senor
Sam
Dionppeanel
Etek
Advertising rates in Clermont Courier notice
Legal and transient ads cost 1.00 per ten lines for first insertion plus 0.50 for each subsequent insertion. Yearly discount offered. Business cards up to six lines priced at 66.00 per year.
Ohio State News Roundup of Accidents and Deaths in Ohio
A long list of local incidents includes suicides, fatal accidents, and legal notices across Ohio. Reports mention a Dresbach murder trial in Lancaster with over a hundred witnesses, saloon lunch bans in Akron, and a Columbus minstrel’s death. Other items cover gunshot injuries near Van Wert, deaths from gas, nail injuries, and a rural couple’s gas tragedy. An 8-year-old Massillon death and Chandler Mircney shipping cattle to New York are noted, along with a January reunion in Franklin County and various railway and factory incidents.
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Onanues
Steubenville
Dresbach
Lancaster
Akron
Akr
Randry
Wanna Brothers
Columbus
Norwalx
Cuannes Santorp
Kent
Joan Forgy
Painaville
van Wert
Carr. Witt
Menrix
Ironton
Washington
Harmon
Belle Valley
Wa. Dunn
Youngstown
David Mason
Harveysburg
Harri Cxlark
Mechanicsburg
Wm. Smith
Massillon
Chandler Mircney
New York
Ex-Soldiers' and Sailors’ Association
Franklin County
Comstock
Opera House
Joan GamMan
Ei Rere Reker
van Er
Abi&ndon
Phe Aia
Painesville
Charley Scott
Rev
D. Frantna
Harmer
Fearing
Israel Putnam
New Philadelphia
Messrs. Smith & Son
Pittsburg
Binffton Ind
Madison House
London
Lucas Fry
Piqua
Groner Exsesser
Globe Iron Works
Cleveland
Frank Anderson
Straiteville
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Bristol Tunnel
Wm. Anderson
Joan Mrans
James Mears
Jefferson County
Jacos N. Yoorr
Milkleburg
Madison
Charles Butler
Rawson Hall
Butler
James Lex
Ann Arbor
Mich
Armstrong & Co
Belgium Farms Prosper Through Careful Husbandry and Manure Use
A Chicago Tribune correspondent reports Belgian farming success hinges on thorough field shaping precision plowing and spading intensive manure management with abundant crop rotations and livestock feeding. Flemish farmers invest heavily in guano sewage-derived fertilizer and convert urban waste into phosphates, boosting yields and land value.
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Belgium
Mavadaber
M. de Laveley
Chicago Tribune
Bray and Stranger Barter Bills in Theater Scene
An odd theater episode unfolds as Bray asks for a bill and a man nearby, Lance, replies with two unprovided bills due next week. The moment captures casual financial talk amid a reverie and a stranger’s surprise.
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Lance
Bray
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Boston
Lemuel A. Green
Repubcan
Blaine
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen
J. W. Dixson
R. W. Phillips
Lexington
Supreme Court of
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Bath City
Bristol
Dsb Bee Om
Wilkesbarre
John Turner
Charlestown
Mrs. Langtry
Haymarket Theatre
Londoon
Lord Lorne
Canada
B. Frank Moore
Mollie Maguire
Pat Dolan
Uniontown
Maurice Healy
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Canonbury
Vessel
Scituate, Mass
Vienna
Img
Narhbér
Washington Briefs
Southern Pennsylvania Medical Relief Association
York
Cox
de. Barker
Pitzka
Spitzka
Barker
Palmage
Corlhill
Spitka
L. S. Gobell
H. T. Ketcham
Henry Wood
Philadelphia
Gaullean
Samuel P. Phillips
Ocs Guiteau
Phillips
John L. Withrow
Ingersoll
Rhiti
Criti Inouis
Charles A. Bryan
New York Equitable Insurance Company
Henry M. Collier
Ahue
Noble Young
Guite&a
Conkling
Gauiteau
Ghiteau
Reynolds
Isoner
Porter
Italy
Che Clermont Courier
Ohio State News
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