Destructive Fire Destroys Broadway Dry Goods
A blaze at 365 and 367 Broadway New York wiped out laces dry goods and other property valued at 600000. A weekly resume notes.
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New York
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1881
Page
1
Mad Dog’s Rampage Hits New York Streets
Seventy bodies have been recovered and many others were carried away by the current. A bloodhound caused by hydro tore about in the streets six hours before authorities killed it, attacking eleven different persons with severe bites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ieiaietika Pte Benng Waser
New York
Contemptible Printer Firefight Ends in Shooting
Catherine Crane a boarding house keeper at No 4 Charton Street New York was ejected by printer William Sindram who then drew a revolver and shot her in an act of rage authorities report the incident as a violent confrontation with demand for justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Crane
Charton Street
New York
William Sindram
Sindram
Fatal Boiler Explosion at Hall & Co Wagon Factory
A boiler explosion at James H. Hall & Co wagon factory in Maysville Kentucky wrecked the building. William Harris, eighteen, attempted to cool the boiler with water as it neared dryness.
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James H. Hall & Co
Maysville
William Harris
Frightful mine collapse in Luzerne Valley claims two miners
The Empire mines suffered the largest top coal and rock fall in the Luzerne Valley last week. Two thousand tons collapsed burying miner Morris Ewan and his son Thomas. Hundreds of workers labored to recover the bodies as authorities investigate the cause.
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Luzerne Valley
Empire Mines
Morris Ewan
Thomas
Dissolution of Field Leiter & Co Chicago Firm
The dry goods house Field Leiter & Co. of Chicago dissolved its partnership with Mr Leiter withdrawing. Leiter owned 2,500,000 dollars. The firm’s last year business reportedly reached 24,500,000 dollars with a ten percent profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Field, Leiter & Co
Chicago
Leiter
Unclear Text Fragment on Consolidation and Capital
Fragmentary note discusses opposition to consolidation and the capital required to begin, referencing a consolidation effort and capital needs without specific names or dates.
Death Certificate for 115Year old Sally Hunter
Health Office Washington DC received a death certificate for Sally Hunter age 115. Born in 1766 in Westmoreland County Virginia her estate details follow in the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Sally Hunter
Sally
Westmoreland County
Death of Wm E Coffin in Honolulu Estate mystery unfolds
News from Honolulu reports the death of William E Coffin on the 2nd of last month. Coffin had served twelve years as Receiving Teller at the Lafayette Bank in Cincinnati until January 1879 when he took twenty thousand dollars. He vanished with a woman named Krouse and was never heard from until this death news surfaced.
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Honolulu
Sandwich Islands
Wm. E. Coffin
Coffin
Lafayette Bank
Cincinnati
Krouse
Cashier J M Smith Found Dead Near Bluff Street
J M Smith cashier of the Bank of Kansas City Missouri was discovered at the base of a thirty foot retaining wall on Bluff street with a crushed skull and broken ribs. He was a wealthy man, reportedly without enemies, and none of his valuables were disturbed. The cause of death remains a mystery as the wounds suggest a non accidental fall.
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J. M. Smith
Bank of Kansas City
Bluff Street
Smith
Canadian Cable Com ing Bill Sparks Senate Action
A bill in the Ottawa Senate proposes incorporating the American and Canadian Cable Com ing. Wealthy Canadian promoters back the scheme claiming it will give the Dominion independent European connection. The company’s capital is set at $7,500,000.
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Senate
Ottawa
Ont
Tta
Dominion
Europe
Execution of a Jesuit in British Honduras
News aboard the Wanderer from New Orleans reports that Guatemala President Barrios ordered the execution of Jesuit Rev. H. Gillet of Belzine in Guatemala City. Gillet, who had visited Guatemala for health, was arrested at Livingston, transported ironed, tried, and executed on the seventh.
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Wanderer
New Orleans
British Honduras
Barrios
Guatemala
Rev. H. Gillet
Belzine
Republic
Father Gillet
Livingston
Guatemala City
Bloodthirsty Apaches Rally in New Mexico Frontier
A Las Vegas dispatch reports Apaches near San Marial killed fifteen, wounded several, and nine missing. Troops and citizens pursue the band, estimated at forty to sixty rangers amid the high tensions of the border.
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Las Vegas
N. M
San Marial
Grave robbery near Worthington leads to capture
In a rural theft near Worthington twelve miles north of O, two men guarding a corpse found a window raised from outside and a horse and wagon waiting. Thieves had the body half way out when challenged, jumped into the wagon, and fled the scene.
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Worthington
Jos
Bowers
Lestime Storm Claim Near Monte Christo Mine
At Quincy California a miner named Herold and an unnamed woman perished after a storm while walking to Monte Christo Mine three miles distant. The man's body was found but the woman’s remains are missing. News spurred Robinson to search with snow shoes but he was buried in a snow slide near his home. Sixty miners search for the missing pair without success.
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Quincy
Cal
Herold
Monte Christo
Robinson
Smallpox Vaccination Mania Hits New York Society
The New York Sun notes fashionables pursue vaccination in social circles with private parties and surgeons performing the procedure wholesale. Some enjoy protection yet social life suffers, though one young lady attended Mrs Astor's ball with an arm bandage exposed until dancing loosened it.
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New York
New York Sun
Heavy Snowfalls Across West and South Reported
Snow depths reach thirty inches at Deadwood Colorado and eighteen inches at Bismarck Dakota. Stock damage and railroad disruptions reported from Kearney Nebraska. Sioux City Iowa rail lines largely blocked. Montana reports twenty inches of snow. Mobile sees five inches on the 24th. Augusta Georgia endures eight hours of snow, Wilmington North Carolina reports ground cover and sleighing. city abuzz with snow baking by women. New Orleans records three inches, the heaviest since 1852.
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Deadwood
Col
Bismarck
Dakota
Kearney
Neb
Union Pacific
Burlington
Missouri
Sioux City
Iowa
Pacific
Montana
Mobile
Augusta
Wilmington
N. C
New Orleans
Investigation Uncovers Abuse at Indianapolis Female Reformatory
Indiana Legislature probes the reformatory as testimonies reveal filth and illness among children. Witnesses describe unsanitary beds and blankets, denied medicines, harsh beatings, and stripping for whipping as the inquiry continues.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Melissa Strong
Alice Powell
Frightful Erie Road wreck claims four postal clerks
A derailment near Tioga Center on the Erie Line destroyed a postal car and an express car after a locomotive axle failure caused all cars to leave the track. Four postal clerks died in the blaze and Henry C. Brewer, the express messenger, perished as rescuers attempted to reach him through a door in flames. Other passengers were shaken but unharmed.
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Erie Road
Tioga Center
Harry Lamb
Henry C. Brewer
Brewer
Senate amends and debates Indian lands and Grant retirement
Memorials from Philadelphia and Cincinnati back Inter State Commerce Bill. Logan moves to place Grant on retired army list. motion fails 25 to 28 with Lamar voting with Republicans. Indian Land in Severalty Bill debated. Census expenses bill passed. various amendments and a long discussion end in executive session. A repeal resolution on foreign ships is debated. several small bills pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Logan
General Grant
West
Butler
Bureau of Animal Industry
Harris
Len. Wallace
Morgan
Uoon
Indiana
House
Severalty
Hoar
Meckenics
Joe Eeereenen
Wabash
Beck
United States
Blaine
Lawmakers debate party gains and congressional counts
The report details bills on a double sid railway from New York to Council Bluffs, census seat distribution favoring slave states, and Republican plans for 319 representatives. Senate amendments to military and monument bills passed, Postoffice issues discussed, and a contested Yeates versus Martin election case sparked a quorum disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillette
New York
Council Bluffs
Owa
Acklen
Cox
North
Senate
Saratoga
Nest
Ooe
Wilson
West Virginia
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Mr. 8
Yeates
Martin
Ireland News Roundup on Land League Prohibition and Trials
Prohibitions on a Land League meeting at Balla are noted along with British and Irish actions on arms offshore. A Dublin trial update, judicial remarks by Judge Fitzgerald, and reactions from Dillon Parnell and Macken reflect tensions in Ireland. Archbishop McCabe and Maynooth clergy call for reform to restore peace in land disputes.
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Land League
Balla
Ireland
Amsterdam
Queen Victoria
Transvaal
Queen’s Bench
Fitzgerald
Great Britain
Eee Ce
Fiy
America
League
Biggar
Dillon
Parnell
London Times
Dublin
Tia Arlinany
Ian
Rpatine Mack J Tne
Membershi Davitt
Bivan
M. P
Maynooth
McCabe
Ediate
House of Lords
Macken
The
And 6
Fiendish Stepmother Arrested for Fort Wayne Murder
Olive Parker’s second wife, living four miles north of Fort Wayne Indiana, is jailed on a charge of murdering her step daughter Lillie age fourteen. Neighbors reported ill treatment. Coroner’s exhumed body showed thirteen wounds and severe bruising with putrid matter in arm lumps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Parker
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Lillie
Washington briefs on politics and engineering plans
In Washington, activists contest telephone rates as petitions pour in. House committee votes to support Martin over Yeates for the seat. Navy clerks are discharged for budget exhaustion. President approves a court martial sentence for Paymaster Nelson and nominates Matthews for Supreme Court. Miss Bright Eyes is praised by Senator Hoar amid Indian policy debate. James B. Eads’ early life and bold diving innovation are recounted.
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Washington
el Merchants
Mecene
House
Monroe
Navy Department
J. H. Nelson
Army
Albany
Prsident
Senate
Stanley Matthews
Cincinnati
United States Supreme Court
Swayne
Matthews
Ohio
The
Sunday Chronicle
Christiancy
Bruce
Mississippi
Wm. Dunn
Stewart van Vleik
Acento Pepe Ey Eniydl
Samueputy
Joseph H. Eaton
H. B. Kelly
Allen County Democrat
Lima
Imperial
Kelley
Inter-oceanic Canal
Ead
Ist
Panama
Post Office
Post Office Department
Sprincer
Post Office Committee
Llaw
Bad Utti i
Bile
Wastas Duke
State Department
Miss Bright Eyes
Morgan
Alama
Hoar
Sitting Bull Surrenders to Canadian Government
Fort Buford dispatch reports Sitting Bull has formally surrendered at Woody Mountain to Canadian authorities. He requests transfer under Northwestern police escort to Fort Buford and handover to U S military authorities. He says he left Canada to surrender to Major Brotherton but feared treachery from troops at Poplar Creek Agency. He trusted Fort Keogh troops and agrees to return with Canadian officials.
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Fort Buford
C. T
Woody Mountain
Sitting Bull
Canada
Brotherton
Poplar Creek
Fort Keogh
Uncle's Gift of 50 000 Ends in Kentucky Colt Tragedy
A Boston anecdote tells of a rich uncle who left his nephew 50 000 after seeing his prudence with a colt. A Chicago parallel ends badly as another 50 000 inheritance leads a man to Kentucky where a colt defeats him in his first race.
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Boston
Chicago
Kentucky
Chicago Tribune
German naturalist reports phosphorescence in sea fish diagnosis
A German naturalist notes sea fish in three percent salt solution glow with light starting at the eyes and spreading over the body. The luminescent mucus is white by day and shines at night. Garibaldi is badly off, confined to bed, unable to move limbs.
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Garibaldi
Cold Feet and Winter Foot Care Tips from Youth's Companion
The article emphasizes widespread cold feet in winter, urging woolen stockings thick shoes and rubber boots. It advises removing shoes indoors, using extra soles, and soaking cold feet nightly in warm water to improve circulation and prevent nerve and brain effects.
How to Get Around the World in Twenty-four Hours
A Berlin philosopher proposes a balloon method to circumnavigate the globe in a day. He claims birds prove travel can be stationary while the earth turns beneath, awaiting landing at the desired spot. He has presented the idea to the Berlin Polytechnic Society, which received it with skepticism.
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Berlin
Polytechnic Society of Berlin
Ohio State News and Various Ohio Court Actions
A chaotic Ohio report notes James Ocuiepiz killed at Chillicothe while coupling cars, Grand Juries in Carroll and Marion counties indicting liquor dealers and murder suspects, Hightower trial in Kenton, and Kline accused of poisoning his father in Canton. Other items include suicides, insane adjudications, arson-like injuries, and a Montana heir search.
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James Ocuiepiz
Chillicothe
State Reform Farm
Sara Bernhardt
Cincinnati
Houen McGowex
New Hagerstown
Carroll County
Thomas Hightower
Wm. Newland
Kenton
Spa Briowell
Zanesville
Onmano Buss
London
Canton
Joseph Kline
Kline
Bellefontaine
Whilliam Wilcox
New California
Franklin Houston
Urbana
Columbus
Saran Mitchell
Robert Mitchell
Miss Mitchell
Wm. Hoseworthh
Marionnet
Hardin County
Dora Sever
J. C. Blaker
Sandusky
Newark
Insame
Free Press of Lancaster
Free Press
Marysville
Ines
Clelia Clark
Mariatt
Rospest GiLes
Ranj
Williamsburg
Noble County
Caldwell
W.S. Barrox
Hocking County
Board of School Examiners
Joan Cumanns
Mount Vernon
Chicago
Millersburg
L. Fireston
Louis Garnes
Lydia Wolf
Joan Britz
Steubenville
E. A. Elliott
Beltz
Mattie
William Ae
Kiott
Newcomerstown
Montana
Millburn
Young Millburn
Howell
Indiana
Yo Millburn
Joe Millburn
How to Be Healthy for a Long, Productive Life
A James-like admonition urges prioritizing health over relentless study or flashy aims. It praises wholesome habits such as regular outdoor activity, good sleep, clean living, and temperate use of alcohol, linking health to strength, longevity, and future success.
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Maister Haydon
Adam
Robert Collyer
Eight-year-old arrested for drunkenness in Lowell
A Lowell officer arrested an eight year old for drunkenness and left her ten hours insensible in a cell without attention. The report notes there was no clubbing, completing a disgraceful scene.
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Lowell
Mass
Assessor Election Bill Moves in Ohio Legislature
The Ohio House passes a bill by Mr. Moore limiting assessor offices to one per township or ward. Other measures deal with bonds for Newark machine shops, state institution policemen, tax refunds in Knox County, and teacher certification extending with years taught. Senator Sinks and Senator Pond advance bills on fugitives and record indexing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore
Sean Og
Sinks
Pond
Agricultural Society
Warren County
Hill
Cincinnati
Newark
House
Knox County
Richards
Senate
Supreme Court
Dr. Scott
Covert
Howard
Hamilton County
Boards of Improvements
Boards of City Commissioners
Ohio Legislature considers multiple acts in session notes
report summarizes bills on condemnation of railroads, local option laws, Sunday law, tax and bond measures, bids openness, and public works. mentions appointments, appropriations for orphans and insane asylum plans, and travel to Washington amid Garfield inauguration.
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Athens University
Cincinnati
Tx General Assembly
Greneral Robinson
Garfield
Foster
O’hacan
Gibesale Notimeut
Sandusky
Pan-Handle Road
State Board of Eq
F. D
Cuyahoga
Pelton
Robertson
New York Times
Mentor
Cleveland
Tran
Demecy
State Board of Public Works
Ohio Canals
Wash
McLeay
Cincinnati Enquirer
Dr. Green
Bowseemittee
State Board of Tax General Assembly
Wam
Columbus Pro
Shere Goveleatios Dae O
C. x . Roadesby
Washingto City
M . Perwill
State of Charities
The Champion Liar and the Chronicle’s Muse
A caustic critique taunts a San Francisco Chronicle staffer famed for legendary fabrication. It cites past tall tales from medical marvels to a bath that froze instantly and a streetcar patient built from bone, ending with a jab at California’s sensationalism and a Detroit Free Press quotation.
Peas Puppine Recipe Improvised Boiled Split Pea Dish
Soak a pint of split peas twelve hours then simmer in water until tender. Drain and puree with eggs and pepper to form a mold. Boil the mold in ample water for a couple of hours then turn out and serve.
Advertising rates and terms for advertising space
Ghedlermont Gourier lists advertising and legal notices rates. Transient ads cost 1.00 per square (ten lines) for first insertion and 0.50 for each additional insertion. Yearly discounts offered. Business cards up to six lines priced at 64.00 per year.
Mirror study reveals gender gaze in 19th century Boston window
In a Boston display of a large French plate mirror, researchers counted passersby and found 876 men and 592 women. Of the men, all but two looked into the mirror. none of the women paused, with only three studying dresses briefly.
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Boston
Cat
Whitney
New York Ledger
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