Brazil Duellists Arrested Over Canada Fight Duel
Two Brazilian youths, Arthur Ferriera Vianna and Francisco Bueno, were jailed in New York after a hostile duel plan exposed by Pauline Durant. They agreed to pistols at twenty five paces in Canada, but detectives arrested them at Jefferson Market Court before departure. Both admitted intent to fight abroad.
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New York
Arthur Ferriera Vianna
Francisco Bueno
Senor Vianna
Bueno
Rio Janeiro
Vianna
Canada
Pauline Durant
Jefferson Markets Court
Dilks
Selvin
Wreck of Cincinnati Northern Narrow Gauge Train
A Cincinnati to Dayton passenger train derailed eight miles from Cincinnati after a wheel broke on the rear coach. Three cars and the engine plunged twenty feet into a creek, catching fire. Seventeen aboard, only two escaped uninjured. many were pulled from the ruins. Conductor Miller and engineers were injured. several passengers from St. John and Cleveland are badly hurt. The road is in receivership with extensive losses. suits for damages expected.
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Darron
Cincinnati Northern
Cincinnati
Dayton
Severa
Miller
Joseph Enkenbauer
T. Schrader
Anton Wiseman
St. John, O
John Hu‘ber
M. H. Morgan
Cleveland
Lebanon
Treatment of Virginia Convicts Probe Sparks Senate Action
A Senate letter from a former penitentiary employee alleges grave neglect of sick convicts leading to multiple deaths. It cites an Italian inmate jailed for attempted wife murder who fell ill after undercooked peas, was bound to an iron bed, and died with flesh cut from the cords. A committee will investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richemond
Senate
Queer Plea in Wisconsin Murder Case
Mrs Long accused of murdering the Whittemore boy is arraigned and pleads not guilty. The case moves to the June term. After confessing to detectives she avoided the preliminary examination and told the whole story in private, a move seen as peculiar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danrtrogro
Wis
Acheen Expedition Fails to Save Nisero Crew
The Dutch expedition from Padang to Acheen has returned without rescuing the captive crew of twenty five from the lost Nisero. It destroyed several Rajah villages, and the crew were moved inland with life prospects deemed faint.
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Acheen
London
Padang
Holy Father Creates Archbishop Ryan as St. Louis Coadjutor
New York reports that the Holy Father has created Archbishop Patrick J. Ryan as coadjutor bishop of St. Louis. The promotion is seen as another sign of favor toward American prelates recently in Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Catholic Review
Holy Father
St. Louis
Patrick J. Ryan
Rome
Death of a Peculiar Man in Rixeston
Hiram Radcliffe aged seventy nine died this afternoon in Rixeston New York. Born in Dutchess County he spent most of his life in butchering farming and other pursuits. He accumulated wealth estimated at 00,000 and never married. He led a frugal isolated life and saw no one. Public speculation follows about the disposition of his hoarded gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rixeston
N. Y
Hiram Radcliffe
Dutchess County
Radcliffe
Railroads refuse grain shipments as elevators fill
Cuarence January 23 railroads including the Burlington Alton and St Paul decline grain transport to Chicago unless sold on the track amid full elevators Warehouses capable of holding 450000 bushels were made regular today with 390000 bushels on the track in the city.
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Cuarence
Burlington, Alton and
St. Paul
Chicago
Fatal Boiler Explosion at St Louis Ice Works
A boiler exploded at the St Louis Ice Company works in Depore Illinois on January 23. Charles Lyon was killed and Patrick Kearney a laborer and the engineer were badly injured.
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Depore
Iln
St. Louis Ice Company
Charles Lyon
Patrick Kearney
jJaborer
Government river and harbor improvements by state totals
The Secretary of War submitted a detailed expense statement for river and harbor improvements from 1789 to 1882. The recap lists state by state totals, miscellaneous items, repairs, surveys, and dredging machine costs, with a grand total of 105,796,401.
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Washington
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Ilinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Mississippi
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
Washington Territory
West Virginia
Wisconsin
District Columbia
Attorney Van Shook Found Dead After Riverside Escape
Cornelius Van Shook of Chicago, confined for insanity at Riverside Sanitarium in Paineville, forced his room lock and escaped last night. His corpse was found under the Nickle-plate bridge at Willoughby with skull and both arms broken, overcoat on the track. It is unclear if a train strike or fall caused the death.
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Painesvville
Cornelius van Shook
Chicago
Riverside
Painsville
Mysterious Killing in Mawnt Trowoo Wisconsin
Henry Banknecht is jailed after admitting shooting his wife who died instantly. Police doubt whether the death was intentional or accidental. Banknecht told sheriff he killed his wife while showing a revolver, claiming it discharged unintentionally as she feared being left alone.
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Exoarn, Inc
Wim. Coombs
Coombs
O'Donnell Vengeance Fund Raised in London Subscriptions
The Irish Times reports the Home Office and police warned of planned outrages in England linked to the New York Irish World fund O'Donnell Vengeance Fund. Of 1800 subscribed, 600 to 800 pounds were sent to London last week as detectives pursue holders of the money.
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Dosim
The
Irish Times
Home Office
England
New York
Vanderbilt astronomer notes Brooks comet changes
Nashville Tenn January 22 E J Barnard of Vanderbilt University reports remarkable changes in the Brooks comet on the nights of the 20th and 21st. Sunday the nucleus wore a faint envelope with multiple dark rifts in the tail. Monday the tail split into three branches with a dark space between and rapid pulsation of light just behind the nucleus.
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Nashville
Tenn
Barnard
Vanderbilt University
Brooks
Jury Awards $900 in Cain vs Union Telephone Case
The jury returned a verdict of $900 in the $5,000 damage suit of Dr. J. C. Cain of Bunker Hill against The Union Telephone Company. The claim arose from an agent at Peru denying Cain the use of the telephone.
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Telephone Co
Peru
Ixp
J. C. Cain
Bunker Hill
Union Telephone Company
Plantiff
Rail derailment wrecks eighteen cars in Harrisburg area
On the Lykens Valley Road eighteen cars were wrecked when a rail was displaced by log skid from wood choppers. The workers did not attempt to fix the damage or notify railroad officials. Arrests are contemplated.
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Harris Burg
Penn
Lykens Valley
Burglary Strikes Snowtown Store. Town Treasurer Loses Funds
Snowtown Wisconsin January 23 burglars blew open the safe at the store of E. N. G. Blakeslee taking 1500 dollars mostly the Town Treasurer's funds. They missed 1100 dollars in currency in a back part of the safe.
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Snowtown
Wis
E. & N. G. Blakeslee
Victims remembered after City of Columbus disaster
The funeral services for James A. Merrill Mrs. H. B. Kellogg and Mr. and Mrs. A L Batchelder were held in Boston Mass January 23. The Batchelders were interred in a double coffin.
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Boston
Mass
James A. Merrill
H. B. Kellogg
A. L. Batchelder
City of Columbus
Cowardly Deed Claims Prominent Citizen in Night Attack
Unknown assailant struck Bush W. Mahone on the head with a bar of iron last night. He died two hours later. The murderer remains at large.
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Mr. Carmen, Inc
Bush W. Mahone
Train thrown from track near Hagersville Ont
Morning express train on the Michigan Central Railroad including baggage car and five coaches was derailed near Hagersville Ontario. No injuries reported.
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Hagersville
Ont
Michigan Central Railroad
Prohibition Party to Nominate in Pittstown May
The National Executive Committee of the Prohibition party resolved to hold a National Convention in Pittsburgh pa this city early in May to nominate presidential candidates for the party.
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Pittsspurs
The
Prohibition Party
Editor Henry Smith Inherits $200000 From Daniel Mapes
Henry Smith editor of the Tarrytown Herald inherits two hundred thousand dollars from Daniel Mapes who died recently at West Farms. The legacy elevates Smith's financial standing and ties Mapes' last wishes to New York's journalism community.
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New York
Henry Smith
Tarrytown Herald
Daniel Mapes
West Farms
Jamaica Coffee Crop Seen Small as Labor Exodus Bites
Reports from Jamaica indicate a small coffee harvest with near total failure in some parishes. Sugar making started while labor scarcity persists due to ongoing migration to Aspinwall and the Windward Islands. The weather favors the crop. A Pittsburg movement seeks a coke pool to raise and stabilize prices.
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Aspinwall
Windward Islands
Pittsburg
John G. Patterson
Detroit
Wabash
James Bryden
Gladstone
Franklin
Nathan D. Morey
Lodewick E. Green
Saratoga
N. Y
Trenton
N. J
Eicut
Amelia Olsen
Chicago
Coal Mine Horror at Crested Butte
A Colorado explosion at the Colorado Coal and Iron mine in Crested Butte likely from fire damp left fifty seven men dead with few saved. The blast wrecked engine houses and fouled mine air trapping workers as rescuers rushed from Gunnison.
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Denver
Cot
Crested Butte
Colorado Coal and Iron Company
Messa
Gunnison City
Gunnison
Burglars Fire On Collingwood Merchant In Home Invasion
In Detmorr on January 24 William Rolf, a Collingwood merchant, was awakened by an explosion and confronted five burglars who blasted his shop with pistols. After a firefight the intruders fled, fired again during retreat, and returned before neighbors frightened them off. They aimed to blow open the safe containing a large sum and carried out an attempted murder.
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Detmorr
William Rolf
Collingwood
Rolf
Blizzard Rages Through Minnesota and North Dakota
Reports from the northwest describe a severe blizzard with high winds across Grand Forks and surrounding prairies. Railroads face drifting snow. Duluth records 31 below, Cumberland 36 below, and Superior Junction 44 below as the nation endures extreme cold.
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St. Pau
Grand Forks
Duluth
Cumberland
Superior Junction
Tragic Death of Henrietta Chadwick in State Street Room
Henrietta T Chadwick aged thirty wife of Frank Chadwick died by suicide in a State street room last night. Police believe she shared the room with Eyre T Randall with whom she had been living. Her parents reside in New York and the parties were said to move in respectable circles.
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CuHicaco
Henrietta T. Chadwick
Frank Chadwick
State Street
Eyre T. Randall
New York
Mysterious Fate of a Schooner Jeannie
The schooner Jeannie was driven from Ming’s Bight on January 4 in ice. A crew of six men rowed to a fishing punt and boarded four miles out to sea. No further word has come. authorities fear the crew froze or starved.
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ST. Jesus
N. F
Jeannie
Ming’s Bight
Banquet of Aid of Foreigners in Distress Held in London
The Society for the Aid of Foreigners in Distress held its annual banquet in London with the lord mayor presiding. The French ambassador and US Consul General attended among 200 others, £3580 was subscribed to the society’s fund. A rag-picking boss who found a diamond in a vest pocket was described as avaricious and would sneak into the building at night and on Sundays to search promising bundles. He later died of smallpox without revealing how he contracted it.
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Society For the Aid of Foreigners
London
United States
Tui
Sun
Search for Crested Butte mine dead progresses in blast
Crested Butte coal mine rescue efforts resume with exploration toward chamber No 2 where one body has been found. The skull is fractured and the body bruised as gas and blocked passages slow progress. Authorities fear violence against Superintendent Robinson and mine boss Gibson, while guards protect Gibson's home and families of the buried.
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Denoser
Col
Crested Butte
Chamber No. 2
Robinson
Gibson
Dynamite Plot Alarm Ties to O Donnell Fund In London
Police in London intensified raids and patrols after reports that several hundred pounds of dynamite bought through the O Donnell Vengeance Fund are being distributed in small quantities. Detectives searched public buildings, guarded key sites, and one citizen aiding the arrest was shot. Suspects include Block, Schaffhausen, and the Till brothers in connection with a recent assassination case.
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Sears
Lonpox
Home Office
O’donnell Vengeance Fund
London
Block
Klubeck
Schaffhausen
William
Joseph Till
A Bold Burglary at Brown Street Railroad Office
Early this morning burglars entered the Brown street railroad office on the city's southern edge. They restrained the watchman, opened one safe with keys, blew another with dynamite, and escaped with an amount not believed to exceed 3600. Nearby a blacksmith shop was burglarized. sledge hammers were stolen and tickets dropped along the street.
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Darren
Brown Street Railroad
Train wreck near Bluffton after Lima line broken rail
An early morning accident on the Lake Erie & Western near Bluffton, Ohio, when an accommodation train from Lima derailed after a broken rail. The caboose and passenger coach tumbled into a ditch and were set ablaze. Passengers suffered burns and injuries, including Jacob Bowman badly burned, Shaw and Stilts seriously hurt, Langan and wife wounded, Owens head injuries, Zohn with crushed hands, and several others bruised. Fire teams battled the blaze as passengers nearly suffocated in the burning car.
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Buffton
Lima
Lake Erie & Western
Jacob Bowman
O.S. Langan
Exchange Bank
A. J. Owens
John Zohn
River Men Alarmed Over Ice Gorge Prospects
Pittsburg report warns of a large ice gorge forming in the Youghiogheny and Mononghela Rivers as the Youghiogheny freezes solid. Gorges are noted at Port Royal Shaner Layton and Smithton with ice piles reaching twenty feet high. River men ready no protections for property amid scarce coal and risk of sudden rise.
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Pittsburg
Youghiogheny
Monongahala
Port Royal
Sbaner
Layton
Smithton
Heath arrested for indecent mail matter in Pa.
Frank B Heath of Corry and 1882 Greenback Committee leader was taken into custody in Erik Pa on a charge of sending obscene material by mail. He posted 1500 bail to await a U S Court hearing in Pittsburgh in February.
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Erik
Frank 8. Heath
The
Corry Herald
Pennsylvania State Greenback
United States Court
Pittsburg
Work of the Wind Destroys Church and Sinks Schooner
A Wednesday gale wrecked the Catholic church in Hamilton Leitrim manor on the outskirts of London. The schooner Luther broke apart on the Welsh coast. four crew members drowned in the storm.
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Hamilton Leitrim
London
Luther
Weasel meets untimely end with frozen tongue
A Biddeford resident found a dead weasel in his wood-shed with its tongue frozen to an ax blade. The blade had been used to cut beef that morning, and the animal likely died while attempting to seize meat on the blade.
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Biddeford
Father and son suffocated in Crooked Creek cistern
Nicholas Owden and his son John of Crooked Creek Minnesota were found dead after a cistern fire went wrong. The son descended to rekindle the fire then the father followed with a rope to assist and died as he bound his son, both succumbing to smoke and lack of air.
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Nicholas Owden
John
Crooked Creek
Minn
Nine year old’s oath cited as key to case
A New York woman received a three month sentence after theft of a baby carriage. The incident involved a bright nine year old boy who swore to the oath that helped secure the conviction.
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New York
N. Y. Times
Relics of Farm Gear Highlighted in Gazette Quote
A Cincinnati Commercial Gazette quip lists household items like Vennor a goose bone muskrat and corn shuck as relics, suggesting a humorous take on rural tools and everyday objects.
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Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Le Moyne Furnace Tests Reveal Mass Effect on Burn Time
Experiments at the Le Moyne furnace show a larger body requires longer burn time. The test used the 275 pound corpse of Charles Alman to compare burn rates between a big man and a smaller one.
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le Moyne
Charles Alman
Cleveland Death Toll Shown Low Among U S Cities
A claim asserts Cleveland Ohio recorded a lower proportional death list in 1883 than any other city in the Union, indicating fewer fatalities relative to its population.
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Cleveland
Union
Widows Named in Vermont Letter Confounds Postmaster
A letter addressed to Widow Smith in Richford Vermont caused confusion for the postmaster who found eleven women with that name in the town.
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Smith
Richford
Dr Snoth on Innocence as Polished Armor
The quote asserts innocence acts as protective armor that both adorns and defends a person. It emphasizes innocence as a safeguard in social interactions and judgment.
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Dr. Snoth
Senate and House Actions in Washington January 22 25
The records detail Senate and House proceedings with bills on Indian land openings Texas Pacific land grants and Porter's relief, and resolutions on oleomargarine, Liberty, and election riot inquiries. Notable items include relief for Fitz John Porter, removal of Ord remains, and rebates on tobacco taxes.
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Washington
Cameron
Wisconsin
Committee On Indian Affairs
Oklahoma
Anthony
France
Germany
Beck
Senate House
Parker
Committee On Agriculture
Payson
Committee On Public Lands
Texas Pacific
Senate
Sewell
Committee On Military Affairs
Fitz John Porter
Harrison
Logan
Sherman
Danville
Matthews
Copra County
Mississippi
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Cockrell
Senate Committee On Public Lands
Ingalls
General Land Office
Horusz
Long
Congress
Eric Gabrielson
United States Revenue
Dexter
Gay Head
City of Columbus
Rhodes
Mr. Ellis
Committee On Appropriations
Crow Agency
Fort Belknap
Fort Beck
Blackfeet
Montana
Aeeay
Dockery
Committee On Accounts
Hale
House
Greeley
Senate Committee On
Sawyer
Wilson
Jackson
Greaterength
Cook
Sumner
California
Blanchford
Committee On
Secretary of War
Wellborn
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
Hopkins
Apare Ae
Pittsburg
Young
Arora
Chattanooga
Blount
Committee of Ways and Means
Secretary of the Treasury
Springer
New Mexico
Blair
Merchants’ Association of Milwaukee
Virginia
Lamar
General Ord
Havana
Alexandria
Postmaster General
Suchersons
Czar Orders Polish Count Lubienski to Sell Property
In St Petersburg on January 25 the Czar ordered Polish Count Lubienski, accused of agitating for Roman Catholic influence, to sell his property and leave Russia.
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St. Petersburg
Lubienski
Russia
Mrs Anna Irion Key Figure in San Jacinto Saga Dies
Mrs. Anna Irion, linked to a Bucks County upbringing, is noted as the young woman who buckled General Houston's sword around the veteran before the San Jacinto battle. Her death occurred recently in Bryan, Texas.
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Anna Irion
Bucks County
Houston
San Jacinto
Bryan
Tex
Young man Landell dies in hunger and exposure at Lexington
The young man Landell died of hunger and exposure in Lexington Kentucky recently. He was the son of the president of the Kensington National Bank in Philadelphia and had embraced a wayward streak in pursuit of adventure.
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Landell
Lexington
Kensington National Bank
Philadelphia
Andover Man Hangs Self After Gale Destroys Pines
At Andover Massachusetts Jonathan Abbott owned a large pine grove. When a recent gale toppled many trees he took the loss to heart and hanged himself.
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Andover
Mass
Jonathan Abbott
Boston Post
Rise in American asylum inmates shown over ten years
Published reports from U S asylums indicate the number of insane persons has nearly doubled in the past decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Wealth of Mr Tennyson Put Between 1 Million and 1.5 Million
The report estimates Mr Tennyson's wealth in property to lie between 1,000,000 and 1,500,000 dollars. Authorities note the figure represents property value rather than cash on hand.
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Mr. Tennyson
Ohio Senate and House bills introduced January 17 1883
Ohio general assembly reports numerous bills including reducing state tax from 29-10 to 27-10 mills and standardizing school books. proposed appropriations total 1.6123 million for common schools, debt payments listed, and various reforms from jury exemptions for druggists to rail property listing and street obstruction liability. House and Senate actions include appointments, clerk hires, and bills on insular trusts and liquor tax amendments.
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Senate
Aera
Auditor of State
Palace County
Miscellaneous items of local interest from the era
A coast ing accident at Newark injures a horse and leads to its destruction. Dr Bens TapPan of Steubenville dies at 72 after a long illness. The Baltimore and Ohio Company buys Buckeye car works in Columbus plus 28 acres for westbound shops. Ports mouth saloon keeper Frep Fryer declared insane. Conductor R Holtman of Little Miami dies in Columbus. Charles Bolua of Sandusky, despondent over job loss, shoots himself. Jessie Middleswartz, farmer near Winchester, injured when his horse jum pt from a bridge. Joseph Roemer loses his right hand while wood chopping. Amos Markin sentenced to prison. later added two years. Thirty-two Cleveland residents fined for sidewalk neglect. Rowland of Dan Rowland loses his right hand. later amputated. Dayton Toledo narrow gauge to standard gauge conversion planned. Newark jail inmates attempt escape. thwarted by Sheriff Hall. Incendiary Clues narrowly escapes lynching after barn fire near Youngstown.
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John Rogan
Bens. TapPan
Steubenville
Judge Tappen
U. S. Senate
Baltimore and Ohio Company
Buckeye
Columbus
Ohio
Frep Fryer
Portsmouth
R HoLtman
Little Miami Road
Chas
BoLua
Sandusky
Bolla
Jessie Middleswartz
Winchester
Joseph Roemer
Anthony Roemer
Monroeville
Huron County
Amos Markin
Gallia County
Vinton County
Cleveland
Euclid Avenue
Rowland
Dan Rowland
Lima
Dayton
Toledo
Sheriff Hall
Clues
Youngstown
Science and Industry Notes Across Continents
A collage of 19th century observations noting embroidery by men in cashmere, Edison glow pins sold in Nuremberg, Mennonites damming Nebraska farms, Holland reclaiming land and cheese output, Baltimore sugar-refining plans, Beal and Hermer durability experiments, a Berlin hermit inventor with a cane sewing machine, West Virginia seeking skilled workers, and global use of experimental stations in Australia, India, New Zealand, Russia, and beyond to boost commerce.
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Chicago Times
Holland
Harlem
Zuyder Zee
Baltimore
Baltimore Sun
Beal
Hermer
Bliss’ Garden
Bernau
Berlin
Chicago
Inter- Ocean
West Virginia
England
Australia
India
New Zealand
Russia
Pith and Point Mosaic of 19th Century Wit and Charity
A collage of quotes from Chicago Journal Inter Ocean Utica Herald and others reflects social satire on pretension wealth and manners. It notes the contrast between genuine and autograph charity and cites a dated engraved powder horn as a relic of Fort Schuyler and the Mohawk River now in Lewis County New York.
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Enoch Leonard
Fort Schuyler
Mohawk River
E. J. Leonard
West Martinsburg
Lewis County
N. Y
Buffalo Express
Duck Outpaces Express In New York Run
A wild duck started with the lightning express toward New York at Tarrytown. The bird stayed neck and neck with the locomotive for miles, then shouted a defiant quark and surged ahead, leaving the engine puffing and wheezing far behind.
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New York
Tarrytown
Troy Times
Local Ad Rates Cut Under Liberal Yearly Reduction
Advertisements see a liberal reduction with a six line limit set for six dollars per year. Business sections note care to maintain concise notices within the new cap.
Odd Remedies and Trade Tales from Old Newspapers
A cloth soaked in cold water placed before the bed is proposed as a cure for a somnambulist. Custom-house records show over $1,000,000 worth of eggs imported last year. English sparrows suffer in cold New England weather with hundreds perishing. The Sacramento Bee notes civilization moving toward Reno. Squaws in that area reportedly use face powder. A French writer estimates 193,000 doctors worldwide and laments asthma and catarrh as stubborn ailments.
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Reno, Nev
The
Sacramento Bee
Ischia Earthquake Death Toll Report Reaches 2813
Official committees report the Ischia earthquake killed 2,813 and seriously wounded 762, detailing the human toll and impact on the island.
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Island
Ischia
Dennis Kearny Slices Pies at San Francisco Health Resort
Dennis Kearny, the Sandlot actor, fights aristocracy in fashion through a pie sales venture at a San Francisco health resort. The piece casts his act as a sharp social jab and a publicity move in a murky, satirical tone.
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Dennis Kearney
San Francisco
Farm Hand Earns More At Year’s End In Country Life
The Indiana Farmer notes a farm hand earning twelve dollars a month including board and chores will usually end the year with more money than earning the same twelve dollars weekly in the city. The U S Senate list shows eight members born in Kentucky the most from any state followed by Ohio seven New York six and Ireland and the U K each with one.
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Indiana
United States Senate
Kentucky
Ohio
New York
Ireland
England
Scotland
Modocs Grow into Farmers Amid Government Aid
The Modocs total twenty six families and 106 persons with government supplies and an agricultural instructor. Officials say the Washington Monument project is nearly plumb, missing only one sixty fourth inch. A Brooklyn man shot at his brother in law but the bullet hit the collar button and a life was saved.
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Modocs
Washington Monument
Brooklyn
German NY Citizen Sells Hotel Leftovers to Poor
A New York German citizen profits by collecting discard food from large hotels and selling it to poorer classes at a modest profit. The practice is described as an in demand second hand food industry run by the individual.
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New York
London expert labels tea as tobacco of women
A London authority on beverage effects claims tea is the tobacco of women and requires less digestive power than coffee. He adds coffee is a stronger stimulant and a good substitute for spirits.
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London
Dboffee
Vienna Society Guides Orphans Into Trades
Vienna runs a society aiding boys and girls leaving school who lack support to pursue any trade. The program provides guidance and supervision for both moral and intellectual development as these youths transition to work.
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Vienna
Uncle Sam’s Trade Gaps and a Toast to Untaxed Cigars
A historical note claims last year the United States exported 823,166,133 dollars of goods and imported 720,762,827 dollars, leaving a sizable surplus. It jokes that Uncle Sam should treat himself to untaxed cigars with the extra funds.
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Uncle Sam
Microscopic Exhibition Shows Bee Sting and Large Needle
In Boston a microscopic exhibit displayed a bee sting so fine it appeared almost imperceptible under magnification while a remarkably fine needle was shown with an apparent tip span of five inches.
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Boston
Charity ball notes evoke scandal in New York society
A Providence Herald correspondent describes a recent New York charity ball with vivid remarks about attendees. He notes many bare necks and long red arms, calling a woman in a wet bathing suit an odd creature and claiming some undressed women were even more shocking in appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Providence Herald
Europe insult to the American hog sparks trade note
The article argues that U S exports of bacon to France and Germany before a ban reached over $7 million, roughly the value of wines and spirits those nations sent to the United States, suggesting retaliation could balance trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
France
Germany
United States
Candy ingestion prompts stomach upset and unusual residue
A Washington Star reader describes consuming three tiny candy bites two-thirds of an inch square and a quarter inch thick then dissolving them in water. The residue dries to a hard gypsum like substance, raising questions about ingredients or contaminants in the candy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Gems mined mainly at Paris Maine and Stony Point NC
Systematic mining for gems and precious stones is carried on only at Paris Maine and Stony Point NC, with surface gathering in many places. Sapphires in Montana moss agate in Colorado and agate at Lake Superior are noted. Eighty eight minerals in the United States are gems, twelve occurring only in the United States.
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Paris
Stony Point
N. C
Sapphirs
Montana
Moss Agate
Colorado
Agate
Lake Superior
United States
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Vinton
Athens
Summit
Forco
Ford
Dickson
Horsz
Springfield
Fire Department
Canaty Poor Fund
Cuyahoga
Science and Industry
N. Y. Sun
Nuremberg
Chicago Journal
Count Moltke
Chicago Inter- Ocean
Utica Herald
Boston Globe
Bufalo Express
New York Commercial
Philadelphia Chronicle
Chicago Tribune
Glermont
New England
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