Wear Terms Promised By Pegg Firm
A short note states PEGG Ltd offers wear terms with payment due in one year and a price of $1.50 per wear, indicating a basic installment style plan.
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Pegg
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1881
Page
1
Earthquake in the East and Other Late News
A miscellany notes an earthquake in New Hampshire on the 18th, Senate adjournments, Indian troubles in New Mexico, Rome indignation over Franco Tunis treaty, 9200 emigrants to New York, mine disaster at Golden Terra in New York killing three and injuring five, sensational Rome assassination plots, a big arsenals find near Warsaw, execution day events, and political shifts in New York with a gun salute for Judge Robertson’s confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
Golden Terra
D. T
Jay Gould Secures Connection to Midwestern Rail System
con authority reports Jay Gould has purchased the Indianapolis Peru and Chicago Railroad and established a link with the network centered at Indianapolis. The move strengthens Gould’s control over critical western and midwestern rail corridors and expands access to major markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Gould
Indianapolis
Peru
Chi- Railroad
Revised New Testament sells 300000 copies in New York first day
The article notes 300000 copies of a revised New Testament sold in New York on its first day. It suggests the old edition can be bought cheaply and sent to heathens to begin on. Tribes in Tunis send letters accusing Srevrnies of treason and threatening to raise the Sultan's banner over the Franco Tunisian Convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tunis
Warry Srevrnies
Cook at Atlantic Hotel Shoots Wife Then Takes Own Life
Charles Given a cook at the Atlantic Hotel Atchison Kansas shot and killed his wife on the spot. He had a history of intolerable abuse prompting the wife to leave him last March and seek work at Walker's restaurant.
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Charles Given
Atlantic
Atchison, Kansas
Walker's
Dorsey Item on Route 38 113 From Rawlins to White Colorado
Route 38 113 from Rawlins to White Colorado was awarded to John W. Dorsey for 1700. The line later passed to ex Senator Dorsey. It ran weekly over 180 miles in 108 hours and was eventually expanded to seven trips per week with pay rising to 30981.
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Dorsey Item
Rawlins
White Colorado
John W. Dorsey
Dorsey
Destructive Nashville Fire Destroys 34 Buildings
A blaze in Nashville Tennessee on the 17th destroyed thirty four structures including Noel's block the finest in the city with an aggregate loss of 450000 dollars and insurance 200000. A heavy gale and water shortages overwhelmed fire crews.
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Nashville
Tennessee
Noel
Eureka Hotel proprietor faces arrest after sister assault
Henry Hall of the Eureka Hotel Nokomis Illinois created a scene last week by severely beating his eighteen year old sister during an evening walk she shared with Geo Pinkerton. Hall opposed their courtship and was arrested for brutality.
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Henry Hall
Eureka
Nokomis
Ill
Geo. Pinkerton
Hall
Prohibitory Laws Test Filed By Kansas Brewer
John Walruff of Lawrence Kansas challenges state prohibitions on brewing arguing federal constitutionality. He estimates his brewery at 70000 dollars and says he cannot afford to lose it while the Brewers Association in Chicago has pledged 75000 dollars to support the test.
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Kansas
John Walruff
Lawrence
Brewers’ Association
Chicago
Indignant Response to Kansas Emigration Laws
A Western publication movement protests Kansas State Constitution prohibitions, arguing they deter emigration. The measure allegedly pressures German and thrifty German emigrants, whose movement and demand in new regions is notably affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ss Simmsas
Kansas
Sprague a Bruiser in Bank Check Incident
Ex Senator Sprague, described as irritable, gave his intimate friend Dr J B Green a check for slightly over a thousand dollars that failed to clear at the bank and prompted a discussion between them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sprague
J. B. Green
Violence and pogrom reports erupt in Eastern Europe
The account describes attacks on Jews including a doctor assaulted and others beaten. It notes antisemitic violence directed by mobs in Tar tova Woloszca with Jewish houses burned. A telegram from Woloszca reports Jews attacked and displaced. 330 families left homeless as homes burned and destroyed in Galicia.
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Weta
Kieff
Tartova
Woloszca
Galicia
Poor Wheat In Illinois Report From Noble Richland County
A Noble Richland County correspondent writes that extreme heat and insect damage have devastated the wheat crop in the area. Most hope for only about half a crop, contradicting any claims of a yield similar to last year.
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Noble
Richland County
Illinois
Imperial Edict Shapes Russian Policy Amid Civil Unrest
Vienna dispatch reports peasants killed and properties burned during Podwalyska sacking on the Russian frontier. Rail stations plundered. Odessa and Kieff see Jewish persecution. Alexander III appoints Gen Ignatieff to Melikof’s successor role and issues a circular stressing autocratic authority, anti rebellion measures, and moral reform.
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Vienna
Podwalyska
Odessa
Kieff
Melikof
Alexander III
Gen. Ignatieff
Gen. Melikoff
Russia
Ukraine
Mount St. Gothard Tunnel Disaster Claims Dozens
A rock fall buried nearly 400 workers at the Mount St. Gothard Tunnel in Switzerland on the 13th inst. Rescue efforts saved three hundred of the injured, though many were maimed or fatally hurt. Seventy workers died at once, and mournful scenes formed as families gathered at the tunnel mouth.
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Mount St. Gothard
Switzerland
Three Indictments Involving Mail Contract Conspiracy
Grand Jury in Philadelphia returns three indictments against Joseph R. Black Wm R Cason Joseph Frank and Henry Arbuckle charging conspiracy to defraud the Government for 4800 5300 and 4600 on mail routes from Ft. Griffin to Ft. Elliott Bracketsville to Ft. Stockton and Ft. Elliott to Wichita Falls Texas. Alleged statements say Black would expose the whole business implicating officials of high standing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Court
Philadelphia
Joseph R. Black
Wm. R. Cason
Joseph Frank
Henry Arbuckle
Black
Ft. Griffin
Ft. Elliott
Texas
Bracketsville
Ft. Stockton
Wichita Falls
Servant Girls Head Story of Lottie Ma lonney
A Delaware tale from Smyrna recounts Lottie Malone aged twenty who became a housekeeper for Dr Leon a wealthy physician. He had her name changed to Lottie Josephine Leon by legal means and named her heiress to his fortune of three hundred thousand dollars leaving readers with a cautionary note about appearances and fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottie Maloney
Smyrna
Del
Imy the Bey of Tunis Signed the Treaty
Sinope reports the Bey of Tunis telegraphed the Porte detailing a French general presenting a treaty for signature under force. The Bey claims he signed to avoid bloodshed and honor, without examination. Powers dispute sultanic suzerainty and the Porte vows to protest French use of force.
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Imy
Tunis
Sinope
Porte
Judge Howe Appeals for Stable Money Basis in Bimetalism Debate
Paris dispatch reports Judge Howe, U S Commissioner, outlining America’s stance on bimetalism at the Monetary Conference. He argues agriculture and silver mines underwrite a world money base worth billions, urging equal terms for gold and silver and a united, stable monetary system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Monetary Conference
Howe
United States
America
Monument to River Bend ERoute Item Route 38018 Awarded
The Dorsey combination held route 38018 from Monument to River Bend, Col. It covered 39.5 miles with service twice weekly in 33 hours. Watts won the bid of 2070 while Watts sub let to Williams for 1200. Brown then re let at 1200 and later orders raised pay to 1200 with seven trips weekly and 17 hours.
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Monument
River Bend
Col
Dorsey
Joshua H. Watts
Santa Fe
Watts
N. P. Williams
Denver
A. H. Brown
Brady
Brown
Miner
Peck
United States can maintain gold basis says Mint table
A table by Mr Bur chard Director of the Mint indicates the US delegate to the International Monetary Conference can show European powers the United States can sustain a gold basis regarding its gold reserves. The entry notes the total amount of gold coin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burchard
Mint
International Monetary Conference
United States
World gold stocks and U S gains in circulation
The article lists gold holdings by country totaling 2.9 billion across Germany England France Spain Portugal Russia United States and Mexico with the United States at 520 million. It shows U S gold growth from 1879 to 1881 including increases in Treasury holdings and in active circulation.
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United States
Germany
England
France
Spain
Portugal
Russia
Mexico
Burchard
Unee
Unitedates Treasbeee
Horrible Tragedy in Indiana Ends in Double Murder
Alexander McRheelers living seven miles south of Terre Haute killed his wife and her sister at his mother in law's home at seven in the morning then shot himself. The coroner's jury returned verdicts of murder in two cases and death by self destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander McRheelers
Terre Haute
Indiana
Mrs. Blocksom
Belle Blocksom
McRheelers
Nominations Confirmed for Various U S Posts
The Senate in executive session confirmed numerous nominations including Blanche K. Bruce for Register of the Treasury and G. B. Loring for Commissioner of Agriculture to take effect June 30. Appointments also included collectors, consuls, a minister to Brazil, and other federal posts across states and territories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Blanche K. Bruce
Mississippi
Register of the Treasury
G. B. Loring
Massachusetts
Abner Tibbetts
Base del Norte
Texas
Thomas A. Reeves
U.S
Tennessee
Francis H. Pierrepont
West Virginia
Richard Rowell
Illinois
Byron H
Colombia
Thos. D. Duncan
Corinth
Miss
Wallace R. White
Maine
United States
Idaho
James C. Weaks
Louisiana
Albert W. Bush
District of
Buffalo Creek
New York
John F. Dravo
Pittsburg
Jonathan H. Gray
Alexandria
John B. Glover
Indiana
Havre
France
Geo. F. Mosher
New Hampshire
Nice
Wm. B. Wells
Michigan
Rotterdam
M. B. Wharton
Georgia
Sonneberg
E. H. Rogers
The Eagle and the Kite Fable From Galveston News
A Galveston News fable recalls an eagle seeking a mate and pairing with a boastful kite. The kite promises great feats but returns with a decomposed mouse, revealing the moral that loud talk does not yield honest results and warning against electing loud talkers to the Legislature.
Love's Test between the Cashier and the President
The Cashier confesses love for the President's daughter and faces rejection as the President questions his honesty. The exchange exposes tension and pride, ending with the banker’s claim of flawless accounting as a counter to suspicion.
The Humble Engineered Battle at the Topnody House
A comic sketch in which Topnody, worn by his quarrel with Madame Toonody, declares himself master of the house only to be met with her sharp retort and playful dominance. The scene hinges on a domestic power struggle and a comically inflated claim of authority.
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San Francisco
Topnody
Madame Topnody
Debang
Kentucky Heroine of the Frontier Fight
In 1787 Nelson county Kentucky a cabin attacked by seven Indians. John Merrill wounded at the door while Mrs Merrill defended the home. She fought with an axe dispatching four invaders on the roof and in the chimney area. Fire from a feather bed suffocated the remaining attackers. One attacker fled severely wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Nelson County
Virginia
John Merrill
Merrill
Resignations of Conkling and Platt Stir National Press
Sympathies of General Grant emerge as New York Senators Conkling and Platt resign on the 16th. The press quotes Union leaders and editors from the New York area, with reviews of Garfield policy and party divisions. Opinions vary on who bears responsibility and the fate of the Albany session and Robertson’s leadership.
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Conkling
Platt
United States Senate
New York
Grant
J. P. Jones
City of
Mexico
Messrs
Garfield
Robertson
Ohio State News A cascade of accidents and trials in Ohio
Fever sweeps Jefferson County while Milan woman pays 15 dollars for violating the Stubbs Law. Ohio Democrats meet in Columbus July 13 as Stephen Deal, a German man, is killed near Newark by a moving train. Mine problems at Hocking Valley prompt resumption of work. A Caldwell slander verdict awards 1000 dollars to Mrs Anderson against James Young. A Wooster youth loses an arm in a buzz saw accident. Arsenic bread sickens Canton family after green bag flour exposure. Steubenville trackmen strike, then are discharged. Fatal lightning hits Ross and Blaser households. Bridge collapse near Eldorado kills Vaggles and horses. Mount Vernon suit over liquor results in 180 dollars to plaintiff. Various storms, drownings, and near-misses punctuate a turbulent Ohio week.
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Jefferson County
Klingerfelt
Milan
Stubbs
Columbus
Stephen Deal
Newark
Rox
Hocking Valley
Anderson
James Young
Caldwell
Alvin Korg
Wooster
Levi Bachtel
Canton
Cleveland and
Pittsburg
Steubenville
Isaac McLane
Ohio Prohibitionists
Eldorado
Prebie County
Charles Vaggles
Vaggles
Mount Vernon
Rachel L. Fowler
Henry
Wm. Philo
James Ross
Belfast
Stultz
Ross
Brice Stow
Arthur Smith
Judge Smith
Cincinnati
Ray
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Cantaan
Eeees
Samue James
Mt. Gilead
John
James
Tagher
New England Wages Examined by Labor Expert
Massachusetts statistician Carroll D Wright reports New England wage patterns. Maine mills pay men seven ninety dollars weekly with women at five fifty and children as low as two twenty five to five forty. some mills pay men ten fifty weekly. Connecticut workers endure ninety hour weeks with wages of four eighty to nine dollars. Massachusetts uses sixty three to sixty six hour weeks with spinners at one eighty eight per day. The piece notes water power, winter stoppages, and a warning that long hours and low pay brutalize workers and fuel social issues.
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Carroll D. Wright
Massachusetts Bureau of Labor and Statistics
New England
Maine
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New York Commercial Advertiser
The Lost Boy Returns to Hearthstone Family
A bereaved family greets a grown son returning as a man while cherishing the memory of the boy he once was. They acknowledge his new role, his hopeful future, and the ache of the boy who left forever, kept alive by love and a quiet farewell.
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Tall
Father
Hezekiah Jones and the Flapdoodle Editorial Chaos
The Steubenyue Herald recounts Hezekiah Jones editor of the Flapdoodle who yields to reader pressure, trims every feature from humor to politics to ads, then prints a blank issue. A moral from the editor’s note: readers should mind their own business when guiding a paper.
Advertising Rates Published by The Clermont Courier
The Clermont Courier prints legal and transient advertisements at 1.00 per square for first insertion and 0.50 for each additional insertion. Yearly advertisers receive a liberal reduction. Business cards up to six lines cost 6.00 per year.
Official Salaries of United States Public Rulers and Officials
A compiled list details salaries for executive, legislative, judicial, consular, diplomatic, and military officers. It includes President at 50000 dollars, Vice President 8000, Cabinet officers 3000, Speaker and other House roles, Chief Justice 10500, district and circuit judges, attorneys, consuls, ministers, and various military ranks with specified pay.
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United States
Executive Department
Targes
House of Representatives
House
Dt Ars
Justive
Loniet
United States Circuit
United States District
Onsular
Britain
France
Gor
Russia
Spain
Artine Conte Tion
Austria
Hungaria
Barbary States
Belgium
Boli
Chitates
Chili i
United States of Colombia
Denmark
Equador
Tir Sedge
Hawahian Iles
Japan
Avoy Liberia
Terident
Ae Mnagascar
Netherlands
Paragua
Portugal
Sweden
Norway
Switzerland
Ee PT Itel Treasury
Two Girls of Frostburg Keep Farm and Family
Two young women, ages twenty two and twenty, run a sixty acre Frostburg farm near Punxsutawney. They sow, reap, fence, raise hogs, care for a widowed mother, and perform carpentry and shoe making. They also paint, waxwork, and play music while running a local dairy economy valued in the article.
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Punxsuatawney
Frostburg
Pittsburg Dispatch
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