News Of The Week Highlights Across Regions
Memphis raises 1500 for Michigan sufferers. Chicago contributes 7000 to Michigan relief. Ohio Anti Liquor Alliance organized with 50000 capital. 650 Mormons sail to Salt Lake City amid diph deaths in Cincinnati aid. Ontario water scarcity causes stock losses. Kansas Prohibition claimed successful by Governor St John. President's health may prompt Florida trip. Corfu forest fires drive residents from homes. Stedheimer jailed for 43000 coupon theft. Neapolitan earthquakes injure and damage nearby areas.
Five Cent Subscriptions and Star Route Prosecutions
A five cent subscription started at London Ohio to raise funds to defend Sergeant Mason who attempted to kill Guiteau. Attorney General McVeagh retains Benjamin Brewster of Pennsylvania and George Bliss of New York to handle the Star Route prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ohio
Mason
Guiteau
McVeagh
Benj. Brewester
Pennsylvania
George Bliss
New York
Murderer Taken by Mob Shot in Senatobia Mississippi
A mob seized J. W. Gillenwater from jail at Senatobia and shot him dead after he murdered Thomas Eason at Arkabatlas Mississippi a few days earlier. Also noted: about one thousand Chinese laborers arrive on the steamer Oceanic to work on the New Mexico Railroad at $1.25 daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Gillenwateras
Senatobia
Mississippi
Gillenwater
Thomas Eason
Arkabatlas
Oceanic
New Mexico
Taymas
Cambridge
Henry County
Illinois
Thomas Dilley
Briar Bluff
Galton
Dilleys
Dilley
Destructive landslip kills hundreds near Em village
A Berne dispatch reports a landslip at night near the village of Em in Glarus Canton killing about two hundred people and destroying thirty houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berne
Canton of
Glarus
Mob Law in Menturky Seizes Prisoner at Owingsville
Samuel Ramey was taken from the Owingsville jail by a mob on the night of the 11th inst and hanged. Ramey had previously killed a young farmer named John Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Ramey
Owingsville
Ramey
John Smith
Crop Report Shows Decline in Wheat and Corn
The September 1 crop report from the Agricultural Department notes poor showing for spring wheat and corn. Corn condition fell from 90 on July 1 to 77 on August 1 and 50 on September 1 due to drought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Department
Drouth
Byrne's Predicament in Hart Estate Embezzlement Case
Charles A. Byrne once editor of the New York Truth was arrested at the urging of Joseph Hart executor of Byrne's wife estate. The claim alleges Byrne embezzled 1335 dollars while serving as Superintendent of the Dramatic News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Byrne
The
New York Truth
Joseph Hart
Byrne
Dramatic News
Storm Ravages North Dallas County Churches Homes
A severe storm swept the northern Dallas County area last week tearing down churches residences and schoolhouses and destroying farm property and crops. A Humphreys family is reported drowned in the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nothern
Dallas County
Texas
Humphreys
Forty Ladies of Chicago Pray for Continent Losses
During the Liquor Men's Convention in Bloomington Illinois forty Chicago women spent two hours in prayer asking God to thwart the liquor trade. The report notes the liquor men still appear to be making money as usual despite the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ill
Chicago
YMCA of San Francisco Raises Funds for Michigan Sufferers
The San Francisco YMCA met to pray for Michigan sufferers and agreed money would help. They immediately raised $100 and telegraphed it to Port Huron Mayor Carleton. They plan to send $400 soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men's Christian Association of
San Francisco
Michigan
Carleton
Port Huron
Outlaws Rob Bates City in Missouri Train-Robbery
Two masked armed men entered Bates City near Blue Cut on the Chicago and Alton line and opened fire while looting the town. The residents offered no resistance as the bandits seized valuables and discharged their pistols during the raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Bates City
Chicago and Alton
Blue Cut
Material Found in Arkansas Mountains Resembling Gun Powder
From Pope County Arkansas comes a find in the mountains of a material that nearly resembles gun powder. It burns almost as readily in its natural state as prepared powder, and the residue after combustion is white.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pope County
Ark
Tha County
Sergeant Mason’s Early Life and Service Detail
Sergeant Mason born in Virginia moved to Ohio as a child. He enlisted at fifteen in Company D of the Seventy-eighth Ohio Regiment under Captain J. D. Leggett, former Patents Commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
Guiteau
Virginia
Ohio
Seventy-eighth
Ohio Regiment
J. D. Leggett
Guiteat
Jes B
John A
Fredericksb Va
J. OC. Robinson
M. D. Leggett
Thomas Beurry
Dayton
Scully
Gebhart
Rascal
What a Dog Would Do in a Political Plague
Wheeler editor of the Quincy Herald proclaims in a circular that refaming the President and Guiteau serves to profit him. He prints the entire series of dirty articles on one sheet to spur mail orders amid hostile reactions and calls for punishment of evil-doers. The Maine election has been held to fill a seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler
Quincy
Sic
Iinding Guiteau
Maine
Vacancy triggers scramble after Frye resignation
The Democratic candidate quits the race to back the Greenback rival and many Democrats shun the polls. Ex Governor Dingley reports a fatal shooting in Okolona Mississippi as General W S Tucker is killed by eighteen year old Houston Parish then captured. Indignation rises amid hot Civil War era tensions and Apache hostilities in San Carlos Reservation prompt armed minute men formations under Acting Governor Gosper in Tucson Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frye
Dingley
Houston Parish
Okolona
Miss
W. 8. Tucker
Parish
Tucker
San Carlos
Gosper
Tucson
Arizona
Ex-Minister Christiancy Takes Interest in Divorce Case
Christiancy attends court for the first time in the disputed divorce, swore as a witness but declines to testify yet. He explains he has not read much of the testimony and suspects there were many lies, so he wishes to review before answering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christiancy
Land Slip Ninety Elm Swiss Victims Feared Destroyed
Geneva dispatch reports a deadly land slip near Elm Switzerland likely killed forty people from a neighboring village. The river near Elm has formed a lake and flood risk threatens the valley below. A second slip is momentarily expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Geneva
Elm
President Improves in Hospital Chair After 73 Days
On the 13th, the President sat up in an invalid's chair for the first time in seventy three days. Dr. Agnew says the case is no longer hopeless and the sea air aids recovery. Lung trouble described as a circumscribed inflammatory bronchial pneumonia with no new access.
Labor Troubles in New Orleans Riot Violence
A dispatch from the 13th reports riots and injuries in New Orleans amid labor unrest. Stones and pistols were used, Natchez press crews armed with double barrels faced danger, and workers loading cotton were driven aside as a mob fired into the ship Callego. Acting Governor S. D. McEnery summoned the State National Guards and two militia brigades were mobilized to restore order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
13Th Inst
New Orleans
Natchez
Callego
D. McEnery
Steamer Columbia Sinks Near Frankfort. 15 Drowned
The Northeastern Line steamer Columbia foundered off Frankfort in Lake Michigan on the night of the eleventh. Fifteen persons drowned including Captain Malcom second mate Robert Malcom first engineer William Crosby second engineer William Poffin fireman Geo Benton William Sherman Harriet Simmons and Miss Fitzgerald and a Chicago passenger. Bodies of the captain and engineers and Miss Fitzgerald and a young man unknown were brought ashore. The grain laden craft, bound from Chicago to Collingwood Canada, shifted cargo at 10 45 and sank fifteen minutes later.
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Columbia
Frankfort
Lake Michigan
Malcom
Robert Malcom
William Crosby
William Poffin
Geo. Benton
William Sherman
Harriet Simmons
Miss Fitzgerald
Chicago
Collingwood
Canada
Distress in Michigan Promptly Relieved by Aid Efforts
The piece urges rapid relief for Michigan fire victims. Families are sheltering in sheds and buildings with little food or clothing as burial work continues. It advises direct donations of money clothing or provisions to Port Huron Mayor E C Carleton or Senator O D Conger for judicious use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
E. C. Carleton
Port Huron
O. D. Conger
The Wounded President Medical Bulletin Sept 15
A September 15 official bulletin reports the President shows progress toward convalescence despite septic complications from blood poisoning. Surgeons Bliss Agnew and Hamilton debated announcements while Dr Boynton suggests terms imply pneumonia with possible small abscesses on the right lung. The left lung faces potential involvement, but overall condition not worsening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Branch
Bliss
Agnew
Hamilton
Boynton
Attempt on Guiteau’s life shocks jail scene
Sergeant John A. Mazon of Battery B, Second Artillery, fired at Guiteau in his jail cell. the ball grazed Guiteau’s head and shattered his mother’s photograph. Guards had previously drawn lots to shoot at Guiteau, and Private Davis reported the shooter’s intent to kill.
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Guitean
Gnuitean
John A. Mazon
Second Artillery
Guiteau
Matson
Davis
Arsenal
Death of General A. E. Burnside
General A E Burnside former Governor of Rhode Island and two time U S Senator died at his Bristol Rhode Island residence at eleven oclock on the 13th from heart spasms He was born May 23 1824 in Liberty Indiana and graduated from West Point He served as Commander of the Army of the Potomac and later as Rhode Island Governor and U S Senator His death creates a Senate vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Burnside
United States
Rhode Island
Bristol
R. I
Dr. Barnes
General Burnside
Liberty
Ind
West Point
Port Adams
Newport
R. L
Mexico
Ilinois Central Railroad
McClellan
Army of the Potomac
Fredericksburg
Department of the Ohio
East Tennessee
Petersburg
West Virginia
United States Senate
White convict whipped to death at Georgia camp
The Atlanta dispatch reports John Massey, a white convict near Canton, was whipped 150 lashes over 24 hours then forced to work. He died after brutal treatment including a neck jerk with a strap. A coroner’s jury blamed Charles D. Phillips Jr for the death, while convict lessee William Phillips was cleared.
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Atlanta
Cincinnati
John Massey
Marietta
North Georgia
Canton
Frank L. Harralson
Rairs
Phillips
Wm. Phillips
Young Phillips
Mason of Second Artillery Aims at Guiteau in Jail Fire
First Sergeant Thomas Mason of Company B, Second United States Artillery, described as a capable and cool shot, tried to kill Guiteau during a jail incident. He stated he planned to shoot the assassin on sight and expressed willingness to endure prison if needed. War Department officials expect no court martial or trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Mason
Second
United States Artillery
Guiteau
Thomas
Mason
Texas
War Department
Madness in the City Affects Hundreds and Asylums Full
A broadcast warning on rising insanity cites gambling speculation and heavy drinking as causes. The piece notes 500+ new asylum cases this year, urging public action or expanded state facilities. It references Bloomingdale Asylum and a novel by Hogarth, framing the issue as a social crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomingdale Asylum
Hogarth
Troy Times
Suffering funds and crimes across the nation
Boston raises 5319 for Michigan relief. Oswego NY endures a 210000 loss by fire on Sept 16. A 5000 reward offered for the missing Brooklyn Board of Education secretary. Explosions at Dunbar Furnace kills Jim McDonough and George McNally and wounds three others. Becker arrested for counterfeiting, making thousand franc notes. Snow storms hit Iowa and southern Minnesota on September 16. National Soldiers and Sailors Reunion ends in Cincinnati after three days. Ohio election urged as President’s health concerns rise. Republican gains praised, Democratic threat warned.
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Oswego
New York
Brooklyn Board of Education
Dunbar Irurnace Company
Hill Farm
Uniontown
Jim McDonough
George McNally
Charles Becker
Long Island
Bank of
France
Iowa
Minnesota
Des Moines
Atlantic
National Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Reunion
Cincinnati
Camp Garfield
Carthage Fair Ground
Exposition
May Veegh
Minist
Lowell
London
The Safe Valve on a Steamboat
A tale explains a safety valve aboard steamers as a sober engineer. The man declines a boat lacking a valve then learns the captain’s valve is a vigilant, sober engineer who monitors machinery constantly.
Irish mate dives as piglead scene sparks shipboard joke
On a Mississippi voyage the green Irish sailor drops lead overboard after confusion about heaving the lead. The captain questions the water depth as the mate vanishes, while the tale contrasts nautical humor with a schoolyard talk on newspapers widening one’s view of the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Pat
Sunday School Anecdote Reflects Democratic Strain
A Steubenville Herald column recounts a West Virginia boy Johnny who explains his father is a Democrat who has voted for Andrew Jackson since boyhood, illustrating the party’s perceived rot and continued support for Jacksonian principles despite changing tickets. The tale satirizes denominational preoccupation in politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville Herald
Johnny
West Virginia
Ohio
Wolfe Enters Race as Liberties Stir for Treasurer
The Cincinnati Commercial notes Representative Wolfe announced as an independent candidate for Treasurer of Fesinegivanis. It states the Republican machine favors General Baily and Wolfe’s move is seen as unlikely to split the GOP vote. Democrats hoped for division to aid their nominee, Wolfe acted prematurely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolfe
Fesinegivanis
Baily
Treasury Office
Cincinnati Comercial
Ohio paper links Bookwalter to defunct imperial group
An influential Ohio paper asserts Mr. Bookwalter belonged to a now defunct organization that advocated replacing democratic institutions with monarchy. The claim comes from a party involved in publishing the Imperialist, claiming insider knowledge of that failed imperialist effort in the Republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Bookwalter
Republic
Ohio Prohibition nominee Ludlow faces doubts over cider ties
The piece notes broad doubt about Ludlow the Prohibition candidate for Ohio governor, questioning his Prohibitionist credentials while highlighting his manufacture of cider and wine presses. It suggests he may consider leaving the Prohibition ticket amid the controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludlow
Ohio
Denmark
Republicans urged to oppose Prohibition ticket in Ohio
The piece argues Democrats back the Prohibition ticket to weaken the Republicans. It claims temperance gains require old parties, not a third force, and warns that voting Prohibition helps Democrats. It challenges Republicans to avoid supporting the Prohibition ticket and risk Democratic victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Wolfe Runs Independent for State Treasurer in Death to Bosses Platform
Pennsylvania politics see a split as Charles S. Wolfe, defeated Republican convention hopeful, declares himself independent on a Death to Bosses platform. He attacks the convention choice of Bailey while noting Bailey’s broad party backing and fitness, fearing Wolfe would become a boss himself. The Inter Ocean reports the intra party dispute and Wolfe’s bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles S. Wolfe
Pennsylvania
Wolfe
Baily
Chicago
J Inter- Ocean
Mr. Ludlow's Improved Buckeye Wine and Cider Mill
The Cincinnati Gazette notes Mr. Ludlow promotes an improved Buckeye Wine and Cider Mill. The device aims to produce cider or apple wine suitable for sacramental purposes as part of a candidacy advertisement.
Cider mill promo cited by candidate in Loveland
The Cincinnati Gazette records that Mr. Ludlow of Springfield allowed his name to be used as a gubernatorial candidate in Loveland to promote his celebrated cider mills. The note labels the tactic as too improba ble for repetition.
Tilden’s Stage Return Recalled as Futile Political Posture
The N Y Herald notes Mr. Tilden’s public reappearance was a futile dalliance four years past, with some delaying the date. Posturing before the Cincinnati Convention failed to gain real support, a move anyone but the author desired to see revived, and if the Democrats had rejected it in 1880 it might have been hissed off the stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Congress
Garfield
Democratic Party
Bishop
Cincinnati
O’connor
Bookwalter
Cincinnati Gazette
Tilden
N. Y. Herald
Joan Gorpox
Urbana
Presbyterian Church of the United States
Wm. Toropz
Wellsville
Michigan
Wits Powers
Youngstown
Bass
Foster
General Butterworth
Zanesville
Tuthill & Co
Lancaster
Findlay
Ironton
James Nast
Caney
Hiram Young
Dan Curriorp
Dayton
Lima
Springfield
Jefferson County
George Swann
Kenton
Frank West
Walker
Balf
Casper
Fredericksburg
Wayne County
Wooster
Burg
Aeers Ceeckeie
Albert Gaines
Keen Livingston
Joe Poa
Sherman Campaigning In Ohio To Support Republican Ticket
Senator Sherman actively campaigns this fall despite Democratic papers claims. He delivered his first speech at Mansfield Ohio and is in sympathy with the Ohio Republican ticket to aid a victorious outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Mansfield
Ohio
Ohio Democrats press for wet campaign with liquor flows
The Neto York Tribune notes Ohio Democrats push a so called wet campaign. Bookwalter offers whisky at free taps while Ludlow floods the state with wine and cider presses. The piece argues Democrats should not remain thirsty for at least a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Bookwalter
Ludlow
Neto York Tribune
Bookwalter Criticized Over Temperance Talk in Shawnee
A Shawnee, Ohio correspondent reports Mr. Bookwalter seen with drunken loafers, taking them to saloons and drinking straight Democratic whisky. He allegedly treated patrons and left money with a man named Davis to influence the election, prompting shame among respectable Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turre
Democratic Party
Davis
Ohio
Bookwalter Avoids Politics and Interview Requests
The article notes Bookwalter ter resists political speech and interview requests. It cites his inability to explain a recent switch to the Democratic Party and questions his mental caliber. It states Allen O Myers may imitate him in print but cannot imitate his appearance for a Bookwalter interview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BooxkwatTer
Allen O. Myers
Opi M Causes Fatal Harm in Chin Men Incident
A troubling OCR fragment notes an event termed a fatal harm involving individuals referred to as Chin men. Details are unclear due to missing context and garbled text.
Brother Gardner and the Whipping-Post
The Lime-Kiin Club proceedings read an open letter arguing for a whipping post for petty offenses. The writer contends belatedly that flogging would deter loafer behavior more effectively than jail and questions the law's handling of vagrancy and insults to women, urging a harsher public punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brother Gardner
Lomon White
Sartin
Oyster self digestion in raw form, diet notes in Lancet
Dr. William Roberts argues uncooked foods are limited to a few items and highlights oysters as self digesting when raw or warmed due to glycogen and hepatic disastase. cooking destroys this property and forces digestion by the eater. The piece also lists multiple local notices and incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Roberts
Lancet
North Pole drink leads to stampede at Salt Lake saloon
A vagrant in patched clothes orders a North pole in his drink at a Salt Lake saloon. The bartender laces the cocktail with cayenne gas tubing causing a violent eruption as patrons flee and property is damaged. The tramp’s last words echo as he exits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogden
North Pole
Mr. Gould
Salt Lake Tribune
Friendship and the Duties of Confidentiality
The text outlines how friendship requires sympathy and confidence while respecting boundaries. It advises sharing information with restraint to avoid pressing issues, honoring a friend's individuality, and waiting for personal details rather than demanding them. It urges generosity over entitlement in close relationships.
Clermont Gouger Advertising Rates Announced
The notice outlines legal and transient ads priced at 1.00 per minute for ten lines per first insertion plus 0.50 for each additional insertion. Yearly ad reductions apply. Business cards over six lines priced at 66.00 per year.
Dogs Perceive Odors From Everything in World
The article explains dogs smell more than scents. they extract odors from objects and even ground. Professor Croom Robertson notes a dog can recognize a person by a unique perfume and track scents for hours or days, suggesting scents form a continuous, distinct part of a dog’s view of the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof. Croom Robertson
Harper's Weekly
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