Across Nations and Murders Stir News of the Week
Dated dispatches report prominent duels and shootings in New Orleans and New England, a Mississippi massacre and a morphine suicide, a $1,000 world championship row in St John, and hangings in Florida and Virginia. War rumors shift to Egypt, with naval actions near Alexandria, Ramleh, and Suez, plus Senate votes on river and harbor and naval appropriations. Local disasters include a Hocking Valley storm causing millions in damage and widespread railroad washouts.
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Brockton
Massachusetts
William Wats
J. J. Hely
New Orleans
Walsh
Cart
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Grenada
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St. John
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Wallace Ross
Edward Hanlan
Jacksonville
Florida
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Lewis Adams
Pete
Halm
Chicago
Nebraska
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Chatham
Presley E. Adkerson
Yates
Adkerson
Hocking Valley
Ohio
Egypt
Conference of Powers
Joan Roper
Allen & Co., Jewelers
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Scotland
Krestovsky Island
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St. Petersburg
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Land Corporation Company
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Egan, Gray and McCarthy
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National Fund
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Arabi Pasha
England
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Yeghen
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Ministry of War
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Thomas Rogers
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Hancock County
Thomas Cleary
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Hamilton
John Ackerman
New Vienna
Connor
Daytona
Michigan
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Lima
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Newark
Zanesville
Corning
Randville
Jones Brothers
Michael Foley
Massillon
Clyde
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Tiffin
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Green Springs
Roger Link
Boyd
Racine
Weaver's
Catherine Merrill
Upper Sandusky
Wyandot County
Senate and House amend naval and sundry civil bills
XLVIIth Congress actions show Senate continuing sundry civil bill work with a formproving Capital rounds cut to 65 000 then fixed at 65 000 and restoration of pay for landscape architects. House approves several naval bill amendments reducing contingents and ship costs while nonconcuring others.
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New York
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Murch
Ohio River
Persia
Congress
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Navy
Norfolk Navy Yard
Robeson
Navy Yard
Tpempens Son
Secretary of State
Ireland
Mahoney
McSweeney
Slattery
Gannon
Lowell
Bureau of
Secretary of the Navy
Naval Advisory Board
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Miantonomah
Committee On Appropriations
Gold Dust explodes and sinks near Hickman Kentucky
The steamer Gold Dust blew up and burned to the water’s edge near Hickman, Kentucky, killing at least 17 and wounding 47, with many missing. Capt. McCord slighty wounded and a tug with doctors dispatched at 8 p.m. as authorities seek details.
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Nashville
Tenny
Mississippi
Holcomb
John T. McCord
F. 8. Gray
Sol. Price
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Wm. Ingram
Wm. Travis
Pat. Daniels
John O’neal
Tom Beck
Dick Phillips
Jim
Thompson
D. Dunham
P. Dentried
James Monahan
James Nichols
Baker
Bridges
Thornton
Blank
B. O. Ingraham
Pat
P. P. Coleman
Deck Geeeneer
John Joy
Billy Ingram
John Lytle
Wm. Traverse
P. Winter
Jim Jerry
Watch
Walter Howard
Charley Williams
Manuel Victor
Texas
One-Headed Baby Born with Four Limbs in Nebraska
A Chicago Herald note reports in Brownsville Nebraska a one headed girl with four perfect legs and four perfect arms born counter-balancing the birth of a two headed girl. The remark ends with a proverb about time making things even.
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Brownsville, Neb
Chicago Herald
Coal Oil Johnny Arrested In Cincinnati Choking Case
Detroit Free Press reports Coal Oil Johnny was collared by Cincinnati police for choking his wife. The piece notes Johnny Steele bought diamonds retail rather than by the peck, a practice he followed about twelve years ago.
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Mary CoyLg
Zanesville
Stephen Hayes
Dayton Molder
Hayes
Millie Birch
Cincinnati
DeLua Coss
Wesley Close
Dunkirh
Noah Buosskr
South Lima
Twalg
Henry Ernhart
Canton
Johnny
Johnny Steele
Detroit Free Press
Conquering a Mule and the Kickin' Mule Tale
A Detroit Free Press anecdote recounts Ben Appleby of St. Louis with a notorious mule that kicked anything hitched to it. The tale mixes humor with old slang as the stableman describes the mule's defiant behavior and Appleby's wary pride. The piece also includes a humorous scene from Brudder Grant and Brother Pizarro in a Lime-Kiln Club skit delivered in dialect, highlighting comic language and social satire of the era. Expect lively bedside humor and regional speech in a single page excerpt.
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Hisself
St. Louis
Bea
Brudher Pizarro
Samuel Shin
Brother Pizarro
Bradder Grant
Pizarro
Brother Gardner
Waydown
Smith
Detroit Free Press
Humorous Quips From Various Newspapers
A collection of light excerpts and jokes from New Haven, Brooklyn, New York, and Boston papers. It includes quips about bonnets, manners, and sly wordplay, plus a Dublin professor anecdote and a tale of a Hawaiian parliament remark.
Paris inventor leaves sui cidaria legacy to France
Mr. Giffard, a noted Parisian inventor who recently died, bequeathed to the French Government a generous legacy. The funds are designated for sui cidaria public institutions where individuals with incurable painful diseases may end their own lives under medical supervision and with consent from their immediate relatives.
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Parental Affection Sums Austin Outrage in Family Dispute
Indignation swells in Austin after old man McGrath refuses his son Pete five dollars to pay rent. The son, desperate for relief from a harsh landlord, pleads for help but is rejected with a cruel remark. The public sympathy leans toward the victim in this grim domestic tales.
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Austin
McGrath
Pete
Austin Ablic
Texas
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