Diverse 19th Century Topics Across Worlds News
A scattered digest notes convict freedom to weekly papers in Ausurn and Berks, Bank of England wages, crop ruin in Connecticut, a Welsh scare on oats. It recalls a daring river rescue near Montville, the Cypriote Cesnola controversy, and a Virginia carp mystery with aging farmer Levans.
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Berksney
Ausurn
N.Y
Bank of England
Connecticut
United States
Onondaga Lake
Banatorchapfer
Republican National Executive Committee
Sakers
Kingston
Onti
Astroutes
Hardwich
Eng
Prince Bismarck
Friedrichuliy
Andrew Carnegie
Pittsburg
Discovery Promises To Outrival Mammoth Cave Of Kentucky
A discovery near Jacksboro Campbell County Tennessee on John Davis farm is described as rivaling Mammoth Cave. Only one partly explored chamber contains prehistoric mummies with sandals, preserved by cave salt, and decorated walls with extinct animal drawings. A large blue fish river, jackal or fox, rabbits, crickets, rats, footprints, and miniature forests are reported in the chamber.
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Knoxvilix
T.M
Kentucky
John Davis
Jacksboro
Campbell County
Tenn
Mre Davis
Desperate Fight With Siberian Bloodhound Ends in Death
Walden Massachusetts June 29 A bookkeeper E W Jackson of Boston battled a large Siberian bloodhound on Pleasant Street. The dog mauled him severely biting arm shoulder and wrists. Jackson choked the hound to death after a ferocious struggle. Doctors call injuries serious with possible rabies risk. The dog had a history of attacks on school children.
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Mr. Jackson
Jackson
Serly
Protestant Mission Attacked by Mob in Celaya
In Celaya Mexico a Protestant mission along the Central Railroad was assaulted by a mob that destroyed furniture and fled. Rev A W Greenman and other residents escaped to a neighboring house and were chased and fired upon. They returned fire, killing one and wounding several, after which the mob dispersed. Federal soldiers then protected the mission party. Greenman is at the American legation. Celaya’s mayor had urged the attack and refused protection.
Adjourment Timing Split Between Houses
Washington reports differing views on when Congress will adjourn with the House aiming to push through by Thursday while Senate figures suggest adjournment may slip to Saturday or later. A veteran senator warned the date could be delayed beyond the weekend, extending time to finish the remaining bills.
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Washington
House
Randall
Congress
Allison
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Powerse
Paris Interview Highlights American Unity and Liberty
Pere Hyacinthe in this morning's News extols the vastness of America and the unity of its diverse races. He praises a strong conservative constitution and Christianity as the basis of liberty, noting profound religious sentiment permeating all classes and shaping a self governing people.
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Paris
Pere Hyacinthe
America
Body Found In Lincoln Park A Man With Pistol Nearby
In Lincoln Park, June 28, General John Demler discovers a well dressed man's body in shrubbery behind the conservatory. The deceased is identified as John Asel of Centerville, with a small French pistol and papers in his pockets. A telegram from a wife or sister and an Odd Fellows membership certificate from Appleton, Wisconsin are found on him.
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Curcaco
Lincoln Park
John Demler
John Asel
Centerville
Odd Fellows Lodge
Appleton
Wis
Pension Bill Conferees Agree on Differences
Washington June 27 conferees on the Pension Bill settle points of difference. The pension agents’ pay and allowances are set at 300000 dollars. Agents for pension payments will receive 12.50 for each hundred vouchers created and paid by any agent over 1000 dollars per year. The 1878 act on claim agents and attorneys is repealed but existing rights in pending contracts remain. Strong protections against extortionate fees are laid out.
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Washington
Cholera quarantines and expert doubts amid outbreak
Berlin reports start of Cholera Committee with Dr Pettenkofer and Dr Kock as members and vows to prevent entry by inspection. Prof Virchow questions whether Toulon case is Asiatic cholera, criticizing French precautions and Suez Canal sanitation. Germany to push international Suez measures. Moltke thanks government. Spain imposes ten to fifteen day quarantines for ships from French ports. Paris papers note trade collapse and bill-acceptance delays. London reports six deaths since yesterday and Algeria arrivals under five days quarantine.
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Berlin
Reichstag
von Boetticher
Pettenkofer
Kock
Virehow
Toulon
Suez Canal
Prince Hohenlohe
Paris
France
von Moltke
Gaperof William
Maprip
Spain
Joulon
Chamber of Deputies
Londown
Algeria
Monument design chosen for Garfield statue in Ohio
Trustees of the Garfield National Monument Association announce a design with a 250 foot tower and a circular chamber supported by eight granite columns. A carved tomb forms the memorial’s core while a terra cotta frieze depicts Garfield as educator, soldier, and statesman. Prizes awarded: $1,000 to George H. Keller, $750 to Charles F Schweinforth and Julius A Schweinforth, $500 to Moffitt & Doyle.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Garfield
National Monument Association
George H. Keller
Hartford
Conn
Charles F
Julius A. Schweinfurth
Moffitt & Doyle
New York
Garefield
Elberon
Post office aid in cholera era mail security
The Italian government forms a postal precaution due to Asiatic cholera in France instructing that mails from France to Italy be enclosed in tarred sacks. The USRA mail from France passes through England and France. The Snow York postmaster has been instructed accordingly.
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Nyene
Haiptar
France
Italy
Depression in coke trade drives Hungarian emigration from Connellsville
The Connellsville coke district faces output restrictions and declining demand, harming miners and coke-drawers. As daily emigration rises, 20 to 40 Hungarians depart each day for Europe, signaling a broader economic downturn and labor displacement.
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Connellsville
Europe
Wing Chung Arrested in Waco Over Forged Draft
In Waco Texas on June 28 Wing Chung, a young Chinese man, was arrested after a draft for 20,000 dollars found on his person appeared to be drawn by the Clarinda National Bank of Clarinda Iowa on the First National Bank of Chicago. Telegrams indicate the draft is a forgery and Wing Chung faces charges of suspected crookedness.
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Wing Chung
Clarinda National Bank
Clarinda
Iowa
First National Bank of Chicago
Wing
Mawes’ Paper-Mills
Dayton
Joseph Disman
Disman
Frank’ J. Bippie
Hamilton County
Robertson
Thomas Boland
Alexander
Athens County
Athens
Vosft Qberg
Jacob Fossbinder
Mogadore
Akron
Samuel Litz
Valentine Wagner
Mt. Gilead
Louis Rost
Wayne Street
Lima
Rost
Twentieth Congressional District
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McKinley
Congress
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Gould
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Thortugs
College Hill
Hamilton City
Thomas J. Lindsay
Petor Promer
First National Bank
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Columbus
M. D. Connelly
Cincinnati
W. H. Kelly
W.W. F. Lewis
Shawnee
W. R. Eckley
M. C. Kennan
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Marietta
Art Denmark
Frank Brown
Edward Fillman
Brown
Monticello
Cette Ko ’ Ee
Vonbehmn & Shaffer
Stryker
Farmer Finds Curiosity Wheat Head With Cheat In Field
Marshall Illinois June 28 A farmer, Frank Mark, found in his field a head of wheat with a small bunch of cheat growing from the side among the grains. Supporters of the theory that wheat will not produce cheat are forced to give up on this. The curious head is on exhibition.
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Marshall, Ill
Frank Mark
Wilkes Bid for Adoption of McKay Heirs Approved
George Wilkes former editor of Wilkes Spirit of the Times obtained a court order in New York permitting him to adopt George McKay aged nineteen and Alicia McKay aged four, making them his heirs. The ruling, dated June 28, follows Wilkes' long involvement in the case and settles questions of succession.
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New York
George Wilkes
Wilkes
Spirit of the Times, Today
George McKay
Alicia McKay
Accident to an American Minister at Giant's Causeway
Pan-Presbyterian Council members and five hundred friends toured the Giant's Causeway when a mishap befell Rev. David Irving, Secretary of the American Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. He fell from a jaunting car and sustained a broken leg while en route to Port Rush.
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Pan-Presbyterian Council
Party of Friends
Giant’s Causeway
David Irving
American Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Port Rush
The Week's Failures Reported In Week Ended June
New York with June 27 reports 171 U S failures, Canada 28, totaling 199, a drop from 206 last week. Overall failures decline 6 percent. Failures in the South are notably few and Eastern States remain below average.
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New York
United States
Canada
Terrible Death in Kentucky Gorge Logs a Farmer and Wife
Information reached Louisville today of the death of Christ Hehl a farmer near Leavenworth Indiana. He and his wife were in a wagon when a cyclone struck a deep gorge the road turned to a torrent sweeping them across rocks. Mrs Hehl clung to a tree and survived. Christ Hehl was crushed beaten and died hours later at home.
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Louisville
Christ Hehl
Leavenworth
Indiana
Stregia
Hehl
Cholera and deaths in France and naval depots
Fragmentary report notes cholera outbreaks in Paris and coastal regions with counts of deaths and infected at Zonion, the Naval Depot, and Naval Hospital. Rumors circle that perpetrators within the Parthe party may have died by own hand from remorse for introducing the disease as the mosquito plague worsens the gloom.
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Clistera
France
Paris
Marseilles
Totlbue
Aioe
Disd
Rochardy C
Naval Bde Departanelt
Zonion
Sigests
Ift
Navy
Naval Hospital
Grasshoppers Threaten New Hampshire Pastures
Report from New Laconia Franklin and surrounding towns describes grasshoppers devastating hay crops and pastures. Farmers note widespread feeding destroying grass, with cattle fattening in areas like Mantor, Alton, and Man ton, raising concerns of livestock impact and feed shortages.
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New Lacontra
N. H
Franklin T
Inmanton
Alton
Chicago Health Department Begins Citywide Cholera Sanitation
Chicago undertakes a systematic sanitary inspection of the city amid a cholera scare in France. Special focus targets outlying districts inhabited by foreigners, many of whom are described as living in poor condition and lacking funds, with no expense spared to improve sanitary measures.
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Chicago
France
Health Department
Drownings After Boat Sizing At Columbia River Mouth
In Portland Oregon six men including Samuel Blair James Craig and Captain Olsen were drowned while sizing boats at the Columbia River mouth. Three others were aboard unnamed. Only two bodies were recovered. Captain Olsen is noted as a prominent pioneer.
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Portland
Ore
Columbia River
Samuel Blair
James Craig
Captain Olsen
Olsen
Aria
Helena Woman Shoots Self as Daughter Dies Behind Shot
Helena Montana on June 30 Mrs C KE Kemp in agony attempted suicide with a pistol. Her daughter Ella seized the weapon and the gun discharged the bullet passed through Ella’s brain killing her instantly. Police and doctors attend the scene. The tragedy shocks the Helena community.
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Helena
Mont
C. KE. Kemp
Ella
Decrease in Postage Stamp Sales Reported
Washington on June 30 reports that for the first quarter of 1884 postage stamp sales fell by a total of 1,051,110 dollars compared with the same period in 1883, indicating a significant decline in stamp purchases during the early year.
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Washington
Court-martial Ordered for Judge Advocate General Swaim
Washington reports the President has ordered a court-martial to convene in New York on September 11 for the trial of Judge Advocate General Swaim. General Schofield will serve as President of the court.
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Washington
New York
Swaim
Schofield
Navy expansion scheme to be submitted to Reichstag
Berlin reports that in the next session the Government will submit a plan to greatly enlarge the navy. The announcement highlights a significant expansion program expected to influence national defense policy and military budget debates.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Senate and House Actions Prompt Legislation Across 26th to 30th
The Senate advanced a committee backed bill to the House, then passed. The House approved a forfeit related to the Backbone Railroad in Louisiana, adjourned pending a motion. On the 27th the Senate granted a right of offer through Indian Territory to the Southern Kansas Railroad as a Privileges and Elections committee was discharged from the electoral count bill and a Conference Committee ordered. The House passed measures aiding late war soldiers and benefiting Myra Clark Gaines. The Senate on the 28th adopted a general deficiency bill with a $3950 item for Treasury reimbursement of Louisiana Commission expenses, and the House concurred in Senate amendments to the legislative bill. After labor committee work, the House adjourned. On the 30th the Senate amended a revenue prosecutions bill to three years and passed it. In the House Mr. King proposed $200,000 to curb cholera entry. Fortification debate continued in the committee of the whole until adjournment.
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C Committee
Loana
Indian Territory
Southern Kansas
House
Myra Clark Gaines
Sherman
Secretary of the Treasury
Louisiana
Committee On Labor
King
United States
Twelve as jurors cites prophets and pillars in old tract
An old tract claims the jury of twelve mirrors biblical and historic twelvefold counts from prophets apostles tribes and months. It recounts early juries traveling with the judge by cart and facing fines or imprisonment for disagreement.
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Temple
Israel
Aaron
Jerusalem
Ohio Democratic Convention Adopts Platform and Chooses Delegates
In Columbus, June 25, the Ohio Democratic Convention adopted a platform reaffirming 1883 positions, debated tariff reform, and discussed party reforms. Delegates to Chicago were elected, with names of electors and state officials announced, and amendments proposed to instruct voting unity.
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Chicago
Cleveland Girl Seized by Humane Society Aide Mystery
Fanny Thompson, a thirteen year old from Cleveland, is examined by doctors to diagnose a malady that prompts fears she may injure others. Deputies threaten removal to jail as her condition perplexes physicians while relatives report alarming acts of violence toward siblings and threats with a knife.
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Cleveland
the Humane Society
Courtry
Agin
Fannie
Mace Burns
Fehn Nuit Cleveland
Barris
Saga Ds
Callahan
Yi Igre
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Hbor
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