Hop Bitters Credited With Dramatic Health Turnaround
A letter from Mrs. Z. D. Star of Malden and other testimonials claim Hop Bitters revived failing health and cured neuralgia and female troubles. Doctors could not help before, but after using Hop Bitters digestion improved, weight returned, and overall strength restored. Marketed as a remedy with a hops label cautions against imitations and urges readers to choose genuine Hop Bitters.
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R. Frizo
Dublin
Malden
Mass
Boston
Zz. D. Star
M Crazing Global Trivia and Oddities of 19th Century Life
A miscellany of curious notes from 1872 including taxes in Austria, shipbuilding spending by Italy, New York prices for Free’s legs, and Mrs Vanderbilt knitting. It cites Jewish and Belgian figures, emperors and generals, fashion trends, medical oddities, and humorous vignettes about daily life, with stray anecdotes from Boston to Montreal.
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Austria
Italy
New York
Wm.h.vanderbilt
Boston
Battle in Hocking Valley Mines Sparks Guard Deployment
In Columbus November 9 reports say the Hocking Valley strike crisis continues with miners starving and receiving support from other districts. An attack on the Syndicate at Murray City involved barricades and a volley of shots as Pinerton guards protected non union miners. Deputies and sheriffs rushed to aid towns like M City and Patterson’s mine, while Governor shall consider sending troops if domestic forces fail.
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Columbus
Hocking Valley
Syndycate
Ohio Canal Exchange
Murray Cuy
Pinerton
Maparthy
Hocking
Bodin
Athens
Carr
Buchtel
M City
Patterson’s
Nelsonville
Peepee
Straitsville
Olsonville
Padier
Greene
Norist McCarty
Annual Statement of Internal Revenue 1884 figures
Washington November 9 The annual report of Walter Evans Commissioner of Internal Revenue to the Secretary of the Treasury shows total internal revenue receipts for the year at 121,590,039 compared with 144,055,844 in 1883 and lower figures in 1882 and 1881. It is estimated 115,000,000 will be collected this fiscal year. A large spirits production in 1881 helped boost past collections.
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Internal Revenue
Washington
Walter Evans
Secretary of the Treasury
New York AP Estimates on State Vote as Returns Update
Updated AP figures show Cleveland leading with 359,886 votes to Blaine's 558,426 in New York state, a Cleveland plurality of 1,460. Eighteen districts remain unsettled, with Essex Madison Saratoga Sullivan and Ulster counties pending. these districts previously favored Garfield by 736 in 1880.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Blaine
Garfield
Essex
Madison
Saratoga
Sullivan
Ulster
The
New York State
New York Times
the Tribune
the Times
the Sun
Trndianapolis
Indiana
the Sentinel
Lawrenceburg
Dearborn County
Gray
Calkins
Holman
Cravens
Bainbridge
Dearborn
Givan
Wabash
Logan
Geo. W. Steele
M. H. Kidd
Marion
Steele
Congress
Brownlee
Grant
Risine Sun
Ohio
Beymer
Greensburg
Lon
Cairns
Seea
Vevay
Switzerland
Calkin
Switzerland County
Lafayette
Ward
Tippecanoe County
New Albany
Floyd County
Vincennes
Knox County
Judge Advocate General to object to court members delaying trial
Washington November 8 It is understood that Judge Advocate General Swaim who is to be tried by a court martial on the 15th inst will object to several members of the court Generals Schofield Terry Murray Rochester and probably one other on grounds his counsel will explain to the War Department This course will probably necessitate a further postponement of the trial.
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Wasuhingtoon
Swaim
Schofield
Terry
Murray
Rochester
War Department
Burlington Tragedy on Lake Claims Five Drowned
In Burlington Iowa last night Prof. Jones superintendent of Mount Pleasant schools and five women and men set out in a small skiff on an artificial lake. The boat, built for three, capsized. Prof. Jones, Miss Ella Carpenter a public school teacher, and Etta Veter and Braugh students were drowned. Three others were rescued.
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Burrlington
Iowa
Jones
Mount Pleasant
Ella Carpenter
Etta Veter
Ith Braugh
Fireworks Caisson Blast Hurts Dozen At Richmond Event
At Richmond on November 8 a cannon caisson exploded after the national salute ending a Democratic victory ceremony. About twelve bystanders were injured, eight children among them. one man burned severely and likely to die. Authorities cite carelessness as the cause of the accident.
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Richmond, Inc
Scaffold Tragedy Kills One in Cincinnati Church Roof
Three slaters on the roof of the new Jewish Church at Richmond and Mound fell from a shared scaffold when a rope gave way. Henry Cross died at the hospital. Louis Snyder and John Davin suffered severe injuries. Davin’s family includes a wife and three children. Cross was about thirty and a widower. Snyder’s condition remained uncertain.
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Cincinnati
Slaters
Henry Cross
Louis Snyder
John Davins
New
Richmond and
Mound
Cross
Snyder
Davin
Change of Administration reshapes federal employes report
Washington reports the Civil Service Commission lists about 110000 government employees with 50000 postmasters 4000 railway mail service 4000 internal revenue and the rest in customs car clerks Congress division clerks and federal courts. About 14000 classified positions require competitive examination leaving 96000 as managers laborers and other staff many postmasters. Changes in Washington are unlikely to exceed 500 though many offices officials and laborers may be removed.
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Civil Service Commission
United States
Internal Revenue Service
Customs
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Civil Service
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Senate
Estimated Pluralities in Returns of Recent Elections
Washington dispatches show approximate state by state plualities for the Blaine and Cleveland tickets. California to Wisconsin list Blaine plurality totals, while Alabama to West Virginia show Cleveland advantages. Overall Blaine totals near 342,132 and Cleveland around 447,202 in these estimates.
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California
Colorado
Illinois
Kansas
Massachusetts
Michigan
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Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
Gona
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Vermont
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Delaware
Florida
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Kentucky
Louisiana
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Missouri
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia
Storm devastates St Luce area with wrecked houses
A Farther Point dispatch reports a severe storm at St Luce causing two houses to collapse and several buildings to be damaged. Bridges were washed away, forcing men women and children to endure a freezing night in the bush as they awaited rescue.
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QuEsEc
St. Luce
Poisoning of Russian student Roieff shocks Moscow
In Moscow a student named Roieff who accused classmates as Nihilists was poisoned inside the prison where he was held for protection. An accompanying student fled the city to survive, as authorities investigate how an outsider visitor gained access to the facility.
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Moscow
Roieff
Cholera Cases Rise in Paris and Nearby Cities
Cholera increases in Paris with 186 new cases and 68 deaths in 48 hours, mainly in the Eleventh and Nineteenth Arrondissements. Montreuil reports 10 new cases, while St Nazaire records one new case and Nantes four deaths.
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Paris
Montreuil
St. Nazaire
Nantes
De Brazza Secures Vast African Territory Cession
Paris reports Dolizie, a member of De Brazza's mission, states that De Brazza has obtained from the King a cession of the entire territory between the Loambina and Niari rivers including trading posts established by the African Association.
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Paris
Dolizie
de Brazza
Africa
Loambina
Niari
African Association
Senate and House Majorities Projected in Early Returns
Washington November 8 According to early returns the United States Senate is expected to consist of forty one Republicans and thirty five Democrats while the House stands at one hundred eighty four Democrats to one hundred forty one Republicans with results still incomplete.
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Washindton
United States Senate
House
Prisoners Poisoned by Cheese at Jackson Jail
November 9. All inmates at the Jackson jail were poisoned after consuming cheese bought by a prisoner and shared with companions. The poison type is unknown. All lives were saved.
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Jackson, Mica
The China Back-Down Cabinet Indemnity Decision
Paris reports confirm the French cabinet will not demand indemnity from China. Public outrage and cabinet lobbies erupt as the Tonquin Committee pitches dissent and resignations follow, while rumors connect tensions with treaty ports and regional forces in China.
Homeopathic Remedy Said To Cure Moral Diseases
A Lyons physician promotes a homeopathic pamphlet claiming remedies for moral faults like envy hatred malice anger fealty obstinacy avarice and more. He suggests using substances such as nux vomica sulphur salicea arsenicum and bella donna to treat jealousies drunkenness obstinacy immorality and imbecility, arguing even wives and mothers in law may fear divorce if ignored.
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Lyons
Ter
Riots and killings mar Mexican election violence
In Saltillo and nearby towns in Coahuila and Nuevo Leon during state and municipal voting, reports tally five killed in Saltillo and many wounded, with Santa Catarina and Sabinos Hidalgo seeing additional fatalities. District Judge Gracia died in Sabinos Hidalgo as troops clashed with civilians, with the commanding colonel and about twenty soldiers also reported dead. Authorities blame government coercion by troops to favor incumbents.
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Mex
Coahuila
Neuva Leon
Saltillo
Sabinos Hidalgo
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Gracia
Eos
Man Hangs Self in County Jail Cell
Henry Mettermeyer, 60, found dead by hanging from a grated door in Quincy Illinois County Jail. He had torn his shirt into a rope and died while awaiting trial for assault with intent to kill his wife and arson at his Fowler area farm. His wife had filed for divorce on cruelty grounds.
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Inl
Henry Mettermeyer
Mettermeyer
Fowler
Voyage of the Julia E. Haskell Sinks After Hurricane
Advices from Turk's Island dated November 2 report the brig Julia E. Haskell capt Paine sailed from Wavassa October 11 for Baltimore with guano. A hurricane on October 14 caused a rapid leak and abandonment on October 16. Eight crew members fled in boats to Caicos Island where the boat capsized. all aboard perished except the Captain and a sailor named Henry Grant.
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Turk’s Island
Julia E. Haskell
Paine
Wavassa
Baltimore
Brn
Caicos Island
Henry Grant
Supreme Court rules on habeas corpus jurisdiction in prisoner transfer
The Supreme Court held that a prisoner in the custody of a State court cannot be removed and discharged by a U S court on a writ of habeas corpus merely because he pleads innocent of the offense for which he is held. The decision emphasizes state court jurisdiction and confines federal authority in such cases.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Court of the
Cholera Cases Rise in Paris Overnight
Paris reports fifty three new cholera cases in the past twelve hours ending at noon, with city health authorities noting rising infection levels and ongoing monitoring of the outbreak.
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Paris
Tony
Probable Murder Mystery Near Soldiers' Home
The body of Michael McLaughlin of the Soldiers' Home, missing since Tuesday, was found in a corn field one mile south of the Home. It bears marks suggesting violence and investigators suppose he was murdered.
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Dayton
Michael McLaughlin
Soldiers’ Home
Wilbur F Storey Estate Litigation Filed in Circuit Court
Mrs Eureka C Storey filed a bill in Circuit Court requesting appointment of a receiver for the Wilbur F Storey estate rather than an administrator while a suit to contest his will proceeds. The action names Chicago as the locality and outlines pendency of related litigation.
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Circuit Court
Eureka C. Storey
Wilbur F. Storey
Rhode Island statesman General George W. Tew dies
Newport November 8 Brigadier General George W. Tew died this morning after a long illness. He served through the war and had been repeatedly chosen Secretary of State of Rhode Island since then.
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Newport
George W. Tew
Rhode Island
Land ownership contrast in England and France farming
In England only 227000 landowners exist while France's peasant system counts 7000000 landholders. A two acre farm is large whereas a quarter acre is plentiful enough for sustenance under the French Republic.
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England
France
The
Republic
Government Pap and the Father of His Country Riddle
The Gouveneur Herald-Limes questions the phrase Government Pap and its misdirection from the true term Father of his Country, asking what kind of fodder the expression targets with a slow, unerring finger.
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Gouveneur Herald- Limes
The Presidential Election Contests Across States
A sprawling roundup shows New York as the pivotal state with narrow margins and competing claims from Cleveland and Blaine factions. Early tallies from Alabama Arkansas Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida and beyond suggest varied leads, with Democrats often edging Republicans in many counties while others swing to the GOP. The piece notes a cautious mood for fair play and legal submission amid anticipated contests.
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New York
United States
North Carolina
Wilmington
N.C
New Jersey
Election Returns by Counties With Voter Violent Incidents
The document lists county vote tallies from the presidential election and recounts a Cincinnati precinct riot. Incidents include a Democratic versus Republican confrontation, a stabbing, a fatal shooting, and an inquest into a train fatality, plus local crime notes and a young girl burned by fire near Steubenville.
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Flora Campbell
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Emil Landsky
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William Alexander
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Oeard
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