Earthquake talk and city plans stir readers in 19th century notes
A column of scattered notes reports on earthquakes feared but not materializing, New York chi talk, ballots and money, stray social quirks, railroads in Philadelphia and Boston, ships, and a basin of diverse items from Miss Welch at Point Arena to Roosecrans finding old government debts.
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Mr. Wiggins
New York
Bell
California
Nellie Welch
Point Arena
Sugar Made from Sorghum Cane in Kansas
The Department of Agriculture began sorghum cane sugar experiments in Ottawa, Kansas, then Fort Scott, reporting complete sucrose extraction in six cells and syrup with light color and good flavor. Prof. Wiley confirms success, commissioner Colman calls the results economically valuable and notes no saccharine loss in Fort Scott trials.
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Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Fort Scott
Wiley
Colman
Grant Relic House To Be Brought To New York
Captain E H Halleck, ex aide to General Grant, bought the log house where Grant issued orders and proclaimed surrender terms. The dilapidated bottom area aside, the structure is solid and will be moved intact to New York for the Grant Memorial Association, likely to Riverside Park near the General Grant tomb.
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Ricamont
E. H. Halleck
General Grant
Grant
Richard Epps
Halleck
New York
Grant Memorial Association
Riverside Park
Baden cotton manufactures cited by Consul Monaghan
Consul Monaghan of Mannheim reports Baden with 1.5 million people has 10 156 employed in cotton cloth marketing. He says Germans lag Americans in men methods and machinery in cotton production noting old machinery used in Baden and that girls perform tasks men should do, with American eye machines achieving faster, cheaper results.
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WashingTon
Monaghan
Mannheim
Baden
America
Mexican hill split reported near Chimapla
A curious phenomenon in Chimapla Mexico sees a high hill split into two parts within days amid normal weather. Local residents report tremors and an investigative effort was launched to explain the extraordinary event.
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Chimapla
Mexico
Civil Service Watch Ordered Loyalty Oath in Canada
Ottawa reports the Dominion Government has ordered all Civil Service members to take an oath of allegiance to the Queen amid suspicions of home rule sympathy and possible sedition. The move follows concerns over missing St Patrick's Society minutes and alleged disloyal ties to nationalist groups and Fenian circles, with detectives monitoring officials.
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Ottawa
Ont
Dominion
Civil Service
Home Rule Party
Ireland
St. Patrick’s Society
Society
Ase Ring
Een
Nationalist Party
Fenian Brotherhood
Four CP passenger coaches plunge from trestle in Canada
A Winnipeg dispatch reports four Canadian Pacific passenger coaches fell from a trestle 175 miles east of Winnipeg. The train cars were destroyed by fire and about a dozen passengers, mainly from Montreal, were seriously injured. No fatalities were reported. Mail matter, six sacks, burned.
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Canadian Pacific
St. Pacl
Mixn
Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Montreal
Wrec
Colliery Disaster Claims Twenty-Four Lives
London reports a massive explosion at Altoft's Colliery near Wakefield Yorkshire on Saturday. Seven men were found dead, eight rescued, and seventeen remain missing likely dead.
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London
Altoft’s
Wakefield
Yorkshire
Runaway Horses Roar Through Drexel Boulevard Stage
In Curiaco on October 3 a pair of powerful horses pulling an open carriage caused a panic along Drexel Boulevard. The team broke loose creating a chaotic scene as other carriages and horses fled. Several vehicles overturned and occupants were scattered. injuries occurred but no fatalities were reported. The disturbance spread to nearby animals as handlers tried to regain control.
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Curiaco
Drexel Boulevard
Ieee
Cattlemen in Texas Alarmed by Falling Values
A dispatch from Austin reports shrinking cattle values and epidemic rumors sparking mistrust among Texas cattlemen. Rumors claim prominent ranchers are financially embarrassed and some papers protested, with sensitive chatter about homes sold to cover debts. No confirmed cases yet, but widespread failure expectations noted.
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St. Louis
Austin
Tex
Rioting in Befast Leaves Troops Felling a Major
Oct 4 Befast youths disturbing the peace clashed with police. Rioters attacked a picket that aided officers and Major Doncaster was felled by a rioter. Three arrests were made.
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Doncaster
Prohibition Enforcers Split as Atlanta OKs Beer at Homes
ATLANTA Ga Oct 4 The city council approved a resolution allowing a brewery to deliver beer to private residences by a 10 to 6 vote marking a first clear loosening in prohibition enforcement. Prohibition leaders react with concern as liquor trade is reestablished in part.
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Atlanta
Murder in Oyster Saloon By The Dangerous Blacksmith
Brazilla Vanderveer, 26, was killed in New York on October 3 after John Hughes known as the Dangerous Blacksmith and two companions drank heavily and caused a disturbance. Vanderveer intervened when the men refused to pay for their meal, Hughes struck him a fatal blow to the forehead, and Vanderveer died before a doctor arrived.
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New York
Brazilla Vandervee
John Hughes
Hughes
Vanderveer
Dengue Fever Epidemic Hits Vicksburg Mississippi
In Vicksburg Mississippi on October 4 an unprecedented dengue fever epidemic is reported with over 1000 cases under treatment. The illness is painful but not malignant, and there have been more than 1500 cases with no fatalities to date.
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Vickssorg, Miss
Bull Fight Near City Kills Six Bulls and Six Horses
In Mexico City on Oct 4 a large crowd watched a bull fight outside the Federal district. Six bulls and six horses were killed. Two picadores were gored but not fatally. Crowded trains carried spectators to the scene.
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City of
Mexico
Federal District
Noted North Arkansas Doctor Shot While Hunting
Littlle Rock Ark Oct 4 Dr John Hunt a prominent North Arkansas physician was shot and killed by a companion in Izard County on the Ist of the month as he emerged from a thicket thinking him a deer. The shooter apparently mistook him for game and fired.
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Little Rock, Ark
John Hunt
North
Arkansas
Izard County
Frederick Augenstine
Waldo
Marion County
Fied
Augenstine
Kentucky Tobacco Damaged by Frost
Courier-Journal reports statewide frost damage to tobacco with about half uncured and much of it frosted, especially in lowlands. Upland crops fare better. An expert foresees reduced quality from Friday night frost, though quantity may not fall. Loss estimates vary but are uniformly serious.
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Louisvillle
Courier-Journal
Cholera Outbreaks Reported Across Several Cities
Vienna reports fourteen new cholera cases and three deaths at Trieste, while Pesth records seventeen cases and six deaths. Szeddin sees eight cases and four deaths as the outbreak spreads in the region.
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Vienna
Trieste
Pesth
Szeddin
Gas well near Oxford releases water and gas
In Benton County two miles from Oxford and about twenty five miles from Lafayette a gas well on a fifteen thousand acre leased tract owned by Leonidas Sleeper and Joseph Atkinson’s farm discharged an immense spray of water mud sand and stones from about one hundred feet depth. The gas that followed burned to a height of fourteen feet after being lighted.
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Lafayette
Ind
Oxford
Benton County
Leonidas Sleeper
Joseph Atkinson
Kentucky board issues cattle pleuro-pneumonia quarantine
Frankfort Kentucky October 3 The State Board of Health has issued a quarantine proclamation against pleuro pneumonial cattle in Illinois to prevent spread of the disease and protect livestock health nationwide.
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Frankfort
State Board of Health
Kentucky
Hunting trip ends in grisly shotgun accident
York Pennsylvania October 4 Wesley Cleweiler returning from a hunting expedition dropped his shotgun with force it discharged the load struck his abdomen and killed him almost instantly local authorities reported no foul play suspected in the incident as a tragic accident
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York, Pa
Wesley Cleweiler
Baptists Refuse to Support Sam Jones Revival Plan
Boston ministers at a meeting today declined to cooperate with Methodist leaders in promoting revival meetings featuring Revs. Sam Jones and Sam Small in the city, signaling a split in approach to the event.
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Boston
Sam Jones
Sam Small
Boys Escape From Reform School in Wisconsin
Waukesha Wisconsin October 3 seventeen boys escaped from the reform school using a skeleton key fashioned from a coin by an eleven year old.
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Waukesna, Wis
Reform School
Secretary of State Allows Female Votes in New York
In Arpaxy New York on October 3 the Secretary of State told election inspectors they must not reject votes cast by women, affirming women voters have the right to vote and must be counted.
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Arpaxy
N. Y
Secretary of State
Miner claims gold mine in Fulton Schoharie County
Dr. Peter E. Minor of Schenectady New York says he found gold on his rocky farm in Fulton Schoharie County while searching for building stone. He reports an examination indicating a yield of 584 dollars per ton and has filed his claim with the Secretary of State.
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Peter E. Minor
Schenectady
N. Y
Fulton
Schoharie County
Bancroft’s Eighty-Sixth Birthday Observed
Newport R L Oct 3 Mr George Bancroft the historian today received numerous letters congratulating him upon the eighty sixth anniversary of his birthday He accepted an invitation to dine with Mr and Mrs John Astor of New York and pausing upon by many friends during the day
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Newport
R. L
George Bancroft
John Astor
New York
Riot at Spearsville show leaves one dead in fire light chaos
In Spearsville Kentucky a disturbance broke out during a Saturday night show at Odd Fellows Hall. Fire lights were extinguished sending the crowd scrambling as several shots rang out. Ike Taylor was killed in the melee.
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Louisvile
Spearsville
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Ike Taylor
Paradox Quotation About Niagara Falls Echoes Boldly
A terse quote notes the paradox that a man who rides over Niagara Falls never truly gets over the experience. It captures a dramatic reflection on memory and ordeal attributed to Trezas Sifti.
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Niagara Falls
Trezas Sifti
Back-Down By Kaulbars Courts Better Terms For Regency
Vienna October 1 General Kaulbars moderates demands after hints from St Petersburg and moves toward conciliatory stance. Russia unlikely to interfere with Bulgarian Constitution, easing tensions with Sofia. Bulgarian ministers pledge cooperation while Russian officials press Bulgarians to resist harsh terms. Several revolting officers freed on parole as Sobranje poised to authorize court martial for offenders. Three ex-ministers reportedly implicated in the unrest. Moscow presses cautious, noting potential danger as Hungarians face death for sympathy actions.
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Vienna
Kaulbars
St. Petersburg
Russia
Atria
Kaulbar
M. de Giers
Bulgaria
Sofia
Ibars
M. Stambuloff
Str. Petersburg
Vremya
Moscow
Burg
Hunga
National Debt Recapitulation Shows Decline in Cash reserves
Reported today from Washington detailing the national debt as of October 1, 1886. It lists principal and interest figures totaling 1,181,757,312.00 with net cash in treasury at 465,378,713.93 and a decrease in debt of about 10,627,013.17. The summary covers cash in the treasury and variations since September 1.
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C-Jecee Necaviekes Scapes
Volcanic Eruption Near Pahloff Peak Reported
A Kodiak dated letter describes Pahloff mountain eruption on the Alaska peninsula 300 miles southwest. Emory like dust falls seen. Captain Curry reports black cloud enveloping the Kodiak at 100 miles out, lamps lit from 10 am to 2 pm. Captain Abbey notes dust samples and a thunderlike noise. No earthquakes reported yet.
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San Francisco
Kodiak
Alaska
Pahloff
Alaska Peninsula
Curry
Abbey
United States
Corwin
Dinamite Fiendishness Found at Boarding House Steps
In Chicago on October 1 a tin can with a hole, a burned fuse, and a brown liquid soaked cotton was found on the steps of Mrs. Serley’s boarding house at 43 Twenty-fifth Street. The can was moved to Cottage Grove avenue Police Station for inspection. Mrs. Serley’s family cannot explain the proximity of the device to their home.
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Chicago
Duc D Aumale Gifts Chantilly Estate to France
The Duc D Aumale presents Chantilly estate and castle valued at 60 million francs to the Institute of France to be held in trust for the French Nation. The gift includes books pictures and art works. Estate revenue funds pensions for literary men and artists and the art gallery will be open to the public.
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New York
the Herald
Paris
Duc D’ Aumale
Institute of France
Chantilly
$6500 Gold Brick Swindle In Kansas City
William Warner, a well to do citizen, was duped by a confidence man into traveling to Lawrence, Kansas, and paying 6500 for two gold bricks claimed to be found by an Indian in New Mexico. Returning home he found the bricks valueless.
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Kansas City
William Warner
Lawrence
Kan
New Mexico
Currency notes outstanding show net decline in September
The Comptroller reports a $1,157,508 drop in bank note circulation for September, bringing total outstanding notes to $13,810,652. Deposits rose, reflecting a $28,655,274 increase since October 1885, with a general uptick in bank deposits noted.
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Washington, D. C
Post Office Extension Takes Effect Nationwide Today
Wasninxctos October 1 The extension of the special delivery system of the Post Office Department to all post offices and to all classes of matter goes into effect today.
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Wasninxctos
Postoffice Department
Northwestern Mutual Aid exhumation over life claim dispute
In Peoria Illinois on October 1 the Northwestern Mutual Aid Association of Bloomington exhumed the body of Jos Warner after five months in the ground and four weeks in the Illinois River. Officials aimed to avoid a $2500 life claim by arguing the drowned man was not Warner. The body proved unrecognizable, ending the effort.
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Peoria
Inz
Northwestern Mutual Aid Association
Bloomington
Jos. Warner
Illinois
Key
Five boys drown when boat capsizes in harbor
In Lynx Massachusetts at noon on October first a small boat with five boys aboard capsized in the harbor. Three youths were drowned, two survived the tragedy. Authorities investigated the incident as rescue crews recovered bodies and searched for remaining wreckage.
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Lynx
Mass
Wiggins Prophecy Sends Family to Platform
Near HiniMax Maine a farmer Richard Wellington and his kin were swayed by Wiggins crude hoax on judgment day. They built a platform and waited in their best clothes for the supposed quake. When the prediction failed the community forced them down and the old man seeks an explanation in the Bible.
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HiniMax
Mica
Richard Wellington
Wiggins
Wellington
Ellington
Yesterda
Mystery In Gwynedd China Ruins Split by Invisible Force
Sept 30 Punapetpsia Gwynedd a small town near the city reports an unseen power wrecking china and glassware at a prominent resident’s home. Dishes fall from shelves and items are hurled or broken despite none nearby. Thousands of residents visit to witness the events while scientists debate magnetism as a cause. The community seeks a thorough investigation and a resolution to the haunting disturbances.
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Pennsylvania
Punapetpsia
Gwynedd
Baseball Crank Taken to Kalamazoo Asylum
Will Sargent of Jackson Michigan once a devoted baseball devotee who attended every county game and even Detroit league contests has been committed to Kalamazoo Asylum as insane He now fears he has three wives located in Kalamazoo the South and Jackson and has forgotten the sport he loved
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Jackson
Mich
Will Sargent
Detroit
Kalamazoo
South
Dissension Rends London German Anarchist Groups
London report says discord breaks out between Germany's two anarchist clubs in London. Autonomic club led by Austrian Penckert clashed with the other group after a Cleveland Hall meeting where both expressed Chicago Anarchists solidarity. Threats of violence follow.
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London
Cologne Gazette
Dave
Mader
Penckert
Cleveland Hall
Chicago
Truth as to Geronimo Surrender Revealed
Washington reports General Miles annual War Department dispatch details pursuit and capture of Geronimo and his band. Surrender described as conditional, made on Miles promise to safeguard the lives of the tribe and remove them from Arizona civil jurisdiction. General Miles forwarded the report to the President.
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Geronimo
Washington
Miles
War Department
Arizona
Cashier Gould Sentenced to Ten Years
Portlan, Me. Sept. 30. Cashier Wm. E. Gould pleaded guilty to misappropriating bank funds and was sentenced by Judge Webb to ten years in Thomaston State Prison. The court session saw no visible emotion from the prisoner as the district attorney moved for punishment.
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Porttlannp
Wm. E. Gould
U. S
Webb
Thomaston
Powder Mill Explosion Kills Four At Ditmar Works
A terrific blast at the Ditmar Powder Works in Bay Chester along the Harlem river line of the New York and New Haven railroad killed four workers who were blown to atoms. The explosion, occurring around ten oclock, created shock felt for miles and was mistaken for an earthquake.
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Bartow-On-The-Sound
N. Y
Ditmar
Bay Chester
Harlem River
New York & New Haven
Milltown Women Seize Sheriff Detachment in Clare
In Milltown Malbay County Clare on September 30, women inmates overpowered seized and imprisoned sheriffs while husbands drove off cattle from Kelly property.
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Milltown
Malbay
County Clare
Kelly
Counterfeiter Freed Then Re-Arrested in Prison
Adolph Gordon was discharged from a five year term for counterfeiting. He was immediately arrested by Deputy U S Marshal Winney on counterfeiting charges inside the penitentiary. Molds and tools were found on him and in his cell.
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Jackson
Mica
Adolph Gordon
U.S
Winney
Tragic rescue at Bergen Station as mother saves child
At Bergen Station a mother, Mrs Kiderner, warning her four year old near the track, sprang in front of a fast approaching train to save the child. The child was hurled into the air and landed on the engine foot-board while Mrs Wagner was crushed beneath the wheels with fatal injuries.
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Allentown
Bergen Station
Pennsylvania Road
Kide
Four masked men kidnap Mrs Wheeler in cemetery theft attempt
In Conors New York on September 30, four masked men abducted Mrs Wheeler to a nearby cemetery tied her to a fence and pressured her to reveal where her husband hid $100. They searched the house without success while her husband slept. a neighbor woke by her screams.
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Conors
N.Y
Policeman Bennett Dies From Haymarket Riot Injuries
Chiaco reports Policeman Bennett collapsed and died while on duty at a patrol box. The death is attributed to injuries sustained during the Haymarket riot, with officials noting the line of duty and cause linked to the civil disturbance.
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Chiaco
Bennett
Haymarket
Street Costumes and Tailor Dresses Dominate Fall Fashion
A New York correspondence notes a shift toward conventional street dress over lavish gowns. Tailor styles in wool replace silks for everyday wear, with short, trim skirts and plain utility coats. English coats and French jackets feature silk gimps and embroidered trims, while bold velvet and plush accents appear in jackets, capes, and pelerines. Strong color ranges from marine blue to chestnut accompany chic tailoring and accessories.
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New York
Maire
Ohio Health Board reports week of September 25 1886
Observers in 54 counties report diarrheal disease still prevalent with a notable decline in cases. Diphtheria present in 20 counties, scarlet fever cases reported in Cincinnati with no deaths. Malaria rising. Total deaths from all causes 189, 90 under five years. Also notes robberies, deaths from mine accidents, a priestly anniversary gift, hog cholera concern, and court actions on prohibition in Alliance. Several fatal incidents and arrests described across Ohio towns.
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Ohio State Board of Health
Cincinnati
Prosst, M. D
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