Destructive Cleveland Fire Devastates Lumber Flats
A massive blaze in Cleveland destroys Woods Perry Co. yard and nearby mills on the flats. Firefighters battle flames across one hundred acres, with estimates of losses near 2.5 million while neighboring towns send aid and water to halt the spread. Incendiary origin suspected.
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Akron
Erie
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Woods
Story & Co
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Davidson & House
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Poker ‘& Barrett
Ibrely
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Painesville
Fynon & Gs
Rhodes & Co
Hubbel
Westover
King & Clint
Variety Iron-works
Rags from Europe Deemed Dangerous for U.S. Health
Dr. Hill, U S Health Officer in London, warns that imported rags from England pose great danger due to smallpox. He notes rags from infected areas may carry cholera or smallpox to America, citing 23 bales sent to New York from Dunkirk, France. He urges disinfection before export.
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Treasury Department
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United States
London
England
America
American
New York
Dunfkirk
France
Wall Hull
Liverpool
Henry's Execution Denied by Greely Survivor
Indianapolis dispatch reports Sergeant Julius R. Fredericks, brother of a Greely party member, disputes cannibalism and faction claims. He recalls Henry being shot after food thefts and disobedience, describing unity among others and detailing harsh winter conditions and starvation during the expedition.
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Greely Party
Greely
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War news from China and Courbet actions
Paris dispatches report tensions as Admiral Courbet presses operations against China after French bombardment. Chinese manifesto is cited declaring war while French ships face foreign neutrality limits. Dispatches claim limited damage at Mingan forts, restocking munitions slow, and calls for timely supply.
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Saigon
Bank Collapse Feared After Runyan Suicide and Theft
Chaos grips the town as President Runyon, a farmer aged sixty with four children, shoots himself amid a million-dollar fraud at the National Sore pets bank. Crowds block streets and police quell a threatened bank breach while cashier Campbell faces arrest for complicity. Bank deficit and estate ruin tied to the theft raise broad alarm.
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Ira Voorhees
Man in Missouri Kills Mule Then Dies by Suicide
In Cape Girardeau Benson a resident near Arbor twenty miles from town shot at a noise in his orchard. He killed a neighbor’s mule. After dawn he, with his daughter’s advice, decided the act was penitentiary offense and, to avoid disgrace, reloaded his shotgun and killed himself by blowing off the top of his head.
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Washington Township
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Cleveland
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Guernsey
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Train Derails After Cow Strike Near Belston West Virginia
Wueerwine September 6 The regular Baltimore & Ohio passenger train leaving at 9 am struck a cow at Belston east of town and derailed. All cars left the track. the engine slid down a low embankment but remained upright. Engineer Wm Johnson stayed at his post with only slight injuries. fireman Wm Horn jumped and was fatally injured. Passengers sustained bruises but none seriously hurt.
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Belston
Here
Wm. Johnson
French crop reports weigh on wheat prices and protection cries
United States Consul Plexette at Lyons reports French crops for 1883. Wheat about 316,000,000 bushels, rye 77,000 bushels, Indian corn 33,000,000 bushels, potato crop 412,000,000 bushels. England and other nations also report fine wheat crops, prices falling, and calls for higher tariffs on foreign wheat rise across France.
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Plexette
Lyons
Department of State
France
England
Monzuma Rescues Drifted Yachters After Crew-Led Ordeal
The German bark Montezuma arrives at Falmouth with three sailors from the yacht Mignhonette after the crew and a boy perished. They drifted nineteen days with no provisions or water before death and cannibalism. The three men are detained by order of the Board of Trade while the boy's death is to be investigated.
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Texas
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Judge Hall
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Hall
Waite
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Armer
Naples cholera cases rise in city amid meat shortage
Naples reports two hundred fresh cholera cases in the last twenty four hours with fewer deaths than the prior day. Italy tallies 293 new cases and 158 deaths. Genoa province outbreak centered on Spezia. Naples city accounts for 168 cases and 69 deaths. Reggio prefect summoned to Rome after demonstrations.
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Icebergs and famine scour Newfoundland coast
The latest Labrador news reports a halved codfish catch and looming famine along the northeast Newfoundland coast. About eight hundred families starve, surviving on squids as icebergs stud the coast from Wadham Island to Cape Spear, with Captain Manuel noting 253 icebergs near Bona Vista Bay and thirteen more south of Cape Spear along steamer tracks.
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Hooked in the Mouth by the Cow in Ohio
A boy, son of Edward Stineburgh of Lockport, Ohio, was badly injured when a cow trapped him with its horn while he drove the cows home. The incident near New Philadelphia occurred yesterday and he survived a near-fatal wound by a narrow margin.
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Edward Stineburgh
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Sky Blue Colt Draws Crowds Near Knoxville Farm
A remarkable newborn colt near Knoxville, Tennessee, is described as having a sky blue body with solid black stripes along its legs and torso. Born two days ago on Mr. William Gardner’s farm, the curious animal has turned the area into a Mecca for visitors from miles around.
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Tramps Fire Revolvers on Derby Line Train
In West Haven three men were found riding the Derby Railroad track as the evening train stopped. Train hands forced them off, a fight broke out, and the trio drew revolvers. The train continued to Derby where two were arrested and one escaped. Passengers narrowly escaped bullet fire. Police deem the men professional burglars aiming to rob passengers.
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West Haven
Will of Senator Anthony Filed in Providence
Providence Rhode Island September 8 The will of Senator Anthony was filed today Legacies total about 200000 to his sister and relatives and public bequests of 25000 were named
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Anthony
Danish Polar Expedition To Start Next Summer
A Danish group will launch another polar expedition to the frozen north in the coming summer, traveling via Franz Josef Land. Leaders are Messrs Hovjaard and Gamel.
French writer backs privateering to crush England
Paris report notes Gabriel Charmes in Revue Litteraire et Politique arguing for privateering to devastate England's naval power. He cites Captain Semmes as a model for France's future naval heroes and contends a score of Alabamas would wipe out England's colonial and commercial reach.
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Gabriel Charmes
Revue Litteraire Et Politique
England
Captain Semmes
France
Governor Robie Re-elected in Portland Maine Election
Portland Maine report says Governor Robie won re election by more than twelve thousand votes. Republicans also elect four members to Congress in statewide results.
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Robie
Congress
Ohio and national incidents fill strange news page
A wide digest from Ohio and beyond reports a 13 year old girl injured rescuing a brother near Enon, several homicides in Columbus and Cincinnati, rail and mine accidents, a suicide in Johnstown Michigan, and drought driven stock losses. Other items include court judgments, a new labor weekly, Chinese Buddhist retreats, and notable fortunes and political notes.
Nonsense Snippets and Jokes Across Papers
A collage of whimsical quips from New Jersey to Texas and New York includes a yardful of playful lines. A Pennsylvania tale warns of chicken poisonings while a Georgia exchange features a peach basket joke and a house fire misunderstanding.
Knights of Labor reelect Powderly and officers
Philadelphia September 6 The General Assembly of Knights of Labor reelected T V Powderly ex Mayor of Scranton as Grand Master Workman Frederick Turner as Grand Secretary and George Rufus as Grand Treasurer
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General Assembly of Knights of Labor
T. V. Powderly
Scranton
Frederick Turner
George Rufus
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