Irish MP John Mitchel Denied Victory Amid Ill News
The report notes John Mitchel as newly elected Irish member of Parliament said to be ill. It also covers rail accidents in England, shipwrecks near Australia, and various political actions, including the Beecher trial testimony, court adjournments, and updates from Washington and Europe with multiple dates and names referenced.
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John Mitchel
Yokohama
Litchfield
England
E. J. Ovington
Rous E. Holmes
Ofense
Beecher
Mr. Tilton
Gothenburg
Forneaux Islands
van Dieman’s Land
Austalia
Colorado
Congress
Lorenzo Thomas
Washington
Poland
St. Petersburg
Turkestan
Chuyler
United States
Prince Ortschakot
Senate
House
Kellogg
Connecticut
Geo. M. Sanders
Ovington
National Butter and Egg Association
Chicago
G. BE. Gooch
Col
R. M. Littler
Davenport
Iowa
St. Louis
Jasper
Tenn
Bismarck
Munich
Vatican
Bavaria
Eads
Andrew Johnson
United States Senate
Pennsylvania
Lancaster
Democracy
Erie
Mr. Jeffreys
Julius Wilcke
Senate and House action on bills and appropriations
The Senate read and laid over the Force bill, passed a bounties equalizer with the Vice President casting vote, and approved Tax and Tariff and animal cruelty measures. House actions included Sundry Civil Appropriation, DC government bills, witness protection, railroad line adjustments, and post office reforms. Conference reports on Indian and army bills were approved, while battlefield politics and Colorado New Mexico state admissions advanced amid committee referrals and Speaker Blaine praised.
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Mackinac
House
Senate
Southern Claims Commission
Fox
Wisconsin
Missouri
Conference Committee
Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad Company
Dubuque
Forty-fourth Congress
Morton
Kellogg
Louisiana
Pinchback
District of Columbia
Michigan
Territories
Wisconsin Central Railroad Company
Portage City
Stevens Point
New York
Cameron
Select Committee
Arkansas
Army
Raphael Semmes
Indian and Post Office
Blaine
Y Sabet Meridean
Larence
Sypher
Colorado
New Mexico
Judiciary Committee
MARKET REPORTS FROM NEW YORK AND MIDWEST LISTINGS
New York and several Midwest cities report mixed live stock and breadstuff prices with nationwide figures for beef, pork, lard, and cheese. Chicago and St Louis show varied hog, beef, and pork values, while Cincinnati Milwaukee Toledo Cleveland Buffalo and other hubs list flour, wheat, corn, rye, oats, barley, and wool prices and supply notes.
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New York
Chicago
Northwestern
Milwaukee Spring
C. Western Factory
Cincinnati
Louis
Toledo
Buffalo
East Liberty
Srock
Philadelphia
The Best Kind of Wife and a Procrastination Lesson
A farmer’s wife recounts a rural ride to a shop with their produce and a near catastrophe when a fire breaks out at home. Grace the eight year old and Rover the dog aid in rescue. the event leads the husband to vow to overcome chronic delay. The tale ends with a new home built on the old site and a reflection on the luck and growth from the ordeal.
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Lanoy
Canada
Grace
Whitey
Morrisons
Old Whitey
Rover
Annuity Hooks Told To Cut Off If Weary
A terse remark suggests that a man considers whisky as relief and is advised to remove his annuity hooks if fatigue persists, reflecting a candid, if peculiar, wartime or financial counsel observed in the period.
Postal changes in Iowa for week ending February 20
Listings show postmaster appointments and changes across Tama, Chickasaw, Osceola, Union, Ringgold counties. Names include George Mce in New Hampton, O K Hoyt in Sib ley, C J Hill in Osceola, A F McReynolds in Ringgold, and others in Tama and Union counties.
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Iowa
Tama County
George Mce
New Hamton
Chickasaw
O. K. Hoyt
Sibley
Osceola
C.J. Hill
Union
Ringgold
A. F. McReynolds
Shanghai General Elopes With Fiancée In Chinese Affair
Fashionable Shanghai gossip centers on a war hero who, after honors in Yunan, abducted the daughter of a distinguished Chinese man. By bribing household members and police tapao, he secured the couple’s elopement to Soochow. The groom offers to return the wife and pay to end the match while the tapao faces likely punishment.
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Allamakée County
Lansing
Blackhawk County
Cedar Falls
Missouri
Buchanan County
Calaboose
Independence
Farner
Cushing
Shanghai
Yunan
Peking
Tapao
Soochow
China
Pall Mall Gazette
Hoax inscription stirs editor over medieval Latin copy
An editor recalls a hoax involving a supposed medieval Latin inscription from a stone found during excavation in Queen Victoria street near a former church to Saint Uncatus Ambulans. The hoax included a verse translation. readers speculated while the editor explains the prank and notes the New York Juvenile Asylum reports its twenty third annual issue detailing charity work and child receptions.
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Queen Victoria Street
Uncatus Ambulans
New York
The Cunning Buff Boots and the Lost Shoes
A Twin shoe pair narrator recalls being showcased as elegant baby footwear in a fashionable store, then adopted by Elsie and her family. They recount dancing in a grand home, rain ruin, a theft of dignity, and a perilous fall into poverty as an Irish mother and child lose their last, precious pair.
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Baltimore Sun
Florida
Neuralgia
Cayuga Lake
New York
St. Joseph Herald
Cal
Argus
Herald
Ohio
Arkansas
Kansas
Iowa
Wisconsin
Detroit Free Press
Macara Fats
Schmitz
Cinderella
Elsie
Rubber Ball
Arrah
Hiven Rayward
Biddy
How Sleigh Bells Are Made Jinglet Inside Story
A colonial education piece explains how sleigh bells gain their jinglet a small iron ball inside. Makers mold a mud ball shaped to fit the bell then pour molten metal around it. After cooling the dirt is shaken out and the jinglet remains to produce the ringing sound.
Alphonso and the exile prince in a Geneva school tale
A writer in Appletons Journal recalls Alphonso as a young exile who refused to be called Spain at a Geneva boarding school. American students offered friendship, he claimed royal status and rejected plebeian contact, resulting in a rough early rebuke to teach him manners.
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Appleton’s Journal
Alphonso
United States
Geneva
Don Alphonso
Hallos
Spain
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James Hope Grant
Arthur Helps
London
Asia Minor
Grant
New York City
Schumaker
Europe
James Buffintop
Massachusetts
Sheridan
New Orleans
Cairo
Indiana
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Alphonsists
Figueras
Oria
Duke de Montpensier
Santander
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Paris
M. Buffet
St. John's
Newfoundland
Wheeler
Gov. Kellogg
Express
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S. Orth
Austria
Horace Maynard
Constantinople
King
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Src
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Iowa State News
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Sabula
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Sigourney
Lee County
KE. J. Ruddick
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Oskaloosa
Marion County
Mitchell County
Lincoln Township
A. H. Bushnell
Muscatine County
Muscatine
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Monte
Council Bluffs
Marks
Scott County
Mia
Ajita Sage
Brown Street
Taylor County
John Shelton
Bedford
Unio
Creston
Wapello County
John N. Young
Ottumwa
Sita Nen
Enoch Arden
Manron
O’brien
San Francisco
Brou
Anbury
Holt
Solano County
Peter Azel Nystrom
John Smith
John Smiths
the Independent
John J. Davis
Oakland
Rocky Mountains
Marion Bernstein
Celebs
Brooklyn Sunday Sun
Eliza
L. Sabilli
Hceres
AGO
Arthur
Church of St. Walker
Billy
Mary
London Paper Trade Journal
Lor Boung
Obbie-Dobbie
Hattie F. Bell
New Yorker
Witch Hazel
the Boy King
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