Vast miscellany of gossip and notices from era rosters
A sweeping roundup covers wealth, politics, crime and society news. It notes a Rothschild wealth claim, a missionary abstinence crusade, veteran officers in business, a Toledo mayoral nomination, spirits in disguise, imperial salaries, telegraph gains, a Philadelphia poisoning, Deming demography, a Des Moines death in prayer, and Springfield schools rope skipping ban. It also mentions Windsor plate values, an Erie test car, a jewel burglar quip, Hudson Wis letters, Manitoba emigration, Canadian Pacific, Louisiana levees, Buffalo embroiders, Wisconsin liquor rules, Arkansas weapon laws, and Ella Wheeler’s verse quips.
Extra session declared inexpedient President weighs split Republican views
The President's decision to call no extra session meets with mixed Republican reaction. A pensioned veteran from Maine lists battlefield injuries and a rare case of blindness. Iowa City learns of a 52 year old woman who has not spoken or eaten for a month under religious duty. Ohio faces a Chinese divorce case from Wee Sine. Egyptian health notes link eye disease to cleanliness and delayed birth washing. A New York Assembly witness questions margarine processing at high temperatures to kill worms and germs.
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Iowa City
Hattie Deal
New York Assembly
Missing Fish and a Hundred-Eighty Pounder
A spring morning tale of Miss Bessie and a narrator fishing by a sunny dike. They share light banter and a playful scene as the fish refuse to bite, yet Bessie proudly lands a large catch worth a hundred eighty pounds.
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Miss Bessie
Bessie
Lion Attacks Wyoming Farm Then Lies in Christmas Snow
In the Green River Valley a lion raids stock and abducts Benny the calf. Brothers Thomas and John Brown track the predator across a snowbound riverbank. They shoot the beast as the child Benny pleads for help, then rescue him with tears and relief.
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The
Home Magazine
Green River Valley
Wyoming
Benny
John
Brown
Thomas
Johnny
Tom
Mountain lion siege ends with providential rescue
A family recounts guiding Benny to safety after a mountain lion attacked. John and Thomas steadied their nerve to shoot the beast, saving the boy and earning a ceremonial robe from the generous animal’s pelt, kept as a keepsake of deliverance.
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Oine
Benny
Thomas
John
Emigration and political reform themes reach Virginia paper
The Staunton Valley Virginian opposes modern readjustment to state debt but supports broader constitutional and democratic changes. The piece attacks Bourbon despotism and urges South rights against political tyranny. It also notes German emigration rising and Berlin fears, with plans of a German socialist colony in Texas.
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Staunton Valley
Virginia
South
America
New York Graphic
Germany
United States
M. Wrandl
Berlin
Schleswig
Prussia
Proper
Posen
Illinois
Nebraska
London Times
Texas
Kemper County murder case burned to ashes in DeKalb
The Kemper County murders case sees a turning point as the DeKalb County Court House is set ablaze destroying records on Cornelia Chisholm and others killed in 1877. Officials deny any link between arson and the defendants or their supporters, calling it a radical lie.
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Kemper County
New York Times
Cornelia Chisholm
DeKalb
President Garfield and the Mormon Question
The New York Herald reports Garfield's inaugural message highlights the Mormon issue. A Washington dispatch recalls a talk with a Western Senator praising Governor Murray's push to suppress polygamy and urging Congress to back the effort. The piece argues civilizing forces won’t end polygamy and calls for decisive legal action.
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New York Herald
Garfield
Washington
Govenor Murray
Congress
Telegraph
Ben Hill Expelled by National Democratic Committee
The Memphis Appeal reports Ben Hill’s confrontation at a Ma hone rally where he hurled insults at Ma hone. The National Democratic Committee, amid the 1932 campaign, voted to read Ma hone out of the party, calling leadership actions contested and noting Hill’s removal.
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Memphis
Dem
Ben Hill
Virginia
Mahone
National Democratic Committee
Ben
Garfield era and party unity in the Buffalo Express
The Buffalo Express argues Garfield will lead a pure Republican administration not shaped by Grant or opposition factions. It highlights unity from top to bottom and mocks Kentucky style handling with a biting Watterson quip about treason and old age.
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Buffalo Express
Garfield
Kentucky
Watterson
Old Hoar
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