California endures influx of weary travelers and oddities
The report notes a surge of ten thousand invalid tourists in California, describes cheap strawberries in Los Angeles at fifteen cents a quart, and mentions Jony G. Wultrer’s health decline. Tolero Ohio plans a 10 000 seat tabernacle for Sam Jones in July while Concord Reform School enforces a no tobacco rule, with six hundred prisoners adapting to the change.
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Tolero, O
Sam Jones
Concord (Mass.) Reformatory
Insurance losses and potential death payout totals
Nearly two billion dollars would be due if all insured Americans died at once. Nearly one billion dollars has already been paid on death losses in America.
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America
Local Option law lets counties ban alcohol sales after refusals
The Mississippi Legislature enacted a Local Option statute permitting a town or county to prohibit intoxicant sales once the containing county has refused to prohibit them, enabling localities to enact tighter controls if their county does not act.
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Mississippi
Joan Kerry Improves Health After Illness
Joan Kerry of New York Tamma ny fame shows rapid health improvement. He can walk about the house and enjoy afternoon drives around Central Park, gaining strength and mobility.
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Joan Kerry
New York
Poland Wedding Kiss Pay For Groomsmen Club Twist
In Poland each male guest at a wedding is expected to pay one dollar for the privilege of kissing the bride, but club rates are much lower, and the man who gets up the club gets an extra kiss.
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Poland
Gladstone Name Dominates Canadian Assembly Talk
The Toronto Globe notes that Gladstone is the most mentioned name for Canada’s assembly and suggests his visit would draw a reception as cordial as one given to the Queen.
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Gladstone
Toronto Globe
Canada
Government plans release ninety-one million whitefish in Great Lakes
A decades-old letter from 1861 reveals Prof. Darwin describing himself as chronically uncomfortable. The note details government plans to stock 30 million whitefish in Lake Michigan, 9 million in Lake Superior, 21 million in Lake Huron, 18 million in Lake Erie, and 13 million in Lake Ontario. Darwin is cited as a noted but uneasy figure in the narrative.
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Great Lakes
Lake Michigan
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Prof
Darwin
Indiana Supreme Court upholds telephone service duty
The Indiana Supreme Court ruled that the telephone company, as a common carrier, cannot refuse service to individuals who seek it and meet the legal requirements. The decision reinforces the carrier's obligation to provide access to telephone service under existing law.
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Indiana Supreme Court
Russia bars Bulgaria Prince from long Roumelia governorship
Russia informs Prince Alexander of Bulgaria that he may not retain a life title to the governorship of Eastern Roumelia. He is ordered to renounce any perpetual claim and accept only a single term as governor.
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Russia
Alexander
Bulgaria
Roumelia
Newfoundland fishing fleet sails from St Johns
The Newfoundland fishing fleet sailed from St Johns a few days ago and faces a disappointing outlook. Partial failures over the past three years depress the industry and the overall outfitting for the fishery this year will be smaller than before. The number of sailing vessels declines yearly as steamers gain advantage and reduce their chances of success.
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Newfoundland Fishing Eet
St. Johns
Friday Year Brings Fifty Three Fridays Across Calendar
The article notes this Friday year begins on a Friday and will contain fifty three Fridays. It highlights four months with five Fridays each plus five Friday occurrences for lunar changes and the year’s longest and shortest days also on a Friday, causing superstition among some readers.
March Wheat Price Dip Hits Century Low in England
The first week of March saw England and Wales report a historic drop in wheat prices. The average price for home grown wheat across 187 towns fell to 29 shillings per quarter of eight imperial bushels, well below the ten year average of 41 shillings.
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England
Wales
Poor CarLorra Empress of Mexico Nears End at Bouchet Castle
The once beautiful Empress of Mexico is said to be nearing the close of her tragic life at the Bouchet castle near Brussels. Eighteen years ago a tragedy blighted her life and mind, yet she remembers nothing of the horrors, living now in an imagined realm of regal splendor.
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Mexico
Bouchet
Brussels
Learned physician misnames cure as epistaxis
A learned physician says the sure cure for congestive headache is epistaxis. The article notes epistaxis means nose bleed and mocks physicians for using Latin terms instead of common names.
Nebraska man proposes alternative to hanging
A debate in the New York Legislature considers replacing hanging with another method of capital punishment. The Nebraska proposer, after reflection, says he would rather die of old age than endure hanging, a view likely echoed by those most affected by the measure.
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New York
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Chicago Journal
European scientists study sunspots and Earth's climate
A group of able European scientists have observed sun spots to determine their effect on Earth's climate. After comparing notes they cannot say positively whether increased solar activity reduces or increases the solar heat reaching the planet.
Bills for Lincoln monument dominate Senate action
Terspay through April 2 details multiple measures. Lincoln monument funding passes. Washington and Montana statehood bids face debate. Army and Civil Service reforms appear, while labor and arbitration bills advance. Weather and flood impacts, strikes, and notable crimes are noted alongside public notices and travel effects.
Pension for General Hancock widow signed by President Cleveland
Government notes a range of fiscal items. revenue up by 1.41 million from the prior year, with total public debt and treasury cash details. Dispatch confirms Geronimo surrender escape. open sessions favored by caucus. seven day failures rise. military assignments shift departments and divisions.
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Ohe
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Tuerr
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Schofield
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Department of Arizona
Lengthy New York conference on labor strike and related events
A long New York meeting between Gould and his managers and Powderly and Knights of Labor leaders discussed arbitration for the railway strike. Hoxie signaled from St Louis for settlement by arbitration, contingent on the conferring committee being employed by the companies. Powderly urged strikers to return to work promptly as trains faced disruptions from East St. Louis mobs and Illinois militia. Widespread incidents included rails tampering near Parsons Kansas injuring a mail agent, while mills at Cohoes and cloak-makers in New York resumed work after large-scale strikes. Counterfeit five dollar notes circulated in Norwalk. High water damaged property in Berlin Vermont and Lancaster New Hampshire. Streetcar workers in Pittsburgh returned to work after a negotiated compromise. Three New York aldermen were arrested for bribery tied to Broadway railroad franchise. A Buffalo real estate agent, B. B. Crandall, died by suicide in Niagara River.
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Wide regional floods and storms cause heavy damage America
Reports from Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Illinois and surrounding states describe record rainfall and freshets that shut down railway traffic, flood property, and cause millions in losses. Fatal and injurious weather events include a Bullock County cyclone funeral service disaster and multiple fires.
Foreign intelligence wrapup shows global turmoil and policy shifts
Reports detail a string of incidents and edicts across continents. Explosive powder in Panama’s Culebra section killed ten and wounded forty, while Senegambians rebel against French authority. A Japanese theater roof collapse in Heromal, snow related, kills and injures many. Russia contemplates Bulgaria occupation as Prince Alexander resists demands. A New Brunswick law grants taxpaying women the vote.
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Heromal
Baku
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French Chamber of Deputies
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Alexander
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Belleville
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Revival ends in Chicago with large crowds and many conversions
Evangelists Mersius Sam Jones and Sam Small wrapped up five weeks of revival in Chicago drawing about nine thousand at the afternoon service and ten thousand turning away. Jones put conversions at twenty five hundred and total attendance around 260000, as floods, strikes, and stock markets show wide unrest nationwide.
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Alabama
Chicago Mail
All or None War Cry of Missouri Pacific Knights
None of the striking Missouri Pacific workers returned to work. committees offered fifty-two names to Master Mechanic Bartlett, who would take back only seventeen. The Knights announce the strike will continue until all strikers are rehired, denouncing Gould and Hoxie for duplicity and urging public support. Governor Oglesby met with business leaders and strikers, warning of military aid only if needed, and urged peace at Turner Hall. A Knights of Labor convention is planned for April 17 in Cincinnati with Powderly likely to preside.
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Martell Hotel
Illinois
Taussig
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Bloodshed in Texas as officers slain in Fort Worth clash
Fort Worth Texas April 5 a deadly confrontation between a sheriff s posse and striking railroad workers left Officers Townsend and Snead dead and policemen Fulford wounded. Frank Pierce and Tom Neece were killed or wounded among ambushing strikers as a freight train halted. troops were dispatched and militia deployed while officials urged calm and order.
Deluge in Dixie worsens as freshet toll rises
Special reports from Alabama to Vermont describe widespread flood damage from the freshet. Gadsden reports the Coosa at record heights, bridges washed away, rail lines disrupted, and mills devastated. Tuscaloosa factories shut as water floods lowlands. Rocketts in Richmond submerged. Cuattanooca and Dayton face rising rivers and factory suspensions. Potomac floods cut telegraph links. Vermont towns report ice-choked streets and historic high water marks.
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Montpelier
Winooski
Indictments Hit East St. Louis Officials in Bribery Probe
A flood of indictments targets East St. Louis city officials and politicians amid a graft investigation led by Thomas Furlong of the Gould system secret service. Officials charged include the treasurer, city attorney, school treasurer, police chief, city clerk, and others tied to bribery and malfeasance. The case follows a ex mayor Bowman murder and a major safe robbery earlier. A next development expected is the arrest of Bowman’s killer.
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East St. Louis
John B. Bowman
Thomas Furlong
Gould System Secret Service
Clarke
Pat Eagan
Duffy
Eagan
Furlong
Bowman
Prince Alexander Defies Russia Over Roumelia Rule
Sofia dispatch reports Prince Alexander refuses to submit to the Powers on the tenure of the Eastern Roumelia governorship. Bulgarian papers applaud the stance and Russia allegedly signals intent to occupy Bulgaria if the governorship is not accepted for five years. Russian papers urge military occupation.
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Sofia
Alexander
Russia
Roumelia
Bulgaria
Toumelia
Bularia
Washieron Debt Reduction and Treasury Totals Report
Washieron April 2 report shows March debt reduction of 14087884 dollars and treasury net cash at 76881099, up 4082596 since March 1. Nine month receipts reach 247774820 with expenditures 187588104, about 23 million less than last year. Cuicaeo April 2 Henry T Wright ex assistant Racine postmaster discharged after embezzling 412 dollars from money order funds. five year term began Oct 1, 1883.
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Washieron
Treasury
Cuicaeo
Henry T. Wright
Racine
Chester
British gun-boats return from Ireland relief mission
Storms along the west coast of Ireland prevented the gun-boats loaned by the British Government to Mr. Tuke from reaching the starving fishermen. The vessels were forced to withdraw unable to approach the coast.
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Tuke
Ireland
Counterfeit Ten Dollar Bank Note Circulates in Norwalk
A brown five dollar counterfeit bill purportedly from Central National Bank Norwalk is in circulation. It bears charter number 404, while the genuine charter number is 2,342.
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Norwalk
Conn
Central National Bank
Floods Across the South Leave Many Dead and Damaged
News from Birmingham Montgomery Selma and Chattanooga reports entire cities underwater. Drowned include numerous Black residents and a river flood reaching six feet above records. Railways telegraphs and utilities crippled with thousands displaced and convict camps flooded.
A Ticklish Job Novel Reasons Given for Mercy
Ixprasaport, Ind. April 3. A petition signed by 500 people was presented to Governor seeking commutation of Robert Phillips’s death sentence for uxOricide to life imprisonment. Phillips killed his wife then cut his throat and bears a silver tube in his throat that prevents strangulation, raising fears of an inhumane hanging.
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Indiana
Ixprasaports
Ind
Robert Phillips
Phillips
Better Times in Sight
The Dun and Co mercantile agency reports U.S. business failures for Q1 1886 at 3,203 with liabilities just over 20 million dollars. For the first quarter of 1885 there were 3,653 failures with liabilities around 46 million. Liabilities in the Middle States fell to 6.859 million in Q1 1886 from 17.713 million in Q1 1885 and 18 million in Q1 1884.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
United States
Middle States
Sam Jones Addresses Drummers in Chi From Farwell Hall
In Chi cago on April 3 Rev Sam Jones spoke to a noon crowd at Farwell Hall about commercial travelers. About 1500 drummers attended as he called them an army of 800,000 in the U S and urged them to banish bourbon and cards from their grips and replace with Bibles.
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Cmiaco
Farwell Tall
Sam Jones
Warner couple vanishes with funds in Grant and Ward case
New York April 3 Mr Davies receiver of Grant Ward says both Mr Warner and his wife are missing and have taken all money from safe deposit companies. Warner allegedly transferred property to his wife who mortgaged everything to shield creditors. Only assets found are furniture at the Fifth Avenue residence and a Long Branch villa worth about 60000 dollars.
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Davies
Grant & Ward
Warner
Fifth Avenue
Chiromancy and the science of palmistry outlays
A New York Mail and Express report explains chiromancy and chirognomy, detailing seven hand types from elemental to mixed. It describes how finger joints, thumb shape, and palm size reveal temperament, talents, and occupations with examples of artistic, philosophical, and psychic hands.
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Express
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