Fragmented Era News Roundup From Frederick and Beyond
A collage of historic notes reports on economic losses from strikes, rising petroleum exports, a bottle fed baby elephant in New York, and rabbits released in Italy for fur and food. It also recounts Civil War era verse about Barbara Frietchie, press about Congress recess, New York baby show observations, and opinions on Cleveland schools, Turkish justice, and patent law reforms.
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New York
Italy
Congress
Washington
Jennie June
Bank Robbery Mystery in Paris Bank Case Unfolds
The article details a Paris bank ramification involving cashier Leduc and four strangers who used forgery and a staged detour to access a vault. A French detective plots the robbery with an actor impersonating Leduc and a stewarded plan to remove bullion while clerks and a watchman suspect foul play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Francis I
Security Society For
Monsieur Leduc
Mr. Leduc
Maurice
Leduc
Luduc
Willian
Montmartre
Monsieur
Caramba
Jean Fiscot
France
Security Society
Estelle
Overthrow the Public Demand for Strong Administration
The piece argues Congress must supply ordinary governmental agencies to govern, rejecting the idea that public order rests only on intelligence. It warns of a turbulent frontier with Mexico, ongoing war with Indigenous nations, and the threat of riots and arson. It calls for better equipment and a comprehensive, rational policy.
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New York Tribune
Congress
Woman in a six month trance at Guthrie county
Mrs Shadle of Guthrie county has been in a comatose sleep since June following a violent March episode. A physician and metaphysician from Des Moines reports the case at the Given House and hopes Mt Pleasant asylum doctors may resuscitate and cure her.
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Des Moines
Shadle
Guthrie County
Mt. Pleasant
Wealthy Men of San Francisco Climb to Millionaire Status
Over forty San Francisco men exceed 4 000 000 in wealth and many more hold 1 000 000 to 3 900 000, all earned in 25 years through business and speculation. None are elderly. all remain ambitious. Sharon, arriving in Sacramento in 1849, built his fortune from a K Street grocery, illustrating California's unprecedented wealth surge.
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San Francisco
California
Sharon
Monte Cristo
Sacramento City
K Street
Sherman urges Congress on savings deposits and government bonds
Secretary Sherman notes 2,300,000 U S savers hold 545 154 804 in banks averaging about 400 per depositor. He urges laws to let owners invest in U S government bonds, boosting security and reducing foreign debt by directing eight hundred million in savings into bonds, accelerating resumption like France.
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Sherman
Congress
United States
France
Patter son’s loyalty praised in Knoxville Chronicle critique
The Knoxville Chronicle denounces Senator Patterson for selling immunity and aligning with Democrats. It uses harsh religious and historical imagery to claim he will be rewarded by the Reform Church and the party, while comparing him to Judas Iscariot and a penitent thief.
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Senator Patterson
Democrats
Hamburg Butler
Reform Church
Petroleum V. Nasby
Judas Iscariot
Patterson
Knoxville
Tenn
Chronicle
Silver Money Debate Divides Colored South in Atlanta
An Atlanta paper reports a heated argument over silver as money. The exchange shows strong sentiment that silver should be remonetized, with a speaker asserting silver is monetary and must pass for bread and bacon, while others challenge its status.
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South
Atlanta
Times
Shaw
Ai Van Winkle Tale Reimagined In Sea Goddess Story
A young fisherman is invited by the sea goddess to her underwater home. After three days she gives a golden casket and key with orders not to open it. He returns to a village where his family is long dead, opens the casket, and aging vapors strike him. He dies as his youth fades.
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Manchester
Chicago Times
Bismarck
Dakota
Yellowstone Kelly
Joseph
Miles
Kelly
Plains
Buffalo Bills
Yellowstone
Lieut. Baldwin
Lieut
Bailey
New York College
Virginia
Elmira
N. Y
Genesee College
Lima
Red River
Valley of Death
St. Paul
Sitting Bull
Lone Wolf
Yellowstone Valley
Duryea
Brooklyn
Ai van Winkle
Ingersoll On Arms Rights In America
An anecdote recalls Colonel Ingersoll answering a Parisian guest who carried a bodkin in France. He explains French rights are few and weak, enforceable with a toothpick, while American rights are numerous and crucial, requiring an arsenal to defend them.
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Paris
New York Graphic
Cowville
Illinois
Cincinnati
Bald
Hogg
Ollendorf
Ingersoll
Messieurs
France
America
Unnamed farmer spooks horse during Long Island fox hunt
Last week a farmer rose and opened an umbrella startling a horse at a Long Island fox hunt. A horse threw a rider named Colonel into the woods, breaking a finger. Public sentiment favors the farmer.
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Long Island
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Ddanlert
H. C. Glenn
J. H. Foster
Clenn & Foster
Proprietors
Opera House Block
Essacnse Esima
B. L. Wilkinson
Union Block
Newcomer’s Grocery
Georgiana C. Glenn
van Wert
North Side
First Street
Washington and
Jefferson
H. G. Davis
Kepler . T
J.K. Woods
M. D
Washington Street
Bridge
W. Depuyee
lePuy House
MH. C. M’gavren
Geo. W. M'Gavren
H. C. McGavren & Son
McGavren & Webster
Washbington Street
William Smith
A. L. Teubner & Co
Main
Jackson Sts
B. Steman
Burt’s Bank
Main St
J. M. Stutsman
M.D. Press
McKim’s
Washington Streets
East Main Street
Attorneys AT Law
Ahijah Jones
Convoy
Wells
LAW and Notary Public
Heist
Courts of
Ohio
H.C. Glenn
A. J. Porter
Glenn & Porter
McCurdy
John Darnell
Heist’s Block
M. Saltzgabeer
I. N. Alexander
Alexander & Saltzgaber
James M. Barr
West Main Street
J. L. Price
Ira P. Shissler
Price & Shissler
Iron Block
Boumback
Beers
Jas. Clark & Son
C. P, Edson
J. B. Brodnix
Edson & Brodrix
Evans & Collins, Arber
D. A. Newcomer’s Grocery Store
J. W. Penn
the Court House
Main ST. van Whet, O
Kish
van Weert, Ohio
Swineford & Sonb
Wert
C.N. Yokel
Hertz
American House
A.p.m’conahay
West Maly Street
Hakery
Soc
A. Lynch
England
Samuel Baker
Grant
Spain
Concord
Mass
Boston
Deer
Plevna
Osman Pasha
London
Mukhtar Pasha
Kars
Barbara Frietchie
John G. Whittier
Frederick
Maryland
Lee
Frederick Town
Barbara Frietehie
Stonewall Jackson
Barbara
Frederick Street
Stonewall
Flag of Freedom and Union
Charles Reed
Board of Education of
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Chicago
Cincinnatti
New Haven
St. Louis
Bonamy Price
Mary Leary
Lawrence
Bridget Murphy
Murphy
Turin
Rome
Townsend
Richmond (Va
Woodchucks
A Boys
Holiday Presents
Games
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