Butler's gubernatorial clash with Massachusetts Council
A Cleveland Leader analysis notes Benjamin F. Butler's assertive reformer role in Massachusetts and a growing clash with the Republican-dominated council over Noah Plympton's insurance commissioner nomination. The dispute threatens Butler's presidential ambitions as the seven Republicans and one Democrat balk at his choices.
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Democratic State Executive Committee
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Miss Jennie Smith Praised for Reform Work on Rail Line
A late Parkersburg Freeman notice extols Miss Jennie Smith for her temperance reform efforts along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. It states many men have been lifted from drunkenness to peaceful and useful lives as a fruit of her labor, and that the railroad generously provides privileges and nearly discretionary powers to aid her mission.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Freeman
Jennie Smith
Baltimore & Ohio R. R
Ramsden wealth and Huddersfield holdings in England
Sir John Ramsden of Byram, Yorkshire, reputedly the wealthiest English baronet, is said to own most of Huddersfield with annual riches around 850000 dollars. A small tract he lacks becomes a modern Naboth's vineyard story as it could pass to a Jewish burial site. Turkish sale to a Russian Archimandrite for about 80 pounds is noted.
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Byram
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Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Raouf Pacha
Jerusalem
Pensioners urged to file to receive increased pensions
A government circular from the Commissioner of Pensions and the Interior Secretary prescribes immediate pension increases under the March 34th 1883 act. It covers those with leg or arm loss at or above joints, or total disability, raising rates to thirty dollars for qualifying cases and twenty four dollars for others, with expedited reissuance of certificates and no need for formal applications.
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Commissioner of Pensions
Secretary of the Interior
Act of Congress
A Boy’s Age Riddle in Columns Puzzle
A playful younger reader’s age riddle shows a table where a girl is asked to reveal each column containing her age. By summing the top numbers of the columns that apply, the boy can compute her age through a simple arithmetic ending.
Suit Filed Against Bishop Simpson Over $500 Note
William Nichols, longtime Kensington manufacturer, filed suit against Bishop Simpson of the Methodist Church over a $500 note. The loan, made about five years ago to save the Kensington church from sheriff sale, carried a three month due date. Nichols sought repayment after delays and lack of response from the reverend.
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Philadelphia
Bishop Simpson
Methodist Church
William Nichols
Kensington
Nichols
Pie Stone Alarm Spreads Through Saloon Crowd
A man dining in a saloon Friday morning found a stone in his pie. He showed it to the waiter who, after a quick glance, replied that the stone was nothing to worry about and offered it back. The exchange ended with a shrug as the stone was dismissed.
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Dandbury News
Fenian dynamite attack shakes Westminster offices
London reports a massive explosion striking Westminster late tonight. The blast hit government offices near Parliament Street and Downing Street, damaging the King Street Police Station and shattering windows across Whitehall. Authorities blame Fenians and note no lives lost, with investigations ongoing and a Times office canister deemed minor.
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Commons
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America
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Secret elopement shocks South Brooklyn youth and Jessie McIntyre
In New York on March 15 a secret elopement between nineteen year old Edmund Fougera’s son and sixteen year old Jessie McIntyre of Ninth Street sparked talk in South Brooklyn. Fougera, a known chemist, discarded his son after learning of the marriage. The girl’s family and exact location remain unknown. The groom reportedly earned four dollars a week.
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New York
South Brooklyn
Edmund Fougera
Seventh Street
Jessie McIntyre
Ninth Street
Mint chief doubts nickel unit change amid cents debate
Loudon Snowden, Superintendent of the Mint, said he had not received official notice of a reported order by Secretary Folger to add the word cents to the new five cent piece. He called the report premature, noting the three cent piece uses a Roman numeral and has served its purpose. He argued a change would cause confusion as 2,610,000 nickels are already in circulation and withdrawing them would be impractical.
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Loudon Snowden
Mint
Folger
Somerset farmer seeks witch remedy and a buyer
Jesse Milner reports a bewitched home with objects moved by unseen forces. His saddle shifts place, clothes fly from tubs, and a child is set outside in a snow bank by a wrinkled witch spirit. Milner wants to sell and find a witch doctor, per the Boston Post.
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Somerset
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Boston Post
Cork industrial exhibition to open in 1883 summer
United States Consul at Cork reports a dispatch describing the Cork industrial exhibition of arts products manufactures and machinery to be staged in the city during the summer and autumn of 1883 as promising a grand success.
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Department of State
United States
Cork
Dramatic Diamond Mine Tragedy in Braidwood
At the Diamond mine in Braidwood Ill bodies of 22 miners were recovered by noon as crowds crowded the shaft and morgue. Families pleaded to identify loved ones amid maddening odors and decomposing remains. Relatives watched funeral trains and mournful processions through the town as crews worked to clear debris and recover more victims.
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Joseph Smith
Joseph Carroll
Frank Kloss
Mike Bannon
John Johnson
Mathew Redmond
John Cullough
A. Dembrosky
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George Boukosky
August Palenis
Frank Marry
Daniel McBride
Herman
Diamond Shaft
Daily N Ws
Johnnie Skinner
Pitt
Gallagher
Werner
Will County
Insanity at Garfield's Grave Guardsman in Distress
Joseph Kashinsky, a private in Company H, Tenth Infantry, stationed at Garfield's grave in Lake View Cemetery, has become insane and was moved to Fort Wayne, Detroit for care. The guard reports fear and several attempts to escape punishment, with melancholia as the form of insanity. Kashinsky, 21, a Polish youth and ten months a soldier, was previously light-hearted and healthy.
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Chicago Tribune
Joseph Kashinsky
Tenth United States Infantry
S. Y. Syburn
Garfield
Lake View Cemetery
Fort Wayne
Detroit
Kashinsky
Tribune
Shooting a Comrade in Play Ends in Death at Wisconsin Armory
In La Crosse Wisconsin yesterday Louis May and Frank Maher along with three other youths visited the Light Guard armory gun room to play cards. After perceiving cheating May loaded a gun with a brass shell and warned Maher to beware. Maher mocked him with Fireaway and was shot in the head, dying instantly. May, distraught as the shooter who believed the gun unloaded, was not arrested.
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Frank Maher
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Maher
Thirteen-Year-Old Girl Leads Los Angeles Hoodlums Band
A girl of thirteen captains a Los Angeles gang of thieves and burglars who target jewelry stores. The youths, described as hoodlums, cut a glass pane from a jewelry show window and stole valuables. The girl allegedly plans all gang movements.
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