Papers from a Busy Public Ledger Mix of Notes and Anecdotes
A wide survey of domestic and foreign items includes Cyprus costs to England at nearly $400,000 yearly, Hayes portrait plans, Florida orange crop estimates, a St Louis hatched-by-milk anecdote, a Quebec stonemason’s death, and Ireland’s murder trend. It also reports on California and Colorado mining yields, Nihilist hostility to Guiteau, a Shark at Piney Point incident, Ohio penitentiary profits, and a Massachusetts governor's collar retort.
The Dead Cat Rivalry at a London Luncheon Shop
A rival hired a boy to drop a dead cat into a crowded London luncheon shop. The stunt caused panic among diners and led to a stampede as guests fled. The insult culminated in protests of innocence from the shop president, while the plot unfolded to its expected outcome.
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London
Rioters Attack Juggernaut Idol at Poree Shrine
A Calcutta Gazette report describes twelve men and three women nearly naked entering the sacred Juggernaut shrine at Poree and forcing entry into the inner sanctuary. Over a thousand pilgrims fought them off, one intruder was trampled to death, and the remaining rioters were arrested and sentenced to three months in prison.
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Cincinnati Gazette
Athens
Ohio
Christopher W. Davis
Lucinda Luckey
Albany
Luckey
Christ Davis
Davis
Chillicothe
Hocking
Iis
Peck
Warden
al. Lynch
Holmes
Wilson Luckey
Calcutta Gazette
Juggernaut
Poree
India
Virginia's Future Pointed By Southern Chronicle
The Atlanta Chronicle and Constitutionalist asserts Virginia is key in the political experiment before the election. It claims Mahone is contracted to deliver the goods and cautions that dividing Virginia would aid Republican control at the federal capital and across the South.
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Virginia
Atlanta
Constitutionalist
South
Mahone
Washington
Lee
Jackson
Four Italian Laborers Stranded by Colorado Snowstorm
A blinding Colorado snowstorm forces four Italian workers to travel from Pitkin to Gunnison City. They become separated. only one is found alive, staggering toward heat as the train engineer rescues him near the Denver & Rio Grande line in Denver. Rescue parties search for the others with slim hope.
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Colorado
Pitkin
Gunnison City
Italy
Denver & Rio Grande Road
Denver
New York Board of Trade Calls For Broad National Reforms
The New York Board of Trade urged Congress to adopt an equitable bankruptcy law a government postal telegraph system a nationwide security law for money in transit or warehouses and a constitutional method to settle disputed presidential elections A six year single term amendment and a permanent commission to oversee interstate carriers were also proposed as public interest measures.
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New York Board of Trade
Congress
Queen Overthrows King Theebaw in Burmese Revolt
A bold Queen dethrones King Theebaw of Burmah after he took two wives. She enters the palace, locks him in with the infant, and imprisons the two new wives. The Queen resumes state duties and enacts punishment on rivals. Long live the Queen.
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Theebaw
Burmah
Congress urged to recognize Garfield's service and support his family
The New York Evening Mail calls Congress to officially honor the late President Garfield by enacting laws to prevent attacks on presidents and recommends continuing his salary to his widow and children for the first year plus a life-time $5 000 annual expansion. It urges Congress to pay the full remainder of his term and testifies to national appreciation of Garfield's service.
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Congress
Garfield
New York
United States
Imitation Pearl Warns at Half Dollar Price in Paris
A French journal notes a pearl replica sold for fifty cents that imitates a sixteen dollar gem. The bead is glass, coated with parchment glue, threaded with a so called essence, and filled with wax. The essence is made from rubbed white fish scales and strained to deposit sediment, taking about 17 000 hours per pound.
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Paris
Salma Ice
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Pan Bert Bulletin
H .Foster
Washington ST
W. C. Hastings
Swineford’s
van Wert
South Wall Street
C. B. Stemen
Christopher
A. N. Krout
McKim ’S Corner
Union Block
South Street
Dr. Krout
I.K. Woods
Washington Street
Bridge
Wm. Smith, SR
WM. M. Smith, JR
Smith & Sor
Physicians and Surgeons
Hill & Wilson's Drug Store
Main
Jackson Street
Attorneys AT Law
Frank P. Edson
H. Kemper
Kemper & Edson
Jacobs’nothing
H.C. Glen
G. M. Saltzgaber
Saltzgaber & Gleax
van Werts County
McCurdy’s Block
Fort Wayne
FT. W. & Cg, Railway
Chicago
Ft. Wayne
van Wert Delphos
Lima
Ade
Dunkirk Forest
U. Sandusky
Nevada
Bucyrus
Crestline
Mansfield
Orrville
Massilion
Canton Alliance
Pittsburgh
Harrisburg
Baltimore - Washington
Philadelphia
Boston
East
Lim
York
Delphos
Pullman
Altimore
Seton City
New England
Westeraneburgh
Alliance Canton
Masailon
Mansfield Crestline
Bucyrus Nevada
U. Sandusky Forest
Dunkirk
Ada Lima
Poe iChig’o
Pacfic
Lim’d
Fast
Senee— Tees
Pelphos
Fort
New Mammoth General
Great Trunk
Columbus
Pittsburg
D. W. Caldwell
E. A. Ford
Gen’l Pass
Ticket A
L. F. Gackenheimer
East Main Street
Atlanta, Ga
Cyprus
England
Pennsylvania
Florida
Hayes
Harvard University
St. Louis
Mr. Salter
Sherwood
Quebec
Ireland
Derwin
California
St. Petersburg
Nihilists
Guiteau
Potomac
Piney Point
Briggs
Massachusetts
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Portland
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Lynn
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Malaga
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Budapesth
Washington Territory
Ben Butler
Montana
Polk County
Cox
Atlantic
Eli Perkins
Swearington
Marshall County
Alabama
Fat Marie Colombner
Fat Marie
Far West
Helena
Needham
Pacific National Bank
Japan
Ericsson
Grant
Hunt
Loring and Henderson
United States Navy
Chris. Davis
Plange
Bower
Marshal Scott
Athens County
Kentucky
Burlington
Sons of Malta
McCabe
The
Industrial League
Industrial League of America
Association
New South
Treasury
Bessemer
Senate
Arthur
J.B. Parker
A’torney
McKim ’S Block
G. B. Wells
M Otrawy
John Darnell
Ee Clark & Darnell, Ctorneys AT Law
McCurdy’s
W. J. Bedrs
Jasqjinmin Son
D. Collins
Barbers
Collins & Perry
Jacob Miller & Son
W.F. Perry
Fr. W. Lesley
Presh Fish
Crearies & Provisions
South Washington Street
North Star Bakery
C. Morehead
McGuifty
Ee M.H. Tuttle
George Garrison
Gilbert’s Mills
Mpson Kohn
W. Belville
Dayton
Cincinnati, van Wert & Michigan Common Carrier Company
M RW
Lewellin
Cavette
Allen’s
Stump’s
Parker’s
Enterprise
Brewer's
County Line
Shanes Cross
Eeefereeree County
Shanes Crossing
ACC
E. GC. Dawes
R. J. Cavett
Ohio Loan & Trust
van Wert Co
Emerson, Marble & CO
South Washington St
O. P. Clark & Son
Miami Commercial College
West
Hil & Wilson
Rideout
Barclay St
N. Y
Ohio Loan and Trust Comparble & CO
Emerson
Pantaloons
van Wert, Ohio
Harrison Township
J. M. C. Marble
Main Street
Spencer Street
Union Township
van Wep
Ft. W
L. Norris
Hidge Road
J. W. Clark
Tad
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Secretary of the Interior
Price
War Department
Austin
Texas
Clara Louise Kellogg
Mr. Itney
Corey
Miss Kellogg
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