Nighting kills Carroll city girl in Iowa tragedy
A Carroll Iowa daughter of George Simons was killed by a man named Nighting amid a string of disasters reported abroad. The bulletin details severe typhoon damage in Hong Kong, floods in New York’s Genesee valley, cholera spread in Manchuria, and other calamities worldwide. It notes a murder suicide in New York and several maritime and weather disasters across multiple regions.
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Carroll, Ia
George Simons
Hong Kong
Genessee Valley
Manchuria
Gowanda
Counry
Leavenworth Kan
Theodore Trullen
Tella Madden
Gambler Morris Ends Long Run in Slocan Mining Camp
In 1897 Slocan and Sandon boomed with high stakes gambling and wine as Morris the gambler, famed for dealing studs in Montana and New Orleans, wanders into retirement. After years at the Bucket of Blood saloon, he dies by poison and cashes in, leaving no fortune behind. The tale marks a hard exit from a life at the tables.
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Rossland
Auyer Campa
Sandon
Canadas
Monte Carlo
Morris
Utterman
Tigers
Montana
New Orleans
Jack
Hia
Camp Ilfe—Densver
Life After Decapitation Provokes French Debate
A French physician argues death is not instant after decapitation. He says blood loss comes from neck vessels while the brain remains nourished by residual blood for about an hour, with a period of inertia lasting roughly two hours before final death, a notion offered as possible comfort to those facing execution.
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Guayquil
France
Thelondon
Why She Was Sorry Unpopular Preacher Regretted
A London Saturday Review item recounts a vicar once unpopular in Wan parish who, visiting farewells, learns from an old Manx woman that English pasans have worsened local men’s view of him. Overhearing she fears after his departure devils will be sent, the vicar departs quickly.
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Wan
London
England
Death Is Painless in Volcanic Disasters and Gas Exposure
The article argues most volcanic victims die from suffocation or gas exposure rather than direct burning. It discusses carbon dioxide and sulphurous acids, historical notes on Mount Vesuvius and Pliny, Marliniqua reports, and ship disasters where crowd deaths came from toxic fumes and smoke.
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Mount Vesuvius
Pliny
Marliniqua
Roddam
Premonitions and Spooky Coincidences Reported in Washington
A Washington paper recounts eerie incidents suggesting possible supernatural phenomena. A high official died of apoplexy after his dog howled loudly at night, and a family recalls a former slave warning of a relative’s death via three bell pulls at unusual hours.
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Washington
Negvya
Thador
South
Hfe
Northwest shifts from debtor to creditor region in early 1800s
A historical note explains how the Northwest moved from owing Eastern lenders to becoming a creditor. High farm debt, Eastern mortgages, and reliance on one crop weakened the region until the 1835 downturn forced independence. Interest rates fell as Northwest banks funded by local capital, with Kingsbury County South Dakota illustrating the strain as the state treasury had to reclaim 166000 in the permanent school fund.
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Northwest
New England
Ife
Tlnes
Mississippi Valley
Missouri
Kingsbury
South Dalcott
Sass Conde Hamlin
Reriowa
South Dakota
Senator's Counsel Recall and Lantern Question Triggers Unease
A Virginia senator once counsel for a Southern railroad faced a landmark trial after a wagon strike. a lantern-wielding watchman testified clearly, declaring he swung the lantern when the train neared. The railroad won, but the witness story reveals a wary moment as the lantern lamp had long since burned out.
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Senator Lhaniel
Virginia
Southern
Darky
Daniel
Marie John
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