Pennsylvania News Summary of Happerlogs and Local Notes
In Pittsburg Ed Case of Hamilton Ont challenges Peter Priddy in three races and awaits terms via the Pittsburg Post. Keating reports Healing Co. mines partially operating with Kebley Run active. others idle. Allegheny City women form a 200-member boycott listing shops open after 6 on Saturdays to push clerks to Sabbath rest. Pottsville and Reading note rising work and machine totals, signaling a shift in miner strikes. Hazelton reports a catastrophic blaze at Silver Brook killing five men and a girl, with survivors citing possible arson. Dutch Old line from Lansdale region highlights a 400 cattle wreck on a Delaware Lackawanna line after air brakes failed, 21 cars destroyed, two handlers injured.
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Pittsburg
Edward Case
Hamilton
Ont
Peter Priddy
Pittsburg Post
Keating
Kebley Run
Ihia
Allegheny City
Alegheny City
Kent
Hazelton
Silver Brook
Lawrence Manbeck
John Deter
John Heldo
Esape
Manick
Peter Manski
Barnel
Oaldsburg
Chicago
Jersey Ciy
Palace
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Broad Brook
Change in Schuylkill Navigation management
The Schuylkill Navigation Company stockholders voted to transfer practical ownership to the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company at yesterday's annual meeting. The report notes negotiations with the Reading railroad and confirms the settlement would make the Reading company the de facto owner of the navigation property, sights, and franchises. A second item reports the abandonment of the schooner Anthony in the Mina basin after an incident at Parvebu. two men boarded the vessel, damages occurred, and cargo was affected.
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Schuylkill Navigation
PaivapeLruia
Schuylkill Navigation Company
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company
Fraley
Reading Railroad
Taylor
Hart
John B. Garrett
Hallowell
Reading Railroad Company
Sail
Navigation Company
Joan
Pei
Anthony
Hei Mina
James G. Blaine Withdraws From National Convention
Florence Italy January 1883 B F Jones Esq Chairman Republican National Committee Sir I wish through you to state to the members of the Republican party that my name will not be presented to the National convention in Chicago in June for president and vice president I am constrained by personal considerations and grateful for the loyalty of my countrymen The letter reviews Republican prospects in 1884 notes losses in 1882 1883 and argues for unity and renewed vigor under the party The writer James G Blaine notes he will devote himself to party unity and the administration’s return to Republican hands
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Florence
Italy
B. F. Jones
Republican National Committee
Republican Party
Chicago
United States
Union
Garfield
Arthur
Ibsu
Damucrats
José
James G. Buarne
Those Convenient Wires Replaced
Washington February 15 telegraph and telephone offices moved from the north corridor to the floor above then order revoked and brokers wires ended in the corridor. Soo road plans a new commercial telegraph line from Sault Ste Marie to Montreal linking with Canadian Pacific for east bound business and Minneapolis to Canadian Northwest routes.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Soo
Miysearouis
Soo” Road
Seaboard
Sault
Canadian Pacific
Montreal
Minneapolis
Canadian
Eskimo of Hundons Bas Country
J B Macdonald Oxley describes Eskimo people as short and sturdy, with black hair and eyes, fat noses, and high cheekbones. Women chew and sew rough teeth into shape. men may have facial hair. Despite rough features, Eskimo women win praise for their small hands and feet.
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Gamsa
Madison Square
Beacon Street
J. B Macdonald Oxley
Americon Magazine
The Tramp of New Orleans a Philosopher on Life
Catharine Cole in New Orleans Picayune portrays a tramp in Lafayette Park as a strolling philosopher who drinks artesian water, wears mismatched footwear, and drifts through New Orleans with a creed that the world owes him a living, despite police actions.
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New Orleans
Lafayette Park
Carlsbad
The Puma Hunting Eer Fact Or Fable
A hunter cites dramatic puma leaps from high ledges and canyon falls. He claims mountain lions can clear fifty foot gaps in a bound and survive falls that would kill others. The account, quoted from C F Holden in American Magazine, emphasizes the species’ reputed leaping prowess.
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C. F. Holden
American Magazine
Barn Stormers of Old Stage Trades and Inns
The Barn Stormers were itinerant performers who carried props and scenery on their backs and set up in barns or sheds with makeshift stages. Some talented actors later gained recognition, including Gustavus Von Brooke tale items and the early forms of thrilling stage works like The Murder of Mavia Martin.
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Charles Junkett
Gustavus von Brooke
Thander
Geoge Barnwell
Mavia Martin
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Washington Correspondent Praises Mrs Cleveland's Singing
A Washington correspondent who recently attended Dr Sunderland's church reports sitting near Mrs Cleveland and hearing her clear trained soprano voice join in every hymn. The observer notes no affectation, real enjoyment, and distinct diction turning each song into a recital according to the New York World.
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Washington
Sunderland
Cleveland
New York World
The Mulattoes Disappearing
The Athens Banner reports mulattoes are rapidly disappearing with half tinted children scarce in southern cities and country. It cites that colored people lack respect for the mothers of mulatto children and deprive them of son privileges.
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Athens
Georgia
Horse in Tokyo Tied by Forelegs Distracts Passersby
A New York Sun correspondent reports in Japan a horse was seen limping along tied by a stout cord around its fore legs. A meek steed pulled a small toy cart before a shop, attracting street attention as onlookers watched the unusual restraint.
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Japan
New York Sun
Why Wyoming Territory Lost Its Cattle Boom
The Chicago Mail notes Wyoming once rivaled Texas as a cattle region but warns changes crushed the old timers. Stock schemes, land grabs, and inrush of English “dudes” fostered boom then crash as eastern investors and new fashion—fenced land and lavish residences—vanished with a failed $2,000,000 syndicate.
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Wyoming Territory
Texas
Wyoming
Cheyenne
United States
Chicago Mail
Plug hats guard against saidbaggers in workhouse tale
In a St. Joseph Gazette item a should be read as a punchy anecdote. A man recalls his first experience as a footpad in Chicago and explains why a plug hat defeats a sandbagger. The tale emphasizes foolish bravado and comic misadventure in a light, humorous tone.
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Chicago
St. Joseph (Mo
Florence the pretty little girl and the polite lie
An excerpt from Harper's Magazine recounts a child friendly tale. Florence a bright four year old defends a disliked elder by declaring affection while honestly admitting a rude assessment. The story highlights candor and social niceties in a humorous contrast.
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Florence
Wilson
Zizzie
Harper’s Magazine
Lecturing on Current News in Progressive School
A Baltimore teacher Miss J Prindell lectures fashionable school pupils on current world events. She covers topics like tariff surplus Irish questions and shifts to lighter subjects. Pupils learn modern history alongside ancient history and leave knowing the U S president as well as Julius Caesar.
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J. Prindell
Baltimore
United States
Julius Chesar
Harper’s Bazar
Novel Church Entertainment at Placerville Presbyterian
A Placerville California Presbyterian church hosted a novel entertainment depicted by the New York Tribune. A young lady representing America sat on a dais under the Stars and Stripes, attended by four children who depicted various heathen countries in costumes. They knelt as supplicants, pleading for America to send them the Gospel. Proceeds supported the mission cause.
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Placerville
Cal
America
New York Tribune
Fireworks fond Brock factory dog causes spark shower
The Newfound land dog at Brock pyrotechnists factory revels in fireworks and treads a smoldering stump when a lighted pub is within reach. Am son of a noted Democratic polan becomes a Columbus newspaper correspondent.
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Messrs
Brock
Newfoundland
New York Sun
Polan
Ohio
Columbus
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