Death of Sherman prompts national mourning across the Union
New York reports General William Tecumseh Sherman died at 1:50 p.m. in New York City after months of illness. President Harrison issued a tribute praising his service to the nation, recalling his leadership and devotion to the flag and civil institutions. Admiral Porter’s death had already sparked similar mourning, with naval and political leaders preparing national rites and proclamations.
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New York
Sherman
Barrett
President Harrison
Blaine
Proctor
Rusk
Henry W. Slocum
Calvary Cemetery
St. Louis
Gen. Collis
Gen. Sherman
Gen. Grant
Wasumarox
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
William Tecumseh Sherman
City of
Union
Bexsauin Harrison
Manewa
Farragut
Grant
Washington
David D. Porter
North
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Farra
Gibson Indicted Over Dynamite Plot
An Indiana grand jury indicted George J. Gibson on six counts for possessing dynamite nitro glycerine and gunpowder to harm H H Sufeltd Thomas Lynch John Lynch and others. Bond set at 25000. A capias will be issued. Gibson allegedly targeted nonmembers of the whisky trust.
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Ounicaco
George J. Gibson
Gibson
H. H. Sufeltd
Thomas Lynch
John Lynch
Whisky Trust
Startling Recital Captain Morris in Siberian Mine
Boston dispatch reports Capt Joseph W Morris told how he spent three years as a prisoner in a Siberian coal mine after his schooner Helena sailed from Yokohama on April 11 1883 for walrus in Russian waters. Seized by a Russian gunboat at Vladivostok the crew were tried for seal and fishing law violations without an American consul or counsel.
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Captain Morris
Boston
Herald Monday Morning
Joseph W. Morris
Fire at Hane destroys Swan residence and shop
Last Monday morning a gas explosion at the Kane residence of John Swan caused a cabin blaze that destroyed a blacksmith shop adjoining the home. Mrs Swan and her child were severely burned and hospitalized after escaping through a cellar window as flames engulfed the house. Loss amount not stated.
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John Swan
Kane
Pennsylvania Girl Wins Free College Education Offer
A year after The Ladies Home Journal offered a free college education to the girl securing the most subscriptions before 1891, Grace Patterson of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, is declared the winner. She will have four years of college paid by the journal. A drunken exchange ends with a police sergeant demanding the man’s full name.
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Pennsylvania
Ladies Home Journal
Grace Patterson
Beaver Falls
Pattern
Journal
Management
Hazeltine stock plans and potato queries stir North Wareex
In North Wareex February 16 1891 readers learn of Hazeltine women planning a stock company and two carloads of wool arriving. The note questions sap flow for sugaring, reports 27 asylum hogs buried after a recent incident, and notes a successful Arcanum hall fundraiser. Anecdotes on potatoes, theft penalties, and humane justice follow, ending with a promise to recount Marco Polo travels if readers approve.
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North Wareex
Hazeltine
Ohio
Indiana
Arcanum Hall
Pickett
Ireland
Solomon
Stout
Travels of Marco Polo excerpt notes on distant lands
The piece offers excerpts and commentary on Marco Polo's travels describing northern Zorzania with a lamp oil fountain, Balexium women’s dress, Cotham marriage norms, Reobarle sheep, and a satirical view of “woman's rights” contrasted with seventeenth century ideas. It closes with a curious note on a posthumous marriage contract drawing.
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Enrror Lepcer
Marco Polo
Cathay
Zorzania
Balexium
Cotham
Reobarle
Warren County
Sherman death bed religion row stirs public ire
The piece attacks Gen W T Sherman and his family over a Catholic priest suffused deathbed scene. It questions the honesty of the family and of Hon John Sherman in moving to have extreme unction, arguing Sherman was not Catholic and condemning the display as a moral lapse. It ends with reflective maxims from OBSERVER on truth and character.
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Epirox Leperx
Gen. W. T. Sherman
Gen. Sherman
John Sherman
N.Y. Times
Pattison seen as Democratic nominee target by Republicans
Pennsylvania Republicans push Pattison for president as a strategic move to gain state control through his national bid. Senate debate on a federal elections bill frames the governor as a likely national candidate, with quotes suggesting GOP efforts aim to influence party strength and the 1892 race. The piece also notes Democratic reactions and local political reactions, alongside a regional obituary and community notices from Randolph and nearby towns.
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Pennsylvania
Robert E. Patten
Pattison
Watres
Senate
Gobin
Cameron
Quay
Congress
Dunlap
Beaver County
MacDonald
Lackawanna County
Iril
United States Senate
Cleveland
License Hearings Shifted in Warren County to April
An 1891 court order amends rule LVI on license applications. Applications under the May 13 1887 act will be heard at two o clock p m on the second Monday of April in Warren county and on the third Monday in May in Forest county. Licenses run one year from the first Monday in May in Warren and from the first Monday in June in Forest. The order adjusts petitions remonstrances and court procedures and allows an examiner to take testimony if the court so directs.
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Warren County
Forest County
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David D. Barter
Gut
Delamaters
Merapvitig
G. B
G. W
T. A. Delamater
G. W. Witter
Victor M. Delamater
Senator Delamater
Hane
John Smith
the Ledger
Ivany Lave Atelen
Feilers of Wisdom
Atchison Globe
Wateres Way
Uasnisnena
Hall ON
Hall
Elk County
Harrisson
Cowles
Randolph Register
Sylvester Cowles
Mary V. Cowles
Napali
Ellicottville
Fredovix
Olean
Randolph
Gowanda
lHev
Rav. Cowles
Trona
M. E. Church
Mae E. New
Church Society
J. ¥. Cable
J.M. Davies
Warren
Mischa Cochran
Clarendon
Miss Leyman
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