Joe Belleville’s Midnight Escape From Ohio River Flood
Aboard the Iron City, crews find Joe Belleville and his family clinging to their homes after the Ohio River flood. Their log cabin was swept away while they fled to higher ground, leaving them with little but logs and the clothes on their backs. Neighbors and river workers provide food, clothing, and aid as Belleville recounts a night of rising water and fear for his wife and three children. The scene highlights widespread devastation from Pittsburgh to Cairo and the relief efforts that followed.
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Manumra
Oui
Oaie Valley
Pittsburgh
Cairo
Oliv
Camden
Joe Bulleville
West Virginia Bank
Powhattan
Joe
Iron City
Commodore Donehoo
Virginia
Rev. Donehoo
Maggie
Ledger
Lotteville
Baker
W. D Whitney
Grangers
Willis K. Crosby
Damon
Lottsville
Elfreda
Nettie
Dora
Little Minnie
Lattsville
Bear Lake
Freehold
National Capital Notes on Porter Porterism and Politics
From Washington feb 21 1884 a regular correspondent reports senator logan will oppose the Fitz John Porter bill in the senate but not as vigorously as before and that porter will likely be restored to the regular army as colonel with two thirds pay on retirement. Stanton’s actions against porter are blamed by Garfield and others as a wrongful motive fueling reversals in government policy. The piece also covers tariff politics and Dorsey’s claims, the texas pacific land grant fight, and social notes about senator lapham’s page incident and chicago as a possible democratic convention site.
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Logan
Fitz John Porter
Senate
Porter
United States
Edwin M. Stanton
Stanton
Pope
Garfield
Grant
Morrison
Philadelphia
Congress
Dorsey
Washington
Tom Keogh
Bowen
Colorado
Chamberlin
Indiana
New York City
Texas Pacific
House Committee On Public Lands
C. P. Huntington
Supreme Court
Lapham
Tioga County
Tige
Paoso
Voted Men of the Times. Brooklyn Eagle editor Kinsella dies
Obituary and career sketch of Thomas Kinsella, longtime Brooklyn Eagle editor. Born in Ireland 1881, he rose from village reporter to postmaster and congressman related roles, shaping the paper’s politics and open columns. His death at 52 follows a vigorous public life in journalism and politics.
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Brooklyn Szagle
Thomas Kinsella
Ireland
Kinsella
America
New York
Henry Clay
Henry McCloskey
McCloskey
R. A. Locke
Hagle
Chicago
Gen. McClellan
Andrew Johnson
Philadelphia
Greeley
St. Louis
Samuel J. Tilden
Hancock
McLaughlin
Faust Society
St. Patrick’s Club
Prospects Park
John Howard Payne
Thomas Moore
Brooklyn
Resolutions of Respect for Ada Bain by Never Sink Lodge
At a regular meeting of Never Sink Lodge No. 1102 I O of G T on February 14 resolutions honored Ada Bain a beloved sister and active member The lodge expressed sympathy to her family and decided to drape the charter wear mourning badges for thirty days and publish notices in local papers and to present copies to her husband and family.
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Never Sink
I. O
G. T
Ada Bain
H. Wever
W. EL Crank
A Fatal and Singular Accident at Reaptorn
At Reaptorn on February 18 Jacob Dickey was struck by a long iron rod blasted from a gas well. The rod entered the head, exited the occipital bone, and traversed the body to the last rib. He remained conscious, directed his funeral, and left a wife and two children.
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Reaptorn
Jacob Dickey
Dickey
Starving Indians Reported Near Poplar River
A traveler from Poplar River cautions that starving Indians are widespread with seven thousand people left with little flour. Guns are gone and dogs and ponies have been killed. Desperate conditions threaten mass starvation without aid and fear of violence against agents and post traders is voiced.
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Bismarck
Poplar River
Staty Dave
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Laos Cley
Ohio
Joe Belleville
The
Piieburgh
Kinzuta
Wasuixeros, D. C
Kinzua
Kinzua Creek
Allegheny River
Warren
Kintus
TurTle Town
Westars
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Pittsburg
the Times
Lousville
Corres
Thomas Bl Noxila
Poyulak
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