Widespread Elopement Denied and Rail News Highlights
The piece reports a presumed elopement of William Walter Phelps Dodge with Miss Ida Cooke denied by relatives who claim he is fishing in Waubashene Canada. It also notes NY Central no contract to run tracks over Poughkeepsie bridge, with implications for interline access and state law.
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William Walter Phelps Dodge
Tda Cooke
Keswick
Scotland
Waubashene
Canada
Charles C. Clarke
New York Central Railroad Company
Central
Poughkeepsie Bridge
Pennsylvania
New England
Senate
Thomas Parker
Albion
N.Y
Reading Reading and New England lead stock activity
The Reading and New England stocks sparked activity in a moderately active New York market. Prices fluctuated with early gains and midday strength in Reading, while most other names slipped to close near the day’s lows, totaling about 246000 shares traded.
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New York
Reading
Canada Southern
New England
Western Union
Union Pacific
New York Produce Exchange
Louis
State
Western
Ohio
Canada
Pennsylvania News Short Items From Across the State
A jumble of brief Pennsylvania items reports a Hungarian man found dead after a supper at Grantstref alley, inciting police inquiry. town residents press for stronger fire protection and patrols. Bee sting hoax leads to a doctor’s relief after the insect tunnels out. a printer forecasts his own death. a Norristown insurance man is shot by an alleged arson suspect. a Philadelphia Daughters of America convention lists officers. a Corry girl loses a leg to mowing accident. a Lackawannock swindle nets $1000. labor leaders in Philadelphia hesitate on a broad amalgamation plan. a canal yard fight injures a man. and an 11-year-old boy, Paul Jones, vanishes after attending a show.
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Annenkorf
Alexander Nevsky
Richard Stolte
Cincinnati
Mexican National Railway
Laredo
Abhouse of Commons
Ireland
Minnesota
Rouen
Asturlard
Congressional
United States
New York
Pittsburg Times
Youngstown
John A. Logan
Gen. Logan
Washington
Melville W. Fuller
Senate
Danie Laird
Brooklyn Navy Yard
William W. Winans
New York City
John McKay
James Ten Eyck
Nev
John Mackay
Jay Gould
Cleveland
Oak View
Plant City
Fla
House Committee On the Library
Joseph Warren
Battle of
Bunker Hill
Randall
Pont-¥-Pridd
Wales
First National Bank of
Auburn
N. Y
Lew N. Clark
May Flower
Pittsburg
Courlandt Palmer
Nineteenth Century Club of
Lake Dunmore House
Brandon
Agnes Starkey
Rudolph Wunsch
Castle Garden
Governor Ames
Massachusetts
William
Dillon
Dardogie
France
Rat
F Paillifur
Bonapartist
Clerpuhan
Bouat
Clas
Richard H. Pugh
Misge H. Shephard
Wisconsin
Kansas
Charles W. L
C Ruer
Court House
Man claims six-year stomach lizard cured by new doctor
James William of Willow Street Gloucester reports a six inch lizard living in his stomach for six years tied to a coughing fit and stomach distress. After trying a new doctor's prescriptions ten days ago he improved dramatically with the cough gone and health returning. The creature was preserved in spirits for study.
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Liz
PriLapeepiya
James William
Willow Street
Gloucester
Williams
Sibley Will Endows Cornell Professorship Of Mechanical Arts
Hiram Sibley’s will admitted to probate in Rochester on July 25. It leaves the widow a life interest in his Rochester property, up to 24 000 dollars for her needs, and 50 000 to his granddaughter Miss Atkinson when she comes of age or marries. It also bequeaths 30 000 to Cornell University to establish a professorship of mechanical arts, plus various personal legacies and a family trust. the document was dated July 13, 1881, with a codicil of July 13, 1883 clarifying bonds and reinvestment.
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Cornell
Rochester
N. Y
Hiram Sibley
F. Harper
Pomeroy's Sentence Commutation Upheld by Governor
The case of Jusse Pomeroy, a Boston youth known as the July 3 murderer, is reviewed after he claims a new statute limits solitary confinement to twenty days. The board referred his release to the attorney general, who asserts his original death sentence was commuted by the governor to life in solitary confinement. The attorney general notes no restriction binds the governor in pardons.
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dJusse Pomeroy
Boston
Board of Prison Commissioners
Pomeroy
Brice Partners in Aqueduct Firm Disclosed in Reply
Secretary Sheshan reports Brow Howard & Co. partners and sureties for Calvin S Brice. Gen Samuel Thomas bought George Chambers and Walston H Brown and Samuel Thomas took C R Cuming. Clinton Beckwith backs Arch ie McBean in bonds. Phos is a bondsman and general partner of Calvin S Brice. Killed in building collapse Miss Maria Bagnall 22 Brooklyn. Elm and White streets old armory building gave way over machinery. several injured. An investigation will follow.
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Br. Brice
New York
Sheshan
Aquduct Commission
Brow Howard & Co
Calvin 5. Brice
George Chambers
Samuel Thomas
C R. Cumming
Walston H. Brown
Archie McBe
Elm and
White Streets
C. A. Lovell
Maria Bagnall
van Brunt Street
Brooklyn
Drowned Lawyer Frederick Ebrlicher in Black River
Frederick M. Ebrlicher a prominent lawyer of Warentows DC aged 30 drowned while bathing in Black River. The incident occurred in July 96 and is reported as sudden, with Ebrlicher vanishing beneath the water and authorities noting the tragedy without further detail.
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Warentows
D. C
Frederick MM. Ebrlicher
Black River
Wilna Once Capital of Lithuania and Its Despot Era
Special Correspondence from Wilna notes the city once the Lithuanian capital and now under Russian rule. It recalls its founding in 1322, population decline, destroyed university and botanical garden, and a 1861 uprising with Nihilist plots, noble and student involvement, and the dramatic arrest of Count N who was exiled to Siberia and later moved to America.
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Wilna
Lithuania
Russia
Europe
Gediuin
Korno
Grodnor
Napoleon III
Poland
Uis
Hwelen
Count N
Siberia
Free
America
Vinegar Bitters Like A Cure All In A Humble Tea
An argument over patent medicines features Vinegar Bitters praised as healthful by a speaker who extols old style formulae and warns against blood purifiers and tonics. A wife testimonials claim it cured constipation and worms in children, while contrasting old and new styles and asserting home use keeps doctors away.
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Poalip Tosi
Lee
Sachsen
Charley
Bright
Jack
Phil
Land for Sale in Pittsfield and Farmington Areas
Por Salt offers 115 acres in Pittsfield township with flexible payments and near Dunkirk depot. Mrs Jutta A Acocks advertises a 57 acre Farmington, Warren Co Pa property on easy terms with orchard and good buildings near a school. Also for sale a heavy horse and good wagon weighing about 1400 pounds by Jesse Jones.
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Pittsfield Township
Dunkirk Depot
Laquire
Pittsfield Hotel
Jutta A. Acocks
Farmington
Warren Co
Pennsylvania
U. Porn
St Busti
N. Y
Jesse Jones
High Street
Public Way
Allegheny College Fall Term Begins with Preparatory Courses
Allegheny College Meadville announces the fall term of the 73rd year opening September 1. Three courses lead to the A H degree with a thorough preparatory school, engineering, military department, and music. Bath sexes Hulings Hall for young ladies, high grade, moderate expenses. For catalogues or information address Rev. Wilber G. Williams, D D, St. President.
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Wilber G. Williams
St. President
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Buffalo Provision Market
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Friend
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No. 158
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Hoar
Republican Party
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West Virginia Line
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Rico Arteto
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St. Patrick’s Church
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East Bloomfield
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Rushville
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Lima
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Matteee
B.D. McDonald Drug Co
Washington St
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Meadville, PA
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S. MM. Mogan
S. M. Trogan
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