The Dead Year in 1883 Across Disasters and Notable Losses
A tally of calamities and deaths in 1883 notes earthquakes cyclones shipwrecks and great fires causing immense property loss and high fatalities. It lists politicians military figures church leaders and eminent Americans who died, including judges bishops and public servants from Pennsylvania and elsewhere.
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Montgomery Blair
Lot M. Morrill
Marshall Jewell
Edwin D. Morgan
Alex. H. Stevens
Howe
Israel D. Washburn
Thomas Swann
Theodore F. Randolph
Natt Head
New Hampshire
Dudley C. Haskell
Harry Cilmor
N. B. Buford
Joseph K. Barnes
James B. Stedman
A. ©. Dodge
E. 0. C. Ord
A. A. Humphreys
Navy
Benj. F. Sands
William N. Jeffers
Charles A. Cushman
J. B. Creighton
S. D. Trenchard
Jesse T. Peck
Methodist Church
William Pinckney
Episcopal Church
John McMillen
Purcell and
Perche
R. A. Packer
Samuel A. Mudd
Clark Mills
Geo. M. Beard
William E. Dodge
New York
Charles R. Thorne
George Dawson
Albany Evening Journal
Lyman H. Atwater
Princeton
Peter Cooper
Gen. Grant
Amasa Stone
Charles C. Fulton
The
Baltimore American
Tom Thumb
Junius Brutus Booth
J Marion Sims
Sojourner Truth
New Year's Day Reception at the White House in Washington
New Year’s Day began with light rain in Washington as the President hosted a reception from 11 a.m. The Marine Band played in the vestibule while Cabinet officers and congressional families attended the blue parlor. The general reception for private citizens ran 1 to 2 a.m. and afternoon events featured Cabinet wives and prominent families.
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Marine
Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Canal System in Decline Says State Engineer
State engineer Mr. Seymour warns canals have deteriorated and need over 3.5 million dollars for repair. He also argues canals as a transport method have outlived their usefulness, while Governor views the canal as still valuable and railroads have supplanted it. The Public Works head remains to weigh in.
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Seymour
New York
Governor rules on gas charters in Beaver County dispute
Harrisburg dispatch notes a decision on a gas charter dispute filed 27. The issue centers on western Pennsylvania firms seeking charters in Beaver County after one company claimed exclusivity. The state department announced it will issue charters to all applicants who pay the fee.
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Harrisburg
State Department
Pennsylvania
Beaver County
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Postmasters to Exchange Stamp Denominations
The Postmaster General directs post masters to exchange 3 and 6 cent denominations of postage stamps and stamped envelopes for others of different denominations. Stamped envelopes with printed cards and special requests, as ordinary stamped envelopes, will be exchanged and stamped envelopes bearing printed addresses. Stamps and envelopes issued before 1861 will not be exchanged. So says an exchange.
Arkansas Senator Gartano Reflects On Whisky's Toll
The Arkansas senator, noted as a teetotaler, recalls passing a cemetery near his home and seeing graves of a dozen men who started with him and were hastened to death by whisky. He resolved to abstain after this sight.
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Gartano
Arkansas
Political metaphor on democracy and the mule
An excerpt from Chicago Inter-Ocean compares democracy to a mule in harness. It warns that if the mule is not properly hitched within six months, it will be a surprise, noting the mule’s past twenty five years of behavior.
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Chicago Inter-Ocean
Political cross currents loom in party pledge clash
Henry Warp Brecher says he will vote Democratic next year if Democrats push revenue reform while Republicans oppose it. Some Republican writers miss this stance. Beecher’s religiosity is slipping and not orthodox, a shift that could deepen.
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Henry Warp Brecher
Ledger
Beecher
Republicans of New York Lawmakers Named
The legislature names Mr. Shear of Herkimer as speaker of the Assembly and Mr. Mc Carthy of Onondaga as president of the Senate. They are said to represent the party as a whole, not any faction.
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New York
Shear
Herkimer
Assembly
McCarthy
Onondaga
Senate
Republican Party
Fitz John Porter Bill Sent Favorably by House Panel
The Tur military committee in Washington reported the Fitz John Porter bill favorably, aligning with the Senate passage last winter.
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Tur
House
Washington
Fitz John Porter
Senate
CuartMAN Cooper Calls Republican State Committee Meeting
CuartMAN Cooper announces a meeting of the Republican State Committee to be held in Philadelphia on January 23. The notice emphasizes party unity and agenda coordination among state officials and local party leaders.
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Cuartman Cooper
Philadelphia
Industrial Training in Schools Debated by State Supt Higbee
State Superintendent Higbee opposes industrial training in public schools arguing the school’s role is to develop intellect, not hands. He cites rural schools without trades fostering self possession and inward purpose, shaping workers into freemen rather than slaves.
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Higbee
Cremation Likely in District if Private, Quiet Furnace Built
The Philadelphia Press notes Congress may legalize cremation in the District and describes forming an association to build a discreet furnace. It argues cremation is growing worldwide and could become a common, private option aligning with refined tastes, spreading to other cities as a business.
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Congress
le Moyne
Washington City
Europe
Free Masons
Dorsetshire
Warden Hanham
Home
Cross
Italy
Germany
France
Spain
Portugal
Dphiladelphia Press
Local newspapers drive progress in Pennsylvania villages
The piece extols the local newspaper as essential to thrift and advancement, noting Pennsylvania weeklies and inland city papers have grown in quality. It urges readers to subscribe and pay for local papers, calling them friends of all seasons. A brief joke about a Corsican Observer editor welcoming a baby girl ends the column.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Times
Lights o' London and Other Notices Across 1880s Era
News and notes recap events from 1880s America and Britain including Grant's health, church anniversaries, New Year's cards among New York's elite, Frank James on bail, church fires with fatalities, Cleveland theatre fire damage, District of Columbia mosquitos, Gurreau skeleton polish, Tennessee four mile law, first lady in the land remark, postwar debt payments, Grand Trunk Railway disaster, U S immigration figures, red sunsets sparking religious revival, ministers marrying wealthy wives, Lincoln assassination recollection, and P T Barnum's will dispute plans.
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London
Grant
Methodist Episcopal Church of America
New York
Frank James
Missouri
Bellville
Park Theatre
Cleveland
District of Columbia
Gurreau
Army Medical Museum
Tennessee
Christmas Bills Delight Husbands in Mrs Roter’s Eatery Tease
A humorous note suggests many husbands will joyfully pay bills this month for goods from their wives as Christmas gifts creating festive embarrassment. It ends with a recommendation to visit Mrs Roter’s La Pierre Restaurant for the best bread and rolls.
The Dead Letter Office’s Lost Mail Mystery
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat report details the Dead Letter Office last year handling 4,379,198 letters. It cites millions in money and value recovered or disposed of, including $1,464,642.70 in monetary items and 35,160 photographs kept for posterity.
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Washington
Post Office Department
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Hosiery Sale Opens With Deep Discounts
O. H. Hunter & Son announces a new stock of 2 000 dozen ladies and children's hosiery and gent's stockings with special lots priced at 40c and 25c, plus good hose at 12c. Men's wool items 10, 15, 20c. children’s 5, 8, 10, 15c. bargain at 25c.
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O. H. Hunter & Son
Finest hand some suits at astonish ing prices
Geo Ball advertises made to order suits with the newest cloths in town. MecNett & Co promotes cheaper furniture and larger stock than the other two Warren County houses.
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Geo. Ball
MecNett & Co
Warren Conunty
Calendar of 1883 Events From January to December
A dated chronology lists major world events across months including weather extremes in San Francisco and the South, German floods, Paris funeral crowds for Gambetta, U S Senate leadership changes, the New York and Brooklyn bridges opening, Moscow imperial coronation, strikes in coal and telegraphs, rail and civil service acts, and notable anniversaries such as Martin Luther’s birth and the American army’s disbandment centennial.
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San Francisco
Cal
Lorain
Germany
M. Leon Gambetta
Paris
South
Grafton
Paducah
Milwaukee
Newhall House
Sheridan
Gen. Sherman
Martin Luther
Europe
America
New York
Washington’s Monument
Gas Fire Drives Local Industry Reviving Sparta Well
Two years ago Sparta Pennsylvania citizens drilled in Washington county for oil. A vast gas vein erupted after 2,700 feet, the drill was blown out and the well burned fiercely. Now landowners form a company to pipe gas 29 miles to Monongahela and Pittsburgh, claiming abundant supply for gas consumers.
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Sparta
Washington County
Monongahela
Pittsburg
Half a Girl Better Than None Minstrel Tale
The Waltham Tribune notes a trio of youths and a schoolgirl at a minstrel show where two boys each pay twenty five cents to share a seat, one escorting the girl to the hall and the other taking her home, illustrating affection and generosity despite expense.
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Will's Department
Waltham Tribune
Music volume and tunebook offered for concerts
Lee & Walker of 1113 Chestnut Street Philadelphia offer a selection of music including Ye Olde Folkies Tune Book for private and public concerts and the January issue of The Musical Gleaner containing many good pieces.
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Lee & Walker
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
Wendelboe Promotes Wall Papering and Painting Services
N K Wendelboe urges public to hire for wallpapering and painting now. He offers a large stock of finest styles and employs skilled workmen. Call his Liberty Street store for service and dispatch.
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N. K. Wendelboe
Liberty Street
Invitations and Announcements at Matz Office
Print and arrange invitations and announcements neatly and cheaply at the Matz office. Call to examine sample layouts and pricing options.
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Matz
Nutritive cure at Mount Tain Park noted for recovery
A letter from Mount Tain Park Berks County Pa dated January 1 describes the nutritive cure program. It reports about twenty patients from across the United States under two treatment rooms led by physicians including Dr Walter. The writer claims health benefits, pleasant conditions, weekly lectures, warm rooms, early snow, and hopeful return home to Farmington.
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Eorrors Mar
U. S
California
Texas
Iowa
Ilinois
Maryland
Walter
Farmington
W.S. Mars
Rapid Growth and Busy Commerce in Erporapo Kas
In Erporapo Kas on December 31 1883 H Barron notes fine weather waning to snow with corn half husked. Parker holds 14000 bushels of corn. A 10 by 40 foot crib stores about 2100 bushels. another is planned. The town adds 130 houses and a 13000 dollar hotel. seven brick blocks rise as rail lines arrive. Coal five dollars a ton wood two fifty per cord hogs four cents per pound wheat seventy eight cents per bushel corn three cents onions fifty cents turnips twenty five cents beets eighty cents potatoes fifty cents. Santa Claus visited the stone schoolhouse leaving gifts. the new hotel will host a grand ball this evening.
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Erporapo
Kas
Ephors Mar
Parker
Santa Claus
Stone School House
H. Barron
Day's Stomach and Nerve Tonic Revered by Soothing Efficacy
As a general restorative this tonic is praised for stopping nervous dreams and sleepless nights. The testimonial highlights its calming effect and claims relief from anxiety and unrest through its stomach and nerve support formula.
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Dr. Day
High Rock Spring Water Advertises Cathartic Health Cure
An advertisement markets High Rock Spring Water as a cathartic and alterative superior for dyspepsia constipation torpid liver and related liver stomach conditions. The usual dose is one glass before breakfast. Sold by first class stores with orders addressed to Saratoga Springs New York and L G Noyes Warren Pa.
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High Rock Spring
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Albany
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P. T. Barnum
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C. P. Northrop, Prop’r
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Co. P. Northrop
Knapp, Cable & CO
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Warren CO
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New Orleans
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Mezsina
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Joss
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A.J. Hazeltine
O. H. Hunter
A. J. Hazeltine
E. G. Wood
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Jas. Clark, Jr
Albert Kirberger
Hallett Book Co
Portland
Maine
Citizens National Bank
M. Waters
A. G. Hertzel
S. P. Johnson
F. Henry
H. A. Jamieson
5. V. Davis
W.D. Brown
A. Hertzel
G. N. Parmlee
Norisk
HW. Hallett & Co
Aavy & Co
Augusta
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