Berlin Fund Committee Chooses for Bismarck Support
A Berlin committee selects a fund raising group to express national confidence in Bismarck. A London cable reports Ingall Phillips Co. failing due to petroleum price pressures with liabilities of 200000 dollars. Christmas in Paris and Vienna is dull and Berlin festive.
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Berlin
Bismarck
London
Ingall, Phillips & Co
Paris
Vienna
Congo
Sanford
Russia
Black Sea
Sebastopol
England
France
Reichstag
Foreign Affairs Department
Coleridge
Adams
Bernard Coleridge
Eugenie
Spain
Albuqueros
Arenas del Rey
Notable Obituaries and Political Notices From Early 1880s Papers
A jumble of brief items reports Eliza Ross found dead at 103 in St Louis with modest property, and several notable deaths including Dr William Darling, Cornelius Aultman, Baltzer Gehr, and Thomas Van Valin. Governors and ministers, plus Gen Sheridan and Dr G H Atkinson, are mentioned in assorted notices. Also noted are marriage announcements, engagements, and remarks on President Cleveland and cabinet speculation amid economic reports and bank failures.
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Teller
Eliza Ross
St. Louis
William Darling
New York
University of Kansas
B. K. Bruce
Cleveland
Albany
Washington
Chicago
Alexander B. Crawford
Episcopal Hospital
Philadelphia
Stevens
G. H. Atkinson
Brooklyn
Sedgwick L. Plummer
Harvard
Almshouse
Gardiner
Gardiner Transcript
Gordonsville
Wva
Willie Scott
Jennie Perry
L. W. Stoddard
Eaton County
Mich
Bank Failures Rise Sharply in 1884 Mercantile Mortality
Gradstreet's figures show 1884 mercantile failures at 11,600, a 12 percent rise from 1883, with total assets about 130 million and liabilities near 240 million. Banks failed 121 in 1884 versus 45 in 1883, indicating rapid growth in failures and heightened financial distress.
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Gradstreet
United States
Divorce Granted in Hill v Sharon Based on California Law
A California law ruling gives Sarah Althea Hill a divorce from ex Senator Sharon on willful desertion and a division of their community property. The decision, noted as surprising, follows California marital ties and property law as applied in the case.
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Sarah Althea Hill
Sharon
California
Pierre
Dakota
Potter County
Forest City
Missouri River
Gettisburg
England
France
Germany
Washington
Nicaragua
Treasury Department
Court of Claims
Europe
Congress
Stone
Greely Polar
Senators Bayard Garland urged for Cabinet posts
Washington correspondent reports Bayard and Garland are urged for Cabinet roles due to experience and ability to rally Senate support for the act against the Republican majority. Holman backs McDonald to represent Indiana. he seeks no position. Morgan is seen as a strong advocate of territorial annexation in the old Democratic line.
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Bayard and
Garland
Washington
Rgtyis Perent
Multiple Disastrous Fires Cause Heavy Losses Across Several States
A series of fires and accidents reported nationwide include a five story building destroyed on Hennepin and Washington in Minneapolis with about 200,000 dollars in damage. A boiler explosion in Lincoln Illinois injures several. Judge J H Brown dies from a fall in Charleston. A balloon crash at West Point Georgia drowns the aeronaut MacNeale. A Wabash agent in Panora Iowa robbed of 2000 dollars. The Vint Shinkle steamer burns after ice entrapment near Columbus Kentucky. Oil tanks explode at West Junction New York causing over 100,000 dollars in damage. Dallas Texas elevators burn with 50,000 dollars loss. Clarks ville Texas losses total 56,000 dollars. Austin Texas clothing store destroyed for 50,000 dollars. A Cedar Rapids Iowa train collision injures many. Kansas City furniture store losses reach 100,000 dollars. North Carolina Warm Springs Hotel destroyed for 150,000 dollars. Charlestown Massachusetts factory and Cohoes New York mill burns. Racine Wisconsin Blake Opera House razed at 140,000 dollars by fire. two guests killed. Canton Ohio saddlery works destroyed. 200,000 dollar loss with 100,000 insured. Indianapolis cotton factory burns with 200,000 dollar loss and 100,000 insured.
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Hennepin
Washington
Avenues
Mineapolis
Lincoln
J. H. Brown
Supreme Court of West Virginia
Charleston
MacNeale
Aeronaut
West Point
Harvey
Wabash
Panora
Guthrie
County
Flows
Vint Shinkle
Cairo
Ill
Memphis
Tenn
Columbus
West Junction
N. Y
Rainwater & Stearns
Dallas
Tex
Clarksville
Austin
B. Measky
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Orrison & Co
Kansas City
Warm Springs
North Caroina
Charlestown
Mass
Anthony Waterman
Cohoes
Egbert
Blake
Racine
Wis
Issell Glover
Thompson ‘Bezcar Student’ Opera Company
Patrick
Elber, Gillian & Co
Canton
Ohio
Indianapolis
Multiple crimes and disasters reported in brief across towns
Reports detail William Lyons killing his brother in Gloucester New Jersey and a severe fire at Eagle Hosiery Mills Mechanicsville New York with 33500 in insured losses. Other items cover a contentious wedding in St Joseph Missouri, a fatal shooting at William J Taylor's home, train robberies in Arkansas and Michigan, a Detroit murder sentence, a Kentucky shooting, a Cincinnati temple fire, an infernal machine found in New York, a Pan Handle Railroad theft in Cadiz Junction Colorado, various suicides and disappearances, a Canadian flight from Louisville funds, a desertion fleeing to Canada, a Miles City shooting, a Missouri lynching, and a Dahlgren near Miss Williams incident.
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William Lyons
Thomas
Gloucester
N. J
Eagle
Mechanicsville
N. Y
Nathan Partlow
St. Joseph
Willis Burch
Mary Keno
William J. Taylor
Partlow
Taylor
Longrew
Jacob Torian
Peter Adcock
Masonic Temple
Cincinnati
Scottish Rite
J. R. Mills & Co
American Tract and Bible Society
New York
Anthony Comstock
Comstock
James Collins
Pan Handle Railroad
Cadiz Junction
Horan Lawrance
Mayersville
T. W. Jones
Oakland
Cal
Henry Austin
Milwaukee
Stanley
United States
Ardin
Arabia
Michael Smith
Helena Paskapski
Erie
C. B. Simmons
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Canada
Carlin
Sullivan
Miles City
Dakota
John Parker
Poplarville
Miss
Williams
Dahlgren
President-elect Cleveland comments on Civil Service Reform topic
A writ from president-elect Cleveland replies to Civil Service Reform League officers, outlining views to observe. Reports mention charges against General McKeever over remarks on Greely’s expedition, and a Pittsburgh case of Amelia Gibson accused of stealing and training children as thieves. Other items note Howgate in New Mexico, a miners’ convention in Columbus, Kentland fire, Washington Monument ceremonies, and a Baltimore girl injured by frost and a Cincinnati boy caught with counterfeit ten dollar bills.
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Cleveland
Civil Service Reform Leage
Hazen
Secretary of War
McKeever
McKever
Greely
Fragmentary report of crimes and deaths across regions
The text references multiple incidents including drownings near the Neuse River and a murder near the Rio Grande. It mentions individuals such as Heelan, Henry Davis, and a patel geattleman, with vague notes of murder, burglary, and a hatchet attack, but details are garbled and unclear.
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Ora Heelan
Henry Davis
Neuse
Clayton
Yana
Nice Patel Geattleman
Cast Bla Ica
Rio Grande
Merrilled
Nat
Uwe
Garland Named as a Possible Attorney General and Senator
Washington telegram reports Senator Garland of Arkansas, a veteran of Confederate service and long-time Democrat, as a leading candidate for Attorney General under Cleveland. The piece highlights his legal prowess, Senate service, and a near appointment to the Supreme Court during Hayes’s term, noting the unusual sequence and potential re election to the Senate in 1889.
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Washinton
Chicago
Garland
Arkansas
Cleveland
United States Senate
Senate
G Wrland
Don Cameron
Whyte
Maryland
Butler
South Carolina
Gremerk
Mr. Garland
Whig
Provisional Congress
Washington
Judiciary Committee
Edmunds
Gonkling
Chamber
Hayes
Supreme Bench
Morrill
Vermont
White House
Mr. Hyes
Stanley Matthews
Matthews
Garfield
Mir. Garland
Ohio News Highlights Fatal Crushes and Local Mining Surge
Two men crushed to death by a sand-bank near Sidney. An eight year old boy near the D M railroad loses an arm after being run over by a freight train. rescue ends in success. City relief lines and 18000 idle workers prompt state look at welfare needs. Bank loss split between Cincinnati and Piqua after a money shipment.
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Sidney
J. G. Kovai
Cleveland
Fir T National Bank
Cincinnati
Citizens’ National Bank
Piqua
Glenford
Loth
Defiance
Thomas B. Banc
Medina
Portage
Jeffrson, Stark
Columbian
Austin King
Wayne
Tuscarawas
Belmont
Carroll Counties
Peculiar Nine Foot Fish Stranded at Cape Hatteras
A strange dark colored fish over nine feet long and weighing more than 600 pounds washed ashore at Cape Hatteras North Carolina. It has been sent to Prof. Baird of the Smithsonian Institution for examination.
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Cape Hatteras
North Carolina
Baird
Smithsonian Institution
War veteran Hrpu resigns Arkansas university post
Lieut. Gen. D. H. Hrpu, famed Confederate commander and Century magazine war reminiscences writer, resigns the presidency of the Arkansas Industrial University and takes up residence in Macon Georgia.
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D. H. Hrpu
Confederate Army
Arkansas Industrial University
Macon
Car corn weight standard lowered in Ohio on Jan 1
The article notes a change in Ohio the standard weight of a bushel of car corn will be sixty eight pounds instead of seventy starting January 1. It also mentions Tuomas Nasr preparing a lecture and a remark about his drawing.
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Ohio
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Aegis “Ge Sod
Wooster, Ohio
Herald Printing Co. ‘Publishers
Jose Leon Cardoza Gomes
Lafayette
Ind
Louise Hatcher
Joseph Reynolds
H. W. Beecher
William McKnight
Centralia
ATS
Daiia
Bankera
Lake Shore
Michigan Central Road
T 1
Laport
Indiana
John Sutherland
Walker, Judd & Veazie
Stillwater
Minn
Bradstreet
Boston
South
Bennett-Mackay Cable
Western Union
Detroit
Fail River
Fall River
Wingler & Co
John Ewing
Tia
Sandager Brew
Grafton
C. T
M. Clark
St. Paul
Pearce D. Good
Monmouth
H. &. Hopkins
Minneapolis, Minn
Karge
sSoluthekn & Bendters
Roolley
John Brolean
M Malan
Arland
Bayard
Vilas
Wiseconsin
Whitney
Alvisers
Pinangial and Industrial
San Francisco Alita and
Call
Leidburg
New Mexico
H. W. HA Wegate
Malone
Burro Mountains
Howgate
Signal Service
McBride
Ohio State Miners Asociation
Bag
Glumbus
Hocking Valley
Kentland
Washington Monument
Congres
Sheridan
Catharine Miller
Baltimore
Frank Stumps
Cinindati
Third National Bank of
Mi'es Ogle
Rheiboy
Baltmo E
Martin
Nicholaus
Mbank
Broadville Pike
Pittéurith
Texas
Secretary of the Navy
Admial Davis
Nagasike
Japan
Trenton
Navy
I. V. Treyt
Illinois
Springfield
Missouri
W. H. Norris
Ozark County
Norris
Ozirik County
Peter Ewer
Toledo
Ccc
Eees Foie Snes
ATSI
UEX
Louis
CCL
Sree
Cupenenseess
Cingennate
How
Ohio State News
Clermont County
Canadas
Dudley
Wetherby
Cincinnati University
Clermont
Youngstown
William Fitzsimmons
Pennsylvania Company
Ariel
Charlesi Palmer
Wm. Fisher
Laughlin
Martin’s Ferry
Tun Pyvate
O, Pcinnati
Tuomas Nasr
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