Gambetta death linked to wound care amid public glare
News in brief reports Gambetta died from a wound complication after doctors acted to satisfy displays of public interest. Post mortem found no Abdomen wound. Gambetta’s death follows political shifts in Europe as Bismarck hints at resignation and Irish League growth reports accompany other disasters and crimes.
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Gambetta
Viscount Enfield
India
Biggar
Ireland
Germany
Bismarck
Irish National League
French Republic
Rhing
Danube
Sapojak
Russia
Chanzy
France
Algeria
Chalons
Paris
Jean Baptiste Auguste Clesinger
Inman
Brussels
New York
Alexandria
Senate
Strong
Dickinson
Horr
Stat
Wolcott
Notaries Public
Rarey
Mr. Poor
Jones
Jackson
Wisconsin Builds 390 Miles of Rail in 1862
Industrial notes report 390 miles of railroad completed in Wisconsin during 1862. Philadelphia area mills idle with 10,000 looms 200,000 spindles and thousands unemployed. A delegate convention is planned for Pittsburgh in May to unite coal miners nationwide in a federation of about 152,000 members.
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Wisconsin
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
United States
Election notes from Congress and state governorships
Gen Joseph Wheeler was elected to finish the Forty seventh Congress from Alabama defeating Independent McClellan. J D Taylor won the Seventeenth Ohio seat succeeding the late J T Updegraff. Gov Butler proposes self sealing envelopes for all election ballots and calls for making railway wrecking a death penalty offense.
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Joseph Wheeler
Divorce Granted to Colorado Lieutenant Governor's Wife
The wife of Lieut. Gov. Tabor of Colorado was granted a divorce on grounds of desertion with alimony of 250000 dollars. The summary notes multiple notable deaths and events among political and literary figures across various locales.
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Tabor
Colorado
W. H. Hooper
Congress
Utah
Titus Goan
Sandwich Islands
Hilo
Charles Gossage
Chicago
Maj. de Grass
Gould
John Howard Payne
Tunis
United States
John B. Henderson
Don Morrison
St Louis
William A. Seaver
Harper's Magazine
Loss of Star of the West Body and Crew Reported
The bark Star of the West from New York to Bremen was lost at sea with fifteen officers and crew perishing. Chicago death rate in 1883 stood at 23.03 per 1000, and the Chicago and Alton Railway grosses for 1882 reached $8,211,988. Special counsel work on star route cases shows Bliss $39,000 Ker $23,000 and Merrick $10,000 from the Federal treasury over the past year.
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New York
Bremen
Chicago
Chicago and
Alton Road
George Bliss
Federal Treasury
Mr. Ker
RB. T. Merrick
County Recorder
Scott
Green
Lane
Shepherd
Hedley
Conrad
Committee On Finance
Walker
Orphae
Houselill
Hadley
Yeas
Brenner
Robinson
Audhor
Brunner
Price
Senate
Ouse
Puckrin
Erie
Jefferson
Holmes
Harrison
Stillwel
I Lintot
Rep
Stilwell
Granjimg
Cuythoga
Ross
Carroll County
Graham
Grvin& Talesmen
Duches
van Wert
Widing
New Oreang
Sdider
Mal &Tilwell
Reans
Toy Koos
Stowell
Aleall
Power
Andrew Jackson
House
Convict Boat Sinks on Turkish River and Fiery Losses Reported
A flat with thirty convicts and two guards sank on the Turkaseegee near Jackson County North Carolina with nineteen drowning. Separate fires destroyed property in Pine Bluff Arkansas and Manistee Michigan while other blazes hit an elevator at Keokuk Iowa and B&O railway shops at Mount Clair Maryland plus an elevator and cars at St Joseph Missouri, totaling substantial losses.
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Turkaseegee River
Jackson County
N. C
Auburn
N. Y
Pine Bluff
Ark
Manistee
Mich
Williams
Keokuk
Iowa
Baltimore and Ohio Railway
Mount Claire
St Joseph
Congress Debates Presidential Succession and Tax Refunds
The logan case concluded with a lost postponement. Petitions seek a constitutional ban on alcohol. A Treasury estimate pins tax refunds for tobacco and matches at 36 thousand dollars. Congress advances the District of Columbia bill and passes a tobacco export bill. Presidential Succession bills dominate Senate debate amid mixed support.
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Logan
John [Porter
Mahone and Cameron
Pennsylvania
Commissioner of Ternal Revenue
St Louis Mercantile Exchange
Sir. Browne
Hiscock
Senate
Garland
Arka
Arthur
Messrs. Ones
Florida
Moran
Alabama
Ngalls
Dekota
West
Yellowstone Park
Gustavus Goward
Ilinois
Japan
House
District of Columbia
Congress
Wisconsin
Oregon
Columbia River
Rome and
Decatur
White
Kentucky
Raum
Beck
Pendleton
Cincinnati
St Croix
Niagara River
John Bailey
Pierk
Éepene
Washington Cmpany
He Was Blind
A dialog excerpt recalls Col. Mickle and Paxton discussing debt and a blind man in Little Rock. The exchange highlights social pressures of owing money and the ease of meeting those in need without shudder or fear, ending with the blunt reveal that the debtor was blind.
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Col. Mickle
Little Rock
Paxton
Zrian
Ohio Legislature Update January 4 5 bills and adjournment
A dense report from the Ohio Senate and House covers bills on wage liens, laborer protections, railroad pay, auditorium obstructions, and court docket relief. Also noted are school control measures, taxation, and proposed new offices, with committee actions and adjournment details.
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Senate
Jones
Foresman
Seventh Judicial District
Strowg
House
Hall
Stark
Belmont
Miami
Cragford
Committee
Snyder
Metcalf
Wilson
Supreme Court Commission
State Bar ,Association
Tobacco use cautions and age guidance from Punch era commentary
The excerpt argues for moderate tobacco use with cautions on irritation and health effects, recommending no smoking for youths under 26, preferring cigars over pipes and cigarettes, and limiting cigar length. It includes a Punch magazine quote and a street scene about a tramp and a shopkeeper.
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Maint
Curious Notes On Death By Own Action Across Eras
A historical survey tracks epidemic and cultural patterns in self harm across Greece Rome France and England. It cites cases from Ceos Marseille Milesides Paris and Bath, noting motives including insanity love loss debt and social shame. It recounts imitative suicides and public acts, with archival anecdotes and moral commentary.
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Marseilles
Sir Charles Bell
Middlesex
London
Hotel Des Invalides
Paris
Plutarch
Miletus
Tonia
Seine
Trass
George III
Green Park
Buty
Western Woman Magically Adapts to scarce Resources
A traveler recalls a Westward encounter with a mother who fed a baby on a string tied to a board and a raw pork morsel, the scene illustrating practical self reliance and adaptability in Western life across many years. The piece cites examples from The Springfield Republican and notes lessons from TALMAGE on child discipline and a grasshopper’s hibernation.
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Rocky Mountains
Perera
Baby
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Wooster - Ohio
McMahon, Porter & Co
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Powers & O’brien
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China-Ward House
Brooklyn
Joshual Gifford
Granby
Lucky” Brown
San Francisco
Verona Baldwin
Isaac Scott
Texas
Joseph Spears
Michael O'Rourke
Milton
Ont
Maher
Marshall T. Polk
Tennessee
Polk
A Seymour
Carr
Long Branch
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Peel LT
Peale
Congressional
Ohio
Hartshorn
Supreme Court
Mr. Jones
Jackson T
McCrary
Miliis
Puy
Gooper
Hughes
Licey
Alexander
SMG
Gréece
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Greece
Istance
Miosé
Antiquity
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Mme
Augine
Mme. de Campan
Robespierre
Mme. Angine
Greenwich
Bath
Springfield Republican
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