Headlines of the day mix amid thefts and battles
A gossip of households and crimes opens with Lucy Hayes ruling the home while serenely smiling at a husband’s letters. It recalls nose ring robberies and a child’s distress, then recounts Col Burnaby’s Abu Khala rescue where Sir William Cumming fends off Arabs with a Highland blade.
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Burnaby
Abu-Klea
Sir William Cumming
Scots Guards
William
Cumming
Sir William
Balloonist Donaldson Missing Since July 1875 Flight
The note recalls Donaldson, the aero rant from Chicago who rose from Eake front in July 1875 and has not been heard from since. Grimwood, a Chicago Evening Journal reporter, was found dead near Stony Creek on Lake Michigan's east shore. The author suspects a wind storm wrecked the balloon that day.
Cat Gives Birth to Five Legged Kitten
At Thomaston Connecticut a local cat produced three kittens one with five legs. The mother rejected the abnormal kitten swiftly and killed it, burying the carcass in an ash-heap, a curious episode noted in the Thomaston Express.
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Thomaston
Conn
Wall Street Panic's Shadow and Kin Ite Wonders
Ledger notes Hewsey Clews recalls fortunes swinging to penniless nights after 1872 crash. German scientists study kinetite a new explosive rumored safer than dynamite. US Signal Service reports wind speeds differ city versus lake shore and time of day. Washington vault prank debunked as brides discover their $5,000,000 prop is blank paper.
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Hewsey Clews
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Clews
Dee
Fur United States Signal Service
Stafiom
Chicago
Lake Arms
Crib
United States Treasury
Washington
Faithful Wife Visits Nihilist in French Prison
The wife of Krapotkin visits the Clearvaux prison daily during his long confinement and continues to show affection despite his deteriorating condition. He composes scientific articles for Nature, which she is allowed to retrieve after governor approval. In Amritsar, two schoolgirl robberies occurred within two weeks, highlighting violence against children.
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Clearvaux
Krapotme
Fough
Nature
Notable Toilers In A Busy Public Life And Love
A collection of brief items includes a Boston press mystery by M. E. B signed in a car encounter. a Pacific coast bank dynamic between Flood Fair and Mackay. Georgia wedding verse and a benediction. Chicago schools data on male teachers. a St John Michigan marriage dissolution statement. English notes on Bismarck height. Lewiston Maine humorous school romance. and New Orleans on national building trends showing Chicago’s growth and other city projections.
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Pacific Slope
Flood
Senator Fair
Fair
Mackay
New Orleans
Chicago
St. Louis
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Kansas City
Twin Cities
Omaha
Milwaukee
Detroit
Toledo
Des Moines
Portland
Oregon
Illinois
Rock
Galena
Louisville
Public Debt Shows May Decrease and June Totals
The May debt report shows a decrease of 4,425,485 in the old form and a June 1 balance of 1,875,119,930 in the old form. The new form totals debt at 1,891,108,999 with cash in Treasury 479,570,409 and available for debt reduction 366,624,966, while unavailables total 1,524,?
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Legat
Ceee Eee
Navy Pension Fund
Pacific Railroad
Cccssccpecee
Cece Ees
U.S
Eacw
Bnet
MaMigitn Me
Fiale
U. S
Saa
Eda Artes Aare
Dre Despartachire
Cee
Ceee
Ee Ee
Eee
Canaries
Treasury
Toube Vo
Psc Ae
Texan Storm Leaves City Flooded and Crops Ruined
A severe tornado and prolonged rain overwhelmed Waco and surrounding areas. Ten or more people died or missing as the Brazos River rose and farms, cotton plantations, and grain crops suffered heavy losses. Bridges and rail lines were destroyed and relief efforts organized for the destitute.
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Tex
Thomas Denninghoff
Texas
McLennon County
East Waco
Brazos
Waco
Niagara
Irederl
Morgan
Bosque County
Austin
International
Great Northern
Midlothian
Dublin
Marlin
Dr Taylor claims simple test detects spurious butter
Washington dispatch reports Dr Taylor, a microscopist with the Department of Agriculture, presenting a paper to the Microscopic Society. He asserts that crystal formation and behavior distinguish genuine from counterfeit butter, making detection easy and certain.
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Taylor
Washington Dispatch
Department of Agriculture
Microscopic Society
Pain Kill inventor in Merver County Almshouse for fifteen years
Perry Davis, originator of the well known Pain Kill, has resided in the Merver County Almshouse in Pennsylvania for fifteen years. The Little Sisters of the Poor operate 230 houses across multiple countries including France and the United States. A Waterbury man influenced his wife and mother in law to ditch corsets. MicHam Davitt stays in Cairo. M DaupsERT spends a year laboring on each novel. Bret Harth works on a new California tale.
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Perry Davis
Merver County
Pennsy
Vania
Waterbury, Conn
Cyclone Hits Goffs Kansas Town Kills Two
A Kansas town near Goffs endured a devastating cyclone sweeping through in a narrow path of destruction. Two people died and several were seriously hurt as residents sought safety in cyclone holes and assisted the injured. Striking phenomena included a well curb broken near Pickett’s and a mast flying ahead of the storm amid wind rain hail thunder and lightning.
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Kansas
Atchison
Kan
Goffs
H. G. Pickett
Plymouth Plague Deaths Prompt Grand Jury Sanitation Review
Wilkesbarre dispatch reports two deaths in Plymouth and four hospital cases in critical condition amid Hungarian and Polish outbreaks. A complaint was filed with the District Attorney to urge grand jury action against Plymouth Borough Council for lax sanitary enforcement.
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Wilkesbarre
Plymouth
Borough Council of
Vanderbilt Heirs Probate Granted Without Will
In New York Robert U Crawford obtained letters of administration on the estate of Mrs Frank A Vanderbilt widow of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt who died May 4 without a will Marion Hannant Terhune of Newark aged nearly 50 is involved. Garfield boys to graduate at Williams College this year.
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Frank A. Vanderbilt
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York
Robert U. Crawford
Marion Hannanp
Terhune
Newark
Victor Hugo Funeral Draws Millions Through Paris Streets
A million mourners crowded Paris as Victor Hugo lay in state and moved to the Pantheon. Five-story balconies brimmed with spectators while six orations lauded the poet's humane ideals. a scaffold collapse caused injuries but halted no procession, and no priests attended the line.
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Paris
Victor Hug
Pantheon
Arc de Trimutt
Arc de Triomph
France
Pars
M. Leroyer
Senate
Victor Hugo
M. Floquet
Floquet
M. Augier
Academy
M. Goelet
Chamber of Deputies
Metz
Strasbourg
Georges Hugo
Place Cluny
Rue Royale
Fragmentary Verse Notes From Victor Hugo English Mock
An OCR fragment quotes Victor Hugo on children and beauty with a rough English specimen and a stray French line. It hints at poetic talent and a quip about writing in English, but the text is incomplete and garbled with stray phrases.
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Victor Hugo
Isaac W England Publisher of New York Sun Dies
Isaac W England born 1832 in Bath England came to America in 1847. He worked as city editor of the Tribune then held posts at the Custom House Charleston and with Dana at the Sun. He later led Leslie publications and rebuilt a debt‑ridden business into solvency.
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Isaac W. England
New York Sun
Bath
England
America
The
Tribune
Custom House
Simeon Draper
Charleston
S.C
Dana
Chicago Republican
Inter Ocean
Mr. England
Theersey City Journal
Sun
Mix
Frank Leslie
Leslie
Tramps Cost Solano County 20000 in a Year
A fragment notes that tramps cost Solano California twenty thousand dollars in the past year. Other items contrast wedding pages and a broom brigade in South Dakota saving a town from prairie fire. Ben Perley Poore claims handshake with seventeen presidents.
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Solano
Cal
South Dakota
Ben
Perley Poor
United States
Monte Carlo
Col. McCulleis
Philadelphia Times
Gen. Gordon
w.Jnot
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Wayre Co. Herald
Wooster, Ohio
Used Printing CO
Wire
Lucy Hayes
Lucy
Wrexenaste Kossvuth
Bismarck
Parnell
Mikado
Gladstone
Germany
Lahore
India
Boston Press
Bagston Journal
Georgia
Virgie L. Weeks
Nash
Kraus
Leo Miller
Martha Strickland
St. John’s
Mich
Miller
Miss Strickland
Prince Bismarck
Friedrichsruhe
Herbert
Bill
Count William
Rantzau
Count Rantzau
Johanna
Princess Bismarck
Marie
Countess Rantzau
Bismarcks
Lewiston
Main Street
Secretary of the Treasury
Ae Wean
Little Sisters of the Poor
Belgium
Spain
Switzerland
Ireland
Scotland
Italy
Americ
Africa
Asia
MicHam Davitt
Late Leaguer
Cairo
M. Daupsert
Bret Harth
Mr . Frank Vanderbilt
Bors
Garfield
Wiljams College
Letitia Rerum
Letitia
Isaac WW
New York ‘UN
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