News of the Week Highlights from Washington and Beyond
Reports from Washington detail yellow fever cases among marines in Pensacola and Warrington, Treasury balances, and wartime rifles and cartridges sent to China. Garfield Memorial Hospital funding faces shortfalls, stamp color changes are noted, and a Havana telegram reports four crew with yellow fever. Fire in Boston area kills and injures, a mysterious safe robbery in Westfield, and various accidents and incidents across the country are summarized.
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Navy Department
Washington
Pennsacola
Fla
Warrington
Treasury
United States
China
Pacific Mail
France
Garfield Memorial Hospital
Mooney
Army of the Cumberland
Post Office Department
Jackson
Marine Hospital
Havana
New York
Treasury Department
Diverse 19th Century Disasters and Ventures Across North America
A morning thunderstorm near Erie kills five John Mooney horses under a tree. two shoes melted. Passengers on the Sardinian to Canada include Lord and Lady Carnarvon and Welsh Union official seeking a Welsh colony near Fort Calgary. Brashear fire destroys post office and three stores totaling $20,000. A surf party near Wells, Missouri loses four to undertow with four rescued in critical condition. several drowned names listed. Chinamen in New Jersey seek damages over queues claimed as religious right. French swimmer Balsau eyes Niagara Rapids plunge. Rail derailment near Salamanca, New York, narrowly avoids catastrophe with miraculous passenger escapes. Fires and deaths spark regional alarms in Mithintown Pennsylvania and Jamestown Illinois. Huge wheat elevator fire at Madison Indiana destroys 100,000 bushels worth $125,000 loss. Yellow fever claims U S Army surgeon at Pensacola. Robberies linked to a Boston hotel thief suspected of similar crimes. Oil discovery near Lowellville Ohio excites locals. a famed 400-barrel-per-day well. Drowning of John Parker and son at Parkersburg West Virginia. Garfield monument ceremonies draw 100,000 in San Francisco. Lubricating oil vein found near Zanesville Ohio. Attack on an express wagon near Clifton Arizona yields robber wounds and Chinese victims. Savannah Georgia shopkeeper murdered for money. Park City Utah masked robbery terrorizes railway workers and frees inmate Jack Murphy from jail.
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Offre
H.§&. Mitchell
Boston
Rosbook Tunnel
FL. Burnette
Miss Burnette
Baldwin
J. R. Paddock
McLaughlin
St. Johnsbutty
Frisburgh
Pennsylvania Shire Board of Charities
Williamsport
Brooklyn
N.Y
John Reynolds
Daniel Gray
Sarah E. Farrington
Westfield
N.W
U.S
Villard
New York
Dobb’s Ferry
Niagara Park
Chicago
Erie
John Mooney
Liverpool
Canada
Lord and Lady Carnarvon
Welsh Quarrymen’s Union
Rocky Mountains
Fort Calgary
Brashear
Ogunquint Beach
Wells
Greenough Fayer
North
Cambridge
Mass
Crimsould
Andover
Kittie Safford
Eddie Little
Washington, D. C
New Jersey
Patérson
Board of Inspectors
Laario Balsau
Niagara Whirlpool
Webb
Balsau
France
Redhouse
New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio
Salamanca
N. Y
Brokers’ Express
Whith
Johnson
Mithintown
Farman
Evetatl
Davrip Woops
Maroon
Isadora
William Andrews
J.P. Rex
Andrews
Rex
John Gorman
Jamestown
Robert Tuppener
Madison
Ind
Trow & Co
Suvcreon Owen
United States Army
Pensacola
Richard Fanning
Sherman House
Austin Corbin
Lexington Flats
Lowellville
Percy Williarmd
John W. Parker
Werd
Ohio
Parkersburgh
W. Va
Dept Ofi
Sfrom
Zanesville
Clifton
Arizona
Theen
Henry Hérkel
Savannah
Coalville
Ityanty
Jack Mur Uly
Scaffolding Collapse Kills Twenty Three at Bavarian Palace
Report notes 23 workers died and 76 injured when scaffolding fell on the King of Bavaria's palace construction site near Chiem on the 24th. Also mentions a collision off Ushant on the 26th between Palermo and Rivolie. five drowned after the flatter sank amid fog. Additional items include a three collisions and political moves in Ireland.
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Eddyst Light
English Channel
Hisre
New York
Woodbern
Woodburn
Florian
Malta
Salomica
Ho,te
Ontario
Montreal
Canada
House of Commons
Ireland
Many Unclear Items From Late News in Faded Ledger
A mixed batch of late 19th century notes reports the schooner Dot foundering on Lake Superior with crew saved, labor strife between white and Black screwmen in Galveston, Paris political unrest with placards, a New York death of Dent Mutes convention attendees, a Jules Babot robbery incident, and various local deaths and accidents in New Jersey, Iowa, Missouri, and Maine.
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Dot
Mary Merrit
Graf Id Mariat
Lake Superior
Galvey Texas
Paris
Metropolis
Comte de Pris
France
Louis Phillippe II
New York City
Jules Babot
New York
Samuel Waiien
Gloucester County
New Jersey
John Hopepon
Math
T Thomas
Meneger
Titusville
Bar Harbor
Innestan
Lurnes
Cheap Excursion to the Ohio State Fair Columbia
A special cheap excursion train to the Ohio State Fair at Columbus will run from Wheeling and Lake Erie starting from WV Post t via Crestline and all points including Mansfield. Returns valid for two days after departure. Excursion advertised with electric light exhibits and nightly displays, with handbills available from agents of the company.
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Columbia
Collumbus
Mansfield
aTrivatesq
Menabiye
Stans
Mrs Winston’s Soormina Teething Remedy Ad
Distressed mothers urged to try Mrs Winston’s Soormina for teething pain in babies. Claims to relieve crying, dysentery, diarrhoea, regulate stomach and bowels, ease wind, soften gums, reduce inflammation, and energize the system. Described as the favorite of a long-standing U.S. physician and nurse network. Price 25 cents a bottle.
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Ifso
Mrs Winston
Winston
United States
Offer to subscribers yields Catalpa tree prize
We have arranged with Mr. W. S. Flattery the nurseryman to offer former readers of the AERALD a Catalpa tree free for each new cash subscriber secured. The Catalpa is a rapid grower suitable for posts and can live upwards of ninety years.
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W. S. Flattery
Quip and quinsy jibe from a toast of wits
A cabbage of old wit features a buyer of Hay Cartier a Shields praising a product with “first rate” as counsel. Dr Bytes’ sharp retort cites a marriage mischance. He quips to a woman who chose Quinty over a proposal saying she prefers quinsy to biles, invoking Job.
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Dr. Bytes
Wit
Quinty
Biles
Peruna Recommended At First Signs Of Nervous Decline
The advertisement urges early Peruna use at the onset of nervous exhaustion forebodings and signs like loss of strength dim sight and coated tongue. It cautions against delaying treatment and suggests Peruna should be taken when nervous debility or early insanity symptoms appear.
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Peruna
The Fruits of Merit and Peruna Endorsements
A correspondent from Westford Pa. praises Peruna and notes strong local usage. James Wyatt of Steubenville Ohio reports taking six bottles with apparent great benefit. F. H. Bussaan, P. M., Westford, Pa., forwards additional buyer interest for the remedy.
Legal Notice of Probate Petition In Wayne County Ohio
Agnes Cameron widow of Thomas Cameron and two minors John and Thomas Cameron reside at Cross Hill Glasgow are served with a petition filed August 1883 in Wayne County Ohio Court of Common Pleas by Alexander King claiming fee simple half interest in property Wooster Ohio Lot 895 and requesting sale or partition. Defendants must answer by the third Saturday after October 6 next.
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Anes Cameron
Thomas Cameron
John Cameron
Avenue
Cross Hill
Glasgo
Scotland
John
Thomas
Agnes Cameron
Alexander King
County of Wayne
Ohio
Wooster
State of
Genes Cameron
Omas Caméron
Tober
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J. Ashenhurst
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Saginaw City
Mick
Charles
Curley
Reichester
Minn
Walter F. Poot
George Hare
Miami County
Nashville
Middle Tennessee
West Tennessee
North Alabama
Enn
Tennessee
John Brown
N. C
Elke Ao
Jones
William Carmichael
Sam Ha
Akron
Foreign Intelligence
Catalpa Premiums
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Orelon Mk Sen
Durstine
East Lake
Merch
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Hoelzel & Kartwasser
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Wartick
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Massillon
Navarre
Canali Dover
N.phila
Phia
Urichy
Brdeevart
Wheeling Byg Street
Bridgeport
East
Elyria
Praton
C.C
Warwic
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Canton
Pitsburgh
Dove
Lyon&healy State
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Swayne
Wayne
DR. Asne & Son
Philadelphia
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