Ireland Rent Strike Aims at Land League and Coercion
LongItem lists Ireland rent protests with universal strike against paying higher rents than government valuation. Evictions falter, troops and constables scarce, landlords and agents beset. Irish National Land League cites peaceful reform of land laws. Also notes political and global affairs including Russia Persia and executions, with deaths of Cockburn Yorke and others.
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Germany
Ireland
Irish National Land League
Edwin Booth
London
Richelieu
Naples
Mount Vesuvius
Liverpool
New York
Boston
Baltimore
Alexander Cockburn
Queen’s Bench
Charles Yorke
Russia
Grotesque mix of 1860s notices from docks to dignitaries
Domestic intelligence items detail Lotus Club reception for Gen Grant with Whitelaw Reid presiding, a request to make Grant Captain General, and his reply. Reports note large docks on South Boston flats, possible Pennsylvania Railroad funding, a Hamilton statue unveiled in Central Park by a 90 year old donor. Philadelphia jury convicts Dr John Buchanan of conspiracy to defraud the government. Cremation in Pennsylvania burns Mrs Lucia Noys. St Louis refining works destroyed by fire with heavy losses.
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Lotus Club
New York
Gen. Grant
Whitelaw Reid
South Boston Flats
Victora
Liverpool
Pennsylvania Railroad
Alexander Hamilton
Garfield's National Vote Totals Across States in 1880
Official tallies show Garfield leading in Massachusetts Oregon and New York with substantial margins. Aggregate results from New York Pennsylvania Ohio and Illinois highlight gains for Garfield and Hancock, noting Pennsylvania and New York differences. Mississippi and Nebraska figures confirm Garfield's statewide advantages, Indiana and Michigan canvass detail further plurality and majority figures amid a delayed certification incident in Montgomery County.
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Massachusetts
Garfield
Hancock
Weaver
Dow
Oregon
New York
Phelps
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
Buckeye
Mississippi
Presidentia
Scattering
Nebraska
Michigan
Indiana
Indianapolis
Gray
Shanklin
Manson
Montgomery County
Washington Notes A broad review of U S government finance and events
A Washington note round up cites executions in Washington D C, war department expenses for next year totaling 43 627 055, Eads jetties success, pension rolls 550 802 names, and customs receipts 59 811 505 higher than prior year. It notes proposed changes to navigations laws, Royal gift from Queen Victoria, census review in South Carolina, Northern Pacific bond sale, immigrant arrivals, and a December weather pattern with an unusually early winter onset.
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Babe ” Bedford
Edward Queenan
Washington
Young Hirth
Ramsey
War Department
Eads
Mississippi
Leavenworth
Treasury Standard
Commissioner of Pensions
United States
Congress
England
Indian Bureau
Gen. Walker
South Carolina
Schurz
Walker
New England
Sherman
Wood
Executive Departments
The
Public Service
Miscellaneous Gleanings and Real Estate Moves
Gen Garfield marked his 49th birthday at his uncle Thomas Garfeld’s home near Cleveland with about thirty relatives. The era of brisk real estate activity is noted in New York Boston Chicago and St. Louis. Exsofaliy Hiptala a Bombay merchant prince arrives in New York with four native wives a eunuch a conjurer a snake charmer and a large retinue to study the United States. The Boston Transcript claims a meeting of railroad magnates in New York led to pooling among Vanderbilt Forbes Coolidge and others against the Wabash system and other lines controlled by Jay Gould.
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Indian Bureau
United States
Alaska
Northern Pacifico
Wright
Yellowstone
Horn
Germany
England
Ireland
Sweden
Victoria
Joseph E. Roy
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
United States Supreme Court
Detroit Dispatch
Lake Erie
Chicago
St. Clair River
Buffalo
Northern Pacific Bonds
Gen. Sutter
California
Barnet
H. G. Graff & Co
Lancaster
Spencer
Toledo
Ohio
Coleville
East Canaan
Havana
Ill
Bradford
Asen Ward
Jackson
New Orleans
Samuel E. Hartranft
Hartranft
Pennsylvana
Estella Anna Lewis
Newfoundland
Garfield
Thomas Garfeld
Cleveland
New York
Boston
St. Louis
Exsofaliy Hiptala
Bombay
Boston Transcript
Vanderbilt
John M. Forbes
Burlington and Quincy
Mr. Coolidge
Atchison, Topeka
Santa Fe
New York Central
Lake Shore
Jay
Epizootic Horse Ailment Prompts Rest and Vapor Therapy
The article describes an atmospheric cause for an equine disease with coughing and nasal discharge, urging light exercise, blanket coverage, stable care to avoid drafts, warm feed, and rest. A cresoline vapor experiment reportedly relieved a sick horse, and various historical notes on medicine, law, and science follow.
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George Shepard Page
Stanley
N. J
The
New York Tribune
Reporter and Superintendent Trade Words Over Accident Details
A New York Graphic cartoonish exchange shows a reporter pressing a railroad superintendent for information about a supposed accident. The superintendent denies knowledge of Gimlet Falls Station and challenges proof, framing the inquiry as business.
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Gimlet Falls Station
Gimlet Falls
Fragmented Rhetorical Questions From a Graphic Essay
A terse fragment poses questions on social norms and tabloid vice. It muses why women step from horse cars facing away, why rivals kiss, why Germans with complex names drink poorly, and why lurid tales captivate delicate readers, ending with a cryptic reference to a graphic.
Hunter Preacher and Deer Chase at Greenbrier Meeting
A 1842 weekday Methodist gathering at Anthony's Creek Greenbrier Va ends in comic pursuit as a deer hunt and rifle noise invade the sermon. Brother J- preaches with zeal in Father Perkins cabin as deer hounds and hunters disrupt a deeply pious yet rustic audience. The old hunter class-leader urges perseverance.
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Anthony’s Creek
Greenbrier County
Father Perkins
Father P
Brother J
Pellmell
Harper's Magazine
English Workingmen and Beer Habits Under Banter
A column discusses English working men and beer culture noting the tolerance for alcohol and the bad impression of chocolate rooms or similar contrivances. It argues that beer is a source of comfort and that workers resent being treated as children by their betters, whether rightly or wrongly.
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England
Infant Psychological Development Says Pryor Manful Study
The Medical Record outlines Professor Pryor of Jena's study of infant psychology. It traces movement, senses, speech formation, and how these awaken intelligence from the first weeks, noting early reflexes, deafness at birth, eye responses, color and form perception, and the progression of vocalization and imitation through the first two years.
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W. Pryor
Jena
Queer Happenings From a Century Ago
A potpourri of odd notes and curiosities, from a Bucks county suit ending after 42 years over six cents, to a Portland mother aged 12 with an infant son, and multiple stories of unusual lives, deaths, and happenings across America. The column mixes feats, curiosities, and peculiar tales with a humorous tone.
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Bucks County
Portland
Ore
Marshall County
Kan
Jared Dingman
Detroit River
Wisconsin
Scannel Hickson
Shamrock
John Eiler
Alden
Iowa
New Orleans
Last Battle with Victoria Victoria ends Apache war on frontier
On the Chihuahua frontier Col. Joaquin Terrazas pursues the Apache chief Victoria. After weeks of harsh marching and water shortages, Terrazas ambushes the fleeing band at a vital water hole. The battle ends with Victoria’s camp wiped out. 77 warriors and 78 women and children killed or captured. Mexicans suffer 3 killed and 11 wounded.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
Col
Chicago Times
Victoria
Joaquin Terrazas
Sierra Madre
Terrazas
Col. Terrazas
Juan Mata Artiz
Cruz
Night-Key Request Sparks Domestic Debate
A Boston man asks his wife for a night-key amid a crowded weekly schedule of women’s groups and clubs. She retorts with astonishment, listing meetings from the Emancipation League to the Suffrage Band and urges him to stay home with the baby instead.
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Boston
Oman’s Emancipation League
Laities
Domestic Mission
Sisters of Jerico
Woman’s Science Circle
Daughters of Nineveh
Woman's Progressive Art Association
Suffrage Band
Burlington
Sailor recounts daring watch rescue at sea
Bill Jones tells his uncle of an adventure aboard a ship. A watch slips from his pocket while the vessel sails at ten knots. He leaps over the rail, searches the ocean, and recovers the watch before resurfacing unseen near the stern. His feat impresses all aboard.
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William
Willian
Wiliam
Cyon
Josiah
Ven
Bill Jones
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Healy
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John Mitchell
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Lord, Stoutenburg & Co
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Jonesboro
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M. E. Post
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Washington Notes
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New York Graphic
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Jergymen
Come
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Indiana News
Asa Gwing
New Albany
Wintham Wilson
Sullivan
Jefferson County
L&to
Learuet
Richmond
Jons Carney
Vernon
Joseph LaPuaste
Jacoup Gunkle
Independence
Warren County
Wm. Fraxgury
Faily
Big Spring
Bullivan
Jake Francisco
W. E. Goshorn
Wabash and Evie Canal
Fort Wayne
J. W. Brown
Hazelton
Gilson County
Lin
Solomon Guick
Columbus
Percy
Heysry Coney
Hartsville
Bartholomew County
Scott County
Kennness
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