Hews of the Week Distrurbances and Conflicts Worldwide
Reports of student protests in Leipsic and anti Jewish demonstrations. Violence erupts in New Calabar with brutal killings. Albanian rulers promised liberty and amnesty. Ireland to receive 500 marines amid unrest. Kurdish Persian war escalates with reinforcements. A bailiff ear-biting incident near Tralee. Austria shows a large deficit. Volga ice disaster damages ships and cargo. Mauna Loa erupts with lava torrents. Naples fire destroys a tobacco factory. Ireland fears rising arming of citizens. Vienna hints at European fleet withdrawal from Turkish waters. Cape Colony seeks help to subdue Basutos. ministers threaten resignation. Orangemen urge counter demonstrations to inflame Ireland tensions.
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Leipsic
Germany
New Calabar
Nikita
Ireland
Tralee
Austria
Volga
Nijui Novgorod
Russia
Sandwich
Mauna Loa
Jenith
Atire
Naples
Italy
Irebani
Waterford
Vienna
England
Cape Colony
Orangemen
Grand Lodge
Land League
Frenzied World News From 1880s Dispatches
A long, dense digest reports train wrecks in Holl and and multiple fatalities including laborers. It notes the Goode Kelley quarrel in Norwich and a mother’s murder suicide in Massachusetts. It covers political deaths, counterfeit seizures, stock panic, and a vast array of accidents, crimes, and civic events across the United States with many named places and persons.
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Holland
Thomas Kelley
Norwich
Jamis Goode
Kelley
Goode
Littlefield
East Stougston
Mase
E. W. Farr
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Brockway
United States
United States District Attorney
Broollyn
New York Dispatch
New York
Sherman
Valeria G. Stone
Boston
Chicago Theological Seminary
The
Missionary Society
Gen. Grant Hall
Garfield reception and political notes in Washington report
Delegation from the Independent Republican Association of New York met Gen. Garfield in Washington to congratulate him on his election and press civil service reform. Garfield urged appointments on a legal basis and questioned removal power during a term. News items cover Judge Key candidacy, Hayes proclamations on duties and trade, patent office fees, and various treasury and public-debt figures with other national notes.
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Independent Republican Association of New York
Gen. Garfield
Washington
Republic
Judge Key
Tennessee
Supreme Court
President Hayes
Inporta
Garfield
Mentor
Ohio
Europe
Seilly Island
Victoria
British Columbia
Mexico
Laus
San Luis Potosi
Tampico
Mt Byrnon
Atelison, Topeka and Biate Fe Company
Jacoby
Minneapolis
West Point
Stevens & Co
Coldwater
Mich
Northern Pacific
United States
New York
Manitoulin Island
Owen Sound
Hill
Alaska
Census Bureau
President Hayes Reports Advances in Policy and Trade
Washington telegraphs a summary of President Hayes annual message to Congress. It notes focus on Southern policy, finances, fisheries with Britain, a treaty with China, new commercial talks with Spain and Mexico, and railroad plans. Calls for a funding law and Supreme Court reforms, plus Indian enforcement and timber protection. A Mormon group at Salt Lake was exposed seeking monogamous marriage. Brigham Young descendants involved.
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Congress
Washington
Chicago
Board of Deals
United States
Marshiala
Pacticut
Lord Granville
Newfoundland
Spain
Spanish West India Islands
Mexico
Secretary of the Treasury
United Btates Supreme Court
Secretary of the Interior
Salt Lake
Brigham Young
Postmaster General Maynard Addresses Fiscal Year Report
The annual Post Office report notes Maynard took charge August last and discusses statistics, postal policy, and proposed reforms. It urges rail and steamship mail facilities, foreign mail contracts, postal savings and telegraph systems, and legal tweaks to improve money orders and registrations.
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Maynard
Brady
Star Service
South Americsa
United States
Congress
Universal Postal Union
Paris
Postal Union
Secretary of the Treasury
Postmaster General
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Ireland
Canada
London
British Post Office
Royal Treasury
Supreme Court of the United States
Post Office Department
United States Supreme Court
Stone
Mississippi
Key
Secretary Thoms Report on Navy rebuilding aims to restore commerce
The report calls for rebuilding the navy as essential to national defense and to revive the commercial marine industry. It stresses providing the means to rebuild and strengthen the fleet to reclaim maritime supremacy and support economic interests.
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Secretary of the Navy
Ays
Washington Telegram
New Agriculture Building Plan Proposed by Commissioner Le Duc
Commissioner Le Duc urges a new Department of Agriculture building with a four sided layout and a conservatory to showcase regional plant specimens. He backs congressional action to fund animal disease investigations and supports a federal bill penalizing transport of infected cattle. The plan includes state funding for diseased animals slaughtered at two thirds value, and notes pleuro-pneumonia as non remediable but controllable by culling. New disease apthous fever or foot and mouth disease is reported, affecting multiple livestock and impacting European market access.
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le Duc
Department of Agriculture
Sydenham Crystal Palace
Commissioner le Duc
Congress
Senate Committee On Agriculture
Johnston
Commissioner of Agriculture
Agenta
Department
E. Salmon
James Law
H. J. Detmers
Wheat Crop of 1880 production by state detailed
Statistician Charles Worthington completes a state by state census of 1880 U S wheat output. totals show New Jersey to California with statewide yields, national production near 490 million bushels, exports including flour, and domestic supply indicators for five years ending June 30.
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Charles Worthington
Department of Agriculture
United States
Cincinnati
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Michigan
Tidiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Wahonapate
Lee Nebrask
California
Oregon
States
Interior report outlines shift to tribal home lands policy
The report emphasizes ending large reservations in favor of placing Indians on lands they farm and work, with schools, Indian police, and industrial programs expanding. It notes growing Indian drive for civilized life, better land security, and civil court access, while detailing conflicts in the Indian Territory and forest protection efforts.
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Secretary of the Interior
Indian Office
Schurz
Congress
India
Copgreen
Indian Territory
United States
Treasury
Geological Survey
Bentley
Marble
Patent Office
Public Land Commission
Indorses Gen. Walker
Department
Animals Deserve Clean Water For Drinking
The article argues that cattle and horses will seek clean spring water over dirty pools and streams. It urges farmers to provide pure, cooling water, noting animals’ sense and preference for non polluted drink. It condemns forcing animals to endure tainted water in heat.
Revenge in Modern Times Fades as Murky Pastimes Diminish
The essay argues that revenge has fallen out of fashion, noting modern people avoid lifelong vendettas and the melodramatic plots of old fiction. It contrasts the idle brutality of feudal lords with today’s readers who prefer daily news to sensational schemes and dungeon fantasies.
Etiquette on into the Ground prompts debate on corsets and manners
An article discusses ideals of the female figure, arguing strict corset usage may be physiologically unnecessary with proper exercise. It also lampoons Toronto medical etiquette as doctors chase favors, ending with a patient ruined by rival physicians.
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Toronto
Asculapius
Deci
Indiana Canvass Details for Presidential Electors
The table shows Indiana’s vote for Presidential electors as canvassed by the board. A quoted fragment from a New York Commercial piece describes a dramatic imagined scene of an emotional actress and a husband in a tense, stage whisper exchange.
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Garfold
Hancock
California
Colorado
Arkwiias
Connecticut
Lowa
Ilhan
Lewisian Rchusetts
Maryland
Michigan
New Hampshire
New York
Ohio
Telmessee
Petuasy
Wiresnish
United States
Indiana
New York Commercial
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Jennings County
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N. P. Richmond
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T. P. Haughey
Joax H. Harrer
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Decatur County
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Thomas Jefferson
Mr. Garrett
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