News in Brief from Europe and Canada
Reports from the front include six ships driven ashore on Cuba’s southwest coast after a July storm. Turkish policy on Russia is unsettled as troops return home and Mostar burns amidst Bosnian unrest. A pigeon-shooting match in London favors Bogardus. Hungary’s election shows opposition gains while Typhoid hits Italy’s leaders. A Canadian storm devastates Toronto skylights. Washington endures a severe wind and rain event. The Congressional Labor Investigation Committee schedules Aug 20 hearings and seeks 1860 to 1878 price, wage, rent, and output data from firms nationwide.
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Cuba
Turkey
Russia
Bucharest
Vienna
Mostar
Iia
Austria
Merajevo
Bosnia
London Daily News
Cyprus
Nicosia
Herzegovina
London
Bogardus
Aubrey Coventry
Hungary
Bulgaria
Gene
Schonwaleff
Mangers Polla Vierno Treveizia
Rarovs
Buffalo
Canada
Toronto
Terrebonne
Washington
Bie i
Congressional Labor Investigation Committee
New York
EB. A. Burke
Dean Simm
Randall Gibson
Nam Stanley
F. T. Nicholls
Sherman
Matthews
Dennison
Foster
Senate
Kellogg
Eustis
Gibson Isack
Efa
Bora
Joan Ellis
Wa. L. Levy
House of Representatives
Mr. Ellis
Lamar
Hayes
Packard
Ellis
Columbus
Ohio
Greg
Tacoola
Louisiana
Nicholls
Republican Party
Mr. Hayes
Wormsey's Hotel
George Carter
Levy
South Carolina
Watterson
Kentucky
Evarts
Nicholle
Garfield
Grant
Wasniveror
D. C
Augur
Stawley Marruews
E. A. Buaxe
Crises and incidents cross the nation and frontier
The telegraph reports North West peace efforts after clashes at the Columbia River. Indian hostiles divide trails toward reservations. A Greenfield building explosion linked to a secret Russian powder prompts questions. Rail rate hikes from New York to San Francisco stir shippers. Tug workers strike in Chicago over wages. A deadly August storm devastates Central Illinois farming towns with quarantine fear. A Philadelphia storm kills a child at a Sunday school tent accident.
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Grn
Howard
Columbia River
New York
Union Pacific Railroad Company
San Francisco
Cape Horn
Chicago
American District Telegraph Company
Ilinois
Clinton
DeWitt County
New Orleans
Cairo
Ill
Forxsy
Raum
Alabame
Clerburne County
Als
Sesson
White Sulphur Springs
Con
Rosext
G. Ixcersors
Europe
Robert Barna
Dare
Philadelphia
Mss
Walsh
Wood Mountain
Bismarck
Oak
Wood Mountain Post
Cuxstan D. Pauxavner
Financial turmoil and bank closures amid 1877 shocks
A congressional committee investigates the causes of low financial mood as the Mastin Bank of Kansas City fails and Topeka National Bank closes. Reports cite bankruptcies, wheat crop projections, and labor strikes, with mentions of political maneuvering over Louisiana affairs and federal responses.
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Treasury
Pacific
United States
Transportation
DOD
Gaseccesaeniios
House of Representatives
Abram
Hewitt
New York
R. M. Bishop & Co
Cincinnati
James Reid & Co
Oscar D. Dike
Crowther Iron Company
Pittsburgh
Union
Minnesota
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Texas
Arkansas
Kentucky
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
New England
Topeka National Bank
Mastin Bank
Kansas City
States
Canada
Chcaco
Chicago
Tex National Greenback Party Triumphs in Shelby County Race
The Tex National Greenback party won the recent Shelby County Tennessee election by margins from 4,000 to 6,000 votes.
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Tex National Greenback Party
Shelby County Tenn
Defaulter Casnter Conant in $70,000 Bonanza Investment
Casnter Conant of Eliot National Bank Boston fails to honor debts totaling $70,000 tied to imprudent Bonanza mining stock. Governor Nicnotts of Louisiana signs death warrants for four colored men who murdered a woman in 1876. execution set for Ang 14.
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Casnter Conant
Eliot National Bank
Boston
Gov
Nicnotts
Louisiana
Solomon on the ideal wife and male choices through history
A discourse argues a husband needs a capable woman to manage duties at home, citing Solomon’s view of a wife who spins, sews, and runs the house. It warns modern youths once favored looks but now seek practical partnership and caution in marriage.
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Solomon
Romes
Picteher
Daffaio
Cranks
Contria
Logroller
Nez Perce Prisoners Moved for Civilization Training
Over 400 Nez Perce prisoners were moved from Fort Leavenworth to QuaPawa in the northeast Indian Territory under Indian Agent Jones. They will be educated in civilized ways if possible.
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Nez Perces
Miles
Fort Leavenworth
Qua Pawa
Indian Territory
Jones
Patent undershirt netting joke sparks satire
A satirical piece mocks a patent undershirt made of fish netting that claims to pull perspiration away and keep cool. It jokes the garment could be used as a hammock, a balloon, or a dog muzzle, noting it won a Centennial Exhibition medal.
Boys Spared Jail After Mr Jenkins Punishment
Three youths ages 8 16 and 12 entered Mr Goreeo on Talbotton road and stole a watch. Mr Jenkins chased them to Hamilton and recovered the watch but chose to punish them rather than have jail. The trio were stripped to the waist, tied to a tree, and whipped with switches until Jenkins was satisfied. Columbus Ga Times reports the incident.
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Ae S Goreeo
Talbotton Road
Jenkins
Hamilton
Mr. Jenkins
Columbus
Woman passenger on Idaho steamer helps lifeboat crew
A passenger on the Idaho steamer aided in freeing a lifeboat by cutting with an ax, rowed a boat, and sang to cheer teammates. She lost her wardrobe and jewelry but did not complain.
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Idaho
Colonel Tipsie and the Challenge Hill Road Agents
A frontier tale follows the Colonel as he evades pursuing lawmen after staged robberies on Challenge Hill. He uses disguise and bold maneuvers, wins back perils with Tipsie, defeats rival road agents, and leaves town in a new, cleaner guise amid bets and wary locals.
The Virginia City Doctor and the Ozone Tale
A St. Louis Republican excerpt recounts a humorous Virginia City episode where a young Eastern physician, famed for skill yet weak for old appetites, dons clean shirts and boots outside his trousers. His peril ends when the Vigilance Committee hangs him from a tree, a cautionary western social fable about rapid fame and fragile restraint.
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Virginia City
Nevada
Far West
Virginia
States
St. Louis
Leeward
Cannibalism and a Canton memorial in famine times
A London Telegraph piece cites historical uses of mummy and a shocking Chinese case where a daughter sacrificed herself to heal her father. It notes cannibalism rising during famine in Shansi Monagatta, mentions Shanghai letters from the bishop, and the imperial grant for a memorial to the Canton magistrate’s daughter amid slow famine relief.
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Miriam
Thomas Browne
Sydenham
China
Pekin Gazette
Kwang-Tung
Canton
Shanghai
Shanshi
Monagatta
New
London Telegraph
Unusual Street Scene and Bizarre Watch Tale
A sugar hogshead on Carr Street attracts flies and bees as a dog endures their annoyance. a Swiss watch from the Centennial Exhibition, a complex calendar timepiece, travels from Philadelphia to New York and finally to a San Francisco jeweler after an Arizona miner buys it. Mentions of California storms and a tonic, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, promote health.
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Carr Street
Philadelphia
New York
San Francisco
Ayetom
Debria
The Life and Death of Theodosia Barr Alston
Theodosia Barr Alston’s remarkable life and tragic death are recounted after Col Wheeler’s NC historical address. A 1801 voyage from Charleston to New York and her disappearance in 1812 near Cape Hatteras are discussed with new evidence of a found portrait confirming her death at sea.
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Col. Wheeler
Nort Carolina
Theodosia Barr Alston
Sanaee
Neanene
Lee O
New York
South Carolina
Charleston
Patriot
Thechena Bass
W. G
Cape Hatteras
Pool
Theodosia
Atlantic
Austrian Art in Steel-Bronze Guns
A London News report details Austrian field artillery using steel-bronze breech loaders by Gen. Von Uchatins and plans to mass produce heavy bronze guns for ships and sieges. Tests show armor piercing capability at short ranges, while the secret Achatius metal remains undisclosed despite foreign scrutiny.
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von Uchatins
Herr Krupp
London News
Buckwheat Cakes Among Everyday Household Bakes
A brief note lists buckwheat cakes and four muffins as typical options that can be made in any household. The line suggests simple, adaptable recipes for common baking activities.
Heart Regulator Promises Cure for Heart Disease
An advertisement touts Dr Graves Heart Regulator as a remedy for organic and symptom heart disease. It claims relief from spasms and debility and notes the product is available from druggists for 50 cents or 1.00. The copy emphasizes warnings against self treatment and promotes a page reference for details.
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Dr. Graves
Sears Lane
Heart Regulator Ia
Fever Cure Claims Harmless Malarial Remedy
Winort's Fever and Aeve Tome promises a cure for malarial ailments without arsenic mercury quinine or harsh side effects. It claims to renew mind and body, remove sallow complexion and restore vigor, urging interest from readers in New Orleans by Vauxetocx Foxtay & Co. Proprietors.
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E. A. Burke
New Orleans
Washington Ts
Nichols
Nicholls
Louisiana
Washington
Winort
Vauxetocx
Foxtay & Co
Proprietors
Eyats. Devecists
Louisville Medical College offers three complete courses of study
Mervicat students and the Louisville Medical College in Louisville Kentucky announce three complete medical course options. A student named Gaves contributed $297 toward the third course lectures, while the department expands offerings and catalogues.
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Mervicat
Louisville Medical Cotege
Louieville
College Pao
Bee College
Hoyne
School OF Musigat
Hershey Chicago
Uata
Ureka College
P. Os. Secred
E . Gre Praini& Seminary
Gomlgeat KH
ALE Col GE
Hillsdale
Enn i
Boss
Leni
RVING
Academ
Jaks View
Chicago
G Midlister
J. Claude Iil
Madison
Crosse [Business ] College
Wis
J. L. Ws
Arietta PA Colesge
Busian Park
Cook Co
Adting & Spark
A. A. Grifith
A.M
Penman- Rev
North Western University
LN College
Chees Marcy
Evanston
Berlin College
Oberlin
Dental
Gollege
H. A. Smith
Cincianeti
Gollegs
Mid
Semaniow
Uerheld
D. C
Low
H. Q. Butterfield Bee Olivet
Lassabia
Chancel
S. MM
Perma
Jacksonville
Ceatron
Short
Collegiate and ‘Commercial Institute
Rasseli E Rebool
New Haven
Conn
Lepeer Story Paper Reported In West Turmoil
An unreliable tale from Tue Carcaco Lepeer circulates in the West amid claims of a similar address for a ten cent item. Chicago connections are noted but details remain unclear.
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Chicago
United States
Tax Lerner
One-Inch Advertisements Offer In Weeklies
A long notice advertises a rate for one inch ads in weekly papers for two dollars and a quarter per issue, with options for fifty two reading notices or seven lines each, via Beats & Foster of New York. It also promotes Howny’s Cannorbc enamel for fast wound healing, claiming all druggists sell it.
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Beats & Foster
Spruce Street
New York
Howny
Tobias
Mary Wating
Draaists
iGeen Depot
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