Political and military notes from Windsor to Rustchuk
Reports cover Gen Grant’s Windsor visit and banquet honor. President Hayes named Gen Leduc and received LL D from Harvard and Union College. News detail rail wage cuts, currency data, and war dispatches on Danube operations, Turkish successes, Russian advances, and casualties.
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Windsor Oan
William G. Leduc
Minnesota
Harvard College
Hayes
Union College
Schenectady
N. Y
Wheeler
Providence
R.L
Rhode Island
Newport
van Zandt
Schurz
Evarts
Washington
Buever
Tilden
Electoral Commission
Presport
Hares
Lincoln
Joan Stone Pouien
New Orleans
Louisiana
Grand Street
Brooklyn
Oaktex.s. Banner
Commodore Vanderbilt
New York
Barker
E. H. Canrry
Church of Divine Paternity
John L. Thomas
Baltimore
Wilkens
Centennial Exposition funds and border talks dominate sessions
Reports note the tax balance on the Centennial Exposition loan moved to the treasury and a mixed commission to govern predatory offenses within fifty miles of the Rio Grande. Other items include A Hops analysis of stone contracts, Harvard Yale boat and baseball results, Mennonite immigration, and Cureeso’s city directory tally.
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American Institute of Homeopathy
Lake View
N. Y
Cour
Cincinnati Aquarium
Board of Managers
Welch
Rio Grande
Arrest of IRS Collector in South Carolina on Treasure Warrant Charge
L Cass Carpenter, U S Internal Revenue Collector for the South Carolina District, is arrested for allegedly obtaining two State treasury warrants for 55 and 95 dollars by adding a prefix of 6 to inflate the amounts. The report also mentions Civil War era battlefield details, Nez Perce operations, and a separate crime note about a Cincinnati gambler sentenced to thirteen months and a Kentucky mob killing.
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L. Cass Carpenter
United States Internal Revenue
South Carolina
Carpenter
Treasury
Idaho Territory
Howard
Perry
Nez Perces
Salmon River
Jack
Modoc
Bru. Hollaxp
Cincinnati
Janvis Anderson
Hickman
Export of English meat and 50,000 sheep contract
The article notes Avereta's role in exporting meat to England with a contract for 50,000 sheep and 4,000 oxen. A shipment of 4000 boxes of American butter to London arrived in June as an experimental venture that could open a new era in the English market.
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Avereta
England
London
Lake Shore Railroad
Connecticut
Charter Oak Life
W. H. Cusimax & Co
Hanover Street
New York City
Josefh Porrin
Whitehall
Vermont Supreme Court
Tax Bureau of Statistics
Washington State
Gear Nominated for Governor at Des Moines Convention
At the Des Moines gathering on the 27th the Republican Convention nominated John H. Gear for Governor on the first ballot and Frank L. Campbell for Lieutenant Governor. The Iowa Democratic State Convention is slated for Marshalltown on August 29.
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Tue Towa
Des Moines
John H. Gear
Frank L. Campbell
Iowa
Marshalltown
Georgia
Destructive Russian Bombardment of Rustchuk
A Rustchuk dispatch details a sustained Russian bombardment from Giurgevo across the Danube that shredded the town. Hospitals mosques and homes suffered heavy damage as shells wrecked walls and killed occupants including hospitalized patients and small children. The shelling persisted into Monday, driving residents to flee inland amid scenes of horror.
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Rustchuk
Danube
Sisteva
Nikopolis
Dobrudscha
Trans
Nicholas
Eighth
Simnitza
Bayazid
Zewin
Asia
Tur
Lublin
Poland
Imsrarches
Giurgevo
Bulgaria
Sistova
Batoum
Van
Lake van
Biela
Shumia
Kalafat
Vidin
Cetate
Tirnova
Balkans
Times
London
Asia Minor
Tre Russiace
Rustehuk
Walla
Foreign News Gathers Mixed World Events
Reports from Germany note a potato field pest near Cologne tied to a butcher who bought American bacon. In England Grapstove declines Radical leadership. A Rochesterville Canada house fire kills a man aged 11 and fatally burns his mother and grandmother. St Johns shows improvements with new buildings and shelter for the homeless. Samoa appeals to Queen Victoria for a protectorate while the U.S. seeks influence for a protectorate. Russia eyes 30000 horses for cavalry but Germany blocks exports via a new imperial decree.
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Cologne
Germany
Grapstove
Radical
England
Tae
Latreille
Rochesterville
Canada
St.John Maters
Samoan Islands
Queen Victoria
London the greatest city the world has seen
A historical note extols London as the most populous city within its fifteen mile metropolitan circle, surpassing New York and other capitals. It claims London houses over four million within reach, ships its daily births and deaths, and serves as court, government seat, fashion hub, and refuge for criminals and the desperate across the United Kingdom.
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London
Babylon
Thebes
Rome
India
New York
St. Petersburg
Constantinople
Paris
Scotland
Tralf
United Kingdom
Railroad mileage and earnings rise modestly in 1876
Advance sheets of Poor s Railway Manual show U S railroads operated 73 508 miles last year up from 71 750 in 1875. Gross earnings fell to 497 200 000 from 505 100 000 while net earnings rose to 186 400 000 from 185 500 000. Dividends paid dropped to 68 000 000 from 74 300 000 amid corporate defaults, especially among coal companies.
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Poor
Old World Social Snubs at Almack's Aide
The London Truth recalls a forty year old scene at Almack's where Puckler Muskau complimented Lady Jersey on her complexion. The exchange spiraled into a quip about skin and propriety as gentlemen refrain from staring at ladies.
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London
Puckler Muskau
England
Almack’s
Jersey
Puckler Muskan
Remarkable Swim Challenge Across the Mississippi Delta
A six foot five inch man named Frank Prince issues a bold bet he can swim from St. Louis to New Orleans in 220 hours. The challenge attracts attention as some boats question the feat and bet against him.
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Frank Prince
St. Louis
New Orleans
Miss
Bette
Detective McParlan and the Mollie Maguires exposed
The piece outlines James McParlan’s undercover work beginning in 1873 74 against the Mollie Maguires in Pennsylvania. It details Gowen’s terms for recruitment a secret agent paid weekly regardless of results and the organization’s origins in Ribbonmen and Buckshots with executions by “squealing” accomplices. It follows McParlan’s infiltration joining Shenandoah in 1874, testimony in the Yost case, and the subsequent arrests sentences including 11 deaths across the coal regions and numerous convictions for murder conspiracy perjury and related crimes.
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Gowen
Cri
Mr. Gowen
James McParlan
Ireland
Mollie Maguires
Carbon County
Mollies
Order of Hibernians
McParlan
Port Clinton
Philadelhia
Pottsville
Shenandoah
Ben Franklin
Philadelphia
Yost
MacParlan
Patsy Collins
William Love
Squire Gwither
Jack Kehoe
Ned Monaghan
Pat Conry
Pat
Mollie Maguire
John Blattery
Zola
Emancipation Edict Freezes Millions in Russian Serfdom After 1861
In 1861 Alexander II freed about 40 million serfs. Over 20 million tied to private estates, 1.47 million domestic servants, rest to state domains. Peasants gained civil rights and communal lands with yearly dues, but gains were limited. Domestic serfs received two years of service but no land share.
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Alexander II
Russia
Reporters’ funny sentences highlighted in critique
A compilation notes how reporters craft odd phrases from inquests, elections, and crimes. It cites examples like a child’s inquest, sundown polls, a head wound near Broadway, and a cannibal president fantasy, ending with a satirical line from Harper’s Magazine.
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Broadway
Twenty-fifth Street
Dennis O’ Rafferty
Hayes
Senator Sherman
Washington
Waite
Grant
Fish
Crystal Ice Company
Harper's Magazine
Telegraphing Facsimile of Stereotype Plates Patent Granted
A patent to Loring Pickering editor of the Evening Bulletin in San Francisco covers a rapid telegraphing method for facsimsimiles of stereotype plates. It claims entire newspaper pages can be transmitted in 15 to 30 minutes and reproduced at the receiving station with letters in similar form and size.
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Loring Pickering
Rietors
Evening Bulletiorning Call
San Francisco
Admiral Hobart Pasha Visits Gambier in London
The Constantinople correspondent notes Admiral Hobart Pasha visiting Capt. Gambier in London. The 50 year old Ottoman naval leader appears short and compact, wearing a red fez and plain black frock coat. His nervous energy and brisk replies mark a man of strong executive talent tempered by naval training and arbitrary discipline.
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Hobart Pasha
Gambier
Navy
Times Corps
Pasha
Constantinople
Cor
Cincinnati Enquirer
Spiral exhaust device praised for quieting steamboat steam roar
The Franklin Institute's Committee on Science and the Arts lauds Shaw for a spiral exhaust device that surrounds escaping steam with a wire helix to break sound waves. It is said to reduce noise, danger, and disturbance on vessels, earning the Scott premium medal.
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Committee On Science and the Arts of the Franklin Institute
Shaw
New York Tri
Family of Explorer Named Davin Livinestone Abroad
Dr Davin Livinestone nephew and namesake of the explorer resides in San Francisco. Other relatives include John of Listowell Ontario son Oswell a Trinidad physician an unmarried daughter Mary studying in Germany and a married daughter Mrs Bruce living in England.
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Davin Livinestone
San Francisco
John
Listowell
Ontario
Oswell
Trinidad
West Indies
Ona Mary
Germany
Mrs. Bruce
England
Louisiana Judge Rules Pelimony in Foresee Case
A Louisiana judge, troubled by the case, ruled against both the plaintiff and the defendant and stated the animal belonged to one of the witnesses. The ruling shifts liability away from the main parties and assigns ownership to a key witness.
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Louisiana
Gladstone Attacks Turkish Rule In May Speech At Biham
In a May 31 address at Biham, Mr Gladstone condemns Turkey as a brutal slaveholding state ruled by force. He contrasts its oppression with a critique of bankers and emphasizes Turkey as a camplike government with decayed laws, urging attention to its widespread misery and “red ruin.”
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Mr. Gladstone
Biham
Turkey
Birmingham
Porte
Montenegro
Arthur
Tennyson
Leaves from a South African Journal excerpted tale
An excerpt from J. A. Frowde's Leaves from a South African Journal describes Natal scenery with bright days cool nights and ocean sounds. A traveler recounts an encounter with a living tree and a python threat in the woods, ending with the creature retreating to a warehouse then escaping into the forest.
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Natal
Indian Ocean
Iban
J. A. Frowde
Nighttime slaughter yields meat that lasts longer says French chemist
A French chemist notes meat from animals killed in the late night keeps longer without salting than meat from animals killed in daytime. Resting animals concentrate blood away from vitals, reducing spoilage and improving keeping quality. Exercise earlier causes quicker corruption as blood pools in extremities.
Largest American giantess Ruth Beaton dies in Vernon County Wis
Ruth Beaton also known as Fanny Wallace, aged 54 and seven feet four inches tall, died at her Vernon County Wisconsin home on Friday January 1. She weighed 585 pounds and was famed as the celebrated American giantess. She traveled with circuses for years and was beloved as a neighbor and mother. Her coffin measured seven feet eight inches long and required eight men to lower it into the grave. She died peacefully surrounded by family and friends with Adventist faith. Caledonia Courier.
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Terex
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George L. Crosby
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McKinsie
Goddard
van Destine
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George Tresler
A. M. Armstrong
Jolly
Shelby County
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Beeker
Wayne
Charles Brown
Richmond
W. J. Hyatt
Ilinois
O'Fallon
Wiit
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Patterson Station
Lake Champlain
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
Leland
Chip Gov. Morton
New Orleans
Grimaldi
Southwest Pass
Niagara Falls
Walkerton
Ruth Beaton
Fanny Wallace
Vernon County
Wis
Jane
Caledonia
Minn
Courier
Fatal Mine Accidents in England in 1876 Report
Inspectors of Mines in England for 1876 show 830 fatal accidents within the Mines Regulation Act scope and 933 deaths. About 514,502 people worked in and around mines. averages show one fatal accident per 618 workers and one death by accident per 551 workers. Each fatal accident yielded 177,580 tons of mineral, and 159,688 tons per death by accident.
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England
Revival of Drooping Energies With Hostetter Stomach Bitters
When energies droop use Hostetter s Stomach Bitters as a safe tonic to revive strength appetite and nervous calm. Regular use is claimed to restore vigor aid digestion cleanse blood and improve bowels and biliary function.
Milwaukee and Detroit Markets Show Varied Winter Goods
Prices and listings for milwaukee and detroit wholesale goods appear, with references to white winter varieties, creamery products, and winter storage terms. Mentions of Burrer Creamery, Poru-Mers, and Red Winter stock reflect regional commodity activity amid a busy seasonal market.
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Ramney
Milwaukee
Wendt Bey
Wno
Michigan
Wick Schakiinid
Detroit
Bivic Tinceses
Svesveden
East Liberty
Bees—Workers
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Battle Creek, Mich
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