Regatta, politics, and literary obituaries in brief notices
Reports from London and New Orleans include Henley regatta results with Columbia and Michigan crews, debates on Bosnia Herzegovina and Cyprus, Russian war costs, and a British Porte defense pact. U.S. election testimony details fraud allegations in Louisiana and Arkansas, with figures Kellogg, Anderson, and Packard cited. Obituaries note Robert C and poets Wordsworth Southey and Keats lineage.
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Lambeth Palacé
Londons
Henley
England
Monroe
Mich
Columbia College
New York
Columbia
Michigan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Lorp Braconsmerp
Perscheme
Turkey
Cyprus
Thames
Robert C
St. Paul’s
Bryant
Wordsworth
Rydal Mount
Southey
Keswick
Shel — Keats
Rome
Pours Abbey
York-Cor
Notable Death and Various Appointments in US Officials
The willful estate of Dr. J. Ayer, famed patent medicine man, is estimated between 15 and 20 million dollars. Melville D. Howard and F. W. Robb receive Nebraska internal revenue posts. L. D. Snarrsoit named War Department librarian. Ex-Congressman Gules W. Horenxtss dies in New York. Vera Sassanitce arrives in Geneva after St. Petersburg acquittal. Joan A. McDowell named Chicago Custom House construction superintendent. Gen. Harry Heth joins Treasury Department as special agent.
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J. ©. Ayer
Lowell
Mass
Melville D. Howard
Nebraska
Grand Island
Neb
F. W. Robb
District of
Newman
L.D. Snarrsoit
McCrary
War Department
Gules
W. Horenxtss
Congress
Binghamton
N. Y
Vera Sassanitce
Geneva
Switzerland
St. Petersburg
Trepoff
Joan A. McDowell
Chicago Custom House
McDowell
Treasury Department
Harry Heth
Virginia
Generals Appoint Headquarters and Civil Disasters Noted
Army officials assign Maj. Gen. Hantock to Governor's Island and Maj. Gen. McDowell to the Presidio. Others head to Fort Vancouver, Fortell ing, San Antonio, Omaha Bar racks, Newport Bar racks, Fort Leavenworth, and Fort Whipple with Sheridan staying in Chicago. Capital City burns at Memphis, two killed and $250000 lost. Louisville tax race falters as Californian mare fails in heat. A Sugar Camp grove picnic storm kills seven. Wilkesbarre marked the Wyoming massacre centennial with President Hayes. Reports from Canyon City allege Indian conflict and disorganization. Crocker’s Buffalo fertilizer works burn for $100000 loss. Gov. Chadwick’s volunteers defeated at Willow Springs. Sperry killed. Louis Morrison schooner lost. crew saved. Milwaukee tobacco factory fire at $100000 loss. Buffalo tract fire $150000. The American Institute of Instruction holds its forty ninth annual convention in the White Mountains. Army Commission to meet at White Sulphur Springs soon.
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Army
Hantock
Governor's Island
New York Harbor
McDowell
Presidio of
San Francisco
Howard
Fort Vancouver
W. T
Terry
Fortelling
Minn
Ord
San An
San Antonio
Tex
Crook
Omaha Barracks
Newport Barracks
Kentucky
Paps
Military Post
Fort Leavenworth
Col. Wilcox
Fort Whipple
Prescott
Arigota
Sheridan
Chicago
Memphis
Louisville
Ten Broeck
Mollie McCarthy
Sugar Camp Grove
Pittsburgh
Wyoming
Wilkesbarre
Hayes
E. E. Turk
Canyon City
Ore
Col. Grover
Crocker
Buffalo
Portland
Chadwick
Umatius
Sperry
Willow Springs
Pendleton
Louis Morrison
Attata Bar
Mexico
Miwaukee
American Institute of Instruction
White Mountains
New Hampshire
New England
West
Arny Commission
White Sulphur Springs
Weber brothers contest Democratic leanings amid July hearing
Emile Weber testifies before the Potter committee that he lacks personal knowledge of Democratic intimidation in Bast and West Feliciana parishes. He recalls being told by Daniel Weber and James E. Anderson that the areas were fairly Democratic and discusses alleged assurances from John Sherman related to his protest. Weber identifies Sherman's handwriting on a letter and notes past mortification over a 1877 Sherman letter tied to the Weber family.
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New Orleans
Returning World
Kellogg
Ainiaena
Simpson
Montgomery
Hayes
E. L. Werner
Louisiana
Thomas
Anderson
Packard
East
West Feliciana
Th Senate
State Senate
Returning Board
Armistead
Duncan
Little Rock
Gov. Miller
Jacob Frollich
Potter Committee
D. J. Wedge
Tee
East Feliciwce
Capt
de Gray
Morse
Baton Rouge
Emile Weber
Bast
Weert Feliciana
Daniel Weber
James E. Anderson
John Sherman
Weber
Sherman
W. Ber
Pardons and Executions Linked to Notorious Crimes
Wi J Aprams once tied to Mrs Clem in the 19 07 murder of Jack Young and wife, after life imprisonment since 1869 in Indiana State Prison, has been pardoned by the Governor. In Georgia, Dick Dawson was hanged for killing his brother in law Frank Cunningham. H H Burxtow was hanged for murdering David Wagoner last year.
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Wi. J. Aprams
Clem
Jack Young
Indiana State Prison
Dick Dawson
Thomaston
Frank Cunningham
H. Burxtow
David Wagoner
Vienna
Coinage totals and legal shifts in 1878 notes
The article lists U S coinage for the year ending June 30 1878 totaling 81 118 921 with gold trade dollars and minor coins. Arkansas Supreme Court annuls 1869 70 levee bonds affecting about 3 000 000. Sturgeon Bay canal opening celebrated. foreseen resumption of specie payments. Chicago and other notes on grain stocks show large wheat corn oats rye and barley totals for Cuba elevators.
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Chicago Evening Post
Daily News
United States
Arkansas Supreme Court
Sturgeon Bay Canal
Lake M
Green Bay
Washington
Cubiaco
A Glimpse of Europe’s Aged Rulers in an Unsteady Era
The article notes many European monarchs and leaders as aging or frail. It lists King Alfonso of Spain Queen Victoria Marshal MacMahon Emperor William Emperor Alexander Pope Leo XIII and the Turkish Sultan as elderly or ailing with looming palace changes in Constantinople. It also mentions Abdul Hamid II and Emperor Francis Joseph as infirm and predicts the younger generation will dominate future sovereignty.
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Ofurope
Alfonso
Spain
Humbert
Italy
Victoria
Marshal MacMahon
William
Alexander
Leo Xtii
Denmark
Theing
Sweden
Francis Joseph
Austria
Constantinople
Nobeling
Raesia
Leo XIII
Europe
Poets Buried Across Places and Ages
Bryant’s departure prompts memory of poets resting places. Joel Barlow died in Europe and was buried there. Mrs. Sigvent lay in Hartford. Joseph Nodman Drake was buried near a city on Long Island Sound. Halleck rests in Groton, Conn., birthplace and later home.
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Bryant
Joel Barlow
Europe
Mrs. Sigvent
Hartford
Joseph Nodman Drake
Long Island Sound
Halleck
Groton
Conn
Astor
Martian Moon Inhabitants Would Have Diminished Vital Energy
Prof. Proctor argues in Belgravia that life on Mars moons would be ultra sparse due to extremely thin air and much lower gravity. He suggests inhabitants would be tiny, flylike, with efficient respiration, and far less active than Earth beings, even with powerful endurance.
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Mars
Coxwell
Glaisher
Earth
Prof. Proctor
Belgravia
Origins of Infectious Diseases by Native Habitats
The article argues each disease has an original habitat and remains tied to its native region. It lists cholera in India, smallpox in the East, plague in the Orient, typhus linked to specific locales, and dengue in southern latitudes, noting heredity and hygiene limit spread from focal habitats.
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India
China
Alamine
Ireland
Galicia
Upper
Silesia
Italy
France
Germany
Arabia
Peru
Tom Paine's Creed Confession of Faith Revealed
The text presents Thomas Paine as an atheist by common view, then offers his stated creed. It asserts belief in one God and no more, justice and mercy as religious duties, and describes God through creation rather than sacred scriptures, contrasting scriptural authorship with the word revealed in creation.
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Tom Paine
Thomas Paine
God
Whales Arrive in Liverpool For Public Aquariums
A vessel reached Liverpool bearing three living whales from Labracor. Each about fourteen feet long and eight feet in girth, weighing around half a ton. They were shipped in long wooden boxes on a seaweed bed and flushed with water during the voyage. No food was given, and reports mention a peculiar emission during transit.
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Liverpool
Correa Mocked with Derogatory Term in Europe
The article notes that Correa faced sneering insults calling him Mohammedan gruel as he was introduced in European circles.
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Correa
Europe
Performance of Henry V in Colorado Springs
A Colorado Springs correspondent describes a chaotic and ill fated staging of Henry V with George Ignold. The 8 oclock start was delayed to 9, the set and stage space proved inadequate, and the performance devolved into a farce with repeated laughter and failed entrances. The reviewer condemns the misfit venue and incompetent acting, noting low ceilings, limited stage gear, and audience laughter at errors.
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Colorado
Washington Star
Colorado Springs
Col
George Ignold
Harry
Kingenry V
Henry V
Bignold
Crispin
Shakspeare
Eaktell
Lon
Rignold
Rain and Water Power Shape Life in Whitman’s Vision
John Burroughs in Scribner for July reflects on rain as essential life force and nature’s relief. He cites Whitman’s line about liquid trees and describes water as the medium of growth, movement, and emotional renewal, noting rain as cleansing and restorative for nature and spirit.
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Cesar
Walt Whitman
John Burroughs
Scribner
Remarkable dog shows grief after drowning accident
A city dog mourns the drowning of its young owner Danny, repeatedly seeking the child’s mother and later placing itself on the railway track to be killed. The animal’s actions are cited as evidence of canine reasoning and deep attachment, reflecting on the child’s mother’s earlier neglect.
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Danny
Lincoln
Neb
Journal
Florida Alligator Slain After Aggressive Hunt
In Col. McLeod's field near Hamburg Lake a giant alligator, fifteen feet long and the largest seen locally, was killed after battles with shot from a shotgun and an ax. The beast had fed on hog remains and blackberries baffling observers about its berry appetite. Lake City Floridian.
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McLeod
Hamburg Lake
Col. McLeod
Florida
Lake City
Descriptions of Chicago's Growth and Education in 1846
A Joker essay from Illinois in July 1846 contrasts Chicago's rapid rise from under 5 000 to over 15 000 residents with critique of lazy study habits and the value of hard work. It notes American pride, education, and enthusiasm as vital, while referencing European critics and an 1878 Paris register on American organ instruments.
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Illinois
Bryant
Chicago
Tan Pants
Noth
Europe
Mason & Instrumenta
Paris
France
Famine Abroad and Relief Efforts Reported by Missionaries
A private letter from a Lady Missionary in China describing famine in the North Shandong province and its impact. Thousands dead or displaced, with refugees and buried bodies found on roads. Relief funds totaling over 850000 raised in America, distributed by missionaries including Mr Davis, Mr Pyke, Mr Lowry, and Mr Pilcher. Poor harvests, rain shortages, and a note on railroads potentially saving lives. Weather worsened by recent heavy rain, improving prospects.
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China
Peking
Bge
America
Sim
Mr. Davis
Mr. Pyke
Lowry
Pilcher
Shantung
New York Rapid Transit Opens From Trinity Church to Central Park
The Springfield Republican notes New York has rapid transit from Trinity church to Central Park after years of battles with streetrailway firms. The Gilbert elevated railway now makes the five mile trip in 20 to 30 minutes, far faster than the hour and a half by streetcar. Extensions to Harlem and the Battery are planned, with double tracks across the system. The improvement promises urban convenience for business travelers and a healthful living option for workers, marking a landmark in the country.
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New York
Trinity Church
Central Park
Gilbert Elevated
New York Elevated Railway
Harlem
The
Battery
Goots Oa
Rhein
Spring Field
Fragmented Weather and Market Fragments Across Papers
A fragmented OCR page shows meteorology discuss concepts of cyclonic storms and river whirlpools, interspersed with scattered market listings, product names, station references, and place names such as MILWAUKEE and EAST LIBERTY PA, creating a collage of unrelated notices and ads. The text includes partial headings like Hogs, Braves-Choice Sheets, and Meas, without coherent story or dates.
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Sherrer
New York
Ty Braves
Cscs
Beuenkosaeen
Mr. Burren
Louis
Butch
Bas
Niciai Alhiilion
Anne Aeuiesiin
Lee Namie Sendehhe
Iicoaidae
Liberty
Carrut
Brent Wuratt
Urban housing linked to diphtheria deaths and sewer gas
The article notes that wealthier northern districts show higher diphtheria fatality linked to crowded tenements and sewer exposure. It cites the London Lancet, arguing many town houses are poisoned by sewer gas, with diarrheal and enteric fevers concentrated in the poorest quarters and in poorly ventilated homes.
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Tiot
London Lancet
Oldest New York printer MUEL Witadams dies at 99
MUEL Witadams, aged 99, longtime New York printer and fellow journeyman of Thurlow Weed sixty years ago, died in Rondout New York.
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Muel Witadams
New York
Thurlow Weed
Rondout
N. Y
Historic patent medicine claims in early advertisement
An old newspaper fragment touts remedies for heart trouble and debility, featuring Dr Graves Beart 2b, Winslow’s Syrup for children, Parsons’ Puredryr Pris, and Warrooms Asta Renepy. Mentions several doctors and locations, with generic claims of cures and health benefits.
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Graves
Winslow
Unclear OCR Notice From New Orleans Firm
Fragmentary text from a historical notice references Warnoon Franay Co proprietors in New Orleans and mentions warnings, insufficient details, and requests related to a medical or powder product with unclear claims and improper statements.
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Withorr
Ramon Tars
Warnoon
Franay& Co
New Orleans
DiGodierk
Subscriptions Renewal Appeal for The Sun Newspaper
The Sun requests renewals and support from readers nationwide. It notes ten years of steady backing and invites subscription continuation for a four page daily issue at 65 cents a month or 6.50 a year by mail postpaid.
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the Sun
Daily Sun
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