Nations shift as Tilden sails and officials appointed
The diary lists Mr Tilden reportedly set to sail for Europe on July 18 while clerks and diplomats receive new postings. It notes appointments including Nicholas Fis as Minister to Switzerland A. A. Dockery as Consul to Leeds and M. W. Gibbs as Register of the Little Rock Land Office. It also covers social news, resignations, and ongoing conflicts abroad with updates on Montenegrin and Russian actions and domestic security events.
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Baltimore
Boston
Francis Aveny Mattson
Boynton Aa
Knoxville
Tenn
Santael Pookension
Detroit
Mich
Rufus Campion
St. Louis
Guawr
New York
Tilden
Europe
Nicholas Fis
Switzerland
A. A. Dockery
North Carolina
Leeds
England
M. W. Gibbs
Little Rock
Evizapers Jones
Geo. Jones
New York Times
Edward J. Lowell
James Russell Lowell
Jockey Club
Admiral Rous
G. Witty Welles
Mississippi
China
Joan R. Gotospoxovedt
Tae
Robert Dale Owen
Lake George
N. Y
Grex
Shearman
Northwest
Missouri
Yellowstone
Columbia River
Idaho
John M. Langston
Ohio
Haiti
Treasury Secreta ry Sagamax outlines 4 percent loan terms
The administration defines payment of the new 4 percent loan in gold coin with principal and interest. President Hayes attends Annapolis Naval Academy exam. forty five graduates. Jax Rockland Savings Bank in trouble with Canfield and Ellis. Conway Mutual Fire Insurance Company to place under receiver. Nurserymen Association meets with officers elected and Rochester chosen for next gathering. Nashville Merchants Exchange opens with first grain sale of Termexseeé wheat at $877. Crop reports from Iowa counties note corn and grain signals and June wheat rise.
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Sagamax
Hayes
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Jax Rockland
N. Y
Springfield
Mara
Lave
Association of Nurserymen
Festaies Beting & Onicage
J. S. Stickney
Wisconsin
J. J. Harrison
Ohio
D. W. Scott
Galena
A. W. Whitney
Franklin Grove
Ill
T. S. Mabhard
New York
EK. Ennis
Clinton
Jaws
N. W. Bowen
Detroit
Rochester
Tar Heavy Banking
S. Pulsifer , Co
Peoria
Wires and Casualties From City Fire and Disasters
Fire on June 20 destroyed most of St Johns New Brunswick including the Post Office and City Hall. Losses reach 18 to 20 million with nine to twelve deaths and twenty thousand homeless. Separate reports note a steamer explosion on Lake Minnetonka killing three and a major tornado in Missouri Iowa and Illinois damaging towns and churches.
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St. Johns
N. B
McLaughlin
Custom House
Victoria Hotel
Academy of Music
Dramatic Lyceon
Royal Hotel
Bank of New Brunswick
Maritime Bank
Banks of
Montreal
Nova Scotia
Savings Bank
Victoria School House
Grammar School
Trinity Church
St. Andrew's Church
Centenary Church
German Methodist Church
City Hall
Water Commissioner's Office
Siman Jones& Co
George Phelps
MacLellan & Co
Western Union Telegraph Office
Daily Telegraph
Daily Times
Ginbe, Freeman
Watchman
Newsroom
Ritchie
Bank of British North America
Bridgeport
St. John
Canada
Katie May
Lake Minnetonke
Minneapolis
Mina
St. Joseph
Missouri
Iowa
Iilinoia
Aledo
Lil
Kankakee
Marblehead
Mass
Political conduct rules for General Government officers
A letter to the Secretary of the Treasury outlines that no officer should manage political organizations or campaigns while retaining the right to vote and express views if duties are not affected. The Civil Service should conform. A New Orleans Custom House probe promises about 55000 dollars annual savings. In Charleston South Carolina a special legislative election produced a Democrat sweep with fourteen white and three colored winners.
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Areu
Secretary of the Treasury
Civil Service
New Orleans
Custom House
Charleston
S. C
German merchants urge suspension of free trade policy
A Frankfurt congress of 442 leading German firms urged the government to suspend free trade and initiate an inquiry into trade and industry conditions. Egypt reports a discovered pier intended to blow up the Suez Canal with nitro. Pope appoints three new Cardinals and several Bishops. French Senate votes 150 to 180 to dissolve the Assembly upon MacMahon request.
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Germany
Frankfort
Egypt
Suez Canal
MacMahon
French Republican Union
French Chamber of Deputies
Oue
A Triumph of Law and Justice Mollie Maguire Atrocity Recalled
The Chicago Tribune laments the Mollie Maguires bloody influence in Pennsylvania. It chronicles key figures James McParlan and James McKenna, the network’s control over officials, and the nine executions tied to a single crime spree, noting the unprecedented scale of coercion and violence.
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Mollie Maguire
The
Chicago Tribune
Pennsylvania
Mollie Maguires
Shen
James McParlan
James McKenna
Mollies
Mcfarlan
John P. Jones
Mollie
Kerrigan
McParlan
James Melan
Boston Gentleman’s Cook Serves 54 Years in Family
A Boston gentleman keeps a cook who has served his family for fifty four years with steady work and loyalty. The long tenure highlights a rare, enduring household partnership.
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Boston
Rattlesnake Lore and Doomsday Tales From the South
The article recounts mythical and practical notes on rattlesnakes, their habitats and foes. It details tales from Palatka and Live Hill of snakes invading homes and milking cows, and describes battles with hogs deer eagles and black snakes. It also notes a Calcutta 1875 vital statistics showing high infant mortality.
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Gol. Pratt
Palatka Herald
Connor
Live Hill
Calcutta
Matansaéhan
Paris Fashion Trends Show Wide Skirts And Floral Bonnets
Paris styles favor ground-skimming walking dress skirts with wide gathered flounces and bumpless silhouettes. Trained dresses shift to home wear for Parisians, while country bonnets and flower only headpieces appear for daring ladies. Jewelry leans to porcelain sets, and the latest evening look is the baby frock with a short waist and wide sash belt.
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Paris
Man wrestles bear to death on Colorado river hunt
John Wilson of Beasley's near San Saba county killed a large brown bear during cow hunting. His revolver misfired, leaving him to rope the animal. after a brutal struggle the bear was choked by the lariat and secured to a tree where it stopped moving.
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John Wilson
Colorado River
Beasley's
San Saba County
Gove Chase
Wilson
Wipe
Calcutta Area Infant Death Rates Raise Alarm
The report notes high infant mortality in Calcutta city area across all classes and stresses non Asiatic and Asiatic groups. the data show a startling tension in infant deaths, with the latter group suffering most.
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Calcutta
Terrible Turkish Defeat at Daga Pass in Montenegro
Turkish forces under Sulieman Pasha assault the Duga Pass but suffer catastrophic losses over five days. Montenegrins hold the defile with heavy fire, inflicting about 4 000 Turkish casualties to 700 Montenegrin deaths as the battle ends in a Turkish retreat and Montenegrin reoccupation of positions.
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Montenegro
Servia
Novibazar
Mehemet al
Petrovics
Spitz
Omsratca
Ervercum
Delibaba
Russia
London
Danube
Ibrail
Fourteenth Corps
Suleiman Pasha
Ali Said
Gortschakoff
Constantinople
Alexis
Rustchuk
Giurgevo
Lower Danube
Rustehuk
Silistria
Shumla
Varna
Vidin
Dobr
Daga Pass
Sulieman Aha
Duga Pass
Golia
Sulieman Pasha
Turkish tax system cripples agriculture described by Schuyler
The report details Turkish revenue by four per thousand real estate tax and four percent on revenue plus onerous tithees often reaching 25 to 30 percent. Tithe farmers loot crops, forcing peasants to leave grain on fields, threshing and transport burden, with guards and receipts delaying harvest. Poor roads and cattle taxes hinder modern farming and machinery adoption.
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Eugene Schuyler
Constantinople
Secre of State
Turkey
Sheridan's remark proves Napoleon III captured at Sedan
In Hoffman's reminiscence of two wars, Sheridan tells Count Bismarck the battle is won at Bedan. He then predicts the Emperor in Sedan, correctly stating Napoleon III and his staff are prisoners. The note praises Napoleon's courage and generosity but argues his danger lay in Paris, not with the army.
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Col. Hoffman
Bedan
Sheridan
Bismarck
Sedan
Paris
Plucky Sacramento Woman Hunts Down Rodent
A Mechanics Exchange Hotel cleaner spotted a hinge in the dining room and chased a rat through the front door with a broom. She cornered it under a sidewalk and retrieved it with her arm, then finished the pursuit with a decisive broom blow.
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Mechanics’ Exchange Hotel
Lookerson
Sacramento Union
Prominent California Politicians Meet Tragic Fates
A San Francisco editor sketches the destinies of eighteen notable California men. He lists eighteen names, eight of whom became confirmed drunkards. Among them is John Lee a United States Senator. He notes Broderick who fell in a duel and Baker a Senator who died early in the war.
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San Francisco
California
John Lee
United States
Broderick
Baker
Asiatic Dispatch Warns Khan Threatened by Tum Kurde
A terse Asiatic report says Tum kurde threaten the Khan with unspecified action. The note mentions milk as a possible reference or symbol while offering little further context.
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Khan
American and Pacific trade and rail profits in a shifting economy
The United States boosts beef exports to Europe via Boston and Baltimore while California anticipates wheat surpluses of 150 000 to 250 000 tons for export. Oregon also adds 250 000 tons to Pacific supply. Australian coverage notes American and Canadian exhibits at Sydney and the New York Tribune lists railroad earnings and dividends, showing billions in stock with modest returns and large bond claims.
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Austrania
Europe
Boston
New York
Baltimore
Califrornia
Oregon
Pacific Coast
America
Australia
Sydney
United States
New York Tribune
Treasury Circular 1877 Valuation of Foreign Coins Brazil
Official circular from the United States Treasury in 1877 outlines the valuation of foreign specie in the United States, including Brazil. The document sets standardized exchange values for coins and specifies how imported currencies are to be treated in domestic financial records.
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United States Treasury
United States
Brazil
Texas Physician Davenport Claims Cheap Fresh-Pood Preservation Pickle
A Texas physician Davenport allegedly developed a simple inexpensive pickle to arrest decay and preserve fruits, vegetables, and meats for months without altering flavor. The process reportedly costs under brine or vinegar and can keep items in open vessels.
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Texas
Davenport
Daughters Sell Perfume Stone In State Frauds
Two sisters from St Lawrence County New York used porous stone soaked in a scented preparation to claim they came from a South American perfume cave. They sold the stones across the state for 25 cents each. The girls, described as demure and persuasive, continued their sales with a new batch shipped westward.
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St. Lawrence County
New York
Helmeg
South America
Colorado Hawk Scalp Bounty Sparks Denver Poultry Losses
Colorado law offers 25 cent bounty per hawk scalp with Denver averaging 30 to 40 dollars daily for hawk scalps. Hawks prey on poultry near chicken ranches, harming chicks and mature fowls, while meadowlarks face extinction due to the common enemy Nevada Territorial Enterprise.
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Colorado
Denver
Nevada
Grant plans extended European tour including Sweden and Norway
In a cable dispatch the reply to Elihu B. Washburne notes that Grant cannot visit Paris on leaving England but may in September. He aims for a long European tour visiting Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, and Italy, sailing the Rhine and returning via neural Italian cities.
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Grant
Elihu B. Washburne
Paris
England
Sweden
Norway
Rhine
Switzerland
Cable Dispatch
Bluff at the Danube Saloon Spurs Whiskey Claim
A Virginia Chronicle reader recalls a saloon remark about Danube bluffs and a comic boast. A check-guerrilla adds color by recalling another tale where Jim Orndorf allegedly staked $250 on a bluff and walked away with the money.
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Danube
Jim Orndorf
Virginia
Nev
Chronicle
Saxp To 8 Tavnon Co Chicago for s price ad
Fragmentary notice indicates Saxp To 8 Tavnon Company of Chicago priced advertisement in a different column.
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Tavnon & Co
Chicago
Ser
8. Taylor & Co
Making Old Bones
A Victorian style health advisory promoting How-ogy as a preventive tonic and remedy for chills fever bilious remittents and general debility. It extols tonic tonics Winnerr’s Anti-Periopic Fever and Ague Towre and Universal Cough Syrup with endorsements from hospitals and merchants in New Orleans and Chicago.
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Winnerr
New Orleans
Wi Hoft
G. R. Fixing & Co
New Orleana
Davoaists
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