Plevna siege headlines and Balkan dispatches mixed with U.S. notices
Reports from Plevna describe a Russian siege around Osman Pasha with field telegraph networks and reinforcements. Chevket Pasha’s relief effort faces stronger Russian defenses while Mukhtar Pasha hopes to hold Erzeroum. Additional items note a cavalry capture near Vratza, a tightened Russian cordon around Plevna, Turkish cabinet tensions over peace, and Kars resisters vowing to defend to the last. Separate briefs mention a Parole vs Ten Broeck race odds and a planned theater match in Chicago, a Morton monument site in Indianapolis, and a House adjournment agreement before Thanksgiving.
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Osman Pasha
Chevket Pasha
Prevna
Privareh
Pera
Ghazi Mukhtar Pasha
Erzeroum
Resta
Vratza
Plevna
Sofia
Gex
Onrovurcarri
Mukhtar Pasha
Bulgaria
Telzerram
Dolny Dubrik
Penn
Peace
Russia
Kars
Skobeleff
Ten Broeck
Jerome Park
Louisville
Parole
Jasper
Haverly’s Theater
Chicago
Crown Hill Cemetery
Indianapolis
Morton
House
Ways and Means
Paris Debates And Resignations Prompt Cautious French Polity
Paris reports reveal De Broglie Ministry rescinds resignations at President MacMahon's request while pledging no prejudice to future decisions. English PM urges Turkey to stand firm. French Chamber shows Left seeking calm amid election abuses scrutiny. Pope in grave condition in Rome. German Belgium talks stir, while Europe counsels conciliation to avoid republican-monarchist rupture.
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Paris
de Broglie
MacMahoen
Eaat Beaconerievp
Turkey
England
Chamber of Deputies
Duke de Broglie
M. Grevy
Rome
British Isles
Pall Mall Gazette
Germany
Belgium
Europe
France
Diplomatic Appointments and Grant Reception Noted
The Spanish Government plans an official reception for General Grant. President nominates Henry H Sawardorp as minister to Belgium. Joan Wrisn of Philadelphia confirmed as minister to England. Con Goovter of Kentucky named minister to the Netherlands. Senate confirms John M Stevens of Maine as minister to Norway and Sweden and John D Defrees of Indiana as Public Printer. D W Voonmers sworn in as Senator from Indiana. Stamsey the Herald explorer arrives at the Cape of Good Hope with 120 followers.
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Gen. Grant
Henry
Sawprorp
Belgium
Joan Wrisn
Philadelphia
United States Senate
England
Con. W. ©. Goovter
Kentucky
Netherlands
Tue Senate
John M. Stevens
Meine
Norway
Sweden
John D. Defrees
Indiana
Washington
D. W. Voonmers
Stamsey
Herald Explorer
Cape of Good Hope
Financial and Industrial Notes from the Era
The session of the Tennessee Legislature is called for December 5 to consider funding the state debt. Montreal firm Mulholland & Baker enters liquidation with liabilities around 600,000. Carroll County Five Cent Savings Bank fails amid mismanagement. Benjamin Groom, a Clark County cattle-dealer, files for bankruptcy with liabilities 173,548 and assets 130,270 in lands and cattle. Banks in Lexington Frankfort Paris and the blue grass region are creditors. Local firearm makers seek government orders for part of 50,000 rifles with 900,000 appropriation. Springfield rifle costs 18 and private makers claim capacity to supply half at 25% less cost. Russian agent arrives in Philadelphia proposing a Danube iron bridge 2100 feet long without piers, paying 3,000,000. also a 490 locomotive order, contingent on czar’s proof of pay. Cuiaca elevators show 531,325 bushels wheat 465,995 corn 160,072 oats 92,036 rye 578,243 barley total 1,427,671 on 5,140,285 last year.
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Montreal
Canada
Mulholland & Baker
Carroll County
N. H
Five Cent Savings Bank
Benjamin Groom
Clark County
Lexington
Frankfort
Paris
Biuegrass
Ordnance Department
Congress
National Armory
Philadelphia
Danube
Czar
Cuiiaco
Wyoming and New York election outcomes noted at Cheyenne meeting
The meeting of Wyoming Territorial Legislature elected N L Andrews as Speaker and E L Pease as President of the Council. Jons Monneissry won a New York Senate seat over Augustus Schell. P T Barnum elected to the Connecticut Senate. Across several states, Republicans won majorities in Massachusetts New Jersey Wisconsin Minnesota Nebraska and Kansas while New York and Maryland saw Democratic gains.
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Cheyenne
N. L. Andrews
Laramie City
House
E. L. Pease
Evanston
Jons Monneissry
Senate of
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Tammany
P. T. Barnum
Connecticut Senate
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Connecticut
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Nebraska
Alexander H. Rice
Horatio G. Knight
Henry B. Pierce
Charles Endicott
Julius L. Clarke
Charlies RK. Train
Wm. FE. Smith
James M. Bingham
Hans B. Warner
Richard Guenther
Alexander Wilson
W. C. Whitford
Senate
Louisiana
Tor New York Times
Assembly
Tragedy in Woods After Prisoner Hangs Self
A committee and a prisoner went into the woods. Strahl hanged himself and was found by passersby with feet on the ground. A Dowrseron dispatch notes bands of tramps looting railroad cars at West Chester Junction, injuries to two railroad men and four tramps, trains stopped near Lewiston, and 1,000 to 1,500 tramps roaming between here and Pittsburgh.
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Strahl
Cara
West Chester Junction
Lewiston
Pittsburgh
Drownings and Fires Reported Across Ports and Mills
A schooner crew perished at Port St. Peters amid a gale near Canada. A mill at Turner's Falls Massachusetts faced loss of unknown extent. A Philadelphia widow and her mother died in a recent blaze. A Georgian Bay voyage ended with all hands lost near Kolobas. A Camden carriage works was destroyed. A York Lyon snuff mill fire caused partial damage. A Cincinnati brewery accident fatally injured worker Mathias Baumaister. A St. Louis fire department stop prevented a larger blaze in a tree-structured conflagration causing substantial damage.
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Edward Tillery
Port St. Peters
Canada
Keith Paper-Mill
Turner's Falls
Mass
Carueurisg Hour
Catherine Brady
Philadelphia
Pictou
Georgetown
Prince Edward's Island
Kolobas
Camden
N. J
Charles 8
Caffrey
William E. Garterr & Sons
Snuff Mills
York Lyon
Hester's
Cincinnati
Mathias Baumaister
St. Louis
House and Senate Debate Resumption Act and Army Bill
Nov 7 to Nov 13 1876 reports show the House debating the Resumption act with Price and Cox offering plans while Rev Parsol resigns. Senate resolutions request information on Stark county jail outlaws and Northern Pacific railroad changes as Matthews introduces a specie resumption bill. Army Appropriation dominates House action with 25 000 vs 15 000 debate and military staffing on the Mexican frontier.
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New York
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Blount
Committee On Appropriations
Tuvers Bay
Senate
Maxey
Stark County
Tex
Mexico
Mitchell
Secretary of the Interior
Northern Pacific Railroad
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Beck
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District Court
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Ingalls
Om Pri
Morton
Ee Senate
John Welk
Texas
Rev
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Aes Cone Communications
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Senarr
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Culberson
Hooker
Atkine
Conkling
New York Herald
Windom
Grande Frontier
Booth
Wachee
R. Wan
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Voorhees
Indiana
Seasion
Eearnrs Secapeian- Pabite
Washington
The
Treasury
Robert Beene den
United Attorney
Iowa
Faay
Tolenia
United
McDonald
Garland
Congress
Indian Territory
Cameron
Wis
Wisconsin
Pacific Rail
Credit
California
Joseph
Hovsr
Chittenden
Ganoxtend
Sire
R. E
Guemmain
Cartuney
Famine in India prompts aid drive amid British relief
The text notes a prolonged famine in India likely to last at least four months. It praises prompt British relief, with banks, corporations, churches and benevolent bodies contributing. The Mansion House fund has reached £388,000 in donations.
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India
Mansion House Fund
Congress Proposes Wide Range of Reconstruction Era Bills
House members introduce repeal and modification bills for the Resumption Act, citizenship for Indians, and full enlistment rights for colored soldiers. Other measures update tax, bankruptcy, and trade laws, fund a Paris Exposition commission, and adjust amnesty provisions. Egypt India expect surplus. U.S. exports wheat as Britain faces deficit.
Hall returns to New York amid mystery and health recovery
Ex mayor Aaron Hall appears in New York with friends noting improved health. District Attorney Phelps rules out criminal action, citing statute limits on old fraud cases. civil suits possible but not confirmed. Public figures and editors weigh motives for returning as Vanderpool and Whitney comment on past rings and settlements.
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Oakey Hall
New Reace
Hall
No. 13
West Forty-second Street
Aaron = acresyl
Sai
Vanderpool
Phelps
Statute of Limitations
Board of Audit
Wm. C. Whitney
Corporation Counsel
New York World
Wheat imports rise as domestic harvest disappoints
The Commissioner of Agriculture reports a need to buy 104000000 bushels of wheat this year due to a poor home crop. English yields were reduced by defective curing. Continental Europe shows fair crops while war limits exports from Russia and Turkey and Eastern Europe faces tight supply.
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Russia
Turkey
Europe
Currency redemptions and national bank note totals posted
The document lists national bank note outstanding sums from June 1874 to January 1875 and totals redeemed or surrendered through to date. It shows a redemption line with 351 861 450 dollars and separate figures for circulation redeemed and greenbacks on hand, noting specific dates and treasury deposits.
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National-bank
National Bank Redemption Agency October Totals Rise
The Redemption Agency reports October operations comparing 1977 to 1976. Notes fit for circulation returned to banks total 12,024,700 dollars. Unfit notes delivered to the Comptroller for destruction 3,493,100 dollars. Deposits from failed banks with the Treasury 1,005,100 dollars. Overall October totals 17,522,900 dollars versus 14,458,800 dollars last year, a gain of 3,064,100 dollars.
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National Bank Redemption Agency
National Bank
Treasury
Coinage totals for October 1877 U S Mint output
The October 1877 coinage reports 5 477 800 total in gold and fractional coins. Trade dollars 1 075 050 half dollars 711 225 quarter dollars 554 012 twenty cent pieces 10 dimes 76 405. Silver coinage totals 2 416 702.
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United States
Memories of Richmond Battlefield Relics and Crater Visit
The text recalls quiet fields around Richmond where Civil War trenches were leveled and fortifications erased. It describes the Crater near Petersburg now owned by Mr. Griffiths, with a pine covered pit site, and notes a 25 cent admission for a view of the Crater and a shed of relics.
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Richmond
Cold Harbor
Fair Oaks
Seven Pines
Malvern Hill
Petersburg
Stexdlman
Hell and
Damnation
Mr. Griffiths
The Origin of the Stamp and a Memoir Romance
The story recounts Rowland Hill discovering a door to pay postage for a young inn waitress and the averted fraud that inspired him to reform the postal system. It then touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a preventive and curative remedy for malaria and related ailments, claiming broad protective effects and healthful benefits.
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