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Newspaper

Ames Intelligencer

Location

Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 14, 1877

Page

7

Various political and international notices dominate Dundee to New Orleans

A broad mix of reports covers appointments in Louisiana and national politics, indictments and deaths, royal and presidential movements, and labor actions. It notes Dundee granting Grant freedom of a famed house, Thiers’ funeral, and Hayes statements on the South amid strikes and policy debates.

Andersox Louisiana Returning Board New Orleans Owen South Carolina Baltimore Dundee Scotland Grant Crart House Chicago Board of Trade Louis Adolph Thiers France Dom Pioro Rio Janeiro Joan Taylor Brigham Young The Twelve Apostles Brigham Daniel H. Wells Cannon Gameperra Lille William Cameron Simon Cameron Lewisburg

Miscellaneous 19th Century American notices and events

The text lists diverse 19th century items: a Chicago reunion for Mexican War survivors. Crazy Horse’s arrest at Spotted Tail and injury to Little Big Man. associations in New York. yellow fever in New York City and Fernandina Florida. societies meeting in Toronto Pittsburgh St Paul Saratoga and Baltimore. Marietta reunion with President Hayes. Texas Jack and Sioux entertainers in Chicago. Haverly's negro minstrels at Chicago Theater. National Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen meeting in Indianapolis.

Chicago Crazy Horse Spotted Tail Agency Camp Robinson Neb Little Big Man New York New York City American Pharmaceutical Society Toronto Canada Charles Bullock Niagara Falls National Board of Steam Navigation Pittsburgh Society of the Army of the Tennessee St. Paul American Social Science Association Saratoga Dalzell Marietta Ohio Hayes Key Devens German Synod of the East of the Reformed Church of America Baltimore Texas Jack Donald McKay Modoc Adelphi Haverly Fernandina Fla National Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen Indianapolis W. R B. Worth

Bricklayers Crushed After Fall From Cincinnati Scaffold

Two Yarex bricklayers fell from a third story scaffold on a new Cincinnati building leaving them badly injured and one dead. In Indiana the Soldiers' Orphans Home at Knightstown burned, costing 55 000 dollars with 20 000 insured. Volcanic eruption near Cotopaxi reported June 26 killed about 1 000. Dieppe France suffered a fire destroying a quarter of the town with losses of 55 000 pounds.

Yarex Cincinnati Knightstown Ind Cotopaxi Dieppe France

Coal Prices Rise as Anthracite Strikes Loom Across Pa

Financial notes report Philadelphia and Reading and Lehigh Valley Companies increasing coal prices by 35 to 50 cents per ton. Pillar Srrien, proprietor of fifteen New York tea houses, makes an assignment with liabilities around 200000. Anthracite regions face worsening unrest and potential work stoppages if striker and operator talks fail. Fauxx Leslie, New York publisher, also makes an assignment for creditors though publications continue. Real estate issues underlie broader embarrassment.

Philadelphia Reading Lehigh Valley Pillar Srrien New York Pennsylvania South Baltimore Fauxx Lesuie

Pope's Jubilee Offerings Reach 3 250 000

The Pope's jubilee offerings totaled 3 250 000 dollars with half in gold. Cleopatra's Needle is floated and will be towed to England. A famine devastates Corea on China's eastern frontier, with widespread starvation. Osman Pasha's birth in Asia Minor is noted by Osman Pasha. Layarp in Constantinople received a firman for Nineveh excavations. Germany and France influence leads to rearrest of five Salonica assassins.

Cleopatra England Asia Corea China Osman Pasha Asia Minor Mussulman Layarp Constantinople Nineveh Germany France Porte Salonica Vidin

Government lands incentives proposed for settlers

The proposal suggests expanding inducements for western land settlers. Current 160 acres cost about $20 in fees. Gen Banks would add one year of government rations per family, farming tools, a horse, a cow, and a pig, while waiving land-office fees. Funding would come from issuing 4 percent bonds.

Gen. Banks

Financial News Across Regions Reflect Turbulent Times

The piece notes 8000 tons of scrap iron for sale in Pittsburgh, France and Germany crop and trade prospects, and New York dry goods declines. It cites cotton, seed oil value, British tar wheat, and European markets for American products. Berlin faces a severe real estate collapse with 20000 vacant units and widespread distress among borrowers.

Pennsylvania Pittsburgh France New York Texas Great Britain Genthiaine Europe New York Times Washington United States Congress Berlin

Vast national crops forecast from multiple states

Crop reports from Texas Alabama Indiana Louisiana Kansas Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa and others predict record yields. Cotton, corn, wheat and sugar crops are praised for size and quality with expectations of high production and strong harvests across the Midwest and South.

Texas Tue Selma Argus Alabama Indiana Louisiana

Funny Scene in the Virginia Convention

A morning scene in the Virginia Convention leads to humor as J Hinton calls a man a liar and the gentleman protests being called a dog. The exchange centers on a mistaken reference to the 20th of July and ends with a full apology.

Virginia J. Hinton Mr. Hinton Hinton

Gladstone and son felled ash tree at Hawarden park

Report details Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone and his son W. H. Gladstone trimming a massive ash tree in Hawarden Park during a Bolton excursion. Spectators watched as they worked in rough clothes, with ladies receiving handshakes and the crowd singing glees between axe strokes. He spoke on the gap between manufacturing towns and the countryside.

London Times W. E. Gladstone Hawarden Chenier Cunne Bolton Tion Lancashire W. H. Gladstone M. P Whitby Bolton Gladstone Hawarden Castle

Life saving dress trials in Havre dock tested by pilots

A Harrech designed life saving suit by M a was tested in Havre harbor. A pilot and a boatman wore the garment and swam in, the suit floated even when cut. The commission ordered thirty suits for life boats, proving the design effective in buoyancy and survivability.

Harrech M.a Havre

Gen Harding Walks 455 Miles Inspecting Missouri Railroads

General Harding, a Railroad Commissioner, has walked 455 miles across Missouri to inspect rail lines from Kansas City to St Joseph and other routes. He plans to cover 2300 miles, gathering firsthand data on road condition, freight and passenger rates, and practices to prepare an informed report.

Gen. Harding Kansas City Lexington Sedalia Tipton Boonville Centralia Columbia Louisiana Cedar City Hannibal St. Joseph Regueort Bry Louis Republican

Texas and Pacific railroads seek Congress aid for main line

The Texas and Pacific railroad holds an annual meeting and proposes a grant to Congress for 1,400 miles of main line from Fort Worth to San Diego. They seek $35,000 per mile in 5 percent government bonds, $5,000 per mile to stay in treasury, plus a first lien on the road and its 18,000,000 acres of land, with annual liability capped at $2,500,000.

Pennslvania Harrisburg Wm. H. Armstrong Lycoming J. P. Sterrett William B. Hart J. A. M. Passmore Hayes Democratic Party Congress Noe Gov. Hartranft Greenback Party Massachusetts Boston Wendsil Philips Dyer D. Swan Northampton Nathan Clark, Jr Lynn H. M. Bearse Poston W. F. Whitney South Ashburnham Israel W. Andrews Danvers Ohio Stanley Matthews Thomas Ewing Maryland Denverstic Baltimore California Texas and Pacific Railroad Fort Worth San Diego

Paris Debt Figures From 1877 Census

The debt of Paris on January 1, 1877, reached 380 million dollars with 2.2 million in capital. Prussia with 24 million inhabitants carries not more than 220 million dollars in debt. Paris has nine separate loans, five of which totaling 200 million were incurred under the imperial regime before the Second Empire. The remaining 180 million was contracted after the German war.

Paris Kingdom of Prussia Pacbt

Misdirection of the Bile in Odd Medical Ledger

Fragmentary OCR text describes an old medical note about bile misdirection and urinary observations. The readable phrases reference bowels, blades, and near-colored urine, but critical context and clarity are missing. The item appears as a damaged historical health record with limited legible details.

Suit over dog shooting in Brooklyn damages claim

Miss Alice Begg sues George Huntington for 5000 dollars alleging he shot her dog when he believed it killed his chicken. Huntington faced attempted assault charges after a heated confrontation at Miss Begg's home on Lewis avenue and Withe street. The case, before Justice Semler, highlights a tense dispute and alleged shock to Begg's nervous system.

Miss Bega Huntington Miss Case Miss Begg New York Herald

Rich Dairy Districts and Their Vast Exports

The article notes Herkimer and Little Falls New York as leading dairy centers shipping millions of pounds of cheese and butter yearly. It highlights the dairy economy's cash sales and quick returns, with mentions of Vermont bans and regional production scales affecting market value.

Herkimer N. Y Utter Little Falls Albans

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