Scolding volley from Gresham stirs southern Republicans
A heated exchange unfolds as Secretary Gresham brands southern Republicans as "old scoundrels" in response to Colonel Jack Brown's plea for due recognition. Brown, angered, drafts a sharp rebuttal to Gresham while other political correspondences and legal notices trickle in from Washington to New Hampshire and Boston.
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Wasurwatox
Gresham
Jack Brown
Colonel Brown
Indiana
The Long Strike in Telegraph Wires War
Reports from New York and across the East describe prompt business flow with scattered improvements in several cities. Telegraph workers' strike actions, new union efforts, subscriptions for strikers, and resistance by management mark a national telegraph disruption alongside rumors of a potential compromise and ongoing preparations for a cooperative company.
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Boston
New York
Rapid Company
Richmond
Washington
Prosa
Nashville
Atlanta
Associated Press
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Interior
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Western Union Pice
Piana
Co-Operative Telegraph Company
American Rapids Telegraph Company
Produce Exchange
Western Union Company
Bartrore
Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Company
Brotherhood of Telegraphers
Sypravapouts
Boards of Trade
Mississippi Valley
Western ‘Union Company
Brotherhood
Western Union
THE ASIATIC PLAGUE AND EGYPTIAN RAG CARGO MOVEMENT
A report from London and Washington details cholera alerts in London Wales and Egypt plus a health action to move hospital barges Selden and Andean to Lynn Haven Bay. Secretary Folger orders relocation amid warnings of rag cargoes from Egypt bound for New York and Boston.
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Selden
Andean
Willoughby's Cove
Thimble Lights
Hampton Raads
Lynn Haven Bay
Cape Henry
Norfolk
Portamouth
Fortress Monroa
Ocean View
Hamilton
Marine Hospital Service
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New Haven
Providence
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New England
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Privy Council of England
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Wwn
London
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London Docks
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Caro
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Rostov
Ghizeh
Ahibin
Meballa
Tantub
Mansurah
Kaprelhamza
Cairo
Preach Chamber of Deputies
Charles Diles
House of Commons
Stafford Northcote
England
Cross
India
Bombay Presidency
Lord Carlingford
Council
House of Lords
Buried treasure rumor grips Ottawa area in Kansas
Reports circulated that a $50,000 gold hoard was buried near Ottawa in Franklin County by a man now serving a 25 year murder sentence. Locals dig around a bluff and ash tree marked cave as clues while the convict hopes discovery could aid an escape, though he remains tight lipped.
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Leaverworts
Kan
Ottawa
Franklin County
Ao Cave
Don
Marriage by force sparks Brooklyns odd divorce case
New York July 27 Minnie Demiecy aged seventeen sues Charles Demley aged eighteen in Brooklyn for divorce this unusual suit stems from a chance arrangement two years ago when Minnie visited her uncle Benjamin Lawrence a New York produce merchant nearby and interactions occurred between Minnie and Demley amid attention from the neighborhood.
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Charlie
Lawrence
Mgr. Lawrence
New York
iSinnie
Brooklyn
Minnie Demiecy
Charles Demley
Minnie Bennen
Benjamin Lawrence
Mr. Lawrence
Lyed Demley
Ward Iron Company Liabilities Spark 1870s Scandal
The Ward Iron Company faces liabilities around 390000 with assets under 50000 amid a complex web of involved mills in Niles and New Philadelphia. Mrs Eliza Ward and her son James Ward manage affairs while creditors seize stores and Dalzell Co takes assignment. Rumors swirl about James Ward’s disappearance and potential flight as the works ran at a loss to save jobs.
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Ward Iron Company
Curymann
Eliza Wan
James Ward
Niles
Cleveland, Brown & Co
Cleveland
New Philadelphia
I. B. Ward
George H. Brown
Pittsburg
Hay
A. G. Bentley & Co
Mra. L. B. Ward
Church & McFarland
Spain Mexico rupture rumors recall of minister shocks Monterey
A News despatch from Jaredo reports in Monterey that Spain may recall its minister to Mexico and that a serious diplomatic rupture is possible. Spanish merchants fear commercial trouble, while Mexico’s debt repudiation is blamed. France and Poland settlements influenced by Mexico’s debt actions are noted as prior events.
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Galveston
Jaredo
Monterey
Mexico
France
Lopland
Spain
Captain Webb's Fate Sparks Excitement and Doubts
July 27 reports sistered by locals claim Captain Webb may still be alive as bets rise on a fresh appearance within five days while most residents think he perished in the rapids and was swallowed by the eddy. A German duel note follows, Professor Putlitz’s suicide after drawing the death lot seen as a critique of dueling mania.
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Ohio
Delawagg
William Pyle
Webb
Mracara Parzs
Captain Webb
Webb Ia
Hfe
Benwwy
Putlitz
Zuput
Bay State Slavery The Early Massachusetts Record
Bay State Slavery. The Story of Early Massachusetts recounts slavery in the colony from its beginnings through 1780, citing Governor Winthrop and John Eliot, the nursery of slave trade in New England, and the first enslaved Africans arriving with ships like the Desire. It notes laws, punishments of Quakers, and the sale of Native and Black captives to distant colonies, with references to Cotton Mather and Puritan authorities.
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Bermuda
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Desire
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Belknap
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Miamonomh
Stoughton
Stewart Calacat
Davenport
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Maverick
Emanuel Downing
Bay
Moore
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Edom
London
Luis Case
Parsons
Ily
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Gmy
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Madeira
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Barbadoes
Cotton Mather
Ipswich
Daniel
Provided Southwick
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Young
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Apostle
Eliot
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Council of War
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