14 Jun 1876
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Newspaper
Belleville Republic
Location
Belleville, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1876
Page
1
Margaret endures a year of mystery after Harry Craige’s disappearance. She remains devoted to him as Hall pressures her. Harry returns disguised as a whaler, exposing William Hall’s plot and saving their future. Uncle John rejoices, and Margaret and Harry marry.
Margaret refuses suitors Will Hall and Mark Halstead as Harry Craige wins her hand with her uncle John Hammersley’s reluctant consent. A mysterious listener overhears. the wedding proceeds, with tension and unspoken motives shaping the seaside village scene.
Prof Haeckel argues in The History of Creation that humans are a small branch of catarrhini descended from long extinct apelike ancestors in the Old World. He cites Huxley noting many tribes use the great toe like a prehensile hand and warns that no living manlike ape is the parent of humans, with tails or talking apes not constituting proof.
Dr. A D Warren reports a remarkable egg production in his game bantams. A hen appeared to have laid a broken egg and, when killed and opened, yielded a goose egg sized shell weighing four and three fourth ounces. Inside was a second perfectly formed egg with yolk and white in proper proportions. The outer shell proved extremely brittle and required careful handling. The two year old hen weighed about one and a half pounds.
About 200 Newton Heath residents aged 70 and older shared tea at the Conservative Hall. Organisers canvassed the neighborhood and found over 280 residents above 70, with the oldest a 95 year old woman. The event featured humorous recitations and songs by octogenarian and septuagenarian performers, and tobacco was distributed to the elderly, noted by the British Anti-Tobacco Association as evidence that many were smokers.
DA Dyer of St. Louis telegraphed that judgment was obtained on all distiller bonds in the district including banks, totaling nearly 1,000,000 dollars. Quebec suffered a large fire destroying about 1,000 homes and causing over 1,000,000 dollars in losses, hitting the poorer neighborhoods hardest. The Sultan Abdul Aziz abdicated in Turkey. Murad Effendi proclaimed successor as revolution proceeds peacefully. Iowa Republicans favor specie resumption. Blaine favored by delegates. Maryland and Tennessee factions show hard-money and anti-contraction stances. Peter Cooper conditionally accepts a presidential nomination from the National Independent Convention. A Grand Council of the American League is formed in Philadelphia with plans for a national conference and a push for Americans ruling America and Bible in public schools.
In a sensational Blaine hearing a Boston witness Mulligan recounted Blaine's plea for letters that could ruin him. Mulligan said Blaine begged for the letters to save his family, and vowed to return them, a claim Blaine called false as he refused to produce the documents for public review.
The article recounts Blaine's defense over Mulligan letters and legal counsel, Taft and Cameron assuming posts, and a flurry of reports from Washington. It notes naval movements, a false massacre claim on the Black Hills route, Abdul Aziz's death, Yellow Robe’s arrival, and cavalry engagements near Hayes.
The Louisiana Republican State Convention met on the 31st. Delegates to the Cincinnati Convention were uninstructed. President nominated Alexander P. Tutton for Philadelphia Collector of Customs. William P. Walsh, Hot Springs Postmaster, shot and killed John C. Hale on the 27th.
A roundup of disputes and legal actions includes the Guiatema San Salvador peace, whisky ring sentences in New Orleans and St Louis, a Hot Springs property receiver appointment, a lightning tank explosion near Oil City Pennsylvania, and political furor in Congress over Blaine and Caldwell dispatches as sessions adjourn amid heated exchanges.
The Senate passes the Japanese indemnity fund bill while the House adopts the Spencer vs Morey seating report. Impeachment procedures are debated with orders issued and stalled. The Army efficiency bill passes in the House. Senate debates appropriations and adjusts salaries, with near-synopsis of sundry amendments. A Sioux commission bill is introduced and funded. Conference on the Diplomatic Appropriation bill ends without agreement.
The Jefferson City convention voted for fidelity to the Constitution, local self-government, civil service reform, retrenchment, corruption penalties, public funds protection, free schools free from sectarian control, debt payment, and opposition to the Resumption Act with a pledge to support the national Democratic ticket led by Tilden over Hendricks. The platform stresses reform, economy, and restoring moral governance.
A compilation of proverbs and anecdotes exploring themes of pride, speech, patience, and human folly. It includes sayings about restraint, the cost of words, and caution in leadership, alongside notes on a Haubowline dock project accident and a Paris Exhibition balloon exhibit.
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