31 May 1876
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Newspaper
Belleville Republic
Location
Belleville, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1876
Page
1
A New York Clipper poem celebrates a centennial of freedom. It lauds the flag’s rise, U S strength, and global tribute. It envisions a century of peace, growth, and shared brotherhood with nations including Brazil, Africa, Asia, and Europe, urging lasting liberty and universal light.
A sharp boss announces a new young woman will join after a death. Stella Starsun, quiet and capable, endures jokes and lunches on crackers. As weeks pass, she wins affection and respect, culminating in a hopeful confession from the narrator Dickson.
A fragment quotes Gerard addressing Stella with sharp wit as he retrieves a taper tin and participates in a playful scene. The speaker mentions a wedding tour and invites the man to call on them upon return, capturing a lighthearted moment from Harper's Bazar style prose.
Dr J F Ely and Major Gooper traveled from Parrott City to the San Juan country. Deputy Sheriff Harris led a posse to arrest Louis Lambert. a shot through a house window killed Harris. The Lambert family fled as gunfire followed, two Lamberts were wounded. Harris was a 38 year old Rhode Island native regarded highly in the community.
A narrative describes a famed Cypress called No che Triste located about two miles from Mexico City at La Cuba. The tree, over a thousand years old, measures about 10 feet in base diameter, expands upward, then splits into two huge trunks, and survived a recent fire. The Mexican government protected it with a stone and iron fence three years ago, preserving this historic relic cherished by Prescott readers.
A National Conference of Liberals and Independents met in New York City on the 16th with leaders like Carl Schurz and Horace White. They issued an address pledging to oppose any candidate who has sheltered abuses or failed to expose and correct them, and recommended organizing supporters locally.
Reports from Des Moines and Cincinnati detail party delegations for Democratic and Republican conventions, including unpledged Iowa delegates and Bristow or Blaine leanings. Parallel notes cover executions in Salonica, empires’ pardons, a bridge collapse near Hinkston, a deadly house fire in Dresden, a fatal hailstorm in the Northeast, and assorted public outbursts from Plymouth Church expulsion to Natick fund embezzlement and other criminal mentions.
The report notes several charges to be tried, the US forces reoccupying Mata Moros in Mexico on the 19th, John J. Redick of Omaha named United States District Judge, and his death in London on the 21st. Disraeli declines to back amnesty for imprisoned Fenians. A Chesterfield County coal mine blast kills eight and injures two. The Erie Railway adds a third rail from Buffalo to Elmira and runs narrow gauge trains between Philadelphia and the West.
Senate sessions discussed impeachment with closed doors while the Printing Office cost over 11 years reached about 11.9 million dollars, with claims of excess costs and alleged misdeeds by the Congressional Printer. House and Senate considered related bills and a Confederate era declaration of independence details signed signatures and fading legibility.
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