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Newspaper

Benton County Herald

Location

Vinton, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 07, 1879

Page

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Polar vessels frozen in ice near Behring Straits relief planned

Intelligence reports Swedish polar vessels trapped above East Cape at Behring Straits. An expedition for their relief is forming. Notable deaths include Henry Vincent and Harriet Grote. Bank of Glasgow stock reception fell short of target. Regions report floods in England and Scotland, Turkish paper money depreciation, and various international dispatches amid crises.

East Cape Behring’s Straits Henry Vincent Harriet Grote George Grote Greece Bank of Glasgow Tur Porte Sacmadrid Moneasi Rarageorgewitch Milan Ist England Scotland Berwick Eng Aberdeen Clan Moscow Russia Constantinople Lahore India Khyber Pass Calcutta Shere Ali Cabul Afghanistan St. Petersburg Great Britain

Multum in Parvo and Odd Bits From Various Times

A collage of quirky notes from a bygone era. Anecdotes span a Texas sheriff chasing a nine year old murderer, New England railroads ending half fare clergy passes, a Danville jailer claiming to be George Washington, and a Napoleonic hat auction. Other items include moving plants, legendary figures, odd court banter, and curious local sightings with a mix of humor and sensationalism.

Woo Texas New England TaeEnt Danville George Washington Napoleon I Ashland Horn of America Rosent Patterson Philadelphia United States Madison Calloway County Ronus Kemp Mayneliss Mary Bridges India Territory of Oklahoma Ageenman Schultz Sony William V. Taylor Whitehall N. Y Evie Burners Burritt School New Britain Conn A. Jacksonville Ore Gin Lin Kearsarge Mountain Southern Pacific Railroad Mohave Luis Caprena Quito Ecuador Washington White House Ittle Lamb Bose Epwards Pierrepont Lewis Hoboken Providence Troy Joseph Cook Boston Transcript

Necrology of prominent figures for 1878 compiled by Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune lists a yearlong necrology of notable figures across fields such as politics military law theology science and arts including names like Alpheus Williams Gideon J. Pillow John Young and William Cullen Bryant with entries grouped by labor and nation across the United States and Europe. The catalog covers politicians abolitionists generals judges scholars and artists and ends with a personal crisis vignette about a poor woman selling her hair and a shopkeeper's price reflecting hardship.

The Chicago Tribune Alpheus Williams Congress Michigan Beverly B. Douglass Virginia Nicholas Maria Rivera Vaughan Utah Alexander Smith New York Padelford Rhode Island Giorgio Pallavicino Frank Welch Nebraska Gideon J. Pillow George Thompson Leeds Eng Marquis Wilopolsti Poland Alfonso Ferrarola ¥ Mora Arizona Wisconsin Charles C. Burleigh Fitz-Henry Warren Massachusetts Alcantara Venezuela Louis Antoine Garnier-Pares Jean Jacques Fary Francois Vincent Raspail William Hayter Aicardo Aicardi William M. Tweed Effingham Lawrence Louisiana John 8. Carlisle West Virginia Lyman Tremain John van Dyke New Jersey Baillie Peyton Tennessee Garnett B. Adrian W. W. Vaughan Jacob P. Chamberlain Brutus J. Clay Kentucky William T. Ward John R. Franklin Maryland John B. Kerr Charles M. Conrad Mercer Strouse Pennsylvania Benjamin F. Wade Ohio Asa Briggs North Carolina William Halstead Auggustus C. Hand Robert Hamilton John Allison

New Orleans fever study and Bryant commemoration noted

The Congressional Joint Yellow Fever Committee met in New Orleans on the 30th alt with Senator Eustis named Chair man. Drs Holliday and Jloscomb affirmed the fever’s origin in New Orleans tied to city waste and neglect. A Bryant Commemoration at the New York Academy of Music honored William Cullen Bryant with an extended address by George William Curtis. The Teller Investigating Committee held in Washington appointed a sub committee to travel and take testimony to report later.

Senate Potter New Orleans John Ray Lee’y Sherman Washington Sherman Santa Barbara California Wwere Cotton The Union Cotton Press Company Charleston Wets, Farce & Co Pacific United States New York City New York Sub-Treasury Treasury Lec'y Sherman Hillhouse Saillhouse Treasury Department Lane United States Circuit Court Natchitoches Parish Hornsby Cairo St. Louie Richmond James River Bismarck C.T Vicksburg Miss Shreveport Potomac River Washington, D. C Florida Honore Chicago Singer Washington and State Streets Congressional Eustis Holliday Jloscomb Bryant New York Academy of Music New York Historical Society Mayes Y Evarts Hancock George ‘William Curtis William Cullen Bryant Teller Alr Messrs Cameron Kirkwood Bailey Garland Werr

Market Report for Grains and Bids in New York

New York on January 4 reports Flour White Wheat Extra at 4555.22 dollars while Wheat No 2 Chicago shows mixed quotes. Oats Western Mixed runs 203 cents with several minor variations in millet and milwankee notes. Local bid activity remains steady as traders assess supply and demand.

New York Chicago Milwankee

Not a Penny More and the Human Hair Market

A Herald reporter recalls a pitiful Christmas Eve scene on Fourteenth Street. A tall somber woman in a shabby black dress enters a store selling human hair, glances around, and approaches the counter with downcast eyes as a well-fed clerk watches.

Victor Hugo Herald Fourteenth Street Sixth Avenue

Foreign Gossip This Week Mixes Politics and Odd Tales

A roundup of varied items including Kuirow Pasua the Circassian Turkish Vizier, Pasua formerly PM to the Bey of Tunis and author of a progressive Quranic view, and Count Porochi’s shifting will leaving a large income to charities. Also notes on a London scandal, ComC Cuyne’s polar scheme, rescues at sea, a Caledonian Bank joke, and Prof Anson von Werner seeking extra funds for a grand Berlin Congress painting with gilding costs.

Kuirow Pasua Tunis Porochi Paris England London Cueyne Glasgow North Pole Melanie Bayonne Annabella Clark James McIntosh Androssan Caledonian National Bank Anson von Werner Berlin Academy Chicago Times

Republican policy on Southern issue risks national split

The writer warns Republicans against reviving sectionalism over the Southern question and currency, arguing it would aid Democrats and boost Bayard’s candidacy. He condemns Blaine as tainted, suggests Grant’s path through bribery, and critiques Butler’s influence and carpetbagger fears. The piece reflects deep postwar tension and calls for mutual understanding to settle the South's concerns.

Blaine Bayard Delaware New York New Jersey Indiana Grant Butler Massachusetts South South Carolina Souch Zempleton Boston Hartford Conn Courant

Political Inferiority and Republican Conceit in Our County

A critical polemic attacks the Republican party for conceit and claims of superior intelligence. It argues Democrats defend a written Constitution and universal freedom, contrasting with Republican faith in flexible expediency and pedantry. The piece lauds Jefferson and Jackson as founders of a democracy aligned with universal liberty.

Iti Boston Statesman Dong Congress New York Times Democratic House Democratic Party Robeson Belknap Supreme Court Grant Jefferson Jackson

Blaine on Representation Sparks Southern District Critique

The piece rebuts Senator Blaine's claims of unequal representation, arguing there are no unique Southern injustices in districting. It cites Alabama, North Carolina, and Mississippi, noting Democratic dominance and Republican packing, and compares with Northern states, highlighting gerrymandering as not exclusive to the South and criticizing Blaine's rhetoric as hypocritical humbug.

Blaine North South Alabama North Carolina Mississippi New York Indiana South Carolina Louisiana Massachusetts Michigan Kansas Illinois United States Conkling World

German Railways Gave Wartime Capacity and Weakness

German militar y periodical figures show on Jan 1 1878 Germany had 30303 kilometers of rail vs France 23380 with 2500 strategic lines in France and 600 mercantile lines in Germany. German network supports forty army corps with 10297 locomotives and vast rolling stock though 87 administrations complicate wartime control while French lines unite into seven associations.

Allegemane Militarische Zeitung Germany France Rhine

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