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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1872

Page

2

Snowbound Rails and a City in Freezing Grip

Special despatch reports a severe snowstorm closing rail lines and hindering mails from Boston to Portland. In Willamsport a church collapse during Christmas observances killed and injured many. the building’s truss failure caused a deadly fall, with oil lamps igniting a potential blaze as rescuers aided victims.

The Syndicate's Loans and Boutwell's Bond Agreement

Secretary Boutwell details the 1871 government loan process with European and American banks. He describes agent roles, commissions, subscriptions, and the Jay Cooke partnership for a $200 million offer, plus exchange arrangements, safes, and bonds held in trust by the Bank of England, with no financial discrepancy reported.

Washington Boutwell Committee of Ways and Means Secretary of the Treasury Europe Hope & Co Amsterdam Jay Cooke Cooke England London United States Richardson Jude Richardson Jay Cocke & Co Maynard Fpiease Boutweill Routwell Jay Cooke & Co Bank of England Burchard Treasury Nir Boutwell Houtwell Mr Boutwell

Porto Rico Emancipation Bill Passes in Cortes

In Madrid the lower Cortes read the Porto Rico emancipation bill. Slaves will be freed within four months of promulgation. Owners receive 80 percent of value, state pays 40 percent, colony covers the balance. Deputies cheered approval. Reforms in Cuba were postponed due to insurrection.

Porto Rico Madrid Vaba

Shipwreck and fires loom in Pacific news from Auckland

San Francisco reports a disaster filled with loss as the steamer Nebraska arrives from Auckland with word of the Cook Strait wreck where sixteen lives died. A Pacific Fire Insurance building fire in Auckland destroys multiple stores and the post offices. Police actions span colonial reforms, tribal tensions, and Fiji government unrest as new coal finds emerge in Gippsland and Sydney.

Cook's Straits Auckland New Zealand San Francisco Nebraska Wiapu Ule Cast Bui Pacific Fire Insurance Front Street Gipps’s Land Sydney New South Wales Armstrong Dowden Carl Newcastle Cook’s Straits Fiji Islands

Death of King Kamehameha Fifth sparks Hawaiian revolution talk

San Francisco dispatch reports King Kamehameha V died in the city on December 1. No successor named, creating an interregnum as the Legislative Assembly plans to meet January 8 to nominate a successor. The Hawaiian Gazette endorses a popular move for a free constitution and a revolution is anticipated, though conditions remain quiet.

Tee Ty Ature Ames Pesictl Diges Geutwell Dev Loring Boston Prette Preston Cokes Sumner Lovetolore Deva Hamer Mary Russell Twenty-third Street Miss Mansfield Gol. Fish Fish Mansfield Fisk Andrew Parker Parker Stokes Meadville Townsend San Francisco Booth James Donovan Winchell San Diego Yreka Visalia James McCrory Charles Alien McCrory Bath Mae William Sayward Coleman Ifonolulu Kamehameha Legislative Assembly Hawaiian Gazette

Withdrawal of Currency from Circulation in Hayti

Haytien Congress orders currency withdrawn before April 16 causing merchant concern over time. New sugar prospects improve daily. Government orders coffee bags inspected after stones found in shipments.

Haytien Congress Havana Exchange New York

Snow slide devastates Cottonwood near Central City

In Salt Lake City on December 26 a severe avalanche near Little Cottonwood crossed the stage road, sweeping away eight to ten teams and 12 feet deep snow. Three teamsters escaped with bruises, four are buried and presumed lost until spring as 100 to 200 workers dig through the debris. No delays reported on the Pacific road.

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Smetanogr's Bucnv touted as universal cure label

An advertisement claims Smetanogr's Bucnv can promptly tow and stimulate the nervous system and is presented as the most reliable remedy for kidney bladder and glandular diseases diabetes gravel youthful indiscretions female irregularities and all maladies of the urine genitals.

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