English opera, health and war haunt British arts and troops
A New York Times interview with Arthur Sullivan discusses why English composers rarely stage legitimate opera, noting health and rest as priorities. The piece shifts to a Calcutta despatch on British military health, detailing immense disease tolls in Crimea, India, Afghanistan, and Ashantee campaigns, where illness claimed far more lives than battle.
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New York Times
Arthur Sullivan
London
Sullivan
Gilbert
Afghanistan
Calcutta
Crimea
Bosphorus
Bulgaria
Cape
Cetewayo
Isandula
India
Havelock
Lucknow
Coomassie
Cape Coast
Theodore
Catholic Hierarchy Changes and Racial Exodus Debate
The Western Watchman notes Catholic hierarchy shifts including a proposed See at Council Bluffs and a Yankton bishop, with rumors of bishops moving to New Orleans and San Francisco. It also predicts Kansas City’s diocesan status and potential reallocation of Missouri River north territory, while urging caution amid debates on negro exodus and relief efforts amid famine and poverty.
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Council Bluffs
Callahan
Cincinnati
Rome
Dakota
Yankton
Elder
New Orleans
Perche
O’connor
San Francisco
Kansas City
St. Louis
St. Joseph
Healthful Living Under the Dog Star and Watermelon Season
An essay on public health during dog days urging pure water and air as city sanitation roots. It argues for cleaner streets, parks, and reliable water supply from the Mystic river, plus individual responsibility for diet and drainage. It contrasts Boston and New York streets and warns of disease from polluted water amid urban crowding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New York
Clean out the Mystic abomination in the city
The piece urges action against a sanitary crisis as cholera looms from eastern regions. It warns of sickly season and calls for fresh air, pure water, and general sanitary measures to protect citizens. The immediate priority is clearing the Mystic abomination to improve public health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Atlantic
Wages and ethics in Fall River mills clash with labor demands
Wages are described as peculiarly shameful under current circumstances. The passage questions whether honest mill finances could meet decent requests from workers without tolerating private cotton speculation. It condemns grinding the faces of the poor to bolster private interests, presenting the issue as offensive and damaging.
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Glover
Treasury Department
Jay Cooke & Co
Republican Party
Republican
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Congress
Mint
Senate
Department
Fall River
Fragmented Political Chatter From a Bygone Era
A collection of brief notes and jests touching politics the arts and society. Mentions include Charles Reade and a secretary of murder and debates about Irish Catholic representation in Britain. Also tributes to Louis Kossuth s son as rail chief and various curiosities about bishops monarchs and American happenings.
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Charles Reade
London
New York
Weston
Arkansas
Louis Kossuth
Tecumseh
Mich
Canseur
Hayes
Rutherford
David Davis
Bracke
University of Vienna
Home Rule
Home Rule Confederation of
Great Britain
Crystal Palace
Dean Stanley
Westminster Abbey
Prince Imperial
Henry the Seventh
Cromwell
Mankowe
House of Commons
England
Scotland
France
New Hebrides
Fiji
New Caledonia
Tahiti
Texas
Waco Examiner
Brown
Kaufman Times
Chiselhurst
Ohio
Roscoe
Dundreary
Columbus
Ind
Duke of Grafton
Lowther
Sullivan
Miss Geoghegan
Joe
Philadelphia
Corbin
Manhattan Beach
Hilton
Coney Island
Adirondack Murray and His Burdened Farm Empire
New Haven news reports the financial collapse of Rev. W H H Murray centered on his Guilford stock farm. A Boston lender pursues collateral, seizing horses, cattle, a wagon, hay, and a mower while Murray’s absence and mountain travels prompt questions about his finances and management. His wife hires medical training and contemplates practice as creditors tighten their hold. Local opinion notes mismanaged holdings and a shift in family plans amid mounting debt and town sympathy.
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New Havey
Conn
W. H. H. Murray
Guilford
Cona
Thomas H. Emerson
Boston
Mr. Murray
Murray
Catlin
Bao
New Haven
Boston Buckboard Wagon Company
Adirondacks
Spare
Buckboard Company
New
Ware
Hin
Wotver
New England
New York
New Jersey
Providence
A. L. Stone
Pacific Coast
GLOBE
Harrison
Yale
Congregational Church
Meriden
Dr. Stone
Music Hall
New England Church
Murray New
GLOBL
Daniel Webster
Napoleon
Table Gossip Hums With Oddities From Far and Wide
A survey of quirky notes, wry witticisms, and curious claims from newspapers across the country. Items include jokes about ministers fishing, a Dutch of the day, fashion in Eng land, yellow fever fear, and various domestic quips. Notables span New York, New Orleans, Beaufort, and Detroit as readers glimpse playful gossip and oddities.
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Kansas
Picayune
Oil City
Saratoga
Engand
Ohio
Foster
Fall River Line
New York
State Prison
Beaufort
N. C
Iowa
White
Germany
John Sherman
N. Y
New Haven Register
Wis
New Orleans Picayune
Juliana
Augustus
Yonkers Statesman
Detroit Free Press
Boston
Mizzer Chandler
Leadville
Marathon Independent
Delaware
Clan-na-Gael
Jones’ Woods
New York Commercial Advertiser
The
Buffalo Express
Sherman
Blaine
Augusta
Maine
Grant
United States
Old Rye Beach
Martha’s Vineyard
Philadelphia Bulletin
Buri
Teshan
Michla
Jefferson Davis
Dorsey
South
Chastine Cox
Colonel Browne
Dublin
Folkestone
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
Liverpool
Hemans
France
Ireland
Boston's Wealth Valuation of Real and Personal Estate
Assessors finalize the year’s work and publish tables showing differences between 1878 and 1879 taxes and rates. City valuation details include state and county taxes, overall totals, and the per thousand tax rates for both years.
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T. Sasesese
Seewereeeseeseeres
Ecaveer
Careepeus
Boston
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Mass
the Weekly Globe Kid
Harper's Magazine
Bagar
Scribner’s Monthly
St. Nicholas
Appleton's Journal
Popular Science Monthly
New York Medical Journal
Godey's Ladies’ Book
Lippincott’s
Peterzon’s
Demorest
Arthur's Home
American Agriculturist
Balou's
the Nursery
Hall's Journal of Health
Gelbo
Acnass0ekeners Ditson & Co
Journal of Music
Medical Times
the Christian Union
the Watchman
Poultry World
the Journal of Chemistry
Phrenological Journal
Frank Leslie
Dexter Smith's Monthly
Youth's Companion
Prairie Farmer
Chimney Corner
Wustrirte Zeitung
Ledy's Journal
Boys’ and Girls
Monty Boys of America
Fan Lady's Magazine
the Wefkly Globe
Washington Sweet
the People OF
Weekly
Werlely Globe
Poston Weekly Globe
BE. C. Bailey
Chas, H. Taylor
Republican State Committee
Talbot
Massachusetts
Bonaparte
Jerome Napoleon
Jerome
Napoleon I
Victor
Louis
Charles
Lucien Bonaparte
Napoleon Charles
Conseil General
Corsica
Louis Lucien
Prince Pierre
Prince Roland Bonaparte
Military School of
St. Cyr
Ryan
Topeka
the Glover Report
John Buil
Lord Beaconsfield
Adirondack” Murray
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