Blaine Urges China Immigration Limits Aimed at White Labor
Senator Blaine writes to the New York Tribune defending the 1879 bill restricting Chinese immigration. He argues Chinese workers are under contract, unhealthy, and socially disruptive, fearing their arrival harms American labor and civilization. He cites pestilence, segregation, and failed assimilation to justify excluding Chinese entrants and warns of potential Pacific slope unrest if limits are not enforced.
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Boston Globe
New York
Blaine
Tribune
New York Tribune
William Lloyd Garrison
Garrison
Europe
China
California
Pacific States
Sodom
Gomorrah
San Francisco
Chinadow
Mears
City Hospital
United States
St. Louis
Cinicazo
Cincinnati
South
Caleb Cushing
Peking
Congress
Pacific Slope
C'Ng
Pacific
Mr. Garrison
Benjamin &. Curtis
United States Supreme Court
Hong Kong
Liverpool
Bristol
England
Atlantic
Mississippi
America
Republic of Equal Rights
James G. Blaine
Washington, D. C
Soldier and Slave. Death of Robert M. Grider in New Orleans
Robert M. Grider formerly of Bowling Green Kentucky died at Hotel Dieu in New Orleans on the 10th. He survived the Lopez expedition in 1851 and was captured near Puerto Rico. He later endured life as a slave at Centa opposite Gibraltar before government intervention freed him. He returned to the United States and died aged nearly seventy, after a life of adventure and courage.
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Robert M. Grider
New Orleans
Bowling Green
Place
T. B. Grider
John H. Grider
Peggy” Crosthwait
Dunavan
Hotel Dieu
Robert
Centa
Africa
Gibraltar
Jordan
Confession Found in Watch Case Secret Compartment
The Indianapolis Sentinel reports a jeweller found a confession hidden in a watch case after a spring released a secret compartment. The note laments crimes and a murder, mentions a baby, the old man, and a plan gone wrong, ending with a question about who will read it after death.
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The
Indianapolis Sentinel
Merrick
Michigan
Wells declared sane to manage fortune in New York
Jonathan Tremaine Wells, 78, who amassed a fortune claimed at 500000, is now deemed sane enough to keep his wealth without aid from his sisters cousins or aunts. His relatives sought to place him in an asylum, but Wells ridiculed the proceeding with odd testimony. For over forty years he was a successful merchant.
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New York
Jonathan Tremaine Wells
Wells
Cecil
Tain
Asley
Gong
Drew
Gerraughty
Boston
Nova Scotia
Ty Carling
Llowk
Woran
Csrea
Asa Kaerehear
San Francisco
Angels
Prisk
de Eureke
California
Altgether
San Francisco Chronicle
Paer
Siva
Chronicle
Comstock
Ding
Comstockt
Sutro
Best
Belcher
Osbiston
Uphir
Omaha suspects freed on writ of habeas corpus
David Melisky and Charles Reed, arrested for Texas murders, confessed to killings in two Texas cases and one man killed by Reed at Fort Griffin. They were freed in Omaha on a writ of habeas corpus allegedly because Texas cannot pay for their trials.
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Omaha
Neb
David Melisky
Charles Reed
North Platte
Texas
Stelisky
Reed
Fort Griffin
Advice to consumptives by Dr Paul Memeyer cures by air and pills
A Victorian era medical column urges lung patients to breathe fresh air, keep windows open, and avoid closed rooms. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Narrative Pellets, claiming about half of consumptive cases improve in six months and touts the Invalids' Hotel as a treatment facility.
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Paul Memeyer
Pierce
Invalids
Vai
That Nephew and a String of Love Letters Scams in Natick
Lucius E. Wells alias Cecil Sherman posed as a Sherman family relative to swindle Natick residents. He lured loans on property values, forged telegraph notes, and sent love letters to young women while using borrowed library cards and forged papers. Authorities anticipate more charges as investigations widen.
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Fair Daughters
Natick
Boston
Mr. Sherman
Fie
Lucius E. Wells
Cacil A. Sherman
Tragedy Aboard Sunflower Steamer Leaves Three Dead
In Johnsonville Mississippi on the Sunflower a quarrel between Colonel D A Holman and Dr W L Lowry ends in a deadly shootout. Lowry and his clerk John C Arnold die after firing as Holman and Dr G C Walker also fall wounded. Holman is arrested for a preliminary examination.
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Vicksburg Herald
Sunflower
Johnsonville
Sunflower County
D. A. Holman
W. L. Lowry
Holman
Lowry
Colonel Slolman
Vicksburg
G. C. Walker
Colonel Holman
Dr. Walker
John C. Arnold
John
Arnold
Walker
Dr. Lowry
Robert Lowry
Judge Arnold
Columbus
Mias
Justice Touey
Vast Inheritance for Hyde Family From Old Woman’s Find
A Halifax ledgers tale of a £2,500,000 Hyde estate tied to a missing imperial commission. An Annapolis trunk held a commission piece found by a Nova Scotia woman, sealing passage of the fortune to 130 heirs, including three Portland residents. Each inheritor may receive about $60,000.
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Culone
Hyde
Annapolis
N.S
Bank of England
Colonel Hyde
United States
Testator
Judge Ritchie
Halifax
England
Nova Scotia
Imperial Commission
Portland
Three Sisters Married in Simultaneous Ceremonies
The Rev. William Ritchie pastor of the Presbyterian Church H. H. Scott a shoe dealer and the Rev. Smith Ford pastor of the Baptist Church were married Wednesday evening to Jennie Fiora and Mary Grant respectively. The brides are sisters and the weddings occurred at the Congregational Church in Greene Chenango County New York.
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New York
William Ritchie
Presbyterian Church
H. H. Scott
Smith Ford
Baptist Church
Greene
Chenango County
N. Y
Jennie Grant
Fiora Grant
Mary Grant
Congregational
Baptism in Papakating Creek Near Deckertown
Ten young women and seven men were baptized in Papakating creek near Deckertown New Jersey yesterday with ice broken for the ceremony. The women bore the cold more bravely than the men as one youth entered the water three times before completion and the minister asked onlookers to stop laughing.
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New York
Papakating Creek
Deckertown
N.J
Electric light enables Brooklynbreak ship repairs at night
In Brooklyn docks the electric light turns night into day as hundreds of workers repair one of the largest European steamers. Previously, night work of this scale was impossible, but the lights allow continuous progress on the vessel.
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New York
Brooklyn Docks
Drover Murdered Near Dry Creek in Kenton County
The body of Johp Garrison, a cattle drover from Grant county Kentucky, was found with his throat cut hanging to a tree in Kenton county near Dry Creek. He had sold cattle in Cincinnati and was en route home with over $4000. authorities suspect robbery and murder.
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Cincinnati
Johp Garrison
Grant County
Kenton County
Dry Creek
Garrison
Stomach Bitters Said to Strengthen Nerves
The article promotes Hostetters Stomach Bitters as a tonic to calm nervous inquietude. It argues that strengthening nerves is preferable to sedatives or opiates and claims the drink aids digestion assimilation and secretion to improve vitality and calmness.
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Hostetter
A Lady's Wish Prompts a Patent Remedy Claim
A lady asks for clear skin and is told by a friend that Hop Bitters can produce pure blood and blooming health. The exchange promotes the tonic as a universal cosmetic and health aid, reflecting 19th century patent medicine advertising rhetoric.
Financial Market Summary From State Street February 22 1879
The week closed with revised money market rates at 4 percent amid scarce greenbacks and renewed loan recalls. United States bonds showed gains, with Atchison and Hartford Erie bonds among favorites. New York funds remained heavy, and speculative low-priced stocks drew attention. Banking, railroads, and various commodities including leather, lumber, and sugar saw fluctuating prices as markets awaited clearer signals.
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State Street
Atchison Railroad
Hartford & Erie
United States
Boston Market Prices and Trade Reports for February
Commercial Matters notes Boston market quotes for apples beans butter cheese and coal with steady to firm prices. Coffee copper corn oats cotton dry goods dyes woods lugs hops and meat products are listed, alongside flour and fruit sales and livestock values from Boston and New York suppliers.
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Vermont Choice
Franklin
Vermont
Western— Choice
Cumberland
de Lers
Java
Maracaibo
Jamica
Kalde
Rio
Ube
St. Domingo
Holts and Braziers Lo
Rye
Tor
Louwood
Domingo
Georges
Haddock
Pollock
Labrador
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Cowe Bakers
Brenda
Oho
Micoikun
Onnels
St. Louis
Inclawine Choice
Choice
FUULL
Malaga
London
Valencia
Sultana
llMeet
Turkey
Sloe & Th
Smyrna
Relly
Denan
Virginia
Wilmington
Manila
HaGanac
Brighton Stock Market Reports Week Ending February 19
The Brighton market shows West cattle quality improving with several prime lots at high prices. Beef cattle selling actively. Maine Herefords weighing 755 lbs sold to Liverpool interests. Working oxen supply large with varied weights and prices. Hides and tallow mixed. sheep and lambs scarce with West shipments for Liverpool. Swine and beef cattle prices listed with several bid figures.
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Uhen Lawkins
uhen Lawkins b0w@7be each. OCattie
West
Suga
A. Maxfield
Maine
Benjamin Gilman
Orono
Abbison
Liverpool
G. W. Hollis
Ntehera
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Burnett
Frank Walbridge
Walbridge
Sherman
Washington
Mass
T. Sherman
General Sherman
Gerlaughty
Lowry-Holman
Triumph
Aattle
Finance and Commerce
Boston Money and Stocks
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Silver Islet
Narr Catsett Seamship Company
Firet Mortgace
American Wateh Company
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Sandwich Glass Company
California Mining Notes
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India
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Chotve
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Vallay
Camhidve Gasnen
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Kansas Pacific Railroad
Boston Market
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Barcain
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Sacinaw
Fremont
Ugs
J Rennas
M. F. Howkins
Fremont, Steuben Co
Indiana
Hill Bros
Ashland
Sherman & CO
Marshall, Mich
Risenis
K. Star Co
Clintonville
Housemold
NOU
Household Journal
House 8
Sehold
Lake George
Enold Journal
Ottawa
FE. G. Rideout & CO
Gawre
Geo. P. Bliss
Mousenoly Journal
Harpette
Family Herald and Star
Mys
F. G. Rideout & Co
Rideout & CO
Fulton Street
Lagauchetiere St
Montreal
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