Blood and scandal shake a New York family in Brooklyn
A New York correspondent relays a Cincinnati Enquirer tale of a wealthy Gotham family famed for art support. Their daughter Juliet, married to a Brooklyn man, bears a child with unmistakable African blood. A medical explanation and a hidden past lead to a family crisis and possible separation.
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Wallstreet
Juliet
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Anjlin
Gotham
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Trousseau
Paris
Macaine
Jasten
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Atlanta
Bradlaugh Victory and seat amidst Commons turmoil
Loxpon July 2 crowded house of commons heard Bradlaugh proceedings marked by dull start yet fierce shows of resolve. Government won a 54 vote margin and Bradlaugh affirmed later amid mixed cheers while Gladstone urged restraint in this classic clash over atheism and representation.
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Glanstone
Stafford Northcote
Parnell
O'Donnell
Burnaby
Spurgeon
Loxpow
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Gladstone
Great Britain
Bradlangh
Greenback
Congress
Liberal Party
United Kingdom
Tanner's Fast Progress Report From July 6
Dr. Tanner enters the eighth day of a prolonged fast in New York. He has lost fourteen pounds since starting, with a 90 pulse and 98 temperature, and remains in good spirits. He walked a half mile yesterday with two physicians. A letter from George Francis Train praises fasting and jokes about an endless diet, while a Quaker doctor warns against extreme fasting. Doctors note his condition appears better than days earlier despite expectations of decline.
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Tanner
George Francis Train
Thurlow Weed
Peter Cooper
New Jersey
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Boston, Hartford & Erie Railroad
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company
Pleasant Hill
Iowa Central
Wall Street Daily News
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Erie
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Pacific Mail
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Union Pacific
Galveston and
Little Rock and
Fort Smith Road
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Company
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Spirit medium swindler nabbed after ring goes missing
Frederick Emerson alias Briggs, a self styled medium, lured Mrs Willis Hale into a seance at Meriden, then kept her diamond ring. Police captured him en route to Hartford after suspicions rose. He claimed a trance would guide the ring’s return if a dark hotel room were inspected.
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Ftartrorp
Conn
Frederick Emerson
Briggs
Meriden
Willis Hale
Convanet
Bri
Antikearneys Demonstration Sparks Lynch Fears in New York
San Francisco sand lot meeting derailed by Wel lock expose of Kearney. Wel lock calls Kearney a liar coward and traitor and accuses him of $60,000 wealth from the rich while posing as poor. Crowds jeer, surround, and police escort Kearney to safety to avert lynching.
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New York
San Francisco
Kearney
Wellock
Marblehead
Mase
Agricultural crops outlook across regions July report
Letters from Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa indicate generally favorable crop conditions with spring wheat thick and beaded, corn late but promising, oats and potatoes doing well, hay light and rust concerns noted in some areas. The Minnesota and Dakota outlook suggests record yields possible, while central Illinois faces storm damage and levee breaks. Cotton and oats show mixed regional results with increased acreage and varied conditions across states.
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Cuiiaco
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
St. Paul
Sioux City
Owatumma
Minn
Dakota
Iowa
Ilinois
Missouri
Illinois
Anycorte
Ali Island
Parallel Death by Own Action in Kansas City
The St Louis papers report Fritz Schwing a hermit in Kansas City who died by self-inflicted gas and alcohol. He lived in a tiny hut with a tunnel to an airless chamber. A German letter explains his loneliness and intent, found near his body as authorities described his painful death.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Fritz Schwing
Schwertzgerbel
Schwertzzrebel & McKinn, Brewers
Bebeg
Kansas
Lam
Fritz Schwine
Schwing
Wealth of the West: Butler Praises California Climate and People
General Butler visits Los Angeles and extols the far west as vital to the nation. He touts healthful climate, diverse scenery, and wealth, predicts westward growth and a bold expansion of the United States reaching toward the Isthmus of Panama. He contrasts eastern winters with California mild air and waters, praising local hospitality.
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General Butler
Los Angeles
Cal
Rey
Far West
St. John
Her Majesty
United States
Panama
Germany
Ireland
Scandinavia
New England
Finance and Commerce. Boston Money and Stocks
The Boston money market remains quiet with slight movement around loan calling for July dividends. Prime notes 34%, call loans 4%, U.S. bonds around 3%, New York funds at 1 to 2 percent, and bank reserves edging small gains. Grain exports surge and railroads anticipate busy cars, while New York stocks drift lower before a holiday lull.
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State Street
AI Security
Sane Joana
United States
New York
Seaboard
Seers
Land Reform Questions From English Activist Provoke Debate
A pamphlet by George Mitchell of Krompton urges English agricultural laborers and farmers to gather in Yeovil Somerset, posing twenty provocative questions on land reform. He argues land reform is essential to civilization, demanding tax fairness, peasant proprietorship, and public accountability for nobility pensions, the church, and trade policies.
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England
George Mitchell
Krompton
London
Somerset
Treasury circular sets 1880 appointment rules for tobacco gaugers
A July 1 1880 circular directs collectors and applicants for gauger storekeeper and inspector roles in the internal revenue service to apply to the secretary of the treasury in writing with signed personal details and testimonials. Removals and new appointments must be reported to the secretary, who will authorize changes. Signed by Secretary Joan Sherman.
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United States Treasury
Sherman
United States
Washington
Internal Revenue
Gauger
Internal Revenue Service
Secretary of the Treasury
Ciy
Lreseary
Flood Submerges Streets in Portland Losses Exceed $100000
By the river rise Front and First streets in Portland Oregon are underwater with total damages expected to pass $100000 in the city and along the Columbia. A meteor explosion near Macon lights up and unsettles residents as it shakes houses prompting prayers.
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Oregon
Portlaxp
Ore
First
Columbia
Macon
Personal. Ed A. Wadleigh Adds His Testimony
In Boston, Ed A. Wadleigh esq clerk superior court certifies to a remedy for neuralgia. The statement endorses a pendulum plane and related uses as part of a medical claim.
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Ed A. Wadleigh
Boston
Boston Markets Trade Update From July Fourth Evening
Commercial matters in Boston show quiet trade across branches with minor gains from the prior week. Wood markets improve slightly though prices lack vigor, cotton remains quiet and weak, hides stay firm at higher prices, leather and bridle goods steady to firmer for buyers, flour holds, corn and oats may decline, provisions strong with solid demand for boxed meats and pork, sugar firm with active raw and refined trade, fish trade limited by warm weather, mackerel and codfish weak, butter slow with easing prices, cheese in weak demand despite European sentiment lifting some prices.
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New York
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Choice Creamery
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Franklin County
Lawie
Choice
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Choles Western Factory
Java
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Houston
Boston
Carolina
Rangoon
Seston
al Palantes
Tngsland
Sumac
Boston Daily Globe
Europe
Live Stock Market Report From Watertown Auction
The Watertown market lists weekly and daily Uve stock figures for sheep, cattle, veal calves, horses, and swine. Northern and western cattle quotations appear with prices for beef, hides, and tallow, plus buyer notes and sample sales by local firms.
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Boston Daily Globe
Watertown
Darket
Prieva
Brighton
Jane Saeech
Macao
M. Flint
M.G. Flanders
M. G. Roundy
W. Scollans
Gloucester Fish Market Week Totals and Prices Report
Special correspondence from Gloucester notes weekly fishing arrivals totaling 106 with 56 from Georges Bank, yielding about 1,120,000 pounds cod and 42,000 pounds halibut, plus 4 from Grand Banks and Western Banks. Mackerel arrivals rise, with 25 landings totaling about 2,800 barrels. Prices for codfish and related products are listed, along with vessel and product details and assorted byproducts.
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Georges
Grand Yanks
Siebert
Ares Rees
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