From Boston to Denver Scenes Along the Road
Boston Globe special dispatch visits Kansas and Colorado describing Missouri contrasts, Kansas farming vigor, Atchison and Pueblo growth, railroad expansion, sleeping car debates, and Denver's rise as a mining hub with capital interests, labor plans, and plans for a national mining exposition.
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Kansas
Colorado
Boston
California
Georgia
Maine
Arizona
Denver
Empress and Emperor In Mining Plot In Brazil
A Rio Janeiro letter dated April 11 describes Emperor Pedro and Empress consort touring Morro Velho mine in Minas Gerais. They wore brown overalls, descended into the deep mine, toasted gnomes and lawyers, and emerged unscathed as British miners shared attention and risk of dynamite. The party then traveled toward Lagoa Santa aboard the Saldanha Marinho to explore caves linked to Dr. Lund’s fossil finds.
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Rio Das Velhias
S&s
Kalloch Interview Illuminates California Politics
San Francisco mayor Thomas Kalloch, on vacation in Indianapolis, predicts a Democratic win in California by about 500 votes and urges sharp laws to halt Chinese labor imports. He criticizes Denis Kearney as vainglorious but capable, noting a push to appoint him San Francisco license collector as a lucrative post.
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California
Kearney
Kalloch
San Francisco
Indianapolis
the Sentinel
Kelloch
Denis Kearney
Kalluch
Denis Keaney
Giddings
San Franciso
What It Costs a Factory Town to See a Circus
Paterson New Jersey spent about 50000 dollars to host a circus last Friday. One dollar per resident, 20000 factory workers forewent 25000 in wages, many mills shut down, only a few operated lightly. Wages, production losses, and ancillary costs totaled around 50000 dollars, with long lasting demoralization in the workforce.
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Paterson
N. J
Adams and Phoenix Manufacturing Company
Barvour Flax Spinning Company
Abnormal postal statistics draw Ohio and DC in focus
The New York Sun analyzes recent postal data noting Ohio and the District of Columbia as anomalies. It argues many literate Ohio residents are in Washington, holding offices or writing home to influence visibility. The piece also mentions Russia salve remedies for host dates.
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The
New York Sun
Ohio
Eavhrson
District of Columbia
Washington
The Navy Yard Shore Duty And Its Curious Schemes
A critical vignette of the Charlestown Navy Yard exposing the “shore duty” system. It details ship carpenters and broom carriers kept busy by absurd tasks, the procurement labyrinth for salt junk, and how politics shape yard staffing and expenditures.
Widow of John Brown Found in California Mountain Home
Correspondent visits Mrs. Brown aged 65 living in a Santa Clara mountain cottage near Saratoga with two daughters and three grandchildren. She and her family, after years in Red Bluff and Humboldt, have a modest home purchased for 1850 with 3500 paid, 1000 due in August, relief funds helping them avoid want. A French Republicans medal honors Brown and his sons, while Mrs. Brown regards aid as tribute to a cause, not a personal gift.
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Philadelphia Times
John Brown
Kansas
Harper's Ferry
Washington
Santa Cruz Mountains
J.J. Owen
San Jose Mercury
The
San Francisco Chronicle
Brown
Santa Clara County
Saratoga
San Jose
Santa Cruz Mountins
James Fablinger
Fablinger
Red Bluffs
Humboldte County
California
Chambersburg
Maryland
Charlestown
Revision of Bible as portable text by omitting Old Testament
An orthodox clergyman proposes a new Bible version that omits large portions of the Old Testament to keep the book portable. He argues Mosaic laws are unjust relics of a barbarous age and would burden modern readers, urging future revisions to simplify and modernize Christianity.
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Denver
Wil
Nero
Colorado
Windsor
Tributtary
Boston
Swing
Chicago Alliance
The New York Custom House and its historic chiefs
An overview of New York Citys first custom house opposite Bowling Circean its evolution into the present Wall Street Broad Street sub treasury complex and the vast payrolls and patronage tied to the port collectors office. It notes past collectors including Lamb Sands Gelston and Merritt and recounts aging scandal and reform era changes shaping appointments and salaries.
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New York City
General Lamb
Washington
Young Republic
Federal Hall
Sub-Treasury Building
Wall and
Broad Streets
Merchants’ Exchange
Mer
Robertein
Senator Conklin
Senator Revertson
Mr. Robertson
John Lamb
Joan Ryan
Joshua Sands
David Gelston
Jonathan Thompson
Samuel Swartwont
Jesse Hoyt
Joan I. Morgan
Herward Carts
Charles van Ness
Coarlina W. Lawrence
Hugh Masewell
Greene C. Bronson
Hermon J. Redfern
Augustus Schell
Hiram Barsey
Simeon Draper
Preston King
Charles PP. Chineh
Henry A. Sunthe
Moes Hf. Grinnell
Thomas Murphy
Chester A. Arthur
Edwin A. Merrit
Custom House
United States
Jersey City
Ulness
Charlies PF. Clinch
Martin van Buren
Hoyt
Pine Street
Sub-Treasury
Arthur
Collector's Department
General Merritt
Hayes
Merritt
John Sherman
Grant
Cookliong
Arthur Speaker Sharpe
Cornell
Bejamin F. Manierre
A. J. Mitrenhoeter
Albert Daggett
C. W. Goddard
Franklin Woodfull
Whitelaw Reid
Horace Greeley
Tharion Ween
Robert H. Strahan
Anson G. McCook
Levi P. Morton
General McCook
Fenton
Robertson
Simeon
Sreeese Seegesye
Souto
Monopoly Threatened Against American News Company
Rumors claim an opposition movement forms to challenge American News Company led by Robert Bonner and other top figures. The firm controls a monopoly with a 1 million capital base, stock at 250, and a $500,000 Charitos Street building. The split follows a libel suit by Shanks of the Tribune, who won $5000. The anticipated opposition vows strong capital and |aims to end the current news monopoly.
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American News Company
Robert Bonner
Wilwer & Roders
The
National
Charitos Street
Cordon Fails to Halt Goods Run in St Petersburg
Ex-cashiered naval officer and prefect M Baranoff imposed a military cordon around St Petersburg but peasants smuggled milk butter and eggs through. The next morning supplies arrived as usual, revealing peasant knowledge of bypass routes. Cordon was lifted after the fiasco. Emile De Girardin was noted for daily early rides in the Bois.
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London World
St. Petersburg
M. Baranoff
St Petersburg
Girardin the French journalist and his press career
The passage portrays Girardin as a premier French journalist with strong but polarizing influence. Despite limited literary polish, his sharp faculties and combative nature earned him widespread admiration from respected peers while drawing numerous enemies. His striking appearance recalled Napoleon, with a noticeable brow ridge and an aura that set him apart in crowds.
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Girardin
France
Napoleon
Napoleon, Cultivating With Eage
Startling scene in St Louis colored church ends in arrest
In Wesleyan Chapel on Wash between Tenth and Eleventh streets a sermon text leads to a confrontation as river steward John Raymond, 21, challenges pastor and curses the warden. The warden Ashbury Bishop seeks order, police officer Oliver St. John intervenes with a night stick, and Raymond is jailed at the third district station after a struggle.
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St. Louis
Wesleyan Chapel
Wash
Tenth
Silene Lis
John Raymond
Mr. Raymond
Warren Ashbury
Oliver St. John
Sermon From the Bench Aids Infanticide Case End
In Philadelphia a prolonged Quarter Sessions trial over infanticide ended with acquittal after Judge Allison delivered a moving address. The defendant Lizzie Aaronson, alleged to have abandoned her newborn, was commended for charity shown by two other women who aided her. The court praised practical Christianity and critiqued charity institutions for their rigid rules. The dramatic closing drew crowd and reverent silence.
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Quarter Sessions Court
Philadelphia
New York
Moyamensing
George Haldorn
Lincoln I. Evxie
Ward
Ned” Aaronson
Commonwealth
Lizzie Aaronson
Saylun
Ida Wilson
Tadh
Charity
Cherry
Eleventh Streets
Lizzie
Homeopathic
Mysician
Seventh Street
Pole
Instrict
Graham
Allison
Lizzie Flick
New Trunk Route to the West Reported
Reports of railroad friction arise as Wabash Pacific seeks to withdraw about 2000 freight cars from Vanderbilt lines. By August 1 completion of a Butler to Detroit link may allow use of cars for through freights to Detroit with Great Western of Canada. Through New England business likely shifts to the Central at Syracuse.
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Purble
Pueblo
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Paueblo
Lille
Denver
el More
San Juan
Great Southern Overlard
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi
Chicago
Denver & Rio Grande
Colorado
Union Pacific
Maissouri
Utah
Nevada
Gunnison
Union Depot Company
New York
Lake Shore
New York Central
Wabash Pacific
Vanderbilt Roads
Butler
Detroit
Great Western
Canada
New England
Wabash
Central
Syracuse
Gambetta Engaged to a Planter's Daughter
M Gambetta becomes engaged to the daughter of M Durand a wealthy South American planter of French origin. Durand rose from poverty in America to vast wealth in coffee and cacao trades. He later returned to France where his daughters married into nobility, with the eldest reportedly set to wed Gambetta.
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Merquia de Recombreras
Mme, Gambetta
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