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Newspaper

Boston Weekly Globe

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 04, 1879

Page

5

Grant Arrives in Omaha for Eastward Tour Reception

General Grant and party reached Omaha with a capital hall welcome from Governor Vance and Mayor Chase. He praised American global standing, noted better international regard than twenty years ago, and spoke of gratitude for how citizens here treated him. A banquet followed with remarks from Senators Paddock and Saunders and humor about his travels. General Crook joined him at Port Omaha for church attendance and a humorous nose anecdote capped the evening. The piece ends with a note on Lerchenfelder brewing ads aiming to reward the fattest Vindobonia son as beer culture fosters corpulence.

Omana Grant Capital Hall Vance Chase Nebraska Omaha Tabed Bere San Francisco United States General Grant General Crook Clark Union Pacific Railroad M. Anderson Port Omaha Lerchenfelder pubMean Vienna Gambrinus Europe Great West Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Chicago, St. Paul Chicago Fort Wayne Hudson Railroad St. Paul Northwest New York and New England Hudson River Boston St. Louis

Shotting at a Washington Street periodical store

A 23 year old clerk Levi T Hillburn shot himself after a confrontation with Cora N Shaw a 17 year old girl from Lynn Massachusetts in A Hillburns periodical store at 1707 Washington Street. Hillburn was taken to city hospital with a small bullet wound in the forehead. Shaw was wounded in the left ear from a bullet that passed toward the eye and remained in hospital. Both are in custody and the store on the corner of Washington and Northampton streets drew a large crowd as the incident unfolded.

A. Hillburn Washington Street J. W. Prentiss Station 5 Levi T. Hillburn Hillburn Camden Street Youngirl Cora N. Shaw Market Street Lynn Brown Shawmut Avenue City Hospital Cora Station Russia New Orleans oOfi Calcutta Gris Sos New York Sumac Sicily Fiton Pennsylvania Michigan Wisconsin Oregon Georgia

Denial from Comptroller of the Currency in Missouri bank case

The comptroller replies to District Attorney Bliss asserting false charges and motives in the Missouri bank prosecution. He accuses Bliss of negligence and seeks to divert attention from his own faults. Also notes a change in vinegar manufacture rules allowing sealed digestion tubs with inspection access.

Washington Bliss St. Louis National Bank State of Missouri Pame

A German Nose Contest Draws Vienna Crowds

A Viennese publican in Lerchenfeld offers a prize for the largest nose, inviting public competition in his Bier Halle. Competitors parade noses to a spectator jury as crowds fill the establishment. The event, featuring dialect locals and washer women, draws humorous attention to nasal grandeur.

Germany London Telegraph Kaiserstadt Lerchenfeld Pileener Lier Halle

Dynagraphs Track Train Resistance In Motion

A pioneering automatic registering Dynagraph by P R Dudley records train resistance with fourteen pens. It measures draw-bar tension and compression, speed, distance, wheel revolutions, mile posts, alignment, water use, coal intake, smoke, car distance, wind, road surface, and more on a wide paper chart. Dudley proves its usefulness for railroads, comparing current 42 inch wheels to older 83 inch wheels and offering to conduct tests for other lines.

Mr. P. It. Dudley Bully Boston and Albany Invenor Dudley Pennsylvania Central

Actors Scanlan and Cronin Sued Over O'Neil Drama

Chandler R. Clifford of New York sues actors Scanlan and Cronin in the Supreme Judicial Court to stop further performances of the Irish play O'Neil at Dudley Street Opera House. Clifford claims copyright and unpaid weekly royalties. defendants say they only paid for dialogue and have used sketches for years. Hearing before Judge Ames this afternoon. S. W. Clifford represents the complainant. W. W. Blackmar for the respondents.

O'Neil Clifford Dudley-street Supreme Judicial Court Ames S. W. Clifford W. W. Blackmar

Intrepid tamer Karolyi crushed by giant boa in Madrid

London Telegraph reports Karolyi and Magyar, famed European wild beast tamer, died during a sensational act in Madrid. A 20 foot boa constrictor coiled around his torso, crushing him as the audience applauded. Post mortem found eighty seven bone fractures and spine disarticulation from constriction.

London Telegraph Europe Karolyi Magyar Madrid Karo Yi Karolyn

Murderer John Canty Stabbed in Chicago

Reports reach Paterson New Jersey that John Canty who killed Eugene Taylor years ago was stabbed four times during a saloon melee in Chicago while intoxicated A patent medicine slogan is attached to the text promoting Stupy Ho Bitters Book urging use for health and happiness.

Chicago Paterson N. J John Canty Eugene Taylor

Wall Street Stocks Investment Circulars Mentioned

An unclear historical note mentions investments in Wall Street stocks from $10 to $1000 monthly. It references Andreas Baxer & Co bankers at 7 Wall Street New York and Hickling & Co at Exchange Place New York offering explanatory circulars. The text also alludes to Beckheimt Oho for io Bhacha Phiadeia Licas without clear context.

Ward & Co Stock & Bond New York Minin Stock Exchange Broadway New Street New York City GOCH Lawhence & CO Exchange Place New York Smo Wall St Gens Andreas Baxer & CO N.Y Hickling & Co N. Y Io Bhacha Phiadeia Licas

Finan tal insights from a prominent New York financier

A lengthy interview with a leading financier discusses money stringency, the nature of the current prosperity, and the shift from unproductive to productive assets. He predicts continued growth with occasional healthy checks, cites resumption of specie payments, and notes rising railroad and industrial demand, plus a potential stock clearing house solution.

New York Boston Wall Street State Street

Commercial market report highlights weekly activity and price trends

The week saw rising prices across Cotton Goods Woolen Goods and Iron with strong demand in wool and hides. Beef, sugar, molasses, and teas show firmer prices while Boots and Shoes ease. spring buying is anticipated as stocks run down. Prices for apples beans and dairy remain variable with general upward momentum in several commodities and cargos moving for export.

Atlas Blackstone Central Commonwealth Loig Commeres Eliot Everett Faneuil Hall Lita Globe Hamilton Monument New England Liv Pacific Revere Lee State Suffolk Tremont Webster Atlantic Howard Republic Washington Continental Loz Old Hoston First National Malden Lechmere of Cambridge Union Market of Watertown Union of Weymouth Vlannels Canada Baldwins New York Vermont Franklin County Tepe llLalitge St Domingo Hake Haddock E Island Nova Scotia Shore Goa Labrador Halifax Wisconsin Minnesota Ohio Michigan Ilinois Indiana St. Louis California Australia Melbourne Sydney Adelaide Liverpool Soston London Philadelphia Baltimore Malaga Muscatel Smyrna Valencia Sicily Jamaica Norfolk San Manila Sec

New York Markets and Commodities Report

Saturday November 1 market update shows flour and meal prices firmer but slow trade with varied quotations across grades. Cotton futures slip, receipts total 30 650 bales, pork and beef provisions move little, lard and bacon prices mix, grain closes near inside levels with heavy notes on wheat corn rye oats and Indian corn trading.

Minnesota Southern Bakers Southern Western Udke Old Wand Chicago Lee iVom Su@ sitge Burley Canada Aldiige Cuba Sya Sundales Etroleum London Kristal Cork Antwerp

Gloucester Fish Market Week in Gloucester Arrivals and Prices

Regular correspondent reports six Georges arrivals with six thousand codfish and eighteen hundred halibut, Bank arrivals totaling seventy thousand halibut and sixty thousand codfish, plus mackerel from shore and the Bay of St Lawrence. Market quotes list cods, halibut, haddock, pollock, mackerel, and related products with varying prices and lots sold at Folly Cove and local nets.

Gloucester Georges Bay of St, Lawrence Folly Cove Newfoundland Labrador Pallon Aegi Porele Pressines

Live Stock Markets Report from Brighton and Watertown

Market notes from Brighton and Watertown detail cattle, sheep, lambs, and swine stocks, car shortages, and steady prices. Records include cattle lots from Maine, working oxen sales, dairy cows and calves, yearlings, and regional price ranges with weekly comparisons.

Brighton Markeet al Ae Brichton Buffalo Maine Liverpool London Watertown

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