Congress Debates Land Entries and Rock Springs Indemnity
The Senate discussed a land entry suspension order and a resolution to probe its authority while approving a Chinese indemnity for Rock Springs Wyoming losses at 150 000. In the House a long debate on Pacific railroad debt extension and land acts ended in passage of a repeal bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Interior
Rock Springs
Wyo
Messrs
Beck
Berry
Cockrell
Coke
Eustis
George
Harris
Maxey
Mitchell
West
Bil
Chinanen
Wyce
Ingalls
Eck
Senate
General Land Office
Congress
United States
Lamar and
Sparks
Missouri
Kansas
House
Pacific Railroads
Visp
Georgia
Holman
Hulman
Crisp
Venice
Springer
Sioux City
Iowa
Committee On Agriculture
Committee On Finance
Cullem
Utah
Gor Murray
Tah
Ptah
Platt
Collom
Jones
Wilson
Davis
Secretary of the Treasury
Kelly
Wheeler
Alabama
Edwin M. Stanton
Cobb
Ind
Cobb and
Payson
Une
Mahoney
N. Y
House of Representatives
Gladstone
Ireland
Committee On Labor
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Senxatre
Merrill
United States Supreme Court
Circuit. House
Kelley
Stanton
Harmon Dyer
New York
Medellan
Grant
Morrison
Committee On Rules
Morrow
California
Rosa Eldon and Clarence Hyde's shattered engagement
Rosa Eldon rejects a frugal plan and insists Clarence Hyde choose between her and his poor uncle. After their breakup Clarence grows close to Lizzy Eldon, who soon accepts his proposal. Uncle Cuthbert reveals a California fortune, making Lizzy and Clarence's marriage a solid start while Rosa faces quiet disappointment.
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Clarence Hyde
Rosa Eldon
Rosa
Lizzy Eldon
Lizzy
Clarence
California
Cuthbert Hyde
Lizzie Eldon
Gay Nutting Arty
Mr. Hyde
Cuthberth
Uncle Cuthbert
Lizzie
Cuthbert
Naming Customs of Transatlantic Steamers Across Lines
The article surveys how steamship lines name vessels, noting Cunard and Guion practices, White Star endings like ic, Scythia and Persia, Nation al line nations Greece Spain Egypt, Indian line cities Chicago Berlin, State line states Pennsylvania Nebraska, Hamburg line authors Wieland Geilert Lessing, Bordeaux line wine brands Chateau Leon Ville Chateau Lafitte, and other patterns such as birds, endings with ance, monarchs, and overall naming uniformity amid diverse tastes.
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Troy Times
Oregon
Chicago
Berlin
State Line
Pennsylvania
Nebraska
Hamburg
Wieland
Geilert
Lessing
Bordeaux
Bremen
United States
Brazil
Finance
Advance
Monarch
Justice Duval’s Wife and the Old Madam Gibbons Joke
The Cleveland Leader recalls Justice Duval who served 1811 to 1836 and a story from early politics. Stanley Matthews’s marriage is linked by Ogle Taylor to a Philadelphia boarding house run by Mrs Gibbons, whose daughter was Jennie Gibbons. Giles later asks about the “old cackling old maid” and learns she is Mrs Duval, straining their talk briefly.
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Carp
Cleveland Leader
Stanley Matthews
Ogle Taylor
Justice Duval
Supreme Bench
Judge Duval
Maryland
William B. Giles
Virginia
Philadelphia
Gibbons
Giles
Duval
Congress
Washington
Jefferson
Treasury
Jennie Gibbons
Runaway slave case recalls Georgia to Texas emigration tale
A Southern journal recounts a 1850s Texas planter claiming a slave in Georgia. A habeas corpus trial spanned seven weeks, ending with the man confessing he was a runaway. A fund freed him, but the Texan rejected payment and took him to Texas. The man later moved with his wife and child to a Northern city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Southern Journal
Texas
Union
Southwest
Georgia
Alabama
Gulf
Apalachicola
Mobile
New Orleans
Galveston
Virginia
Strange Experience of a Conductor on Hail Storm
An Omaha Railway News reminiscence recalls a August 1875 Union Pacific trip near North Platte struck by a fierce hailstorm. Glass broken roofs damaged, passengers sheltered under seats as wind and impact inflicted injuries. repairs cost Union Pacific thousands. Local storm produced nine inch hail in Omaha, with larger stones reported aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha Railway News
Union Pacific
North Platte
Omaha
Union Pacific Compan
How to Select the Choice Cuts and Get Along Without the Butcher
Advice from the New York Mail and Express on judging meat quality by color grain and fat lines not a butcher’s opinion. It notes beef from New Jersey Illinois Ohio and Iowa is best and cattle feed and transport affect tenderness. It discusses veal mutton and sheep types with flavor and cooking notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Mail and Express
New Jersey
Illinois
Ohio
Iowa
Colorado
Texas
New York
Californian heiress sues Italian count for divorce aftermath
Miss Alice McCau ley, daughter of a wealthy Californian, married Count Valensen in Europe. After a failed divorce suit for cruelty and infidelity, she sues to recover 10000 dollars of her separate property and 2000 dollars worth of grain and hay her husband allegedly diverted from her ranch to feed his stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice McCauley
Europe
Count Valensen
California
Mysterious Prayer Ends Settlement Over Little House
A lawyer refuses to press a claim against a man over a home, citing a moving plea as the old couple in tears begs God for deliverance. The claimant relents after hearing a prayer that moves the attorney to drop the prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littl
Christian Union
Nitro glycerine as medicine in Chicago drug trade tale
A Chicago drug clerk explains that nitro glycerine is a poisonous medicine sold in pill form and used for nervous disorders. He warns about its explosive other names and shows how dynamite is made, describing a Philadelphia death from a 20 grain dose and noting its medical use since 1874.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
Chicago
Philadelphia
Superstitions as Natural Sparks of Human Belief
The author argues that superstitions resemble vanity sparks that humans naturally harbor to stay alive, suggesting they are intrinsic and perhaps essential despite skepticism.
Nashville Drummers and the Traveling Salesman Network
An extended look at Nashville as a hub for traveling salesmen or drummers. The piece notes Nashville leads in the number of houses and agents, compares to Louisville and St. Louis, and details growth from 1870 to today. It cites salaries, expenses, and the rising role of traveling men, plus a proposed traveling men’s home funded by annual contributions.
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Nashville
Memphis
Louisville
Atlanta
Alabama
Cincinnati
House
Simmons & Co
Shapleigh, Cantwell & Co
St. Louis
Drummee
United States
Broadway
Europe
Boston
San Francisco
Kentucky
Spun Glass Neckties Souvenir Made Near Pittsburg
A Pittsburg inventor exposé recalls buying a spun glass necktie in London, only to learn the souvenir was produced locally near Pittsburg. The author tracks the factory, observes workers shaping glass scarves, and notes the product bore a Pittsburg stamp. The piece highlights a humorous travel misstep and regional pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
London
Department of Pottery and Glass
Queen Road
Yust
Penn
U.S. A
William Hulbert Says Holmes Receptions Largely In Mockery
Mr. William Henry Hulbert complains that receptions for Holmes in England mostly involve being stood up and having his own poetry quoted back to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Henry Hulbert
Holmes
England
Estate of Henry P. Kidder Leaves $2,180,000
The late Henry P. Kidder, a prominent Boston financier, left an estate valued at $2,180,000. He was among the citys wealthier residents and his passing prompted settlement of his affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry P. Kidder
Opium Cure Case From Loveland Man’s Recovery Tale
A Cincinnati Times-Star interview with Hi C Wilson recounts his opium addiction battle and recovery using Warner's safe cure. He details how kidneys and liver underpin the addiction, and credits the remedy with restoring health and ending the habit after years of dependence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Times-Star
Vine Street
de Quincy
Hi. C. Wilson
Loveland, C
March, Harwood & Co
St. Louis
Warner
Loveland Opium Institute
Wilson
Iris
Materia Medica
Black fish drive ashore at Wood End Provincetown
Fourteen hundred black fish were driven ashore by men in boats at Wood End Provincetown. The fish were speared and sold at auction for about $1.21 each, grossing nearly $15,000. Proceeds were shared among the catchers, each about $30, and the catch yielded about a barrel of oil per fish. This marked the first such school in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood End
Provincetown
Cure for female weakness praised in old advertisement
The notice touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy for chronic female weakness. It claims the tonic and nervine offers relief where others fail and notes it is sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
W. J. Horne
Wabash AV
Mensman
Caswell, Hazako & Co
Proprietors
New York
Telegraph Superintendents’ Association Meets in St. Paul
The railway Telegraph Superintendents' Association holds a two day meeting in St. Paul on June 16 and 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Railway Telegraph Superintendants’ Association
St. Paul
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Ad
An advertisement urges readers to treat various ailments with Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery claiming it strengthens the liver and blood. It presents back pain bilious symptoms headaches skin eruptions coated tongue and coughing as warning signs and promises health through this remedy.
Lightning destroys barn at Star Lake killing horse
The barn of J. W. Morgan at Star Lake was struck by lightning and burned to the ground with the loss of his horse hay and farming tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Morgan
Star Lake
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Clarence Ayde
Justice Duval’s
Portter Droe & Chemical Co
Mass
Bismarck
Carroll Carson
Sheridan House
A. Shunhoff
Wabasha Street
Brown
Harl & Miller
Lexington
Minn
Josrerr Kennedy
Washington Ave
Lrs
Crant
Ninth St
Minneapolia
Rown Chemical CO
Baltimore, MD
Ems
Tutt
Murray St
ECE Ems
Express
Yorke
W. C
Payne
Marshalltown
Aivernese Washinto
C. M. Sites & Ae
Washington, D. C
Yaar Aie Sennen
Ana
Lars Free
Ip.o
Hvmasn Kzuzpy Courany
Lafayette
Joseph Gillotts
Frazer
Voltaic Bell Co
Marshall
Mich
Inghamton Binghamton
America
F. Arner
Colorado Land & Loan
Opera House
Denver
Colo
Montgomery Ward & CO
Wabash Avenue
Ill
W. J. Clark
1St Ave
Minneapolis
Victoria
Esquimalt
B. C
Imperial
Pacific Coast
Dominion
Perry Davis
John Basanco
Clark
Colusa
Butte, Mont
A. L. Larpenteur
McCaine
Cleveland
B. F. Bigelow
Bank of the Republic
London Times
Blaine
Buckingham
Ayer
Lyon
Mal Cole & Co
Black River Falla
Wis
Leons der Hood
Spruce Street
Portland
M. Ih. Baxten
P. & R. Ki. Boundree
Hood
All Drugubts
A. J. Hood & CO. Apothecaries
Lowell, Mas
Perry Daves
Opiuk
Ofiu
Marsh
Quincy, Mich
J. Srépusys
Owers
Many C. Amespury
Rockport
Aver
Emma Tirron
Alton
J. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell
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