Banner of Chelrenham reports varied 19th century news items
The paper notes competition between St Louis and Louisville for business relocation, political opinions from Hox Hancock and Gov. Roberts, and a Dallas H C comment. It covers the Grand Council U F of T convention at Corsicana, cotton factory writing in Paris North Texan, and local color about yellow fever first reports in New Orleans. It also mentions San Antonio and Sunday law debates and local coin production figures.
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New Orleans
St. Louis
Missouri
Livingston County
Chillicothe
Britton A. Hill
Missiouri Greenbackers
Fever Death Toll Rises as New Cases Are Reported
Reports from Memfis and New Orleans chronicle nine new fever cases and three deaths, with two Catholic priests among the cases. Civil unrest continues as color éd residents resist camps, and arms at gun stores are seized for stationhouse storage.
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Memrnts
New Orleans
Morgan City
Memmis
Daily Mail
Louisville
Col
Cameron
Mississippi City
Board of Health
Murder of Booth shocks Wheeler's barroom scene
The Hempstead Courier reports Booth was shot six times and killed in Wheeler's bar room by R. T. Springfield on the 30th alt. A self cocking revolver found in Booth's hand pointed at himself. his own pistol was at his law office. Springfield fled, leaving a murky case and scant details.
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Hempstead
2D Inst
Booth
R. T. Springfield
Wheeler
Springfield
Philadelphia
N. B
Church Music Reform and Civic Scorn in Houston Era
A critique urges church music reform with diligent committees and capable organists. It laments poor music committees, stresses pastor leadership, and calls for practice and a robust choir. The piece also lampoons legal humor and political corruption in 1879, noting Royalty on The Gilded Age and questioning civil service reform.
Bessemer Inventions Transform Steel Rails Worldwide
Henry Bessemer, English inventor, holds many patents and developed a scheme that converts pig iron to steel in minutes. It slashed steel rail price from 200 to 30 dollars per ton and boosted global steel use tenfold since 1856. The 1879 80 Boston directory lists residents whose names appear in older city directories.
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Henry Bessemer
Edison
New
Boston
Shopping Tip From C A Potters Stock
Advertisers urge buyers to call and examine the clothing stock at C A Potters before purchasing elsewhere, promising advantage in comparison and selection.
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C. A. Potters’s
Incongruous Facts From Past Era News
The head waiter in Boston moonlights as a congregational minister. A New York writer coins “invisible garments.” Christine Nilsson holds $150 in American securities. Paris area strawberry beds cover 500 acres with $126 per acre average sales. Pittsburgh Chronicle notes 7000 barrels daily wasted due to lack of storage. Beauregard denies blocking Col. Cameron’s body at Bull Run. Chicago directory expands to 1500 pages and 161212 names, up 7605 from 1878.
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St.Louis
Boston
New York
Christine Nilsson
Paris
Beauregard
James Cameron
Bull Run
Chicago
Late prince of Orange buried in three coffins
The late prince of Orange was interred in mahogany oak and a third coffin of nine. The Shennan Register moved to Gatesville Cook county. Prescott G Pittsbury of Lawrence Mass is short 64000 after mining stock speculation. Maine election set for September 8.
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Prince of Orange
Shennan Register
Gatesville
Cook County
Prescott G. Pittsbury
Lawrence National Bank
Lawrence
Mass
Opposition Voices Rise Across Texas Papers
Amid regional coverage, forty newspapers express opposition to his administration with varying degrees of bitterness, as editors across Texas debate policy and leadership.
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Texas
Alcalde
U. S. Senate
Hubbard
Coke
Roberts
Austin Gasette
Roberts’ Austin Organ
the Statesman
Galveston News
Waco Examiner
Cleburne Chronicle
Denton Monitor
East Texas Patron
Palo Pinto Cresset
Belton Courier
Marlin Ball
Bryan Pilot
Honey Grove Independent
Waxalachie Enterprise
Clarksville Times
Bonham Advocate
Georgetown Sun
Lace and sewing goods shop in Graber's Building
A damaged OCR note describes a shop trading lace and teen paraphernalia in Graber's Building, with unclear surrounding details and possible misreadings. The fragment notes a specialty in selling and exchanging items and hints at a specific location.
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Graber
Sepee
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