19 Jan 1877
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Newspaper
Cedartown Record
Location
Cedartown, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1877
Page
1
Readable fragments describe Memphis planning a new cotton mill while Texas battles fires and drought. Reports note Mississippi debt, rising Virginia penitentiary inmates, Crockett fire losses, prohibition votes, and various national and regional economic strains.
The government has paid silver and fractional currency totaling 15 207 988 and 75 098 427 dollars to date while Union Pacific directors issue their annual report. They complain of frequent conflicts over road construction and urge a definite arrangement between the government and the company to avoid delays, ensure interest payments, and reduce the road's indebtedness.
The Senate discussed bills including a treaty of vows and a counted vote while references were made to the Western Union telegraph company and Pacific rail acts. In the House a pension bill for Mexican and Florida conflicts passed, and witnesses were examined as baring a case involving Western Union. The session adjourned after committee work on contingencies and appropriations.
A muddled report touts a telegraphic portrait method said to send likenesses by wire. Paris and Lyons police allegedly used it to identify a thief and arrest him on a train, with experts vouching for the claim though details remain unclear. The piece hyped future uses beyond crime fighting.
Mr J By Bureholl survivor recounts the Ashita bula wreck in detail. He describes eleven cars, a heavy snowstorm, a bridge collapse, blazing wreckage, and frantic escape as the train plunged into the river. He estimates up to two hundred killed, many burned or mangled, and notes townspeople aiding survivors while a hotel near the scene treated the wounded. He recalls a later riverbank rescue and the fear of the blaze consuming the carriages. The account blends shock, numbers, and personal actions amid the catastrophe.
Milich material distress grips Backergunge and Noakholly as disease and famine fears loom. Relief centers set up, officers ordered to aid the needy. Cholera feared. bodies of people and cattle scattered, boats halted, police drowned, civil officers swept away. District officials and police from neighboring collectorates restore order. situation now quiet and peaceable.
A tragic shipwreck off Long Island ends with thirty two lives lost as the Circassian breaks in a storm. Rescue efforts fail. vessels, a mortar line, and torches are used, yet the masts snap and the crew perishes in the night. Survivors include four who managed to free themselves from lashings. The scene draws stark tears from shore as prayers rise to God.
The article lists a newly opened mine near Glued ville Georgia producing or showing ore of gold, copper, iron, zinc, titanium, nickel, tin, molybdenum, lead, garnets and emeralds among others. It reports experiments on nitro glycerin safety, linseed oil drying, and a scientific discussion on whooping cough, eggs versus beef as food value, and a crude remark reflecting racial tones from the era.
A dense, archaic prose fragment features wandering imagery of wind, weather, door thresholds, and personal ruminations. It mentions night, winter, a state page, and a scene of contemplation, with scattered names and fragments that evoke a literary or diaristic tone without a clear event or factual report.
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