Turbulent events and fires across towns and politics
Fire damages Pennsylvanias Tack Works in Norristown. Edward Thompson, retired US Navy Commodore, dies in Philadelphia. Paterson and New York suffer major blazes. Yellow fever scenes revive in the South. Politicians, governors, and commissions maneuver in Washington over appointments and election issues.
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Pennsylvania Tack Works
Norristown
Epward BR. Thompson
United States Navy
Philadelphia
Tax Rogers Locomotive Works
Paterson
N. J
New York Tattersalle
Definite treaty signed shaping indemnity and Asia notices
The treaty ends San Stefano modifications and sets a 300 million ruble indemnity with staged payments. Russia to evacuate Turkish land within forty days post ratification. Reports from Cape Town describe aZulu disaster, British losses, and a large captured train. Delbecque of Bordeaux Mint and a plague warning in Europe also noted along with Parliament’s Afghanistan stance and release of O Kelly.
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Berlin
South Africa
Cape Town
Delbecque
Bordeaux
France
Rothschilds
Balkan Peninsula
MonsienEurn Desprez
Toulouse
Narbonne
Europe
House of Deputies
Caroline
Prince Lucien Murat
Paria
Inquiry into 1878 funds raised for election purposes
The record asks whether in 1878 money was raised by assessment or other means on federal officeholders or employees for election purposes. It seeks details on circumstances methods amounts raised and how the funds were expended.
Congressional Monday to Friday Senate and House actions detailed
Senate and House actions span February 8 to 14 with bills on army pay for Mexican war officers, railroad telegraph organization, Indian Bureau transfers, national gold bonds, postal savings banks, franking, and general appropriations. Debates cover Chinese immigration, commerce regulation, auditor duties, and private claims as committees report on Fort Robinson and other Indian affairs.
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Indian Bureau
House
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War Department
Paddock
Morrill
Yeus
Yeas
Acklen
Committee On Agriculture
Cameron
Committee On Indian Affairs
Fort Robinson
Saunders
Interior
Messrs
Sargent
Grover
Morgan
Matthews
Hamlin
Julian Uartridge
Georgia
Bragg
Shieldson
Tom Fresh Topics Presents France's New President
Tom Fresh Topics profiles Jules Guevy as a solid French statesman likely to command respect from Radical and Republican elements. It notes his moderate conciliatory stance aimed at stabilizing the drive for self government in France.
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Tom
France
Jules Guevy
Walnut Street Theater’s Longtime Gas Man Bequeaths Head for Hamlet
Joan R Resp served as gas man at the Walnut Street Theater in Philadelphia for 54 years without missing a performance. In his will he directs that his head be severed and kept in a vault while the skull is brought to the theater to be used in Hamlet.
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Joan R. Resp
Walnut Street Theater
Philadelphia
Waluant Street
Mixed 19th Century Local Tales and News
A collage of anecdotes from Elizabethtown Kentucky detailing a childish love triangle ending in attempted pistol duel, a Sacramento marriage with a Chinese spectator issue and a kiss, warnings about 1879 European distress and Schleswig tensions, plus a Philadelphia labor expedition to Brazil ending in hardship and disillusion.
Railroad Accidents Decline In 1878 Despite Tariffville Disasters
1878 saw the fewest accidents in railroad history at 740 with 756 killed or wounded, the Tariffville Mingo Junction and Wollaston disasters accounting for about a quarter of deaths and 28 percent of injuries. Derailments and collisions are common. broken rails fell sharply as steel rails improve safety. European plague news centers on precautionary quarantines, with Russia potentially stressing milder spread and military quarantine. The Black Death of the 14th century reportedly claimed at least 52 million victims in Asia and Europe, with 15 million deaths estimated.
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Jordan
Minn
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Supreme Court
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Mingo Junction
Wollaston
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Ander
Russia
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Asia
Plague Tales Linked to Planetary Proximity and Past Dread
A historian recalls a long 19th century plague that began in China and spread across Europe, amid droughts, locusts, and natural disasters. He links the epidemic to atmospheric upheavals, historic comets, and a 1881 planetary approach, warning of fears for humanity.
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Asia Minor
India
China
Cyprus
Greece
Italy
Carathea
Austria
Papal Palace
Avignon
Asia
Germany
Biography of Josh Billings A frontier humorist's life
Mr Shaw known as Josh Billings recalls his Massachusetts origins. He describes a family with Congress members and a path that included a possible private secretaryship to John Quincy Adams. He notes years spent as a frontiersman and a failed 1835 Plains crossing plan toward the Pacific.
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Mr. Shaw
Josh Billings
Massachusetts
Congress
John Quincy Adams
Quincy
Mr. Adams
Dike Son Like Father Bequest Ends In Loss
A Boston youth who inherited 25000 from a relative spent most of it in reckless living until only 115000 remained. His father asked to guard the surplus funds and kept 10900 in his shirt. The son, now sober, agreed but later squandered everything. The father then set out to spend 50 in a frolic and slept on a bar bench. by morning all was gone. Source: Worcester Spy.
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Tilden
New York
Mr. Tilden
South Carolina
Florida
Oregon
United States
Gov. Tilden
Mesars
Hiscock
Reed
E. L. Parris
National Committee
George W. Smith
Washington
Tunfull Potter
Bost Patterson
Jimmy Brown
Elizabethtown
Nannie Hobbs
Rose
Sacramento
Boston
Worcester
Mass
Kentuckians See Four Ex-Senators Elected Across States
The Louisville Courier-Journal notes four ex Kentuckians elected to Senate positions in Missouri Florida Arkansas and Illinois. West in Missouri and Oglesby retiring in Illinois are among the group while Marks becomes governor of Tennessee and Bishop of Ohio is mentioned. The piece remarks the era may extend and urges men to stay engaged.
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St. Louis
South
New Orleans
Vicksburg
Nashville
United States
Wweek
West
Missouri
Florida
Walker
Arkaridas
An¢L
Jones
Louigiana
Goy
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Tennessee
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Ohio
Louisville Courier-Journal
SHINGS ABOUT SOLDIERS AND THEIR WAYS
A Cruina Ohio correspondent offers a satirical portrait of soldiers as government furniture. It mocks drills and discipline, describes camp life jokes about drinking, marching, and shelling, and ends with a witty quip on orders and veterans.
Easy Boys and the Double Loss on a Winter Corner
A man, doubting single life, endures his wife’s deathbed illness and later her death. He orders pallbearers to carry her coffin, slips on icy pavement, and resists his suspicions as relatives guide the funeral. In summer he leads the guard and whispers to the boy at the corner.
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Corps de Garde
Edison Divides Electric Light and Measures Current
Edison reports success in subdividing the electric light and measuring the current. He cites platinum lamp corrosion as the remaining hurdle before gas monopolists feel tremors in the industry.
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Edison
In the World Must Pay for the Yeast Says Josh Billings
A quip attributed to Josh Billings notes that anyone who would use life in the world must pay the price. The remark emphasizes consequence and investment in one's choices within everyday affairs.
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Josh Billings
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