Back Room Correspondence and Public Notices Weaken Wyoming Democrats
The piece accuses a Wyoming Democratic mouthpiece of dirty campaigning by forging letters from supposed correspondents to attack rival candidates. It notes editor manipulation, weak party prospects, and manufacturing sentiment. Other items mention marriages and a successful surgery, plus a Chinese labor import proposal and Union Pacific land sales near Omaha with payment terms.
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Wyoming
Congress
South Pass City
Argus
Wyoming Territory Governor Announces District Court Session
Governor J A Campbell proclaims a territorial District Court session in the First Judicial District to be held at revenue on Tuesday September 2 1869 in Cheyenne Wyoming The proclamation is signed by Governor Campbell and Secretary E M Ler affirms the act with the Great Seal of the Territory.
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Campbell
Territory of
Wyoming
District Court
First Judicial District
Cheyenne
United States of America
J. A. Campbell
E. M. Ler
Sheridan rides in to Salt Lake City in a dust shower
Sheridan rode from Deseret to Salt Lake City in a three hour and a quarter stage, leading his staff and Governor Campbell. Wade and Conkling parties followed in stages, both crews creating a muddy, stormy dash across plains and hills, while reporters and locals watched the spectacle with interest.
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Fon. Sheridan
Winchester
Deseret
Salt Lake City
Campbell
Wyoming
Wade
Wells, Fargo & Co
Sheridan
Mr. Greeley
Detroit Protest Over War Vessel Name Change
The Detroit group condemns Secretary Boric's order to rename several warships with heroic titles. They argue the names lack impact and propose alternatives like Cholera Yellow Fever Nitro glycerine Susan B Anthony and Anna Dickenson to convey real horror and fear.
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Detroit
Boric
Ina
Uch
Susan B. Anthony
Anna Dickinson
Chicago Brags on New Shot Tower by Cityshot Makers
Chicago announces a new shot tower by Chityro Shot Sores Sun Yeny. The structure stands two honed red feet high and costs 850000 dollars. It can produce eighty tons of shot daily.
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Chicago
Sores Sun Yeny
Incomplete OCR Report Sparks Confusion at Inn Bowl
Fragmentary notes recall a past event at Inn Bowl with scattered remarks about A. J. and a description of stones, tins, and a red item. The dialogue hints at a testimony or log but details remain unclear in the garbled text.
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A. J
Fire Wormy Flame Wind Sweeps Tennessee Farm
A scorching heat wave in Tennessee accompanies a rare fiery vortex that tore through Ed Sharp’s farm near Ashland. The rotating column ignited shingles, damaged a house, burned trees, and singed horse manes before crossing a wheat field and fading into steam above the Cumberland River. At least 20 witnesses reported the event. Sharp became homeless. two horses were likely ruined.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Daly
Lin Cheatham County
Werthes
Ed. Sharp
Ashland
Cumberland
Sharp
Curious Belief on Marriages in Demise Across English Counties
A long article recalls a folk notion that a man marrying a woman in her shift or naked state could avoid her debts. It cites 18th to 19th century cases in Wilts Kent Whitehaven Lincolnshire Whitton Lindsey Cottenham, showing widespread, mistaken views on marital liability and a practice known as marriage by demise.
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England
Wilts
Wlcomb
Kent
Whitehaven
Lincolnshire
Medors
Whitton-in-Lindsey
Cottenham
Western members urged to oppose Washington capital outlay
The St Louis Democrat advocates moving the national capital to a western site and protests further spending on Washington buildings until a new capital site is chosen. The paper calls Western lawmakers to vote against any Washington expenditures.
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St. Louis Democrat
Washington
Grasshoppers Devastate Crops on Denver Road to White Pine
An eyewitness reports grasshoppers sweeping valleys from the Denver road to White Pine, leaving fields barren and ground swept clean. The swarm is described as moving northward, wiping out growing crops.
Republican State Convention endorses measures and Chinese policy
Telegraph dispatches report the Republican State Convention pledging Lorenzo Sawyer and C. C. Pratt for judges and adopting resolutions on race, Chinese immigration, taxation, railroads, and national issues. Other items note Ballard defalcation, Japanese voyage, opium seizure, Yerger trial, and Commodore Lee’s death.
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Francincon
Lorenzo Sawyer
C. C. Pratt
Supreme Court
China
United States
Fifth
Sixth
Congress
Alabama
Seventh
Eighth
New York
Frank W. Ballard
The
Security Insurance Company
Wall Street
Comany
Seminole
Norfolk
Haytien
Hero
Bken
San Francisco
Japan
Jackson
Yerger
Hill
U.S. District Court
Judge Advocate
Dent
Alexandria
Lee
St. E. Lee
Stafford County
Larmanjat's Single Rail Road Trial Near Paris
Civil engineers and reporters witnessed M. Larmanjat's experiment with a single rail along a public road from Rainey to Montfermeil about four miles long. The car uses one rail wheel and two ground wheels, with two balance wheels on the rail, reaching Montfermeil in twenty minutes and returning in seventeen. The trial proceeded at about ten miles an hour and climbed a 10 feet per mile grade without loss of speed. The test earned widespread approval from observers.
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Hainey
Paris
M. Larmanjat
Rainey
Montfermeil
Montformeil
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