Solar Fire Fables and Mormonism as Twin Relics
Proctor argues sun cataclysms remain possible yet unlikely while detailing historic stellar fires from 1000 years ago to 1860. The piece then broadens to condemn Mormon polygamy, urging indictment of Brigham Young and exposure of Mountain Meadows perpetrators, plus a leaked 1858 order calling for the annihilation of eighty army teamsters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Lee
Mountain Meadows
Salt Lake City
Lee
Brigham Young
Young
United States
Plains
John Titus
Arizona
Utah
Daniel H. Wells
Comets and Sun's Role in Solar System History
The text argues that comets have long moved through the sun’s realm and that destructive comets were eliminated long before humanity. It states the sun will continue to provide fire light and life for many ages, maintaining its duties in the solar system.
Chamberlains Sufferings From Governing In Columbia
A Chattanooga to Cincinnati correspondent chronicles the Chamberlain family plight in Columbia. Governor Chamberlain labors without pay for months as his treasury empties and debts mount. He criticizes party corruption while federal troops guard his residence, living under a deadly cloud as his wife endures daily fear.
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V. BR
Chattanooga
Cincinnati
Chamberlain
Columbia
Hampton
Yale
Reverdy Johnson
America
South Carolina Politics and Pistols Debate
The speaker defends loyalty to liberty for all, supports equal rights and negro participation in government, and opposes enforcing control with force. He warns that overthrowing him would end free speech in the state, asserting steadfast adherence to principle and progress despite threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
City Trustees urged to plan permanent improvements
A public appeal asks Cheyenne city leaders to stop internal fights and adopt a systematic plan for permanent improvements this year. Taxpayers complain the annual twenty five thousand dollars spent yields little return and urge water works and park upgrades, or a better alternative, to relieve heavy taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Board of Trustees
Improvisatrice in Rome Charms with Verse at Private Reception
A 15 year old improvisatrice in Rome captivates guests with impromptu rhymes on Michelangelo and Beatrice Cenci. Trained by a master, she shows promise though requires time and study to perfect rhythm and imagination. Giannina Mille, Naples born and long resident in Rome, led a school for girls and notes aging limits. Mrs Gould recalls an illiterate elder improvisatrice who stunned listeners with a Bethlehem tale recited in verse, eyes fixed on the ages past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Governo Vecchio
Michel Angelo
Victoria Colonna
Beatrice Cenci
Beatrice
Giannina Mille
Naples
E. B. Gould
Time Becomes Living Truth in Heard Words
The passage recalls a moment when time itself seems to breathe as a speaker with second sight utters inspired words. A Cincinnati Gazette description notes it as a scene never to be forgotten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Gazette
A Tale of Creation and Love from Ingersoll
The speaker contrasts two origin stories, one from a cutlet myth and a Brahma tale. They recount Evelike temptation, confession, and a sanctioned union on Ceylon with a test of leaving the island. The speaker prefers the Brahma version with love before marriage and a moral resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brahma
Ceylon
Mr. Ingersoll
Supreme Brahma
Bob Ingersoll
New England Tea Party Told By Detroit Children On Water Street
In Detroit on Water Street a boot black and a boy recount a comic scene of a New England tea party home style. The father dances with a black eye and chaos ensues as a teapot flies, a hairpin lands in a cod fish ball, and the mother hunts for her front teeth.
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New England
Detroit
Water Street
Bootblack
Jefferson
Dad
Mom
Denver man returns after three year Cheyenne visit
Mr. W. B. Vickers arrives in Denver from Cheyenne noting the city’s rapid growth. Col. T. H. Stanton receives orders to report at Camp Robinson after meeting Gen. Crook at Fort Laramie. A. M. Hager, veteran railroad conductor, arrives then departs for the Black Hills amid praise from Td Merrill who jokes of his honesty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Vickers
Denver
Cheyenne
Col
T. H. Stanton
Gen. Crook
Camp Robinson
Fort Laramie
A.M. Hager
Black Hills
Merrill
Hager
Washington
Potter's 26 stamp mill moved to Deadwood mines
Colorado clippings report W. T. Potter's 26 stamp mill at Nevada will be removed to the Deadwood mines in the Black Hills. Erie miners arrested for rioting before Gen. J. Bates were tried at Greeley on a venue change and discharged. Albert Abbott of Greeley exploded a double-barrel gun by accident injuring thumb and forefinger. Star coal men told Boulder Valley railroad the Erie coal rate will rise 50 cents per ton, prompting higher coal prices or lower mining prices. The company did not join the recent price reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
W. T. Potter
Nevada
Erie
J. J. Bates
Greeley
Albert Abbott
Star Coal
Boulder Valley Railroad Company
Fire tears through Southern Hotel in St Louis disaster
A catastrophic blaze at the Southern Hotel in St Louis early today killed or missing dozens as flames ripped upward from the basement store rooms. Firemen used Skinner escapes and improvised ropes to rescue guests including many women in nightdress, while some perished leaping from windows. Loss estimates range up to 1 million with heavy insurance.
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St. Louis
St. James
J. E. Wilson
Andrew Eusman
Bridget Mead
Mary Carey
Bridget White
Ellen Reilly
Kate Claxton
Kretz
Texas
McCoy
Altoona
Penn
Gott
Syracuse
N. Y
W. B. Coggswell
Family
J. Kimball
Lamotte
Gerlach
Charles Teenan
Philip Gerald
Fire disaster kills Mrs Morgan and others at Missouri lodge
In a deadly blaze many perished by jumping or smoke. George Frank Gouley, grand secretary of the Grand Lodge of Free Masons of Missouri, is reportedly among the dead. The coroner lists several identified victims including Mrs W S Stewart and Kate Dolan with others unnamed. Police guard the ruins as investigators plan a formal inquiry after cooling the debris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rey
A. R. Adams
George Gonley
Kate Rielly
Kate Dolan
Mary Moran
Henry Aren
Gleanings From The Era Of President Hayes And Beyond
A collage of brief observations and quips from 19th century American life. Notes on Alaska, a New York woman choosing a gold bullet, a type-setter crown prince, temperance pledges, Mexico’s revolutions per minute, Sir David Monroe’s death, Cuba under Tweed, Newport claims, mad-stone jokes, telegraph doctors, Brigham Young’s fate, and a buoyant jab at labor in hard times. Includes references to Japan, Berlin, and German and German-American figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Alaska
New York
Germany
Hayes
Mexico
David Monroe
New Zealand
Nelson
William M. Tweed
Cuba
Providence Journal
Newport
Port
Kansas
Kettledrum
New York Graphic
Milwaukee
Brigham Young
Lee
Berlin
Oriental Sain
Fraulein von Rhade
Philadelphia Bulletin
Justice
Morm
Tribune
Birth and death notices from Bowman and Seely families
Born in this city on April 10 1877 to Mrs J R Bowman a daughter was born. Died in this city on April 8 1877 from congestion of the brain J P son of W W Seely late of Watertown Wisconsin.
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BowmAn
Tin This City
J. R. Bowman
Str.y
J. P
W. W. Seely
Watertown
Wis
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Solar System
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Mr. Proctor
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St. Louis Southern Hotel
Walnut Street
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5Th Street
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