Sun Conflagrations and Mormon Crime in Historic Debate
A long discussion revisits Proctor’s star conflagration warnings and the danger to Earth, noting past celestial fires and the potential for future comet impacts. The piece shifts to condemn Mormonism, urging indictments for Brigham Young and exposing a 1858 order to kill U S Army escorted teamsters, tied to Mountain Meadows and broader crimes.
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, Sun, and Cosmic Fire Over Age of Man
The text argues that comets in regular solar attendance predate humankind and claims that destructive comets have been eliminated from this solar system. It suggests the sun will continue its fire, light, and life giving duties for ages to come.
Chamberlains Sufferings From Governorship in Columbia
A Chattanooga to Cincinnati correspondent portrays Governor Chamberlain's four months without pay, a empty treasury, and bank debt while opposing party corruption. He is described as able and Yale educated, with a fearful threat environment as federal guards watch his family and home.
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V. BR
Chattanooga
Cincinnati
Chamberlain
Columbia
Hampton
Yale
Reverdy Johnson
America
South Carolina Politics and Pistols Controversy
A passage praises a politician’s loyalty to liberty and equal rights, arguing he advocates education over force toward Black participation in government and warns that his overthrow would end free speech in South Carolina. It frames the speaker as steadfast in principle and unable to fall or retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
City Trustees Urged to Plan Permanent Improvements
The editorial calls on Cheyenne city trustees to stop internal squabbles and craft a systematic plan for lasting improvements. It notes annual spending exceeding twenty five thousand dollars with little to show and urges action on park work water works and other municipal projects or to reject costly proposals and pursue a better option locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Board of Trustees
Improvisatrice Prodigy in Rome Captivates Private Audience
A 15 year old improvisatrice in Rome astonishes with on the spot verse about Michelangelo and Beatrice Cenci during a private Governo Vecchio reception. Trained by a master improvisatore, she shows promise despite strain from life’s hard realities and the influence of practical work on her gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Governo Vecchio
Michel Angelo
Victoria Colonna
Beatrice Cenci
Beatrice
Giannina Mille
Naples
E. B. Gould
Time Become a Living Truth Scene Recalls Gifted Vision
A Cincinnati Gazette passage describes a dramatic moment where time is said to become a living truth and a speaker with second sight utters inspired words. The observer recalls a scene that remains unforgettable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Gazette
The Supreme Brahma Story of Love and Temptation
The narrator compares two creation tales on initial humans and the Earthly pair. The second tale, where Brahma creates a man and a woman on the island of Ceylon, explores desire, temptation, confession, and a sanctioned life together, which the speaker favors. The remark ends attributing the lecture to Bob Ingersoll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brahma
Ceylon
Mr. Ingersoll
Supreme Brahma
Bob Ingersoll
New England Tea Party in Detroit Tale on Water Street
In Detroit along Water Street a boy recounts a humorous New England tea party at a sunny spot. The small boy describes a chaotic scene with his father dancing, a hair-pin in a cod fish ball, a teapot tossed, and his mother searching for her front teeth as the clock nears seven.
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New England
Detroit
Water Street
Bootblack
Jefferson
Dad
Mom
Personal Paragraphs Highlight Moves and Mirth in Denver
Mr W B Vickers returns to Denver after a long Cheyenne visit and notes rapid city progress. Col T H Stanton receives orders from Gen Crook to report at Camp Robinson after joining Gen Crook at Fort Laramie. A M Hager, veteran railroad conductor, arrives then departs for the Black Hills amid high praise from Td Merrill and Ed.
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 news notes W T Potter's 26 stamp mill at Neva da will be removed to the Deadwood mines in the Black Hills. Erie miners arrested for rioting before Gen Bates were tried at Greeley on a change of venue and discharged. Albert Abbott of Greeley exploded his gun while cocking it, injuring his thumb and forefinger. Star coal men hear rate on coal from Erie will rise 50 cents a ton by Boulder Valley railroad, likely lifting market prices or forcing mining price cuts.
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Colorado
W. T. Potter
Nevada
Erie
J. J. Bates
Greeley
Albert Abbott
Star Coal
Boulder Valley Railroad Company
Death Toll Soars in St Louis Southern Hotel Fire
A devastating blaze at the Southern Hotel in St Louis early today killed or trapped numerous guests and staff. Reports indicate up to forty or fifty may have perished. many women workers on the upper floors jumped to safety or were rescued by ladders, with a large search underway as insurance estimates place losses near 750000 to 1000000 dollars.
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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 claims numerous lives in Missouri lodge house
Awaits identification as a major blaze kills Mrs Morgan a servant and Geo Frank Gouley grand secretary of Missouri Free Masons. At least six others die from jumps or smoke. names scarce. Coroner lists known dead including A. R. Adams Kate Rielly Kate Dolan Mary Moran and others. police guard surrounds ruins while investigators plan a full inquiry after cooling.
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Rey
A. R. Adams
George Gonley
Kate Rielly
Kate Dolan
Mary Moran
Henry Aren
Gleanings from a Curiosities Packed Era
A compendium of wry notes and quips about Alaska New York German princes temperance Hayes Cuba and Brigham Young with snippets on telegraphs doctors and hard times. The column blends satire and social commentary from the period, highlighting curious figures and events in brief phrases.
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 city, 1877
Born April 10 1877 to the wife of Dr J R Bowman a daughter. Died April 8 1877 in the city of Stray tin 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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Jupiter
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Boston
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Solar System
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Mr. Proctor
Bridger
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St. Louis Southern Hotel
Walnut Street
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5Th Street
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