Various 19th Century News Snapshots Across Europe and America
A collage notes New York police claim two Manhattan bank robbers captured, New Orleans teachers unpaid as treasury tightens. Virginia debates funding public schools, and San Francisco hosts social turmoil debates. Berlin shows rising socialism gains while Pullman Angell heads to Brazil. Canada’s politics face scrutiny. A temperance tale contrasts Spurgeon with Dow’s belligerent portrayal.
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Dr. de la Mutyr
New York
Manhattan
New Orleans
A Wonderful Moor Motor Attracts Attention In Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh a new motor by Edwin G. Adams of Worcester is shown to the public. It uses a watery fuel costing about fourteen cents a pound and reportedly can power a 14 horsepower engine to high boiler pressure. Capitalists show interest. rights for the Pacific slope and other regions are being negotiated with offers up to ten million dollars.
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Pittsburgh
Tilk
Col. Mulberry
Chadwick
Edwin G. Adams
Worcester
Mass
Pacific Slope
Vanderbilt
Col. Scott
United States
Lide
Burg
Senator Chaffee
Colorado
Philadelphia
Salt Lake
Prince Laponorr
Turkey
Russia
Tilis
Kassou
Persia
Tilere
Gen. Fremont
Arizona
Washington
Marquis of Lorne
Rideau Hall
Ottawa
Grn
Burien
Sphynx
Potter Committees
New Waven
Conn
Frriends
Bureau of Correspondence
Council of Turkish Ministers
Greece
Montenegro
Austria
Louise
Lorne
Clive and Stanley Compared in Empire Ambitions
The piece compares Clive’s rise to governor general with Lord Stanley’s African ambitions and hints at Stanley seeking a greater, possibly imperial, legacy. It notes Stanley’s dream of conquest beyond Africa and mentions a shift of secret service duties to Assistant Secretary Hawley after January first.
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India
Lord Clive
Asia
East India Company
Stanley
England
Africa
Clive
Congo
Lord Stanley
Earth
Wales
Toe
Secret Service Division
Treasury Department
Hawley
Distrust of Edmunds delays electoral bill in Congress
The piece notes Senator Edmunds faces strong opposition to his electoral reform bill despite Senate passage. It cites Democratic suspicion, fear of hidden provisions, and calls for further debate. It also touches on related political reform debates and the broader question of presidential election methods.
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Edmunds
House
Senate
Green Mountain
Bayard
Our Chicago Letter of the Holidays and Charity Ties
A lively 1878 column notes holiday preparations and gift buying at Shamilton Shroud and Vergo Ruhling stores. It contrasts bustling toy windows with poverty and the St. Vincent de Paul society assisting the sick and needy. It also recalls private theatrical interests of famous authors and a reflective look at religion and public life.
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Cintcano
Israel
Judas
Pashion
Faust
Shamilton & Shroud's
Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Bessie Jackson
Edmunds Electoral Bill Proposes October Presidential Vote
The proposal sets October presidential elections and roles for the electoral college to meet in January in each state capital. Congress would count votes in February in a joint session with limited debate per state, preventing extended filibusters and delays. The Denver News notes Congress largely serves party political theater.
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Edmunds
Congress
Florida
A Childs Request Prompted Baltimore Mayor to Buy Doll
Mayor Latrobe of Baltimore bought a doll after receiving a sincere but misspelled letter from a child who said she had no money for Christmas. The letter, signed I am little Helen, asked the mayor to buy a pretty doll for ten cents.
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Latrobe
Baltimore
Hellen
Ant
Mamma Ant
Hontetter's Stomach Bitters Promoted As Health Restorer
An advertisement extols Hontetter's Stomach Bitters as a universal tonic and stimulant. It claims to strengthen the stomach, regulate the liver, cleanse the bowels, enrich the blood, and calm the nerves, marketed as especially suitable for the elderly and frail. It cites malaria as an antidote and highlights its popularity as a food and medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hontetter
Uged
Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar as a safe, affordable remedy available widely through druggists in New York and across the country. It cites Dr. Hale of Europe and claims the product is prepared from the original receipt, with a large size offered as best value and Pike's Toothache Ointment also advertised for quick relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Ersey City
Noboken
Newark
Hale
Europe
Hmself
PRD
O. N. Crittenton
Sixth Avenue
New York City
Hale's
Crittenton’s
Pike's
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Wheely Thader
Afghanistan
Mr. Talmage
Saint-Louis
Signor Cairoli
Cairoli
Pas- Sanante
Mone Enterprise
Virginia
Many Warken
Sam
Berlin
Angell
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Lisbon
Portugal
Dom Pedro
Canada
Boston Pilot
Tom Columbus
Indes
South
Nan Dow
Spurgeon
Dow
London
Remp
Tax Debating Society
Cheyenne
Caada
Lord Dufferin
Mary Walker
Allen O. Myers
Columbus
Mr. Myers
Mr. Strakosch
Chicago
Byron
Ile
Penruddock
Tristram Fickle
Irving
Dresden
Charles Rockett
Dickens
Voltaire
Gibbon
Lausanne
Servia
Andrassy
Saturday Review
John M. Bailey
Bailey
Ohio
Buscn
Boswell
Christian
Busch
Bismarck
Senator Edmunds’ Bill
Denver News
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