Weekly Leader with Supplement
Recurring notes from the current week including political shifts in ameer status, Bayard Taylor’s death and posthumous fame, European and American political chatter, economic woes in Bismarck's regime, and frontier tensions in Washington territory. Mentions of Turkey Austria, Grant’s circle, English travel routes, and a California oyster bed discovery.
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Tim
Ameer
Bismarck
Blaine
Chicago
St. Louis
Bayard Taylor
Onlr
Bank of England
J. Madison Walls
New Orleans
Senate
Oppressed Russians and a Push Toward Reform
A recent petition refused by the czarowitch is printed. The piece portrays Russia as despotism dominated by espionage with frequent official surveillance. It notes rising nihilism and hints at a potential uprising while reporting Alexander II may grant a constitution and a collectively responsible cabinet.
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Czarowitch
Russia
Alexander II
Royal marriage in Copenhagen connects royal lineages
The Duke of Cumberland and Princess Thyra wed in Christiansborg chapel, tying the disinherited Hanoverian heir to Danish and British royals. The article notes dynastic claims, possible German pressures, and Thyra’s royal ties to Denmark and Britain.
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Duke of Cumberland
Thyra
Christiansborg
Copenhagen
George V
Hanover
George III
England
Victoria
Germany
Wales
Greece
Denmark
Fredensborg
Eugenie
Prince Imperial
Britain fears Russian clash as China massed armies threaten
The piece notes British sentiment about a looming Sino Russian war. It describes a Chinese imperial move to unify control amid revolts, with a large frontier army near Russia and reports of massacres. The author expects a major conflict that could curb Russian southern ambitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Yakoob Beg
Russia
Europe
Asia
Description of Mrs Bruce by a lady correspondent
A lady correspondent describes Mrs Bruce as slender and shapely wearing an olive silk and velvet costume with matching bonnet and gloves. She notes an Australian complexion that suggests Mexican or Spanish origin, refined manners, delicate high bred features, and Moorish inspired eyes.
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Senator Bruce
Bruce
Self Knowledge About The Human Body And Its Powers
A fifteenth year old narrator outlines astonishing human facts including 160 bones 600 muscles a five inch heart beating 70 times a minute and daily circulations of seven tons of blood They claim lungs hold a gallon of air inhale 24000 breaths daily brains weigh three pounds and grow to eight ounces more in adulthood Nerves exceed 10 million and skin comprises three layers with a vast network of pores and an inferred forty mile drainage path.
Butler in a Parisian Standpoint and His Wandering Wit
A Paris paper extols Gen. Butler as a great American statesman famed for courage and wit. It notes his Civil War actions, Senate service for Massachusetts, and fame as a stump speaker nicknamed fold eye cock for winking. It recalls his anti gun shot policy and southern crowds in red shirts.
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Butler
Paris
Gen. Butler
Hamburg
Massachusetts
House of Representatives
Kearney
Hayes
California
Chicago
South Carolina
Russia rail accident and New England storm hit coasts
The report notes a Russia rail line mishap the first in years and a Nor'easter that damaged ships along the New England coast. Bayard Taylor dies poor but leaves life policy. Representatives Thornburg and Riddle ill with pneumonia in Washington. The capital faces a harsh winter with two deaths in the house and resignations in New York church ministry.
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Bisbee
Russia
New England
Bayard Taylor
Thornburg
Tenn
Riddle
Pnaemonia
Washington
Christmas Day Carols and Joyful Nativity Imagery
The poem portrays Christmas morning as a world awakening to blessing and song. Children rise to stockings and gifts while cattle kneel and angels sing, urging all to praise the newborn king with merry carols and peaceful hope.
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Holy Angels
Old Man Recalls Christmas Foundling Tale and Christiana
A narrator recalls finding a swaddled infant on a snowy doorstep during Christmas. The couple raise the child as their own, naming her Christiana, loving her as their darlin, and pondering who will care for her after they pass. The piece ends with a faith-filled hope in God.
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Christanna
Four legged fish and Chinese glass plan create Hutchinson buzz
A Hutchinson Kansas correspondent reports a so called four legged fish found in a well with a neck frill. The creature resembles a tadpole like salamander and may transform into the amblystomamavericum. A Pittsburgh glass factory note argues Chinese laborers cannot sustain glassmaking due to skill needs.
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St. Joseph
Hutchinson
Kansas
O. C. Maresh
Lake Como
Wyoming Territory
Marsh
Winslow & Albright
Caricango
Pittsburgh
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