Colored statesman and colonization proposal in the South
A North Carolina statesman proposed a resolution urging the Legislature to memorialize Congress to set aside a western territory west of the Missouri River for the colonization of Southern colored people. The narrative also notes General Pleasanton and Blue-J Jeans as symbolic figures in a late Gubernatorial contest in Indiana.
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General Pleasanton
Indiana
North Carolina
Congress
Missouri River
South
Worry and Ambition Clash in Health Warning
A stark reminder cautions that excessive worry drains health and can push people toward insanity or death while endorsing ambition energy and industry as positive forces.
Eight Thousand Engineers on Roumanian Rail War Move
Dispatches report eight thousand military engineers to raise Roumanian railway grades to Russian standards within twenty days. The claim implies looming war or large scale business, depending on Western powers' stance. In Baltimore, the Austin Brothers showcase rifle-shooting skills with a stage illusion involving a potato on a head and a mirror aided shot splitting the fruit.
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Austin Brothers
Baltimore
Nephew of His Uncle Begins Chicago Career at North Pier
William Tilden Pelton, a Gramercy Park youth famed only as the nephew of his uncle, started a Chicago business on the North Pier. He made money by starting with nothing and, after a year or two, retired with several thousand dollars in debt that remains unpaid, which the text treats as clear profit.
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William Tilden Pelton
Gramercy Park
Chicago
North Pier
Printing Office Secrets and Secrecy in Newspapers
The piece compares printing offices to secret lodges, stressing printers keep office secrets and should not reveal authorship of articles. It condemns breaches of secrecy and warns that those who reveal secrets risk dishonor and loss of position, likening such exposure to questioning the Sphinx.
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Sphynx
Cheyenne Favored as Departure Point for Black Hills Railroad
The Greeley Tribune argues Cheyenne should be the starting point for the Black Hills line. It warns that without Union Pacific a rival route could still reach Colorado and New Mexico, as coal and foothill traffic would drive settlement and mining development.
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Greeley
Col.) Tribune
Black Hills
Cheyenne
Union Pacific
Univen Pacific
Kansas Pacific
Denver & Rio Grande
Colorado
New Mexico
Chicago
New York
New Road
Sidney
Wyoming
French Revenge. Man in Yellow Costume After Wife
A widower vents revenge after discovering his wife’s alleged sin six years ago. He refused mercy and mimicked her alleged lover by dressing in identical clothes for years, even on his walks with her. After her death from heartbreak, he dressed in a yellow costume for the funeral procession.
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Paris
Dead Letter Reaches Its Destination After Forty Years
A letter sent in 1835 from Syracuse to Palmer Gardner of Burlington Wisconsin, containing a $360 deposit note from Onondaga Bank, traveled through Detroit and Philadelphia before reaching him in 1878 after being misrouted and stored in the dead letter files for decades. The original postage was twenty five cents.
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Washington
Palmer Gardner
Burlington
Racine County
Wis
Onondaga Bank
Syracuse
N. Y
Wm. N. Gardner
Detroit
Michigan Territory
Philadelphia
Gardner
Touching Reminiscence Of Rear Admiral Joseph Smith
A long circulated reminiscence recalls Rear Admiral Joseph Smith father of Captain Smith who commanded the Congress. He learns the Merrimac has sunk the Cumberland and the Congress struck its flag. He realizes his son is dead when told the ship had struck her flag. The tale ends with the first broadside of the Merrimac killing Congress’s commander.
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Joseph Smith
Smith
Congress
Cumberland
Welles
Fort Monroe
Joe
House of God
Ile
Merrimac
First White Man in Nebraska Reported in 1689 Accounts
The article presents extracts from a travel volume claiming the first white contact with present day Nebraska in 1689. Baron La Tlaorton supposedly traced a route from Mississippi to the Long river, identifying the Platte and noting a vast salt lake discovery by Indians about 150 leagues beyond his western limit.
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Nebraska
Baron la Tlorton
Irench
Placentia
Newfoundland
Mississippi River
Wisconsin
Long River
Rocky Mountains
Missouri
Platte
Baron
Great Salt Lake
Philadelphia miners form company to head west
One hundred fifty laboring men with some means organize into a mining company in Philadelphia and plan to move west within two weeks. Most favor the Black Hills while rival railroad agents influence the split. a final decision is due in a week.
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Philadelphia
West
Black Hills
Building boom and gloom temper New York in 1877
Our New York Letter notes a summer building wave that will leave many empty blocks, yet provide work for the poor. It grills John Morrissey over political deals with Tilden, laments crime and bank corruption, and reports fragile newspaper profits and a cautiously improving business outlook as New England mills restart and Western trade grows.
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New York
John Morrissey
Morrissey
Mr. Tilden
Tilden
Samuel
Will Street
Thave
The
Herald
the Tribune
Times
New England
Pierro
Longfellow Birthday Celebrations Amid Silent Wishes
The article notes Longfellow’s seventieth birthday approaching and mentions Jewish readers withholding direct birthday wishes. They phrase a cautious hope that he may live to see many more years while avoiding the summons to the islands of the blessed and the hereafter.
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Longfellow
Ponemah
Slaughtering Sheep in Colorado At White's Ranch
Reports detail a mass sheep slaying near Pueblo Colorado at White's ranch on February 26. About sixteen hundred Bartels brothers of Pueblo sheep were corralled and ranged killers murdered seven to eight hundred head including poisoned and beaten carcasses. Some were driven to the river where sixty to seventy more died while others lingered. Footprints show four men and a boy wore overshoes. no trails remained after the sheep moved. The Bartels estimate losses around 1500 dollars. a 3000 dollar reward is offered financed by the governor the state sheep growers association and the Bartels brothers.
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Pueblo
Colo
White
Bartels Brothers
Corral
Governor
Colorado Sheep-Growers’ Association
The
Weather Prophet Says March Will Bring Severe Storms
Professor Mansill of Rock Island Illinois predicts frequent severe storms for March. He cites Mars and Jupiter in conjunction on the 1st, Mercury in aphelion on the 2nd, numerous planetary lines and eclipses, and several conjunctions, warning the public of notable meteor disturbances and attributing potential trouble to the vernal equinox.
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Mansill
Rock Island
Illinois
Mars
Jupiter
Mercury
Venus
Saturn
Miners Tell Tales of Extraordinary Sights in Campfire Talk
A group of miners recount fantastical observations as they travel the hills. One claims Indians appeared as distant as a mosquito a mile away while another heard gnats on rocks four miles off. A fifth supposedly heard a petrified forest and a deer turning to stone as a bird sang a petrified song.
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Big Horn Mountains
Rocky Mountains
It Means Safety for Mail Route to Deadwood
The establishment of a mail route from Cheyenne to Deadwood brings government protection for the mail coach from departure to final stop. Every mile of the road will be guarded against hostile Indians and other depredations, making the Cheyenne route the safest path to the Black Hills and bringing benefits to Cheyenne.
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Deadwood
Cheyenne
Black Mills
Colorado legislature creates new Custer County
The Colorado legislature approved a bill to establish Custer County from a large portion of Fremont County and small parts of neighboring counties. The measure outlines the county’s boundaries and governance structure as a new political unit.
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Colorado
Custer County
Fremont County
March weather forecast from grasshoppers on the plains
A Cheyenne correspondent describes a field of grasshoppers gathering on a knoll and interpreting the noon sun to predict March weather. The hoppers fret over cold storms, singing a plaintive refrain about selling for five old coppers as the observer departs.
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Cheyenne
Tie
Q. Kase
A Dirge for Sammy and a Lost Victory
The poem laments Sammy's downfall after an eight to seven defeat. It recalls past laurels and a departed cronin vote as a metaphor for fate. The piece ends with a grim refrain that Sammy has left, gone to meet the balldonaire, echoing a newspaper tone from Chicago Inter Ocean.
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Sammy
Chicago
A Ruefus Ruse Ends in Divorce Suit in San Francisco
The Chronicle recounts an alleged plot by the wife of mining speculator Samuel T. Curtis to install a bogus heir with aid from a nurse and her physician. Curtis, drawn by a desire for children, returned to discover deceit as telegraphs claimed paternity. Investigations exposed the ruse and led to a divorce suit, with a note on moral behavior from the ladies.
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San Francisco
Samuel T. Curtis
Gure
California miner p65ent unveils novel sluice contrivance
A Californian miner introduces a mining device that uses a revolving horizontal shaft with projecting arms inside a watertight box to trap all material from sluices. Water and gravel fall into the box as the belt drives the arms from a nearby water wheel, washing contents and catching any value escaping riffles.
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California
Texas Jack Chronicles Last Hunting Expedition in Wyoming
Texas Jack Omohundro now in Philadelphia with Morlacchi recounts his final Wyoming hunt with Sir John Ray Reed. The party of seven traversed Seminole Mountains and North Platte to camp near the Sweet Briar range, killing large elk and antelope, delivering meat to Fort Steele and Omaha, then returning to Rawlins amid heavy snow. He predicts Nimrods will chase the region as enormous herds dwindle in this generation.
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Texas Jack
J. B. Omohundro
Philadelphia
Morlacchi
Wyoming
Terry
John Ray Reed
Rawlins
Cheyenne
Seminole
North Platte River
Sweet Brier Range
Sand Creek
Fort Steele
Omaha
Independence Rock
Devil’s Gate Country
Texas
Jack
Yellowstone
The Shock That Killed a Will
Bishop Smoot known for opposing polygamy is accused of bringing a concubine into his home. His wife, described as superior and ill, suffered a terrible shock, gave birth to her fourteenth child, and soon died, leaving the family to mourn.
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Bishop Williamsmoot
Brigham Young
Smoot
Cheyenne Furrier Ad Promotes Repairs and Furs
The Cheyenne Furrier offers furs made up and repaired in the best manner by M. Moses on Seventeenth Street beside the State Bank.
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M. Moses
Seventeenth Street
State Bank
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Black Hills Railroad
OUR
Urimo
Big Stories
Cronin
Ruefus
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