WHEELY LEADER NOV 1 1877 NEWS SUMMARY
Samuel J. Tilden arrives in New York from Europe aboard the Scythia. Reports from Lisbon note two strong earthquakes. Turkish ammo shortages and famine in Plevna. British US trade marks treaty signed by Pierrepont and Derby. Obelisk Cleopatra’s Needle recovered after drifting from Alexandria. Census projections on women and marriage spark social debate. Springfield women debut new ten cent coin necklaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel J. Tilden
New York
Europe
Scythia
Lisbon
Spain
Prince Sevetus of
Leuchtenburg
Russia
Great Britain
United States
Pierrepont
Earl Derby
Boston
Plevna
San Francisco
Abyssinia
London
Melbourne
Constantinople
I. S. Basfonp
Salt Lake
Alexandria
Olga
Falmouth
England
Canada
North American
Oregon
General Sherman
Albany
Republic of Cuba
Philadelphia
Cox
Hayes
New York World
George S. Butler
Black Hills
Mr. Hayes
R. B. Hayes
Springfield
Mass
Dont Be A Blasted Fool And Get Married
A Newark bachelor talks to a married friend about happiness and advises against marriage, claiming he would not change his life for the world. The benedict expresses bluntly that he is happy but warns his friend not to marry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Benedict
Fred
Spencer
Hayes
Supreme Court of
Rhode Island
Newport
Rome
Paris
Pennington
Dakota
Uncle Sam
Don Quixote
Dakota Administrative Department
Morton
Tne
Senate Committee On
Kellogg
Spofford
Louisiana
Hoar
Noraine
McClellan
N. Y. World
Betton Charity Funds 1200 Schools Aid From English Slave Redemption
Thomas Betton bequeathed his estate to the Ironmongers' Company with half the proceeds to redeem British slaves in Turkey and Algeria and a quarter to support London Church of England schools. With no English slaves left, courts allowed the slave fund to aid schools, now benefiting about 1,200 institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Betton
Ironmongers’ Company of England
Turkey
Algeria
Church of England
London
Lead Paint on Zinc Roofs by German Process Noted
The article explains a German method using acetate of lead to color zinc sheets, enabling brown yellow and gray hues. It cites the Nuremberg synagogue cupola as painted with the technique and notes no atmospheric damage to the zinc. It also profiles Rev. Dr. John Poisal, new House chaplain, a former Martinsburg shoemaker turned minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nuremberg
John Poisal
Martinsburg
W. Va
Methodist Church
New York
J.randolph Tucker
Virginia
Poisal
Dahlgren Raid denial letter clarifies false mutilation claim
R B Stevensville Virginia Cavalry Q Co writes to the Philadelphia Times denying a West Point Star report that Lieutenant Hart of the Seventh Virginia Cavalry mutilated Colonel Dahlgren. He names Martin of the Lee Rangers as the likely culprit and defends his own wartime conduct. The letter is dated October 18, 1877.
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Hart
Phila
Times
Dahlgren
West Point
Star
Seventh
Fifth Virginia Cavalry
Martin
Lee Rangers
Ninth Virginia Cavalry
R. B
Stevensville
Q. Co
Good Natured Editing and a Yankton Injunction Controversy
The piece recounts spurious defense of poetry submissions and a dramatic showdown over an injunction in the Hidden Treasure vs. Aurora mining dispute at Deadwood. Judge G. G. Bennett faces political pressure after Spencer and Pennington influence reach Washington, prompting investigation into alleged improper conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora
Deadwood
G. G. Bennett
Yankton
Supreme Court
Spencer
United States
Black Hills
Pennington
Judge Bennett
O. K
Executive Department
Bennett
Geo
New York
Tom Scott
Washington
G. K. Chase
Peril and pleas flood a church page in a readers plea
A long editorial page is jammed with appeals and attacks from readers. Citizens urge publishing church resolutions, sermons, and anonymous critiques while the editor contends with pressure from pithy letters and female voices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Brake
General Assembly
Abandon Latin Script for Prescriptions Soon Said
A Providence pharmacist error highlights the dangers of Latin drug terms. A youth mixed opium wine for vinum porti, nearly overdosing a child, and advocates urge writing prescriptions in plain English to prevent such mistakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
The Shah and the 300-Pound Krupp Cannon Tale
The Shah of Persia asked for a Krupp cannon in the presence of the Russian Minister. The Czar sent a 300 pounder to Tehran where it shattered a minaret and a village mosque, prompting the Shah to ban further firings and ending the display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persia
Enzili
Caspian Sea
Teheran
Genevan plan for Duke of Brunswick mausoleum
Geneva will erect a grand mausoleum in Jardin des Alpes to honor the late Duke of Brunswick who died in Paris. The 1,400,000 franc monument features six ancestral statues, a sixty foot granite pedestal, a recumbent sarcophagus, and an equestrian canopy with white marble pillars, planned by M France with sculpture by M Vella and animals by M Cave.
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Duke of Brunswick
Paris
St. John’s Wood
Geneva
Europe
Jardin Des Alpes
Henry
Frederick William
Quatre Bras
Waterloo
M. France
M. Vella
M. Cave
Canton
London Globe
Mars Moons and the Zodiacal Light Theory
A dialogue with Professor Watson of the Ann Arbor observatory discusses a theory that Mars moons are recently formed from a surrounding nebulous halo. Watson notes twenty years of Mars observation and a faint halo that changes with opposition, suggesting satellites may consist of nebulous matter.
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Mars
Professor Watson
Ann Arbor
Zodiacal light and lunar satellites spark Mars moon speculation
The excerpt discusses observatories and sightings of zodiacal light, the possibility of Mars having a nebulous ring or moons, and the Earth possibly gaining additional satellites. It cites a voyage on a Bombay to Aden journey and a 1874 sighting in the Indian Ocean, with references to Jones and Professor Watson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars
Earth
Bombay
Aden
Jones
Indian Ocean
Vesel
Watson
Mercury
Venus
Detroit News
Indian Question Promotes Peace Through Reservations Policy
A vigorous argument against ongoing Indian Bureau influence advocates placing tribes on reservations with military posts, supplying cattle, and promoting stock raising over farming as a path to peace, while criticizing arming Indians for hunting and warning of ongoing plunder tied to government policy. The piece contrasts Canadian and U.S. approaches and notes various political and military developments of the era including names like Sherman and Grant, and updates on Dakota governance and Senate seating disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Bureau
Sherman
Sitting Bull
U.S. Commission
Canada
Mexican Muvs Liniment Promises Universal Healing
An 1870s style brief extols Mexican Mux- Liniment as cure-all for burns scalds sprains cuts and other injuries claiming it saves lives and restores horses cattle to usefulness and profit across accidents at home and in farms.
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Wheely
Leader Printing Company
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Tim
Shah
Duce of
Brunswick
Mausolemn
Tammany
Augustus Schell
John Morrissey
Senate
Keene
John A. Downne
Memphis
Nicaraagua
U. S
MacManon
Gen. Grant
Tur
Woosung
Shanghai
Ohio
Liverpool
Chicago
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