WHEELY LEADER. TIDBITS FROM NOVEMBER 1 1877
Samuel J. Tilden arrives in New York from Europe aboard the Scythia. Reports from Lisbon note two earthquakes with no damage. Prince Sevetus of Leuchtenburg killed in Czarovitz reconnaissance. Britain United States trade marks treaty signed. Plevna hospitals number 4500 wounded. lint and medicines exhausted. Australian mail to London via Abys sinia and San Francisco to Melbourne path.
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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
Don’t Be A Fool and Get Married, Newark Wit Advises
A Newark bachelor asks a married friend if he’s happy and would marry again. The benedict replies he is happy, but warns Fred not to become a fool and marry, speaking in blunt, humorous terms about marriage.
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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 Aids 1200 London Schools From Slavery Reforms
Thomas Betton left his estate to the Ironmongers' Company with half the proceeds to redeem slaves in Turkey and Algeria and a quarter to support London church schools. With years of accumulation and no slaves left to redeem, courts allowed the funds to aid schools. The charity now supports about 1,200 schools.
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Thomas Betton
Ironmongers’ Company of England
Turkey
Algeria
Church of England
London
Acetate of lead colors zinc sheets for new roof coating
A German process uses acetate of lead to apply any color to zinc sheets, showing weather resistance on the Nuremberg synagogue cupola. The method yields browns yellows and grays with added colorants, while a notable revival of an old craft is noted in Rev. Dr. Poisal the new House chaplain, a once shoemaker turned preacher.
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Nuremberg
John Poisal
Martinsburg
W. Va
Methodist Church
New York
J.randolph Tucker
Virginia
Poisal
Dahlgren Raid Lieut Hart Accusation Denied
R B Stevensville VI writes to the Philadelphia Times denying a West Point Star report that Lt Hart of the Seventh Virginia Cavalry mutilated Colonel Dahlgren. He claims he was the only Hart present at Dahlgren’s capture and identifies Martin of the Lee Rangers as the true offender. He appeals for publication.
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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 Mission Feud
In Deadwood last summer Judge G G Bennett faced an injunction in the Hidden Treasure mine case against the Aurora jumpers. Spencer pressured officials from Spencer to Yankton, telegraphing Pennington to hold the judge, then traveled to New York and Deadwood with a court visit, a possible removal petition followed by Washington dispatch, and a probe led by G K Chase deeming the charges unfounded.
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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
Perilous appeals flood the paper as readers urge publication
A flood of letters and pleas flood a weekly issue as readers demand space for church resolutions, sermons, and controversial attacks. A D D professor threatens to publish book chapters and others urge printing R. s speech, foreign missions, and missionary reports while editors yield to sympathetic contributors.
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Big Brake
General Assembly
End of Latin Prescriptions Urged After Near Fatal Mixup
In Providence a pharmacist's apprentice misread a Latin instruction on a physician's prescription. The misinterpretation led to opium wine being prepared for a child, nearly causing a deadly overdose. The incident sparks renewed calls to abandon Latin in favor of plain English dosing.
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Providence
Shahs Krupp Cannon Disaster Ends Firing
The Shah of Persia requested a 300 pound Krupp cannon from Russia and received it via the Czar. After a month’s trek to Teheran a grand firing caused the minaret to topple and wrecked a nearby mosque. The Shah then banned further use of the weapon.
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Persia
Enzili
Caspian Sea
Teheran
Genevan plan to honor Duke of Brunswick with grand mausoleum
Geneva to erect a monumental mausoleum in Jardin des Alpes costing 1,400,000 francs for the late Duke of Brunswick. The design features a sixty foot granite pedestal, a recumbent sarcophagus, a canopy, and an equestrian statue. Sculptors M. France M. Vella and M. Cave are named as collaborators.
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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
The discussion with Professor Watson at the Ann Arbor observatory explores a theory that Mars moons may have formed recently from nebulous matter. Watson notes a halo around Mars observed over twenty years and its changing clarity across oppositions, suggesting moons could be newly formed though admitting it is only a theory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars
Professor Watson
Ann Arbor
Zodiacal light and Martian nebulosity prompt search for satellites
The dialogue discusses observing zodiacal light and potential Martian nebulosity possibly signaling moonlets. Observers recount an 1874 sighting from the Indian Ocean and debate whether Earth may host additional satellites, with references to Jones and Watson and a link to broader celestial dynamics.
The Indian Question and Policy Debate
A critique of Indian policy arguing for reservations and stock raising to curb plunder and war. It contrasts U S and Canadian approaches, discusses Sherman letters on buffalo decline, and notes political and military opinions, including Senate seats and army size debates.
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Indian Bureau
Sherman
Sitting Bull
U.S. Commission
Canada
Mexican Liniment Praised as Universal Healer
An advertisement extols a Mexican liniment as the foe of pain and friend to humanity, claiming it heals burns, sprains, cuts, and various injuries. It touts miraculous healing for humans and livestock, asserting it has saved more lives and restored more animals to usefulness than all other liniments combined.
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Canada
Sitting Bull
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Wheely
Leader Printing Company
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Springfield
Mass
Tim
Shah
Duce of
Brunswick
Mausolemn
Earth
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Aden
Jones
Indian Ocean
Vesel
Watson
Mercury
Venus
Detroit News
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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