WHEELY LEADER and European Wheat and Politics Notes
Pirry-Eight vessels sailed to Europe from New York carrying 978,004 bushels of wheat. Post office plans three weekly mails from England via Queenstown. The new House doorkeeper fires ex-Union soldiers. a Berlin arrest foreshadows a potential royal assassination bid. Oneida Indians in New York win voting rights. Gen. Silerman’s salary cited. Senates considers railroad and liquor traffic reforms.
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Pirry
Europe
New York
Post Office
England
Queenstown
United States
New Democratic
Berlin
William
Prince Bismarck
Oneida
Wallace
Utica
Silerman
Ebbittouse
Washington
Corset Liver Report Warns Women Against Tight Lacing
Medical students in a Boston college dissected a female body and found a hollow in the liver caused by long term tight lacing. Doctors call it a corset liver, noting the dent can be large enough for a grown man’s wrist. The piece urges young women to avoid such extreme corseting to prevent public sensationalism after death.
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Boston
Mad world tales from far and near compel reflection
A Boston Institute of Technology student analyzes an old pin cushion and counts 689 needles. A Ulster county youth shoots himself after hiding a begging letter in his boot. A Reading bridegroom dies on his wedding day. A Montana inventor builds an electric automaton dog. A Newburg woman testifies in a lawsuit, resisting inquiry. The piece closes with the line Lis a mad world, my masters.
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Institute of Technology
Boston
Decker’s Corners
Ulster County
Reading
Montana
Newburg
N. Y
How the Texas Cow-Boy Lives
A San Antonio letter describes Western Texas cow-boys riding out for weeks with spare horses to scour the prairies. They bivouac, cook, drink black coffee, and hunt meat, forming a rough, exciting life that trains rangers and cavalry soldiers, famed in war exploits.
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San Antonio
Texas
New Orleans Democrat
Texas Ranger
Armenian and regional fortifications amid Russo Turkish war
The article outlines Erzeroum as a key crossroads with routes to Ardahan Kars Erzincan Mush Bitlis and Van placed at 6000 feet with harsh winters. It notes Armenians Turks and Kurds demographics and mutual oppression and details Erzeroum fortress and Kars entrenched camp defenses including weak points and strong positions and civilian challenges in siege scenarios.
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Erzeroum
Kars
Armenia
Black Sea
Europe
Turkey
Persia
Ardahan
Erzinjan
Mush
Bitlis
Van
Vilayet
Erzercum
Russia
The Richmond Battlefields Reclaimed From War Site
The article notes the Richmond battlefields near Cold Harbor Fair Oaks Seven Pines and Malvern Hill are largely reclaimed by nature. Petersburgs surrounding fortifications fade into the landscape and the Crater area now belongs to Mr. Griffiths who preserved a house amid regrown peach trees. A visitor pays twenty five cents to glimpse the Crater and relic shed.
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Richmond
Cold Harbor
Fair Oaks
Seven Pines
Malvern Hill
Petersburg
Steadman
Helland Damnation
Crater
Mr. Griffiths
Thomas Lamb Jr. Sets World Rifle Record at 900 Yards
Creedmoor reserve Thomas Lamb Jr. scored thirty bull's-eyes at nine hundred yards, hailed as world champion rifleman with a mark believed unlikely to be surpassed.
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Creedmoor
Thomas Lamb, Jr
Explosive bullets in warfare and humane concerns
The article explains explosive bullets used by hunters and their military drawbacks. It describes a hollow lead bullet filled with gunpowder and an explosive mixture, capped with wax and varnish. When struck, the shell bursts, causing irregular wounds and rapid death, with limited range and increased danger for users.
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East
The Reward of Contumacy in Berlin
A poor man died in Berlin leaving 35000 marks to Bavaria authorities except 8000 marks to be shared among nine relatives and one friend. The friend, who violated the will’s coffin-guard rule, is revealed by a codicil to receive the bulk of the fortune, as authorities suspect he knew of it.
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Berlin
Bavaria
A Congressman's Romance Recalls Youthful Love Reunion
The Cincinnati Gazette recounts a Michigan congressman's romance with his former first love. After multiple marriages and years apart, the widower and widow reunited in Congress, exchanged cards, and renewed their relationship before marrying.
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Cincinnati Gazette
Myr. Conger
Michigan
Congress
A Gold-Leafed Oak in Watauga County NC
A North Carolina paper reports a thriving oak tree in Watauga County whose new spring leaves are bright golden yellow and stay that color through growth. In autumn the leaves gradually turn green as frost-dyed leaves fade, giving the tree a unique color shift.
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North Carolina
Watauga County
N. C
Denver Pacific Railroad Faces Severe Financial Straits
The Fort Collins Express reports the Denver Pacific railroad cannot pay interest or running expenses. Its supporters claim it will give the Colorado Central a boost for six months, aided by Kansas Pacific purchasing a Kansas judge to cover the due interest. The tactic, likely a one time move, may hand the line to others while the northern section yields little value.
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Fort Collins Express
Denver Pacific Railroad
Colorado Central
Kansas
Kansas Pacific
Denver Pacific
Poudre Valley
Men Under Beds Turn Habit Into Hazardous Heists
Women targeting men under beds have become adept at catching burglars in several towns. Miss Johnson battered a man near collapse, an Ashland woman woke neighbors after spotting feet, a Carbon county banker’s daughter screamed as a man fled through a window, and a West Virginia case saw a man captured and handed to authorities.
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Miss Johnson
Ashland
Carbon County
West Virginia
Piute Man Ends Life At Eureka Camp
A Piute man near the Eureka Consoli dated furnaces killed himself after the death of his wife from smallpox and a rheumatic illness. He cut a vein in his left wrist and bled to death before discovery. Tribesmen plan to cremate him with traditional rites early next week.
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Eureka Republican
Piutes
Eureka Consolidated Furnaces
Buck
Tariff Changes Favor Cheyenne Over Denver
A new Chicago and North Western tariff favors Cheyenne by maintaining lower rates there and on the Colorado Central route. The Kansas Pacific request to raise Colorado Central rates to protect Denver was granted, but Denver, Fort Collins, Longmont, Boulder, Bristol, Loveland, Golden, and Denver rates stay unchanged. Cheyenne still enjoys $100 less per car on first class freight and apples compared with Denver.
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Chicago and Northwestern
Kansas Pacific
Colorado Central
Denver
Cheyenne
Fort Collins
Longmont
Boulder
Bristol
Loveland
Golden
Tax pro rata case argued in Omaha circuit court
The tax pro rata suit brought by the Kansas Pacific and Denver Pacific Railroads against the Union Pacific was argued in the United States Circuit Court at Omaha. Judge Usher of Lawrence presided. Attorneys Rogers and Wright of Iowa represented the Union Pacific, while Holmes of New York and Woolworth of Omaha represented the Kansas Pacific and Denver Pacific.
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Kansas Pacific
Denver Pacific
Union Pacific
United States
Omaha
A. J. Poppleton
That City
Messrs. Rogers and Wright
Towa
Judge Usher
Lawrence
Kansas
Holmes
New York
J. M. Woolworth
Sixteenth Amendment Convention to Convene in Washington
The National Woman Suffrage Association plans The Sixteenth Amendment Convention bringing together all U S woman suffrage groups in Washington on January 8 1878 to discuss strategy and support for voting rights.
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National Woman Suffrage Association
Woman Suffrage Associations
United States
Washington
Russian Losses at Kars Put at Twenty Five Thousand
A Russian official report cites 25,000 casualties at the capture of Kars. Among the killed officers are General Belinsky and Lieutenant Colonel Melikkov.
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Kars
Belinsky
Col. Melikoff
Anti-Resumption Men Demand Action on Pending Bill
Members opposing adjournment declare they will block proceedings until the pending bill is acted on. They pledge continued pressure and insist on concrete legislative steps before any recess.
Gen Melikoff Drives Capture of Erzeroum Effort
Gen Melikoff has undertaken the capture of Erzeroum in a bold military push. Reports describe preparations and possible actions toward the important city as Allied forces monitor progress.
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Melikoff
Erzeroum
Temperance Mass Meeting Featured Unusual Speeches
A Monday night temperance gathering at the Presbyterian church was led by Rev. F. W. Tompkins Jr. Music by Joslin Whitcomb Whipple and Inman. organ by Mrs. Miller. Rev. W. B. Hamilton and Col. S. W. Downey spoke. Downey recited Song of Ruin to applause.
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Presbyterian Church
F. W. Tompkins, Jr
Joslin
Whitcomb
Whipple
Inman
Miller
W. B. Hamilton
W. Downey
Col
Col. Downey
Henry Warrerson Enters New York Lecture Field
Henry Warrerson has entered the lecture field in New York expanding his public speaking engagements. He will present a series of talks at venues across the city highlighting his research and philosophy.
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Henry Warrerson
New York
Polaris Narrative Printing Approved by Senate Committee
WayTE from the Senate committee on printing reported favorably the resolution to print 2,500 copies of the narrative of the North Polar expedition by the United States steamer Polaris.
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Wayte
Senate Committee On Printing
United States
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Wyoming
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Belgium
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Pittsburg
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Avra
Senate Judiciary Committee
Storrs
Central and Union Pacific
California
Treasury of
Sidney Dillon
Mr. Huntington
Central Pacific
Thurman
Kansas Pacific Company
Central
Joyce
Vermont
Temperance
Eden
Indus
Trne
Eblis
S. W. Downes
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