Weekly Senter Bob BRHAKKA AST TABLE TALK
The Stewart estate collects 200000 dollars annual rent from the Tenth street building with a plan to push for more. Liverpool School Board to use novels occasionally in place of standard reading books. Palestine resident wins 300 dollars damages against Western Union Telegraph Company after trial. Frenchman lowers a light into sea attracting thousands of fishes. nets close in for a large haul. New York assay scales show writing a name on paper can alter balance. Royal garden party at Marlborough House hosts 3000 guests, 2998 more than Eden party. US rail locomotives numbering 20116 highlight rapid progress. England indicts a woman for starving a child. verdict finds starch nutrition insufficient, she is acquitted.
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Albert Edward
Wales
England
Marlborough House
Eden
Puck
Enland
Women and Society Bits in Brief
A collection of vignettes on women’s roles and behavior from the era. It notes a Missouri woman injuring a boastful suitor, French ladies fencing, and New York schoolteachers leaving the profession for marriage. It mentions a 108 year old nurse on a Syracuse reservation, English novelist Miss Braddon, and Sarah Bernhardt’s stage incident.
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Horatio Seymour
Syracuse
N. Y
Dinah
Maxwell
M. E. Braddon
London
Gossip and society notes from a bygone era
Distant snippets from newspapers mix gossip about social figures and incidents. A Boston wife schemes to separate temporarily from her husband. Shakespere seeks Michigan office. caricaturist Morgan relocates to Cincinnati for circus bill work. A Salt Lake break in ends with beatings. Royalty and actresses appear in scattered anecdotes. A wild man sighting near Phillips, Wisconsin. Mrs Woodhull praised in Isle of Wight report. Miss La Forge’s death linked to Ocean Grove. A London reading of Bronson Howard’s new play precedes Madison Square production.
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Matt Morgan
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
J. D. Shell
Salt Lake
Victoria Woodhull
Isle of Wight
Ryde
Isle of Wight News
Mrs. Woodhull
Miss la Forge
Lieut. Chipp
Musical Oddities and a Tom Thumb Piano Tale
A long piece from American Art Journal recounts Meyerbeer fainting at a mush-melon sight and a scribe ordering its removal. It then describes a Bremen instrument maker’s night plan to fend off creditors with an impromptu concert, a Barnus bust, and musicians exiting with their instruments. It also tells of Mrs Tom Thumb’s grand piano, built by Kirkman & Son, once owned by a New York collector, and a humorous Irish reaction to a quartet.
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Meyerbeer
Scribe
American Art Journal
Bremen
Torst
Barnus
Paris Fashion Notes on Handkerchiefs Shoes and Linen
Paris novelties color handkerchiefs feature daisies sunflowers and pansies on black borders while cashmere embroideries show large flowers and geometric motifs. Rugs on bare floors demand care as polished boards show dust. deep cuffs and Charles II collars rise in popularity alongside plain linens.
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Paris
Gossip on Wilde Barrett and stage world gossip
Gossip notes firm friendships between Oscar Wilde and Lawrence Barrett and mentions Anna Bishop on stage since 1839. The piece covers Modjeska planning a Norwegian play Thorn during her U S visit and Pinafore in Allentown in a Pennsylvania Dutch dialect. It cites Warren’s 600 roles, Miller’s western play for Cayvan, and the 1000th World performance with Japanese vases for women.
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Oscar Wilde
Lawrence Barrett
Anna Bishop
Cincinnati
Modjeska
Allentown
Penn
Wm. Warren
Joaquin Miller
Georgia Cay van
New York
Question for Jack Meldrum and Post's Wyoming record
The Sun questions Mr. Post's congress candidacy while The Leader defends his public service. It recounts Post's actions on mail routes and Fort Melviney funds, notes Sun opposition as bogus, and recalls Meldrum's 1879 lottery bill vote and its controversy.
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the Sun
Meldrum
Post
Congress
Sun
The
Mr. Post
Fort Melviney
Wyoming
Cheyenne
John W. Meldrum
Legislative Council
Council
Jack Meldrum
Brutal murder and lynching at Fort Fetterman Wyoming
J H Capps shot Richard Elgin in Altman and Weber store. pursuit, capture, and coroner verdict followed. Elgin avenged when a masked group hanged Capps at the guardhouse. Regan wounded, hospital fate uncertain. Fort Fetterman dispatches and local notices describe post life and development.
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Fort Fetterman
Wyo
J. H. Capps
Searight Bros
Richard P. Elgin
Altman & Weber
Capps
Elgin
Platte River Bridge
J. D. O’brien
Laramie City
Mr. Regan
Prompt and vigorous handling of memorials for Hoyt and legislature
The Sun reports Mr. Post promptly presented the memorial on Gov. Hoyt and the request to add two legislative members. He coordinated delegates, drafted a bill applicable to all territories, and sent the memorial to Washington in March. The bill appeared on the calendar and, though not completed, is likely to pass next session.
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Mr. Post
Governor Hoyt
Council
House of Representatives
Sun
Gov. Hoyt
Post
Territories
Wyoming
Washington
Sunrise Mine Transfer in Platte County Camp Feeds Confidence
A Platte County mining transfer shows the Sunrise mine moved to Col. A. T. Babbitt for 60 000 dollars. The Smelter company bonds the claim and now has a score or more men at work on the site, signaling growing faith and outside capital in a developing camp.
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Sunrise
Platte Cation
Col
A. T. Babbitt
Babbitt
Democratic Primary Lists Seventeen Delegates for County Convention
City Hall hosted a Democratic meeting to select seventeen delegates for the county nominating convention in Cheyenne on October 10. Led by J R Whitehead and T Dyer, the group approved a committee to name the delegates including A H Rees and Henry Harrington among others. Delegates may vote by proxy and fill vacancies as needed. credentials will be issued by the secretary.
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City Hall
J. R. Whitehead
Democratic County Committee
T. Dyer
W. G. Provines
S. C. Thomason
J. Carr
Peter Hamma
Henry Harrington
Geo. G. Masten
I. B. Sp
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Texas
Western Union Telegraph Company
Missouri
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Sarah
Chicago
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Brooklyn Eagle
Boston
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Michigan
Phila. News
Emma Abbott
Phillips, Wig
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Elk River
Wisconsin State Journal
America
Palais Royal
Boulevards
France
Julius Cesar
North Carolina
Esmeralda
Raleigh
Jack
Cowboy
Dick Elgin
W. M
Hellmans Double
Methodist Church
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