Admiral Lemar es death and other notes from 1877 Wyoming paper
Admiral Lemar es died at Point Clear Alabama on Thursday morning. B E Stanton son of the late Secretary Stanton died in Washington on Wednesday. Various items include French Gambetta case, Turkish troops near Serbia, Japan appoints A B Sloona ker, crop prospects in Bombay, and New York political and financial notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Lemares
Point Clear
Ala
BE. L. Stanton
Secretary Stanton
Washington
Branding Cattle Practices Raise Alarm in Colorado
The Shoe and Leather Reporter cites a Denver circular showing numerous Colorado cattle brands that mar hides. It condemns branding as wasteful and cruel, urging national tanners to protest and legislation to stop the practice.
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Texas
Colorado
Kansas
Nebraska
Shoe and Leather Reporter
Denver
National Convention of
Tanners
Colorado Growers’ Association
Iowa
Minnesota
Joseph P. Farmer
Practical Household Hints From An 19th Century Page
A curio of DIY tips covers preserving milk with horse radish, curing corn with cranberry, moth destruction with borax, fur storage with tallow, deodorizing clothes with charcoal, hair and tooth care with borax, and foot remedies including borax soaks and bunion plasters. Also advises on tomatoes for cows, sweetening breath, and general furniture cleaning.
The Dead Prophet Brigham Young and the Mormonrise
Brigham Young born June 1 1801 in Vermont joins Mormons in Kirtland and leads to Nauvoo and Salt Lake City. He governs Utah under dispute with federal forces, promotes celestial marriage, reportedly has nineteen wives and sixty children. His death raises questions about the churchs future and unity amid polygamy contention. An anecdote in the text recounts a humorous speech and a local dispute ending in legal trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brigham Young
Whitingham
Vermont
Kirtland
Ohio
East
Joseph Smith
Mr. Young
City of
Nauvoo
Missouri
Plains
Great Salt Lake Valley
Salt Lake City
Deseret
Territory of
Utah
Congress
Fillmore
Ife
Young
Smith
Bank of England
Mormon Church
Bender Explains Henspecked Life and Domestic Woes
In a humorous voice, Vas Bender jokes about being henpecked and the perils of married life. He describes wives pressuring husbands during hard times, social judgments, and a domestic scene where a husband defers to his wife’s advice amid financial strain and public scrutiny.
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Nature
Greenbucks
N. P. Banks
Congressmi
Massachusetts
Congress
General Banks
United States
Brown
Vich
Kaiser
Bender
Aurora News
Dot Brown
Chermans
Yomans
Cherman Yomans
Mr. Brown
Dot Vomans
Fragmented political miscellany from late 19th century paper
A long jumbled digest notes global events and figures from the era. It mentions Ben Hill, New Orleans Picayune, New York Graphic, and Dana of the New York Sun. It covers Franco Italian and Turkish affairs, American politics, and cultural curiosities with varied quick items and humorous asides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans Picayune
New York Graphic
Washington
A Texas Horror Ascistern Finds Mass Deadly Tragedy
A cistern fifteen miles from the city holds the dead bodies of men women and children in various violent states. A nearby house contains about fifteen thousand dollars in cash and a large amount of jewelry. An old woman jeers at arrest claiming the money is pocket change for her boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Witan
San Antonio
Tex
MexicAN MusTANG LINIMENT claims vast healing power
The notice touts MexicAN MusTANG LINIMENT as the friend of suffering humanity and enemy of disease promising to heal sores aches and pains. It asserts no rival product and claims to have saved lives and restored horses cattle and other stock to use and profit.
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Weekly Reader
H. Glafore
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Gambetta
Widdin
Timak
Japan
A. B. Sloonaker
Louisiana
Internal Revenue Office
Mor
Bombay Presidency
Morton
Ohe Secretary of the Interior
Joseph Long
Indiana
Servia
Russia
Danube
Bulgaria
J. C. Cook
Cook
Samuel J. Tilden
Boston
Gessner
New York
Custom House
Rhode Island
Alexis
Sistova
London Daily News
Plevna
England
Malta
Gibraltar
London
Disraeli
Constantinople
New York Produce Exchange
Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce
Milon
Napoleon
Philadelphia
Moscow
Legion of Honor
Chicago Journal
Department of Trade
Europe
New York Nation
Paris
Hurope
Germany
Bank of France
the Dead Prophet
Vas Bender
Georgia
Ben Hill
Thiers
France
Dana
The
New York Sun
Sitting Bull Commission
Barnum
Costentenus
Victor Emanuel
Italy
Chamois
Alps
Don Carlos
Roumania
Postmaster Key
Nez Perces
Idaho
Howard
Charles Francis Adams
Sam Tilden
Mars
Earth
New York Times
Lew Wallace
Wallace
Rosent McLan
Maryland
I- 18
Balkans
Thewarpd
Harper’s Weekly
Joseph
Osman Pasha
National Union
Lynch
Maine
Hobart Pasa
Black Sea
John C. Heenan
South America
Cillao
Despond
St Louis
Osman
Marshal Bazaine
Elena
Whitelaw Reid
Jay Gould
James Gordon Bennet
W. F. Storey
Tecumseh
Brigghaamm Young
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