Southern Railroad bill and national notes in brief
A compact summary of scattered 19th century items: Southern Railroad bill movement and Pacific coast services. Lincoln Memorial statue to be unveiled in Columbus. Frank P. Bish elected U S Senator from Missouri. Judge Byrom Paine buried in Wisconsin. Crispins strike in New York resolved. Jeane F. Shepherd appointed Merchandise Appraiser in St. Louis. Bell confirmed as Democratic Congressman in New Hampshire. president's appointments and party affairs. Union and labor events. West Pennsy line Butler Branch opened. W Hitchcock elected U S Senator from Nebraska. explosion at gas works. New York marshal suit. Internal Revenue Commissioner urges repeal of income tax. Professor Turner discusses Sol asylum finances. Missouri appointments confirmed. India Cable Company steamer Spall mentioned. Broken Aspinwall cable incident. county property values and tax board actions.
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N. Bell
New Hampshire
New York
Juac Xico
Philght
Butler
West Pennsy
Billroad
Py W. Hitchcock
Nebraska
Aspinwall
Lyn
Dallon
District of New York
Sae
Unie
Commissioner of Internal Revenue Sredl
Ways and Means
J.B. Turner
Jacksonville
Nois
Sol’ Asylum
Senate
Missouri
Drake
Schurs
India Cable Company
Ste Spall
Grap
St Odell
Bank of Ohio State Board of Equalization
Hayes
Prussian Offensive Reports Mixed Outcomes Near Saxony
Fragmentary dispatches describe renewed Prussian attacks with heavy fighting by the Twenty-first corps. Reports mention Prussian casualties and a contested battle near Saxony as forces clash, with one account noting a great victory and another suggesting heavy losses for the enemy amid exchanges around Bismarck.
Deaths and dispatches amid money market notes
New York January 19 markets show money tight with banks heavily indebted to the Clearing House. National bank notes exceed demand and are discounted at 1 percent for small denominations. Reports various political figures and foreign news accompany the day’s financial actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Times
New York
National Bank
National
James Felt
Stokes
Lawler
Fisk
Lawyer Learns Divorce Tricks From Pretty Woman
A young lawyer in Pillaburg receives a dressed woman seeking divorce. He outlines alimony and fees, offering a thousand for the case and a retainer, then pockets her payment after realizing the client is a widow and the scenario hinges on a counterfeit setup.
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Visiix
Kat
Blickstone
Cahdea
Orriaes
Lawwyer
Tsee
Eourt
Gree
Anne
Windows Through Time In Architecture And Life
An essay explores windows as a historic element from ancient to modern days. It traces shifting materials from open gaps to glass panes and reflects on how windows shape daily life, emotion, and perception of home, light, and privacy.
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Romeo
Juliet
Sas
Phev Rive
Ares
Yane
Minnesota elects Windom and Stearns to Senate terms
Windom elected to the long term and Stearns named for the short term in Minnesota. Mirway J 17 notes January proceedings. Kept concise, the article records the selection of Windom and Stearns as United States senators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windom and Stearns
Mirway
Kee
January Windom
United Stattes
Hon. C. F. Stearne
Inhaled Substances and Microbial Growth From Urban Air
Fragmentary OCR details experiments by scientific officers using air from Manchester streets and theaters to study aftermaths of inhaled substances. Observations describe sand, carbon, pollen, abundant fungi in water, heat and light exposure, and rapid microbial growth forming a microbe filled with vegetables.
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Dancer
Manchester
England
Rome
Real Bea
New York
Dansett
Mrs Senator Sumner and the Sumner Domestic Circle
Washington correspondent says Mrs Sumner, a fashionable widow, pursued social privilege while Senator Sumner, Massachusetts, lectured and wrote. A diplomat rival joined her circle, causing marital strain. She left Washington for a steamer voyage, vowing not to resume her role as Mrs Sumner, while the senator remained to shoulder his public life and private woes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New Orleans Times
Sayator
Samsier
Anies
Samier
Globe
Sumner
Eles
Marsachusetts
Seerea
Gate
Senate
Ties Committee
Washington City
Leavin
Recollections of Don Quixote Extracts
Fragmented excerpts recount Don Quixote scenes and quotes on virtue gender and folly. The text hints at reflections on women youth and fate, noting virtue and wisdom, with scattered lines about satire and social behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don
Don Ke
Abby
Golden Rules for the Home Circle
A historical fragment outlining home etiquette rules. It covers avoiding irritating expressions, private admonitions to spouses, steering clear of sarcasm and personal insults, speaking calmly, avoiding loud tones, and maintaining respectful conduct. It warns against scolding, arrogance, and intruding on others' private spaces without knocking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F Cohen
Heroism of a Railroad Engineer
A notorious wreck test shows engineer J. Hoopes heroically aiding others after a wheel loss sent a freight train bound west careening into a collision. Despite grievous injuries including crushed legs and a torn hip, Hoopes dragged himself to safety and assisted the conductor while others rushed to stop the train. His courage amid the blaze and chaos earns him lasting commemoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rethan
Sehselors
Hoopes
Storm Signals and Weather Forecast Realigned in 19th Century Text
The article discusses storm signals and weather science, referencing sun heat, earth rotation, and forecast methods. It notes December events, torn weather reports, and predictions of a heavy storm with snow and rain expected around Monday, affecting Michigan and the Atlantic region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Valley of the Grab
Atlantic
Monda
Last Accounts of the Séamese Twins Letter Report
A letter from Eng states the Seamee twins conditions show rapid decline. They are described as exceedingly unhealthy with Eaig failing quickly.
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Séamese
Eng
Sas Eaig
Calamitous 1870 Tennessee Farm Output Across Acres Planted
The Tennessee crop report shows 1870 yields across staples. Wheat 6,760,000 bushels from 803,571 acres. oats 3,500,000 from 209,000 acres. corn 47,500,000 from 297,000 acres. barley 28,000 from 1,707 acres. rye 226,000 from 22,000 acres. tobacco 35,000,000 pounds. cheese 136,476 pounds. cotton 1,405,236 pounds. buckwheat 9,000 from buckwheat fields. Improved land totals 6,783,037 acres, with overall improved land at 13,873,528 acres.
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Bute
Tennessee
Caliente
Un natural mother blamed in inquest over starving daughter
In an inquest led by Coroner Tewksbury, the jury found that Dorris Deeckman starved and mistreated her daughter Annie Deeckman Doeckman until her death. Neighbors and witnesses testified to repeated abuse and neglect, including chilling cases of near nakedness in cold weather and threats to starve the child. The postmortem showed starvation as the cause, and the coroner remanded the mother to await Grand Jury action.
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Anne Hanko
Deeckman
Coreoner Tewksbury
Datel Kills
L.1
Dorris Deeckman
Anne
Mr. Deeckman
Dee Kman
Ae Bug
Drummond
Dennlér
Byer
Annie Doeckman
Dorrin Deeckman
Daughter Forced to Marry Waits for Treasure Elopement
A Tennessee tale recalls a daughter coerced into marriage by her sire Henry Tompkins to a suitor Hunt. She defies the match for a beloved man named Hamilton, plots an elopement with a buried treasure, and the pair flee by train toward Nashville and Kentucky while a brother seeks them. The episode ends with doubt over pursuit and a Banner report from January 18.
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Henry Tompkins
Tompkins
Leon
Hunt
Wilson County
Hamilton
Kane
Nashville
Kentucky
Scema
England's 35-ton gun arouses wide debate in journals
English and Continental reports discuss Krupp's Paris Exhibition gun as possibly larger and more powerful than England's famed 35 ton piece. Claims note weights around 27 to 35 tons, with heavyShield and iron plate features. A Vienna trial in 1870 reportedly saw the Armstrong gun fail after 111 shots.
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England
Krupp
Paris
St. Petersburg
Vienna
Postponement of Railroad Bill Discussion in Frankfort
Special Dispatch reports in Frankfort Kentucky that the Cincinnati Southern Railroad bill discussion was postponed to tomorrow at 11 A M. The notice appears in the Cincinnati Times with a January 18 dateline and mentions the delay of the hearing on the bill.
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Rpcetal
Olecimmati
Times
Wasmixeron
Roderick Random Butler
Hon
RR. Butler
Tennespreme Court
Wedneslay
Butler
Mr. Swann
Lake of Tit Woods
Rocky Mountains
The
Cincinnati Times
Frankront
Steamers Set to Sail with Large Specie Remittances
New York on January 18 reports that the steamers Nebraska and Abyssinia will depart for Europe today with 250000 in specie. The Siberia is scheduled for tomorrow carrying 292000 in specie.
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New York
Sprota
Nebraska
Abyssinia
Europe
Pecie
Siberia
Earthquake Shakes Lacoma and Lake Village at Dawn
A Lacoma dispatch reports a morning earthquake at 7:30 that caused deep tremors and stirred ice logs in the bay. The shock, felt across Lacoma and Lake Village, seemed to pass from east to west and jarred houses and the bay area.
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Concenp
Lacoma
Lake Village
Grain and livestock market notes from St Louis report
January reports list flour firm, wheat at 35 for No 2 red and 431 milwaukee for No 2, oats 39 to 44 cents, barley and rye weak. Hogs firm with some higher lots, cattle dull with mixed regional sales, sheep steady. Receipts around 3 850 hogs, cattle 189 head week to date. Western supply and prices referenced.
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St. Loum
Vokes Clear, LLC
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Kentucky
Ralca
Western
Milwaukee
City Matters and Murat Blood Thirst Saga
A sensational item reports Murat, a notorious figure, allegedly attacking Lavender in Murat’s office after an article about Lavender’s social den. Police armament is promised to capture Murat at the next court appearance. Also notes the death of Henry F Handy, a well known local citizen and former principal who later ran the St. Lawrence restaurant.
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Murat
Chavellette
Lavender
Tom
Ruffin
Marat
Henry F. Handy
Truman
St. Lawrence
Hand
Kina
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Prus- Albrecht
Saxony
Bismarck
Money Market
Budge
Gross
Bismirck
Empress Eugenie
Germany
Hornet's Caban Cargo Safe
Wm .B. Ribbens
Calvin R. Cross
Versailles
Paris Balloom
Eugenie
Cassel
Moniteur de Paris
Associated Press
New Yor
Marine
Cuba
Ben
Rogleston, the
Grant
Ben Rogleston
Hom Benj. Eggleston
Cincinnati
Pleasanton
Committee of Ways and Means
Ale
Gen
Committee On Ways and Means
Wasuixeron
Geral Pleasanton
Internal Revenue
Wayean
Weport
Sharts
Ie On
Pode Sane
Gssn
Porter
Virginia
Cadet Smith
Wen 'Fein
Smith's Clark
Wasuexdoy
N.Y
Fetes Vespidines
Treasa Ee Tary
Treasu Mtn
Conkli
Ayers
Del
Snecmalih Geibaen
Ton Eevee
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Cal
Cook
Judiciary Committee
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Paasedt
Stoughton
Negley
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
J. W. Doug
Jas
Bureau of Education
Supreme Court
Sargent
Cat.r
Washington Territory
House
Blair
Brooks
Hastings
Pretty Woman
Prom the Pillaburg Dispatch
Sun
Nies
Aeahing
Minnesota
Senator Sumner
Frankfort
Cincinnati Southern Railroad
Peeee New Jampshire
Telegraph
City Matters
Gravellotte
Jong
Vine Street
Commergial
Quret
Covington
Talon M
Longworth
Can- Rex
Apells
Cai
Alnut
Lonsdale
Wilson Bros
Fourth ST
Pike's
Dearborn
Steget
Chicago
Union Building
Trey
Ralph Mecrac
Hand, Whitehouse & CO
Wallace Patent
Lawson
Ofa
Rankin
Alterna
GM Prame
Street
Plum
C. &. Rankin & Co., Architectural Iron Works
Brass and Steam Pipe Works
Fewlass & Hodgson
East Front Street
Kekford
Franklin Type
C. ALLISON, SMITH @ JOHNSON
WH. H. Kirby
Cinocingags
Oatio
R. Griffiths
BN. W. Cor
Jan Top
Ian
T. Griffiths
Central Tha
N. W. Corner
Central Arenas
Toas
Wwe
Sre Ee la
L. W
Gaalipaltg. O
D. Ss. Carrick
Mein Street
Third St
Mays
Cammacn
GEO. B. Stevens & CO
Geog To &J. Paul’s
PE St
John Holland
Dent, IL
B. PD
Willis
DRS
Ward Dent & Willis
Juba Street
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