Purity Times Buried Fragments of War and Weather Notes
Fragmentary OCR from a 19th century issue reports varied items including New York wheat crop projections up to 60,000,600 bushels, a heavy Rochester storm, and references to France shipments to New York. Mentions include Rome, New Caledonia, Saarbruck clash, executions in Richmond, and appointments to U S customs posts. Also notes military and political chatter with scattered names and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bed Cloud, Jr
France
Ote
Cedee Peeues
New York State
Bank of Ineceenenianeeeeteaaeaieienie
Ohio State
B. F. Potts
Ode Forte Wihdraal
Rome
M. P Paradol
Tabite
New Caledonia
Peter Phillips
Richmond
Huron
Cleveland
James B
Harely
St. Jose
Samuel A. Orchard
Omaha
Nebraska
Wm. Sherman
Thomas B. Sherman
Calvin Brown
California
Southern Pacific
London
Menses
Newman
Reaper
Biographical Sketches of French Generals in Command
Biographical sketches profile leading French generals from the Crimean and Mexican campaigns, detailing early careers, key battles such as Inkermann and Sebastopol, and roles in Italy and China. Emphasizes Palikao, Magenta, Solferino, Bazine, and Bazaine, with notes on political stances and imperial service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebastopol
Cyr
Tineteen
Tiemcen
Bid
Yewab
Tefun
Resa
Hike
Martha
Franke
Magenta
Solferinn
France
American Republic
Pope
Count DE Palikao
Charles Guillaume Marie Cousin de Montauban
Algiers
China
Takou
Peiho
Se -Hio-Sin
Pekin
Janary
M'Mahon
Duke OF
Napoleon Presidentahip
Marshal Bazaine
Francoise Achille
Autho-Ity
Crosa
Spain
Kabylia
Morocco
Trtiste
Beimg
Ion
Sebastipol
Kinburn
Mexico
United States
Bazaine
Maximilian
Bazsime
Napoleon II
Prussia
Stewart Picture Provokes Paris Satire
From Paris a Tribune correspondent notes Le Monde Illustré mocked M Yvon’s engraving for A T Stewart of New York. The piece, occupying a wall in a Paris salon, draws crowd and controversy as critics debate value and taste. Stewart, ignorant of art, faces backlash as students abandon his influence.
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Paris
The
Tribune
le Monde Tilustre
M. Yvon
A. T. Stewart
New York
Harper's Wevely
Leslie
Paria
Stewart
Anes
Rnc
Yvon
le Monde Ilustre
Yron
Kansas letter recalls Senator Pomeroy and drought tales
Special correspondence from Kawase Crew Mo July 19 details a tour of northern Kansas along the Central Branch UP railroad. The writer discusses Atchison as origin of the UP line, Pomeroy’s rise and real estate brokers, a severe drought affecting crops, relief distributions, and vivid sunset skies amid heat and dust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Branch Railroad
Pomeroy
Flourishing Little City and Thriving Lumber Regions
Letter from Michigan notes a trip from Cincinnati by rail to Te? and Detroit in July 1870. Observations include fine crops, harvesting wheat, pleasant travel with General H Whately, cheap meals in Toledo, busy river towns along Saginaw Bay, salt wells, and numerous sawmills. Describes lumber culture, cheap salt work profits, swampy duck-rich lands, and a rafting pine timber shipment valued at over $500,000 bound for Quebec City. comments on lumbermen as a local stereotype and farming viability despite tariffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General H. Whately
Toledo
Cincinnati
Detroit
New York
Caljee
Milton ‘Bayler
Lommerman
Iouta
Nesmith
Quebue
Yankee Shrewdness Mystery in Little River Tale
A fragmentary Cal Dispatch item reports a resident of Little River sharing a folded anecdote about a clever dodge, a family feud, and a pastured horse amid tangled names and unclear details. The terse note hints at a long-ago stroke of business but offers few concrete facts or dates.
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Little River
Underdrainage Wheat Culture Principle
A George ieddes essay argues that underdrainage should target dry but arable fields first, not the wettest lands. Profitability matters more than large crops, advocating progressive drainage from the best immediate return fields to extend farming gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ieddes
Minstrel Amusements and Local Notices in Piercing Style
A long survey criticizes early negro minstrelsy and praises a new first class company with four endmen a quartet and baritone singers. It highlights performances by Sig Gaserve Wilens Bam Gard Tyrell Reese and Lang plus a notable Panithica act. The piece blends a tale of vanity with local civic updates on street work and legal notes from the city council, including a test of a negro woman as prosecution testimony under the 14th Amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skill & Flaylord
Emerson
Momning
Allen, Kelly & Loon
Te Pittebueg Chreahele
Neens Ag
Pittsburg
Nes
Sig Gas
Joe Matry
Necro
Blackbolts
Schaffer
of the Commonwealth
Richard Harris
Howard
Baseball notes on mutuals and red stockings match. early tour events
Baseball items report that the New York Mutuals prevented a match with the Red Stockings yesterday while a big forthcoming game against the Philadelphia Athletics in Cincinnati is noted. Resignations, tours, and recent performances, including details of players, scores, and lineups, are discussed with emphasis on the season’s key clashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Mutuals
Red Stockings
Mutuals
Cincinnati
Philadelphia Athletics
Athletics
Alleghany Club
Pitts- Wig On
Mounds
Washington Olympic
Insitenes
Louisville
Ghen
Skilled Labor From Abroad Proposed for City
Mr J H Osborne addresses four communications to the mayor urging a bureau of skilled labor to aid foreign artisans, aid city manufacturing, and attract immigrants. He suggests an English and German superintendent, a public inquiry desk, and a national publicity push to establish the office with free, trusted guidance. He argues the plan could be inexpensive and highly beneficial, and urges the City Council to act promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Osborne
Bureau of Skilled Labor
Osborne
Cincinnati
Ireet
Board of Trade
Europe
Ladies Home Mission Board Holds First Session
The Board of Managers met yesterday afternoon in poor attendance due to rain. They appointed a committee to confer with college pastors on salaries for the coming conference year. The next meeting is planned for 2 o'clock Monday at Trinity Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Home Mission
Trinity Chapel
Newsboys Rush as Europe War News Drives Demand
The European conflict has intensified demand for papers sold by newsboys, with afternoon editions outselling morning copies. Each day vendors report high sales and strong appetite for foreign news, and this week shows about a thousand extra copies printed to meet the excitement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Times
Imsne
Daily Union Prayer Meeting at First Presbyterian Church
The Daily Union Prayer meeting conducted by Rev. G. W. Coons of Maysville Kentucky opened with a Bible reading and practical remarks. The session closed with a doxology and benediction. Tomorrow the morning exercises will be led by Rev. Mr. Emery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
G. W. Coons
Maysville
Kentucky
Emery
Covington City Council Holds Night Meeting
Regular Covington City Council session last night with Colonel John Todd presiding in President Hudson's absence. Waterworks committee report noted to-contractors and work done. one item allowed $400 for four months of clerk services for the committee.
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Cocseu
Paocerpasas
Covington
Hudson
John Todd
Clarkson
Mittee
Ees
City Council meeting approves street works and extensions
The regular weekly City Council meeting notes rental receipts, street improvements, and contracts. John Mulvey awarded a Ringgold street project, P H Wilson & Co. for a Market House sidewall, and a flagstone crossing contract to James Thomas. Council extends completion time for Williamson & Co. to July 1 and again to Oct 15 noting need for Wharf capacity and paying a 3 cent bonus for early work amid criticism of the Taylor annexation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corser
Cummings
Lawy
Imp
Madison
Southgate
Dayton and Newport Street Railway Company
Hetecs
Columbia Streets
J.A. Williamson
John Mulvey
Ringgold Street
Ween York
Columbi
Putnam Street
Mayo
Ringgold
Lewis Street
Cabot
Tibbatts
Boyd Alley
Secoeen
James Thomas
P. H. Wilson & Co
Vatreet
Committee On Ways and Means
John A. Williamson & Co
Mesars. Williamson & Co
C Council
Gabriel
Trump
Taylor
Dayton Methodist Episcopal Church Evades Schedule for City Meeting
Dayton Kentucky church planning session details unclear due to fragmented OCR text. Mentions Methodist Episcopal Church Dayton, a meeting date in the afternoon, and references to district figures including Moody and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist’ Episcopal Church
Dayton
Distrie
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Ble Feder
Jas
I Soysion
St. Cyr
Constantine
Forey
Fors
Poeing
Imperial Guard
MR. A. T. Stewart
Kansas
Secial Correspondence
Kawase
Central
Union Pacific
Atchison
Fort Kearney
Congress
Bendit
U.P. Rak
Atchiron
Massachusetts
Hood
Ars Renaine
Ora
Pees
Pome
Leoporti
Mily
Cam
Michigan
Salt, Lumber, &c
Love
Test End
Aly Powdie Thompson
Fiat
Rai Arden
Elroy
Naaume
Aheed Holle
Whittle
Kearney
Rickey
Algo Arant
Stevens
Same
Front Street
Shelby
Garrard
Shinkle
A Wilson
Sixth Street
Son Perry Street
Pence
Trevor
Soames
John Culbertson
En En Omy
Henry Hoffman
Burlington
Boone County
Sousid
Aggy Gga
Frankfort
Gervand
Richardesi
Hightower
Agor
Nex Retary
BR Jfoyce
Mase‘Wall Club
Troy Times
Hay- Saakee
Bethin
Fichter
Meticellon Almorvt
Allistér
Thames
Nis
Smith
Chapman
Bonguson
Zettlein
Wolverton
McMallen
Newport
Total
Thos
Monmouth Street
Weise
Dayton, Ky
Tarrant’s Compound
Dd Oopaiba
Allison Smith Johns
MRS
Syrup
Whitcomi A“Aup
Grafton Medicine Co
Ayoeay
Eighth Street
Pkepees
Edwin C. Preble Jorl J. Barlow
Jos.b.peebles’ Sons
Grocers
N. E. Corner
Rae Sta
Rankin
Pearl Street
Pianet
Jthwarts
JAS. L. Haven &C
Spice Mills
E. J. Wilson
Secoma
Geo. McGregor
Race Street
Bet
Fourth Ear Securt
Onto
West Fourth
C. Leininger
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