Railroad notes reveal capital need for Sumpter route
In Sumpter County officials discussed Charleston Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad plans. Col Johnson warned $160,000 must be raised by four townships or the line may bypass the city. Track work on the Three C’s reached the Catawba River with bridge timber deliveries, promising progress within weeks if weather holds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumpter
Sueviert
Charleston, Cincinnati and
Chicago Railroad
A. Johnon
Gen. A. Frick
Shelly N. C
Corporation Council
James
Yorkville
8. C
Black
Col. Johnson
Sumpter County
Kyventhove
Catawba River
T. A. Tony
Ale
Rogh Aik Herald
Back troubles relieved with Allcock's Plaster aid
An old treatment advertisement extols Allcock's Porous Plaster as a comfort for aching backs, claiming sustained warm pressure and tonics help restore strength after strain. Letters from users in Georgia and Mississippi praise its effectiveness for ulcers throat diseases and skin issues, noting cures and improved health after six bottles in some cases. A governor’s staff event and other notices appear embedded in the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Savaront
Eve
Allcock
Darringer
Pili
The Fall of Josie Mansfield and the Fisk Case
Josie Mansfield emerges as a central figure in 1872 New York gossip and court actions involving James Fisk Jr. and Oliver Stokes. The piece details her beauty, social power on the Erie Railroad scene, alleged blackmail by Fisk, and subsequent libel suits, ending with Fisk's death at the Grand Central hotel and Mansfield's influential role in the scandal. The column also advertises Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and pills as remedies for female ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hh Waly
E'S. Osborn
M G. Feofaneey
Yarily
LF. Atkinson
Darlington
F. Bound
Indiana
T. M. Browne
W. D. Bynum
South
Evan Roger Q. Mill
Texas
A. M. Dockery
Missouri
BE. Hooker
Mississippi
J. D. Richardson
Tenneasee
D. B. Tedderson
Yewney
Bland
H. Mansur
Sbenble
Loy
Ohio
Californis
Hauseops
Yale Hye
Musts Promphi
New York
Helen” Josephine Manesfield
Pacific Slope
Frank Lawlor
Cupid
School
Wien
Vick
Demoiselle
Taylor
Stokes
Philadelphia
Lawlor
Fisk
Justice Bixby
Yorkville
Helen Josephine Mannfield
James Fisk, Jr
Jibel
Mise Macfiell
Hunter’s Point
Mise Mansfiell
Migs Mansfield
Hisk
Grand Central Hotel
Josie Mansfield
Erie Railroad
Fink
Twenty-third Street
Flo
Jim
Josie
Mortone
Opera Bouffelsinger
Utair Parisience
Pierce
Une
Hand of Place IV the Sky and the Strange Northern Light
A pasted miscellany reports a strange northern sky display after 11 p.m. with a giant hand formed by shifting red light and clouds, interpreted as a warning to leaders Sherman and Foraker. The piece also notes a drill meeting outcome, funding forecasts, and local crime updates including John Presnel’s pardon and the Janee Greene feud turning deadly with two Greene family members killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohips
Sherman
Foraker
Fashion and society talk mix with wild medical claims
A jumble of flirtations and social musings opens with banter about money marriage and pie then shifts to fashion advice on summer wardrobes silk fabrics lace inserts and tucks. The page pivots to sensational patent medicine warnings praising Warner's Safe Cure and Tanner's Neuralgia Cure alongside imagined jewelry and domestic quips.
Tennessee News Briefs Mixed with Local Hadley Notes
A scrambled report from Morristown and nearby areas mentions a Presbyterian assembly in Chattanooga next year, a Knoxville tobacco factory expanding operations, and bids for a new bridge over the Tennessee River at Knoxville. Reports cover a fly outbreak harming crops, dog bites, a Memphis child’s fatal fall, and political shifts in the Republican electors plan. Also notes a historic corner stone in Noaheville, army worms in Tipton county, and a Chattanooga farmers’ convention concluding with a future session in that city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morristown
Kogernvitle
Memphis
Bates
Nooga
General Assembly of
The
Presbyterian Church
Chattanooga
Rumbough Tobacco Factory
Knoxville
J. P. Lewis
Davis Ballenbarger &c
Jackson
Prama
Ladies Memorial Association
Jatook
Rhea County
Mia
Rico
Thos
Lannom
Senate
Tennessee
Teia
Emerson Etherage
Wm. Rule
Mr. Rule
HB. Lindsley
Regan
East Town
Virginia
Georgia Road
Florida
158
Good
West Bristoh
Noaheville
H. A. Ingersoll
Covington
Tipton County
Knoxvilla
J W. Rogan
Apporaville
G. W. Sherrick
Jefferson
J. A. Frazier
Hamilton County
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Railroad Notes
Pompsoy
Pompey
Hcis
Turkey
Germany
Brazil
Burgundy
ES Etat
Marlon’ Harlind
C. Medengoa
Wilkes County
L. Cox
Arkabutla
Tutu Go
Miles
Dmrs
Brooklyn
Algo
Loa
Mirlaad
Praia
Thas
Bae
Terrible-Agor
Paty Weil
Mattit Sperry
Carrie Hoyt
Capitol
Mattie Sperry
Lucille Baxter
Mary Bright
Eva Currey
Lila Golyar
Juliet Cherry
Effie Vain
Nashville
Nashsville
Frost
Tipton
Goveror
N. W. Baptist
Biamark
Simon Cameron
George William Curtis
Tid Verdi
Admiral Porter
Aed
John Bright
Edward Pierrepont
Adelaide Ristori
Phil Sheridar
Benjamin H. Bristow
Edwin Booth
Stephen J. Field
N. P. Banks
Jefferson Davis
Hamilton Fist
Joseph E.johston
John G. Whittier
Gen. Longstree
Ava Gray
Martin F. Tuppe
Cassille M. Clay
Max Mueller
Thomas Hughee
Ernst Renan
John Sherman
Wilkie Collins
Prof
Huxley
Georgee H. Pendleton
Don Patro
John C. Fremont
Benson J. Lossing
Meiseonier
Gladstone
Hannibal Hamlin
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Robert C. Schenck
Alfred Tennyson
Ferdinand de Lesseps
David Dudley Field
Queen Victoria
John Ruskin
Gen. Rosecrans
Cyrus W. Field
Julia Ward Howe
G Ieorge Bancroft
von Moltke
It. B. Hayes
Donald G. Mitchell
Jamed Parlin
Rose Bonheury Dion
Bondlicault
Oliver Optic
Carl Schure
Blaine
Prof. Haeckel
Mark Twain
B. Aldrich
Grover Cleveland
Brev Harte
Thawne Nast
the Prince of Wales
Adelina Patti
Corporation of
Johnson City
Mosthy Bevel
Conver
Women In Business
England
John Wresnel
Johnson County
Govenor
Presnel
Janee Greene
Bancock Counnty
Lewis Moore
Jonest
Greenes
Ethel
Clara
Bobby
Bobsby
Bridget
McFervin
Sarah
W. A. Hannoxn
Timous Warner
Bowery
Cleopatra
Hays
Eng
Tanner
Rangum Root Medicine Co
Neatrville
Tenn
McRarland
Harper's Weekly
Custom House
Ferrin
Dr. King
McFerrin's
Xentheman
koman—Clhureinyer
Rentleman
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