Water plans and Connecticut politics in Daily Times
The Daily Times discusses the town's water supply debate focusing on a Holly Company reservoir versus updating machinery. It laments political maneuvering, urges public input, and previews Connecticut Republican actions praising Grant and naming Joseph Boyd Green for Governor amid Sheridan banditti rhetoric.
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Democratic Party
Holly Company
Reevervoir
Holly Works
Bckford
Society notes expose Washington’s social whirl and graft chatter
The Washington Daily Star Society column is mocked for its ornate parties and unseemly toilets while editors’ payments surface in a Pacific Mail subsidy probe. The piece suggests editors from the Inter Ocean profited and questions loyalty, hinting at editorial corruption and regional tensions.
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Society
Washington Daily Star
Department of the Star
Senator
General
Judge
Jenkins
the Star
Washington
Pacific Mail
Ingham
Chicago Inter. Ocean
South
Johnson volunteers to defend Reid in libel suit
The News reports Reverdy Johnson has offered to defend Whitelaw Reid in a libel case filed by Boss Shepherd. Congress refuses to repeal the Lee pro se gag law as Republicans face an uncertain political path. The Mississippi Legislature endorses a position or action, per the brief item.
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Reverdy Johnson
Whitelaw Reid
Boss Shepherd
Congress
Legislature
Mississippi
Fragmentary OCR Note on Osrotins and Bheriden
The readable fragment hints at Osrotins following wit and a reference to Bheriden with a numeric marker 15. The text is incomplete and lacks clear actions or outcomes to summarize.
Heights of Allegany Mountains Listed by County Surveyor
A compilation from old papers in the possession of 8. 8. Downin shows mountain elevations above tide water. Notable figures include Frostburg 1793 feet and Wills Mountain 1003 feet with several peaks such as Negro Mountain 2825 and Keyser's Ridge 2843. Washington Pa. height 1406 and Wheeling City 748 feet are included.
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Tux Hagerstown News
Allegany Mountains
Downin, Esq
Washington County
Cumberland
Wills Mountain
Frostburg
Great Savage Mountain
Little Savage Mountain
Red Hill
Meadow Mountain
Little Crossing
Negro Mountain
Keyser's Ridge
Winding Ridge
Smithfield
Barren Hil
Wood Cock Hill
Laurel Hill
Monroe Village
Uniontown
Cowley Hill
Bownsville
Kibbs Hill
Bellville
Hillsborough
Egnan Hill
Washington, Pa
Alexandria
Wheeling Hill
Wheeling City
Superintendent installs switch for Fayette Branch ore trade
Mr Hyndman of the P W and B R E installs a switch on Samuel McClain's property at Fayette Branch to aid the ore trade, as reported by Connellsville Tribune.
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Bunison White
Emanuel Church
Thrall
Bunison
Gallion
Ohio
Laura RX
Ft. F White
Hyndman
Samuel McClain
Fayette Branch
Connellaville Tribune
Clever Prison Escape Try Ended in Vermont Jail
Fortep Allen, a Vermont resident, staged a dummy reading a newspaper on his bed to fool guards at Chelsin jail. A string operated the leg from the cell above, and a voice answered through a vent as an accomplice aided the ruse.
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Fortep — Allen
Vermont
Chelsin
Alien
Alles
Old Man Atwood Dies Near Cheshunt Wealthy Bachelor
The report notes an English old man named Atwood, a quiet bachelor near Cheshunt, who left over a million in sterling and £350,000 given away via £1 000 checks. He amassed wealth mainly from glass and left a fortune amid unusual bequests and debts.
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Atwood
Cheshunt
England
Begium
Mme. Blonseur
Baltimore
Charleston
Erie
Brooklyn
Short Reflections and Rural Anecdotes from a bygone Era
A miscellany of whimsical vignettes and moral quips about time, generosity, and language learning. It includes a farmer’s craft verses, a retort about listening ears, and a rustic anecdote about General Thomas. The piece closes with a truncated sentence about a curate named P. Van Liere facing a ten year sentence.
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Thomas
Back Woods
Coolkerkee
Bruges
P. van Liere
Joer
Letters From The People Inverted Free Of Charge
A public note explains letters to the newspaper are printed at no charge and that only the contributor is responsible for the statements printed.
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Veley
Coal and fire clay discovery at Cromer property
In Westermrort on January 21 1975 a letter reports a coal vein under Cromer’s property with fire clay beneath. Miners cut toward the bottom as they test the extent while experts in Baltimore analyze samples to determine gas content and clay quality. The find could be the county’s best in years.
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Westermrort
Coastin on Herr Street Sparks Neighborhood Clash
A Harrisburg note recalls Ridge avenue boys coasting from Ridge to Pennsylvania avenue on Herr street provoking threats of an ordinance. A series of failed deterents follow from police, coal ash, and arrests until the boys abandon the practice. The Redford Gazette then reports a bold editorial protest about newspaper exchanges, threatening to defend rights with a dead fall and weapons if needed.
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Harrisburg
Ridge Avenue
Herr Street
Ridge
Pennsylvania Avenue
Parser Lareves
Louisiana
Grant
Redford Gazette
Disjointed Anecdotes and Social Quips From A Busy Page
A collage of inexact vignettes includes a stubborn fare dispute on a coast city car where a passenger refuses to exit for five cents and the conductor intervenes. Notes warn of poll tax recovery in a Western district and a Senate clerk’s satirical poem about army blankets. Various jests touch on marriage, a Chicago landlord, the Lord Chamberlain’s anti scandal push, and a Paris butcher shop sign about Kilrog.
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James B. Young
United States Senate
War Department
Chicago
Robey Street
Lord Chamberisin
Marquis of Hartford
London
Paris
Weather Report for Cumberland Today
Wan Darap Tuunt or The Culsr Sien at Orfice Wasuinetons Washington D C reports Cumberland is cloudy or rainy today followed by clearing weather.
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Orfice Wasuinetons
D. C
Cumberland
Beecher trial cross examines Moulton on January 1 interview
New York January 21 Tilton Beecher trial resumes with cross examination of Moulton. He recalls Beecher's remarks about Tilton and notes a February 1 letter recantation, Tilton's efforts to save his family, and Beecher denying a bed involving Bessie Turner.
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New York
Tilton- Beecher
Moulton
Beecher
Tilton
Bowen
Bessie
Mr. Beecher
Bessie Turner
Foreign. Uruguayan rebellion succeeds with rebels in power
Dispatch from Montevideo reports the Uruguayan government fallen and rebels controlling the state. Alarm widespread as business halts and the British squadron sits in Pedro Varela harbor. The senate elected a rebel provisional president. In Washington Congress debated a constitutional amendment for direct presidential elections while the Indian appropriation bill was defeated.
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Loxpon
London
River Piste
Montevideo
Pedro Varela
Senate
Senator elect from Indiana and corruption notes in letters
Rhode Island did not elect a Senator yesterday. Hon. Joseph E McDonald is the Senator elect from Indiana. Irwin testified before the Congressional Committee. His list of who he paid to influence Congress matches Albert s list, excluding J G Berrett and J G Schumaker now in Congress. Eight Episcopal bishops since October, five under forty. Twain writes Raymona about Hartford and “Colore! Sellers” money at the door.
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Rhode Island
Joseph E McDonald
Indiana
Irwin
Congressional Committee
M Ney
Congress
Abert
J.G. Berrett
J.G. Schumaker
Episcopal Church
Mark Twain
J. T. Raymona
Sellers
Hartford
Oe van
Coal Prices Offered by Consolidation Coal Company
The Consolidation Coal Company advertises coal delivery across the city with run of mine coal by the car per ton of 2,240 pounds and delivered coal at specified prices. Orders can be left at the company office or with M. City Sales Agent Jas. A. Brumyo, Nov 23.
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Coa
CO Cort
Gno and Gessner Offer Heating Stoves for Cold Weather
Gno and Gessner stock heating and cooking stoves of popular patterns at moderate prices. Visit No. 10 North Mechanic Street to see guaranteed quality and fair profits. Tinware and custom orders available. Also offered are oysters from near the bridge, cigars, and tobacco at the Sample Store.
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Gessner
Emporium
North
Mechanic Street
Gessners
N. Mechanic
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