An American Sees French Election Turmoil and Quiet Ballot
A Detroit Free Press correspondent recounts an Orleans fortnight before France's chamber election. He details police surveillance, censored press, placard bans, and intimidation by officials, contrasted with orderly balloting and public civility at the polls.
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Detroit Free Press
France
Orlesna
Chamber of Deputies
House of
Legion
St Dixiner
Senate
Montpellier
Paris
Candates
New England Woman Noted For Diligence At Seventy-Two
A Greenwich Conn woman, seventy two, outworks Miss Myra Granger by planting and hoeing two acres of corn yielding 106 bushels, husking seventy two more for a neighbor, tending beans, cutting wood for winter, and even washing.
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New England
Myra Granger
Greenwich
Conn
Governor Warned On Train By Gold-Jeweled Stranger
Governor McCreary rode a railroad train when a rough stranger flaunted wealth. The man rattled gold coins and navy sixes, bragging of protection by his "pups" before a tense warning about the risks of public money exposure. The governor, calm, judged the threat and offered prudent caution.
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Kfort
Commonwealth
McCreary
Colorado
Italian superstitions and the fear of the number thirteen
A Florentine letter to the Philadelphia Telegraph reports Italian beliefs about numbers and days. In Rome taboos keep residents from lighting three candles, while Florence replaces 13 with 11 12 14 to avoid the unlucky number. The tale notes how even contracts can hinge on planetary superstitions and how a gentleman from the United States faced delays.
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Italy
Florentine
Philadelphia Telegraph
George P. Marsh
Rome
Marsh
United States
Florence
Enoch Arden Revisited in Providence Case
Providence, R I recounts an Enoch Arden tale. John Thatcher left Ellen Walley for Australia during a gold rush. After decades apart, Thatcher returns to the United States and reunites with his wife, now widowed or remarried, in Providence. The return occurs after thirty years, with Thatcher living again with his wife of youth.
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Providence
R. I
Enoch Arden
John Thatcher
Ellen Walley
Australia
Thatcher
Corbett Stowell
James Conwell
Saco
Pirate-Kisherman of Havana Built Market and Theater
A legendary Havana tale recounts Marti, a reform pirate who betrayed smugglers to Governor Tacon in 1834 1838. Marti gained a fish market monopoly and financed a grand stone market and the Tacon Theater in gratitude for a pardon.
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Havana
Marti
Tacon
Stamp Sale Abuse Exposed by Postmaster General
Washington correspondent reports the third assistant postmaster general details stamp sale abuses by fourth class postmasters. Commissions range from forty to sixty percent, with many sales or trades happening outside delivery. Examples include Salt Lake City firms receiving 200 letters daily yet buying little stamps, and a Mormon in Salt Lake paying furniture with stamps.
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Washington
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
Utah
Railroad Building Totals in 1877 Grow on Short Lines
The Railroad Gazette reports 1877 railroad construction at 2199 miles, down from 2460 in 1876 and 3888 in 1873. The year shows gains mainly on short lines, the longest 120 miles, with an average project length of 18.8 miles and total line length lower than most years since 1873. Few new projects are noted for the current year, though many lines will be extended and unfinished roads continued.
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The
Railroad Gazette
Gazette
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