Abolition Bill Passes Cuban Slavery Vote in Cortes
A Maprro dispatch reports one Cuban slavery abolition bill passage in the Spanish Cortes by 134 ayes to 14 noes. Other items note General Gordon's stance in Alexandria, Secocoient's capture, a Bolton colliery blast injuring eleven, the Turkish apostolic demand for Bible translation prisoner release, and a Tay bridge collapse with 150 to 200 drowned. News also covers Roberts's Afghan campaign victory at Bala Hissar and the death of English traveler William Hepworth Dix.
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Chilean victory and tumult in multiple cities report
Dispatches describe another defeat of Peru and Bolivia by Chileans on the 25th, with upheaval in Bancroft Maine over a state arsenal move, a mayoral protest against arming the depot, and a clerk claiming authority from the governor. The note mentions sand-filled oranges in New York, Edison stock moves, a Niagara Falls suicide, and assorted political and financial items.
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Fatal Shot In Chicago Joke Involving Gould and Janitor
Chicago businessman Mr. M. B. Gould and General Waite staged a prank on a colored janitor guarding Waite’s rooms. The janitor fired through a door, wounding Gould fatally. Dispatches warn of a potential war as General Hatch plans to move against intractable Indians near Los Pinos amid siege fears and delayed troop relief due to deep snow.
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Commodity Price Snapshot from New York Markets
Prices for flour and grains across multiple markets listed in New York on December 29. Crude figures show wheat at 1.45 to 1.46 for No. 2 Chicago Spring and Milwaukee, oats 49 to 50 cents, corn 63 to 63 1/8 cents, lard around 7.90, cattle from 4 to 11 dollars, hogs 4.50 to 4.85, and various regional ranges for Philadelphia Baltimore and East Lisperty. Also noted are cash and January futures for wheat and corn, with pork at about 12.25 to 13.55 and eggs at 20 to 21 cents.
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Large Dispatches Report Varied War and Disaster News
Reports from Kabul indicate General Roberts suffered seven hundred deaths and two hundred twenty wounded over four to five days, while snow hindered pursuit of insurgents. London notes Tay Bridge deaths higher than first thought, six bodies recovered. Paris boiler explosion killed six, wounded two. Edison stock tests draw high bids. Maine governor fights Supreme Court questions while Belfast hosts law-and-order rally. Port of Evansville losses, and Charles Brust sells English electric patents for £30,000.
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Multum in Parvo Humor and Handy Men Tales
A collage of quips and vignettes from old papers. It notes satirical lines about Congress, poets, sailors, and a wide array of everyday foibles. It also includes a lengthy piece on the rise of handy men who fix houses for small sums and save homeowners big costs.
Handy Detroit Homemaker Couples Craft Health and Home
A Detroit family portrait shows frugal habits and self reliance. The husband keeps a well equipped shop with saws, planes, chisels, and nails, repairing doors, gates, and roofs as needed. An orderly, practical home ethic emerges from everyday thrift and handiwork.
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Edison lights the world with a new cheap lamp
A Chicago Tribune summary notes Thomas Edison's Christmas Eve test at Menlo Park lit his lab and homes, describing a small orange sized lamp using carbonized paper filaments in a glass globe. It extols safety, long life, low cost, and vast potential across industry and daily life.
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Maine Republicans denounce council over invalid certificates
Maine Republicans rally against the Governor and Council for denying 29 Republicans certificates and counting out other lawmakers. Senators and Blaine and Hamlin condemned the alleged doctored returns and bribery, urging a public uprising to restore honest government in Maine.
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Ten Thousand Sheep Reach Oregon's Carson Valley Rich Soil
The article notes ten thousand sheep started in Oregon for Montana arriving in California conditions. It praises Carson New Mexico valley soil as the richest in the United States for vegetables of enormous size. It then describes a new copper paint made in Paris from porous copper in benzine varnish and its uses on iron brass plaster or wood with an antique green hue when mixed with oils.
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The Mystery of the Seed by Lor Young Readers
A poetic piece explores seeds as mysteries that rise into harvest and growth. It blends nature imagery with spiritual themes, praising unseen forces like angels of sun and rain guiding farming and faith, ending with a call to sow to reap grain.
New Year Flower Mission by Two Boys
Philip Howard and Charlie Grey, thirteen, skip calls with fathers and share a small plan to buy flowers with fifty cents. They brighten poor homes by delivering fragrant bouquets, learning charity and the joy of giving to others on New Year’s morning.
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Foreign Gossip and Curious Anecdotes Across Lands
A Paris letter laments municipal power to topple Napoleon era monuments. Irish MP Mr Henry blasts emigration relief plans as inhuman. Watch linked to Prince Imperial explains Zululand search. A fatal prank on the Seine ends in drowning. Bombay widow marriage notes urge funds for widows homes and remarrying aid. Russian notices promise bed and charity with strict conduct rules. Cork oak acorns sprouting, potential cork industry. Ram fight ends in whisky death. a Scotswoman recalls David and Saul. A proverb about old friends and money closes.
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Mother's kiss and gifts of love inspire New Year deeds
The quote praises a mother’s kiss and loving words as precious to boys. It urges New Year blessings from a loving Father, urging kind deeds, thoughts, and words to follow through the year.
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The Pig and the Rat and the Sapling and the Sycamore
Two fables recount a pampered pig chiding a starving rat about dependency and usefulness. A sapling sheltered by a mighty sycamore learns too late that relying on another’s strength is dangerous as the storm destroys both tree and roots.
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