Notable deaths and crimes shadow 1870s weekly news
Readable items note the deaths of Eastman SuLly and Gen Groner Crane in Philadelphia, suffrage court losses for Susan Huntington, and a deadly Scranton railroad accident. Also covered are Boston and Chicago fires aftermath, Meade funeral, canal corruption probes, and political maneuvering around Morton's seat and Grant's re election.
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Toowas SuLly
Philadelphia
Groner G. Crane
Gettysburg
Neumonia
Susan B. Anthony
Rochester
Sarah Huntington
Norwalk
Boston
Chicago
New York
Gen. Meade
Grant
Ware
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
Illinois
Comon Council
Morton
Cov. Baker
Indiana
Neff
Bhanks
Congress
Tna Insurance Company
Hartford
Boston Re
Horace Seeley Reassumes Tribune Editorship
The New York Tribune reports on Horace Seeley resuming the editorship as of the 7th inst, signaling a return to leadership at the publication. Details note his prior tenure and the editorial direction expected under his oversight.
Greeley resumes editorship of the Tribune
Horace Greeley announces he resumes control of the Tribune after six months in a new line of business. He pledges an independent, fair approach, aimed at unity on amnesty and impartial suffrage, with silence on Southern issues for now. He seeks to broaden coverage to science, industry and the arts, avoiding partisan rhetoric. New York, Nov. 6.
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the Tribune
Tribune
Horace Greevey
New York
Our Nine Equestrian Statues in the United States
A New York newspaper lists nine equestrian statues in the nation. It names H. K. Brown Washington Union Square New York 1856 funded by merchants, Clark Mills Jackson Lafayette Square Washington and Circle cost 32 000 35 000 50 000. Crawford Washington Richmond Ball Washington Public Garden Boston 20 000. Brown Winfield Scott Circle Fourteenth Street Washington now in Philadelphia 50 000. Baillie U S Grant Treasury Building south portico cast in pieces for autumn placement. Nathaniel Lyon statue in St Louis.
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New York
Ui.c
Lyon
United States
H. K. Brown
Washington
Union Square
Clark Mills
Jackson
Lafayette Square
Washington City
Jackson Square
New Orleans
the Circle
Thomas Crawford
Richmond
Thomas Ball
Washington—Public Garden
Boston
Winfield Scott
Circle
Fourteenth Street
Washngton
Spring Garden Street
Philadelphia
Baillie
Treasury Building
Nathaniel Lyon
St. Louis
Notable Figures and Oddities Crowned in Curious 19th Century Notes
A quirky summary of varied 19th century headlines and anecdotes. Mentions Nast, the Pope’s life expectancy, a Scott descendant, candy magnate B. L. Stuart’s fortune, Ann Camppett the dairy-maid who lived 131 years, and inheritance plans involving European royalty. Also notes Columbia College salaries and estate value, Sumner’s Paris health, a long health walk from Ohio to Florida, Harper Brothers’ upcoming wedding, and New York City Hall portraits used to recoup small debts.
Wind Speeds and Forces Across the Forest
A table shows wind speeds from one mile per hour to eighty miles per hour with corresponding pressures on one square foot from 0.005 to 31 490 pounds. It notes how even small gusts can fell ancient oaks and cut paths through dense undergrowth.
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Smeaton
A Midnight Circus Arrives in Kalama Tale of Nighttime Show
A traveling circus promised Kalama Washington Territory drew locals who waited in vain. They rented a hall hired a fiddler and danced until a steam whistle and marching band announced the setup. By midnight the pavilion rose and the circus performed until dawn before sailing away with the steamboat. James Foley is introduced as Signor Fall the gifted basso profundo after a spell abroad.
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Kalama
Washington Territory
Italy
James Foley
Connecticut
Signor
How a Farmer May Lose Money
A plain list of farming pitfalls warns that neglecting home operations, delaying repairs, and poor timing in sowing and planting waste money. It condemns auction trumpery purchases, unrepaired fences, improper crop rotation, fruit tree neglect, and inadequate winter shelter and feed for stock.
How I Found Livingstone new book by Stanley to publish
Mr Stanley’s eagerly awaited work How I Found Livingstone is advanced and Scribner Arm strong Co of New York promise publication before mid November. The narrative is complete and rewritten by Stanley with thrilling incidents and is the only sanctioned record of his Livingstone search.
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Mr. Stanley
Livingstone
Messrs. Scribner, Armstrong & Co
New York
Stanley
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