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Newspaper
Eau Claire News
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1877
Page
1
Anthony Gardner elected Liberia's President as regional tensions waver. Reports cite the Ottoman, Abyssinian, and Egyptian frictions, a Dutch queen's death, and various European political shifts. News note hydrophobia cases in Massachusetts, fires and disasters in Canada, and a distracted US political scene with party conventions and court actions.
A string of Vienna and Constantinople telegraphs describes recall rumors in Turkey, disturbances in Vienna, Catholic church arrests in Posen, and troop movements near Erzerum. Reports flag unrest, stock market jitters, and a tense political climate as nations react to shifting fronts and alliances.
Fragmented report notes President Grant and postwar tensions with mentions of Westminster Abbey, political appointments, and threats by white opponents. It also covers a passenger train wreck with deaths and injuries, a attempted rail wreck by robbers, train crew fatalities, and a large fire catastrophe. Additional dispatches reference European tensions, Ottoman–Greek actions, and Balkan military movements, with notes on Russian headquarters and a proposed operation against Turkey.
In a tense night scene, Jerek Pirwan’s bedwatch slips under the pillow and terrifies the occupants. Maria Pitman screams, the Judge calms them, and the group discovers a hidden object that turns out to be a ruined watch band. The scene ends with admonitions and bedtime frustration.
A Taunton Chinese wash-house owner recounts a vivid, perilous journey from Ae Li in Poo Ling to San Francisco and California. He narrowly survived capture, shipboard hiding, illness, and violence, later washing in Salt Lake and Virginia City before settling in Taunton.
A chaotic dispatch from Wisconsin era skims a string of unruly notes about legal cases, fires, thefts, drownings, and earthquakes. It highlights a milwaukee postmaster, alleged forgeries by a young drayman, and ships wrecks near Antofagasta. The piece blends crime, weather, and disaster items with broad claims of loss and震.
A fragmented report describes the 1868 Peruvian earthquake and tidal wave that devastated Aries and surrounding ports. It notes significant damage to Arequipa and Salavague areas, numerous aftershocks over three days, and many residents fleeing to higher ground while some drowned.
An Arctic Detroit Free Press excerpt mocks a druggist’s front with grim labels and odd sayings. It describes poison signs, eerie bottles, and a squalid, carnival atmosphere that dwells on arsenic, strychnine, and dubious cures. The piece ponders the unsettling blend of commerce and danger in a ramshackle shop.
A detailed 19th century account describes Stringfellow and his companion Parrish guiding a night mission into Orange County Virginia near Culpeper during a Confederate operation. Surviving a sudden attack by six Federal soldiers, Stringfellow feigned sleep, fired, and escaped with cousin-like endurance after a brutal encounter that left several foes dead. He then crossed the Rapidan undetected, rejoining his unit. The piece weaves in local era notes on Victorian habits, Saint Nicholas Day customs, and church pageantry in Salisbury, mentioning child bishops and the Bishop of the boys in a long, reflective aside.
A historical view portrays French peasants as educated in spirit yet illiterate, living under strict patriarchal rule. They dress, dine, and behave within rigid norms, with limited literacy and snatched glimpses of culture yet a stubborn independence.
A Boston Globe corresp describes life in New York highlighting a famed Tombs lawyer declared bankrupt after profiting from criminal defense. He notes liquor bosses and politicians profiting briefly before failure, with anecdotes of hotels, stock buyers, and public figures who survive only short periods.
Mrs Smith near the Federal Street toll-gate heard burglars in her upper story. Owens and Spang vowed to trap them. Spang entered with a gas-pipe, found a burglar, and was struck. The other man grabbed Spang, and the plan failed as they realized the intruder was a figment. A Naples census reports three days with no births in a city of 360000.
A long letters game between a Union Park resident and a downtown dry goods clerk unfolds into a mock diplomatic quarrel over love and breach of promise. The young woman and her brother stage a staged, comic tangle with letters and hints while the clerk parries with operatic allusions and legal bravado, culminating in a dramatic but ambiguous rendezvous challenge. The episode, recounted with wry humor, ends with uncertainty about marriage prospects and future plans.
A large two story building on M street owned by E. Torrey housed many bats. To remove them he arranged a five gallon coal pan as a trap with holes punched nearby. A wagon moved to cover the entry, luring bats inside where they squealed and struggled. Some bats fled seeking other exits.
In Sacramento a plaster hole allows bats to swarm a two woman tenants sleeping party. Bats terrorize residents as they flee and the vermin are trapped and drowned after boiling water. About 60 killed in the upper story with four more in rooms. total carcasses measured near a five gallon bucket.
The article surveys 1873 census data and world figures. It notes Sweden and Norway population totals, lobster and fish exports, Russia's horse stock, and estimates of bacon cheese and clivease exports from New York Boston Baltimore and Philadelphia. It compares London and New York census details including housing, streets, and occupational breakdowns.
A woodpecker nest site becomes a battleground as wrens bluebirds and even other wrens dispute ownership. Groups watch, steal and defend holes, with conflicts lasting days. Prof. W. H. Brooks notes such feuds as highly persistent and anxious in St Nicholas June.
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