23 Jun 1877
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Newspaper
Eau Claire News
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1877
Page
1
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The item lists a string of brief notices including deaths of notable figures such as Ludwig Grand Duke of Hesse and Ex Senator Pratt, a Burlington fire causing extensive damage, political and military developments in the Ottoman Empire and Serbia, legal actions, university suspensions, and currency and banking anecdotes. The tone resembles a rapid summary of diverse events from politics to disasters.
New York dispatch reports Tweed’s statement to his counsel expresses relief that he will remain in Latin. He asserts the need to take steps to vanquish judgments in cases across city county and state. He shows low spirits over a compromised outcome and notes four sentences found against him led to this reaction. Dispatches from Constantinople and St Petersburg describe military actions and Russianadvantage in ongoing conflicts with Turks.
The dispatch notes subscriptions for a four percent funded U S loan open until July 16 at par in gold. It lists bond denominations, 2 percent subscription payment, and where to obtain forms. The article then items a hurricane damage on the Connecticut River bridge, a Maine Greenback convention, and a sweep of international news from the Ottoman Empire to Russia, with clashes, uprisings, and diplomatic moves across Europe and Asia. It closes with stray cultural notes on music and a historical mention of the American filibuster Walker and his posthumous Chinese honors.
Wisconsin notes report a Milwaukee Grand Lodge session installing officers led by J. P. Cottrill as Grand Master and D. C. Fulton as Deputy. Other items include a Milwaukee child burn tragedy, burglaries, arrests for crime, a Colby shingle mill fire, river drownings at Engle Lake, and local measures on Fourth of July events, prices, and civic concerns.
A Brooklyn man blinded after following blue glass spectacles claim. A young woman duped by blue glass zealots also suffered glare and heat damage. The piece notes blue glass only concentrates sun rays and can burn, suggesting caution over curative claims and hinting at harsher tactics like heat exposure used in Siberia.
German-backed digs at Olympia uncover walls and terraces likely part of the eleven treasure chambers foundation. A marble statue base with a Livia-like female figure, color remnants in hair and eyes, and a large Roman building reveal numerous sculptures including fourteen life-size statues, many female. Inscriptions link Faustina the Younger and Commodus, daughter and son of Marcus Aurelius, to a Herodes Atticus commission. An ancient hall by the Kronian River and an adjacent Hippodameion church site show aqueduct features. Hera temple discovery noted as well.
A practical man scoffs at the idea language can hide thought and that dictionaries are essential. A student proposes a Webster sample of A words to test him, then proceeds with a tongue twister parade of alliteration. The man, confident in language, falters when faced with dense text.
A damaged appeal letter praises public sympathy after a recent tornado left over a hundred families homeless and many wounded with substantial financial losses. It urges aid to R. S. Gordon, Mayor, or J. J. Shannon at the banking house to bless the public spirit across the nation.
A scattered compilation covers costs of living and support abroad, infant mortality by feeding method, cattle and land statistics in Texas, and wild amusement laws. It notes yellow fever losses in Savannah, U.S. iron vessel growth, French steam engine history, and dangers of dynamite and torpedo tech in wartime, including Whitehead torpedoes and their potential impact.
A historical survey traces how science aided warfare from the Crimean War onward. It notes electric torpedoes used by Austrians at Venice, camera obscura observations, and sentinel telemetric links. It mentions 1860 ironclads, 1866 muzzle versus breech rivals, and Franco-German maps via lithography and posts in Paris. It anticipates Russo Turkish war innovations like cavalry pioneers and Whitehead torpedoes.
A Boston Journal report recounts how church solicitors, especially those from religious societies, face prejudice yet press their cause. One tactic involved a colored singing group briefly introduced by Rev Dr Holm and a bold agency move that sparked uproar in the Russian Baptist Church, prompting officials to intervene.
A narrator mocks hotel sleep disruption by night porters who wake guests with early train announcements. Proposes a dedicated wing for restless travelers and a steam hammer to silence door rap noise, urging truly undisturbed rest for steady sleepers.
The letter warns Martin against debt as he plans to furnish a villa. It contrasts imagined comfort with the peril of quarterly payments and rising interest, urging restraint and prudence. A friend urges simple living, warns of ruin to health, reputation, and honor, and ends with a blessing for moral steadiness.
The account recalls a frigid evening as travelers endure near forty degrees below zero. They dig a snow shelter, huddle in blankets, and fight fatigue and shivering through hours of extreme cold under shifting winds and rising temperature fears. Two companions, Lavie and a half breed, stay awake as conditions worsen.
A Winnipeg letter describes a harrowing night of extreme cold and near death from exposure. The narrator details freezing to the bone, numbness, and a rising sense of paralysis before a half breed hunter awakens him with fire and then beats and cuffs him back to life.
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