The Dance of Death Protest Against Round Dancing
A lengthy critique from San Francisco writer William Herman denounces the modern waltz as a dangerous social force. The piece, titled The Dance of Death, portrays a fashionable ballroom scene with vivid sexual imagery and moral warnings about public dancing and its perceived moral decay.
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Chicago Inter-Ocean
San Francisco
William Herman
Germany
England
Byron
Engand
Americas
Mc Herman
Cear Gure
Massive San Francisco blaze devastates blocks near Drum to Merchant
Fire at 8 p.m. swept a warehouse and frame structures along Drum to Merchant streets, damaging Heath Gallup Co ship chandlery and Malloy produce trade, with 20 000 hay and livestock losses. Reached by steam tugs, Ferryslip risks averted. Total losses may hit a quarter million amid widespread small-property damage. Police and safety committee kept order as leaders cut salaries to reduce costs.
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San Francisco
Drum
Mast
Merchant
Washington
Clay
Smith
Jackson
Merchant Street
Heath, Gallup & Co
John Malloy
Harding & Breen
G.C. Funk
Morehead & McCune
Ferryslip
Reacne
Mellen Griffith
S Mall
Safety Committee
Democratic opposition to planed false democracy speakers
The statement denounces plans to undermine democracy in the last winter case and accuses the speaker candidates of prejudicial elements against the country and party. It argues against electing the speakership, urging that many capable democrats could fill the chair honorably.
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Democratic Party
Why Starvation Wages Are Necessary
The New York Bulletin argues that railroads justify wage cuts by profits and watered stock dividends. It challenges Baltimore and Ohio as rich, New York Central overvalued stock, and Erie as bankrupt due to theft rather than wages. It contends riots do not excuse actions but must be weighed against broader railroad finance.
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Seusippas
Divine Panareta
Felix
Panareta Fruitar
Pansreta
Esha
Apollo
Daphne
Pan
Baltimore and Ohio Road
New York Central
Erie
the Central
Commodore Vanderbilt
Putin
Expres
Sleepins
Palace
Bank official estimates strike losses across railroads
A New York banker and clearing house member estimates strike related losses from rail traffic suspensions. He cites $3.25 million on Baltimore and Ohio to $3 million on Rock Island rail lines, totals per railroad, plus broader business losses of $12 million and rolling stock costs of $20 million, with overall damages exceeding $60 million.
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New York City
Clearing House
Pechapa
New York
Boston
Baltimore
Qobic
Pennsylvania Company
Chicago
Fort Wayne
New York Central
Erie
Lake Shore
Michigan Central
Canada Southern
Delaware
Lackawan
Judge Pattit Advocates Reopening Old Wabash and Erie Canal
At Lagro a speech by Judge Pattit urged national legislation to reopen the old canal, urging citizens to back representatives who favor water transportation. The remarks read as a bid for nomination, prompting cautions to temper expectations about riding into Congress on a hobby.
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Lagro
Pattit
Wabash and Erie Canal
Congress
John A. Pattit
Indiana
Wabash Valley
John A. Pettit
Haunted House and Ruined Home After Tragic Death
Aunt Betsey laments a ruined family as a beautiful girl and her infant lie dead. The household mourns in silence while relatives perform burial rites, labeling the tragedy a divine judgment on a ruined home and its cursed curse.
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Betsey
Wheat Harvest Plans for 5000 Acre Dakota Field
Mr W R Shelby vice president of the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad travels to Dakota Territory to supervise a 5000 acre wheat field owned with George W Casa of Pittsburgh and Col Dalrymple of Minnesota. Twenty five reapers will operate two weeks for an estimated 100000 bushels valued at 100000 dollars when threshed. Grain moves 400 miles by rail to Duluth and then sails to Europe. Land used is part of Northern Pacific subsidy.
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W. RB. Shelby
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad Company
Dakota Territory
George W. Casa
Pittsburgh
Col. Dalrymple
Minnesota
Duluth
Europe
Northern Pacific Railroad
Rioters Fire On Express Train Near Fort Wayne
A special dispatch from Chicago reports that the mail and express train of the Pittsburgh Fort Wayne and Chicago line was fired on near Fort Wayne yesterday afternoon at 1 60 o clock. News agent Frank Redding was lightly cut by glass shards while conductor William Youngblood led the train. Assailants fired from concealment behind trees and brush.
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Chicago
Pittasburgh, Fort Wayne
Public figure clarified over Randall article
The piece confirms Hon. H. S. Cox had no role in the recent Randall ex Speaker article. It states Cox did not run the Express nor was he involved in publishing the piece. The notice emphasizes independence from Cox and from Randall reporting.
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Cox
Randall
Express
Randal
Chicago Tribune on claims for compensation after mob violence
The text notes that compensation claims have been filed in Washington for transporting federal troops guarding sites of mob violence, enabling railroad companies to avoid total property destruction. It remarks on the supposed discretion and appreciation for the troops' presence.
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Col. Scott
Chicago Tribune
Washington
Rail labor splits reveal payouts amid strike rhetoric
Albany trainmen work out a division of Vanderbilt funds claiming engineers receive fourteen dollars, conductors eight, and brakemen three each. The Baltimore and Ohio is said to have given fifty dollars to each striker who first ran trains. Across 811 railroads the average dividend listed by Poor's Manual fell below forty four percent.
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Albany
Mr. Vanderbilt
Baltimore and Ohio Company
United States
Maine Republicans Open Nominating Convention Amid Contention
The Maine Republican state convention opened in Augusta with Jas. G. Blaine presiding. Gov. Connor was renominated unanimously upon reassembly, while fierce debate followed over resolutions praising Rutherford B Hayes and criticizing federal action, ending with adoption of the committee's resolutions.
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Augusta
Jas. G. Blaine
Gov. Connor
Chas. J. Talbot
Jen
J. S. Chamberlain
Rutherford Baves
Cincinnati
Gen. Chamberlain
C. A. Boutelle
Bangor
Gov. Packard
Louisiana
Gov. Chamberlain
South Carolina
Rutherford B. Hayes
United States
Mr. Blaine
A.G. Lebroke
Ballot developments in Richmond delegate race cited with nominations
In Richmond on Aug 10 to 12 50 pm delegates moved to finalise nominations. After multiple ballots Mahone Daniel Halliday and Talaferreo led, Terry was dropped, and a fifth ballot was expected. Meanwhile Free Soil reunion and Greenback meeting were noted in Boston and Paterson with calls for greenbacks and labor unity.
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Richmond
Virginia Conservative Convention
Stroon
Shouta
Higsea
Stata
William Lamb
Norfolk
Lamb
Marshal Hanger
Oelock
Committee On
Hayes
Fitzhugh Lee
Wm. Ferry
Mahone
Daniel
Halliday
Taliferno
Halleday
Telifereo
Friends of
Geo. Terry
Soni Vation
Terry
Tallifero
Fittshugh Fee
Talaferreo
Live
Lee
Paterson, N. J
Czar Recrosses the Danube Amid War News
Paris reports the czar has just recrossed the Danube as European dispatches detail Russian army sickness at Dobrudacha and shortages of wagons for transport between Sistova and Tirova. Other notes describe a Russian defeat near Ardabas, a brutal massacre by Cossacks and Bulgarians, and rumors of Austria and Servia joining Russia in the conflict.
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London
Bucharest
Dobrudacha
Sistova
Tiroova
Porte
Agvukleini
France press persecution tightens in campaign
London dispatch reports intensified French government actions against newspapers and vendors. Authorities fined editors and imposed imprisonment for political speech, while police curb street sales and distribution of portraits of President MacMahon.
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London
Compiego
Siecto
Prease
Repabtique Francaize
National Bien Public
Petit Republique Francaise
Petit Journal
Doion Libertate
Versailles
MacMahon
Petit Parisian
France
Ardes
de Peche
Toulouse
Minister of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Paris
Thiers
Mac Mahon
Letevre Durille
Bonaparuiet
Court of
Bordeaux
Tibunals
Nevers
Cascarone
Wabash of Fort Wayne challenges state clubs in baseball
The Wabash baseball club of Fort Wayne issues a challenge to any team in Indiana outside of Indianapolis to play a game of base ball.
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Wabash Baseball Club
Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
Horrific Cistern Murder Case Shocks Texas Town
Report of a buried cistern near San Antonio revealing a mass of bodies including men women and children. Victims show throats cut stabbings and multiple gunshot wounds. A nearby house hid about $15,000 in cash jewelry and valuables. a captured woman mocked investigators claiming money was pocket change for her "boys."
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Fea
Adorable Baby and Portraits of Family Life
A private letter from La Liberie describes a parents’ joy over a baby girl born in March, named Katherine and nicknamed Jenny, with a lively elder sibling Walter who is nearly six. The mother details their personalities, religious devotion, and plans as father travels to England to seek residence for the family.
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Katherine
Jenny
Waom
Waler
Jessi
Hustand
England
Jersy Linn
Wabash Railway Bondholders Circular Issued on Payment Delays
The modification to the January 4 circular shifts coupon payments for several bonds. Debt coupons for Decatur and East St. Louis first mortgage and Quincy and Toledo first mortgage now due September 1, 1877. Other coupons follow October and November targets with trust deposits at Metropolitan National Bank and new interest scrip terms. Holders must also assent to extending maturities linked to the Great Western issue.
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Wabash Railway
Decatur
East St. Louis
Quincy
Toledo
Wabaah
Wabash and Western
Great Western
Toledo, Wabash and Western Consolidated
Metropolitan National Bank
Watered railroad stocks blamed for wage injustice and class rage
The piece argues that stock dilution and watered equity in railroads siphon profits from workers and divert earnings to freight and luxury services. It condemns investors and managers for driving wages down while fertilizer profits fuel anger, urging restraint against lawless retaliation.
New York Summer Resorts Draw Wealthy City Dwellers
The piece notes fashionable residents retreating from cities to Newport and coastal resort towns. It contrasts rising rates for luxury stays with many families remaining in town as crowded avenues and empty dining rooms signal a lively season.
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New York Times
Wali Cmitt
Newport
America
Mountins
New York
Largest railway station at York England touted as world’s biggest
Description claims York station to be the largest in the world with a 1,500 foot platform, 800 foot covered length, 234 foot breadth and 40 foot height. It notes a broad drive under an archway and contrasts York’s area of 171,951 square feet with St Pancras at 165,390. Roof spans total four semicircles, the main span 81 feet wide.
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York
England
Wut
St. Pancras
London
Working men and unions in the price argument
The Springfield Republican argues that blame for working men lies not with unions but misuse of them. It notes unions created capital gains, coal price inflation, and railroad rate regulation via unions, urging equal rights for workers to unite without denouncing unions.
Opinion: press backs law and order during strike
The text notes widespread newspaper support for lawful action and the suppression of rioting during a strike, crediting editorials with reducing unrest and preventing dangerous compromises with rioters.
Distributing Wealth Riots Leave Wheat Burned in Pittsburg
Pittsburgh rioters pulled cigars from their mouths and burned 40,000 bushels of wheat as a protest. The act is criticized as distributing poverty rather than wealth, highlighting tensions in the labor unrest.
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Pittsburg
Mob law is collective insanity headline notes DeGuiliven
New York Graphic columnist DeGuiliven condemns mob actions as collective insanity reflecting public disorder and legal overreach. Writings discuss dangers of vigilantism and breaches of due process amid chaotic public sentiment.
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New York Graphic
Medical Veetinea Ve rgument Leads to Support
VEGETINE has been tested by leading physicians and now gains strong backing from previously skeptical doctors who once doubted its merit.
Testimonial endorses Vegetine for rheumatism and skin eruptions
The letter from H. Tucker of Boston credits Vegetine with curing a severe salt rheum and skin eruptions after trying various blood purifiers. He reports seven bottles resulted in a complete recovery, claiming lasting health improvement and relief from rheumatic symptoms.
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H Tucker
Washington St
Bostom
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