Pennsylvania Democratic Platform Denounces Hayes and Urges Reform
The Pennsylvania Democratic platform denounces Rutherford B. Hayes’s presidency and defends Samuel J. Tilden’s election stance. It calls for federal restraint in southern affairs, critiques civil service reform, opposes corporate monopolies, supports Jeffersonian restraint on force, and endorses 1873 Constitution fidelity and financial policies. Nominations listed: supreme judge Trundey, attorney general Scheile, treasurer Noyes.
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Pennsylvania
Democratic Party of
Rutherford B. Hayes
Samuel J. Tilden
Jackson
Jefferson
Congress
United States
Pennssylvania
St. Louis
Farquhar
Schuylkill County
United States Treasury
Treasury
Coffroth
Enormous Wheat Milling Patent Swindle Exposed
Wisconsin former governor Cadwallader C. Washburne discusses a looming patent on high grinding of wheat that could tax bread costs nationwide. He explains how high grinding minimizes bran and boosts flour yield, while critics warn of profiteering by patent holders and millers in Washington.
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Cadwallader C. Washburne
Wisconsin
The
Tribune
West
United States
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Europe
France
Washington
Patent fraud alarm over reissued Cochrane claim
A speaker denounces a patent scheme, citing a reissued Cochrane patent and Supreme Court action with minimal defense. He targets mills in Brooklyn Richmond Minneapolis, warns of $250,000 bonds, and hauls the issue to Congress to cancel the patent. He warns licenses would tax farmers and consumers, predicting $36,000,000 from 6,000 stone runs nationwide.
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Mever
Cochrane
Supreme Court
Justice Miller
Gang of Patent Awin
Sunita
Jewells
Brooklyn
Haxalls
Richmond
Minneapolis
Cillereas
United States
Congress
Giant blue racer snake slain after brutal encounter
A 20 foot 8 3 4 inch blue racer with 10 inch girth attacked a man in Cannon township. The man severed the head with a knife. The reptile’s injuries were severe and the man’s hair later turned gray from the fright.
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Cannon
Blue Devil
Osborn County
J. G. Briery
Twin Creek
Kan
Bia Claim
Mr. Ward
Raleigh
Richard Dunn
Walter Jeffreys
Nense Depot
Mes Asking to be Made Slaves
A New York Supreme Court report notes a Scranton mining delegation sought enslavement to improve conditions. They petitioned to toil without wages for one to five years in exchange for bare food clothing housing doctors medicines and burial for their families.
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New York
Scranton
Jenny Lind’s Claimed Childbirth Sparks Prolix Rumor
The New York Sun reports a letter claiming Jenny Lind plans to educate her four year old son in England and says she bore a daughter on March 31 last. The piece notes Lind, age fifty six, resides at Roehampton Surrey and cites a dubious sensational trace from twenty years ago to dismiss the tale.
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Jenny Lind
New York Sun
England
Jenny
Roehampton
Surrey
Douglas
Jane
Indiana Residents Granted Patents in July 1877
Reported by Paine and Grafton patent agents. Listings include John G. Hanning Indianapolis gas burner Jonathan A Botkin Farmland scraper for excavating earth Wa o Reed Geneva barber's chair M E Roach Rolling Prairie sulky shaft cutter Rudolph Schrader Indianapolis Pittman rod connections for steam engines G D Wykoff Indianapolis combined roller and letter scale.
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Indiana
Paine & Grafton
Washington, D. C
John G. Hanning
Indianapolis
Jonathan A. Botkin
Reed
Geneva
M. E. Roach
Rudolph Schrader
Pitt
A Double Currency Mistake and Prison Chaplain Confession
A historical note argues for full greenbacks or national bank notes to resume payment by replacing gold with greenbacks. It cites the need to settle national debt and avoid renewing old obligations. It also reports Regedale, ex-chaplain of a northern prison, admitting a Reform Journal article about Senator Winter Botham was written for revenge and seeking forgiveness.
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Chicago
Occam
Regedale
Prison
North
Winterbotham
Reform Journa
Beautiful Mrs Wallingford again in high life scandal
Philadelphia special in the Chicago Tribune recalls Mrs Wallingford's sensational exploits from Cape May to Leavenworth. Camden court hears George Beaker accused of stealing a $1,000 note from her. she details a life of multiple names marriages and travels across the United States, while the case against Beaker is dismissed due to lack of corroboration of her claim.
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The
Sentinel
Anna Wallingford
Cape May
Wallingford
Atlantic
Pacific
Italy
New York
United States
New York City
Georgia
Whittemore
Witness
West
North
Kansas
Ilinois
Missouri
Leavenworth
Wright
Nashville
C. C. Collier
Shawnee Street
Kan
Tiffany
Stickney
Johnson
Coleman
Williams
Pittsburg
Columbus
St. Louis
W. Mingford
Binkert
Orange Culture How to Grow Oranges in Florida
A Florida writer urges readers to reject north Florida doom claims and explains orange grove cultivation. From seed to spacing, irrigation, and staking, the method covers planting, transplanting, and maintaining young trees for orderly, high quality fruit.
Planting and Caring for a Florida Grove in 1877
In Florida conditions, plant five acres with shallow-rooted trees. If rainfall is scarce, water two or three times weekly until rain arrives. First two years grow corn and peas for fodder. In spring and fall of each year fertilize, shallowly plow, and hoe around trees to control weeds and scale insects. Protect from pests with vine helpers and routine care. Expect fruit in five years from two-year seedlings. survival around ninety nine in a hundred with proper planting. J. T. Beers, MalT Land, Onaxog County, Fun., July 7, 1877.
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Florida
Chicago
North Florida
Fort Wayne
New Orleans
Havana
Sicily
North
Jane
J. T. Beers
Onaxog County
Fun
Length in Miles and Assessed Value of Roads in Indiana
The Indianapolis Journal lists main track miles and assessed values from the state board of equalization. Total road value includes side tracks totaling 553.66 miles and rolling stock valued at 2,139,030. The table enumerates numerous lines with varying main track miles and assessments, led by major lines such as Anderson Jcbanum and St. Louis and Cincinnati and Terre Haute, culminating in Whitewater Valley with a total assessment of 39,515,914.
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Indianapolis Journal
State Board of Equalization
Anderson J.cbanun
St.Louis
Baltimore
Ohio
Pelcege
Jekson
Bloomfeld
Bloomfield
Todianapolia
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Ang. Ind’s
la Peru
Chicago
Detroit
Eel River
Ill
Indianapolis
St. Louis
J.B
Evansville
T. H
Chicag
Frankfort
Kokomo
Wayne Munek
Cin Ft
Madison
Same
Cambridge
Ate
Logansp
Ierre Hall
Shelby R’y
Shel
Rush R
Loweville
L. Erle
Evan
Otto and Misa
Osipp A O. Ant M
Louisville
Pittsburgh
Ft. W
Chica
Pittsburg
Cin. and &J. Lou Bt
Dining habits of rulers and odd railway car
The text lists monarchs and leaders with their favored foods and drinks from Burgundy to beef, game, poultry, and wine, noting Queen Victoria’s beef love and Emperor Russia’s game fondness. It also describes a Brooklyn wedding slipper auction and a two end locomotive for the Hudson River Railroad, plus a notice praising a September Atlantic essay on property and tax power.
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Marshal MacMahon
Queen Victoria
Russia
Germany
Austria
Victor Emmanuel
Burgundy
Netherlands
Europe
Hanover
Portugal
Alphonsos XII
Hayes
Columbus
Ohio
Hudson River Railroad
J. M. Toucey
Round House
D. A. Welle
September Atlantic
Notorious Fort Wayne Doctor Earl Arrested in Criminal Operation Case
Chicago Inter Ocean reports Dr. Earl, once notable in Fort Wayne for a sensational suit with his wife, is jailed at West Madison Street station on charges of performing a criminal operation on a young girl. The case centers on a seventeen year old Mary Morgan and her mother seeking the doctor’s services for $25. Earl denies the accusations as investigators seize instruments, and his hearing before Justice Morrison is set.
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Earl
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Henry Smith
Seavey
Flynn
Lanning
West Wear Madison Street
West Adama Street
Earl’s Place
Mary Morgan
Inter-Ocean
Justice Morrison
Deadwood: a disorderly, bustling boom town on the edge
A year after its rise from wilderness Deadwood in the Black Hills thrives with over 10 000 residents in a floating population of 2 000, 1 500 houses, four banks, two newspapers, courts but weak law and order, high prices, gambling halls, and a populace living amid squalor and vice as a booming but unruly city.
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Deadwood
Black Hills
Atreeta
Sas
Hewitt Defeated Tilden Shaping Democratic Strife
A New York reader to the Troy Times recalls a 1870s claim on Tilden’s inauguration being blocked by Abram Hewitt, Hewitt’s refusal to aid bribery involving a Hayes elector, and a legislator’s reaction to a Morrissey comment. The letter asserts Hewitt’s stand reflects better on Hewitt than on the Hayes electors.
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Hew Hewitt
Tilden
New York
Troy Times
Southern Tier
Meacon
Electoral Commission
Abram S. Hewitt
National Democratic Committee
Congress
J. Madison Wells
Louisiana Returning Board
Haven
Louisiana
John Morrissey
Hayes
Morrissey
Hewitt
Why Railroad Corporations Are so Unpopular
The Lafayette Journal argues railroads misuse legislative power and tax incentives to gain profits. It contends bribery of judges and lawmakers corrupts justice and inflames public distrust of railroad influence.
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Lafayette Journal
Dispute Over Freight Rates Hits Wabash Line
The War With the Wabash narrative shows Albert Fink, the westbound freight commissioner, ordering trunk lines to stop sending freight over the Wabash Railway for now due to alleged below schedule rates. Reports of Canada Southern cutting rates prompt fears, while the Wabash denies direct control over freight policy and awaits guidance from manager Hopkins in Toledo.
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Kew Yock Tribune
Albert Fink
Wabesh
Fink
Wabash
Canada Southern
Mr. Fink
Commissioner Fink
New York
Wabash Company
Trund
The
Pine Street
the Road
Hopkins
Toledo
Fashions of Fall Reach United States Markets
Short sacques for young girls and narrow black lace ruches trim silk dresses. Liama lace shoulder shawls, steeple crowned hats, and fall shapes appear in imports. New York sells fashionable hats at twenty five cents. Ring is plain gold with two rubies. New colored dress trims include garnet lapis ruby and emerald. Cashmere lace returns, pink cabbage rose accents, and Japan fans gain popularity. A china chair with peach leaf motif costs fifty dollars. Black kid belts with monogram bags fetch twenty five dollars.
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New York
Europe
State Archaeological Association meet set for Sept in Indianapolis
Richmond Indiana August 10 1877 the second annual meeting of the Indiana State Archaeological Association will be held September 12 and 13 1877 in the state house Indianapolis. Members and others are invited to bring or ship antiquities for safe keeping and exhibition. papers are promised and a member enrollment sought. L B Cass secretary E T Coz president. Also a Burlington Hawk note on a circus visit by church members and a remark on a man tied in a knot around a child’s neck.
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Richmond
Ind
State Archeological Association of Indiana
State House
Indianapolis
Association
L. B. Cass
E T. Coz
Descan
Dave
Burlington Hawk
Five American Oxen in Scottish Competition
Five American oxen have been shipped to Scotland for competition with Scotch cattle. The article notes varied agricultural data including wheat and flour exports, dairy production, and farming practices across multiple states and nations.
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Scotland
California
Clay County
Texas
American Pomological Society
Baltimore
United States
Boston
New England
Canada
Presidential Trip and Bond Forgery News Across Cities
From Plymouth to New York the presidential party tours New England and New York with visits, receptions, and lake views. Separately in New York detectives arrest a forger in a bond scheme involving St. Louis county bonds and a Col. Curre, with warrants and examinations pending. In Cambridge Vermont death notes temperance lecturer Emma Melloy leaves behind husband Ed Molloy and a young son.
Green's August Flower touted as universal cure
An old advertisement extols Green's August Flower as a universal remedy for dyspepsia liver complaints indigestion sour stomach sick headache constipation heartburn and related symptoms. It promises quick relief with sample bottles offered and regular sizes claimed to relieve any case.
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Reen
Rample
J. H. Zeilin
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Trundey
Wam. P. Scheile
O. C. Noyes
New York Tribune
Grand Rapids Eagle
Cincinnati Gazette
Wily Wallingford
Orange Culture
the Sentinel
Robert Greaves
Adelaide Connor
Humboldt Street
E. C
Elk Association
Greaves
Numbera
Dick Holland
Villain Cacen
Aberdeniat
Be. Bartl
Im Bémado
Rai
Aple
TRE Railroads
State Archiwological Association of Indiana
Orange County
Mozambique
Lisbon
Salem
N. C
Great Britain
Cow
Berkshire
Mass
Reuben White
Washington Court House
Michigan
Emperor of
Hildesheim Milchwirthachaftlicherverein
Grand Rapids
Mich
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Sheldon
Northwestern Flax Society
Kentucky
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Denmark
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Belgium
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Holland
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Sweden
Norway
Monroe
Farmers’ Club
New York Institute
Nature
Mrt
Apothae
Mercectans
Tademser
Earth
Ma. H. R. Stevens
L. Pettingill
Mx. H. R. Sixguns
Ag’t Mich
Washington &T
the Presidential Party
Goodebye
White Mountains
Plymouth
N. H
Weare
Lake Winnipesaga
Nashua
Worcester
St. Louis County
Allen, Pinkerton
Conner
Husted
Col. Wm. Curre
Olinoia
Urter
Tombs
Tucker
John Cannon
Emma Melloy
Elkhart Union
Ed Molloy
South Bend
Charles Francis Adams
H. R. Stevens
Simmon
Mont Peranain
Ben
Ae Rene
Price
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