Secretary Schurz on timber lands and Indian affairs
The annual report discusses timber land suppression, recommends withdrawing timber bearing lands from sale to protect forests, and outlines Indian service reforms. It notes removal of inept Indian Agents, funding needs, and calls for lands for agriculture to reduce pauperization. Postmaster General Key details postal costs, revenues, and potential service curtailment if rail and salary funding shortfalls persist.
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Schurz
Depart Tment
Canato
Congress
Indian Service
Internal Revenue Report Sparks About American Habits
The annual revenue report by Commissioner Raum shows total receipts of 3111,089,319, down 8,307,231 from the prior year, with declines in spirits and tobacco due to congressional tax debates. It notes beer surpassing whisky, 6.5M gal less whisky and 1.5M gal more beer, and grand totals of 317,465,601 gallons of fermented liquors consumed.
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Raum
United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Bour‘cos
Isis
Congress
Yan
Guo
United States
Ann
Navy report shows vessel upgrades and training progress
The annual Navy Department report notes sixty three government vessels partly or wholly equipped at navy yards costing 717 010 50. Labor and material costs are itemized along with coal purchases of 36 680 tons and Manila hemp costs. Desertions totaled 689, while 523 boys enlisted and 40 remain in training ships advancing seamanship. The department aims to maintain a permanent training system with native born cadets soon manning ships.
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NAVY
Richard W. Thompson
the Navy
Manila
Eurebips
Army report outlines Indian policy and forceful aid plan
General Sherman notes Indian tribes differ and hunger drives conflicts with Bannocks and Cheyennes. He urges feeding reservations, subduing nomads, and giving the President authority to provide food in emergencies. The Army numbers total 24,761 enlisted men across all branches and support units.
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ARMY
Sherman
Secretary of War
Military Department
Sheridan
Hancock
Artiller
Fortress Monroe
Engineer
Ordnance
West Point
Comptroller Ennis Report On Banking Statistics
The Comptroller of the Currency reports 6458 banks and private bankers with 675.77 million capital and 1.011 billion of deposits. In the past year 28 banks organized with 2.775 million authorized capital, 1.506 million in circulation notes issued. Fifteen banks failed with 27 thousand capital. 40 country banks ceased operations with 5.2 million capital. United States tax data and national bank bond holdings as of 1868 noted. bonds bearing 6 percent predominated and later shifts reduced holders of higher rate bonds to about one-fifth of issues.
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Ennis
United States
Onzsa
Cee
TOL Viwen Waynes
Wea Nes Ae Eee Bpo
Unites
War Department urges repeal of posse comitatus clause
Secretary of War McCrary urges Congress to repeal the posse comitatus provision. He cites mail robberies in New Mexico and misuse of troops to protect government property as misuse of the law. He notes a too small army, many posts and arsenals, and argues for preserved peace with a larger force, while doubting the clause's constitutionality. He maintains government right to pursue raiders over the border.
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WAR Department
McCrary
Congress
New Mexico
United States
Wright
Ladian Bureau
Mitch
Commissioner Lee Advocates Home Production To Cut Imports
General William G. Lee, Commissioner of Agriculture, reports the department has examined practical ways to introduce new products and, to some extent, succeeded. He urges U S independence from foreign goods by listing items imported annually valued at millions that could be produced domestically including tea coffee sugar Peruvian bark paper material rice barley hemp flax seed wool fruits and nuts. He supports building levees at federal expense and notes a promising wheat crop. A comparative table covers crop outputs for 1875 1876 and preliminary 1877 figures with wheat barley oats and potatoes listed.
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William G. Lee Due
le Duc
United States
Mississippi
Pensions report shows 67509 new claims and 223998 pensioners
Commissioner of Pensions notes 67509 new claims in the year with 18812 original invalid claims and 240 for 1812 service. Pension agencies reduced to Bareoots cutting salaries by 142000, total bureau savings 452172. Total pensions paid 26530792.10 with 240901.56 withheld for claim agents fees. On June 30, 1875, 223998 pensioners on rolls, down 2645. Anticipated rise due to 1812 pensions.
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Bentley
Commissioner of Pensions
Rivers and harbors report details fortifications and works
The annual report by Gen. A. A. Humphreys shows 2,794,483 dollars spent on river and harbor improvements in the year ending June 80 with 1,608,178 dollars remaining from prior appropriations. It cites the 1878 act funding 215 works and surveys at 116 locations, totaling 8,201,700 dollars plus balances, with execution proceeding under contract, hired labor, and market purchases as best suited to the Government.
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A. A. Humphreys
Land Office Report Shows Vast Public Lands Disposed
The General Land Office reports for the year ended June that 6,086,178 acres of public lands were disposed of and 3,041,011 acres surveyed, with 721,018,728 acres previously surveyed. Unsurveyed public domain remains about one billion acres. Disposals chiefly through homestead and timber culture entries, plus railroad grants and other categories. Cash receipts total 2,022,530 dollars, up 510,467 from the prior year.
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J. A. Williamson
General Land Office
Treasury auditor cites consular fees exceed costs in annual report
Mr Ela fifth Auditor of the Treasury says the main consulates in foreign countries collected 635,014.11 dollars in fees, exceeding salaries by 110,240.26 dollars and showing consular exeditions to be self supporting. He notes payments from the Spanish indemnity fund and sums for Geneva arbitration and Mexican awards, plus land ceded to Great Britain. The bureau also lists total adjusted diplomatic accounts for the year at 87,001,543.16 dollars.
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Ela
the Treasury
United States
Tribunal of Arbitration
Geneva
Great Britain
Ashlurton
Inspector General Report on Army Posts and Paymasters
The Inspector General reports military posts in excellent condition with good discipline and officers of proven character. Paymasters promptly render accounts and target practice for enlisted men should improve. Overall, the report is favorable.
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Inspector General
Army
Horstefore
Precious Metals Report Shows Gold and Silver Production
Dr Litterthan, Director of the Mint, reports on domestic gold and silver outputs for the last fiscal year. Gold production is about 47.22 million dollars, silver 46.73 million, total 93.95 million, with silver bullion exports at 8.05 million and arms and manufactures use at 3.0 million. Net silver stock is estimated at 83.01 million, total metal stock 339.45 million as of June 30 1878, up 80.55 million that year, with 26.0 million added by October 1.
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Litterthan
Ini Hie
G. Linderman
Bureau of Engraving and Printing 1878 annual report highlights
The Bureau’s annual report shows operating expenses of $535,801.33 for the year, with $652,836.17 remaining in the treasury. Impressions by plate printing rose to 20,244,400 from 18,089,327 the prior year. Internal revenue stamps and securities deliveries reached 9,520,059. sheets produced totaled 12,516,330. Value of notes bonds and securities issued rose from $708,414,645 to $1,040,451,580.
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Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Treasury Department
Bureau
Treasury
United States
Patent Office Year Ends With Steady Inventive Activity
The report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878, details 11 057 original patent applications and 14 100 new patents granted. Additional figures include 627 reissues and 122 patents for designs, 2 737 caveats filed, receipts of $754 888 and expenditures of $605 906. Excluding $50 000 for restoring 18 503 models from last year’s fire, the excess of receipts over expenses was $118 082. Trade marks registered reached 1 505 with $33 per proceeding, and 492 labels registered yielded $42 762, eight times total division expenses.
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Patent Office
Appointments and Post Office Staff Changes Report
The Appointment Office records show 2,754 post offices established or discontinued in the past year, increasing the total in operation to 39,258 as of June 30, 1878. Of these, 1,570 were filled by Presidential appointment and 37,688 by the Postmaster General. Appointments on resignations or term expirations totaled 5,117, with 748 removals and 833 deaths among postmasters.
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Postoffice
Revenue Marine Bureau annual report details 1878 figures
The Revenue Marine Bureau reports vessels wrecked or distressed with 26 on board. 102 assisted by cutters. property saved valued about 1.7 million dollars. 142 rescued from drowning. Yearly expenses total 843,001 dollars. The force comprises thirty seven weasels.
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Evenue Marine Bureau
Revenue Marine Bureau
Treasury Department
Revenue
Revenue-Marine Service
A Choice of Smells in European Rail Travel
A humorous tale from Italy and Germany shows smokers and non-smokers clashing on trains. A gentleman aboard a smoking car switches to a non smoking compartment after a polite but firm exchange with a lady. To avoid further discomfort he swaps places with a countryman, moving to first class at the next station.
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Italy
Germany
Kentucky's Patriarch Charles Addington born 1777
This Kentucky patriarch, Charles Addington of Scott county, born October 10 1777 in Culpeper County Virginia, has lived in Kentucky about sixty years. He has been married three times and raised 7 sons 8 daughters 167 grandchildren 450 great grandchildren and 89 great great grandchildren. On his centennial relatives gave a grand dinner with about 2000 attendees. He is a fifty year Baptist and his family is noted for order and public trust.
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Charles Addington
Culpepper County
Scott County
Baptist Church
Sterling Democrat
Train travel and lodging shift in Illinois anecdote
A historic Illinois scene contrasts past hospitality with present indifference as travelers once met by devoted station staff and helpful hosts now face cold landlords who doubt signatures and avoid personal service at hotels during a journey through the state.
No Nonsense Sir in a Country House Encounter
An amorous dialogue unfolds between a man and a woman at a country house. They exchange playful lines about desire and restraint, with the woman repeatedly replying No nonsense, sir as their tension and emotion rise through summer night imagery and flirtatious decorum. The scene ends with a soft closeness as she rests against his arm.
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Hla
Abe
Some Men's Wives at Witty Evening Debates
Wealthy men recall how their wives boosted fortunes and endured hardship. One says his aristocratic wife ran the house and cut servants when needed, another recalls nursing fever through lean times, and a third lauds a blue stocking wife who sewed baby clothes and cherished family photos.
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Tennyson
Byron
Emerson
Ralph Waldo
Maud
Auburn
Journal of Commerce
A Woman's Wedding Ring in Happy Hollow
A visiting observer describes Happy Hollow, a poor area with many colored residents, focusing on a white woman in squalor who wears a plain gold wedding ring. The ring stands as a stubborn token of sentiment amid hardship, remembered at last in life and in the grave.
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Happy Hollow
Law
Huebagld
Widow of Daniel Webster Seen at Leroy Mansion
A white haired 78-year-old widow, Mrs. Webster, draws attention in a blue cap at the Leroy mansion in New Rochelle. Reporters note hazel eyes and a stately, calm presence, with family remarks suggesting impaired mental faculties.
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Daniel Webster
Leroy
New Rochelle
Webster
William Leroy
New York Star notes Webster kin in 1847 marriage
Reporters describe a social scene with Mrs Webster Leroy and Carolina Leroy in New York. The dialogue shows attention to William Webster and the Leroy family, listing remaining relatives in Newport, Rhode Island, after the ex-president's death in 1859.
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Wobater
City
New York
Ithe Hin
William Leroy
Newport
R. I
New York Star
Indignant head and neck photo scandal shocks Philadelphia visitor
An American woman in London discovers her portrait displayed in tights and labelled Mazeppa in a shop window. Her family suspects servants, while bystanders question the coincidence and the fashion of carte de visite photography spreads amid indignation.
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London
Philadelphia
Regent Street
Vents de Medici
Lady Disdain
America
Mazeppa
Divorce by verbal formula among Moslems described
An article excerpt compares Moslem divorce to Jewish practices, noting that a wife can be repudiated by a short verbal talak and taken back, possibly twice, but a third repudiation requires a new marriage and divorce by another husband. Intermediary husbands often act as negotiators, sometimes exploiting fees, affecting timely reconciliation and dowry loss.
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Porte
Cadi
James Hinnen
Trousseau
J'raser
Passenger from New Hat shire travels to Colorado by rail
A Burlington and Quincy passenger from New Hat shire heads for Colorado by rail in the evening. The man weighed about 204 pounds including luggage with a large trunk and lunch basket described in the sparse report.
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Burlington and Quincy
New Hatshire
Colorado
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