Silk smuggling frauds exposed by New York Sun report
The New York Sun details silk smuggling schemes led by Charles S. Lawrence with fake invoices and dummy cases. Authorities, including N P Rice and Deputy Collector Phelps, pursue forged bonds and undervalued invoices across warehouses. Lawrence’s network allegedly used a London pool to depress silk prices and move goods through Hoboken and Montreal, with extensive wealth and assets hidden in real estate and bonds.
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New York Sun
HB. Claflin
Colector Arthur
Claflin
N. P. Rice
Custom House
Charles S. Lawrence
Belch
Lawrence
Phelps
Arthur
Sharpe
Des Anges
Thay
Hoboken
Klinck
White
Plainville
N. J
North Carolina
England
London
Montreal
Thomas Brown
Park Place
H. G. Levey
J. Q. Parkin
Shelly
Southern Chivalry Illustrated by Columbus Delegation
The Fiske Jubilee Singers gave a concert at the Opera House to a large audience. A dining room incident revealed Southern prejudice as three drummers refused to eat with color, while patrons including Senators and state officers continued dining with the performers.
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Fiske Jubilee Singers
England
America
Opera House
Neal House
Southern Mercantile Houses
Fatal Burns Reported in Cincinnati Household Accident
In Cincinnati on Providence street Mrs. Sophia Cowan aged 73 was burned to death when her dress caught fire from a grate. Mrs. Mills, wife of a prominent manufacturer, also sustained fatal burns from the blaze.
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Cincinatii
Providence Street
Sophia Cowan
Mills
Arkansas Court Scene From Memioiré Avalancne Tragedy
A fatal shootout occurred after a Monday road confrontation between Charles and Alvin Buck and the Harris brothers, both sides arriving at Justice Smith’s store. Charles Buck killed a Harris in the melee and another Harris died from later gunfire. Buck kin survived, with Fale Buck slowly recovering from a prior wound. Kingsport, Illinois origin noted for the Harrises.
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Tivo
Laurise
Charles
Alvis Buck
Shepard
Charles Buck
Harrises
Buck
Illinois
Bucks
Alvin Buck
William Smith
Harris
Justice Smith
Fale Buck
A Universal Language Language by numbers proposed to unite science and society
A German scholar Dr Bachmaier proposes a numeric dictionary system where four thousand words map to numbers in all languages. Readers assign numbers to words and receivers convert numbers back to words, enabling multilingual correspondence. He adds marks for gender and grammar and has English French and German dictionaries published, with praise at the Oriental Congress autumn meeting.
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Bachmaier
Reflections on Age and Social Fatigue From Walpole Quote
The excerpt juxtaposes Horace Walpole’s vivid social fatigue with thoughts on aging, loneliness, and intergenerational support. It contrasts harsh imagery of rugged diners with contemplations on elderly isolation, urging younger people to comfort elders as time brushes them toward quiet grief.
Card Besquette Etiquette and 1875 Social Cards
Informal receptions rise this season with cards replacing notes for invitations. Describes card placements on visiting cards, etiquette for afternoon tea and evening receptions, and preferred papers like Gray Mot and royal Irish linen. Notes on lines, paper quality, and envelope sizes used in social correspondence.
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Royal Irish
How a Coat Was Made in Old Times Told by Hon Antasa Walker
Hon Antasa Walker recounts the old process of obtaining wool, carding, spinning, weaving, and tailoring to produce a coat. The tale follows long waits for wool and cloth, a Knoxville store trip, and the eventual completion by Aunt Debby the tailoress, with hardships and delays shaping the garment for the narrator and his brother.
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Antasa Walker
Knoxville
Daniel
Debby
Lecture on Modocs and Indian tribes travels east
A Cheyenne Leader item reports A B Meacham ex Modocs supervisor and Klamath Indians arriving en route to lecture on Modocs and other tribes. The party includes Bob Riddle and his squaw, Mr Applegate, and other figures. more natives may join, and Santanta may join if freed.
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A. B Meacham
Bob Riddle
Mr. Meacham
Charlie
The Richest Boy and Train Accident Summary
A piece extols the richest boy as one with noble character, kindness to family, and honesty, contrasting with wealth for show. Nearby, a Peoria and Rock Island passenger train near Princeville derailed after a broken rail. no fatalities, but several injuries including William Berry and Henry J. Hanston.
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Peoria
Rock Island
Princeville
William Berry
Missouri
L. D. Clough
Henry J. Hanston
James Hare
Odd reflections on 1775 era in The Hermit’s Times
A historical reminiscence contrasts 1775 with 1875, noting Tom Paine, Washington, Greene, Hamilton, Burr, Bellamy, George III, Junius, Wilkes, Walter Scott, Napoleon, Wellington, Voltaire, Rousseau, Gibbon, Hume, Captain Cook, Adams, Franklin, and Franklin’s diplomacy. It ponders progress and future developments as 1875 opens.
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Tom Paine
America
Washington
Nathaniel Greene
Rhode Island
Alexander Hamilton
Aaron Burr
Bellamy
George III
Junius
John Wilkes
Walter Scott
Napoleon
Brienne
Wellington
Voltaire
Rosseau
Europe
Gibbon
House of Commons
Hume
Cooke
Globe
Sandwich Islands
General Canby
Captain Jack
Great Republic
The
United States
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Massachusetts Bay
Whitie
Frederick the Great
Prussia
Louis XVI
Roy Times
Polaris voyage report confirms Greenland as island discovery
The U S Government report on the Polaris voyage details coastlines surveyed beyond seven hundred miles, confirms Greenland as an island, and notes comprehensive magnetic observations in the Arctic. It records aurora phenomena with no electrical activity and lists living and geological finds including plants, mosses, lichens, insects, large garnets, and an apparent 30 foot recent rise of Greenland’s northern coast. The ship neared the pole more closely than any prior vessel, reaching 82 deg 16 min north. In 1806 Scoresby reached 81 deg 80 min and in 1818 Perry 82 deg 35 min with boats crossing ice. A separate item from Paonia Illinois reports Mrs. Jane McCracken burned to death when her dress caught fire.
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United States
Polaris
Greenland
Artic
Pole
Scoresby
Perry
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Wis
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JOB Printing
Crite Journaromes
Joan E. Garress
Peiro
Mechanic and
Galena Streets
Nathaniel Mayfair
P.O. Box
Brooklyn
N.Y
National Life Ins. Co
United States OF America
Congress
Bam
Yisgseessescoeersoene
U.S
Everanesecess
Poltetes
Surplus Ince
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John V. Farwell
L. D. Cortright
Paul Cornell
J.F. Crane
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Tis
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Fry's Block
R. Wagner
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Queensware, &C
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Thom Gray
Thompson & Co
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