Washington Letter from 1879 Arlington and monuments
Washington Letter notes Arlington’s beauty under October skies as graves honor the dead. Describes Meigs plan preserving the War Department facade, Washington Monument foundation work, and the opening of the National Fair Grounds. Warns of water shortages as government uses 7 million gallons daily, with Potomac river supply discussed.
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Arlington
M. C. Meigs
War Department
Washington Monument
Washington
Capitol
State Department
P.O. Department
Treasury Department
Navy Department
Government Printing Office
Navy Yard
Agricultural Department
Smithsonian Institute
Botanical Gardens
Potomac
Georgetown
Witty Victorian Quip Sparks Domestic Anecdote
A wry remark in an unguarded moment praises Woman as God's best Will to man. The tale unfolds as a wife, seeking yarn, orders skeins to knit a smoking cap for a friend, illustrating playful domestic banter and social flavor of the era.
Indian War Clouds Over Utah Frontier
Report from Canen Utah dated October 23 describes Uintan Utes and Snakes massing with about 800 warriors. Settlers at Ashley Fork fortify while another rider from Green River Station says Utah Utes killed settlers at Ashley Fork and advance toward Brown's Hole. Also notes a magazine issue's literary items and a favorable tastefully illustrated frontispiece.
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Canen
Utah
Park City
Ashley Fork
Green River Station
Union Pacific
Brown’ Hole
Green River
St Nicholas November issue expands with new features and stories
St Nicholas opens its seventh volume with wider margins thicker paper and fourteen short stories plus over twenty eight extra pages. Highlights include a Mary Mapes Sledge home story Sarah Winter Kellogg How some Dolls Broke the Law Frank R Stockton The Gudra's Daughter and Boys of Thrace with Church illustrations plus a boy’s ice raft tale and Jack rabbits in Kansas. A new serial Among the Lakes by William O Stoddard begins. Olive Thorne on Playthings of all times and climes and a Fancy Work guide follow, with The Very Little Folks four pages of pictures and kid friendly departments filled with humor letters and riddles.
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St. Nicholas
Mary Mapes Sledge
Sarah Winter Kellogg
Gudra
Frank R. Stockton
Thrace
F. L. Church
Little Prince
Grease
Black Prince
Phillip the Bold
Crecy
Poitiers
William O. Stoddard
Dale Kinzer
Frank IH
Olive Thorne
Jessie Curtis
Peterson’s Magazine November preview and promotions
Peterson’s Magazine is hailed as premier among ladies’ periodicals. The November issue showcases a steel engraving The Little Haymaker, a large color fashion plate, a story illustration The Oriel Window, numerous dress wood cuts, and a love tale The Prize at Our Archery Club. It includes 1880 prospectuses, monthly dress patterns, and multiple novelets by leading authors. Subscriptions offer varied premium options and club discounts. A vow renewal banns notice and a Geneva property case are briefly noted.
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Peterson’s
Ann §. Stephens
I’. Hodgson Durnett
Marietta Holley
Frank Lee Benedict
Peterson
Ann S. Stephens
Frances Hodgson Bonett
Washington
Valley Forge
Chas
J. Petensony Sug
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
Progress of sun knowledge in the November Popular Science Monthly
The November issue surveys sun physics late 19th century progress, noting solar engines, sun heat use, and the Adirondack heat potential. It catalogs articles by Langley, Villain, Crookes, Bain, Powell, Pye-Smith, Le Conte, and Romanes, with pieces on Mars, rubbish, and recent obituaries.
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Langly
Popular Science Monthly
Langley
Adirondacks
Vilain
Crookes
Bain
John Stuart Mill
Mill
Lyon
United States Navy
Pye- Smith
British Association
Major Powell
William A. Eddy
Nelson W. Green
John le Conte
Mars
George J. Romanes
Edinburgh Review
Arago
Asa Fitch
New York
D. Appleton & Co
Eclectic Magazine Novembers List and Atlantic Notes
Eclectic Magazine presents a steel portrait of M. Guizot and a varied list including History and Politios, A Dialogue on Human Happiness, My Journal in the Holy Land Part I, Two Men of Letters, and more. The November Atlantic features Goldwin Smith on moral interregnum, War ing on Waldenses, mysteries, and new Wells serial. Demorest’s Monthly shows Mary Queen of seeds engraving. subscription prices and address given.
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Eclectic Magazine
The
Eclectic
M. Guizot
Prof. Seeley
W.H. Mallock
Holy Land
William Black
Reginald Stuart Poole
Prof. Blackie
Mademoiselle de Mersac
E. R. Pelton
Bond Street
New York
Goldwin Smith
Geo. IE. Waring, Jr
Massy Sprague
Sister Mary
Jennie Young
America
Irene
Richard Grant White
Atlantic
Mr. Ho- Wells
Demorest’s Monthly
B.P. Reinhart
W. Jennings Demorus
East 14Th St
Telegraphic Network Expands Across France and Europe
Under a new administration of telegraphic lines in France and Post Office support, telegrams rise, with 11 million messages in 1878. Paris connects directly to 113 towns with double lines to major centers. London links to Paris by nine wires, Brussels and Berlin by three, Vienna and other cities by two.
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France
Paris
London
Brussels
Berlin
Vienna
Religious services across several churches list times
Pleasant Street Evangelical Bucks pastors hold 10 80 a m and 7 p m services with Sunday School at 19 a m German Evangelical Emanuel Oak Street offers 10 30 a m and 7 p m services Sunday School at 12 m German Reform William Street corner Union led by Rev Wernley with 10 a m and 7 p m services Sunday School 1 80 p m Methodist Episcopal Embury Exchange south of Williams led by Rev G B Young with 10 80 a m and 7 p m services Sunday School at 12 00 m First Stephen Constance northeast Cherry Rev 8 A W Jewett 10 30 a m and 7 p m Sunday School 12 00 m Presbyterian First Stephenson near Walnut Rev H D Jenkins 10 30 3 30 a m and 7 80 p m Sunday School noon Presbyterian Second Exchange St near Pleasant Rev J Giffen 10 30 a m 7 p m Sunday School noon Presbyterian Third German Exchange St near Pleasant Rev E A Elfeld 10 a m and 7 p m Sunday School 2 p m Roman Catholic St Joseph German William St Kalvelage 7 30 and 10 80 p m Sunday School 2 80 p m Roman Catholic St Marys Irish Union Mary Rev Mangan 8 30 and 10 20 p m Vespers 7 20 p m Sunday School 2 00 p m EpWe Stephenson St S Weer Cherry Rev R F Sweet 10 80 a m and 7 p m Sunday School noon Baptist Stephenson St West of Cherry Dr Cooley 10 30 a m and 7 10 p m Sunday School noon
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Pleasant Street
West of
Exchange—Revy
Emanuel
Oak Street
Pleasant
Huelster
St. John's
Union Street
Corner State Road
Hoffmeister
Williame Street
Corner Union
Wernley
Methodist Episcopal
Embury
Stephen Const
Northeast Corner Cherry
A. W. Jewett
Chicago8&t
Corner Spring
Stiller
Presbyterian—First
Presbyterian—Second—Exchange
Cor Pleasant
J. Giffen
Presbyterian—Third—German— Exchange
Secor Pleasant
E. A. Elfeld
Sf Joseph
W of Exchange,cl
Kalvelage
St Mary's Irish Union
of Mary
Mangan
Serviccs
Iton Episcopal
Stephenson St
S Weer
Cherry
R. F. Sweet
Cooley
Sundry
City Officials and Ward Aldermen List
BE. L. CRONKRBITE mayor and several city offices listed including Cronkrite grocery on Stephenson street. WM. TREMBOK city clerk in Fry's Block. H. KRATZ city treasurer opposite Barnes' warehouse. J. O. Kean city attorney in Fry's Block. E 8 Chamberlin city marshal J. B. Rogere. Street commissioner F. Josef surveyor Court Howe office. Aldermen by ward: 1st A. T. Irvin and J. H. Crane. 2nd D. Kuehner and I. B. Zartman. 3rd H. J. Porter and J. BR. Wagner.
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BE. L. Cronkrbite
Cronkrite
Stephenson Street
WM. Trembok
Fry's
H. Kratz
Barne
J. O. Kean
Fry
Chamberlin
Rogere
Josef
A. T. Irvin
J. H. Crane
D. Kuehner
County Officials and Board of Education Listings
F Kleckner County Clerk W W Hutchison Treasurer Danl Brewster Recorder J R Leigh Sheriff All County offices are in the Court House Board of Education F Bartlett President Wm O Wright and W G Barnes Superintendent Chas C Snyder office in High School building office hours from 7:30 to 9 o clock a m
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F. Kleckner
W. W. Hutchison
Treasuer
Dan’l. Brewster
J. R. Leigh
Court House
Night Live Stock Freight and Train Schedules
Train schedule fragment lists westbound freight and passenger times. Freeport and Chicago connections appear with day and night departures and arrivals. Details include leaves and arrivals such as 1.15 pm, 3.10 pm, and late night runs with freight notes and Saturday exceptions.
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Chicago
Freight
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Erskine M. Hamilton
Duke of Brunswick
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Ilinois
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Thompson Wilcoxor
Jacob Krohn
W. Young
Davin Neidigh
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Alfred H. Wise
John Kenegy
Pells Mann
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Wilcoxon Opera House
Esther W. Taylor
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James I. Neff
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Bridge St
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Bill Heads
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