Grant Income and Electoral Vote Returns in 1880
The report notes General Grant’s income at 9000 per year. It lists the Electoral College results with Garfield at 214 and Hancock at 155, Georgia counted later. Subscriptions for a fund to pension ex presidents include Jay Good and W H Vanderbilt at 25000 each, with other major donors and Pennsylvania backing.
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Garfield
Hancock
Georgia
United States
New York Times
Jay Good
W. H. Vanderbilt
John M Forbes
Boston
Mackay
Newada
Pennsylvania
Don Cameron
Narrow escape of prospector from grizzly in Idaho
Talbott and his dog were attacked by a large grizzly while prospecting on Lost River, seventy miles from Blackfoot. The bear bit his head and nearly crushed him. the dog protected him, allowing Talbott to load again and crawl to camp where he recovers with help.
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Blackfoot
Idaho
Talbott
Eccentric Oyster Bet Ends With Lost Ten Dollar
Five men in an oyster saloon at Sutter and Dupont streets watch Francois a Frenchman swallow a ten dollar gold piece claiming it is enough for five. He then swallows a fifty cent piece to prove a point and the ten dollars vanishes as Albergh administers emetics and a nurse cares for Francois before the patient is released.
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Sutter and
Dupont
Alberge
Francois
Albergh
Holland and
Dupont Streets
American Naturalist
Lippincott
Harvard
Gray
Whitney
A. Agassiz
Hagen Goodale
Shaler
Farlow
Faxon
John Hopkins’ University
University of Pennsylvania
Leidy
Allen
Rothbrook
Parker
Yale
Michigan
Brown
Cornell
Dartmouth
Bowdoin
Princeston
Found Out Her Speed at San Bruno Train Disaster
A stage driver recalls racing a mare aboard a speeding freight train. The mare misjudged her reflection and surged ahead, while the train, driven at high speed, outran others until a catastrophic derailment near Six Mile House killed seventy two and left two hundred ninety nine wounded. The narrator later sold the mare for sixty thousand dollars.
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Everthing
San Bruno
Six Mile
Daggett Fights Railroads Then Beats Defeat in Nevada
Nevada story recounts Congressman Daggett using free freight protests against Union Pacific and Central Pacific rails by shipping boxloads of Congressional documents. He campaigned for retribution, faced opposition in Nevada, and reportedly lost the election while railroad workers staged a show of disapproval. An Ohio hardware ad follows.
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Carson
Nev
Daggett
Washington
Omaha
Big Frank
Duaggett
Uuh
Nevada
Scientific Miscellany and Social Proposals Across Worlds
A German scientist touts paraffin sealing to protect wood from damp, acids, and alkali with flammable solvents. The U S Congress debates an international color vision standard for navies. Palmieri links earthquakes to premonitory tremblings via telegraphed stations and warnings. Various notes cover geology, epidemology of suicides, and evolution teaching at major universities.
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United States
Congress
Prof. Palmieri
Fatal Bull Rampage Near Mil letts Ranch Kansas
A ranch incident in Mills county near Crescent and Seymour Kansas ends when a bull injures a man named Hankinson and a Mexican after lunge breaks a rope. The man suffered abdominal rupture and torn intestines. The event is described alongside short notes on Dr Ball’s Cough Syrup and a Chattanooga lodging incident involving Rev. Cox.
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Seymour, Kas
Crescent
Millett’s Ranche
Uankinson
Experience Prompts Hop Hitters Rescue and Reform
A woman recounts illness and relief from Hop Hitters helping her recover unseen by family. The piece also cites Martin Gilbert a drunk bully in Wisconsin and describes neighbors whipping him out of town. An advertising note extols Prickly Ash Bitters as tastier yet effective medicine.
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Martin Gilbert
Sturgeon Lay
Wis
Gilbert
A Handsome New Structure for Vogeler & Co.
Baltimore Gazette details a four story press brick building on West Lombard Street for A Vogeler & Co. The facility features a full printing department with thirteen steam presses, a 2000 pigeon hole paper room, private offices on the first floor, a steam elevator, and reinforced basements with robust ventilation. Principal management rests with Charles A Vogeler and experienced department heads.
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Baltimore Gazette
A. Vogeler & Co
West Lombard Street
Howard
German and
Liberty Streets
Lombard Street
Orst
Grm
Charles A. Vogeler
Ite
Murder trial ends with guilty verdict in Ohio killing
Disjointed report describes Callabers killed by a club and stabbing in Wooster Ohio. The murderer’s blow and plunging knife are noted as witnesses foreshadowed by an orator. Verdict shown as guilty amid a jeering audience. An unrelated ad mentions Lypry E Ham Vegetable Compound and Lydia E Pinkham cures.
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Callabers
Fourney
Ij Wooster
Ohio
John McSweeny
Tad
Callahy
Dogrh
E. Ham
Lydia EO Pinkham
Ess
We Avenue
Lynn
Mass
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Cal
Plumas
Berlin
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Leonard Swett
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Toledo
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Sweden
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M. Ewile Jeanin
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Mother
Mother—Home Journal
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Brockway & Hocka Toy
Ellos Seevs
Henry Johnston
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