News of the Week Tosses Across a Tumultuous Year
The report surveys royal illness in Britain the Paris government seat move in France and clashes between Thiers and Orleans princes. It notes storms in Madrid over Cuba policy, British intrigue abroad, and American developments from Cuba to the Midwest Ku Klux trials and a Chicago fire inquiry. It lists a spring of empire and commerce, with deaths from smallpox and bank suspensions.
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Prince of sWalesi
London
Syas
Armation
Paris
Itswag
France
Thiers
Orleans
National Assembly
Toronto
Prince of Wales
United States
Cuba
Council of Ministers
Madrid
Washington
Spain
Alabama
Florida
Grant
French National Assembly
British Foreign Office
Havana
Mexico
Sonora
Juarez
Puerto City
Mazatlan
Pacific
Notable 19th Century Deaths And Political Moves
Ex Governor John Bigler of California died in Sacramento aged 67. A large soldiers’ monument dedication occurred in Urbana Ohio with nearly 8000 attendees. Grand Duke Alexis banquet at Boston’s Revere House drew many dignitaries. Treasury clerk Johnson arrested in Washington with 50,000 bail. National asylums for disabled soldiers report 4000 veterans cared for, 100 new weekly. Ocean National Bank New York failed with 284,725 deficit. Grand Duke Alexis to visit Detroit and Chicago. Vice President Golfax resists renomination. General Schenck seeks successor and home call. President nominates George H. Williams as Attorney General. War Department notes death of Brigadier General Robert Anderson.
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John Bigler
California
Sacramento
Urbana
Ohio
Grand Duke
Alexis
Revere House
Boston
Johnson
Treasury
Washington
National Asylums For
Ocean National Bank
New York City
Detroit
Chicaagé
New York Times
Golfax
Co. Hexas
War Department
Anders
Robert Anderson
Fort Sumter
National Convention urged to recognize God in Constitution
Cincinnati hosts a January 31 1872 convention led by governors and clergy to push a constitutional amendment recognizing God. Boston and Worcester mayoral results noted. Senate and House debates cover military occupation of Chicago, habeas corpus tests in North Carolina, and amendments to restrict or expand federal power. Congressional actions include census funding, adjournment plans, and a proposal for equal rights without race distinctions.
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Cincinnati
Peninsyl- Vania
Vermontland
Kansas
Wm. Murray
New York
McIlvainine
Gaston
Boston
George F. Verry
Worcester
Palmer
Sherman
Sheridan
Grant
Chicago
United States Army
Illinois
General Assembly of
North Carolina
Supreme Court of the United States
Atlanta
Conley
New Hampshire
Concord
James A. Weston
Henry Calery
A. P. Golar
Alleghany City
Wyoming
Council
Senate
Sumner
Pettiions
Whso
St. Clair Flats
Congress
Hird Mondy
United States Courta
Ilnois
Hodge
House
Washington
United States
Covington
United States Court
Kansas City
Michigans
Denverty
Dlow Strail
Perritories
Morton
Committee of Agriculture
Toledo
Renthek
Tennessee
Memhis
Tenn
Naval Service
Treaty
Judiciary Committee
Iowa
Arsenic in wallpapers shocks public health
A fourteen year veteran warns that green and other colored papers used on walls may contain arsenic in varying amounts. He cites analyses by a leading chemist and notes poisoning symptoms from indirect exposure. The piece urges caution in pigment selection and mentions Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a preventive tonic against winter ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
Stenhouse
Matthiesen
Peat as Ice-House Substitute and Patent Medicine Notes
Market notes discuss using dried peat as a low heat conducting filler for ice-houses. It details preparation by drying and pulverizing. The page also mentions pamphlets from Johnson's Antipas Liament Furson''s Purgative Pills and Sheridan's Cavalry Condition feuders, plus Johnson's Anodyne Liniment and Brown's Dyonchial Troches as cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Furson
Sheridan
Biliousness remedies and medical opinions from old ads
An 19th century style medical column argues bilious liver symptoms and ind applicable cures. It cites Dr Pierces Golden Medical Discovery and Dr Walker's Vinegar Bitters as effective remedies for indigestion liver complaints headaches and nervousness while contrasting with Magendie and stressing facts over theory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Golden
Magendic
Walker
Magendie Santa
Northern Pacific First Mortgage 730 Gold Bonds Offered
Jay Cooke & Co promotes the First Mortgage 730 Gold Bonds of the Northern Pacific Railroad Co as a profitable safe investment bearing 7.3 percent gold interest secured by a first mortgage on the entire road and equipment and over 23 000 acres of land per mile of track. Highest current prices paid for US 87 Five Twenties and other marketable securities. Pamphlets and full information available from Jay Cooke offices and banks nationwide.
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Jay Cooke & Co
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Jay Cooke &Co
Philadelphia
New York
Washington
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