Congressional activity and public notices in 1880s session
Senate and House debates cover currency reform with greenbacks and silver, railroad land policies, and ship canal routes. Bills on immigration, taxation, and education pass or are referred. Emigration studies prompt a five member committee, and Alaska territorial organization appears amid broader legislative moves.
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Senate of
Voorhees
Groenbeoks
Wilok
Dutler
Senate
RO. Bayard
Nrme
Mr. West
Oklahome
Indiana Territory
Eloven
Interoosania
Auch Canal
Committee On Commerce
Select Committee
Morse
United States Treasury
Morgan
Congress
United Hintoe
United Saccas
Mn Morgan Fin
United States
Amori
Talon
Hieke
Smith
Commissoner of Agriculture
Collec
Interior
Colorado
Indiana
Cotton and corn crop reports from November show mixed yields
The Agriculture Department notes November weather favored cotton regions while corn ripening declined in northern belt areas. State yields average near 90.1 bushels per acre nationwide, with Mississippi River area production over 209 million bushels. several local incidents and trades are also mentioned.
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Department of Agriculture
Ohio River
Missouri
Missianippi
Moyne
Naeemee
Ington
Pleasant
Rivige
Houleta
Jon
Alsectiog Jk
Ict Voller
Golfine
Ind
Adamy
Dénver
Cole
Dispatches from Cabul and Irish agitation bail filed
Foreign dispatches report Wiscowry papers expose Ruaelan intrigue in Cabul. Calepappy the hangman dies. Irish agitators Daly Killen Brenupti bail set to appear, crowd at Carrikon Bhannon scene with military band. Prosecution claims no foundation to abandon. Parliament to meet February. St Petersburgh notes generals threaten withdrawal of allegiance from the Czar unless reforms proceed.
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Disratch
Cabul
London
Wiscowry
Ruaelan
CaLepayy
Great Britain
Persa
Kurdistatt
Americas
Dayrrr
Daly
Killen
Brenupti
Niféweér
Valilin
Carrikon Bhannon
Bth
Hilfen
St. Petersburg
Aléa O
Piracy chase in West Indian waters and Indian unrest report
The Laura Bruce reported it was chased by a piratical craft for fifty miles in West Indian waters but escaped. In Chihuahua and Mexico news, 900 percent? killed. the governor offers $100 reward for Indian raiders. British forces near Kabul besieged. India communications cut off. reinforcements urged. O'Shea, evicted tenant, convicted and sentenced to five years. Lord Napier called from Gibraltar to advise on Afghanistan. Roberts faces potential defeat and possible mutiny in India. Italian International Exhibition planned for Rome in 1882. Ottawa Valley records extreme cold at night reaching minus sixteen to minus thirty four.
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Augusts
Cornell
House
Senate
Virginia
Withers
United States
Nebraska
Dakota
Crook
Grant
Philadelphia
William Mahone
Readjusters
Mr. Withers
Mahone
Wickham
Wyoming
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National Republican Committee
Wasiington
Chicago
Baratoga
Chieheatt
Indianapolis
J. Donald Cameron
Pennsylvania
Averill
Minnesota
Cameron
Platt
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Root
Eulogica
Chandler
William H. Kemble
J. D. Cameron
Br, Noyes
Ohio
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A. B. Cornell
New York
Thomas C. Platt
William L. Heath
Michigan
Zachariah Chandler
Council of
Maine
Jopan Samourt E. Perkins
Indiana Supreme Court
Josermas Taror
Mormon Church
Father
Ogden
Ie East
Salt Lake City
Presbyterian Synod of
Long Island
Talmagé
Washington
Beale
Wien
Redlie
Armenia
Constantinople
Éharly
Laura Bruce
Chihuahus
Mexico
O’shea
Lord Fermoy
Limerick
Lord Napier
Gibraltar
British
War Office
Afghanistan
Conspiracy Arrests and 19th Century Dispatch Highlights
A Mannip dispatch notes a life plot against the King discovered with many arrests. The King of Italy halts quarantine for northern US vessels. Britain grants £500 yearly to Cavagnari widow and £100 to his mother. A chemist claims to have diamonds from crystallized carbon. Senate committees announce appointments and adjourn for holidays.
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United States
Louis Cavagnari
Cabul
Chemical
Glasgow Philosophical Society
Tyndall and Smyth
Maskelyne
British Museum
Benate
Messrs. Voorhees
Vance
Pendleton
Windom
Blair
House
King
Singleton
Whitthorne
Martin
O. Turner
Nichols
Hutchings
Page
Conger
Frye
Haskell
Treasury Department
Morrison
Berry
Davis
Cal
Navy Department
Neal
Pacheco
Thompson
Iowa
Department of Justice
Dunn
Steele
Breele
Belford
Garcelon
Maine
Connell
Boston
New Shampshire
Virginia
Georgia
St. Louis
Dan Rice
Bohad
Moody
Sacak
Iihls
Remarkable revival after apparent death in Cairo tale
Mrs. V J Yost of Metropolis rushed home from Hot Springs where her husband was said dead. Telegrams conflicted, tests revived him. Dr Reed opposed others, batteries revived him, he recovered enough to eat speak write. The Argus notes similar marvels and cites Texas cotton destroyed by fire yearly.
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V. J. Yost
Metropolis
Hot Springs
Ning
Yoat
Reed
Catre Uw.y Argus
Texas
William Meacham
Willie Lombard
Waverly
Morgan County
Jacksonvilla
Meacham
Lombard
Meachama
Cox
Pendersan
Van
Réuilt
Tlox
Jonesboro
Pontic
Thompson
Beliele
Believel
Chicago
Esculapius
Lyon
Disraeli Promise Leads to Delayed Address Request
A London premier recounted by an astonished observer recalls Mr Disraeli in Leeds being pressed by a secretary to provide an address. After initial refusals he promised to share it in ten years. Decade passes, the secretary travels to London and seeks a meeting to obtain the address.
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Disraeli
Leeds
Adi
London
Premier breaks promise in strained exchange, critic says
A discussion reveals tension between the Premier and a secretary over a pledged promise. The secretary notes the premier’s failure to deliver the lecture, accusing him of breaking his word, while the premier questions belief in him amid doubt about capability.
Czar's Escape Narrative Of Attempt To Bomb Imperial Train
Readable excerpts describe a near miss near Moscow as the Czar traveled in a separate luggage train. An explosion derailed several cars, injured officials, and left wires and a battery hidden in a nearby house. Investigations trace the plot to a man from Tamara, with police noting rising nihilist activity and heavy sanctions failing to curb the violence.
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Moscow
London
Simferopol
Tamara
Paris National
Needsburg
Thiesda
Elizabethgrad
Moscow & Odessa
Westen Penge
Comdalonarth
Russian Empire
Katiendy
Davitt Speech Amid Irish Tenant Rights Rally
Dublin correspondence reports Davitt testifying at a public demonstration in Ireland arguing rent reform and abolition of landlordism. He denounces rent as an immoral tax, urges united action, and condemns emigration schemes while urging resistance and organized effort toward soil reform and tenants’ rights.
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Dublin
London
Zimés
Michel Davitt
Ireland
Davitt
Paris
Fair Renta
Trekind
Adimir
Thosa
Canada
Tar Hudson Paper Car-Wheel Works Site Panel
Tar Hudson Paper Car-Wheel Company formed a committee to decide a site for new works at Chicago or St Louis. The panel will study location advantages and report findings to leadership.
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Comppany
Chicago
St Louis
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