News of the Week Foreign Briefs and World Signals
Thiers defends Catholic tradition in France. The French Assembly rejects a Thiers resolution. Bonn professors excommunicated for denying Papal infallibility. British debates Alabama claims and US diplomacy. Veracruz mission rumors and Mexico pogroms, rail and war notes, disasters, and weather across continents.
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Thiers
France
Archbishop of
Cologne
Hilger, Knoadtangen
Rush
University of Bonn
Germany
House_of Commons
Gladstoke
Lord Granville
Alabama
United States
London
Congress of the
William Quillen Bryant
Vera ‘Cruz
Grant
Juarez
Mexico
Reichstag
Traverse T Wise Tas
Cunningham
Mr. Simpson
Nicaragua
Toronto
Canada
Dominion
Welland
St. Lawrence
University of Cambridge
Chicago
Pitt Press
University Printing Office
Wichborne
Marshal Bazaine
Prince Frederick Charles
Prussia
Metz
A. St. Petersburg
Ietter
Washington
Plantamour
London Daily Telegraph
Bohenck
Geneva Board of Arbitrglors
Noted Discharges and Political Shifts Span Nation
The report records legal relief for Mrs. Anna C. Ruth in a murder case, resignations from Jay Gould at the Erie Railroad, postmaster Goshorn’s disappearance and arrest, huge St Patrick’s Day parade estimates in New York, arrests of officials, Senate nominations including post masters and land office appointments, and various federal appointments across Kansas to Nevada and Michigan. The era shows ongoing investigations, promotions, and legal proceedings shaping national affairs.
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Gold
New York
Newark
N. J
Jess Coates
Hattie Lyon
Alexander Campbell
Poplar Grove
Ill
Madison
Wis
Campbell
Chicago
Erie Railway
Buffalo
Eastern Railroad
Wm. Lloyd Garrison, Jr
Memphis
Bureau of Statistics
Tbs
Wood & Callahan
Cincinnati
Clinton
Iowan City
Ole Bull
Gemifia
Philadelphia
Fo Chow
China
General Sickles
New Erie Board On Securities
Brooklyn
N. Y
Robert Bowles
Theresa
Bowles
Lake Erie
Omaha
Black Hills
Burlington
Missouri
Supreme Court
Confedera
United States_ Supreme Court
Chase
United States District Court of South Carolina
Internal Revenue
Pleasanton
Watertown
Dispatch of the 21St
Ohio Falls
Jeffersonville
Ind
Laurel
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago
Fort Wayne
Tenn
Nashville
Anna C. Ruth
Isaac M. Ruth
J. J. Medlicott
Lawrence
Kansas
Ruth
Goshorn
Dyersburg
the Times
David L. Stanton
Maryland
Senate
Norman D. Meachan
Berth
J. J. Hibbetts
Chetopa
Kan
M. G. "Crane
Wellsville
Eliha-Enos
Wanesha
Itc
Fikélouski
Jeff Washington
Japa
Japan
United States
United States Grand Jury
Coommmttees
Thes
New York Sun
Robeson
Washington
New York Custom House
Mayor Hall
New
Daly
Hackett
Court of Oyer and Ferminer
Thel
David Hadley
M. P. Freeman
Elko
Nev
Reuben Reynolds
Detroit
Mich
John Mayhugh
A. Campbell
Marquette
William A. Newton
P. O. Roberts
Tennessee
Massachusetts Set Convention Date and State News Highlights
The Massachusetts State Central Committee fixed April 10 in Worcester for the State Convention to select delegates to Philadelphia. Erie Mayor-elect Charles M Reed, Jr. headlines local gains. Rhode Island noms Olney Arnold for Governor and others for statewide offices. Illinois temperance bill tabled. Woman suffrage defeat in Massachusetts. Manchester NH election results tallied statewide. Wisconsin passes new liquor law mirroring Illinois provisions.
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Massachusetts State Central Committee
Worcester
Philadelphia
Wilson
Charles M. Reed
Erie
Rhode Island
Providence
Olney Arnold
Charles R. Cutler
Massachusetts
Manchester
N. H
Straw
Weston
Cooper
Blackmer
Scattering
Wisconsin
Illinois
Congressional Notes on Land Laws and Rail Projects
Senate and House proceedings on 18 to 22 passages include memorials from Wisconsin officers seeking land law reforms for soldiers, amendments to clarify recommendations for offices, and approvals for bridges and levees. Bills on railroad construction, internal improvements, Chicago relief efforts, and tariff debates dominate, with adjournments and executive sessions interspersed.
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Senate
Wisconsin
Conkling
Trumbull
Indiana
Nebraska City
Prent
Fort Kearney
Toebraska
Deaf, Dumb and Insane Asylum
Mississppi River
United States
Mississippi Valley Levee Company
Cape Girardeau
Fort Jackson
Miinois
Ohio
Chicago
House
St. Croix
Lake SipeHor
Congress
Michigan
Tremsey
Finance Committee
Siaid
Texan
Judiciary Committee
Delahoy
United States Direndee
Kaneag
California
Columbia
Ohio River
Evansville
Tilmore
Commission
Internal Revenue
Kansas
Wes
Mississippi River
Red Wing
Onn Cy
Cheyenne, Tron Mountain & Pacific Railroad and Telemart
Clinton
Iowa
Big Sandy
Covington
Cincinnati
Post-Office
Bayfield & St. Croix
Navy
Astell Commercial Company
Iscuasion
Committee of Ways and Means
Winona & &R Pant Railroad
Utah
Louisiana
Florida
Mizeouri
Indian Territory
National Board of Trade
Cessna
Mortality Roll with Comic Deaths of Notables
A quirky mortuary list from The Boston Bulletin lists famed figures and humorous causes of death such as Met menselah liver complaint, Absalom hair loss, Desdemona pillow, Samson pillay, John Rogers overdone steak, Romeo heart disease, Napoleon crushed by a rock, Louis XVI head amputation, Red Jacket whooping cough, and Tecumseh scalp disease. Names appear in a satirical obituary style with exaggerated fates.
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Boston Bulletin
Nselah
Lot
Salt
Absalom
Sipelas
Hamen
Buchadnezzar
John Rogers
Romeo
Gov. Hoffman
Artemus Ward
Napoleon the Great
Napoleon the Less
Montezuma
Louis XVI
Joe Miller
California Vegetable Vinecar Bittens in Quack Advertising
The ad touts a tonic named California Vegetable Vinecar Bittens claiming to cure biliousness headaches constipation fevers indigestion and rheumatism. It warns against false statements by competitors while praising the product as a universal remedy.
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Morvek
Nebriates
Dr. Wacker
California
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G Xo
Burt IE
A, Rami
Henry
Ffs
Alianois
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St. Petersburg
Catacazy
Gortechakott
William
Berlinf
Montreal
St. Patrick’s Day
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