Global white House tempests and European affairs
A scrambled news montage notes Ene de Persigny dead and British legal matters, Austrian Reichsrath legislation, and Belgian, German unrest. It cites European Catholic and Protestant populations, woeful tornado damage at Monticello, court cases in Paris and London, and a Bradford Ontario fire. It mentions a Knoxville post office discovery of letters, and Jesuit counts worldwide with rising memberships. It reports a Paris Temps note on school enrollment, a Mrs Mannix illness, and a Mordaunt divorce reappearance. It also covers a Yorke girl in Wisconsin, a memorial on distillery taxes, and a grand duke’s buffalo hunt pivot toward St Louis. It closes with food scarcity in the plains, a brutal Minn. murder, and war veteran bounty costs.
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Belgium
Stuttgardt
Germany
Europe
Wisconsin
Paris
Apwermine
Bradford
Ont
Tenier
Knoxville
Stuntgardt
London
Mordaunt
Prince of Wales
Duke of Edinburgh
Green
Beliot
Clinton
Wis
U. S
Grand Duke
Alexis
Sheridan
Spotted Tail
Czar
St. Louis
Admiral Possiet
Russia
Kansas
Nebraska
Jousx Beyer
St. Cloud
Minn
U.S
Cheese Makers in England Threaten Dairymen Markets
Horatio Seymour told the New York Dairyman's Convention that despite low prices farmers face, American cheese producers have expanded in Europe. He cites rising demand, cheaper lands, and cooperative efforts among U S dairymen, urging continued effort to widen markets and lower costs while hoping for divine aid in a prosperous year.
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Horatio Seymour
New York
Dairyman's Convention
Great Britain
England
Europe
United States
National Dairymen’s Association
Trichina in the Hogs Case Opens in Cleveland
A well authenticated trichina outbreak in Cleveland linked to pork has killed Charles Martens and left his family in grave condition. Ernest Martens survives, while tests reveal live trichina in muscle tissue. Heat above 160 degrees destroys the parasites, with earlier cases in New York and Iowa cited and Chicago pork sampling showing infection in a portion of hogs.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Martens
Charles Martens
Ernest
Ernest Martens
America
New York
Marion
Iowa
Chicago
Academy of Science
Remarkable Rescue as Sleigh Crash Near Remsen NY
A Welsh farmer near Viica is dragged by two high spirited horses after a sleigh overturns. A witness tries to stop the runaway and the farmer, badly bruised, shouts a pledge to his wife, declaring without time to make a will that he leaves her ten thousand dollars. The horses are finally halted and the man survives.
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Remsen
N. Y
Viica
The Last Reason and Other Reads From The Era
A young man named O Connor in St Louis killed himself over a failed social life after an August 1870 wound at Leavenworth. The note cites loss of speech, urging death to avoid a drab future as a society man. An English telegraphist reports a photometer proving light reaches 100 fathoms. Maine politics show most lawmakers born in Maine or New England. only one immigrant.
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O’connor
St. Louis
Leavenworth
Kuneas
Licey Inraz Warre
Maine
Senate
House
New England
Fashionable Trim and Etiquette in Society Circles
Society notes outline trimming silk underskirts with bras bands and flonnees and describe wedding ring omens of widowhood. Mistletoe bows between doors at parties, artificial rose in buttonhole, serpent rings, velvet waists, black silk outfits, and bandeau bells signal current taste. New York ladies form a self-sewing society to rival top dressmakers.
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New York
Parade of Strikers in Mobile features fanciful realm cars
The Strikers paraded through Mobile in their 29th procession with striking tableaux The first car illustrated the Realms of Fancy featuring an iceberg drawn by polar bears and a Darwinian poet and philosopher among birds arrested and tried A sea life float followed with Neptune mermaids and a sailor key to Davy Jones locker Then Fairy Land and a Christmas Eve scene with Santa Claus reindeer and Christmastide symbols drew crowds from the North A later item recounts a New Albany boy freezing his tongue on a market pump handle and rescuers freeing him after minutes of effort
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Preystan
Met
Strikers
Mobile
North Pole
Berring
Neptune
Davy Jones
Santa Claus
Christus Yantomine
New Albany
Ind
John Koch
Haytian Proverbs and Rural Wisdom in a Patchwork
The excerpt compiles a series of sayings with proverbs about speaking wisely, caution with ventures, and social conduct, including lines on predicting outcomes, restraint, and intergenerational advice. It ends with a note on tobacco crop quality in the Connecticut Valley, implying optimism about farming yields.
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Connectict Valley
Dreadful Fate of German Doctor Gunkell in Iowa
A German physician named Gunkell from Lansing Illinois fled a pursuer during a drive from McGregor to Elkader. He forced the driver to speed on, then wandered miles in delirium, ending in a Wagner township stable where he died from exposure and smallpox after hours alone. His face was reported very red from fever and scratching.
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Gunkell
Lansing
McGregor
Ellegaer
Hamling’s
Bull's Head
Elkader
National
Windsor
Wagner Township
Etkader
Naval justice over cruel punishment at sea
A historical report notes Alexander H. Semmes, commander in the Navy, faced suspension from duty and rank for three years with a public reprimand by the Secretary of the Navy. The action condemns cruel penalties, aims to deter misuse of authority, and signals higher standards for naval discipline.
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Navan Pusismarenrs
Alexander H. Semmes
Secretary of the Navy
Semmes
Veteran Confusion Over War Dates At Pension Office
In New Orleans a veteran claimed to be forty while explaining he fought in the War of 1812. An official pointed out the inconsistency given the era. The man responded he could still be a veteran if he volunteered, sparking a lighter moment in a pension inquiry.
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Avaun Parriconsar
New Orleans
Jis
New Orleans Picayune
Linex to the Hens in Walpole Meeting
At a Walpole meeting Mr Wood rebutted opponents claims about a bonus burden. He joked that six hens could pay a farmer's bonus tax for a year. Captain Stuart Reeve of Onedda defended him by urging to stick to the hens but allow more time.
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Stuart Reeve
Onedda
Wood
Hamilton
Ontario
Spectator
Stand Treat Custom Attacked as Senseless Humour
Staxpix¢ Trias notes remarks on the custom of standing treat, urging readers to discard it by any means despite social stigma. It calls the practice one of the era's most senseless humbugs, likening it to asking a stranger to provide shoes in a shop or to drink in a bar room.
Bones Found in Tre Mont House Ruins After Fire
In Chicago a tax record describes three piles of falcined bones and ashes discovered amid a burning heap in the Tre Mont House ruins. Despite three months passing, doctors could not confirm from bone fragments whether a human perished there.
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Chicago Republican
Tremont House
Facts and Fancies. Tests and oddities from a long ago page
A collage of curiosities and jokes from a bygone period. Notes on testing wall weight, winter eggs, sage gin, a magnesia discovery in Oregon, and humorous vignettes about weddings, engagement, fashion, and everyday life. Names, places, and funny observations highlight the era’s flavor.
Owen Ace Acre for a Yearly Cow Fodder Plan
A rural guide outlines a method to keep a cow on one acre. Half the ground sown in clover for June cutting, one fourth in corn fodder, and the rest in turnips or sugar beets. Beet and turnip tops store for winter feed. keep beets and tops in a cellar covered with boards for durability.
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OwenAce Acre
Immigrant origins in 1871 New York ships data analysis
An 1871 study analyzes aliens landed at New York from foreign ports using vessel manifests. It lists countries of birth and totals including Norway and Miscellaneous categories, highlighting immigration diversity and overall counts from arriving ships.
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New York
Norway
Grasshopper Falls Struggles Over Town Name Change
Grasshopper Falls Kansas residents again debate renaming the town after a previous failed attempt nine years ago when the legislature proposed Lautrelle and locals joked it into Sow-tail before returning to Grasshopper.
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Grasshopper Falls
Kansas
Lautrelle
Empress Rescues Helmsman Aboard Naples Visit
While the Brazilian Emperor and Empress toured Naples the Empress waited in a yawl as rough seas challenged the crew. The helmsman slipped while reaching for a rudder and fell overboard, but the Empress gripped him and saved his life. A note cites Philadelphia industry output at three hundred fifty million dollars.
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Brazil
Naples
Azure Grotto
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