Various Global News Bits and Domestic Political Notes
A mixed list of items reports earthquakes, executions to follow in France, Persia famine, deaths in Paris, Puerto Rico hotels praised, California to Colorado acts, Pennsylvania politics, Cuba naval ships, New York debt, smallpox in London, Greek wrecks in the Black Sea, hostage trial in France, Indiana senator robbed, coastal ship losses, Connecticut governor race, a 1300s Boston newspaper, and Ospray voyage inquiries.
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France
Persia
Geshat
Andrew Porter
United States
Paris
Cuwaco
Altan
Eaker
Pennsylvania Senate
Austin
Pte
Thomas
Concord
N. H
E. A
California
Navy Yard
League Island
Cuba
Colorado Toome
R Olyhead
England
Pennsylvania
William, Elliott
Philadelphia
Karverr
Miss Shepherd
Wickenburg
Los Angeles
Cal
Hoffman
James E. Kelly
Buffalo
Tuer Ratire
New York
City of
London
Constantinople
Black Sea
Lawrd
D. D. Pratt
Indiana
Custom House
Bridgeport
A. R. Harrison
St Louis
Turist
America
Boston
State Paper
Gov. Grany
Legisla
Penn
Prper
Australia
Deadly Toy Blasts Four Year Old in Chillicothe
A four year old boy of Patrick Martin, a gas works employee, suffered severe facial injuries after an elder brother, misled by a blue marble, gave him a Union torpedo. The explosive device exploded in the mouth, tearing the inner cheek and lip. The boy survived, though mangled.
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Patrick Martin
Chillicothe
Walter Street
Mentnen
Martin Boy
Times of harness racing and names trend in 1860s data
The record cites Kate as making a claimed fastest time in harness but is contradicted by notes from Sept 22, 1868, showing John Stewart driving 20 miles in 59 23 and Capt McGowan at 5S 25 on a half mile track. The piece also notes a demographic statistic that five of six male US births then named Alexis.
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Kate
John Stewart
Capt. McGowan
United States
Alexis
Too Late Too Late A Poem Reflection on Missed Duty
A reflective poem laments lateness in daily duties and moral action. It contrasts dawn and sunrise with human tardiness, noting late prayers, unpaid debts, and unoffered aid. The piece laments inward shame for harboring hate and the failure to act when needed.
Kate Lanark Defies Servants and Wins Love Through Bread
Kate Lanark openly pursues home making as a signed claim of independence. When her sisters fail to bake, she takes charge in the kitchen and earns the respect of her family and Roland Archworth, a banker suitor, who recalls his mother’s bread and sees Kate as a worthy partner in a shared, practical life.
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Roland Aachworth
Lanark
Isabel
Bertha
Archworth
Kate
Cook
Roland
Roland Archworth
Banker's Choice Wins Kate for His Bride
The banker Roland Archworth seeks to marry Kate, the kitchen helper. The Judge asks which daughter, and learns he loves Kate. Kate confesses her love after Roland proves his manhood in earlier kindness. Mrs Lanark agrees, Isabel and Bertha accept, and Roland and Kate begin a happy life with Kate’s Iris band as a symbol of their home.
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Dse
Roland
Isabel
Bertha
Kate
Judge
Roland Archworth
Ledger
Westerly Rhode Island apprentice cutters strike over apprentices
Granite quarries in Westerly Rhode Island see three hundred stone cutters strike over the hiring of apprentices. Workers demand dismissal of several apprentices, refuse, and announce a 52 weekly payout from a 7000 fund. Employers agree to hire more apprentices, three hundred boys apply and are put to work.
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Westerly
Rhode Island
Association of Workmen
Horses Prove Stronger Than Mules in Galesburg Challenge
Two nearby farmers tested horse power versus mule power in the village main street near Galesburg. After several trials the horses pulled the mules, turning them back in their harness as the crowd applauded the display of strength.
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Horst
Mone
Galesburg
Train Encounter Aboard A New York Express
An antique-looking woman on a Stamford bound train window talks with a boy named Tom. She tests his honesty and studies, then gives five cents for an apple and a moral warning as a guardrail from a Hartford newspaper clipping.
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New York
Stamford
Sonny
Ma’m
Hartford
Morning meeting on an estate ends in breakfast query
Hargreex Four Jr and An Tishman meet the estate owner while out for game. Paddy greets the owner with a ceremonial top of the morning and explains he is seeking breakfast for his appetite. The owner replies he is out to see if he can find an appetite for his own breakfast.
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Hargreex Four
Paddy
Tax on 1871 dividends and interest for Crvipexps noted
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue rules that a tax must be paid on dividends declared from earnings of 1871 and on interest and coupons representing 1871 accrued interest, even if dividends are not declared or interest not payable until after December 31, 1871, and that the corporations in section 15 of the act of July 14, 1870 must withhold the tax from holders of stock and bonds.
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Commissioner of Internal Revenue
London
Commission of Internal Revenue
Pittsfield
Courier Journal
Louisville
Cincinnati
Siberia
Winnebago County
Wis
Cleveland
Duke Alexis
Duke Fiddlesticks
Glycerine, Nitro-Glycerine and Aglaia origins
A primer on glycerine its making from olive oil with litharge and water then nitro glycerine preparation using nitric and sulphuric acids. It explains ignition behavior under various conditions and notes Aglaia as youngest Grace of myth and as a planet and a flower genus with perfuming uses.
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Jupiter
Mars
How Mandarins Dine and Welcome Guests
An observer describes Mandarin hospitality as a rite of invitation and honor. Three invitations are sent before the event, guests perform obsequious rites, the master greets them with ceremonial speeches, and guests praise the surroundings and the host’s status, then converse reverently.
Rough polish and pebbles cite life lesson
A mix of observational prose on rough treatment shaping character, a Bergen City priest’s bold sermon about contributions, and assorted historical notes including U.S. tonnage trends and coal mining wage talks. Also a claim about sunbeams and heavenly support.
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Tnew
Hennessey
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Bergen City
N.J
Quotable Fractures of Wit and Wordplay in 1871
A compact miscellany of wry quips and curiosities covering manners, politics, fashion, and oddities. It notes sign painters in Chicago, a Boston glazier, humor about flirtation, bankable debts, and expressions on manners, marriage, and public life with many named places and people.
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Chicago
Boston
Mayor Medill Welcomes Grand Duke Quote Cites Alexander Comparisons
A Chicago mayoral address to the Grand Duke quotes (Greece produced Alexander the Great) and claims Russia produced a greater Alexander, praising leadership that raises people. A party of forty kidnapped Salomon Islanders on a schooner from Sevuka to a plantation attacked four men and a custodian with hatchets, killing them before escaping.
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Mayor Medill
Chicago
Grand Duke
Greece
Alexander the Great
Russia
Alexander
Salomon
Sevuka
Plantafion
Warburton
Whittaker
Keystone
Robinson
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Mother and Daughter
Mrs. Lanark
Judge Lanark
Ile
City
Metropolis
Chum
Pottsville
Gowan
New York State
Baltimore
Union of
Catholic Teetotalers
Brown
Indy
Great Britain
Farnell Hall
Sae
Mareiewest
Commissioner of Patents
Radeeae
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