03 Aug 1879
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Newspaper
Knoxville Daily Chronicle
Location
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1879
Page
1
A reader attention note highlights Representative Dyer on the 504 compromise and its value, pointing readers to page three for the full document. The piece includes political debate on election turnout and repudiation, with social and international context, and mentions local gas light competition and price reform.
Telegraphic dispatches report six new Memphis fever cases and two deaths, with Miss Endora Athy, daughter of the police chief, dying near Memphis. The board expects epidemic status tonight and notes immunity theory overturned. Additional updates from New York allege nine new Memphis cases and four deaths yesterday, urging camps and help. A private line cites thirteen new cases and four deaths. segregation concerns noted. A Cincinnati desk adds July 31 new cases in Memphis listing several whites and one hundred ninety five whites and five colored total.
In Burumatoy Vermont on August 2, Postmaster General Key addressed applauding listeners after a serenade, saying he speaks as a representative of a great executive department not for himself alone. He noted past Vermont visits and stated today’s remarks are from a private citizen on a curious tour.
Rear Admiral George B. Babb named Superintendent of the Naval Academy after Parker's death. Health board reports no yellow fever in Southwest Pass. A San Antonio dispatch notes Mexican bands raiding Chupedaros de Tarnera, Texas, stealing 250 horses and killing 15 in a week, crossing the Rio Grande. A Tennessee letter from Dandridge discusses debt repudiation politics and calls for unity to protect the state's credit, with local speeches and weather notes.
New York markets show money easy and government securities steady while flour remains in buyers favor and wheat bids ease. corn declines then recovers, oats soften, pork and lard dip slightly, and spirits hold near nominal. Cincinnati reports quiet wheat, weak corn, steady pork, firmer lard, and firm sugar with mixed hogs and steady whisky.
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