Afghanistans grapes and Texans German settlers headline plan 7E page
The 7E page lists diverse brief items from 1879 including Afghanistans grapes noted as large as nuts, Bua Hasu a Kentucky resident, Nora reportedly with 240 million inhabitants and 20 thousand priests, and remarks on Texas settlement by Germans. It also mentions a London Post Office snake, a Lake Zurich steamer sinking, and varied notes on finance, crime, and public figures of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bua Hasu
Lebm
Kentucky
Nora
Lowell Baboon
Texas
London
Lake Zurich
Itzerland
American Iron and Steel Assation
Philadelphia
York City
BVADA
Arleston
S. C
Sebastopol
Robert P. Crockettt
Davy Crockett
Hood County
Xas
J. E. Weller
Weller
Manitoba
Sweden
Stockholm
Schequepivesey
Littleport
Ely
Inngland
Georgia
Grant
Prince of
Iles
Aris
Strousberg
Berlin
Order of St. Georges
Russia
Germany
Yukon River Features Amid Arctic Distance and Width
Aerial note on the navigable Yukon River rising in British America and surging over a mile wide at 600 miles from the sea, yet hindered as an Arctic neighbor to commerce. Included are brief profiles of Kanrot the Parisian art lover and Karoli the London-tamed animal trainer, plus Nebraska’s 1878 grain and railway tallies and immigration push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amazon
Yukon
British America
Arctic Circle
Kanrot
Karoli
London
Nebraska
Turkeys City Pennsylvanians in Fire Loss and Pension Debates
Newslets cover fires destroying a town in Turkey City Pennsylvania last Monday and a host of federal topics. The President signs pension arrears bills while bond redemptions surge daily and trade, tariffs, and postage accounts shape national policy. A giant 400 pound black bear in Ripley county is captured. Modoc the trotter dies. divorce cases rise in St Louis. and cremation prompts legal cautions on murder probes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey City
Pennsylvania
Shrine Buy
Southern Pacific Railroad
New Marion
Ripley County
Congress
Europe
Asia
Helena
Montana
Hampton
South Carolina
Forma
Grant
Trotter Modoc
Frank Work
Wall Street
Central Park
New York
Bismarck
Georgia
Key
Bernese Jura
Switzerland
Circuit Court of
St. Louis
United States
Treasury Department
Canada
Glasgow
Newfoundland
Pennsylvania Railway
Pittsburg
Erie
Colcomb
Oddities and notes from Indiana towns in a distant year
A scattered collection reports on Marion county delinquent lists, Warsaw ice house stock, a La Porte street assault, a Florida squirrel gift to Major Drake, and various local curiosities. It mentions fraud rumors, church letter mix ups, a 15 year old injury, and a Mexican war cannon claim among gossip and small incidents.
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MIERE
St. Wayne
Hventinaron
Columbus
WotcorrviLte
Marion County
Indianapolis Sentinel
Starke County
J. W. Seagraves
Warsaw
Koh-i-noor
la Porte
Major Drake
Florida
Pete McCartney
Michigan City
William Pinkerton
Attica Ledger
Emma
Stringtown
Fountain County
Lot
Montgomery County
Indianapolis
Steuben County
Baptist Council At
A. A. Hopkins
Wile
Hamilton
Congressional Proceedings Highlight Constitutional Amendments Debates
The Senate debates enforceability of the Thirteenth through Fifteenth Amendments and states rights, with resolutions urging federal enforcement and limits on national power. Executive session, land forfeiture questions, and a cipher dispatch inquiry dominate the agenda alongside patent law and canal land issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manpar
Senate
Cockerell
Committee On Pensions
Mary Walker
Morgan
Edmunds
United States
Senate and House Activity On Bills Including Census and Education
Senate reported a census bill while the House favorably disposed the blind education bill with a 30000 appropriation. The patent law amendment passed. A miscellaneous about 2110,000 appropriation measure passed. Conference report on the consular and diplomatic appropriation was agreed to. The lands sale proceeds bill for education was discussed in committee without action. Army appropriation bill reported. Cox reported a census bill and ordered printed. An evening session focused on postage regulation for third class mail. Friday January 24 Senate routine business and conference report actions.
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United States
Congress
Senate
Indiana
Wabash
Minami
Lake Erie
Committee On Judiciary
House
Potter
Butler
Florida
South Carolina
Oregon
District of
Colombia
Springer
Hovusr
Brage
Clumbis
Cox
Cass County
Knightstown
Legislation and Veterans Welcome at Indiana Assembly
The session shows honors for Mexican War veterans with a unanimous pension resolution and welcomes from Speaker, with speeches by General Manson and Major Gordon. Bills address surgeon charges, farm prices, and three special judges. Senate and House members discuss apportionment, education consolidation, and public commissions.
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Renate
Gray
House
Manson
Major Gordon
Judiciary Committee
General Assembly
United States
D. W. Voorhees
Witnress
Gordon
Woman claims four years in both armies under disguise
Pittsburg telegraph reports Mrs. Banks asserts she served in the Confederate and Union forces during the Civil War, with aristocratic lineage, a wealthy planter father, and an Indian mother. She describes entering the Southern army first, then joining the Union, and says she was wounded once. A French observer adds hog cholera treatment involving hot blankets and mustard plasters.
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Pittsburg
the Telegraph
Banks
Union
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Weekly Journal
Plansport
Ind
Odds and
Afghanistan
Harnrgert Hosmer
Atkinson
New Hampshire
Corpus Christi
Gtax
Alaska
Tipton
King
JaMrs Ray
Warren Township
St. Joe County
England
Jacob Rhode
Warren County
Oxford
Benton County
John Blanchard
Recorder Elect
Fulton County
Jennings
Jefferson
Lucy Masters
Pike County
Peru
Bro. Cole
Nellie Cobb
H. A. Gobin
Trinity Church
LaFayette
Cobbs
Bro. Holdsteck
Kokomo
James B. Fox
Braysville
Dearbon County
Newport
3D Light Artillery
Ringgold
Palo Alto
Fox
Alphonse
Jess
Beverly Douglass
Hovsk
English
Gvermeyer
Committee of
Supreme Court
State University, Normal School
Purdue University
Committee On Ways and Means
Housee
Scott
DeKalb
Willard
Monsieur le Duc
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