Undertaking Department Taken Charge at Robbins Furniture
Lea is named sole head of the Undertaking Department at Sen. FL Robbins's Furniture Rooms. Mr. Wood is praised for his long service and placed over undertakers goods with a complete line of burial caskets and coffins and a new hearse in the city. Robbins seeks a share of the business and promises satisfaction.
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Lea
Sen. FL
Robbins
Wood
Mer
Ben
FL Robbins
Herald notice incomplete from Main Street publisher
The Herald publication details an address on Main Street with notices and advertisements. It notes six months for subscription and quarterly collection for standing advertisements, plus a monthly Local Notices section and a call to address communications to The Herald in Mantos, Isp.
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AML
Isp
Senator Hill Attacks War Claims in Senate Debate
The Georgia senator argued against paying Warren Mitchell for wartime cotton and labeled war-claims as political corruption. He asserted over 199 million dollars were diverted from the treasury to sustain a Radical party, urging removal of what he called a sink-hole of loyalty claims.
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Warren Mitchell
Senate
Hill
Georgia
Radical Party
Dem
Gal
Loyalty and war claims in postwar politics debate
In a Senate debate, lawmakers clash over paying war claims to religious and educational institutions. Democrats argue loyalty definitions vary, urging honesty and avoid forcing Union victory’s penalties. The speaker advocates ending war pensions, opposing railroad subsidies, and restoring constitutional honesty.
Pension bill sparks Radical opposition and historical echoes
The piece argues Radicals oppose a soldier pension bill, citing Grant era vetoes and alleged bondholder schemes. It contends recent delays threaten veterans and widows while accusing Radical leaders of hypocrisy and profiteering from wartime hardships.
Debate over veterans pensions and wartime plunder politics
A critique asserts Radical allies swindled funds and property during and after the Civil War. The piece denounces pension opposition by Grant-era factions, argues for honest accounting, and declares the Democratic party will fund veteran pensions through economy and reforms. It warns against entitlements for widows amid alleged widespread theft.
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Union
Grant
Treasury
United States
Democratic Party
Cipher telegrams expose 1876 presidential fraud plots
The Potter committee reveals cipher dispatches involving Zack Chandler and Postmaster General Tyner, showing a $5,000 bribe for two Indian agents and a $10,000 loan to corrupt Indiana ballots. Thieves hid messages, but operators traced them, exposing Radical misdeeds and a staged cover up by party leaders.
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Radical
Potter
Zack Chandler
Tyner
Indiana
Chandler
Zack
Bill Chandler
Bullock
Telegraph Company
Whitelaw Reid
New York Tribune
Orton
Democratic Party
French President MacMahon resigns amid cabinet rift
President MacMahon of France resigns after failed ministerial talks over governance. The cabinet argues republican need for strong military support while MacMahon favors monarchist ties. Grevy elected President by Congress and Gambetta as Chamber President. Remarkable calm follows a crisis of high political tension.
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MacMahon
France
Grevy
Congress
Gambetta
Chamber of Deputies
Republic
Stay-Laws Debated Over Debtor Relief in State Senate
A letter from Hon. L. J. Woollen notes the stay-law for debtor relief faced a Senate inquiry into its constitutionality, but the resolution was tabled as the Senate warned such a law would clash with the state constitution. The body largely backs a 6 percent interest law, seen as class legislation with unclear constitutional concerns.
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Senate
Relief for Citizens in Debt and Home Protection Debate
The piece discusses a proposed law for permanent relief of indebted citizens who cannot pay and risk losing homes to creditors. It questions the law’s reach on existing debts and urges protections for both creditors and debtors. Senator Woollen is praised for pushing the matter in the Senate, with evident sympathy for the state’s poor and a willingness to seek relief.
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Ican
Woollen
Senate
Iuka Cyclone Kills Seven in Mississippi Town
A terrible cyclone passed Iuka Mississippi at about 7 in the morning on the 28th alt killing seven persons and wounding eight others. Four houses and a church were blown down and a wagon was carried a mile and imbedded in the ground. The storm came from the southwest and struck Newport causing property damage and breaking a child s arm. The track was about two hundred yards wide and the violence lasted only a few minutes.
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Iuka
Mississippi
Newport
Mississippi River
Democrats Split Over Registry Measure in Indiana House
The Indiana House passed the first constitutional amendment last Thursday signaling some Democrats favor a registry law or at least allow the people to express a view. The piece notes Republican members’ solid support and questions the motives, urging Democrats to reflect.
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House
Indiana
Denmark
Potter Committee Finds Early Radical Link in Fraud Probe
The Pot ter committee may deduce that Ananias and Sapphira were radicals who lived and settled in Louisiana as the investigation into Presidential fraud proceeds.
Stay-laws declared unconstitutional by several state supreme courts
L. J. Woollen writes from Indianapolis January 30 1879 to the Herald noting Judge Carter and H W Harrington's views that stay laws delaying debt collection have been ruled unconstitutional by multiple state Supreme Courts. A Senate resolution to probe constitutional flaws was laid on the table by Senator Harris of Marion.
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Indianapolis
The
Herald
Vevay
Carter
Supreme Court
H. W. Harrington
Senate
Committee On the Judiciary
Harris
Marion
L.J. Woollen
Indianapolis Legislature Aims Longer Sessions And Knightstown Visit
The Indiana Legislature adjourned to Monday with plans for a thorough investigation visit to Knightstown's Soldiers Orphans Home and a potential visit to feeble minded institutions in Illinois and Ohio. Lawmakers criticize short sessions, foresee a four month term, and push for clearer, constitutional laws amid crowded bills and overworked committees. Doctors Dawnon and Reamy of Ohio Medical College visited the capitol, with their rooms crowded by physicians.
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the Herald
Knightstown
Mlinois
Columbus
Ohio
Indiana
House
Dawnon and
Reamy
Ohio Medical College
Cincinnati
Grand Hotel
Legis
Medical bills draw support in Senate over grave robbing
Future prospects note that many welcome new members and praise the gentlemen involved. Interest grows in medical legislation with likely laws on grave robbing prevention and on providing anatomical material to medical colleges and societies. The Senate committee has reported these measures, and passage is anticipated.
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Senate
Hanover Notes and Activities Highlight Local College Life
Hanover February items report a Madison street sighting of a missing mate, a reorganized Hanover string band, and new books for Union Literary Society plus Philals orders. The day of prayer for colleges featured a Heckman sermon and evening prayer, with no classes. A cooking club party at Prof Garritt's drew praise, and the reporter enjoyed songs and feasting.
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Hanover
Madison
Main Cross Street
Hanover String Band
Union Lit
Philals
Heckman
Cooking Club
Garritt
Saluda Letter Urges Pike to Hanover and New Washington
The writer laments muddy roads hindering travel and proposes building a pike from Saluda to Hanover and onward to New Washington to boost trade. He suggests sending Brother Demaree to organize and notes a Baptist revival at Prospect Church led by Revibles Carpenter and Petty. The fox hunting tale reflects local pastime.
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the Herald
Hanover
New Washington
Madison
Demaree
Brooksburg Road
Prospect Church
Carpenter
Dick Davis
Charley Benham
Charley
Revival ends in Kent with twenty accessions and thirty conversions
Kent Indiana news notes a revival closing with twenty accessions and over thirty conversions. A reported wolf-like animal killed by John Jennings later appears to be a Bengal tiger. A compositor correction states William Chambers was born in North Carolina, not Virginia. Dads Pet.
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William Chambers
Virginia
North Carolina
Dad
The Telephone on a Volcano Experiments in Sound
Professor Rossi with a special microphone explored underground seismic sounds near Rocca di Papa and at Vesuvius and the Solfatara to gauge how microphone telephony can aid terrous meteorology. He identified rumblings musketry reports and metallic sounds with periodic intervals and linked them to seismograph motions.
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Rome
Bollettino di Volcanismo Italiano
Edison
Mocenigo
Vicenza
Rossi
Rocca di Papa
Alban Hills
Vesuvius
Pozzuoli
Palmieri
Sound from Volcanoes Captured by Microphone Tied to Seismograph
A scientist reports that microphone readings at Vesuvius Rocca di Papa and the Solfatara of Pozzuoli closely match seismic motions. Perpendicular motion aligns with musketry-like shocks while undulatory motion matches rumblings. The device records strong signals even when not perfectly adjusted, indicating volcanic shocks imperceptible to the naked ear.
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Rocca di Papa
Pozzuoli
Vesuvius
Monument Erected Where Major Andre Was Hanged
Brooklyn Eagle reports a monument planned at Tappan in Rockland to honor Major Andre on the site of his hanging and burial. Cyrus W Field funds the project. landowner Barton donates twenty by twenty feet and a right of way.
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Andre
Brooklyn Eagle
Major Andre
Tappan
Rockland County
Westminister
Cyrus W. Field
Barton
Abby
New York
Washington
Arnold
Paulding
Sleepers wake the church with quips in 1846 Lynn sermon
In a Lynn Massachusetts church scene from 1846, Allen Brydges used a fox tail and a thorn to wake nappers during Rev. Samuel Whitney's preaching. Mr. Tomlins, waking startled, shouted suspecting a woodchuck bite, while women wore large bonnets and men jittered notes as the pastor mocked strawlike listeners.
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Springfield Republican
Lynn
Mass
Samuel Whitney
Obadiah Turner
Allen Brydges
Sharpe Thorne
Mr. Tomlins
Allen
Quicklie
Dame Balland
Mr. Whitney
Italian Professor Finds Flowers Boost Ozone in Air
An Italian professor reports that certain vegetable perfumes raise atmospheric ozone by converting oxygen, with cherry laurel clover lavender mint juniper lemon fennel and burgament creating the most ozone while anise nutmeg and thyme do so less. Narcissus hyacinth wignonette heliotrope and lily of the valley also yield ozone in closed vessels. He advises growing scented flowers in marshy or polluted areas to harness the oxidizing effect.
Boschee's German Syrup Promoted for Cough and Lung Disease
Advertises Boschee's German Syrup as the leading global remedy for colds coughs and severe lung diseases. Claims rapid relief with safe use for children and cites unprecedented sales and a physician endorsed German prescription. Ends with price and bulb planting note.
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Boschee
Benson
Madison Wheat and Goods Market Report of February 4 1879
Madison market report lists prices for wheat red and white in bushels, various seeds and feeds, wool and leather products, coffees and teas, sugars, potatoes onions lard butter and poultry, coal and nails, hay and iron goods, with values shown per unit. Includes numbers for bid prices and item descriptions across milling, seed, farm produce, and construction supplies.
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City
Pearl Mills
Vurn
New
Rio
Lagurra
Java
Young Hyson
Japan
N. Orleans
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Lehigh
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