A Years Record of Major 1876 Events
A compendium lists key happenings from 1876 including the murder in Lece county Mississippi, trials and political moves in Louisiana, fires in Orangeburg Rutland and Farmington, economic shifts with the resumption of specie payments, battles and disasters across the Americas and Europe, and notable deaths and political changes such as Andrew Johnson's Senate election and Beecher Tilton trial developments.
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Richard Borom
Lece
Ruggles
Orangeburg
Acapulco
United States
House of Representatives
Alfonso de Bourbon
Madrid
Shaw
New York
Bartlett & Cassioy Paper Mills
Dalton
Mass
Missouri River
Rutland
Andrew Johnson
U. S. Senate
Tennesse
Indiana anniversary recalls Evansville growth since 1816
The Evansville Journal notes the fifty-ninth anniversary of Indiana statehood, recounting Evansville’s early settlement, log huts from 1812, the 1819 county formation, and vivid scenes of pioneer life and German emigrant trains amid a developing frontier town.
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Evansville
Angel Wood
Vanderburgh County
Warwick
Pigeon
Henderson
Red Bank
The Starved Child and the Dead Mother Tale
A narrator recalls a harsh fall encounter with a sick woman and her beautiful boy in a rookeried area. The mother dies and the child is taken away in a shawl, expecting prosperity but meeting death instead. The account highlights poverty and shattered hopes.
Unpublished Old John Brown Letter From 1859
A hitherto unpublished Atlantic excerpt by F. D. Sanborn contains John Brown writing from Chambersburg Pennsylvania in October 1859 to his wife and children. He mentions sending fifty dollars, four pairs of blankets, and personal blessings while urging Martha to receive her due, and guides Annie toward proper conduct and memory of her father.
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John Brown
F. D. Sanborn
Atlantic
Chambersburg
Martha
Bell
Abbie
Annie
Emigration to Pacific Coast Surges Across the Plains
The article notes large overland movement to Oregon and other Pacific states from March through November, with wagons carrying about two people each. Railroads and station agents report heavy overland travel across the plains as the westward drift accelerates. A separate tale recalls a hunter missing a bear shot and narrowly escaping.
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Pacific Coast
Union Fon Cane
Texas
Isaouri
Oregon
The Reaper's Work Deaths of 1875 Year List
A chronological roll of notable deaths in 1875 with names such as Ward Hardin Pike Bramlette Delafield and more. The list records ages and locales from Detroit Louisville Providence New Orleans London Paris Rome and Washington highlighting governors senators judges generals and prominent figures across politics law science and arts.
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EP. Ward
Detroit
Bam Sherpley
Proviean J
BR. Hardin
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Louisville
Thomas G Turner
Rhode Inland
Providence
Pike
New Orleans
Thomas E. Bramlette
Kentucky
Teai-Bhun
Edward Graff
Milwaukee
Wis
Maricell B. Field
United States Treasury
New York
Ben Roberta
Fitz John Forter
Washington
Wm. A. Buckingham
Connecticut
Norwich
Samuel Hooper
Congress
Massachusetts
Joseph Delafield
Edward Delafield
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
Henry Delafield
Harrison Gray Dwar
Rhinesbeck
N. Y
Chas
H. Bell
U.8
New Brunswick
A . Cot. Caled OC
Sibby
A.j
Chicago
Charles Lyo l
London
Timothy Tobias
Brown County
John A. Tracy
Erie
Ats
A. J. Hamilton
Texas
Usho
Dan Bryant
Col. Crane
Baltimore
Baron James Frederick da Waldeck
Paris
Senor Guterrez
Cartagena
Spain
Henry 8. Baird
Green Bay
Abigail Adams and the wedding sermon text tale
The Worcester Spy retells a story about Abigail Adams daughter of Rev William Smith of Weymouth Mass and wife of John Adams. Parents doubted the courtship and hid him at times until they consented to the marriage.
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Worcester
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Abigail Smith
Wm. Smith
Weymouth
Mass
Abigail
Boston
Mammoth San Francisco Hotel Project Outlook
New York capitalists plan a vast San Francisco hotel on a paper design by H Luedeke. The block measures 275 by 860 feet with 160 suites of eleven rooms each and space for 1,800 guests, plus a laundry, baths, and a swimming pool. Estimated cost is 1.25 million dollars with furnished rates from 60 to 120 dollars.
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San Francisco
New York
City Hall
H. Luedeke
Montgomery Street
Reforming Customs in Japan Cites Abolition of Harikari
J A Francia notes progress in Japan with abolition of Harikari as punishment and ritual suicide while bowels ripping persists occasionally. Caste enforcement ends as public opinion governs social status, shaving heads fades, and blackening of Tory is rejected by educated classes.
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Japan
J. A. Francia
Troy Times
Quotations on virtue and manners in a mixed miscellany
A curious collage of aphorisms and anecdotes explores self discipline and wisdom from La Rochefoucauld and other figures. It recounts schoolroom fashions, stage notes, a silk coated cotton process, a Pennsylvania excursion misdirection, and light social gibes about aging and health.
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Holmes
Oremona
Indy
Eastern Seminary
Capitol
Pennsylvania
Washington Star
Scott Simppons
Mataesen
Siddons
Lewiston Journal
Colton
Booth
King Lear
Eebals
Ucullus
Damon
Danbury
Auguste
Littie
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