Various Global Tidbits From a 19th Century Page
A colorful mix reports on Vhrcimms in Egypt dismissing American officers, Tar Rocky Mountain Club’s first ascent of Buffalo Peaks with crystal summit, a 1794 first silver plated table service owned now in Lawrence, Mass., and sent to Meriden for replating. Brooklyn residents shift to kerosene as gas and oil prices rise, Bermuda grass blankets Galveston after a cyclone, U.S. mint wage cuts hit San Francisco workers, a lineage claim to Constantine the Great probes pensions, a Centennial Exhibition canopy bedstead flaunts embroidered silk panels, and a $3000 bedstead price is noted.
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Joax Hascock
America
Lawrence
Mass
Meriden
Prussian Ethnologist Returns to Berlin from Americas
Prior A BastTLAN, sent by the Prussian government in spring 1875 to Central America for ethnographical studies, extended his mission across North and South America. He returned to Berlin on August 20.
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Prior
A. Basttlan
Central America
North
South America
Berlin
Galileo’s Inquisition Sentence Revealed
Newly uncovered documents claim Galileo was sentenced by Rome’s Inquisition for believing the earth moved. The era branded such views as heresy, warranting death and torture by flame, prongs, and iron instruments in the hands of the faithful.
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Galileo
Inquisition
Rome
Decline of Bopputsu Temples and Reforms Then Prison Term
The piece notes that Bopputsu in Japan is waning with 71 temples since 1873 converted to houses or secular use. In six years over 600 temples diverted from their sacred purpose. It also mentions strict enforcement against violators, and cites a prize fight death where participants received twelve years in state prison, urging similar punishment elsewhere.
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Japan
New Jessey
Alabama Law Ties Larceny to Voting Franchise Forfeiture
A recent Alabama statute treats larceny as forfeiture of the voting right. An Augusta Georgia paper notes the rule extends to all persons regardless of race debt or prior servitude status. The provision is described as having a very important effect across the electorate.
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Uxprr
Alabama
Agan Augusta
Standing Rock trader describes Sitting Bull image and character
Maxs Gatrix, a squaw trader at Standing Rock, says Sitting Bull is not wholly educated, notes limited contact with whites to a few tenders. He describes Bull as having peculiar looks for an Indian with light hair and gray eyes, yet savage in other senses and motive as he fights in the country.
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Maxs
Gatrix
Standing Rock
Sitting Bull
News of the Week highlights from global events
A digest of reports notes Pennsylvania Railroad freight moves continue, Grant and family to visit Cornell, Lehigh Valley lowers wages, New York bank figures, a suicide identified as Frank B. Smith, race fixing accusations at Philadelphia, Centennial receipts and coal sales, multiple naval and diplomatic developments across Europe and Asia, and war and treaty suspicions shaping the era.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Grant
Tux Lehigh Valley Railroad
New York Bank
Newport Dispatch
New York
Frank B.smith
Secretary of the Navy
Smith
Wheeler
Parce
Fulton
Paris
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Pittston
Washington dispatch on Nez Perce dispute and treacherous frontier
Washington reports General O. O. Howard arrives in the Oregon Department to resolve Nez Perce tensions over broken promises by Meacham. The dispute risks war as the valley and salmon fisheries were to be reserved for the Nez Perces. The Message also notes that Tarr rules a presidential elector cannot also hold a U.S. Commissioner post.
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Grn
O. O. Howard
Department of Oregon
Nez Perces
Muduc
Meacham
Tarr
United States
West Editorial Notes and Political Scandals
The text reviews Kansas gubernatorial candidate Anthony under scrutiny by the State Central Committee over alleged improper use of funds in Orleans County New York and a separate conviction for obtaining goods under false pretenses in Leavenworth County. It notes a U S Circuit Court decision on a Missouri Pacific loan dispute with St Louis and Milwaukee ties, and reports on a Chicago postal railway commission convening, earthquake sightings in southern Illinois, and commutations for whisky convicts.
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Caanogs
George 8. Anthony
Kansas
State Central Committee
Orleans County
N. Y
Leavenworth
Jepue Mrutox
United States Circuit Court
8. Louis County
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Special Postal Railway Commission
Act of Congress
Chicago
Gardiner G. Hubbard
Massachusetts
F. W. Palmer
Illinois
Daniel M. Fox
Pennsylvania
Belleville
Mount Carmel
Linois
Hesing, Miller, Burroughs, and Powell
Leopold Wirth
Aaron Schoenfeld
William Bengenthal
Charles Gray
Milwaukee
Wirth
Schopfeld
Bengenthalditte
Grau
Osterburg
Rockford, Rock Island and St. Louis
Iows
Chicago and Northwestern
Rock Island and Pacific
Burlington and Quincy
Milwaukee Iron Company
Capt. Ward
Ward
Tae
A. T. Stewart
Chicsgo House
Washington Street
Wabash Avenue
John Grave
Blackfeet Band of
United Sates
Unclear OCR fragment hints at steel plant or state actions
Fragmentary text mentions a steel plant or factory in Alabama and political or social actions, but the readable content is insufficient to determine a clear event, date, or names. No coherent summaryable fact emerges beyond location and organization hints.
Missouri and Wisconsin districts nominate for Congress
The Republicans of Missouri’s Eighth District nominate Col. D.8 Twitcher of Kansas City for Congress. Democrats in Missouri’s First and Third Districts nominate E. O. Kehr and R. G. Frost, with Frost replacing incumbent W. H. Stone. In Wisconsin, A. M. Kimpaun is renominated in the Sixth District. A state talk notes Gov Grover’s election to the U S Senate and a large Democratic rally with 1,500 at Columbus and a torch light procession.
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Missouri
Col. D. 8
Twitcher
Kansas City
Congress
St. Louis
E. O. Kehr
R. G. Frost
Kehr
Frost
W. H. Stone
Tuer
Oregon
Grover
U. S. Senate
Gen
Sievel
Cox
Columbus
A. M. Kimpaun
Wisconsin
Northfield tensions rise over jail lynching fears
In Faribault the jailed robbers face heavy guard and strong local sentiment for lynching. Reports say James Brothers to be among the escaped. fears of confederate rescue attempts persist as security is seen as weak.
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Northfield
Faribault
James Brothers
Joan Bouarnay
Brighton
Kenosha County
Wis
Frankfort
Manistee
Mich
Ralston
Forest County
Forest Creek
Smithpot
Tioga County
Willisport
Chicago, Milwaukee
Georgetows
Lexington
Court House
McKee’s
Ike Marks' Clothing
Baltimore
Large fire losses and shipwrecks reported across states
The report details multiple insured losses totaling near 300000 with firms like Rosendale & Co and Summers & Bryan affected, insured amounts varying and glass works fully insured. It also covers the steam tug Dispatch’s destruction near White River with injuries, a financial misappropriation case in Cleveland, and the Rebecca’s hurricane wreck off Cape Hatteras with multiple drownings and rescue efforts.
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Rosendale & Co
Bressius & Co
Summers & Bryan
Sneeringer
Taylor & Co
Tobacco
Ceim & Emery
Maryland Glass Works
Schultz & Co
Dispatch
White River
Memphis
Dave Marratta
Robert Waterton
Industrial Schoor
Cleveland
Minnesota
Northfield
St. Paul
Heywood
Thos. Hocker
Middle Grove
Taylor Johnson
Hocker
Johnson
Dante
Berke
Josephine Keller
Burlington
Woodstock
Wisconsin
Davin H. Peterson
Engineer Jones
Heinondis
Cook
Sol. Whitelaw
Tiller
Bob
Four Northfield Robbers Captured After Stubborn Resistance
A Madeira Minnesota dispatch reports four robbers captured after a chase north of the town. The four include two suspected Younger brothers. In a running gun battle the posse closed in near a river. One robber killed, three wounded, including a head wound. The fugitives confessed to being Younger brothers but would not name the dead comrade. Captured robbers and wounded include Vole Younger and others. Captain Murphy and George Bradford suffered minor wounds. The sheriff holds the prisoners and the wounded narrate details of the Northfield raid.
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Northfield
Madeira
Watonwon County
Minn
Mankato
Here
Vole Younger
Murphy
George Bradford
Last Drop: Landlord Refuses to Sell to Drunk Man
A tavern keeper confronts a young man seeking a drink and recalls his own ruin from alcohol. He vows not to sell another drink, even as a remorseful figure pleads to spare the youths, hoping to prevent them from following the same path. The scene captures a moral choice amid a city’s industrial toil.
Frightful Pan Handle derailment near Columbus kills four
A Pan Handle Road wreck twelve miles from Columbus Ohio at dawn on Friday September 28 sent four cars down a twenty five to thirty foot embankment while the engine and three other cars remained. Four dead include S P Bennett Cairo Ill Lizzie Bancroft Philadelphia and Isaac Thornton Van Meter Iowa. An estimated 30 to 40 injured with varying severity and a detailed roster of the severely injured follows.
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Pan Handle Road
Columbus
Ohio
S. P. Bennett
Cairo
Ill
Lizzie Bancroft
Philadelphia
Wm. K. Buchling
Cincinnati
Isaac Thornton
van Meter
Iowa
Mary Banning
Pleasant Ridge
O. H. Foy
Concord
N. H
Leyman
Goshen
Samuel Jones
St. Louis
S. Eastwood
Louisville
Grubblinghoff
Dayton
Bennet
B. Bennett
I. M. McCoy
John Wales
Barton
Miss
A. Ort
Anna Brazelton
Greenwood
Sarah Odon
Burton
Mass
S. Horsbrook
Lexington
England's rivals in manufactures debate
A London Times letter from "A Practical Man" recounts a Philadelphia Exhibition visit and warns England that the United States and other nations are becoming serious manufacturing rivals. He notes rapid progress, import of foreign machinery, skilled workers, and comparable quality in iron, wool, cotton, and silk, urging further inspection by leading producers. France, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Spain, Canada, and others are cited as rising manufacturing powers.
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England
London Times
Philadelphia
Times
Belgium
Germany
France
North America
Sre
Roslain
Sweden
Spain
Canada
Japanese products stand as warning at exhibitions
The article notes Japan offers an excellent array of addenda to industry difficulties and laments the small turnout of English manufacturers at Vienna and Philadelphia. It urges personal inspection to grasp the global state and spur two remaining months to greater effort to maintain the national position.
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Japan
Vienna
Philadelphia
Treaty with Sioux Cheyennes and Arapahoes Concluded
Dispatch from Red Cloud Agency Nebraska dated September 22 reports Indian commissioners have concluded a treaty with Sioux Cheyennes and Arapahoes at the agency. Chiefs listed include Red Cloud and many others for signing the agreement relinquishing the Black Hills and allowing Missouri navigation in return for government schools rations and cultivated land for heads of families. Cheyennes and Arapahoes to sign tomorrow before commissioners move to Spotted Tail agency. Some chiefs hesitated before signing.
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Red Cloud Agency
Neb
Ogallallas
Red Cloud
Black Hills
Missouri
Indian Territory
Spotted Tml
Good Living and Dyspepsia Dr Holbrook Liver Complaint
The piece argues that dyspepsia stems not from food but from brain overactivity. Healthy eaters who overwork their minds suffer stomachs, as excessive mental strain diverts blood and weakens digestion. Temperate, careful diets still fail if the brain is constantly excited by work and reading.
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Holbrook
Obscure Passages from Boehme and Klopstock
A tale compares Jacob Boehme and Klopstock over elusive writings. Boehme on his deathbed reveals one passage defying memory, while Klopstock admits not recalling his meaning yet praises the work as his finest. He urges students to seek its meaning in life.
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Jacob Boehme
Klopstock
Got- Hamburg
Veteran Grape Vine on Campbell Farm in New York
On Luther Campbell's Lockport, New York farm a grape vine from 1818 remains living and healthy, sprawling with a ground-level girth near forty inches and two main branches. An apple tree nearby spans eight feet in circumference and a fifty-foot diameter canopy, yielding up to fifteen barrels of fruit in a single season once.
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Luther Campbell
Lockport
N. Y
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Gibraltar
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Milan
Servia
Yunnan
McGary
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Alexinatz
J. Stepstone
Natal
Great Britain
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Vigo
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Hunt
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Canca
St. Thomas
Idella Berry
Turner
Stasia
Turkey
Russia
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