Weekly Mews Review recounts trials, votes, and scandals
A long miscellany lists depontions, deaths, trials, and political upheavals. It notes a Vermont murder, a ministerial deposition, state legislative votes on women’s suffrage, and Indian attacks. Also covered are court decisions, congressional debates, and national political forecasts with multiple named places and figures.
New Hampshire Senatorial Case Dominates Senate Action
The Senate debated the New Hampshire senatorial case as Charles H. Bell was admitted after a long division. House actions included legislative appropriation bills, new rules to limit monopolization of time, and committee reassignments spanning Elections, Ways and Means, Appropriations, Banking and Currency, and other key panels.
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Almatic and Pacific Railroad
Mr. Ingalls
Central Branch
Union Pacifico Railroad Company
Senate
Freedien’ Savings and ‘Trust Company
Blaing
Offepac
Congress
Delng
Besard
Joho I. Davenport
New -York
Messe
Garland
Wallace
Kernan
Carpenter
Groome
Bell
Precedenta
Bonito
New Hampshire
Davis
McDonald
Jones
Honan
Itwan
Consun
Committee On Commerce
Great Ponett
House
Hampwire
Charles H. Hell
Paere
Conkling
Dayia
Withers
Hereford
House Waart
Electiopx
Springer
Manning
Blewens
Speer
Colerick
Armfield
Boltrhoever
Sawyer
Phister
Hawley
Wy Be
Cannan
Hecack
Backnor
Ewing
Davin
Young
Tewis
Jaunaberg
Ladd
Chittenden
Fort
Price
Crapo
Mr Lane
Chaimers
Bites
Clark
Dickey
Ellis
Marlin
Marlin, ‘Wellborn, Farmer, Belford, Newberry, Bailey, Butler, Worth, Glalvis
Bright
Vickey
Davidson
Covert
O'Connor
Samford
Lindsey
Barber
Bowmen
Crowley
Commere
Kengan
Bliss
Roar
Kenhn
McLain
Thowns
Turner
Ackien
Beale
Deumter
Ciardy
O'Neath
Walte
Henderson
Townsend
Tubbo Landr
Converse
Wright
Bicol
McKentig
Williame
Ketsham
Yen
Sapp
Waalson
Beanett
Betrothal Ends In Storefront Farewell
In a Portland Press item, a rising merchant and a pretty woman betrothal ends as she cannot love him. He exits in grief but urges continued patronage for his store, offering discounts and promising large, varied stock to please. The scene highlights shrewd business tone amid personal heartbreak.
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Leara
Sarewella
Jim
Portland Press
The Carriage Trick Exposed in Nobleman's Deceit
A carriage builder kept a costly carriage ready to dupe executors of deceased nobles. Decorated with the deceased’s heraldry, it was offered for removal for a price, then repurposed for another beneficiary. The scheme, once found out, damaged reputation and ceased.
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Chambera’ Journal
Ambiguous Verse Puzzle From Odd OCR Note at Campus
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a mock poetic paragraph and editorial misreadings. It mentions The Gadatinidinu’s, parodic names, a quip about legal action fears, and a Cornell campus claim of nightly electric illumination funded by a centan hon, suggesting satire or erroneous clipping rather than a coherent event.
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Cornell University
Night Scenes on the Nile Rail Labor Distress
A 1866 Cairo to Thebes Nile trip recalls mass forced labor for a Khedive railroad. Thousands toiling without pay in embankment work, overseer lash, and death due to exhaustion mar the scene. Also describes Liberty Hall in Crawfordville Georgia, Hon. Alexander H. Stephens’s hospitable, always-open home with simple, ample meals and unforced hosting.
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Hartford Post
Valley of the
Nile
Cairo
Memphis
Thebes
Thia
Dregoman
Khedive
Tramps and a Jailbird Husband End in Humorous Court
The tale recounts several widows near a nine mile radius marrying traveling tramps. one husband sits in jail for threatening family. A case involves a well-connected widow who married a younger tramp, turning her home into a tramp rendezvous, leading to a bruising dispute and a court fine of six dollars and eighty-five cents. Judge Lewis dismisses romantic theatrics as folly. The report closes noting Rudolph, future Emperor of Austria, as an able linguist and scholar with literary talents.
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J. R. Hallow¢il
Atorney
Kansas
Arthur L. Tuomas
Pannsylvania
Utah Territory
United States Supreme Court
Chicago
Cepea
Gran Commg
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Goteri
Jung
Atry
Gux
Devens
Clerik
Waa
Hornes
Jamestown
Alaska
Bamon
Congress
Washington
Johnnie
Lewis
Westfield
Mass
Col
Springfield Republican
Emperor of
Austria
Rudolph
PERSONAL S.30s public witticisms and social notes
A string of social items and gossip notes list figures such as Bisstaner aged 65, Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr settling debts, and a Californian gymnast Bennett. Anecdotes cover James Gordon Bennett, Edison, Lafayette, Wardrobe lists, and theatre references. Reports include ex Governor Hubbard, a Detroit policemans tale, and romantic marriage aftermaths with lingering tensions and warnings.
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Cuter
Moses
Washington
Cone
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Cox
Price
Indiana
Gex
Scotr
Trosmas Moons
Austria
Ireland
Szegedin
James Gordon Bennett
Gordon
Darkey
Wayne
Sid
Noristown Herald
Priury
Boston Journal
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Lafayette
Cuantes Bexxett
California
Andrew G. Hates
Boston
Harry Cate
London
Eng
Charles Cate
San Francisco
Des Moines
Iowa
Shakspeare
Stratford-on-Avon
Brandram
Sheakspeare
Woodworth
Treasury Department
Reading fatigue and eye strain remedies from M Javel
An 19th century medical column discusses why prolonged reading tires the eye. It cites permanent eye strain from constant page accommodation, the effect of line formation on the retina, and variation in eye distance. It offers remedies including careful breaks, note taking, use of small volumes, yellowed paper, and avoiding long sessions, plus cautions on light and print size.
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M. Javel
M. Javol
Jarel
Javel
M. Jagel
Strange Horse Saga and Lighthouse Plan Across Seas
A Hartford man sold a young horse for 200 dollars only to see the animal stubbornly resist a breast-collar after a few weeks. The horse was returned to the original owner, who bought it back for 25 dollars, restoring its docility. Also details emerge of an Eddystone lighthouse tower upgrade costing 78,000 pounds with a granite nine-room design, rising 128 feet above rock and extending light range to 174 nautical miles. Generals and judges interject in brief notes about royal resignation, and a school debate ends with a quip about waving ears as limits are enforced. The piece promotes Hontetteras Bitters for rheumatic symptoms and general health, citing broad endorsements.
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Crawfordville
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Mr. Stephens
Harry
Liza
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Talis
Forro County
Feela
Georgia
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Youti
Hipparp
Lave
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Miamma
Paperhepard
Mother Hubbard
Germany
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Frederick the Great
Loxarenow
Boston
Wes
Washington
Washington Gay
Talleyrand
Craigie
Jared Sparks
Willard Phillips
Edward Everett
I.E. Worcester
Longfellow
Janes Russell Lowell
Rome
Corso
Lowell
New Haven Palladium
Eddystone
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