Broad World Dispatches Flag Multiple Crises Abroad
A London dispatch notes rising Irish disorders while a St Peterssone report describes a large fire in Nijni Novgorod with many homes destroyed and twenty one dead from an explosion in a shop. Other items mention Royal abdication threats, floods in England, snow in Dauphiny, and tense movements around the Black Sea as Russia presses in Central Asia.
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London
Ireland
St. Peterssone
Nijni Novgorod
Price Charles
Roumania
Yorkshire
Derbyshire
England
Dauphiny
France
Porte
United States
Quinebaug
Black Sea
Russia
Central Asia
Afghanistan
Prick, Bousteap & Co
Germany
Bulgaria
Danube
Cape Town
Lord Chelmsford
Ulundi
Wolseley
International
Wimbledon
Milton Farrow
Turkey
Greece
Louisiana
Eugenie
Queen Victoria
Carey
Prince Imperial
International Bank of Hamburg
Belgium
Rhine
Siberian
Constantinople
Caucurra
Rampa
India
Bradford
Siberia
Canton
Zurich
Switzerland
Riot at Fall River Spinners Strike Flares to Violence
During the strike among Fall River spinners a demonstration by strikers wives led to a riot. The house of a weaver who returned to work was pelted with stones and several windows broken. Police restored order after the disturbance.
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Fall River
Mass
Huntingdon
Fort Kevan
Montana
Miles
Beaver Creek
Sittng Bull
New York City
Austin Corbin
Manhattan Beach Company
Coney Island
Washington
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
John O. Whitehouse
George Morgan
Harrisburg
Samuel Butler
Public Lands and Immigrant Trends for 1879
In the year ending June 30 1879 public lands entered for homestead settlement totaled about 6,000,000 acres with an average of 120 acres per settler over the past decade. Washington dispatch cites imports at 445,702,141 and exports at 710,428,743 for the year. New York port welcomed 19,264 passengers in June 1879, 15,929 of them immigrants, and annual immigrant totals at the port reached 99,224, up from 72,163 the prior year.
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Washington
New York
Fever Quarantine Tightens as Memphis Outbreak Grows
United States War Secretary orders four tents for Memphis relief. Yellow fever cases rise in Memphis with new deaths and a refugee exodus to other cities. Camps planned near Paducah Railroad amid transport issues. tensions with black residents and local authorities. Howard Association deploys nurses. Memphis defense strengthens as St Louis and New Orleans report cases without epidemic.
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United States Secretary of War
Memphis
Akbar
Havana
New York
Hoboken
N. J
Charles McCormack
Dennis Manning
Brooklyn
N. Y
Kol Patrick
National Board of Health
Mississippi City
Cincinnati
Louisville
Eanteeen
Paducah
Howard Association
St. Louis
Washington
Board of Health
John F. Camseron
Baltimore
New Orleans
Chicago Tribune
Tuirtken
Bluffs
J. F. Cameron
Market totals and a trio of wry obituaries
New York and Chicago price quotes show Wheat and Corn with several contracts. The column also shares a string of quips about obituaries and jokes, including a trader’s pun on lines and a king's fool, reflecting a page mix of markets and humor.
Quirky Bits From Old Papers On Life And Humor
A collage of witticisms and brief observations from the era notes migration in Iceland, kerosene lighting in Richmond, and humorous quips about doctors, farmers, and editors. It weaves snippets on folly, superstition, poetry, and domestic life with a dash of local color and odd facts. More than a string of jests, the piece paints a portrait of everyday concerns and curiosities of its time.
Best Husband in the World in a California romance
A Brookville correspondent recounts a California romance begun when a California brother asked his sister to find a wife in the East. A California bachelor and a romantic instructor in Franklin Pa formed a long correspondence with a county schoolteacher, leading to an engagement and a suggested reunion in San Francisco.
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Brookville
Penn
California
Franklin
The
Ady
San Francisco
Mar
Zulu Battle Ulundi and a Tale of Voyage West
The article blends a Victorian courtship tale with military commentary. It recounts a long-distance engagement ending in a San Francisco wedding, then shifts to Lord Chelmsford vs Cetewayo at Ulundi. It notes British superiority, Zulu losses, and hints at future peace terms and territorial consequences.
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Ulundi
Gettysburg
Lord Chelmsford
Celowayo
Umvolosi
Cetewayo
South Africa
Evening Post
Cincinnati Investigation recounts 1870s voting probe details
The Congressional committee met in Cincinnati on the 23rd to limit review to the memorial’s topics. Testimony covered deputy marshals, supervisor appointments, alleged party influence, and a lengthy list of names, with notes on arrests and questionable votes. Several witnesses described resignations, funding, and committee formation arising from Washington input.
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Congressional Committee
Cincinnati
House of Representatives
Thrall
United States
J. B. Feraker
Milton Sayler
Bua
Thomas Taylor
Jacob Kramer
Washington
Shay
Kramer
Hotchkins
Butterworth
Young
Eugene Sayler
Rahals
John Gleason
Gleason
Lennon
Michael McDermott
Maine Campaign Forecast As 1878 Balance Is Tested
Maine eyes a heated campaign with Greenbackers energizing action and Republicans hoping to recover ground lost in 1878. Reports predict a heavy Democratic and Greenback alignment to crush the GOP, with forecasts of stacked regional votes and no governor’s choice by the people.
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Maine
John Sherman
Portland
Cottier
Reublicans
Senate
Boston Herald
Democratic State Committee
Smith
Davie
Garedon
Ben Ithh
Secor Ossy
David
Davin
Garcelon
Davis
A Party Opposed to Peace in Postwar Debate
A political tract denounces the Republican party for clinging to Civil War memories and attacking the South. It mocks their leaders and defines the party as forever living in a bloody past, questioning its ability to restore tranquility and prosperity. The piece cites figures like Zach Chandler and Petroleum V. Nasby in a sweeping critique.
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Chastine Cox
Hull
Supreme Court of New York
Tom’ Burorp
Elliott
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Louisiana State Constitutional Convention
Pinchback
Union
Louisiana
United States
Wisconsin
Madison
Smith
Republican Party
Congress
Chandler
Frank Portelli
New York City
Michael Bolander
Charles Crosby
Ellington
Chautauqua County
N. Y
Crosby
Ottawa
Canada
Department of the Interior
Sitting Bull
Northwest
Mounted
Washington
Stoughton
Russia
WaAshInGton
War Department
Miles
Missouri River
McCrary
Thompson
Schurz
Empire
Lake Ontario
Oswego
Wis
New York
Saratoga
Georgia Independents
Atlanta
South
Federal
Democratic Party
Zach Chandler
Petroleum V. Nasby
The Game That Jeems Played at Pontiac
A Detroit Free Press summary recalls a wild late night scene near Pontiac where a determined wife confronts her husband over his July Fourth expenses. She audits his train rides, meals, and outings, disputing many items and vowing to confront him upon return, while the depot officer notes the satirical billing and wonders why the husband chose such theatrics.
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Pontiac
Jeems
Western Express
Teems
Canada
John Jacob Astor
Kathattyan
Ana
Detroit Free Press
Party attitude questioned after war and peace
The Harrisburg Patriot notes that after rebellion and war devastated the country about fifteen years ago the Republican party faces scrutiny. It asks whether the party is fit to grant peace and govern in a time of calm, urging thoughtful consideration of the national path ahead.
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Republican Party
Harrisburg
Crystallized Woman From Peru Nitrate Deposit Astonishes
A city firm reports a discovery from Peru of a crystallized female body embedded in nitrate of soda. Described as a petrified mummy, the middle aged woman appears violently deceased with chest crushed and limbs drawn. Hair remains in plaits, skull partially damaged, yet nails and teeth intact. the specimen may be shown at Westminster Aquarium soon.
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Peru
Pisague
South America
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Monmouth Review
MoNmouth, Warren Co., Lr
A. H. Swain
J. H. Stewart
D. P. Phelps
R. J. Grier
Stewart, Phelps & Grier
Law and Solicitors
Monmouth
Illinois
Monmouth National Bank
Lega
George Snyder
WM. K. Stewart
Ill
Wallace & Troutman
Physicians and Surgeons
Ffice South Side Public Square
New Building
Hollingsworth
M. D
Saregon
Li Thhen Street
East Ward School Case
A. J. Shaw
A. R. Patchen
Pomeopatrist
Second National Bank
East Broadway
A. T
W. J. Walker
Claycomb Block
Janeii
WM. C. Norcross
Aectn
Library Block
Westside Public Square
Almon Kidder
John W. Matthews
Public Square
James G. Madden
Monmovrs
Nois
Sonlice
Madden
North Side Public Square
OHN Porter
Iran
Mosher Porter & Mosher
North Side
Jas. W. Davidson
Monmouth, Il
I. M. Kirkpatrick
J. Ross Hanna
Real Estate Agency
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Warren
Iowa
Colorado
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Court House
Commission
Washington Street
Chicago
Bates & Son
Main St
Spriggs & Bro
Southside Public Square
Ira L.boynton
Lee
National Greenback Labor Party
Jackson
Miss
Sinedie
Ford
Maryland
Cape May
Tonee
Upper St. Clair Township
Rarus
Hopeful
Sleepy Tom
Mattie Haunter
Boston
General Butler
Massachusetts
Worcester
Pittsburgh
Mononghela
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Ropert W. Johnson
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Milwaukee Branch
Northwestern Railway
Waukegan
NEW World
Milwaukee
East Liberty
Charles the Simple
Jean
Charles
Martum
Iceland
Rusty Kate
St. Louis Times-Journal
Richmond
N. O
Picayune
Tallahassed
Fla
Henry Thompson
Find
Hood
N. C. Picaytine
Greerois
Connecticut Farms
Detroit
Norristown Herald
George Brow
Toronto Glove
Oston Advertiser
New Cook
Sarah
London Times
St. Patrick
N. Y. Evening Post
Comstock
William
John
Henry
Senna
Hale & Or
Sutro
California Stock Report
Mr. C
Jefferson County
Pacific Slope
Phya Baashakavawongee
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