28 Dec 1877
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Newspaper
Monmouth Review
Location
Monmouth, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1877
Page
1
A high government official’s wife longs for private evenings with her husband. She rejects public finery and recalls happier, simpler days. The piece contrasts public influence and private devotion, then shifts to moon’s water and lunar history. It concludes with a critic’s remark on churches misusing scripture.
Reports from Constantinople and the Balkans describe Turkish resistance, Serbian advances, and German options as of late 19th century. Movements include Servians capturing forts, Polish and Montenegrin activity, British parliamentary hints, and looming Turkish levies while political jockeying and harsh weather strain regional stability.
A new coal producers alliance formed in New York on the evening of the 18th assigns production quotas, sets penalties for over production, and organizes a Board of Control with a Coal Exchange. A committee will regulate shipment quotas for each interest.
New York prices for Flour Winter Wheat at 6.05 6.75 reflect futures. Chicago Spring Wheat 1.82 1.84, Milwaukee 1.54 1.35, oats 65 65. Corn 65. Pork Mess 13.00, Lard 8.15, Cattle 9.75 11.50, Sheep 24.50 5.50, Hogs 4.50 4.0. Gold closed at 102.34. Other markets show varying cattle, hogs, and sheep quotes across Baltimore, East Liberty, and Philadelphia with multiple grades and cash/January notes.
The piece argues longevity in America mirrors Europe, citing Morton's death at fifty four and Thiers at eighty, then counters by listing long lived Americans like Gen. Robert Patterson and Henry C. Carey. It notes the need to compare under unequal conditions and mentions other aging figures and historical eulogies, before touching on religious instruction and a Tennessee River mussel with five pearls.
Saturday downpours wrecked the capital’s streets with knee deep torrents. Cars failed, stone blocks roared down hills, two men drowned, houses swept away, and gas works failed leaving Pera and Galata in darkness, with dogs swept away as a grim lament.
A massive explosion fells the Barclay Street confectionery building of Greenfield & Sons, with 56 wounded and one dead by 6 45 PM and fears of many more bodies buried. Rescue teams capture victims, while hospitals report dozens more injured as debris clears and families search for missing relatives. A survivor notes a boiler tube break was discussed before the blast.
A lecture argues that education should broaden beyond textbooks to cultivate all faculties, elevating the sense of beauty as a universal resource. Beauty pervades nature and art, with science uncovering new loveliness. inner cultivation is needed to respond to vast, waiting riches.
A sweeping roundup of 19th century U.S. economic snapshots notes shipments of sea turtles northward from Texas, rising New York coal prices, vast egg and tobacco trade, large grain exports from New Orleans, and Missouri, Kansas, and Florida crops. It also surveys silk worm potential in Kansas, rye whiskey stock in Philadelphia, and shifting cigar trade amid strikes and reform debates.
A Brooklyn Eagle commentary portrays government by fraud as attacking incumbents through derangements slights defeats and insults, claiming this troubling behavior marks the era and will become a warning for future history.
The Senate committee report split on New York nominees Gen Merritt to be Surveyor of the Port, while Roosevelt and Prince were rejected 32 to 25 after six hours of debate. Conkling kept Republican senators aligned. Hayes’ vacillation left Democrats unable to unite. The outcome hinges on Hayes choosing anew nominations versus surrender to Conkling. Detroit Free Press.
A Victorian style guide describes Sorpers cloth used for waterproof ulsters and heavy morning costumes, with leather shoes and ornate umbrellas. It details laurel wood fidels, Carrick waterproof coats with silk-corded capes, and extravagant evening accessories like natural hair ornaments. Separate anecdote touches on pin money in property transfers in Paris and a tale from the Chicago Standard.
An October Cooper Institute gathering to back President Hayes whispers that William M. Evarts will appear. A Vermont attendee, who has never met Evarts, asks if he is on the platform. He is arriving soon, with locals promising a cheer when he enters.
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