The Mountebank Pierre Bourset and the Fair Booth Legacy
A storyteller recalls Pierre Bourset born near Mans who becomes a doomed mountebank. After a fatal duel over a cure's niece, he flees to Paris and later marries Dorothee, a humpbacked performer. Typhoid ends Bourset’s story at a Gueret fair where he collapses during a cask act, leaving behind a tale of professional duty and tragedy.
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Sancho
Pierre Bourset
Soulitre
Mans
Pierre
Paris
Boursot
Place de la Bastile
Monsieur
Tom Pierre Boursot
Pierre Boursot
Limoges
Pharamond
Bombochou
Onlg
Dorothee
Grand Duchess
M. Zola
Augustine
Gueret Fair
Phen Pierre
Dr Lyman Beecher Preaches After Fishing Misadventure
Hartford Times correspondent recalls Dr Lyman Beecher preaching at Litchfield Connecticut while knee deep in a pond fishing for pickerel. He carried fish in his pockets and booted pants into the pulpit yet delivered a powerful discourse. The piece ends noting society’s growing intelligence.
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Lyman Beecher
Hartford Times
Litchfield
Conn
Wisconsin Republicans Celebrate Silver Wedding in Madison
A large Madison crowd gathered July 23 for the twenty-fifth anniversary of Wisconsin Republicans. Horace Rublee opened the platform at the Capitol, with John Walworth presiding and speeches by Chas G Williams and James A Garfield among others. The event honored party leaders, recalled party history, and underscored ongoing battles over state rights and national debt, closing with further remarks in Capitol Park.
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Associated Press
Republican Party
Wisconsin
Madison
Republican Maan
Capitol
Horace Rublee
Capitol Park
W. M. Davis
Sauk
John Walworth
Richland
Horace Rublec
Li F. Frisby
Ohio
Michigan
Williams
Republica Party
Garfield
Burrows
Old Act
Benator Chandlet
United States
Appomattox
Senate
Washington
King Caucus
King Cotton
Chandler
Chicago
Democratic Party
Greenbuck
Republican State Committee of
Missouri
James A. Garfield
Republic
Joshua R. Giddings
Congress
Abraham Lincoln
New York
Hayes
J. C. Burrows
Bullion Output in 1878 Shows National Rise Outside Com stock
The bullion product of the United States for 1878 was about 85 million dollars. Nevada experienced a decline of roughly 16.7 million, while production outside the Comstock increased nationwide.
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United States
Nevada
Comstock
General Miles battles with the Indians near Beaver Creek
A July engagement between General Miles's command and about 400 hostile Indians, including Cheyennes and Sioux, routed the tribes after a twelve mile pursuit. Two soldiers and two Cheyenne scouts were wounded as Miles expected further action near Frenchman’s Creek and the Little Rocky. Sheridan calls the Sitting Bull force a hunting party and downplays a larger threat, while reports place bands moving south of the Tongue River.
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St. Paul
Sheridan
Miles
Clark
Second Cavalry
Barden
Hopkins
Beaver Creek
Frenchman’s Creek
Milk River
Company C
Porcupine Creek
Sitting Bull
Frenchman's River
Little Rocky
Frenchman’s
Custer
Lapoint
Terry
Wolf
Missouri
Tongue River
Ilges
Judith
Vanarsdale
Seventh Infantry
America
Minnesota
United States
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Tragic double suicide of Hyde Park sisters near Chicago
A haunting Hyde Park tragedy reports Elizabeth Anna and Nona Trowbridge aged 43 40 and 30 respectively choosing death by hanging in a Langley Street residence. The surviving sister Nona heard the events and witnessed the scene after prayers and preparations including nails spikes and an open Bible.
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Nona
Alva Trowbridge
Morgan Park
Hudlsted Street
Lfe
Mouke
Elizabeth
Ann
Mrs. Hanson
Chicago
Langley Street
Hyde Park
Anna
Nona ‘Trowbridge
Pennsylvania Republicans At Harrisburg Convene July Convention
The platform from the Pennsylvania Republican State Convention in Harrisburg condemns Democratic national policies, defends federal supremacy, endorses hard currency and protective tariffs, commends President and state officials, supports Southern Republicans, and calls for fair elections and protective freight laws. It includes defense of national unity, debt policy, and opposition to Democratic removal of veteran officers.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Republican National
Republican Party of
Union
Democratic Congress
United States of America
Supreme Court of the
United States
Hoyt
Cameron
Republica
Howe of Representatives
Congress
Home canned recipes and food preservation techniques
A mixed collection of kitchen guidance and recipes covers tomato slices with bread crumb baking, currant preserves with spices, bulb care for flowering plants, brining steaks for long storage, chow chow, summer chowder, and a traditional New England clam chowder method attributed to Bob, the Sea Cook.
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Meas
Penang
Putin
Bob
Beautify Your Farm and Raise Its Value
A Salem Indiana Democrat essay urges farmers to beautify their properties after harvest. It argues investments in tidy fences, gardens, paint, and trees raise market value and community appeal, noting farms in Washington County and a trend of rural improvement. The piece also humorously claims the wheelbarrow proves its usefulness in dark yards.
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Shipshape
Washington County
Salem
Ind
Sanvura
Jackson County
Iowa
Question admitted to the ballot for women vote power
The notice asserts women would unanimously vote for Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for diseases of the female sex. It cites hundreds of testimonials of its curative powers and includes a testimonial from Mrs. Pam R. Baxter dated March 4 1878.
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Pam R. Baxter
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Washington Avene
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D. H. Dunn
Rep Oak
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Lone
C.J. Cooley
Attica
Marion County
Sushia M. Manzue
Reindeck Grundy County
Ann Patterson
Alamakeo County
Sir
Calle
Muery
Olsen
Ah N. Messerly
Exline
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