Greeley family dies and distant kin noted in obituary
The Register lists Horace Greeley’s late kin with five children including Arthur and Raphael, both dead young from cholera and croup. Surviving siblings and relatives are named in Clymer New York Warren Pennsylvania and New York City. The item shifts to a London charm story, a magician defeating a three card monte gang and recovering cheated money. It then notes London photography progress with artificial light and Leyden battery. It discusses agricultural shortages in the U S with European potato imports and wheat and corn crops, and a sustained Southern grain expansion with varying cotton acreage, citing the Atlanta Constitution and New Orleans Zines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tur Greeley
Arthur
Raphael
Mary Inez
Horace Greeley
Nathan Barnes Greeley
Clymer
Chautauqua County
New York
Lovell Greeley
Warren
Margaret
Society of Art
London
Abney
Atlanta Constitution
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Mississippi
Louisiana
North
Alabama
Arkansas
South
New Orleans
Chinese Immigration Debates Surge in California
The article notes a spike in Chinese and Japanese arrivals to California driven by immigration debates. In one month the total reached 3,891, a high not seen since May 1876, with historical peaks from 1873 and 1875 cited. A long-term quarterly total from that period reached 11,511, a figure rarely matched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
China
Japan
San Francisco
James boys plunder totals from noted robberies listed
A St. Louis Republican summary estimates the James brothers and confederates amassed near half a million dollars from a string of robberies. The list below names towns and dates from Liberty to Glendale, noting official or reported amounts and highlighting uncertain links to the James gang. Total shown approximates 8263,770 in the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Boys
St. Louis Republican
Express
Missouri Gang
Big Springs
Sam Bass
Jim Berry
Liberty
Richmond
Bussellville
Gallatin
Corydon
Iowa
Columbia
Kansas City Fair
Ste. Genevieve
Hot Springs
A ‘ Gad’s Hill
Corinth
Mie
Muneie
Kan
Huntington
W. Va
Baxter Springs
Otterville
Northfield
Minn
Wy. T
Glendale
Winston
Great Salt Lake Facts and Early Exploration
The Great Salt Lake in Utah spans about seventy five miles by thirty, with a surface 4,200 feet above sea level and no outlet. Fed mainly by Utah Lake through the Jordan River and Bear River from the north, it contains no fish but hosts numerous birds. Antelope Island is the principal isle, and public notes mention Baron Honton’s 1689 reference and Fremont’s 1843 exploration. Salt Lake City’s Mormon population is cited at 20,758, up from 12,854 in 1870.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
Utah
Utah Lake
Jordan
Bear River
Antelope
Church Island
Baron Honton
Mississippi
Fremont
Salt Lake City
Child avoids praise in wise father tale
A gentleman of advanced years asks his child what he thinks of him. The child and his parents are present. The boy remains silent until asked again and replies he doesn’t want to be spanked, declining further praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nore
Bob Kelly the Hero of the Throttling Fire
The ballad recalls Bob Kelly the engineer who stood at the engines as fire roared, never flinching, sacrificing his life to save others. It laments his death, praises duty over fear, and imagines his name in Heaven's book among true heroes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob” Keily
Bob
Bob Kelly
Heaven
Aurelia
Never Marry a Man Who Never Loved Before
Aurelia Hastings, twenty six, aims for a partner who has loved none but her. Dudley Shaw, a vain but calculating suitor, woos with staged emotion, plans a swift marriage, and is soon faced with a breach of promise suit and hidden debts. Aurelia collapses at a reading of gossip while Shaw flees, leaving her with wary family and a caution to avoid marrying a man who has never loved another.
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Aurelia Hastings
Aurelia
Dudley Shaw
Mr. Shaw
Dudley
Parsons
Amelia
Angel
Ayrbubble
Mrs. Shaw
Sims
W. W
L. G
L. C
Mary G. Peters
Agt
David Smith
Daniel Smiley
David Smiley
Jane Warden
David Stryker
Daniel Smith
Tuey Baker
Shaw
Mary Peters
Lucy Baker
F . Aurelia
Amateurs Praise Brass Bands Amid Mocking Press
A long account recalls a humorous East-Massachusetts town reporter who mocked amateur brass bands yet secretly supported his own. The piece notes how bands improve with practice, draw crowds, and become local pride, while newspapers often sneer. It ends with a Twain quip on neighborly respect and shared scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
United States
Larmie City
Boomerana
Miscellaneous historical facts and curiosities from the past
A collection of historical notes covers discoveries, travel, cuisine, and artifacts. It mentions 1867 Africa diamond discovery, old London names, a 1475 Latin cookbook, Currates from Kerasunt, Victorian surnames, early playing cards, Carthaginian marble, 1811 cyan cables on chip boards, and naval inventors. It also notes 1875 Chinese famine ăn thatch, Charlemagne lineage, river water preference, Guillon instrument survival, and English military badges during 1759 with death’s head motif under George II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage
Duartres Marren
Charlemagne
Pepin
Luithprand
Meserin
Guillotin
Italy
Gambetta
France
James I
Hampton Court
John Hale
London
Wolfe
Canada
George II
Rantzani the Basuto Chief Reigns of Fire and Fashion
The New York Times recounts Rantzani Mashesh’s rapid fall from educated dandy to savage outburst. Wearing a paper collar and fine clothes he proclaims peace, then tears free his attire, sets a school house ablaze, and becomes Basuto battle chief at Timi, later defending a mountain pass with fierce resolve. The piece questions whether clothing or the press spurred this downfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rantzani
Mashesh
Natal
Basuto
Ranizani
Timi
New York Times
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W. Slater
Pas.isher
Hermann
Pacific Assurance
Europe
Wells
Somersetshire
England
The
Great Salt Lake
Bob OF
Golden City
Q. E. D. Dudley Shaw
Mrs. Hastings
Susie Martyn
Harry Farley
John Biblebanger
Wilhelmina NoNab
Maj. Bompon
Harry
Farley
Susie
J. B
Charles Daley Warner
Mark Twain
Historical
Londonburgh
Venice
Kerasunt
Black Sea
Lucullus
B. C
Victoria
Henry VIII
Katherine
Canterbury
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