Californians in News and New Ventures Across Years
California notes include ex senator Sargent not going to sea due to recovered health but pursuing business in California and a favored vice presidential candidacy with Grant. Latham recovers from illness. Lia country house leads a San Francisco electricity company. Clarence King praised as Director of Surveys amid prior attacks. Weather cold with frost.
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New York
the Herald
California
Sargent
Grant
Latham
Senate
Lia
Eis
San Francisco
Bradley
Nevada
Pacific Coast
the Tribune
Clarence King
Professor Walker
King
Journal
South America
Cili
Political Oratory in Congress on Army Bill Debates
April proceedings show debate resumes with Singleton and Weaver, amid partisan jabs and Greenback critiques. Baker seeks penalties for armed polling, while De la Matyr backs the bill and warns lawmakers to aid relief for the people.
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Jarrah
Greenhorders
House
Weaver
de la Matyr
Jones
Wright
Cleas
Wasiuixatox
Singleton
Hlouse
de Lamatyr
Hawley
Manley
Tucker
Garfield
Baker
Chicago
National Greenback Party
Solls
IfLe
Greenback Party
Wlaughter
Greenback
Richmond
Ife
Sumter
Burns
John Brown
Texas
Foreign Notes and War Declarations Across Continents
A European and colonial dispatch lists Peru and Bolivia forming a defense and offensive alliance against Chile, with war declared. It reports on English oversight of Egypts slave trades, Castelar’s electoral coalition, and House of Lords debates on Porte negotiations. It notes a slave trafficking engagement in Kordofan, Britain’s silver currency debate, and railway plans from the Russian Grand Duke with a Sierra Leone protest over Maracony occupation.
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House of Lords
Marquis of Lansdowne
Porter
Geece
Berlin
Lord Salisbury
England
Lord Beaconsfield
House of Commona
Matacony
Allid
Nicholas Constantinovich
Orenburg and
Tashkend
Russia
Atoa Daria
Benjanin
Afghanistan
Cabul
Gome
Sierra Leone
Mand
Maracony
Various Northern State Reports Highlight Industry and Politics
Reports cover ore beds near Chateaugay, Erie canal tolls, and iron works feeding steel. Pennsylvania election activity and anti tramp laws pace Eastern states amid bank failures and census projections. Miners shift West, Memphis cleans streets, and a Charleston area company expands in Tennessee. Senate bribery attempts in Kansas noted with appointments to a committee on annexation.
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York Benevolent Society
New York
Blackwell's Island
O'Lowry
Chateaugay
Plattsburg
Bessemer
Tidewater
Tilewater
Bradford
Delaware
Titusville
Pennsylvania
Tremont National Bank
Wilkesharre
West
Party Train Trip to San Francisco and Yosemite
James Cordon Bennett leads a large party on a special train to San Francisco on June 15. They will visit Yosemite and other noted places of interest along the way.
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James Cordon Bennett
San Francisco
Yosemite
Notable deaths and legal notes from distant cities
Madame Bonaparte dies in Baltimore. Conant a Boston bank cashier is discharged on an indictment quash motion and held on 20000 bail. Yakoob Khan seeks throne guarantees. French gunboats land soldiers on Matacoug. British official William Harris, runner up in a six day walk, dies yesterday.
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Conant
Eliot National Bank
Boston
Matacoug
Wmn. Harris
Louisville
Ambiguous verse snippets on manners and courtship
A collage of quirky lines about romance and social rules. The phrases compare animals and objects, reference after school boys and wallpaper workers, a streetcar seat offer, and a woman seeking a home, all in a playful, surreal tone.
Fragmentary Schoolroom Ephemera and Misheard Dialogues
A garbled patchwork of verses and misquoted dialogue details a Mary lamp tale with kerosene, a dull pay conscience question, a quip about a father’s leather satrap, and a lively dance hall exchange. Names and clear events are sparse, leaving a snapshot of odd classroom and social snippets.
The Way to Buy Smartly in Shops
The piece argues that customers should defer to shopkeepers for expertise in selecting goods. It cites carpet and silk examples where dealers or clerks pick preferable items, leading to better fit and satisfaction. It stresses trust, proper questions, and using seller warrants to avoid poor choices.
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Jes
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Widow Reunited With Long Lost Daughter After Twenty Seven Years
A Springfield widow whose name is withheld has learned her long lost daughter is alive in Wisconsin. The infant was stolen during a 27 year old stage journey from Hartford native Elea, now in Wisconsin with three children. Communication has begun and a reunion is planned near the old scene of the parting.
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Springfield
Hartford
New York
Ele
Wisconsin
Ele Ia
Elaywed
Ife
Acros
Pennayivrain
Ogden City Council Minutes April 4 1879
Ogden city council met in city hall with Mayor Herrick presiding. Discussions covered wall street slough filling, licenses issued to multiple merchants, bridge requests, drain work, water ditch management, and tax proposals for Weber canal irrigation. A city attorney search was set, public libur bills approved, and meeting adjourned to April 18.
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Iall
Ogden
L. J. Herrick
Wn. Hooper
Wall Street
Barnard White
Odell & Wright
W. K Stevens
Peter McFarlane
Schlesinger & Co
J. W. Afe- Nutt & Co
F. Levy
J. Alexander
Nations
L. D. Wilson & Co
Ogden Branch
R. S. Watson Sup't
Jos. Morjey
Fred J. Kiesel
Jas
Nelson
RecCarty
Fourth Ward
Jutchins
Cordon
Committee On
Committee On Public Works
Iabor
Main
Fifth Streets
Noth
Fourth Street
Weber River
Fourth Streets
Samate
Weber Canal
Fragmentary Lines Reflect History and Boston Tramp Images
A fragmentary罗 passage notes oysters and a double chorus, claims history is unreliable as writers shape tales, and observes a Boston tramp as a symbol of the mighthave-being, suggesting literary reflections rather than a clear news event.
Fireen’n Angrist Flour Promises Health Remedy
Advertisement extols Fireen’n Angrist Flour as a cure for liver and stomach ailments with claims it frees users from disease. It asserts Pystereia and Liver Complaint cause 75 percent of maladies and urges three doses of August Flowee to prove its effects, offering sample bottles for ten cents.
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Pierce
Autierin Asiaid
Ava
Walt
Piper Bey
Ereee
Eal
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