Vance Elected Governor and News Notes In 188? January
The two houses elected Z. B. Vance U as Senator and rumors swirl about political maneuvering. A Globe-Democrat reporter M. Renshaw is imprisoned for contempt after refusing to name his informant as grand jury probes the Powell carpet fire. Other items note Carpenter and Keyes factions in Wisconsin politics, Grant’s East tour, and Sitting Bull discussions.
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M. Renshaw
Globe-Democrat
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todbe-Democrat
Grand Jury
Powell
Dudge Laughlin
Congressional actions track land claims and debt bill
Garland from the public lands committee filed a minority report and a bill sending all Rancho Panoche Grande claimants to the court of claims with Supreme Court appeal. The House later laid on the table the bill and report. The finance committee bill to ease debt refunding passed unanimously. Edmunds’ resolution on amendments was rejected. naval appropriation debate resumed as Blaine backed yesterday’s amendment. Edmunds reserved objections.
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Senate
Srose
Bragg
Ellis Bai
South
Ile
Wisconsin
Braga
Ellis
Atkins
Beverly D. Douglass
Wasurxeton
Garland
Committee On Public Lands
McGarrahan
Rancho Pancche Grande
California
Court of Claims
Supreme Court
Finance
Edmunds
Blaine
Ife
Subcommittee to Hear Cipher Dispatches Testimony in NY
Potter announces a sub committee will travel to New York to hear testimony in the cipher dispatch investigations. Butler holds 640 cipher telegrams. In Florida Ilé Brevart county jurors convict for false election return with mercy recommendation. A US Circuit Court verdict in New York against Illinois and St. Louis Bridge Co and Keystone Bridge Co ties to $265,000 note construction claim.
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Cutcaco
Jen
New York
Wilden
Washington
Grammercy Park
Potter Committee
Tilden
Potter
Butler
Ilé
Brevart County
Fla
Beard
Mercy
United States Circuit Court of New York
Ilinois and
St. Louis
Gambetta leads French vote as cabinet fate hangs on confidence
Paris dispatch notes Gambetta and allies voting to protect the ministry while opposing a purge plan. Other reports include Bismarck’s stance on Reichstag discipline, Turkish Russian talks, and a fatal family blaze in New Brunswick.
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London
Paris
Gambetta
Republican Union
Plain City Theater Flourishes Despite Diphtheria Fears
Plain City notes that Friday and Saturday performances by the dramatic association delighted audiences with Thin Last Loaf and Out in the Street. The letter praises strong attendance, reports no current diphtheria cases, and previews plans for more winter plays.
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J¢xelion
Dramatic Association
Plain City
Vt Pra Citr
Rail line terminus debate over Blackfoot vs Eagle Rock Bridge
In a January 22 1979 item from Sault Lake City the writer questions whether the Utah and Northern Railway will keep Blackfoot as the terminus or extend to Eagle Rock via a bridge over the Snake River. The piece notes contractor activity and cites Omaha Herald reports as supporting signs of expansion toward Montana.
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Cheyenne
United States
Sitting Bull
Indian Bureau
War Department
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Chicago
Omaha National Bank
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Union Pacific
Omaha
Ogden
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du Faure
Gambetta
Rouen
Sault Lake Tribune
Blackfoot
Eagie Rock
Snake River
Eagle Rock
Utah & Northern Railway
Eagla Rock
Saur Lake City
Notable State News and Local Incidents Across Regions
County treasurer terms ending in 1878 and a grand Albany State House dedication with 316 000 000 spent dominate the notes. Reports include a Catholic Cathedral fair netting 175 000, milk shipments to Chicago and Carpenterville, massacres in Adams county, and a horse illness epidemic in lumber camps along the Chippewa.
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United States
Canada
New York
New York City
Albany
State House
Empire State
Ellis
Green Day
Milwaukee
Chippewa
To Louise Dear A Romantic Victorian Verse Card
A loving portrait of Louise with praise for gentleness warmth and steadfast faith. The poem declares devotion and happiness, referencing nature, sunlit smiles, gentle rain, and a life flowing like a calm stream. Dated FP B Capxn January 21st 1879.
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Louise
Fractional Currency and New Satirical Observations
A playful collection notes quirks of daily life and fashion. It jests about young travelers misreading trains, Vassar girls enjoying vocal music, and a Fiji king liking Baby Mine. It hints at sewing purses like prayer books and jokes about shoe sizing and material science.
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Fiji Islands
Ife
A Saucy Passengers Tale On A Rainy Evening In A Horse Car
In a rainy evening horse car a man asks a young man to surrender his seat to a female companion. The youth agrees but the couple show no thanks and treat others with disdain. They scorn a widow and mock the helper who asks the couple to step aside, provoking a jeer about where the lady is.
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Chicago
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Henry Fry
Arrowsmith
Memphis Monard Association
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Nichols
Thos. Gates
Henline
Lexington
Afayor Watson
Rockford
Euing
Ogden business notice and woolen goods ad
Public notice requests settlement of all past Ogden Juxe THOM business and directs communications to the undersigned. Immediate settlements desired. Also an advertisement for Soir from Bay Sxewn's Home Maon and John C. Cutler agent of Frovo Woolen Mills Salt Lake City offering a large stock of woolen goods wholesale or retail.
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Bay Sxewn
Reta
John C. Cutler
Frovo
Woolen Mills
Salt Lake City
New Orleans Rebounds With Bustling Riverfront Trade
Post plague revival brings busy docks and crowded streets. Ships from Rio and freight moving toward ports as steamers unload coffee bricks tiles and cotton. Canal street levee crowded with flour sugar and cotton bales while local firms move large one day cash sales to country merchants.
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Lince
Democrat
Ninth Street
Rio
Bordeaux
Lloyds
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Canal Street
Boston preacher backs Briggs in temperance election
The sermon by Father Taylor in Boston advocated support for Georges N. Briggs as governor during a heated Massachusetts race focused on temperance. The pulpit used bold prayers asking for pure, religious, and temperate leaders, concluding with an assertion that the prayer was answered.
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Harper's Drawer
Massachusetts
Father Taylor
Boston
Georges N. Briggs
East grave robbers shock world with ghastly work
West graverobbing tale warns of coughing consumption and urges Brown's Covan Barsan balsam for easy expectoration and nature’s cure. Brown's Tan Troxos and Axnica Sauve touted for clearing, strengthening, inflammation, and old sores. Sold by J. W. McNutt & Co., Ogden, Utah.
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Covan Barsan
Weat Fort Sale
J. W. McNutt & Co
Ogden
Utah
Dily
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