06 Mar 1880
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Newspaper
Ogden Junction
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1880
Page
1
A seller claims since 1878 a business dealing in bankrupt stock and auctions offers numerous jewelry items at bargain prices. The catalog lists rings, brooches, chains, bracelets, and engraved pieces with postpaid mailing and varied values, promising substantial savings and a wide stock to move quickly.
An ad lists offers for Abysinian Gold watches and related pieces with prices and payment terms. It promotes ordering from The Inventors Agency at 116 Washington Street Chicago and cites praise from The Chicago Press and other periodicals while urging immediate orders.
In a Reichstag address Gen VonKameke, war minister, argued Germany must not leave defense to chance and should elevate military institutions to par with neighboring powers. In Russia, March 2 reports say the czar's accession anniversary was celebrated with massed troops on the winter palace grounds and a congratulatory address by the imperial council. Decrees pardoned prisoners, canceled rural tax arrears, and issued orders of instruction.
A steamer from Volngola bound for Karachi India foundered with five Europeans and fifty nine De tlyes lost.
A long excerpt covers Gen Porter politics then shifts to Hormayr's tale of Ulrich of Lichtenstein. The knight, enamored with a noble mistress, dons female disguise as Dame Venus and travels from Venice to Bohemia jousting for her favor. His antics include leper farce, feigned devotion, and a royal bed trap, ending with stubborn folly and a lifelong chase of love.
February coinage reached 8 169 969 dollars while 2 300 400 silver dollars were minted nationwide. The U S Supreme Court reconvened after a four week recess and Maine elections showed Republican majorities. Deaths include Mexican statesman Mariano Riva Palacio and actress Mary Chapman. News notes report diplomatic dinners in Berlin, cable rate cuts, and various European political movements.
Yesterday representative Clark introduced a bill to erect in Washington a monument honoring General Custer and the officers and privates of the Seventh Cavalry who perished at the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
Advertisement notes a universal cure all by Brown's Porutak Westegg Reveniss to be seen in every family where used. Listed for sale by Wm. Driver & Son and J. We McNatt & Co. in Ogden.
A collage of short items mentions Prince Orloff in Paris facing a nihilist threat, Hugh J. Jewett as a presidential hopeful with Illinois Democrats favoring him, and the Prince of Wales seeking higher salary amid cautious prospects. Also notes a British wife’s postscript, Tennyson’s poetic process, and dialect shifts in England. Other items cover Irish destitution, a paper industry tariff bill, a doggerel on William Hyde, and railroad line plans from Chicago to the seaboard.
The House of Representatives’ youngest member, Speer of Georgia, delivered two speeches recently. In one on illicit distilling in North Carolina he wore fashionable fabrics, and in another on House rules he praised the nation’s vast advantages and cited Georgia’s mountains and rivers as part of his eloquence.
General Ruggles proposes government payment to act as a rain producer. He plans sending four balloons with explosive charges to cloud layers to trigger storms as needed. The idea is being reviewed by the Agriculture Committee with a test promised to prove feasibility.
A man who had a chalk mark refused by the Patent Office won a mandamus to force issuance of a patent. The chalky device, applied to a circular pasteboard ring with beveled edges, fits over containers to repel insects by chalk's repellent effect.
A sketch of Henry Clay as Secretary of State under John Adams, his alleged political bargain, and his push to form the Whig Party. The piece highlights Clay’s appeal to crowds, persuasive oratory, and the cabinet split that left Adams isolated as factions formed around Jackson and Adams.
Miss Emily Gavin recited a poem on the Irish Famine in 1880 during a February 23 demonstration in honor of Parnell and Dillon. The verse condemns foreign aid and treaties while charging imperial powers with cruelty, famine, and oppression of Ireland and its people.
The article assesses Germany as an empire with fragile peace prospects and rising vigilance among European powers. It notes shifting alliances, from Russia to Austria, and warns of potential coalitions against a unified Germany. It discusses fragile nationalities and the lingering memory of autonomy under imperial power.
Ad claims the product cures or relieves dyspepsia liver complaints constipation sour stomach and general debility. Mentions price of 75 cents and availability at J W McNutt Co wholesalers and retailers and C Ormaby in Legan. Octas ly period.
J C Cotter, agent, in the Queensland Constitution Building presents a broad selection of home goods for wholesale and retail. The catalog includes Linsey sheets, flannel, soaps, washboards, twill, brooms, shawls, cotton batting, blankets, yarns and more.
Fragmentary OCR shows names and roles including attorney and chief justice in Wear County Utah along with scattered street and office references. The readable items include a contact like Fourth Street and partial office identifiers with likely legal or court context.
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