Grand excursion plan to welcome Grant to San Francisco
A Union Pacific letter outlines an August trip from Washington to San Francisco to greet Grant upon his return from the Orient. The writer claims strong support from Senators and Representatives and estimates 50,000 to 75,000 participants needing 100 to 126 trains.
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Trial of De Witt Talmage Opens in Brookly n Presbytery
Reports from New York and Cincinnati detail brief items. The Brookyn presbytery opens Talmage trial with witnesses confined to specifications, a prosecuting committee named, and caution to inform when witnesses appear.
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Foreign Notes From Across The World News Blast
A long dispatch from Szegedin reports eighty thousand people stranded by a siege as refugees flood in and workers fear a death penalty for unexcused absence. Other items note mortality rises in St Petersburg, a fire aboard Thetis near Piquourn, and political maneuvers in Germany with Bismarck and the Reichstag. Royal visits, Irish gift plans, Windsor ceremonies, and British Russia Alaska navigation questions also appear.
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Death by laudanum noted near Central Bridge
A Canajdette letter reports Ira Dewey a farmer from near Central Bridge Schoharie County died by taking laudanum in despair over business matters. He left a note to his wife and children asking care for the little ones. The item follows other maritime and local notes and miscellaneous news.
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Upper Berth Misadventures on Winter Rail
A Burdette tale recounts endless Upper Berth trials from Burlington to Hopkins. The narrator chafes at cramped space and comic perils of sleeping in an upper berth where balance, doorways, and a stubborn conductor's rule collide.
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Humorous Fragments from Aged Scribbler’s Page
A compilation of varied witticisms and anecdotes. The snippets include jokes about weddings, law, temper, and daily life with references to figures like Grant, Josh Billings, and a Dutch saloonist. The item reads like a collage of quips, observations, and fragmented dialogues from a 19th century periodical.
Various World and Local News Items Nominated and Reported
The Chicago Republican convention nominated A M Wright for mayor. Major Cavagnari sent a proposal to Yakoob Khan. The Duke of Connaught and party travel to Queensborough for a royal wedding. Sacramento Republicans swept city elections. The British fleet plans to depart toward Besika Bay. Philadelphia iron merchants association raised prices five percent. The Globe notes a Goschen appointment rumor in Constantinople. A supposed massacre in Walla Walla proved a hoax. Madame Anderson walked 1144 quarter miles in ten minutes, then slept exhausted. A Yankton forest fire destroyed timber and homes, worth about 25000 with no deaths. The London Sportsman cites Elliott backers seeking ax. Mayor Liddell discusses a potential Allegheny river match for ElliottT.
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