19 Mar 1879
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Newspaper
Ogden Junction
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1879
Page
1
New York crowds exceed six thousand as Rowell Ennis and Harriman battle in the pedestrian race. Ennis gains on Harriman and Rowell leads late while bets form around the rival distances and hours.
The Szegedin flood worsens with rescue boats colliding and seven drowned. Water rises two feet above Theiss, subsuming 600 square metres of land as 35 soldiers and hundreds more are lost to exposure, cold, and wreckage amid surrounding towns and relief efforts.
News by Mail reports the Clifton Copper Mine on the eastern Arizona frontier near Clinton is among the West’s richest mines. Ores are easily worked and shipped from Trinidad Colorado to the East for reduction, with transport over several miles by team.
The execution occurred yesterday at 2 21 pm for the October 76 murder of Herbert White. Robert W Hayden and M W Barber, brothers in law of Charlotte North Carolina, quarreled again and Hayden was killed. A Bombay dispatch notes Berar and central provinces cotton output one half lower than 78. German Reichstag groups unite to back Alsace Lorraine subsidy. Bismarck to push.
A London shop window proclaims "Wanted, two apprentices, who will be treated as one of the family" and a riddle asks when a school-boy is like a postage stamp. A quip compares a billiard-market with a market gardener noting one minds his peas and the other minds his cuics.
A nameless tale unfolds as a bereaved husband discovers the keyhole missing from his door and rings the bell in a moment of accusing insight. Somterpilée Jour Fez s.
I publish a method for diphtheria treatment using permanganate of potash with tincture of belladonna. The writer reports rapid improvement within a day or two, with fever subsiding and debility reduced, and claims near 1 percent mortality with broad application.
A collage of jokes and quips from various papers notes quirky lines on spanking, wax versus tobacco, worthed gin, and a swarm of social absurdities. Snappy witticisms touch on wit and morality, while oddball anecdotes and punchlines highlight press humor of the era.
An old Irish veteran at Bull Run boasts about escape while his wife seeks new dress funds. A barkeeper lends aid as he helps himself to a drink. Ophelia McMunn laments her son's temper, while her husband retorts she passed temper to him.
The Missouri Pacific Railroad office faced a probe after six mortgage bond coupons totaling 1 080 were presented for payment as part of Northampton Bank robbery proceeds. Dr Wylie claimed ownership and obtained an injunction as lawyers argue ownership must be proven before payment. Government bonds from the same burglary have also surfaced in Washington.
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