05 Nov 1879
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Newspaper
Ogden Junction
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1879
Page
1
A chaotic dispatch links violent incidents across several locales. Reports from New York, London, and Western states describe murders, trials, and political tensions. Included are a hex of oddities from Arizona and Wyoming, with courts, hangings, and gunfights shaping the day’s fragile news climate.
Telegraph reports severe damage from a late October storm across eastern Nova Scotia including Guysboro Hawkesbury Cunso and Crow Harbor. Bridges washed away vessels wrecked and several deaths reported while local salvage and international notices reference Egypt Italy and Lisbon amid broader dispatches.
A damaged OCR fragment reports a maritime incident with the steamer Yorkshire and mentions individuals such as Frank Chots and John Blagg. The text references Annapolis and Blackwood with unclear details and a plea of not guilty by Mrs Peahtes in a court context.
An isolated sign reading European ghoafer loves le door appears on a doorway in Calentingprond, puzzling locals as garbled text and unclear meaning draw attention from residents and passersby.
A collection of quirky lines about spring, fatigue, and weather. Vivid but puzzling images include fat places, trees dying at their tops, damp swimming matches, thunder signaling the milk’s soul, and a servant burned at the steak. An eastern man kills his physician. such paradoxes appear throughout.
An old dog in Nantucket, Conn., showed surprising intelligence as it herded four puppies from a railroad track to the street. The canine grabbed each pup by the neck, moved it to safety, then returned for the others. After delaying the pups, it finally led them to a homeward path with a sharp bite to deter returns.
Jackson and John Birdsong exhibited a white and red striped king snake seven to eight inches long with a head at each end. The live creature used both heads to guide its movements and eat, though one head sometimes resisted direction. It was captured by railroad workers near Medina Tennessee and brought to the city last Sunday for display.
A letter argues the U S fleet wastes time at Villefranche in the mediation between Monaco and Nice. It claims France’s port stays briefly used by its navy, while the United States gains little beyond a hut costing under $1,000. It criticizes official indecision and calls for change in naval station policy.
Mrs A C Grubb of St Louis writes from England critiquing both English and American girls. She says English girls are modest retiring and well educated in textbooks but lack general intelligence and social grace. She contrasts American women as more influential, while English girls face repression affecting later life.
Mary W Clarke becomes Morris town Female Institute’s leading teacher after excelling at Vassar. Mary C Welles wins Smith College 200 prize. Rye trains 33rd shipload of English girls for Canada homes. Mrs Thomas, Pennsylvania farmer, widow of Rev Abel C Thomas, is prominent. London art school for women gains fame. Boston Industrial School aids 205 orphan girls. Paris plans a municipal girls college. Women hold school offices in 16 of 38 states and 3 of 8 territories. Elizabeth Thompson circulates tract on women’s financial influence. Caroline A Mason receives praise for a sonnet from England’s poet laureate. Manning: women’s influence powerful in society. Peabody argues women should vote in school elections. Norway and Sweden show female majorities in population. English Queen praises American housekeeping and women’s domestic role. Mrs Stuart heads Immigration Board and Washington Industrial Association. long civic service noted.
A notice extols Helabold's Buch as a tonic that invigorates the stomach stimulates the bowels and kidneys cleanses the blood removes impurities and imparts new life to the system. One trial is claimed to convince even the most hesitant of its value as a remedy.
A Philadelphia advertisement by Helmbold promises at home medical consultation for one dollar. The letter asks for full personal details including address age occupation and health history and guarantees guidance on the nature of the disease and a candid opinion on a cure from competent physicians at 1217 Filbert Street Philadelphia.
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