26 Nov 1879
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Newspaper
Ogden Junction
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1879
Page
1
News from New York reports a severe gale driving ships ashore and drowning three. Ice-clogged waterways required ice-breakers. amid coast disasters, stock trading rebounded after a sharp panic. Also noted are cholera losses in Asia, Japan's trade openings, and political shifts in New York and Maine.
The article notes quirky frontier sayings about General Grant and town opinions. It mentions a David Davis boom sold to a circus for a bass draw and county fairs paying well, while countryside districts remain quiet as circus season ends. It also references land preemption in Texas with added graveyard acres by the state government.
The annual report voices urgency for a permanent home for about three thousand Mission Indians in San Diego, San Bernardino, and Los Angeles counties. It notes oppression over lands claimed by private ranches, insufficient water and reservations, and calls for $50,000 to secure land and improve livelihoods. It also discusses Yakima agency training, civil issues, and abolishing Malheur agency with land sales to fund Indian benefits.
In 1899 Charlea Smith left Carthage to become American Consul to Russia. He and four companions sailed to southern China where they were stranded, subsisted on berries, and cast lots. Smith was killed and eaten by the others on a desert island before rescue. The firm kept details to themselves. Mrs Smith later died unaware of his death.
W A Telegraph reports the papal nuncio to Belgium was halted en route to Brussels amid counter orders and a disclosed discrepancy in Cardinal Nina's official and private communications. Swiss cotton operatives urge higher import duties to shield industry from English competition. Elsewhere, Vienna notes mental depression affecting Gottschakoll, and Vienna reports cabinet disapproval of reforms tied to British diplomacy with the Porte. Antikemrs unrest dominates Dublin and Glasgow scenes as Times dispatches vary on public sentiment.
Fragmentary dialogue mentions Ophir and a vast wilderness with questions about mining in the San Juan. Fliny and Pliny are cited discussing blossoms versus apples, implying a playful contrast between nature’s beauty and practical incentives for youth.
In a Washington encounter Orville Grant visits the Indian Commissioner claiming a $300 balance is owed. Hoyt questions proof as Grant accuses officials of neglecting public business and calls Hoyt a thief, prompting a terse exchange before Grant departs.
About 1,700 Moqui Indians inhabit seven cliffside villages in Arizona. Villages sit on ledges hundreds of feet above plains, with Wahla pi the most populous. Water and wood are hauled long distances, and the people resist relocation despite harsh supply challenges.
A compact column on editorials and reader reaction shows how taste varies with audiences. It notes debates over including essays and poems, the origin of Whittier's Maud Muller, and how religious pieces spark scrutiny, while editors face accusations of fanaticism or atheism.
The village bell in the moss covered church stands through half a century of years. It tolls through merriment and mourning, inviting worship and marking weddings and funerals. Each peal awakens memories and frames the villagers’ sorrows and joys in shared history.
McNutt & Co report invoices for a large Jet of Christmas Coeds shipped directly from Tusive. They expect arrival in time for Moni days and promise a display never before seen in Ogden. Reserve a premium gift at moderate prices when the goods arrive.
A Philadelphia notice advertises a correspondence medical service with price of one dollar per bottle delivered free from observation. Patients may consult by letter answering eight questions about age sex occupation health and case details and enclosing a consultation fee. Competent physicians will provide the nature of the disease and opinion on a cure at 4317 Filbert Street Philadelphia.
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