Berlin treason charge against Count von Arnim reported
Reports from Berlin state the State tribunal has charged Count von Arnim with treason. London and Alexandria telegrams note insurrection in Khokand against Russians and Abyssinians defeating Egyptian forces. The piece covers political trials, uprisings, and various international disputes with brief mentions of related deaths and other news.
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Berlin
Count von Arnim
London
Khokand
Resolutions Adopted by Women Temperance Convention
Resolutions from the National Convention of Women’s Temperance Unions in Cincinnati urge Gospel temperance activities, home education, and church involvement. They call for prohibition, memorials to Congress, and suffrage linkage to curb the liquor traffic. The document praises reform leaders and seeks broader circulation of temperance literature.
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Patrick Toney
New York City
J. G. Jenkins
Lake Ontario
Oswego
N. Y
Independent Party
Chicago
M. Smith
Ofllinois
National Convention
The
Women’s Temperance Unions
Cincinnati
Wuerrnas
Christ
America
Iand
Womens Temperance Union
Bristow
Congress
National Committee of Surgery
District of Columbia
Territories
Shell
Market Prices and commodity quotes across cities
New York prices show Flour-White Winter Extra at 6.05 8.00, wheat No 2 Chicago Spring 1.24 1.25 and No 2 Milwaukee 1.27 1.28, oats 42 41c, corn 72 74c. Pork Mess 22.50, dressed hogs 94c, lard 124c. Cattle firmer at 12 13%. East Liberty PA reports cattle 6.00 6.25, hogs 7.00 7.10, sheep 4.10 5.50. Chicago cash wheat 1.03 1.04, corn 46% 0 for No 2, oats 30 30.4c cash, rye 67 44c, barley 85 8c. Pork 19.10 19.25 cash. Cattle good to choice 4.50 6.10, medium 3.10 4.59, hogs 6.85 7.40, sheep 3.85 4.50.
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New York
Chicago
Milwaukee
Northwestern
East Linerty
Indian Affairs Commissioner says Indian progress evident in reports
Commissioner Smith highlights steady advances in Indian civilization with self support rising to 42638 people and harvests totaling 2404000 bushels of corn, 421000 bushels of vegetables. He urges Congress on Black Hills land valuation and urges a simple government for Indian Territory while opposing moving the Indian Bureau to War Department.
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Indian Affairs
Smith
United States
Black Hills
Congress
Cheyenne River
Dakota
Indian Territory
Ohio
General Assembly
Indian Bureau
War Department
Prince of Wales visit mocks Indian natives says baby to mother
The text mocks Indian natives calling the Prince of Wales a baby while his mother is their mistress. It notes Bombay’s illuminated device reading Tell mamma we are happy and parodies a St Louis paper's wish to see a woman stoop to conquer without harming her dress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Prince of Wales
Bombay
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Postmaster General report shows receipts and outlays
The annual report cites department receipts of 27 441 360 dollars and expenditures of 83 611 300 dollars. It notes a 1874 comparison, mising letter losses totaling 5 645 with 1 083 accounted, 911 lost, 645 under investigation, and 307 postal law arrests. It discusses money orders, steamship mail routes, proposed subsidies, straw bidding reforms, and postage changes with emphasis on efficiency and American flag operation.
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Treasury
Postal Service
United States
New York
San Francisco
Atlantic
South America
Jewell
Maine
Europe
Japan
China
New England
Gulf
Pacific
Postmaster Pay Reform and Outlook for 1877 Deficiency
Recommends pay based on office business from stamp cancellations with quarterly sworn accounts. Notes inequity among Postmasters across classes and urges higher salaries in larger cities. Proposes law to require full attention or delegated work if net income exceeds 1000. Estimates for year ending June 30, 1877 show a projected deficiency, likely far less than earlier forecasts.
Military Division reshapes frontier across western states
The Military Division of the Missouri spans Gulf and western states with five departments. It covers 99 Indian tribes and ~192,000 people across 100,000 square miles. Commander notes reform of Indian policy, proposes moving Indian Bureau to the army, and highlights hardships on the Rio Grande frontier amid cattle raids and weak water supply.
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Missouri
Gulf and Western States
Arizona
Nevada
Idaho
British America
Gulf of Mexico
Rio Grande
Key West
Gulf
Department of Dakota
Alfred Terry
Department of the Platte
George Crook
Department of the Missouri
John Pope
Department of Texas
O. C. Ord
Department of the Gulf
C. €. Angur
Black Hills
Yellowstone River
Blue
Missouri River
Indiana
Indian Bureau
Sheridan
Department of
Texia
Rio Grande River
United States
Mexico
Funeral of Vice President Henry Wilson Across Cities
The funeral of Vice President Henry Wilson spanned Washington Philadelphia Boston and Natick with large crowds. Ceremonies in the Senate Chamber featured military escort and mourning decor as the casket lay in state then traveled by train and carriage to notable depots and halls.
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Isaac Welch
Ohio
St. Clairsville
E.S. Tobey
Boston
Indian Affairs
Washington
Treasury
Maryland
Philadelphia
National Guards of
Pennsylvania
Guard of Honor
New York City
Fire Department
New York & New Haven Railroad
Beach Street
Laycock
Fifth Maryland Regiment
State House
Doric Hall
Gaston
J. M. Manning
Cottage Farm Station
Beacon
Charles Street
Independent Corps of Cadets
Marines
Natick
Grand Army
Town Hall
Executive Council
Marshall Wilder
Henry Pierce
Alpine Quartet
A. E. Reynolds
J. 8. Wheedon
Funeral rites mark the death of Vice President Henry Wilson
Rev Edmund Douse of Sherburne praised the deceaseds personal virtues and bonds of friendship. Rev F M Pelouchet shared reminiscences as the crowd joined in Nearer My God to Thee. The procession wound through nearly every street, the hearse halted at Dell Park Cemetery, and Henry Wilson was laid to rest with a benediction and flowers.
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Edmund Douse
Sherburne
F. M. Pelouchet
Wilson
Contested US House Seats Listed by State and Contestants
The document lists contested House seats by state with names of Republican and Democrat challengers. It includes Alabama Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Pennsylvania South Carolina North Carolina Virginia New Mexico and Massachusetts with various candidate pairs and notes that several seats are being contested by Republicans and Democrats.
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United States
House of Representatives
Alabama
Hanrarson
Fred G. Bromberg
Williams
James T. Rarer
Alahbauma
Cage Jones
James T. Jones
Florida
Purman
John A. Henderson
Georgia
Smith
Arenano TL Wirtery
Ilinois
Farwell
John V. le Moyne
Illinois
Watrine
Leonard I. Ross
Indiana
Harrison J. Rice
Baker
Preeman Kelley
Kentucky
Wave
Harrison Cocsrill
Louisiana
Morey Willisin B. Spencer
Maryland
Walsie
Lloyd Lowndes
Pennsylvania
Freeman
Thomas B. Florence
Eobert
Cannton B. Curtis
S. Carolina
Hoc Benj
H. McGowan
New Mexico
Enxins
Pedro Valdes
Mississippi
Massachusetts
Frost
Josiah G. Abbott
Minnesota
Strait
St. Dalien Cox
Carolina
WALLACE _oseph
Kerhaw
Virginia
Goode
James H. Pfarr, JR
Industrial wage cuts and early iron mill troubles
Reports from across the U S detail wage reductions and plant curtailments. Pittsburgh mills threaten shutdowns with 20 percent pay cuts while Fall River exporters plan Britain markets as prices fall. The Rhode Island Centennial highlights a 1400 hp engine in Philadelphia Machinery Hall. North and South Carolina Georgia Tennessee and Alabama host fifty furnaces for iron, employing English Scotch and Swedish workers.
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Boston & Providence Railroad
Clifford
Fall River
England
Rhode Island
Philadelphia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Alabama
Selma
Dalton
Rome
Experimental naphtha steam fuel adopted by Caspian fleets
The London Morning Post reports a scientific commission will travel to Peru to study internal resources. A French expedition plans a world tour in ten months with a private, instrumented library, costing about four thousand dollars. A Paris shopkeeper’s sign led to a theft case. a judge dismissed the culprit, praising the ruse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Morning Post
Peru
Russia
Caspian
Metz
London
Cotton
India
Japan
Interior Sea
Australia
Geographical Society
Multum in Parvo Oddities and Protests From a Busy Notebook
A collage of daily notes and quips on topics from wrestling bouts to ice crops. Reports range from a Frenchman’s disease vaccine to strawberry markets in Georgia and a claim that a foxed railway tale sparked jokes in Detroit.
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M. Jefferson
Drs. Cooper & Jefferson
Cambridge, Ohio
West Market Street
Shaffner & Beymer’s
Mara
A. J. Amstot
Main Street
Washington, Ohio
F. Hunter
M. D
Antrim
Robert McKahan
Lucan Tree P. O
Guernsey Co
Wim. M. Sions
Guernsey
Kirk House
Grant House
W. &. S. M. Krix, Proprietors
Lambert Thomas
Zanesville, Ohio
E. Harper Jeffri
Lambert Thomas & Co
North Water Street
Delaware Wharf
William A. Carr
Rainey’s
J. O. Grimes
Cambridge
Mill St
Art Gallery
Quaker City, Ohio
T. O. Mann
Carpenter and Joiner
Cumberland, Ohio
D. K. Kyle
Mackey’s Art Gallery
Morton
Starr Hotel
JosEra Morton
West Side Public Square
J. CG. Ferbrache
Times Building
Connor & Dyson
Point Pleasant, Ohio
J. Woodford
Prox Street
North
Main
Guernsey County
H. C. Parker
Winfield and
Church Streets
J. W. Campbell
Scott & Brown's Drug Store
Postoffice
McCollum & McKinney
South End Mill Street
Mayr23
Alexandria
San Sebastian
Cayenne
Senegal
Thomas Hewitt Key
Liberia
Moravia
Toledo
Madrid
Spain
Hugh Childers
B.P. Avery
Unite States
Turkey
Montenegro
Herzegovinian
Kaufman
Bruggiote Bros
Federal Council of Germany
Louisville
United States District Attorney
St. Louis
Grand Jury
United
United States Supreme Court
Union Pacific Railroad
Avery
Gen Babcock
Gen. McDonald
United States Grand Jury
D. W. Munn
Internal Revenue
Babcock
United States Attorney
Holt
Wm. McKee
Myers
Albert Wood
Pony Hollow
Elmira
Erie Canal
Hudson River
Malden
Mass
A. E. Wilson
Louisville, Ky
Treasury Department
W. O. Avery
Superintendent of Public Printing
Mount Washington
Buffalo
West Point
Navy
Portsmouth
N. H
Brooklyn
League Island
Powhattan
Tallapoosa
Alliance
Alert
Huron
Dispatch
Passaic
Nantucket
Wyandotte
Bank of America
New Orleans
John W. Bingham
Evansville
Ind
Indianapolis
Evansville Ring
Waite
Supreme Court
Kingston
Jamaica
Ira Harris
Albany
New York Central
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Gen. Babcock
St. Lows
Methodist Freedman’s Aid Society
Wim. M. Evarts
Henry W. Longfellow
Richard Henry Lee
Women’s National Temperance Convention
Postmaster-General
Henry Wilson
Senate Chamber
Marine Corps
Senate
David Wells
Sunderland
J. E. Rankin
Baltimore & Potomac Railroad
G. B. Haycock
Senator Thurman
Col. Wyman
Congressional
Baltimore
City Trall
Clark’s Block
Industrial
Pittsburgh
Lewiston (Me
Jesse Parrish
Linn County
Ore
Parrish
Buffalo Courier
Woolwich
Jalapa
Detroit Free Press
Goldwin Smitrh
Astor
Hartland
Iris
Salt Lake
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Aicweelev
W. Y. World
Schoon
Leandro
Cal
Tose
Weston
Detroit Tribune
ScorrBone
Tice
American Meteorologist
Airey
Turbanbury
Tur
Martin van Buren
Kinderhook
Chicago Tribune
St. Petersburg
St. Lawrence River
Lakes
Cambridge News
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