15 Aug 1877
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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1877
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR shows a Nebraska ad for a merchant named A.retofore with goods to order. Text includes prices 35 cts and 4.00 and mentions sanctions and a proprietor sign off. Details are severely garbled with misread letters and unclear items.
A broad bulletin notes travels of Graw through Sweden Norway Berlin Paris and Italy with wintering plans in Paris and Italy. Officials Noyes Evenett and others are stationed abroad while domestic political trips are reshuffled. Multiple accidents and fatalities record damps from Chicago to Cincinnati and Brooklyn, including derrick collapses furnace fires and a ship collision amid social and political notes.
Reported is the shipment of thirty seven Russian Protestants and their children recommended by the Czar to emigrate to the United States rather than Brazil. The new colony is planned a few miles north of Lincoln, Nebraska.
A family of five from Lewis Spear’s household, including four children ages 11 to 17, were found murdered and robbed in Clark County Missouri as killers searched for nearly $1,000 in Township Trustee Max Spencer’s funds. The attack occurred while the victims slept, with an ax used to strike. Separately in Hopewell Kentucky a violent feud left David Floyd and Dick Floyd wounded, Joseph A Martin and two sons injured, one fatally, in a clash between factions over a long running dispute. A tax trial involving a Spiritualist in Pike County is noted.
The masons of London demand a reduction of hours and an increase in wages. Also noted, the First National Bank of Georgetown fails with liabilities over $100,000, blamed on the president’s financial embarrassment. Exports from leading seaboard ports are listed in detail, and a debt statement highlights July changes and government bond actions.
At Columbus the Ohio Republican Convention on the 1st inst nominated W. E. West for Governor Fred Voegler for Lieutenant Governor W J Johnson for Supreme Judge and George K Nash for Attorney General The platform reaffirms National Convention resolutions urges Mayes support for civil service reform upholds constitutional amendments on equality and endorses remonetization of silver while opposing further land grants and railroad subsidies The item notes concerns over labor unrest and calls for orderly conduct and party unity.
The document argues for a National Bureau of Industry and federal regulation of highways to assure safety and fair returns. It details Mississippi Democratic nominations led by Governor Stone, and adopts a platform stressing constitutional fidelity, retrenchment, state education, corporate supervision, and aid to the Texas Pacific railroad and Mississippi levees. It notes a Madras Presidency population of 1,750,000 needing aid, Cuba campaign briefings, and recent fires in Garnseo Prussia and Sundsvall Sweden.
A Vienna correspondent reports Turks marching to relief Rustehuk and Russians concentrating near Korg for a new push in Asia Minor. Osman Pasha proclaims Turkish victory at Plevna after two days of heavy fighting with 8 000 killed and 16 000 wounded. Austria moves toward mobilization under Count Andrassy. Great Britain sends gunboats to the Danube with ironclads Shannon and Agincourt to accompany Flamingo and Condor. The Czar asks Austria for permission to move troops through Servia into Bulgaria.
Janarca telegram cites a revolution and two days of conflagration at Port au Prince Haiti. The English Commons granted a twenty six hours cession last week due to several filibusters. Shells from Woolwich arsenal ordered to Malta. Turkish salaries cut by half during war. Famine reports reach India.
Capt. Crapo and wife completed a forty day Atlantic crossing in a nineteen and a half by six and a half foot whaleboat built for rugged seas. They navigated by dead reckoning, faced three heavy gales, and landed at Penzance on a Sunday morning. The voyage included rough weather, lost clothing, and shared provisions with New Bedford friends over the course of the journey. Capt. Crapo steered from the after hatchway under canvas protection and the pair hoped for a warm reception in London.
Reports from Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania indicate a general suspension of coal mining as miners strike over wage reductions. About 15 000 to 20 000 workers are unemployed and destitute with signs of potential riots as unions organize for a broader stoppage affecting Schuylkill Reading Shamokin Wyoming Susquehanna and Wilkes Barre operators and many colleries furlough workers.
A movement among influential Black families in New York aims to resettle in Africa, echoing earlier emigration trends from the South. A public meeting is set for next week with Frederick Douglass expected to speak on the plan and its future prospects.
The text notes an estimated 2 552 145 Jews in Europe and traces their migratory history from the Crusades to Poland and into Russia. It mentions a district in the Mogilev Governorate where Jews form half the population.
A translated letter from Jenny Lind at age 56 in Dresden to a Paris friend reveals details of her family. She praises her health, notes her daughter born March 31, names Catherine Jenny, and discusses son Walter turning four, his religious nature, and his indifference to fashion. Lind mentions settling in England for the children, signed Jenny Lind.
A correspondent for the Engineering and Mining Journal lauds the Sutro tunnel, with its mouth at Carson River valley near Washoe, noting 17,000 feet driven to date and ongoing progress of about 300 feet per month. Only about 2,800 feet remain to reach the nearest Comstock mine, the Say-?
The U S Supreme Court decision, Miller writing, holds that Fifth Avenue property bought with firm money belongs to creditors, not to a businessman’s wife who later receives it. The ruling warns wives and partners that the transfer does not shield assets from creditors and condemns using company funds for personal gains.
A barber described as a Western artist who recently arrived from St. Louis in OU City clashes with a customer over hair that's supposed to run down the neck. The man bursts from the chair after a comic struggle, while the story recounts a jewel tiara saga and historic diamond trade details involving notable European figures.
A 1877 letter from Robert J. Burdette to Mr. Pond at the Redpath Lecture Bureau describes severe family illness and ongoing hardships in their home. Burdette explains sickness, worry, and a threatened loss as a baby and adapt to strained conditions, reflecting personal distress and financial strain.
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