Mer rick county postmaster and other Nebraska notes
Wa E Letcher becomes post master at Central City succeeding George Bockes. News items report cattle losses from cold and hunger across western Nebraska, legislative party counts, and Derby era details. Descriptions cover Julesburg, a railroad injury in Oakland, a Campbell saloon shooting, amateur journalists convention in Lincoln, militia plans, and railroad expansion. Washington notes discuss prisons abroad, Ponca tribe, and navy secretary appointment.
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Wa. E. Letcher
Merrick County
George Bockes
Central City
General News Highlights and International Near-Term Events
General dispatches summarize court-martial plans in New York, arrivals of commanders in Texas, New York court memorials, and political shifts in the United States. It notes Senate and cabinet speculation, legal cases, debt figures, and major incidents from fires to train wrecks, with updates on England Ireland and Albanian mobilization.
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Whittaker
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C. C. Auger
Department of Texas
San Antonio
Treasury
Interior
United States
Senate and House News from Washington January 5 6 7 8 1881
The record outlines Senate and House activities in Washington with debates on the Panama Canal stance and inter state commerce, funding and army bills, and appointments. It notes Garfield declining a U S Senate seat, foreign affairs questions, and appropriation actions plus mutterings on census frauds and Halifax fishery awards.
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U. S
Pendleton
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Kansas
White
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South Carolina
Butler
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Eaton
Toube
District of Columbia
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Garland
Ben Holliday
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HOUSE
Ten Thousand Wives Die as Free Press Mourns Adelaide Neilson
The Detroit Free Press laments deaths of many virtuous women tied to Adelaide Neilson and questions praise for her while asserting truth survives tyranny. The piece asserts truth endures beyond position and fate, resisting substitution by power or scandal.
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Detroit Free Press
Adelaide Neilson
Bridges and Sound Waves Band Restrictions Across Bridges
Bridges forbid bands on large spans as sound waves excite wires and cause vibrations. Bands marching in step can trigger resonant movement, so crossings are restricted. Regular troops and even dogs may pose greater risk than heavy wagons on suspension structures.
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Niagra
No Applause Allowed at Passion Play in New York
The theatre in New York barred applause during the performance of the Passion Play to avoid Wall Street patrons cheering for Judas Iscariot as the audience feared a disturbance.
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New York
Wall Street
Judas Iscariot
Historical note on throat remedy advertisement
A brief promo praising Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as the best remedy for thick throats and congested bronchial tubes with claims of instant relief. It suggests benevolent actions by gentlemen who attempted to serenade Miss L and notes the product as superior for throat irritation.
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Obstacles Overcome by Persevering Resolve
A series of maxims extol patience and discipline. It urges weighing character before esteem, notes the British Museum reading-room size and electric lighting, and claims obstacles vanish before a consecrated purpose. It emphasizes slow work yielding rich harvests and that persistent effort can level mountains.
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Total Abstinence Society
British Museum
Kinney-Wort Earns Lasting Kidney Remedy Endorsement
A kidney patient warned it would be his last dose yet Kinney-Wort cured him and he now urges others to try it for disordered urine. The testimonial highlights the remedy's claimed success and recommendation.
Nebraska Legislature Opens With Speaker Shedd and Appointments
Republicans elect WIE Shedd of Saunders as speaker after a tight caucus. On January 4 the house organizes with Slaugher as chief clerk and other officers. January 5 Senate and House approve oaths, appoint pages, and adopt rules and printing plans for the session. January 6 to 7 add committees and public notices, with bills on revenue and apportionment advancing.
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Saunders County
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Omaha
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Nebraska
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Min ‘Ay House
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Barber
Paxton
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Markets Update Wheat Corn Hogs Cattle and more
The markets report prices for Wheat Corn Oats Rye from St Louis and associated markets. Burley tobacco hogs pork and cattle are listed with bid and asking ranges. Live stock prices cover hogs cattle and sheep with varied quality grades and weights.
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Louis
The Same Dose of Eggs
A Detroit grocer rewards a boy with eight dozen eggs for honest behavior. Later a clerk returns with a similar basket from a farmer’s boy, prompting the grocer to realize the eggs belong to the same batch he had previously rewarded. The tale ends with the grocer puzzling over the repeated eggs.
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Detroit
Fw Press
Good Boy
Childs quip hints at Old Testament and freckles in class
A Sun day school scene features a child guessing what the Isra elites did after crossing the Red sea and a girl mishearing the word crusticle as freckles. Another maxim notes strength comes from bearing silence, suggesting quiet fortitude.
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Red Sea
Remedy of common plants Amazes All Walks of Life
A remark on a herbal remedy made from hops buchu mandrake dandelion and other simples claiming to tire and revive all ages and classes from pastors to doctors urging readers to try it and doubt no more.
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