Notable 19th Century Obits and Capitol Proceedings
Obituaries include Bishop George D. Cummins of the Reformed Episcopal Church at Lutherville near Baltimore in his fifty fourth year and ex-Governor Thomas O. Moore of Louisiana dying in New Orleans aged 75. The long Senate and House debate covers military, postal, and financial bills, conference committees, and the July Fourth Independence Hall meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George D. Cummins
Reformed Episcopal Church
Lutherville
Baltimore
Thos. O. Moore
Louisiana
New Orleans
Blaine
Maine
Robert Buchanan
London Examinar
Wounded Sioux Try Fort Fetterman Recovery
Reports say wounded in the Crook Sioux engagement have been brought to Fort Fetterman and are expected to recover. General Crook awaits reinforcements to strike again, while other officials face changes and political moves in New Mexico and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crook
Fort Fetterman
H. T. Yargan
Internal Revenue Service
New Mexico
House Committee On Territories
John Morrissey
The
Telegraph States
Washington
Secret Service Breaks Up New York Counterfeit Ring
Elmer Washburn and aides crushed a counterfeit gang in New York after months of operation. They seized 75000 pounds in bogus currency and printing plates. In Mercer County New Jersey a divorce lawyer was killed by his wife after a brutal quarrel at their home near Lawrence Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Washburn
Secret Service Bureau
New York
O. M. House
Jie
Lawrence Station
Mercer County
N. J. House
Fires and Casualties Reported in Various Localities
A performer Miss Louise Hawthorne died after falling from a sixth floor Tre mont House window in Chicago. The American Linen Mill in Fall River suffered a $200000 fire loss and will close for months, throwing 400 men and 700 women out of work. The Dutch steamer Gen Krosen sank in the Straits of Sunda with 25 drownings. Willie Morgan and Victor Monroe drowned in Handsboro while trying to save a companion. St Johnsbury suffered 60 buildings burned on the first, with Universalist Church and a large paper mill among losses exceeding $100000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Hawthorne
California
Tremont House
Chicago
Morton
New York
American Linen
Fall River
Mass
Gen. Krosen
Achaen
Batavia
Straits of Sunda
Willie Morgan
Victor Monroe
Handsboro
Miss
Horn Lake
St. Johnsbury
Universalist Church
Michigan Central Elects Sloan President
In New York at a directors meeting, Samuel Sloan was unanimously chosen as President of the Michigan Central Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Central Company
New York
Samuel Sloan
National Board of Trade meets in New York as debt data released
The eighth annual convention of the National Board of Trade convenes in New York with President Frederick Fraley reelected. The Executive Committee reports on urging specie payments. An official June debt statement shows a $3,881,377 monthly reduction and details on coin bonds, legal tender, deposits, and interest, with total Treasury cash and deficits listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Board of Trade
New York
Frederick Fraley
Tolit
Jung
Pacific Railway
United States
Servia Declares War on Turkey as Siege Proclaimed
Servia moves to hostilities after Prince Milans ultimatum to the Porte is rejected. A state of siege is proclaimed and all males 17 to 60 are summoned. President MacMahon pardons or reduces sentences for eighty seven Communist participants. Sultan Mahmoud is reportedly unhappy and prepared to cede the throne to his younger brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Servia
Turkey
Milan
Porte
Ann
MacMahon
Sultan Mahmoud
Senate Votes to Insist on Amendments in Legislative Bill
The Senate voted to insist on amendments to the Legislative Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill and named a new conference committee. A Treasury balance report from 1836 was laid on the table with condensation ordered printed. The House joint resolution to authorize arms issued to states and territories passed with limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Committee On Finance House
Senate
Atkins
Randall
Warlbut
Payne
Committee On
Banking and Currency
Windom
Sargent
Conference Committee
House Conferrees
Missouri River
Nebraska City
Nebr
Morrill
Committee On Appropriations
West
House of Representatives
House
Holman
Committee of Conference
Clark
Missouri
Dale
National Board of Trade
New York
Congressional
Hamlin
Howse
United States
Centennial Commission
Independence Square
Philadelphia
Hurlbut
Committee On Military Affairs
Sherman
Committee On Finance
Boutwell
Bogg
Indian Bureau
War Department
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Mississippi
New Orleans
Singleton
Fossier
Congress
Torspay
Secretary of the Treasury
Logan
Lause
Indian Territory
Kansas
Adams
Wepxes Bay
Kaneas
The Fan Language Book from Berlin Dismissed as Nonsense
A Berlin publication titled The Fan Language presents standard love and friendship phrases with fan signals such as pointing to the heart or covering the mouth. The piece calls the concept “pretty nonsense” and suited for simpletons, noting various gestures for each message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
First Impressions Test a Saloon Drinker Lesson
A long man entering a saloon asks the loafers who will drink at his expense. Seven men volunteer. He pays for his own beer and mocks first impressions predicting their disappointment. They eject him, but the lesson lingers. A stray line about chemistry and botany students appears garbled.
German Empire Population Surges Beyond United States Figures
The German Statistical Office reports 1875 census totals at 42,757,812, up 1,699,020 since 1871. Large gains occur in Prussia and Saxony with modest declines in a few states due to emigration and birth-death balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
London Economist
German Statistical Office
France
Alsace
Lorraine
Germany
Prussia
Saxony
Bavaria
Wurtemberg
Hesse
Baden
Mecklenburg
Lubeck-Waldeck
Alsace-Lorraine
The Looking-Glass Wager Between Rulers
A fable recalls an embassy from Russia to China with a priceless looking glass. Despite carriers' care, the glass breaks on the return trip, and Grand Duke Michael wins a wager as the accident ruins the prize. The incident ends with the Emperor and court amused by the mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
China
Son of Heaven
St. Petersburg
Grand Duke
Michael
St. Isaac’s Palace
The Banana Thief and a Grateful Friend in Detroit
A Detroit boy scene recalls a kindness remembered and a sharp rebuke as one boy steals a bite of a banana from a friend after a long appeal about past deeds. The ungrateful eater swallows the last bite as the exchange ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Jack
Detroit Free Press
Balloons Closed on Election Day Proves Effective
A law requiring all balloons to be closed on election days works well. Whisky bottles are covered with towels as decor, and a thirsty party or politician enters the scene. The mischief occurs during a temporary absence.
Thief Leaves Silver Under Watchful Bar Axiom
A bar scene ends with patrons slipping away as the keeper finds silver left on the counter upon his return. The Virginia City Chronicle notes the incident to illustrate the law’s influence.
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Virginia City Chronicle
History of Boston Public Buildings and Stone Chapel
The piece notes four surviving older public buildings in Boston: Christ Church, the Old South, the Old State House, and Stone Chapel. Stone Chapel preserves its original form, while Christ Church lost its steeple in 1804 and rebuilt in 1807. It recounts Queen's Chapel origins, renamings, and a 1756 organ built by Adam Smith, once believed to be chosen by Handel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Christ Church
Old South
State House
Stone Chapel
New England
School and
Tremont Streets
Queen’s Chapel
Queen Anne
King’s Chapel
Gov. Shirley
Adam Smith
London
Handel
Mrs Kearney’s Suicide Attempt in Kansas City
Terrence Kearney of Kansas City quarreled with his wife who then staged a noose scene to scare him into better behavior. She intended to jump while he entered, but bystanders and physicians intervened. The column ends with a coy ad for Dr. J H McLean’s Cordial and Blood Purifier and a Missouri paper’s joking note about publishing limits.
Liver and Blood Diseases and the Pierce Remedies
An 19th century medical advertisement explains bile toxins from torpid liver polluting blood and triggering headaches, skin eruptions, digestive woes, and body fatigue. It advocates Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Purgative Pellets as cures for humors, ulcers, and glandular swellings, claiming renovation of tainted systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. V. Prence
M.D
People
Common Sense
Dr. Pierce
St Louis Dispatch promotional notice and patent medicine ad
The item markets the St Louis Dispatch daily and weekly editions with subscription rates and agent incentives, followed by an advertisement for Winlorth’s Anti-Periodic tonic. It touts health claims and urges readers to buy through druggists, naming G R Frytay Co as proprietors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waimort
Winlhoft
McLean's Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier Ad
An advertisement from Dr J H McLean at 314 Chestnut Street St Louis Missouri promotes McLean's Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier as vitality restorers and system purifiers aimed at health improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. McLean
McLean
Chestnut Street
St .Louis
Market Prices and Grain Quotations
East Liberty, PA reports grain and livestock prices with bids for corn oats and wheat. Prices show oats No 2 and corn No 2 around mixed futures, barley and lard bids, and cattle and sheep bids in Philadelphia markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Liberty
Juniper Tar Soap and Anodyne Liniment Endorsements
An ad touts Juniper Tar Soap by Caswell Hazard Co New York claiming it softens rough skin and saltrheum while warning against imitations. A gentleman with chronic rheumatism credits Johnsons Anodyne Liniment with vast relief and hails it the best remedy for rheumatism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caswell, Hazard Co
New York
Johnson
Kingsland Ferguson & Co Describes Harvest Threshers
Invincible threshing machines with mounted horsepower or portable engines advertised. Catalogue and price list available. Kingsland Ferguson & Co manufacturers. Office 823 N Second St St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Invincible
Fiat, Kingsland, Ferguson & Co
Manufe
Second St
St. Louis
St Louis Damy and WEEKLY Times Ad Offer Sample Copies
An advertisement from St Louis Damy and WEEKLY Times promotes sample copies and club rates for the newspaper, inviting readers to request a sample and inquire about subscription pricing. The notice highlights the paper’s prominence as a large Democratic publication west of New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Weekly Times
New York
St. Louis Grope-Democrat
Daiy
West
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Atched
German Empire
St. Louis Evening Dispatch
Gompany
Corner of
Fifth and
Cheztnut Atreata
Pornik
Cory
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
Toledo
Giel Raeees
Boston Novelty
Sricu
Porisad
M.N. Lovell
Eric
G. J. Capewell & Co
Cheshire, Conn
Coulter & CO
J. B. Burges
Rawlins City
Wyoming
A. G. Nettleton & Co
Chicago, Il
Jay Bronson
Mich
Manuel CO
Ohio
Curiaco
P.O Vickery & CO
Augusts, Maine
Worth & CO
St. Louie
Sven
Western Gun Res
Ennsylvania Military Academy
Chester
Penn
Reoens
Cox
Theo. Hyatt
Pres. P. M. A
Alfred L. Sewell
Field, Lester & Co
Fuller & Fuller
OC. M. Henderson & Co
W. M. Hoyt & Co
Turner & Ray
Mall
T, Williams & CO
LJ. M. Dufford's Sons
Ashland
Maas
Home Journal
Luther
Mill Village
Erie County
MI Medigal
Stam Br
Butte
Steve Vouce
Omar Waaas
Brzves
Bourigen— Creamery Is
Eaos
Sheridan
Shallenberger
Schenck
Prance & Co
General Commission
Second Street
National Publishing Co
Caicano, Ilt
Ledger
the Ledger
Chicage, Ill
Chicago Business Directory
Weston & Co.'s
Evory
Northwestern Tattersalls
Monroe
Gilbert Hubbard & CO
South Water
Mann & Drum
W. Madison
J. Manz
LaSalle, Co
I. Boche
Randolph
O. H. Hanson
South Clark
L. Boche
Sears Bros. & CO
W. Cor
Clark and Washington
Daly, Henrotin & GO
Wabashay
Albert Dickinson
Kinzie
Edwin Hunt & Sons
Lake
Kimbark Bros. & CO
Michigan-ay
Wood's
Enoch Wood
State St
Wilson
M. Klein
South Dearborn
Great Western
Bloomfield
Davis
Manuel
Pdaresa TR B&oo
Augusta
Peerless
Waters
Horace Waters & Sons
Broadway
Scammell & CO
Ill
Wen
J.P. Vincent
Umicano, Inn
My. Ery
American Fruit and Jelly Press Co
Nic Oncrmaty, Ouro
Madame Foy
LOY & Alailison
New Haven
David Landreth & Sons
Lennyn
Jarre F
Pate
Nus Ustan
Tias &Tooney Yraus
Prescsey
Rudy
Shani
Chat Balt
Ort
Rtd
Jeealghy
Realit
Nichols, Shepardt
Pak
Tyroe
Vesey St. N.Y PO
Boziert
Machines
A ” “ Larhe
Cp Price
Aucc
J. AL
ATCH
Windistors
Bostoiwu
Amitss
Reed & Suds
Luyprovemen’s
Quael
N. UL
Mye
Eytep Dort
I United
Peu
Ety
Ermar
Inc
Tor
Ifrig
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