Burlington Route Through Sleepers Lincoln to St Louis
Good news heralds low fares and through service from 3 M points in Southern Nebraska to Chicago with a ten minute connection at Pacific Junction. From Chicago connections extend east southeast and north. Sleeping car berths available via Lincoln ticket office by telegraph or application. Through sleepers and close connections run between Lincoln Missouri River and St Louis with Pullman sleepers from Lincoln and Missouri River to St Louis.
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Arews
Palace
CB & Q
United States
Canada
Nebraska
Chicago
Pacific Junction
Lincoln
Missouri River
St. Louis
Burlington
St Loui
To Peoria to Southeast via Central Rail Routes
Travel note outlines a reliable route to the Southeast with connections at Peoria to reach Indianapolis Cincinnati Columbus and all Central and Southern Ohio Kentucky Southern Indiana. Dining cars offer square meals for 75 cents. поездка упоминает Jaure and B M Line as optional safety options.
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Peoria
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Columbus
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Jaure
Warandil
Nebraska News Briefs Roundup From Riverton To North Platte
Nebraska snippets report hail damaged windows at Riverton, a new evening Telegram in Omaha, and local concerns over tenement housing in Nebraska City. Notes chronicle flood damage near Snyder and Hooper, a North Platte attorney shot, and various small town incidents including a bull snake, tarred farmer, and a waterspout near Bloomington. Newsweek highlights a Nashville fire, Ample tragedies, and a harbor collision in New Orleans involving the Gresham and Fifeshire.
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Omaha
The
Telegram
Riverton
Orford Gazette
Staunton
Douglas County
Webster County Argus
Bloomington
Mr. Richards
Eber Utter
Bloomingtn
New Orleans
Gresham
Ninth Street
Fifeshire
Resignations Shock Senate Conkling and Platt
Washington dispatch reports Roscoe Conkling and Thurlow Platt resigning from the U.S. Senate. The notices were sent to Vice President Arthur and forwarded to New York's governor, sparking surprise and a rush to routine business in the chamber.
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Senate
Roscoe Conkling
Thos.c. Platt
New York
Arthur
Washington, D. C
United States
Roscoer ConxKune
Chester A. Arthur
Cheater A. Arthur
Homas C. Prat
Conkling
Platt
Capitol
Mahone
Frederick Douglass on John Brown Letter Tribute
Frederick Douglass writes of John Browns letter and letter writer Ingalls and Edmunds, praising Browns martyr spirit and free state work in Kansas. He recalls Rochester residence, calls Browns zeal holier than his own and notes the senators praised for liberty.
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Frederick Douglass
John Brown
Rochester
New York
Free
Kansas
Ingalls
Edmunds
Vermont
Revival of Checks and Plaids Sparks Fashion Trend
Druggists across the state report Day's Kidney Pad as the best selling item amid a fashion surge in checks and plaids. The trend reflects a broader revival in traditional patterns.
Outlaws and thieves tale dominates Fort Niobrara dispatch
Lieutenant Cherry died in pursuit of outlaws near Fort Niobrara after a fatal gun clash. John Ledger was murdered by three intoxicated men near Memphis. Mary Smith, leader of Leadville’s gang, was arrested with stolen loot and described as a young, stylish criminal. Authorities say her capture could cripple the gang.
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Lieutenant Cherry
Fort Niobrara
John Ledger
Hackman
Memphis
Ledger
Lawton Proctor
Mary Smith
Leadville
Colorado
Louisville
Tigar Alley
Prominent Nihilist Arrested for Czar Murder Plot
Police arrest a leading nihilist charged with complicity in the czar’s murder and with planning the Little Garden street mine. His sister is also detained. A palace scullion linked to an arsenic incident near the czar’s potential poisoning is noted. The czar reportedly faced a poison attempt on the 12th inst.
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Garden Street
Alexander
Douglass Confirmed for District of Columbia Recorder
The senate confirmed Fred Douglass for recorder of deeds in the district of Columbia with Senator Hill of Georgia supporting him. In the same session, Ulysses Heard is noted in a separate item about General Grant’s letter on Garfield and Robertson. Commissioner Le Duc was asked to resign. the senate adjourned sine die and several nominees were confirmed or rejected as listed.
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Garfield
Senator van Wyck
Pebble Creek
Snyder
Elkhorn
Hooper
North Bend
HH. C. Colburn
North Platte
Yingst
New York Assembly
Cornell
Washington, D.C
New York
Senate
Hayes
Merrit
London
Badeau
Denmark
Cramer
Switzerland
Fish
Wm. H. Robertson
Republican Party
Senator Jones
Nevada
Grant
Jones
City of Mexico
Gen. Garfield
Conkling
Platt
Robertson
U. S. Grant
J. P. Jones
United States
Washington, D. C
Senator Conkling
New York City
Republican Party of
Chamber
America
Fred Douglass
District of Columbia
Hill
Georgia
Ulysees
General Grant
Wallace R. Whte
Maine
U. S
Idaho
Albert W Bush
Indiana
Puget Sound
Washington Territory
Schofield
Court of Claims
John B. Glover
Havre
France
Geo. F. Mosler
New Hampshire
Nice
William B. Wells
Michigan
Rotterdam
M. B. Whalen
Sonneburg
E. H. Rogers
Nebraska
Vera Cruz
B.S. Kaley
Chemnitz
Chandler
English Society Shift Replaces Belle With Beauty
A note on social slang explains that in English society the term beauty has supplanted the traditional belle, signaling changes in upper class etiquette and feminine branding. It underscores evolving tastes and the broader cultural adoption of English diction in high society circles.
A Certain Cure Kidney-Wort Ad Claims Spring Cleaning
An advertisement extols Kidney-Wort as superior for internal cleansing and renovation. It claims to cure headaches bilious attacks constipation and deranged kidneys in either dry or liquid form.
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Janning
Sriggist
Kansas City
Blo
Garfield Reacts to Conkling and Platt Resignation News
The president learned of the rumored resignations from New York Senators Conkling and Platt and, after initial disbelief, summoned Blaine to the White House for a caucus. Secretaries and messengers spread updates as others speculated on further resignations while Frederick Conkling defended his brother’s determined stance.
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Conkling
Platt
Senate
New York
Blaine
White House
Garfield
James
Arthur
McVeagh
Enthusiastic Assemblymen Celebrate Robertson Confirmation
News of Robertson's confirmation spread through New York politics as senators read a telegram announcing unanimous approval. The chamber erupted in cheers, with leaders and assemblymen leaping to their feet, while celebrations spread to cities like Hudson Utica Watertown and Rochester with residents firing a hundred salutes.
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Senate
Senator Lord
Senator Robertson
Woodie
Lord
Robertson
Woodin
Wm. H. Robertson
Sessions
Husted
Loomis
Garfield
Pan Gehiesiie
Hudson
Utica
Watertown
Rochester
Provident New Yorker Leaves Plaque for Burglars
A businesslike New Yorker, leaving with his family for a trip, posted a placard inside the hall stating all valuables are in vaults at Safe Deposit. He notes trunks and cupboards hold only bulky second-hand clothing and instructs burglars where to find a certified check for 50 dollars. He even asks them to wipe the mat and avoid candle grease on carpets.
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Safe Deposit Company
Hop Bitters Offered as Prevention and Remedy
The Hub promotes Hop Bitters as a valuable tonic for stomach appetite and blood purification this season. It argues prevention is cheaper than cure and warns against waiting until disease prostrates you, noting recovery can take months. Boston views the product as a practical health aid.
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Boston
Living for a life of purpose and hard work
A speaker urges self discipline and ambition, citing Webster Garfield and others who rose from poverty to prominence. He argues life is a struggle and work, with advice on finances and guidance from a future wife, then recalls a Moscow comic anecdote about Panty and his pig to illustrate folly.
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Congress
Daniel Webster
Garfield
Dr.Tanner
George Eliot
Shetland Ponies Called Domestic Necessities of Island Families
The Shetland pony is praised as essential for peat transport, with each household needing two to six animals. The breed is celebrated for sure footing, gentle temperament, and hardiness, shaped by generations of hillside life and close family use.
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Shetland
Ireland
Shetland Isles
California Pearl Fishers and the Baja Pearl Trade
The California coast hosts a bustling pearl fishery with about 1000 divers retrieving black pearls from La Paz waters. Boats of five tons sail May to November, yielding an annual value around 500000 dollars with pearl colors including white blue and black. Blue pearls fetch little unless highly valued by buyers often in Europe.
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Lower
California
la Paz
Europe
Learned Pig Showcases Priceless Banquet in Moscow
A Moscow report details Tanty’s learned pig sold by Tanty’s circus proprietor for three thousand roubles to three rich merchants. They hosted a banquet with the pig, presented as an extraordinary culinary curiosity, amid astonishment at the table.
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Wall
Moscow
Panty
Mnewe Wierner Tagblatt
M. Tanty
Tanty
Northern boundary marking between US and Britain completed
A historical overview recounts the joint 1870s effort to fix the US Canada boundary from Michigan to Alaska. It details the commission members, methods, and markers including cairns iron pillars wooden posts and lake monuments, and notes difficulties from earlier surveys and the 1818 conventions.
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United States
Alaska
Russia
Britain
Donald R. Cameron
Royal Artillery
S. Anderson
Royal Engineers
A. ©. Ward
Archibald Campbell
W. J. Twining
United States Army
Pembina
Hudson Bay Company
Rant
Congress
Lake of the Woods
Rocky Mountains
Red River Valley
Detroit
Mich
London
Michigan
Electric Cat Becomes Permanent Light Source in Boston
Prof Maynard of Cincinnati reportedly owns the world’s strongest electric battery and a black tomcat. A collision between them allegedly caused the cat to receive a thousand horsepower of electricity, after which the cat remained luminous, now emitting light equal to 800 wax candles and roaming the streets at night.
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Boston
Maynard
Cincinnati
Timber from Philadelphia on ship Wyoming reaches United States
A timber piece from the frigate Philadelphia, grounded near Tripoli on October 31 1863 and later sunk, is aboard the Wyoming for shipment to the United States. It has remained underwater since the date cited in the report.
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Philadelphia
Wyoming
United States
Tripoli
New Device Uses Golden Rope Fastening for Bonnet
A new fastening method attaches bonnet strings with what appears to be thin gold ropes. The design suggests a decorative and secure tie, blending ornament with function in headwear.
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Ammnall
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