War in the East Prompts Armistice Talks and Plevna Siege
London dispatch reports the Porte proposes an armistice with Russia excluding Roumania Serbia and Montenegro. Turkish and Russian operations intensify with Ismail Pasha seeking to junction with Mukhtar Pasha near Kars as Plevna endures siege and shortages. Reports note heavy Russian losses and growing Russian confidence as campaigns look toward spring.
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London
Porte
Vienna
Russia
Roumania
Servia
Montenegro
Millrrany
Armenia
Lorgulaso
Ismail Pasha
Zowin
Kars
Philippopolis
Sofia
Plevna
Kans
Gourke
Imperial Guards
Lovatz
Grourko
Aris
Osman Pasha
N. Krudener
Constantinople
Mukhtar Pasha
Kaprokoi
VY Leyna
Bulgaria
Red Kars
Argrnia
Ployna
Pasha
Sitting Bull Commission Telegram From Fort Walsh 1877
Secretary of War and Interior officials met Sitting Bull at Fort Walsh on October 17 1877. Chiefs declined proposals and the commission’s decisions were telegraphed to The New York Journal. Col. James F McLeod relayed a British warning that Indians must choose peace or face combined American and imperial forces.
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Wing Ray
Sitting A Bull
Milk River
M. T
Secretary of War
Secreat
Interior
Washington
Beauh
Sitting Bull
Fort Walsh
Jon’erald
Ton’d
Northwest Ter- SI
Wtrexen
Thes Jams F. McLeop
N. W. M. P. Tips
Aurngn Il
Terry
A. G. Lawrence
Yaili
Coramisaloners
Personal, TyipEN Hag Returns to New York Obituary
A fragmented obituary fragment notes the death of a prominent stonemason from the Society Islands aged 43 in Philadelphia. It mentions he was highly successful in his trade and had just returned to New York before his death. The text is garbled with misread characters.
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Tyipen Hag
New York
Wou Ga
Ta Ha
Stum ‘Tors
Philapub
Je Wan
Mr. H. R. Stevens
KRABM
West
Baltimore Street
Various 1877 U S events span religion, law and sport
Universalist General Convention in Chicago elects officers. Woman’s National Christian Temperance Union holds its fourth annual meeting there. Canada U S reciprocity talks expected. Baltimore horse race Enbroeck vs Tom Ochiltree Parole wins. Hayes proclaims Thanksgiving Day for Nov 29. U S Supreme Court upholds Ulrich case. Treasure hunt for San Pedro Alcantara treasure planned in New York. Gatsmith Main withdrawn from turf age and Episcopal Church Congress held in New York.
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Universalist General Convention
United States
Chicago
J. W. D. Joy
D. Morrison
Baltimore
Enbroeck
Tom Ochiltree
Parole
Pierrepont
Earl Derby
New York
Jerald
San Francisco
Castroville
Fort Stockton
el Paso
Niblo’s Garden
United States of America
New York City
San Pedro ‘Alcantara
Venezuela
Gatpsmith
Congress of the Protestant Episcopal Church
Potter
Attorney General Divens Defends Officials Rights in Campaign
From Washington Divens excused himself from active state campaigning and contends Republican officials may speak or vote on public questions as long as duties aren’t interfered with. A Chicago Tribune dispatch notes congressional committee splits on tariff revenue banking currency bullion and Pacific railroad issues.
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Divens
Washington
Republican Party
Chicago Tribune
Ways and Means Committee
Banking and Currency Committee
Pacific Railroad
Political Debate Fragments Reflect Subsidy Stance
The record shows a divide among lawmakers with six aligned with Texas Pacific and others opposing subsidies. The fragment suggests a broader debate over government subsidies and corporate interests shaping policy.
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Texas Pacific
Banking failures and industry news flow from wartime era
Axoruen Pittsburgh bank the Manchester Savings Bank has failed. New York Canal Commissioners ordered the canal in that State closed on Friday Dec 7 unless ice delays. A General convention of manufacturers will meet in Philadelphia Nov 14 to discuss Paris Exhibition representation. Benjamin J Coxe iron founder of Laconia NH has failed. A 400 barrel oil well struck near Hamburg PA. Syndicate rumored to buy defaulted bonds of Southern and Western States for profit. Carcaco elevators hold 680,219 bushels wheat 488,567 corn 153,716 oats 113,731 rye 395,383 barley total 1,831,619 bushels vs 5,988,967 last year.
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Axoruen Pittsburgh Bank
Manchester Savings Bank
Cll
New York
United States
Philadelphia
Benjamin J. Coxe
Laconia
N. H
Hamburg
Carcaco
Waterford Woolen Plant Fire Ends 250 Jobs
A woolen plant in Waterford Massachusetts burned destroying the 30 pound capacity operation and leaving 250 workers unemployed with a loss estimated at 100000. Nearby whaling vessels Three Brothers W H Farnsworth and Rainbow were reported lost with all crews saved though others suffered disasters. A collision near San Francisco sank the Clinton with the engineer drowned.
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Waterford
Mass
Arctic Ocean
New Bedford
W. H. Farnsworth
Rainbow
Acers Barnes
Clinton
Petaluma
San Francisco
Noted Boston swindle defendant held on high bail
Cuantes T. Garniss of Garniss & Co is in $30 000 bail in Boston on a charge of cheating the Collateral Loan Company of about 35 000. His operation used indigo loans backed by false invoices. Also indicted for mail fraud is Byron H. Rozz of Cincinnati linked to Monitor Manufacturing Queen City Glass and Lamp. Evward McVey and wife killed for money near Chillicothe Ohio. Grover Kennedy a notorious Kentucky outlaw captured. Boiler explosion at Shoemaker Powell saw mill Shippensburg Pa killed two men and injured two others.
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Cuantes T. Garniss
Garniss & Co
Boston
Garniss
Byron H. Rozz
United States Secret Service Company
Monitor Manufacturing Company
Queen City Glass and Lamp Company
Cincinnati
Evward
McVey
Chillicothe
Ohio
Grover Kennedy
Kentucky
Shoemaker & Powell
Shippensburg
Weeping Over a Forger Beecher Beech er Sentence Sparks Debate
The Chicago Tribune criticizes tearful scenes in the New York courtroom and Plymouth Church as sickly sentimentality after Gilman is sentenced for forging and misappropriating over 200000 dollars. The piece questions whether shared grief with a felon undermines justice and portrays honesty.
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New York
Gilman
Plymouth Church
Beecher
Chicago Tribune
Rascal
Hackett
Where the Greatest of the John Smiths is Buried
The piece notes St Sepulchre’s Church near Newgate where John Smith, Captain, Governor of Virginia and Admiral of New England, is interred. It recalls his Virginia history and his shield bearing three Turks’ heads granted by Sigmund of Transylvania after battles in 1602. Americans visit the church to view the faded epitaph and the grave in the choir.
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Newgate
St. Sepulchre’s Church
John Rogers
Smithfield
John Smith
Virginia
New England
Sigismund
Transylvania
Smith
Hungary
Great Cat Race in Belgium Ends with Minette Victory
In Bekele near Bonsecoures a famed cat race drew seventy entries. Cats were transported four miles and released to race home. Minette, a white cat with a pensive eye, won a silver coffee-pot prize while Lolo vanished after leaping the course.
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Belgium
Bekele
Bonsecoures
Minette
Lolo
Courgse
No Excuse for Poor Bread Says Deputy's Yeast Powder
The ad claims about 1,200 kinds of flowering plants and 4,900 insect varieties feed on them. It promotes Deputy's Yeast Powder as the best healthiest and cheapest baking powder, asserting a trial will prove it.
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Mansacnustris
Fortifying influence of Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters urged
The article warns against neglecting illness and urges early medical aid. It extols Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a preventive and curative remedy, claiming it strengthens the system and arrests malarial, digestive, liver, kidney, bladder, gout, and rheumatism disorders in their early stages.
The Book of Wonders giveaway and assorted ads
A jumble of advertisements and notices offering a free book The Book of Wonders by F Gurason Co. plus fashion cloaks from Raritan Cloakings and Burns Cocoaine hair care claims. Other items note Hatch Universal Cough Syrup sales, Christian Union editorial staff, and a five ton wagon scale purchase in Binghamton.
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Tuave
Werley
Tur
the Christian Union
Horatio C. King
Park Place
New York
Henry Ward Beecher
Lyman Abbott
C. L. Norton
John Habberton
Helen
L. W. Bacon
H. W. Beecher
W. H. Coleman
H. B. Stowe
Edson Brothers Advert in Independent Reader Offered
Readers warned to study Edson Brothers advertisement in a Worcester column and pick up The Independent, a religious paper, along with a free Larga Dictionary offer.
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Edson Bros
Worcester
Seeady
the Independent
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Northwestern University
Evanston, Ill
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Yale
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Alphin
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L. C. Eatenson
W.C. Perking
Ike
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Royal Baking
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National Publishing CO
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Jay Bronson
Detroit
Seener Senvicz Co
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J. W. Mixtrr AG
Fe Pleton
W. Channing & Co
Augusta
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Martines
Marrige
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Providence
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Craddock & CO
Se Street
Josiah Allens
Samantha
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American Publishing CO
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Dick & Comn
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Buith & CO
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Palatine
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Bedford
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Vecetine
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Clark
Monterey Street
Alleghany, Pa
Stevene
Charlestown
A. A. Dinsmores
Russel Street
H. R. Stevens
A.L. Peevengile, Finn
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No. 10
State Street
South Berwhcx
Thomas J. Moore
Portsmouth Co
Mills
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Boston, Mass
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