Missing Boston Bureau chief and a string of late 1800s notes
The Weekly News Review reports James Repvaru missing in Boston amid concern for his safety. It also lists deaths of Daniel Drew Gen George B Smith and political figures, trade figures from New York exports, and assorted dispatches from Memphis to Cuba. Other items note humor and disasters, and international events including wars and politics.
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James Repvaru
Boston
Daniel Drew
Newark City
George B. Smith
Wisconsin
Madison
New York
Outstanding bonds and national note shortages prompt Treasury actions
The Treasury reports outstanding bonds totaling 30 806 450 dollars with the last maturity on July 17. It notes scarcity of small denomination notes and directs transfer of larger notes via bankers drafts, plus planned mint output of one cent bronze coins to meet demand. In Fort Smith Arkansas Jacob Irwin and James Hazel were killed near Boggy depot. vigilante activity rises in the Indian Nation. Memphis reports fifteen yellow fever deaths and 225 cases, with Howards and 180 nurses providing daily relief at a cost of about 700 dollars per day.
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M &N
Treasury Department
United States
New York
Treasury
Philadelphia Mint
Tre
Fort Smith
Ark
Jacob Irwin
James Hazel
Boggy Depot
Memphis
Howards
Masons
Odd Fellows
Knights of Honor
European powers seek unified policy amid crisis in Europe
Cable dispatches describe Bismarck and Audraagy at Vienna negotiating map changes while Disraeli in London pledges Britain will not act without France. Russia suffers a major setback in Central Asia as Turcomans halt its advance and inflict heavy losses. Cuban planters emancipate 6000 slaves and bind them to five year terms due to Spanish inaction and slave revolts. British and French bicycle champions plan tour of the United States.
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Constantinople
Kurdistan
Abdwlab
Erzeroum
Bagdad
Mosul
India
Khost
Cabul
London
America
Russia
East
St. Petersburg
Gortechakoff
Gortachakoff
Kieff
Etroleum
Calcutta
Ameer
Afghanistan
Wolseley
England
Col. Browne
Mandalay
Theban
Ireland
Limerick
Vienna
Bismarck
Audraagy
Disraeli
Great Britain
France
Germany
Austria
Central Asia
Turex
Esiveted
Treland
Weisie
Italy
Scotland
Sicily
Wales
Ladinia
Jersey Island
Corsica
Guprusey
Island
Channel Islands
Malta
Isle of Man
Greece
Spain
Portugal
Gibraltar
Europe
British
Poland
Isles
Finland
Lapland
Weligoland
Turkey
Eus
Hungary
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
British Netherlands
Belgium
Switzerland
Asia
Africa
Pacific
Islands
Grant Arrives in San Francisco After World Tour
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant landed in San Francisco on September 20 after a two year four month world tour. A festive welcome followed at the Palace Hotel with Mayor Bryant, a massed crowd, and a lengthy address by Grant praising the reception and his Nicaragua canal presidency.
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Grant
San Francisco
Associated Press
Gen. Grant
Mayor Bryant
Gen
Market Street
Montgomery
Montgomery Avenue
Kearney
Market
Palace Hotel
Bryant
Philadelphia
Nicaragua Canal
Treasury authorizes gold and silver coin disbursement
Secretary John Sherman issues a Treasury order allowing the Treasurer and assistant treasurers in major cities to pay out gold and silver coin against government obligations and advances. Coin transfers may be made by the treasurer, and Philadelphia mint shipments may be sent to depositors upon valid deposits. Standard silver dollars remain available as before.
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Treasury Department
Washington, D.C
Treasury of the
United States
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louia
New Orleans
San Francisco
Unite States
Treasury
John Sherman
Secretary of the Treasury
Five Die In Tenement Fire At 120 Gold Street Boston
A Boston tragedy reports fifteen residents asleep when a blaze at 120 Gold Street trapped them. The first floor housed an unknown elderly couple and Gillespie and wife. second floor the Pfeiffer family. third floor Ferdinand Meroth and his family. George Holdreich and his family. Firemen arrived late as stairs burned away and smoke filled the building.
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Boston
Gold Street
Gillespie
Pfeiffer
Ferdinand Meroth
George Holdreich
Cho
Roza Pfeiffer
Rosie
Tragic Fire Claims Multiple Injuries and Fatalities
A residential blaze trapped residents across floors. The Meroth and Holdreid families suffered severe injuries with parents killed leaping to reach safety. Roza Pfeiffer and others escaped with serious burns or minor injuries while others remain unaccounted for as firefighters battled the flames.
Grant replies on Nicaragua canal project after Ammen letter
General Grant responds from Japan to Admiral Ammen regarding cooperation on an interoceanic canal via Nicaragua. He confirms approval to Ammen’s plan, notes sailing to San Francisco, and comments on Japan's educational and military institutions before sending regards to Mrs Ammen and her children.
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Nicaragua
Gen. Grant
Ammen
Toxic
Japan
Apwmrau
Washington
Grant
Okahama
San Francisco
Europe
Empire
Where Our Immigrants Come From 1871 78
The eight calendar years 1871 through 1878 produced a total immigration of 2 100 451 souls. The transcript from the Bureau of Statistics records in Washington shows where the immigrants came from and how they are classified.
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Bureau of Statistics
Washington
Five Frack Family Hunters Devoured in Kansas Wolves
Intelligence from Stafford county Kansas reports Henry Frack Jr and his four oldest sons were killed during a gunning expedition. Their bodies showed evidence of a brutal struggle with wolves and wildcats, with the last cartridge expended. Mrs. Frack asked her father to send money to return home.
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Stafford County
Kan
Henry Frack, Jr
Grant and the Ex-Confederates at City Hall
General Grant addresses a San Francisco audience of ex Confederates at City Hall. He praises the cordial reception and emphasizes the value of the United States, foreign perception of its resources, and national unity should a future conflict arise under one flag.
Cure for Sleeplessness via Cold Towel Method
A simple home remedy suggests wetting half a towel and applying it to the back of the neck. Press the towel upward toward the brain base to slow breathing and cool the brain. The cold method aims to induce calmer sleep without narcotics, suitable for overactive minds and anxiety.
The National Revenue Costs to Collect It
A Chicago Tribune correspondent reviews Treasury records from 1863 to 1878 comparing customs and internal revenue. The piece notes that internal revenue sometimes exceeded customs during war years, while since 1877 internal collections have trailed customs. expenses to collect each class were highly disproportionate.
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A. Washington
Chicago Tribune
Office of the Register of the Treasury
Register of the Treasury
Internal Revenue
Holy Well in Ireland and Ancient Irish Pilgrimage
An observer describes a holy well in rural Ireland where cripples seek healing through water at a saint’s day ritual. The scene shows a tree marked by offerings, a circle of praying cripples, a priest, and a community driven by faith, penance, and gossip. The piece notes wells’ long sugnificance in Christian and pre Christian contexts.
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Ireland
Ther
Harper’s Magazine
Mad Stones and the Rabies Belief Across Time
The piece argues mad stones have little real power to cure rabies, noting true rabies cannot be treated by such stones. It cites ancient mention in Pliny and current cases of dog bites in the city seeking stones from Indiana, but concludes belief may aid placebo-like cures influenced by imagination. It also mentions deer stomach stones as a historical claim.
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Plinys
Indiana
William Hammond
Chicago Tribune
North Side Man Suffers Periodic Superorbital Neuralgia
A Pittsburgh physician relates a North Side gentleman who endures long standing periodic attacks diagnosed as superorbital neuralgia. Attempts at treatment using scissors or a knife are discussed as a cautionary tale in a local medical anecdote.
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Allegheny
North Side
The Mercury: British steel war steamer sets speed marks
The Mercury, a 300 foot British steel war steamer built for Portsmouth trials, reached nearly 22 mph with 7,795 horsepower. Twin screws driven from separate engines fill most of the hull, with twelve boilers and heavy armament planned including ten 64 pounder guns.
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Mercury
Portsmouth
England
Surrey the Hunter’s Spectacular Thirty Seven Foot Jump
At a recent En gland horse show Mr Seaman’s hunter Surrey delivered a remarkable jump over a mimic brook triggering wild applause. The horse sprang along the ring, rose at the amphitheater barrier, and with a single bound cleared five spectator rows, landing safely without injuries. The measured distance was thirty seven feet, surpassing even steeplechase feats.
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England
Seaman
Hunter
Surrey
No vaccination for police claims spark debate
A provocative remark argues against vaccinating police, claiming they never catch anything. Critics say the comment oversimplifies public health policy and ignores vaccine benefits for officers and communities.
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