19 Jul 1883
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1883
Page
1
The Louis and New Orleans Railroad publishes its timetable and service details. Local stops and connection times are listed for upcoming departures and arrivals, with station names and routes.
The University of Orpen advertises its departments Law Literary Scientific and Preparatory as fully functioning with catalogues and information available from General A P Stewart Chancellor. Special monetary aid advertised for young weathered and towahite conditions.
The Pennsylvania Senate approved a measure urging Congress to make the trade dollar legal tender. Other items note port quarantine for infected ships at Pensacola and debates over New Guinea annexation, plus various political and social remarks across the country.
A compilation of scattered anecdotes and notes including rainfall and sunshine records for New York and Greenwich in 1879, remarks on President Arthur and John Sherman, discussions of German emigration costs, a lawyer’s cross-examination quip, a boarding school tale, rattlesnake venom comparisons in dogs, and musings on the Brooklyn Bridge's fame versus Chinese bridge works.
A new marine torpedo boat, built on Stockholm's shores, is designed to steam twelve knots underwater with only torpedo discharge near the enemy. After completing its mission, the crew can submerge to resume covert operations. The article also notes debates on judgeships as political offices and previews forthcoming histories of the Republican party.
The article argues that boys benefit little from frequent baths, as swimming beyond comfortable limits stresses the body. It notes headaches, stomach sickness, dizziness, and fatigue from overexertion and improper timing, urging baths only when the body is in a good state and not exhausted.
The article discusses Wharton Barker’s plan to distribute 800 million dollars of revenue among states to ease debt funding, noting skepticism from Treasury officials about surplus funds. It also covers long-term loans to states, disappearing assets, and a booming Pyrenean canned goods industry with rising production and packaging for year-round use.
A Chicago Herald report quotes a South Side minister blasting young churchgoers as neither holy nor wicked. He mocks their attendance, notes their habit of drifting in and out during collections and festivals, and says they are more decorating the church than devout Christians.
The piece discusses the historicity of William Tell amid debates sparked by the restoration of the Tell Chapel in Switzerland. It questions whether Tell and related legends are factual or mythic, noting modern critical views and calling for limits on speculative interpretations.
The Columbian Sun reports that after a year of extravagant spending the current fiscal year will fall ten to fifteen million dollars short of estimates and next year by at least fifty million due to tax repeal and postage cuts. It blames Democratic overspending and rails at Republican retrenchment under Roberson, warning Treasury troubles loom before the presidential election.
Sir William Bremnan argues for a photosphere temperature near 2800 degrees and contests higher estimates. He cites carbon rod and flame tests, spectral comparisons with Argand burner and arc light, and platinum wire heating experiments to support a low solar temperature with implications for the burning-gas theory.
A Jersey City pension lawyer pursued a widow to recover about $2000 in back pay as papers drifted to Washington. A farmer visiting every ninety days kept watch for news, hoping the April deadline would bring payment. The tale intertwines with a Chicago anti monopoly convention platform seeking banking reform and a graded income tax.
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