Lecture on Muscular Action Reported in St Louis
The Weekly Whig notes a St Louis lecture on muscular action highlighting tissue disintegration with each motion. It jokes about food intake by boarders and cites a 90 barrel daily blood flow claim, then reviews Chicago Tribune and New York Tribune chatter on temperance and women led reading rooms in Manistee. It also covers Massachusetts senatorial race dynamics with Dawes and Hoar, Rhode Island party splits, and Dixon’s candidacy prospects.
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de. Hoppgs
St. Louis
Missouri Gymnasium
Loale Decter
Hodgen
Pork pork pork: trichina found in city hogs
At a St Louis Board of Health gathering a city chemist reported microscopic tests of pork from one thousand hogs sold at local butchers. About 1-10 percent, or thirteen hogs, showed trichina infestation, with similar results in separate hundred samples. Butchers said little pork sold recently, and cooking likely more careful. The parasite was found in all parts of a hog.
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St. Louis
Lobby pushes plan for government bonds to fund ships
An influential lobby seeks a bill to authorize U S and European steamship firms to build fifteen screw ships of 9000 plus tons. They ask bonds totaling 10 million dollars over twenty years at six percent, with staged annual amounts. They promise safeguards against loss. Western members approached in the House have refused to support it.
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Congress
United States
Gilded Age satire ends as hoax tale blamed on Bohemians
Critics overhaul the Mark Train and Charles Dudley Warner work the Gilded Age for a prank claim that obscure Bohemians authored and that 300000 copies must sell before secrets are kept. The piece mocks beleaguered New Orleans printers amid falling rates and shuttered papers.
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Mark Train
Charles Dudley Werner
Allem
Chicago Directory Ambition Versus St Louis Population Claim
A Chicago paper argues Chicago should enlist its top directory man to beat St Louis and its 473,560 population, while noting a political shift away from tax increases. It recalls a proposal to convert the Chicago river into a massive sewer to regulate rain and improve sanitation, claiming future savings would cover the cost.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Mr. Edwards
Board of Public Works
Lawmaker warns defect in bill funding 44 million reserve
The text notes a serious defect in the bill approving a 44 million reserve. No plan exists to circulate the remaining 19 million by bond purchases. Current law restricts bond purchases to par, but bonds trade above par, so 18 million stays in Treasury unless revenues exceed expenditures.
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House
Treasury
Springfield Register vows restraint amid rough campaign
The Springfield Register declares it can tolerate harsh commentary but hopes not to resort to vituperation and bill logegate. The paper expresses a wish not to be pushed to unhappy extremes in covering a Democratic politician from Springfield.
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Springfield
Springfield Register
Bill Logegate
Register
Corner grocery statesmen and free press in critique
The Troy opinion notes that corner grocery politicians would suppress any newspaper that criticizes official acts if they had power. The Chicago Journal reports last week bank clearings in Chicago at 25,653,873 23 with balances of 2,626,254 82, compared to 25,778,493 61 and 2,575,185 63 a year ago.
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Troy
Chicago Journal of
Chicago
Letter Clears Cox of Any Charges in Washington
United States Marshal for the Southern District of Illinois, Cox, has received a department letter from Washington stating no charges were filed against him there. Telegram reports a few days earlier had suggested charges might exist.
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Cox. Rox
United States
Ilinois
Washington
Springfield connects ladies meet amid sparse saloons
Report from Springfield notes limited success as only one saloon closed for profit to a brewer. Rev Mr McCarthy announces plans to lecture in protest of recent ecclesiastical discipline, signaling a public stance against societal norms and church leadership.
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Springfield
That Little Lottery in Louisville Library Swindle
A New York Times Louisville correspondent details the Library lottery fraud. He reports a sham library with far fewer than 20 000 volumes, most secondhand and nearly worthless, yielding about 750 000 dollars to managers after expenses. Tickets, prizes, and ticket sales are scrutinized, noting misstatements of sold tickets and lavish commissions to agents. The drawing drew about 1 500 spectators as a decorous but flawed event.
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Louisville
New York Times
Patent Office
Times
Courier Journal
Fizures
Tex Waia
Ile
Proctor on Earth’s Fate and Evolutionary Views
The lecture in New York by Prior Proctor argues the earth will not become barren or absorb into a central sun. He doubts atmosphere loss before resource exhaustion, suggests cycles are endless, and speculates about a future form of Earth. He links spontaneous life to divine laws guiding evolution, avoiding certainty on human evolution.
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Proctor
New York
Snima
Pietro
Dix Refuses to Remit Death Penalty in Lowenstein Case
Governor Dix informs Albany sheriff he will not commute the sentence of death for the Lowenstein murderer and orders a private execution limited to twelve jurors and necessary deputies, calling for humane decorum. The New York Times notes such limits are widely urged, though often violated at the Tombs. The Times questions Emerson as Glasgow Rector, while praising restraint and reverence for his Concord home.
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Dawes
Hoar
New York Times
New York
the Times
Springfield Republican
Judge Hoar
Bay State
Gov. Dix
Albany
Lowenstein
Times
New York Tribune
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Glasgow University
Emerson
Concord
Jemmy Dawson
Jemmy S
Art the South Bald Mountain Hoax Sparks Debate
The piece debunks the Bald Mountain sensational rumor as a revival of old myths linking the area to an ancient volcano. It notes the panic spurred conversions, with some converts regretting their decision as groundless. Mayor W H Baytuacne and General Braymen have taken over the Ripon Commonwealth, and Bailhache is noted for Illinois journalism work with Tosquia.
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Bald Mouuntain
W. H. Baytuacne
General Braymen
The
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Ripon
Wis
Commonwealth
Bailhache
Illinois
Tosquia
Ohio Convention blocks women’s eligibility for school boards
The Ohio Constitutional Convention refused to pass an amendment that would allow women to hold positions on school boards, maintaining the prior restriction and prompting comments from delegates on suffrage progress and governance.
Circular From Superintendent Of Public Instruction Amends School Law
A note appears in another column printing a circular from the Superintendent of Public Instruction detailing recent amendments to the school law.
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Superintendent’ of Public Instruction
Controversy Over Women Crusade Against Whisky
A Tribune reader argues against the present women's movement against liquor, warning that religious revivals and moral excitements fade, citing historical cycles of fervor, excess, and eventual disillusionment, and predicting a similar fate for the current crusade.
Two Bigamy Trials at Worcester Assizes
In Worcester assizes two Bath women faced bigamy charges. Eliza Attwood pleaded guilty to a second marriage while her husband J Attwood was alive and received one month in prison. Mary Ann Haywood, who wed James Hicks while her husband Joseph Haywood was alive, was sentenced to one week. The case details reveal Haywood’s long separations and subsequent cohabitation with others, including three children, and Hicks discovering Haywood’s prior marriage via an envelope. The defendant claimed Hicks knew of prior marriage and that Haywood had given consent to future marriage.
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Worcester
Bath
Eliza Attwood
J. Attwood
Rentence
Mary Ann Haywood
James Hicks
Joseph Haywood
Haywood
Tipton
America
Malvern
Hicks
Aywood
London
Parisian prestidigitateur Robin dead at an old theater
From the New York Evening Post Robin the celebrated Parisian magician famed for ghost apparitions using lights and mirrors has died. He and his assistants once staged eerie scenes then relaxed with friends at a cafe. He faced suspicion as criminal performers before dying.
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Metropol
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Pepper
God
Pere la Chaise
Wigarstead
Soa Iedeustlens
Contingent fund intrigues raised in Senate expenses
The Washington Evening Star notes public interest in the contingent fund and presents a fragmentary extract from 1811 Senate expenses. It mentions seven gallons Madeira wine and brandy items with small totals, illustrating unclear disbursements and the era's accounting vagueness.
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Washington Evening Star
Senate
Vengeance in a Western Paper Trolls a Damsel Tale
A mocked editor at a Western paper sacks a damsel of uncertain age and rails at an old maid. The piece parodies a man claiming danger from a nagging wife while praising Eldorado at the Strand theatre and imagining a son’s Paris-bound journey with a wry railroad reply.
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Emshes
Paris
Perent
Boss Tweed in Jail and Cremation Controversy
Special correspondence discusses Boss Tweed's confinement in Ludlow Street jail, with calls for penitentiary placement and a political return. It also covers a sensational cremation proposal, police corruption fears, and debates over currency inflation, police costs, and detective practices amidst New York politics.
Kings Pasture Holdings and Cattle Overstock in 19th Century Texas
The Baltimore American notes Capt King owns about 150000 acres in Nueces and Duval Counties with an enclosed pasture of 70000 acres. His stock totals 1890000 cattle, with 10000 head of oxen. Overcrowding led to losses and a cattle exodus as 4000 head were sent to Kansas and another 4000 slaughtered.
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Baltimore American
King
Nueces
Duval
Kansas
Notable Texas Cattleman Expands Herds and Land
The man disposes annually of about 8,000 head of cattle by sale or slaughter, yet his stock continually increases. He controls another Cameron County ranch with 10,000 cattle and about 19,000 acres. He is conducting large scale stock improvement experiments, importing many Kentucky cattle to cross with native grades.
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Cameron County
Kentucky
Inflation, shinplasters, and town boards in 1874
Special correspondence from Quincy Whig reports inflation sparks coin value shifts as farmers push for more shinplasters, while town boards face scrutiny over salaries. It notes economic folly, legislative fixes, and public notices on local disputes, with remarks on McCarthy vs McCarthy deacon clashes and a Sunday lecture success.
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Carcaco
Liverpool
Lim
Death of a 19 year old woman blamed on hydrophobia
The Concord Monitor reports that on February 21 Dr Wise examined Birs Moses Crouch ers of Walnut street after two doctors diagnosed syncerics. Dr Wade diagnosed hydrophobia, noting a cat bite in Hooksett seventeen months earlier. The patient, who was nursing a child, died March 9 in agony with clear hydrophobic symptoms.
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Concord
N. HE
Wise
Moses Crouchers
Walnut Street
Wade
Hooksett
Springfield Arsenal And Dettie Stuarts Institute Highlight Illinois History
Correspondent tours the Illinois State Arsenal on north 5th street, led by Col. E. L. Higgins. Five thousand stands of arms and hundreds of breech loaders showcase how history informs current peace efforts. The piece also extols Dettie Stuarts Institute in Springfield, praising Mrs. Homes and her sixteen assistants for a comprehensive program from penmanship to astronomy and moral philosophy.
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M. McKew Homes
Thorout
Bames
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Hickok
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Poem Fragment and Fish Culture Meeting Report
A damaged OCR blends verse with a note about a Belleville meeting held last week on fish culture. The poem fragment reflects altered lines about burying Bartholomew in a grove and nature imagery. The meeting involved interested locals discussing stocking streams and ponds with food fish in the area.
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Belleville
Black Prince Survives 111 Day Voyage Through Cyclone
The China cliper Black Prince, Captain Lighs, from Shanghai to New York after 111 days at sea, faced a monstrous cyclone about 200 miles south of Minritius. The New York Times notes the vessel carried 16,000 half chests of cargo and endured a hurricane from January 31 into February 1, washing a ton lifeboat overboard and causing extensive damage while the crew fought to save the ship.
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New York
Minritius
New York Times
Black Petuce
Shurikane
Ehp
Danhed
Dslanghal
Robert Burns and the Ballad of Handsome Nell Fragment
The excerpt recalls Burns describing his affection for Handsome Nell in rustic Scotland, detailing courtship, social constraints, and poetic longing. It hints at his youthful attempts at verse and the mingling of affection with literary aspiration as he muses on love’s joys and tensions.
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Robert Burns
Nell
Pirard
Sousle” Ings
Skeptic Botanist Judges Poets For Residue Of Nature
A United States poet faces critique from a botanist who objects to seasonal and regional inaccuracies in nature imagery. The correspondent questions the portrayal of daisies heather willows oaks dogwood and honeysuckle, noting inconsistencies with New England flora and timing.
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United States
Tewkbury
Maes
Eide- Gil
Iero
Tide Hilla
Gard-Ns
Woodbine
Bear Attack Severs Farmers Paw Near Bloomfield Wisconsin
In Waushara County near Lake Poygan a farmer named Madden fought a large she bear that entered his home late at night. He severed his right paw with an ax but survived the ferocious struggle while his trained cub and the rescued bystander Peter aided the defense. The bear and cub fled into the woods and were not seen again.
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Bloomfield
Waushara
Lake
Poygan
Maiden
Ita
Matden
Peter
Epitaph Fragments Hint At Virtues Of A Light Figure
Fragmentary notes on epitaphs mention conciseness as truth and praise virtues of a late Light figure. The text references angels, a late name, and cryptic numbers, suggesting a memorial reflection amid unclear OCR.
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Kames
Apos
Mio
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