Controversy and Church Trials Stir News Columns
A columnist notes Dawes seeking a vindication through a senatorial race and predicts party loyalties amid Democratic balance of power. Separately, the Chicago Presbytery trial of Prof. Swing escalates over alleged Unitarian leanings and doctrinal disputes. Action on Prof. Schog and Ninth Presbyterian Church issues follows, with recommendations to withdraw or discontinue ministry.
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Presbytery of
Chicago
Chicago Journal
Presbyterian Church
Swing
Patton
Salls
Schog
Ninth Presbyterian Church
McKaig
Presbytery
Sacramento
Cal
Gentleman
Calculations on Currency Bill Alarm Friends and Foes
A Wasnimcrom special to the New York Tribune reports that Controller Knox’s figures on the Senate Currency bill show immediate contraction near the expected rise in bank reserves, with currency issuance happening gradually. The Scott amendment prompts larger reserve needs, surprising inflation advocates and their opponents, while the President is convinced the bill is not inflationary.
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New York Tribune
Senate
Knox
House
New York City
Tax decision on taxation of national bank shares by Supreme Court
The United States Supreme Court ruled that shares of stock in National banks are personal property under the National Banking Act. Illinois cannot tax residents where the bank is located? The decision reversed a lower court ruling and noted the law may separate stock for tax purposes. Chief Justice Waite delivered the opinion with high praise from the court and bar.
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United States Supreme Court
Tappan
Chicago
Merchants’ National Bank of Chicago
United States Circuit Court
Illinois
Supreme Court
National Banking Act
Waite
Old Men at Work Across Nations and Ages
A column notes that seasoned leaders and tycoons remain active past typical retirement ages. It cites Lord John Russell, Disraeli, Emperor William, Guizot, Thiers, Vanderbilt, Drew, Stewart, Thompson, Astor, Bryant, and Weed, highlighting sustained ambition and productivity into their seventies and eighties.
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John Russell
Disraeli
England
William
Bull Elder
Guizot
France
Thiers
America
Commodore Vanderbilt
Daniel Drew
A. T. Stewart
J. Edgar Thompson
W. B. Astor
William C. Bryant
United States
Thurlow Weed
A Woman's Souvenir of Love
A wife rejects a bargaining effort over a valuable ring from her husband citing it as her sole keepsake of happier days. She refuses to surrender the gift and contemplates public divorce rather than part with the ring, which she reveals she sold six months earlier.
The Greatest War Ship Devastation described by Morning Post
A London Morning Post correspondent calls the Devastation a sea fortress and the ugliest yet most wondrous ship in the British navy. He notes its ability to shift quarters at thirteen knots, heavy ammunition slung from the deck, and cannons that extend from their turrets during firing, portraying a giant among naval pigmies.
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London Morning Post
Mont Valerien
Granger Haunt Ends With Simple Shave
A Granger visiting a Smithfield Street barber shuns a shampoo and insists on only a shave. The barber presses for a wash but the T. C. states he wants his head dirty as part of his Granger identity. The barber yields and shaves the patron without the shampoo.
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Smithfield Street
T. C
Granger
Storey About Hafferty and the Rafferty Hanging
A St Paul Press critique notes that Rafferty’s execution proved hangings can deter crime. It cites W F Storey threatening Dr Johnson and then wavering, suggesting the public crime lesson has reduced violence. The piece invites anti capital punishment voices to explain the paradox.
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A Storey
Hafferty
Rafferty
Chicago
W. F Storey
Dr. Johnson
Storey
Johnson
Anti-Capital Punishment Society
St. Paul Press
Rhode Island Girls and the four-leaf clover superstition
A Brown University setting tale recounts a whispered belief among Rhode Island girls that finding a four-leaf clover and placing it in a shoe would bind the holder to their next walking partner as spouse. An observed conversation leaves the outcome uncertain and the public in doubt.
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Rhode Island
Barkis
Brown University
Charley
The Transit of Venus Preparations Worldwide
The forthcoming transit of Venus in December prompts extensive viewing plans led by Great Britain with its global observatories and colonial stations. The United States, France, Russia, and Germany follow with multiple stations across Asia, the Pacific, Africa, and Australia, reflecting broad international readiness.
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Sandwich Islands
Rodriguez Island
Kergueland Island
Auckland Ialand
Alexandria
Peahawar
Cape of Good Hope
Mauritius
New South Wales
Victoria
United States
Yeddo
Pekin
Hobart Town
New Zealand
Chatham Island
Kergutland’s Land
Soke Place
Russian Tartary
France
Russa
Germany
Puzzle plant sent from Canton to Paris garden
A puzzle named Land and Water was forwarded by the French Bishop of Canton to the Jardin d’Acclimation in Paris. The item is a conspicuous plant said to be a remarkable specimen of Chinese nature altering ars and capable of charging color three times daily.
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Canton
Jardin d
Paris
China
Uniformity of deaths and a centenarian in Canonbury
The article notes Britain’s steady death counts from human violence across years. It highlights Mrs. Sophia Hickson of Linden, North Strabane, born 1770, now 105, who recalls Revolutionary War soldiers and 1781 Continental Congress events, learned to read at 40 under a Charters Presbyterian pastor, and remains active.
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Linden
Strabane Township
Staunton
Continental Congress
Charters Presbyterian Church
Canonbury
Des Moines man hails from hotel misadventure in drunken escapade
A Des Moines youth staying at a first class hotel wakes to a servant delivering a gin cocktail. After downgrading his dignity with a quick drink he escapes into a friend's room, narrowly avoiding exposure as a morning scene unfolds. He borrows clothes and later joins fraternal groups amid the incident.
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Moedring
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People’s Association
The Cloth Is Drawn And You Are Photographed
A first person account of a photographer exposing a subject as cloth is lifted, the subject frozen under intense sensory fear. The narrator describes the pressure and shock of being photographed without escape, the crowd’s gaze, and the moment the cloth rises marking the instant of capture.
Beecher Scandal Rumors From Tilton Case Stir Public Attention
Lawyer Mr. Shearman, linked to Jim Fisk, argues Tilton is irrational and that Tilton and Mrs. Tilton act under mediumistic influence. He claims Mrs. Tilton’s fits spurred trouble and slandered Beecher while questioning Dr. Storrs jealousy and motives.
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Mr. Tilton
Dr. Storrs
Ancient stone sculpture found near Anna mound in Union County
A Mr Perrine found a forty pound, thirteen inch high carved figure west of Anna. The piece appears as a man head on an infant body with bent legs and hands on the knees. It is made of translucent rock from abroad, with a braided crown, though the rear skull is missing, leaving a rough, unfinished look.
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Perrine
Anna
Union County
Mary Denies Alleged Alcohol In Club Incident
In a troubling scene Mrs Mary Jones is confronted by her husband Fred who accuses her of drinking at the club. He declares she has broken the intoxicating pledge and the cup, saying he detects alcohol on her breath and in her eye. He is distressed and the couple's social hall dispute ends with Fred put to bed.
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Treithe
Martin Luther
Fein
Aisnes
Oman
Kent
England
di Mursky
New York
Matt Carpenter
Louisiana
Congress
Toe Shah
Mee
Mra
Jones
Frederick
Mary
Strides in Temperance Reform In Louisville
Observers note Louisville makes a social shift by sending intoxicated individuals home rather than to jail. While some may resist confinement, the prevailing influence of reform pushes for voluntary restraint and community handling of drunkenness.
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Louisville
Monotone political tour ends in sleeping car coup
A Washington Letter recalls a Republican gubernatorial ticket in Illinois where Bross clung to a single stump speech while Prentiss and Oglesby rearranged the lineup at Sterling to unnerve him. Prentiss mimicked Bross with perfect delivery, draining his speech of effect, then Bross fled to the depot and booked a sleeping car section for the night as his rivals faced a long train ride.
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Ilinois
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Washington
The Boy Who Wanted to Blow the Organ
A Lawrence American note tells of a boy who eagerly sought to play the church organ. With the regular blower absent, the organist instructed him to pump steadily, watching the bellows gauge. He maintained the beat through the sermon and prayers, pumping an hour and a half, surviving a leaky bellows to return next Sunday.
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Lawrence American
Lawrence
Aherain
Grim Joke About Isaac Barnes at Funeral
A long winded funeral visit ends in dark humor as Isaac O Barnes jokes about the deceased Kidd. In a cramped room with two ministers, Barnes quips that if he ran the funeral he’d be buried sooner, sparking uneasy laughter among mourners.
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Alr. Barnes
Barnes
Kidd
Oysters Grow on Mangrove Trees in Hartford Times Feature
Mr. C. H. Williams of the Geographical Society of England reports from Uales island that oysters attach to mangrove trees in tidal lagoons and swampy shores. He describes gathering them from lower branches, sometimes four or five deep, and notes their abundance and ease of cooking.
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C. H. Williams
Geographical Society of England
Hartford Times
Uales
London
Senators Morton and Conkling in Open Rift Over Dix Message
The piece reports growing personal tension between Senators Morton and Conkling after a financial dispute. Morton accuses Conkling of procuring Governor Dix’s message, calls it unwar ranted and an unprecedented insult to Senate dignity. He also resents Conkling’s veto threat as lobby-like.
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Washington
Boston Post
Morton
Conkling
Dix
Senate
Congress
Ned Strong and the Lassoing Misadventure at Four Hundred Pound Hog
A thin light haired boy nicknamed Ned Strong, aged fourteen and weighing eighty seven pounds, attempted to lasso a ferocious hog after reading Mryne Reid. He practiced with a twelve foot rope on a horse and a pig, but the hog dragged him across mud to a swamp before the rope slipped free, proving he misjudged his calling.
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New York Commercial Advertiser
Mryne Reid
Ned” Strong
Ned
Real tove Match Echoed in Sherman Family Tale
A Washington correspondent reports a romance between Minnie Sherman and Mr. De Haven Fitch. Commodore Alden arranged protections and escorted them to Crystal Palace. Fitch sailed with Minnie on her imminent departure, a portrait of old fashioned courtship.
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Boston Globe
Washington
Gen. Sherman
Minnie
de Haven Fitch
Miss Sherman
London
Commodore Alden
Crystal Palace
Fitch
Prince Author
England
Butler and His Personal Danter. Washington Corres wea of the Boston
Washington correspondent notes Butler will turn 56 next November and has enjoyed unusual health despite decades of relentless labor. He has grown obese and nervous from political battles, with Worcester and the Simmon fight said to erode his nerves. The relentless treadmill of duties, not rest, is cited as the cause of deteriorating vitality and a possible future decline.
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Tex Washington
St. Louis Globe
Richardson
Treasury
Congress
Foster
Butler
Danter
Washington Corres Wea
Boston
Worcester
Simmons
Shoppers and Clerks in a Price Plague
The piece surveys the excesses of bargain hunting in retail aisles. It contrasts the infested lanes of cheapness with clerks and proprietors who fear the crowd while noting Mrs Toodles who chase bargains. It urges fitness, modest dress, and thrift to become a well dressed people.
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Women Before the Law and Historical Views on Wives
A writer, Mr. John Proffatt of Hey Xurk Der, compiles chapters from a book titled Women Before the Law. He surveys historic and foreign legal norms, noting Henry VIII era rulings that a man may beat an outlaw or wife without action by law and citing a French law permitting a husband to beat a disobedient wife with moderation, excluding death.
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Hey
Xurk der
Henry VIII
France
Currency, Geess and Black Sheep in U S Politics
In a World newspaper item, Gen. Butler jokes to Congress about ancient money as legal tender. He notes Rome used sheep and geese symbolically, then quips that in America even though geese are sent to the Capitol, they fail to save much beyond salaries and “picking.” He suggests black sheep would be above par if legal tender.
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Tre
Cincinnati Enquirer
Ren. Butler
Butler
The
New York Times
Gen. Butler
Pendleton
Mumford
Fort Fisher
New York World
Attensa
America
Rome
Capitol
Republic
B. F. Butler
Miss Cushman Responds to Critics on Charity Requests
Miss Charlotte Cushman defends actors and actresses against critics by declining to join blanket charitable appeals. She says her dependent poor benefit from her earnings, and urges people to aid those they know rather than partake in large undertakings for strangers. The note reflects cautious support for charitable action within the theater community.
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Othesz
Jprooklyn
Sumner's Europe visit and a new carriage invention
The text recalls Sumner in Europe meeting the Lord Chief Justice who cited an American decision he had not read, boosting Sumner's fame. It then mentions a patented invention to unhitched horses with foot pressure, stopping wheels, and calls for lighter wagons to test horse endurance.
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Europe
Story
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