Cremating a Wife and Refugee Plights Across Europe
New York reports a husband burning his wife with kerosene, leaving her severely burned and unlikely to survive. Separate dispatches describe Herzegovinian refugee crises with 150000 displaced, 12000 in Ragusa, and dire needs amid famine and cold. A Centennial Regatta bid pits American colleges against Oxford and Cambridge for a six race in 1876. Michigan Central Railroad names Samuel Sloan vice-president.
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New York
Patrick Tobey
Ragusa
Dalmatia
Austria
Montenegro
Croatia
Servia
Imly Noken
Deaih
Rayahs
Bosnia
Trieste
Constantatya
Springfield
Mass
Rowing Association of
Oxford
Cambridge
England
Trinity of Dublin
Heighes
Chitty
London Rowing Club
Saratoga
New London
4Th
Philadelphia
New England
Michigan Central Railroad
Samuel Sloan
Procession of Patriots Draws to Washington for Civil Service
A New York Tribune analysis notes Congress’s arrival will be accompanied by a vast influx of patriots from all regions. These supporters, editors, and party loyalists stream to Washington to uphold the Constitution, ready to serve in the civil service as a new era dawns. Many have saved funds to travel, answering the call from afar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
Congress
Washington
Fay
Abraham
Bierra
Maine
Louisiana
House of Representatives
Civil Service Reform zealots rally for purity and pay
A lengthy critique portrays a fervent Washington march of reformers ready to serve in any clerical role to advance Civil Service reform. It contrasts sincere workers with hypocrites and cites sermons, moral aims, and the biblical injunction to do work with all one’s might.
The Bulldog Race of Men and Their Quiet Drive
A reflection on how public figures rise from poverty to power through relentless resolve. It notes Henry Wilson and John Jacob Astor as examples, arguing that sincere, unwavering aims and sustained effort determine success more than luck or talent. The piece compares men who persevere to bulldogs, urging focus on the goal and long term dedication.
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Sankey
Moody
Hell
Jesus
Shoret
THELR
America
United States
Astor
Moen
Henry Wilson
John Jacob Astor
Frank In
Girard
Andrew Johson
Luther
Worms
Shell Elinll Quays Olisle
Postmaster General Report on United States Postal Affairs
The Postmaster General reports 1875 postal receipts at 227,441,360 with 24,716,329 drawn from the Treasury, notes debates over transcontinental rail mail rates, proposes reforms to bids and subsidies, plus a plan to expand American steamship mail service and reduce rates on transient printed matter and third class items. A fatal house fire at Pony Hollow, New York kills Albert Wood, his wife, and three children.
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Treasury
British Department
United States
New York
San Francisco
Atlantic
South America
Jewell
Civie
Europe
Japan
China
Japan and China
New England
Gulf
Pacific
Caged at Last A Forger’s Global Pursuit Ends in Capture
A New York Herald report recounts the 1870 arrest of James B. Cummingford in Brooklyn after a long chase across multiple countries. The forged 313000 check on Unger Co. triggered a transatlantic manhunt, with detectives tracing his movements from Baltimore to Europe before cornering him in New York. The case led to his committal to the Tombs on $10000 bail.
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New York Herald
Exchange Place
New York
James B. Cummingford
John Mitchell
Baltimore
Produce Exchange
Monumental
House of Cummingford & Mitchell
Commingford
Mitchell
Baltimorean
Chicago
Cummingford
Unger & Co
No. 46
Ninth National Bank of New York
Thomas
Messrs
Jordan
Mesa, Unger & Co
Pink” West
Dunn
Metropolitan Force
West
Europe
England
Ireland
France
Paris
Gay
Duve
Messrs. Unger & Co
Confidence Game at Union Depot in Indiana
An elderly Hoosier, waiting for a Wabash train near Madison, Indiana, was approached by two men posing as clerks. They pressured him into paying a $25 freight bill using a fake 320 gold piece as security, then disappeared. Police could not identify the suspects. the gold piece proved fake.
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Union Depot
Madison
Indiana
Front Street
Rother
Stranger No. 1
Stranger No
Defectives in French Domestic Economy and Prosperity
The piece praises France for thriving financially through disciplined economy and luxury combined. It notes French resilience after centuries of subjugation and questions how the nation developed domestic arts that surpass other peoples in managing resources. It reflects on national character and speculative causes behind these skills.
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New York Times
France
Polo Poultry Show Opens in Polo This December
The Northwest ern Illinois Poultry Association hosts its second exhibition in Polo from Tuesday December 21 through Christmas. Premiums total about 1600 dollars with several hundred more in specials. Grand sweepstakes offers a Steed & Son parlor organ valued at 225, and a 50 cash Poultry Argue special for best collection.
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Polo
Northwestern
Dlinois Poultry Association
Steed & Son
Northwest
American Express Company
Alex. Fraser
Railroad accident near West Quincy delays trains
This morning at 1 o clock a peculiar accident occurred on the St. L Ku & No OW R R about a mile south of West Quincy. The 9 20 morning train broke down when the rear tender axle gave way. The tender struck the ties and its trucks hit the baggage car, demolishing it. No one was hurt. A repair gang reassembled the cars. The outgoing H Bt Joe train was delayed about two hours. The steamer Phil Sheridan burned in Lake Erie Tuesday. No lives lost. Value 230000 insured 20000.
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St. L
Ku & No OW
R. R
West Quincy
Phil Sheridan
Lake Erie
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Postal Matters
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Pony Hallow
Eliira
N. Y
Hames
Garrett S. Walling
Twenty-seventh Precinct
Brooklyn Uider
Walling
Brooklyn
Sixth Avenue
Oficer Mulvey
Cumningford
Boston
Forty-first Street
Stanley
Astor House
Conmingford
Phelps
Comminford
City of
Scotland
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