Reciprocity Talks Set Parliament Session in December
Ottawa reports that due to reciprocity negotiations Parliament will convene in December or early January and may sit alongside the United States Congress. The main articles outline cross border fishing rights and duties for Canadian and U S subjects, with salmon and shad fisheries reserved to Americans in certain rivers.
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Ottawa
United States
London
Quebec
Nova Scotia
New Runswick
Prince Edward Island
Blagdaleo
Itia
Ealmon
Canada and United States Agree on Shared Canal Upgrades
Article V to VI outline enlarged Canadian canals from Lake Erie to Montreal, deepening St Lawrence reaches for twelve foot vessels, with locks at least 270 by 45 feet and 12 feet depth. Completion set for 1880, US to push New York canal improvements, and reciprocal rights for cargo and passengers on Great Lakes routes.
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Lake Erie
Montreal
Dominion of Canada
Esid
St. Lawrence
United States
State of
New York
Whitehall
Lake Champlain
Albany
Hudson River
Haldon River
United Airs
Canada
Red River
Welland
St. Liwrenes
Caughnawaga
Government of
Court Etiquette For Queen Victoria's Drawing Room Dress Demands
The article recounts strict court costume rules for visitors to Queen Victoria's drawing room, noting that necks and sleeves were scrutinized. It describes a debate over dress modesty and references to Princess Metternich, Mrs. Mowatt, and European standards influencing American women abroad.
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Queen Victoria
Metternich
Europe
Madame
Converemion
Ince
Luci
Letler
London
Madame de Stack
Pauline Bonaparte
Canova
Venus
Betsy the elephant and the dog Gurlo in Hip podrome incident
In a Brookism Argus era tale Betsy the elephant from Germany leads a canine companion Gurlo in a dramatic scene at the Hippodrome. A young elephant Carlo fights an older Carlo causing pandemonium as keeper George Moore restores order. Betsy assuages the dying old Carlo with trunk caresses.
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Wena
Baraum
Betsy
Germany
Gurlo
Carlo
Saintes
George Moore
Moore
Local shop offers lowest prices on goods street corner
A historical notice indicates Sommer Miller Terdeoge at the corner of ath and Maine streets sells potent medicines, perfumes, paints, oils, and window glass at prices lower than any other house in town. The brief ad emphasizes competitive rates for a range of items including drugs and household supplies.
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Giasa
Sommer, Miller & Terdeoge
Corner
Ath
Maine Streets
Quincy College to reopen as Johnson College of Quincy
Trustees and friends of Quincy College announce reopening in September with Johnson College of Quincy, Illinois. Transfers from Johnson College of Macon City, Missouri, bringing nearly $40,000 in proceeds and subscriptions. E R Johnson of Lynn, Massachusetts funds and rebrands the school. New board elected, Peter Wallace president, Orr & Connor to repair building, boarding department planned, E Hall named president and financial agent, work to start immediately.
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Quincy College
Friends of Education
Jonson College of
Macon City
Johnson College
E.R. Johnson
Lynn
Massachusetts
Ufton
J. C. Blanchard
P. Bartlett
H. O. Hoffman
W. G. Munson
John Crockett
R. Lambert
Peter ‘Wallace
Wm. McElvesh
Robert Rankin
He Cox
John
The
Trosteea
Quincy
Illinois
Missouri
M. E. Church
Yall
Good Templars Picnic Turns to Lemonade Whisky Mix Up
A Savannah Good Templars gathering resorted to lemonade during a hot picnic but a prowling stranger exposed their punch as whisky laced. The shock turned merriment to gloom as they realized their fortified beverage was not what it seemed and they left dismayed.
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Good Templars
Savannah
New Paris Opera House progress promise by January
The New Paris Opera House work presses on with renewed vigor and is promised completion by January. The painted cupola is finished and in place, dressing rooms near completion, and two caryatides by M Thomas flank the orchestra door. Bronze statues and gold reliefs adorn the entries as masons plumbers carpenters and painters labor across the vast building with some crews working by gaslight overnight.
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Paris
Sophitheater
Fiyer
Apple Gathering Invention by Kelsey and Newton
Kansas patentees Kelsey and Newton unveil a large canvass device that catches fruit as it falls from trees onto a conveyor toward baskets, preventing bruising and speeding harvest. The machine changes quickly between trees, loads a wagon rapidly, and is touted as labor saving and adaptable. Readers with large apple quantities are urged to order early, with demonstrations in Ottawa and available at Bartlett & Co. or M W Newton's offices.
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Carculio
Kelsey
Neiton
Kansas
Kelsey. & Newton
Ottawa
Kan
Bartlett & Co
M. W. Newton's
South 5Th Street
Western Agriculturist
Ju’y
Missing child case linked to Mrs Goodrich in Banomwihachua
Mrs Davis, aided by city funds, reports her four year old daughter abducted by Mrs Goodrich who lived in the south part of town. The pair departed on the Alex Mitchell for St Louis. the mother could not cover return costs. A sewing machine rented to Mrs Goodrich was taken, and a dispatch to Louisiana for arrest has been sent. furniture from a second hand store is also reported missing.
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Banomwihachua
Davis
Mrs. Goodrich
Louisiana
England
Waterloo
Sadona
Moat Country Booksellers
Chas. Kingsley
Western patents issued to June 9 1874 list
The Western Patent Office Agency reports patents issued for the week ending June 9 1874. Entries include a dovetailing machine by W F Moody. perforating stamp by Jno Sigwall. cultivator by W A Watson. draw bridge gate by Frank Baier. wire basket by Joshua Horrocks. washing machine by George Moser. whiffletrees ferrule and hook by Wm Starling. water closet by George E Stone. farm gate by Marshal Willey. chimney pot by William H Cooner. windmill by Jonathan Bundy. car coupling by George R Clark. harvester rake by E S Clinton. plow by George B Vaughan.
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Ratenie
United States Patent Office
Western Patent Office Agency
W. B. Richards
Galesburg
Illinois
Chicago
Jno
Frank Baier
Joshua Horrocks
George Moser
Wm. Starling
Prairie
George E. Stone
Iowa
Marshal” Willey
Guthrie
William H. Coaner
Muscatine
Jonatha Bundy
Centerdale
George R. Clark
Council Bluffs
Clinton
Iowa City
Missouri
George
B. ‘Vaughan
Marshall
Nellie Grant Seen Aboard Baltic With Husband On Deck
An extract from Baltic Passenger journal recalls Nellie Grant not seasick but homesick while aboard with her husband. Mrs Sartoris remains mainly in state-room, resurfacing briefly on deck in a blue wrapper, then retreating again as Bartoris and others comment on youth and fashion.
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Sartoris
Nellie
Algernon Frederick
Bartoris
Liverpool
Nellie Grant
Intler
Baltic Passenger
The Negro Shall Be Cared For
An editorial in the Richmond Enquirer argues Virginians should care for the education of black citizens. It asserts strong support for public schools and warns against forces seeking civil rights measures to dictate policy, claiming such actions threaten the race’s future.
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Richmond Enquirer
Virginia
Young Dickey Remains Awake Despite Grandmother's Bible Reading
An amused grandmother attempts to lull young Dickey to sleep by reading a Bible chapter and then two more, while Dickey resists and asks for another chapter, insisting he is not sleepy yet. The scene captures a playful family moment from a bygone era.
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America
Jas
Dickey
Grandmas
Western Business Look Prom The New York Express
The West and East are tightly linked in fate and prosperity. A broad view notes reduced indebtedness, cautious expenditures, and renewed lending, with railways stabilizing and farm crops improving. Amid optimism for autumn, a comic anecdote follows about three Frenchmen in San Francisco, ending with a shooting over a dispute and a murder charge against O Kane.
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Prom
New York Express
Uct
Atlantic
Pacific
California
Oregon
Conceit as the Key to Happiness in 19th Century Thought
The excerpt argues conceit yields happiness and inner peace, contrasting self content with universal blues. It extols self esteem as a perpetual balm, praises hands and facial features as indicators of character, and suggests size and fit reflect refinement, urging acceptance of one’s natural form over cramped artifices.
Night shooting affray over cow impounding in Canthage
In Canthage last night a shooting affray followed town constable Nat P. McKee enforcing a night at large ordinance for cows. Joe Ford, a barber, attempted to free his cow from the pound on McKee's premises, drew a hatchet and pistol as McKee intervened. Ford was wounded twice by a pistol shot and is reported gravely hurt. McKee fired in self defense, wounding Ford's coat and slight injuries to himself. Ford is described as dangerous when intoxicated, and local citizens back the officer’s actions as proper. The incident occurred after Ford returned from Quincy and tried to remove his cow from the pound posted on McKee’s land. Authorities and residents await further details.
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Nat
P. McKee
Joe Ford
Ford
Joe
Quincy
Tie
McKee
McKey
M’kee
Tate
Mi9man
A Girls House Cleaning Tale by an Old Maid
A girl stays home to help clean the house and endures chores. She reads a newspaper on the floor while others remove tacks. She talks with Kate, distracts herself, dusts, and finds Ouida’s novel, spilling ink. Her mother scolds, she practices piano, and Robert arrives to listen as they play croquet.
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Kate
Ouida
Abe
Robert Pavestier
Robert
Improbable Tales and Odd News From A Turbulent Era
A collage of quips and anecdotes including a man in disguise triggering a Missouri family’s tragedy and a body stored on ice for three days. Dubuque platted a cemetery bordered by a race track and would need a chrome to entice buyers. Various oddities touch on cemeteries, park artillery, shootings, funerals, obituaries, a gate to a granary turned news stand, and moralisms about virtue and stomach.
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Augustus Leonard
Missouri
Dubuque
Ines
Bage
Moralis
Dio Lewis
Kansas City
Purling
Lockport
N. Y
Niagara Falls Museum
Hannibal & St. Joe R R asserts bond funding delays block line to St Louis
The Hannibal Courier details why the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad has not finished the Mississippi Valley & Western Railway to St. Louis under a post bond extension law agreement. It notes endorsements of up to 1.5 million in MVW bonds, failed European negotiations, and the company's outlay of 126000 to advance West Quincy to Hannibal, asserting readiness to proceed once bonds are negotiated and funds secured. The piece defends the directors' candor and ties completion to the law of railroad life and trade demands.
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Hannibal Courier
Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad Company
Mississippi Valley & Western Railway
St. Louis
Missouri
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Dardenne
Mlssissippi Valley & Western Railway
Europe
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Cleveland
England
Weat
Quincy
Hannibal
Hannibal & St. Joe Company
Financial Times
Lamb
Admiral Strong Ordered Home Over Expenditures
The Navy reports Rear Admiral James H Strong is recalled to Washington to answer charges about lavish spending on the Lancaster in the South Atlantic squadron. Officials allege $4000 for wardroom and $1000 for a private barge plus lavish furnishings, with a nearly $100,000 budget for the squadron showing signs of extravagance. Admiral W E Leroy is to relieve him in Brazil before Strong returns.
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James HI. Strong
New York
Navy. Yard
W. E. Leroy
Washington
Brazils
James H. Strong
Lancaster
South Atlantic
Robeson
Court of Inquiry
Admiral Strong
Navy Yard
Admiral Leroy
The Biggest Row Follows a Fearful Night Outburst
An excited stranger rushes into a saloon in Virginia Nevada Enterprise style, proclaims a big row in minutes, drinks twice, then cools and laughs at the bluff. The barkeeper demands payment and the man admits the ruse, leaving with a wink.
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Dan
Virginia
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