Bonds Swindle in Paris Taints American Names
The piece discusses the sale of bonds by the Transcontinental Healths Pacific Railroad in France tied to John C. Fremont. It alleges misrepresentation, government aid claims, and a Paris fraud that defrauded investors of millions, with French papers subsidized and a Senate report detailing the scheme.
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John C. Fremont
France
Transcontinental Healths Pacific Railroad’ Company
Andrew G., Curtin
Pennsylvania
United States
St. Petersburg
Paul
Paul 8.’ Forbes’ and Svante M. Swenson
Paris le National
M. J. Pisadis
Paris
New York
Norfolk
San Diego
Senator Howard
Michigan
Committee On the Pacific Railroad
Southern Transcontinental Railway Company
Senate
Fremont
England
Germany
N. Y
Falls City Bank
Louisville
Italy
Amadeus
Spain
House of Commons
Gladstone
Atlantic
Porfiero Diaz
Supreme Court of
Mexico
Republic
London
Berlin
Grant
Disraeli
Earl Granville
Earl of Derby
Vera Beca
Nardas
Joking Scene in Church Seats Sparks Prank on Uncle Jimmy
A tale recounts Uncle Jimmy and boys at a church service who rig a prank using a needle under his seat. A string pulls it up to jab him, sparking laughter, a halted service, and a deacon round up. The piece also notes fence post carpentry tips and a church board debt report.
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Nole Jimmy
Nog
Parada
Winnipeg
American Xpress Company
Blairstown
Iowa
Wint
Staten Island
New York
Twentythird Street
First Avenue
N. Y
Tuscola
Douglas County
Indianapolis
Ind
Glazier
Theodore Tyner
Root &Tyner
Buffalo
John Marion Osborne
Knoxville
Mathews
Yates’ City
George Driver
Chicago
Huston
M. E. Church South
Baltimore
Thomas J. Anderson
Lamberton Bank
Franklin
Elyria
Ohio
Worth
Village mill dream collapses on a village farm
Aunt Dolly and Uncle Liphalet stake their homestead on Swinton's plan to build a native village mill. He funds with Rube's saved education money, many debts, and false assurances. The Boston fire and looming creditors wreck the project, forcing the couple to face ruin and seek dignity in the face of loss.
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Liphalet
Dolly
Rf Swinson
Lipbelet
Vethred
Swinton
Aunt Dolly
Uncle Liph
Rube
Gine
Larnin
Uncle 'Liphalet
Leetle
Uncle Liphalet
Pye
Reuben
Rubo
Artford Swinton
Artford Swvinton
Uncle *Liphalet
Meran
Wien
Alexanta
Best
Whue
Sock
Boston
Europe
Carrie
Meet
Uncle Lip
Lipg
Uncle 'Liph
Uncle ’Liphalet
E. A. S. Chester
Springfield
Republican
Spain in turmoil as European powers weigh Spain's future
The report notes Spain teeters between Republic and monarchy with conflicting signals from Paris and Madrid. European diplomats threaten severed relations over a federal republic while rumors claim Thiers has restrained Carlist belligerence. The piece questions Don Carlos's possible rise and the long-term fate of the Spanish Republic.
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Spain
Rosalba
Etaos
Alphonso
Olozaga
Paris
Thiers
Poco
Don Carlos Presidiers
Don Carlos
Cheaper horse feeding debated amid farm notes
A stock journal excerpt compares hay with corn stalks, corn, and straw as horse feed. It estimates three and a half tons of stalks and two and a half tons of oats plus two acres of land to sustain a horse yearly, while noting hay six tons as alternative. Also mentions King Oscar’s new admiral title in the Danish fleet.
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Stock Journal
Oscar
Sweden
Senate Reconsiders Patterson and Announces Nominations
The Senate reconsiders its stance on ex Senator Patterson and declines to take up hig cage this session. The Treasury asks for resignation of Mobile Alabama Collector Miller amid a $25 000 to $30 000 deficit. President adds United States Marshals and Postmasters nominees across multiple districts and states.
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Patterson
Miller
Mobile
Ala
Treasury Department
United States
George J. Satumon
Nevada
Charles S. Hamilton
Wisconsin
George Smith
Missour
John H. Standish
Michigan
Bluford Wilson
Illinois
William Miller
Petroleum Center
Isaac D. Gada
Erie
John B. Howe
Oil City
A.W. Dennison
Baltimore
John A. Miles
Charleston
Ill
Clark E. Carr
Galesburg
Anthony Lasseur
Lebanon
Jas
Clark
Mattoon
Houghton
Galena
A.B. Wade
South Bend
Ind
D. Frazier
Laporte
R. J. Fountain
Mishawaka
F.W. Seeley
Lake City
Minn
N. Leavens
Fairburn
Chas
Iowa
W. A. Putney
Hamburg
Dwa
Thomas P. Tyner
Council Bluffs
John H. Tierney
Clinton
I. Bauman
Mt. Vernon
Thos
B. Kelley
du Quesne
D. A. Cadwallader
Lincoln
L.A. Jones
Paxton
H. P. Lenox
Denver
Col
Jas. Fishback
Ilinois
John Connell
John E. Blaine
Kentucky
Joseph Lackey
Minnesota
Register of Land Office
C. B. Tyler
New Ulm
Blinn
P. A. Bhalfant
Independence
S. St. Wright
Carson City
Nev
Cornelius Parmgnter
Lima
Robt
J. Adams
Pontixe
John L. Campbell
Olney
H. A. Kenyon
Dwight
H.R. Welen
Amboy
Daniel Sinclair
Winona
John Kennedy
Hastings
W. G. Cutlar
Northfield
Cornell C. Ryler
C. I. Filley
St. Louis
John B. Dowd
Rockville
J.C. B. Camp
United States Senate
J. P. Smith
New York
John C. Stoever
District of
J. M. Wilkinson
Marquette
Mich
Morgan Coates
Traverse City
J. W. Priest
Ottec Agency
Neb
Louis Dagel
Amos Steick
W. A. Arnold
Central City
Thomas A. Cummings
Montana
Idaho
W. 8. Blackley
Junction City
Kansas
W. BR. Holloway
Indianapolis
Indiana
Wm. N. Denny
Vincennes
Alvin Rainey
Crawfordsville
Jas. Cunningham
Centralia
Georgy A. Hobbs
Genesee
Joseph Schultz
Salem
H. 8. Humphrey
Vandalia
N. P. Bennett
Colorado
John Swarthout
Columbus
John W. Williams
Nineveh
J. W. Keys
Madison
J. ‘I’. Monk
Watertown
Benjamin F. Wine
Platteville
Jas. Coleman
Fondu Tac
Hermann Sagebeill
Benton
Ohio
George 8. Boutwell
U.S
Massachusetts
A. E. Blount
Cleveland
Tennessee
A. G Sharp
Chattanooga
Benj. L. Winans
Newport
B. H. Crapster
Shelbyville
John M. Stockton
Maysville
A.B. ‘Hilpp
John J. Karnew
Fort Wayne
Jnc. B. Tyre
Wabash
H. M. Reddington
Elyria
Thos. W. Collin
Congress
Cdl
Harry D. Cook
David A. Brown
Timber maturity dictates best timber age and heartwood quality
The piece explains timber strength varies by tree part and age with sap wood decay risk. It notes heartwood at maturity, best timber from ash beech elm fir around 70 80 years and oak around 100, influenced by soil climate and growth, urging felling at maturity for durability. It ends with a lighter note on Trojan spinsters and a poet's question about weary pilgrims.
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Popular Science Monthly
Mustard Seed Quest of Keesah Godami in Legend
A fourteen year old mother named Keesah loses her son and seeks a cure from the Buddha. He asks for a mustard seed from a house where no one has died, but she finds none. Realizing suffering is universal, she returns, learns the law of impermanence, and is renamed Keesah Godami.
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Keesah
Keeesah
Taimseh
Khesah
Buddha
Sai
Keesah Godami
Anna H. Leonowens
Opium Eater and Immigrant Echoes in Victorian London
The note recalls Edwin Drood era descriptions of an opium eater in East London as Chinese migrants flood the area. It mentions Paris debates on genuine versus feigned suicides and critiques tax immigration rhetoric toward Latin groups compared with Bavarian sources, framing war as a relic hardware metaphor.
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East Ind
London
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