Mississippi Trip Begun by Paul Boyton
Tuesday report notes Paul Boyton has started his expedition down the Mississippi River. The Niagara Oil works in Buffalo suffered a fire loss of about 25,000 dollars on Monday. Immigrant arrivals peak with over three thousand at Castle Garden in the last 24 hours and nearly eighteen thousand for the week.
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Col. Cameron
Virginia
Jacob Berry
Buffalo
Boston
Lowes
Low Moor
New York City
Chemnitz
Germany
America
Ben James
Marion
David Merriwether Howell
James Hogan
Monticello
Chas. Bell
Chicago
Dubuque
Ias
Bell
Mount Clemens
Lake St. Clair
General Grant
Jake Brands
Sandy Hook
Post Office Department
Crisfield
Elijah Sterling
God
Curtis Barrett
Strafford
Vermont
Hy Nerman
Woodin
Henry Ward Ward Beecher
Dateher
Mr. Platt
Platt
Kernan
Depew
Cornell
Taghens
Warde
van Cott
Crowley
iHer
Folger
Tremaine
Wheeler
Garfield
Hunt
Fortress Monroe
Lircols
Sherman
Army of the Potomac
Hartford
Conn
Jane
Paul Boyton
Mississippi
Niagara
Castle Garden
Lee Chin
Eva A. Lee
Cheyenne
Lager Beer
New York
Brooklyn
Erie County
Savings Bank
Weadnea
Maximillian Paul Emile Littre
Thomas Worth
Laredo
Edwin Booth
Prince of Wales
New Pa
Diaz
Kiel
Wm. Quinn
Thomas 8
Preston
Archidiovese
Grandenz
Prince Alexander
Bulgaria
Dublin
Montreal
Faraday
Penzance
Hyde Park
London
Ireland
Dewpsey
County Galway
Oran Tigeria
Telegesphe
Frenda
Geryville
Sebastopodl
Castomoroff
Gatschina
Paul
Paisley
Ont
Glenlogan
Para
Pernambuco
Bathra
Pontaliza
Brazil
Baron von Uchatius
Phoenician
Glasgow
W. FP. Adams
St. Gothard Tunnel
Spain
Hampshire
England
Bismarck
Skibbereen
Bantry
Lydehole
Munster
New Pallas
Her
Kennedy
Sibbereen
County Cork
O’mahoney
Limerick
Ballydehab
Bkibbereen
Cork
Gatsehina
Peterhof
Neva
St. Petersburg
Karaneloff
Agram University
Berequatz
Widdin
Alexander
Waldemar
Denmark
Hon Jons Superman Voice Shapes Ohio Speech in Cleveland
A Cleveland audience gives hearty applause to a speech denouncing dictatorial leadership while praising Governor Foster as the best working governor yet, noting his avoidance of defeat and asking how the opposing side will be defeated. The column also discusses Ireland, Riverside Park, and temperance rhetoric at a Pittsburgh meeting with criticism of ministers who drink unfermented wine.
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Eer Hon Jons Superman
Cleveland
Boomer Conkling
Foster
Blaine
Michael Boyton
Ireland
Michael
Pittsburgh
Kennedy
Hell
Heaven
Grant
Ohio
James A. Garfield
The Ticket for Ohio Republicans in 1876
The piece endorses Governor Foster for renomination and cites his 17,000 lead two years ago, predicting a 20,000 plus majority. It praises state officials Gen. Paul, Turney, and Nash, and happy choice Hon. Nicholas Longworth for Supreme Judge. It urges strong ticket, prosperity, and a 20,000+ October majority.
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Foster
Associated Press
Joe Cleveland
Charles Yester
Paul
Board of Public Works
Joseph Turney
George K. Nash
Supreme Judge
Nicholas Longworth
Cincinnati
Common Pleas
Hamilton County
Ohio
Platform speech praises GOP record and ends with Grant joke
Senator Sherman’s Convention address touts the Republican platform as a concise restatement of past achievements and a pledge to continue them. It endorses Garfield’s administration, tariff protection, and temperance measures, praising a practical, sensible path to victory before a sharp closing jab at Grant's vocal critics.
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Sherman
Republican Party
Garfield
Ohio Republicans renominate Foster and Nash in Cleveland
Press comments from Wheeling Intelligencer and Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette praise the Ohio Republican Convention in Cleveland. Foster is renominated by acclamation with Richards of Jefferson County named to second on the ticket and Nash unanimously renominated for Attorney General. The papers affirm party unity and confidence in a successful campaign.
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Wheeling Intelligencer
Jefferson County
Ohio
Cleveland
Richards
Pittaburch Commercial -Gazette
Foster
R. G. Richards
Geo. K. Nash
Ohiolican Committee
Ohio Republicans
Geo. Grosvenor
Athens County
Meigs
Logan
Greene
Cuyahoga
Hamilton County
Seasongood
Morey
Senator Richards
Genlemen
Chas. Foster
Ohio Republicans rally behind Garfield and party record
In a rousing Ohio convention, speakers praise the Republican legacy from 1855 liberation of slaves to wartime unity, pledge continued public credit growth, and endorse Garfield administration. They urge unity, warn against party bosses, and call for decisive support of the Republican ticket with highlighted state finance gains and debt reductions.
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Republican Party
Windom
Ohio
Garfield
Committee On Resolutions
James A. Garfield
United States
Cin
Charles Foster
Richards Nominated For Lieutenant Governor In Cleveland
Special dispatch reports Richards winning the lieutenant governor nomination at the convention with 241 votes to 213 for Season and others. Richards is praised amid applause as he speaks to the gathering. The column then recounts a racy La Crosse to Chicago travel tale on a sleeping car involving Alexander Hamilton Nevins and Palmer, with comic misadventures and an embarrassed crowd.
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Herald
Cievecann
W. A. Cappellar
Cincinnati
A. Jones
Mahoning
Richards
Hamilton County
Judge Martin
Jefferson County
John H. Hawkins
Major Sarcraft
Foster Fork
the Herald
Cleeveland
Season
Hirst
Pringle
Coates
la Crosse
Aere
The
Minneapolis Miller
la Crowe
Alexander Hamiton Nevins
Mr. Nevins
Wen
Almer
Nevins
Palmer
Charley
Ian
A New Purification Method for Drain Water
A Berlin professor, Alexander Mueller, patents a yeast based drain water purification process. It cultivates harmless organisms to feed on decaying matter, neutralizes the liquid, and uses airborne germs to complete growth. The system may replace chemical disinfection and purify beet sugar factory effluent for wider use. Albert Clark of Peru Nebraska fatally attacked his wife and shot a bystander before attempting suicide, leaving five children.
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New Yorker
Alexander Mueller
Berlin
Albert Clark
Peru
Neb
FE. N. T
Tragedy and flood wreck family, bridge in Ohio County
A family perished in a sudden flood as a house collapsed near Welke's. The father saved two children while others drifted away. bodies of Fritz, Frena, the mother, and a baby were recovered later. The disaster damaged bridges, rail lines, and farmland across Ohio County with losses estimated at least fifty thousand dollars.
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Fritz
Frena
M. R
Barr
Belmont Mill
Mendel’s Undertaking Rooms
Twelfth Street
Wegee
Ohio
Virginia Short Creek
Ohio County
American Manufactourer and Industrial Ventures In 19th Century Era
Pittsburg hosts two copper works while foreign iron import surges reappear. Copper ore found in Price township Monroe county. Hancock county Iowa peat-bed development funded by a $1000 grant. Pennsylvania Coal and Lumber buys 2433 acres at Altoona to expand coal and lumber. Loyal Hanna Works idle 40 ovens due to miner scarcity. New York Tribune reports May business record highs. Brilliant Oil Works in East End restarts after six months idle. David Dows schooner arrives in Chicago with 2400 tons coal cargo.
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Price Township
Monroe County
Hancock County
Towa
Pennsylvania Coal and Lumber Company
Altoona
Loyalhanna Works
Westmoreland County
New York Tribune
East End
David Dows
Chicago
Fred Archer Early Derby Champion and B&O Emigration Notes
Fred Archer born January 11 1896 is profiled as a premier jockey famed for wins including the Derby with Silvio 1877 Ben d Or 1880 and Iroquois 1881. The piece recounts his late 19th century ascent at Heath House Newmarket under Matthew Dawson and notes the Baltimore & Ohio yard point Locust Point where German steamers bring thousands westward emigrants with six hour rail transfers.
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Fred Archer
Fred
Liverpool
Little Charley
Matthew Dawson
Heath House
Newmarket
Athol’ Daisy
Chesterfield
Willan
Matthew Dawson Andail
Archer
Salvonas
Paver
Lord Falmouth
Atlantic
Silvio
Ben d'Or
Iroquois
Eugony
Matthew Dawson Lastanuary
Heathhouse
Locust Point
Kron Prinz
Braunschweig
Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio
Various Notables Sightings and Affairs Across the Nation
A collage of brief notices mentions King Milan’s likely August crowning of Servia, Oration Seymour seeking health in the Adirondacks, Mrs. Garfield’s Maine summer, Col Thomas A Scott’s wealth gifts, Hannibal Hamlin’s fishing trip, Sojourner Truth’s health and lecture tour, Thomas Platt’s large salaries, Douglass’s Harpers Ferry oration, Sherman’s wife visiting Boston, Nellie Grant Sartori’s summer plans, Ingersoll’s mining trip to New Mexico, a St Louis policeman enforcing propriety, Canada Central’s plan to amalgamate with Canada Pacific, Northern Pacific railway beginnings, Buell’s Indian reservation farming, monument delays in Washington, Bennett’s iron yacht cost, and U.S. skilled labor standings.
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Milan
Servia
Oration Seymour
Adirondacks
Garfield
Maine
Thomas A. Scott
Hannibal Hamlin
St. John
Sojourner Truth
Michigan
Thomas
Platt
United States
Frederick Douglass
John Brown
Harper’s Ferry
Brown
General Sherman
Washington
St. Louis
Lizzie Sherman
Boston
Thackara
Nellie Grant Sar ‘Toris
Long Branch
Robert G. Ingersoll
Pety
New Mexico
The Origin of the Name Artemus Ward
Speculation on how Brown chose the nom de plume Artemus Ward is recounted. Brown learned of an eccentric Cleveland man named Artemus Ward whose storytelling inspired him. Brown adopted A Ward and used it for his comic works after seeing public appeal.
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Artemus Ward
Sepibner
Brown
Phis Son
Edwin
Niblo
Forrest
Korps
A. Ward
Thrilling exhibition by two Cincinnati house painters
Two Cincinnati painters Crscisxatt Janes Bernard Koehler and Fritz Hisgen began painting a Betts street house. While lowering scaffolding they climbed toward the fourth story and a fall occurred. Hisgen leaped through a window to safety, Koehler crashed to the curb and was hospitalized. The narrative ends with a string of sensational, unrelated death and misfortune anecdotes from various states.
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Cincinnati
Crscisxatt
Janes
Bernard Koehler
Fritz Hisgen
Betts Street
Central Avenue
Hisgen
Koehler
Giants Exhibit in Philadelphia Draws Mixed Reactions
Chan-yu-Sing, Barnum's Chinese giant, touring Philadelphia, is described as affable and educated. He speaks seven languages, stands about nine feet tall, and weighs 264 pounds. The article notes his high costs in tailoring and boarding, highlighting harsh charges and exploitation within show business.
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Chan-yu-Sing
Barnum
Philadelhia
Fiis
Austria
Russia
Chang
New York
Horse Shock Tramples Rail At Berlin Station
A horse crept onto an electric railway at Berlin and set a hoof on the live rail. It was thrown down by the shock, while another horse also touched the rail and was jolted into a wild gallop as bystanders watched in alarm.
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Berlin
Waa
Hin
Conversation at a party reveals tensions over marriage roles
In a narrative scene Mrs. Jones pities a poor woman while two voices clash over a soprano versus contralto talent. Mr. Topnoody arrives with a Revised Edition of the New Testament bought for two dollars, and his wife challenges whether it speaks about a woman’s bind to endure a difficult, unpaid labor at home.
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Detroit Free Press
Mrs. Jones
Mrs. J
Mary
Topnoody
Odd Phrase Fragment Sparks Satirical Verse Debate
A garbled clipping cites quirky quips about wives wearing gasoline and casings, a street musician’s organ, and a playful plea from "Pleise" asking to publish her son. The fragmentary item hints at a satirical or humorous column note with scattered names and stray phrases.
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New York News
Yonkers Gazette
Damasse
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