Twenty Thousand Exiles Reported Awaiting Siberia
A column of notes reports that twenty thousand exiles are awaiting transportation to Siberia. The item notes Nihilism’s appeal amid severe political ferment and records related curiosities from Paris and New York politics. It also covers Harvard Echo college returns, a Baltimore ball, and other brief items.
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Siberia
Arich
New York
Cornell
Albany
Harvard
Echo
Blaine
Grant
Sherman
Bayard
Edmunds
Tilden
Baltimore
May Agnes Fleming
Wilmington
Schoolhouse design argues for lower rooms and air
Some scientists note that schoolhouses often place the highest ceilings in upper rooms, while most scholars occupy the lower floors where greater air space is needed. The observation suggests rethinking room arrangement to improve conditions.
May Festival seat sales top Cincinnati total
The first day sales for the Cincinnati May festival reached 1,222 seats, bringing in $17,188. The highest premium paid was $140.
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Ohio
General Wheeler in Cincinnati The Olive Branch Tour
General Joseph Wheeler, a Northern Alabama planter and former cavalry officer, spoke in Cincinnati as a Democrat advocate. He described Southern grievances under Radical Carpetbag rule and praised Northern farmers, noting wheat and cotton growth in Alabama and rebutting Bright’s ostracism claim.
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Joseph Wheeler
Alabama
Wheeler
Cincinnati
Queen City
John Bright
Cotton, politics, and loyalty among Cincinnati settlers
The writer argues settlers tie their fate to cotton and Cincinnati's growing role for machinery and meat supplies. They claim strong Democratic support, doubt Tilden, praise Bayard, deny any negro exodus, and insist no local Negro departure would occur.
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Cincinnati
Louisville
Democratic Party
Tilden
Alabama
Bayard
Death to American Writers editorial attacks on U S literature
The St Louis Globe Democrat laments decline in American literature. It faults foreign reprints and piracy, cites aging poets and missing younger authors, and argues publishers profit while strangling home authorship. It calls for supporting true American writing over imported works.
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St. Louis Globe Democrat
Longfellow
Whittier
Lowell
Holmes
America
Bancroft
Bret Harte
Howells
Parton
John Fiske
Hawthorn
Henry Ames
Four South Carolina Brothers and a Virginian Fell at Manassas
Four college classmates and brothers in arms from Capers McSwain Smith and Duncan died together at the second battle of Manassas in 1864. They had shared schooling at Cokesbury and Wofford, joined Jenkins' rifle regiment, and fell when a shell struck their company. They rest in a common grave marked by a granite cross and iron railing.
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Cokesbury
Wofford College
Spartanburg
Jenkins’ Rifle Regiment
South Carolina
Manassas
Capers
McSwain
Smith
Duncan
Bishop Capers
Mr. Duncan
Virginia
Dr. Duncan
Randolph Macon College
Tunneling the St. Lawrence Project Proposed by Montreal Agent
Toronto Globe reports a quiet proposal to tunnel the St. Lawrence led by architect A. Levesque. A syndicate plans a charter with capital of 1,000,000 and borrowing power up to 3,000,000 to build a double track bore through black rock. Estimated cost about 3,000,000, seen as cheaper than a bridge and key to North Shore roads and connections to Toronto Ottawa lines and eastern ports. Details to follow soon.
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St. Lawrence
Montreal
Toronto Globe
A. Levesque
North Shore Roads
Toronto
Ottawa
Longueuil
Portland
Boston
Tidewater
Grand Trunk
The Czar’s Safety Plan Revealed at Imperial Fortress
A correspondent cites an alleged secret network from the walls of the czar’s room. An aide said an invisible door opens to a narrow passage leading to a subterranean gallery under the Neva. In danger the czar could reach the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul within minutes and escape a likely assault on St. Petersburg.
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H. H. Haypren
New Haven
East Water Street
Benedict Arnold
Noah Webster
Fortress of
St. Paul
Neva
Winiter
Imself
St. Peter and St. Paul
St. Petersburg
Railroads See Management Shifts and Metal Prices Fold
Wabash general passenger agent H C Townsend to take full control of the St Louis and Pacific passenger department. Proposals to reorganize Ohio and Mississippi Railway with 6.92 million capital. Erie engines 201 202 208 204 moved in 1854 with miles run and life span noted. Talks of a New York New England Harlem rail link to break New Haven monopoly. Fire department train planned for mountain line fires near Scranton. Brass theft thwarted at Indiana Bloomington and Western yards. superintendent Barton vows action. Wage talks loom as ante panic levels may return. steel rails prices and supply cited with forecasts of declines. Nashville Chattanooga engines salvaged for scrap. copper fire boxes yielded extra value. Vandalia pay restoration to June 1 1877 basis faces modification. Iron and steel rail price dip predicted within six months amid rising supply and subdued demand.
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H. C. Townsend
Wabash Road
St. Louis and Pacific Division
New York Graphic
Ohio and Mississippi Railway Company
Erie Road
New York City
New York and
New England
Harlem
New York
New Haven
Boston
Scranton
Indiana, Bloomington and Western Road
Indianola
Barton
American Steel
Nashville and
Chattanoga
Louisville Nashville
Louisville
Vandalia
East
Western Railways
Attorneys at Law in Sullivan and Terre Haute
Attorneys at Law advertise multiple office locations including Sullivan Indiana and Terre Haute Indiana. Notices cite collections practice and court attendance with addresses on Commercial Row Maine Street and Public Square.
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Attorneys At Law
Sullivan County Bank
Sullivan, Ind
Young's Store
South Side
Attorneys-at-Law
Sullivan
Indiana
McCammon
Attorney At Law
Erener Public Square
Maine Street
4Th
Ierre Haute
Physician and Surgeon in Sullivan Indiana Office
Physician and surgeon operates above Kelly's jewelry store in Sullivan Indiana. He attends calls promptly day and night with special attention to female diseases and general sonic ailments.
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Kelly
Sullivan
Indiana
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