Turbulent headlines sweep 1876 era news items
Paris society caution, Turkish troop buildup, blooded horse purchases in Lexington, Chicago Board of Trade push against bucket shops, a flood of homoeopathic doctors, Anna Dickinson's success, Balkan war fears, a Wisconsin murder arrest, Soteldo manslaughter indictment, peach crop promise, US tea imports from Japan, Gladstone and land act tensions, a drowning rescue incident, jubilee singers barred from hotels, Mississippi relief bill, Dr. Carver and prize shooting, Mason prison cell, Irish bachelor boycott, pension bills for Mexican war soldiers, Sprague divorce settlement, Daniel Drawsbaugh telephone claim, Lincoln monument artillery, 1876 Philadelphia Exhibition sites.
News items and notes from various regions and topics
A diverse collection of brief items covers urban development in Atlantic City, Salvation Army activity in Manchester, England, and church attendance stats in seventeen English towns. Also included are pieces on Philadelphia civic reform, a family murder case near Rock Rapids Iowa, a Spanish doctor’s cobweb powder observations, praise for editors in Missouri, and reflections on the newspaper press and its social role.
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Missouri
Ohio and national briefs roundup of 1881 news items
A Cleveland lawyer convicted of sheep stealing. General Garfield bronze portrait. Ohio bill to suppress bucket shops. emigrant with horns lands at Castle Garden. Treasury plans $33 million March disbursements. Reports on smallpox decline in Illinois. Readjuster nominees in Virginia elected. Gloucester schooner wrecks feared with fifty lives lost.
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Cleveland
Garfield
Ohio House of Representatives
Castle Garden
Treasury
Louisiana
Arkansas
Supreme Court
Virginia
State Board of Health
Springfield
Ill
Gloucester
Mass
Wyoming Territory
Illinois State Penitentiary
Joliet
Philadelphia
Wiley’s
Star Route
Sureties
Hunt
Congress
Wisconsin
Mason
Guiteau
Decatur
Ind
Daniel King
Adams County
Lincoln
St. Louis
Mississippi
Troy
New York
New Orleans
San Francisco
Titania
Scotland
Harrisburg
Standard Oil Company
Davidge
Porter
Ohio
Illinois
Liverpool
House Committee On Indian Affairs
Crow Reservation
Montana
Rosecrans
Blaine
Army of the Cumberland
House Naval Affairs Committee
Chicago
Habit in Horses from New York Sun
A历史column notes how firehouse horses, once retired from engines, find new roles. Buckskin the horse once carried seed on Seventh Avenue and responded to fires with speed. Thirty-three’s team balks at Spring Street, a tender horse misreads alarms, and Jim erupts to signal meal times.
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Thirty-three Engine
Buckskin
Seventh Avenue Spead
Seventh Avenue
Twentieth Street
Thirty-seventh Street
Spring Street
Bill
Jim
Notting ham Election Contest and Oath Dispute
A report notes that he took the oath yet showed flagrant disobedience. Bradland travels to Nottingham to contest the election for his successor. He is expected to be re elected.
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Bradland
Nottingham
Senate Passes Indian Trader Regulation and Grant Rank Bill
The Senate approved a bill regulating Indian traders and another granting General Grant the rank of General and retirement with pay. Yeas 35, nays 10, with several Democrats supporting. A joint resolution authorized War Department rations for Mississippi flood victims. The House spent the day on the post office appropriation bill and held an evening session on the District code.
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Senate
Grant
Yeas
Secretary of War
Mississippi
fLouse
Senate and House Advise Passages in Deficiency and Pension Bills
After a long debate the immediate deficiency bill was passed with an amendment and the senate adjourned until Monday. In the house the day was consumed with private bills and a number of bills granting back pensions were passed.
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Senate
House
Senate Adopts Resolution On Women’s Rights Inquiry
The Senate was not in session on Saturp day February 25. A resolution for a select committee of nine was adopted to consider all questions relating to woman’s rights. The post office appropriation bill was reported from the Committee of the Whole and passed.
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Senate
Arousse
Yseas
Garfield ceremonies honor in House hall
Both Houses attended the Garfield ceremonies in the House hall. The eulogy was delivered by Hon. James G. Blaine in the presence of the President, Cabinet, Supreme Judges, the diplomatic corps, and other distinguished persons.
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Garfield
James G. Blaine
Senate investigates state department document construction
A Senate resolution orders an investigation into the handling of certain documents from the Department of State. The post route bill passes and Mr Miller speaks on Chinese immigration. In the House the Elections Committee recommends denying Cannon and Campbell seating as Utah delegates. The military academy appropriation bill advances. A bill proposes National Labor League Railway from New York to Chicago with government aid.
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Uth Senate
Miller
Senate
House
Committee On Elections
Cannon
Campbell
Utah
National Labor League Railway
New York
Chicago
Cream Tartaro Water Said To Ward Off Smallpox
A Louisville family used cream tartar water to protect members after a smallpox case appeared. Those who drank the mixture at a specified ratio remained unaffected while a non-user coachman fell ill and was hospitalized. The report promotes cream tartar as a prophylactic and suggests continued use.
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The
Sullivan Union
J. A. Mays
Indiana
Turkey
Robert Bonner
Lexington
Kentucky
Chicago Board of Trade
That City
Anna Dickinson
Anna
Russia
Austria
Balkan
Europe
Ahaapee
Wis
A.C. Soteldo
Barton
Washington
A. M. Soteldo
United States
Japan
Gladstone
Ireland
Ohio River
Paducah
Tennessee Troupe of
Colored Jubilee Singers
Washington City
Mississippi Valley
Dr. Carver
Sprague
Daniel Drawsbaugh
Coney Island
Long Branch
Atlantic City
Pittsburg
Fairmount Park
Manchester
England
Salvation Army
Booth
Clapton
London
Sheffield
Bristol
Hull
Leicester
Wolverhampton
Church of Rome
Philadelphia Press
Maggie Sanaha
Rock Rapida
Iowa
Birch
Rich
Olive
the News
Duluth
Arkansas County
Memphis
Cairo
Kenosha
California
Newburn
MacVeagh
House Commerce Committee
Pennsylvania Railroad
George Ellis
Ashland
Craft and Ness
Garrity
McCowan
la Salle County
Ottawa
Board of Trade
Moran
Bliss
Agnew
Hamilton
Reyburn
Boynton
Edson
Steward Crump
Executive Mansion
Chester
Professor Jackson
Charles Vanborn
Stonington
Lower
Tenn
Friar’s Point
Miss
Austin
Grand Jury
District of Columbia
East
New Jersey
New Jersey Central Railroad
Pennsylvania
New Jersey Central
Garrett and Gowen
Barnes
Woodward
E Confederate Soldiers of
Cincinnati
C. A. Withers
al Hankins
United States Circuit Court
Hankins
General Garfield
Queen Victoria
American Bank Note Company
State Department
Richmond and
Fort Wayne
Grand Rapids Road
Portland
Emily Numpers
Salem
Cross Roads
Hammad
Egypt
Steve Pasha
Imperial Bank of
Germany
M. Rouzaud
Mme
Christine Nilsson
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Skebsloff
Parnell
Denmark
Vienna
Herzegovinians
Davitt
House of Commons
Charles Tupper
Canada
Necropolis
Toronto
Teingineer Melville
Irkutsk
Meath
A. M. Sullivan
Senor Castelar
Madrid
Skobeleff
Cardinal Manning
Great Britain
Mansion House
Bradlaugh
Herr Newald
Herr Jauner
Ring Theater
Municipal Board of Works
New York Sun
Congressional
Wrath
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