Miscellaneous Notices and Obituary Snippets
Uncle Danie and Rev Clapp win fortunes through shrewd dealings and investments. Reverdy Johnson estate spans 2000 acres in Anne Arundel and Allegheny counties with a 1000 acre Balti more area worth about 1000 per acre. Epson patents an electrical duplicating press making five copies a minute. Vienna Exhibition cost 14 866 921 florins versus 4 256 349 receipts, a roughly seven and a half million dollar loss. Mme Lynch, once allied with Lopez, expelled from Paraguay after authorities demand. Colonel Charles C Chesney, battle of Dorking author and Civil War historian, dies. noted military historian and Britannica contributor.
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Reverdy Johnson
Anne Arundel County
Allegheny County
Baltimore
Imperial
Charles C. Chesney
Dorking
Cable
America
Blackwood
Sherman
New Encyclopedia Britannica
Chesney
Chestnut flour as staple food in Indian peasant diet
Chestnut flour serves as a staple for many Indian peasants, preferred over maize for nutrition. Cost per person ranges from threepence to fourpence daily. It is used for polenta, soups, and oatcakes. Leaves are steamed with dough on hot iron plates. Infants also thrive on chestnut meal.
Dog Killed Cow-Hump Incident In Smyrna Del
A beagle hound killed a cow belonging to W. W. Tschudy after being found suckling the animal. The cow, long a milking failure, showed fierce anger after the attack. Separately, Capt Eads seeks first installment on a channel contract with Congress expected to endorse thirty feet of water, noting substantial port improvements and a postscript about a $10,000,000 sum due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Tschudy
Smyrna
Delaware
New Orleans
Captan Eads
Eads
Congress
New York
Pittsburg
Great Southwest
Little William
Solomon the King and his Seven Wives Joke
In a Sabbath school on the hill a teacher asks who was the most distinguished King of Israel. A bright boy answers Solomon. The teacher asks why he was most distinguished and the boy replies because he had seven hundred wives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Solomon
The Bent Nail and The Fortune Teller Parable
A carpenter ignores a bent nail and reflects on how small flaws shape life. A vanished heiress Violette, ruined by love, seeks fortune telling to survive and finds reconciliation with her mother through a clairvoyant reading that reunites them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Lorrimer
Violette
Grim forecast from Fort Laramie on Black Hills gold rush
A Denver correspondent reports from Fort Laramie that the Black Hills rush of 1874 is disappointing. Deep digs, scarce water, high costs, and widespread selling of claims deter newcomers, with many travelers facing poverty and exposure as prices rise and prospects fade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Fort Laramie
Wyoming Territory
Hills
Custer City
Custer
Deadwood Creek
Black Hills
California
Colorado
Big Horn
Cheyenne
Mistress in seal-skin shocks country churchgoers
A Scorcy woman wearing a seal-skin jacket to attend service is surprised by a graveyard remark about her clothes being stolen. A passerby asks her husband when the mistress got her clothes stolen. He clarifies the joke about an old shooting jacket used as church attire.
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Claes
Bridget
Hohokus
Yez Pl
Maria
Raphael
Political Notes on Economy and Corruption
The piece contrasts Democratic calls for economy with alleged Republican corruption and cites a Congressional investigation budget of 90 thousand dollars. It recalls Pendleton, Guthrie, and others in a Louisville and Fort Wayne context, criticizing military pay cuts as unjust savings, and arguing against pinching generals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Louisville
Pendleton
J.guthrie
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
United States
Washington
Fort Wayne
Clymer
Tilden
Thurman
Groesbeck
Allen and Hendricks
Boston Advertiser
Military Committee of
House
Treasury
Sherman
Sheridan
Housegay
Economy and prudence in national policy urged in crisis
Pinchbeck argues for expansive public works and strong fiscal action during economic hardship. He condemns Democratic policies as dangerous and demagogic, praising Republicans as guided by intelligent public opinion and moral standards, warning that democracy could fail if mismanaged.
Economy Crises in Congress Stir Public Service Debate
An editorial harshly criticizes the Democats for cutting salaries and expenses, calling the policy false and pernicious. It argues pay raises for clerks, cabinet officers, and diplomats are warranted, and warns that the drive for economy jeopardizes national interests and future generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patent Office
Congress
Political probes then and now contrasted in U S history
The piece compares 1860 Covode style investigations of President Buchanan era corruption with 1876 probes, noting Democratic party shielding in 1860 and the current cross party pursuit of officials in 1876, highlighting fraud in War Department bonds and Lecompton tactics. It mocks partisan cover ups and praises earnest inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic House of Representatives
Executive Branch
Senate
Public Service
Secretary of War
John B. Floyd
Department of the Interior
Grand
District of Columbia
Fort Snelling
Buchanan
Congress
Kansas
Treasury
Democratic Party
James Buchanan
Covode
House
Republican Platform Endorses Hayes for President in Ohio
At Columbus the Republican Convention adopts a platform pledging allegiance to the U S Republican ideals since 1776. It calls for equal rights for all citizens, honest governance, financial prudence, a gold standard, tariff for revenue, and strong support for public schools and Union veterans. Rutherford B Hayes is named as the party’s national nominee with delegates and alternates listed for the National Convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Republican Party
United States
President Grant
Republican Party of
Rutherford B. Hayes
Hamilton County
Benjamin Eggleston
Christian Moerlein
Trenry Kessler
L. C. Weir
Butler
Warren
Clinton, Fayette
Clermont
Ly Morley
Hamilton
Frank Browning
Wilmington
Darke
Preble
Montgomery and
Green
Ww. D. Bickham
Montgomery
B. Collins
Defiance
Paulding
Putnam
van Wert
Allen
Auglaize
Mercer
Shelby
James L. Price
James Irvine
Lima
Williams
Fulton
Henry
Wood
Lucas
Ottawa
N. M. Howard
Toledo
Earl W. Merry
Bowling Green
Highland
Brown
Adams
Pike
A. R. Burkett
Hardin
Marion
Delaware
Union
Morrow and Knox
C. Jones
Hylas Sabin
Richwood
Hancock
Seneca
Sandusky
Erie
Amd Huron
R. P. Buckland
Fremont
J. B. Rothchild
Findlay
Lh. Hocking
Vinton
Jackson
Scioto
Lawrence
Gallia
H. C. Jones
McArthur
H. Bright
Seve
Franklin
Pickaway
Fairfield
Perry
L. J. Critchfield
Columbus
John Grace
Circleville
Licking
Muskingum
Coshocton
Tuscarawas
Bk. L. Lybareer
J. L. McIlvaine
New
Mt. Pleasant
John Lemmox
Freedom
Noble County
Carroll
Stark
Columbiana
Mahoning
Aultman
Canton
J. A. Ambler
Salem
Lorain
Medina
Wayne
Summit
McClure
Wooster
Summit County
Ashtabula
Trumbull
Portage
Geauga and
Lake
H. B. Perkins
Geo. H. Ford
Burton
Geauga County
Cuyahoga
Edwin C. Cowles
Hiram Garretson
Cleveland
Lawrence Spaeth
M. B. Hagans
Cincinnati
E. P. Ransom
W. M. Yeatman
Mills Gardner
Washington D. H
Watts McMerchy
Batavia
C. Kolkerth
John Little
Greene
Ae J. L. H. Long
Brice Hilton
Deance
Alexander Reed
D. B. Anger
Bryan
Somerset
Peter Bope
Lancaster
Elmer J. Rambo
Dresden
W. R. Shields
Newcomerstown
J. C. Cook
Nevada
T. B. Cunningham
Millersburg
William F. Hunter
Woodefield
George W. Baker
Athens
J.D. Taylor
Cambridge
W. B. Hearn
Adiz
J. H. Taylor
Carrolton
George We Brook
Ellsworth
J. H. Green
Warner
Wellington
S. A Northway
Jefferson
Ashtabula County
Aaron Wilcox
Painesville
Streator
Julius C. Schenck
Ben. F. Wade
E. F. Noyes
J. Warren Keifer
W. H. Upson
John Sherman
C. H. Grosvenor
Clark Waggoner
Lewis Weitzel
Aaron F. Perry
E. H. Bohm
Samuel Craighead
Milton H. Barnes
Guernsey
W. W. Boynton
Board of Public Works
J. C. Evans
Sanskrit Titles for India Empress in New York Graphic
Max Mueller identifies several Sanskrit honorifics for the Empress of India including Shahin Shah Padishah Samraj and Krshathiya Kshayathiyanam. The piece notes Shahin Shah suits liberal English usage, Padishah fits Ireland’s regency, and Samraj would be US aligned, leaving Krshaathiya Kshayathiyanam as the form the Queen will be sal arized by subjects.
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New York Graphic
Max Mueller
India
Shahin-Shan
Padishah
Samraj
Shahin-Shah
Ireland
United States
Advert Advertising Rates Notice
legal and transient ads priced at 1.00 per square ten lines for first insertion and 0.50 per extra insertion. yearly reduces applied. business cards up to six lines cost 6.00 per year. Clermont Courier notices show rate structure for advertisers.
The Sweetest Songs Are Born From Sorrow
A meditation on how the finest songs spring from sorrow and struggle. The poem asserts that after gloom the sun shines brighter and that poetry and music emerge from travail and tears. It notes readers may overlook the pain behind pleasing verse and hymn.
PENCIL AND SCISSORS Literary Jokes and Oddities Spotted
A collage of quips and oddities from humor columns. Riddles on letters, famed noses of professors, and a door hinge that whacks if left ajar. Snippets include a mock forecast of foreign counts in Chicago, a skunk prank at a school, and a tale of red snow observed in Forest Hill England along with street fiddlers in Dublin.
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Forest Hill
England
Also Mentioned on This Page
Danie
Drew
Mr. Clapp
Wall Street
Mme. Lynch
Lopez
Paraguay
Ben Franklin
Pelf
Fortune Teller
Fifth Avenue
Senor Espanol
Martha
Missus
Mrs. Lorzimer
Pinchbeck Solons
St. Paul
Che Clermont Courier
Pencil
Chicago
Chicago Journal
Norwich Bulletin
Market Street
Roger M. Sherman
Scribner
Dublin
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