Paris Exposition push and German potato ban stir agencies
In Paris a French commission discussed central control to promote French exhibitors and sent requests to display masterpieces at Philadelphia. Wilhelm II imposed a ban on American potato imports. Mexico and U S border claims are debated with mixed findings. A Detroit will dispute follows, while Pont Boynton attempts a Dover to France crossing and a Pope residence joke circulates. The Hamburg St Nicholas steeple tops Strasbourg's.
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Paris
de Casez
Say
Philadelphia
Mexico
CapTrain Pavul Boynton
Channel
Dover
France
French
Captain Boynton
Damages sought by Louisiana lawmakers displaced in 1872
The Attorney General hires Emmett Burnet & Hammond of New York to defend the U S government in suit for damages totaling 100000 dollars per plaintiff brought by five Democratic Louisiana members ousted by Col De Trobriand during the Legislature's formation. Sheridan and De Trobriand face suits while government defends them.
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New York
Louisiana
Col. de Trobriand
Gen. Sheridan
House
Congressional Committee
Kellogg
General Assembly
Supreme Court
Washington
United States
Volney A. Smith
Arkansas
St. Thomas
West Indies
Joseph Knotts
Iowa
Chihuahua
Mexico
Pennsylvania National Guards
Hazelton
Sam. Tate
M. J. Wicker
First Circuit
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
North & South Railroad of
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Wm. A. Woodward
Ezra Cornell
Terre Haute
Ind
Downieville
California
Sacramento
Wells, Fargo & Co
Treasury
J. Painter & Sons
Pittsburg
John Greary
Little Rock
Hot Springs
New York Presbytery
Cleveland
Paxton
Wells
Mingings
Crosby
C. H. Payson
W. W. Page
Booth
Atterbury
Stoddard
Matthews
Sharp
Hatfied
McCampbell
Ramsey
Dudley
Parsons
Lyman
Montreal
Day
R. Carter
Hyde
Messrs
Labriskie
Story
Collins
Bayless
McKellar
Harvey
Presbytery
Wrentham
Norfolk
Boston
Whiton
Franklin County
Lowell
Massachusetts
London
England
Charles V. Lawrence
Queenstown
Lawrence
Ostrich Mistakes Bald Head for Egg at Paris Zoo
A bald gentleman resting on a Paris zoo bench was awoken by warmth on his head as an ostrich, believing it to be an egg, settled to hatch it. The incident occurred on a warm day at the Zoological Gardens.
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Detroit
E. B. Ward
Michigan
Paris
Zoological Gardens
Party discipline and shifts across states influence an election
The New York Graphic argues that Republicans in New Hampshire gained ground and nearly won, while in Connecticut they were defeated except for Starkweather. It urges firm party unity, reorganization, and discipline as essential to success, warning against feverish, unfocused strategy.
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New York
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Starkweather
Democracy Blunders Spur GOP Swing in Ohio
A commentator argues greed for office and plunder offend voters. The piece predicts Ohio will shift to Republican in October with a large majority. It blames Democratic missteps for repeated state declines and calls the tidal wave of last fall a warning for the future.
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Ohio
Democratic Party Divided Over Unity And Strategy
The Democratic party struggles to unite in New York as factions led by John Kelly Mayor Wickham and Gov. Tilden pull in opposite directions. The Assembly is riven by sixes and sevens, with McGuire attacked by the World while the Canal Ring curses Tilden. Republicans show limited internal fault lines chiefly over internal disagreements.
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New York Times
Democratic Party
John Kelly
Wickham
Tilden
State Assembly
McGuire
Mr. Tilden
Ex-Senator Wade Declines Governorship Bid
Wade writes to a friend in Ohio that he will not run for governor, citing a worn voice and his long standing oath that the office should seek the man, not the man the office, and that he would never stump for or accept an office he sought to fill. He warns that office seekers threaten the republic.
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America
H. E. C. Childers
M. P
Wade
Ohio
Rebel victory speech criticizes Congress balance
The author argues the Republican party promotes hate and revenge and denounces the planned seating of sixty eight Confederate veterans against twenty five Union soldiers in Congress. The piece claims rebels owe their lives to the enemy and calls for all Unionists to be in power, condemning reconstruction dynamics.
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Iowa
Republican Party
South
Congress
Ohio Democrats Mismanaged Ohio Legislature Say The Commercial
The Cincinnati Commercial critiques Democratic leadership in Ohio, condemning rushed party measures and mismanagement by the legislature. It implies the paper aims to be fair while criticizing the party’s handling of state affairs.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Oysters for One and a London Board Gag
A Baltimore oyster house tale features a stubby man ordering oysters for a social party with a joke about a black eye. A London observer notes school board nomenclature shifts from Stick no bills here to Affix no placards and Rubbish shot here to Debris of miscellaneous character may be deposited.
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Baltimore
Congress Street
Albia
A Verver
London
Athens House Haunting Tied to Ghost of Chains
An ancient tale recounted by Pliny to his friend describes a haunted Athens house famed for misfortune. Athenodorus, hired to stay there, records clanking chains amid eerie visions, leading to a magistrate inquiry that uncovers a buried skeleton in fetters. The haunting ends with the grave laid to rest.
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St. George W. Stock
Oxen
Pliny the Younger
Tacitus
Pliny
Athens
Athenodorus
Misfortune and fortune mingle in Paris tales of royalty
The Baltimore Gazette notes in a fanciful tale that misfortune makes strange bedfellows as Paris figures scatter Napoleon III carriages and Empress robes worldwide. A Louis XVIII carriage injures a girl in St Cloud. the king aids her, then laces her future with royal gifts and a marriage to Armand Marrast. Love transcends politics.
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Baltimore Gazette
Paris
Napoleon III
Prince Imperial
Rochefort
Mme. Marrast
Constituent Assembly
St. Cloud
Louis XVIII
Armand Marrast
Inproved Method of Coloring China by Kosch
Vienna inventor M. Kosch reveals fire proof color enamels for painting on china. A special palette and enamel conceal surface imperfections, allowing precise tones without color absorption. Also notes a French man condemned for libel by writing on a pumpkin with a sharp stick.
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China
M. Kosch
Vienna
France
Advertising rates in Clermont Courier notice
Legal and transient advertisements priced at $1.00 per square for the first insertion and $0.50 for each additional insertion. Yearly liberal reductions offered. Business cards up to six lines priced at $6.00 per year.
The Way to Woo and the Old Story Told
A humorous verse advice on courting patience and strategy in winning a woman. It counsels varied, gradual gestures from concerts to quiet evenings, mixed with playful tests, light gifts, and occasional longing, ending with the rekindling of love under moonlit premisses and finally the classic confession.
Disparate Snippets Spark Curiosities and Law Notes
A mixed column recounts oddities about tobacco effects on blood, a Groveland dog’s harebrained burials, marriage quips, precert seeds, religious exhortation on childlike faith, odd hardware-store eggs for nails, and a Sans-Frontieres view on duty versus wealth. It also covers UK Ireland rifle travel, a Grand Jury charge by Thos J Ingham, and Lynch justice lore tied to Charles Lynch and the famous Lynch-law.
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Earth
Thos
J. Ingham
Sullivan and
Wyoming
Pennsylvania
Grand Jury
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