Topics of the Time and Notable Incidents
A Philadelphia colored barber fired a revolver at a passing freedman. the shot lodged under the skull but did not penetrate and the man recovered after hospital treatment. Prof Strawinski shot himself in Erie amid rumored family troubles while a Alabama claims court case discusses vessel flag forfeiture. Three freight cars carried six million silkworm eggs from Hong Kong to New York en route to Europe. Arkansas citizens urge governors to push a Southern immigration convention in New Orleans. Bristow is expected to target the tobacco ring, while weather notes explain rainfall measurements and water yield per acre.
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Philadelphia
Freedman
New York
Hong Kong
San Francisco
Italy
France
Arkansas
Garland
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Tennessee
New Orleans
Bionners Walks Seven Inch Rope On Steamer Poonah
Reports say the tight rope walker Bionners again performed at sea on the Indian steamer Poonah on October 19, walking a seven inch hawser from the main to the mizzen top and back as the ship rolled and engines vibrated the rope into sinuous waves. A Montreal bridge plan would span the St Lawrence with a 4800 foot viaduct and twenty spans to St Helen's Island for street cars cars and rail traffic. Proctor lectured Jupiter life ten times Earth's and the Moon is dead with no air or moisture. Mrs Norton, 67, to marry Sir W Sterling Maxwell, famed Sheridan descendant and noted poet.
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Bionners
Blondin
St. Lawrence
Montreal
Sherbrooke Street
St. Helen’s Island
Mr. Proctor
Jupiter
Norton
W. Sterling Maxwell
London Atheneum
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
George Chapple Norton
George IV
James Monroe
United States
Bingen
Rhine
Jane
Helen
June
Allan Oakley
Mr. Oakley
Allan
Philadelphia
Harper’s Magazine
Louisville
Courier-Journal
Washington City
St. Josefu
Bodkins
Bod
The Grave of the Year and a Christmas Eve Romance
A reflective poem on year end decay and mortality contrasts with a developing romance. June, daughter of a grieving family, captivates Allan Oakley while caring for her mother and sister. A Christmas Eve tragedy near the railroad tests love, sacrifice, and faith as June sacrifices for others and dies, leaving Allan to mourn beside the grave of the year.
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Pleasure
June
Helen
Allan Oakley
Eve
Jane
Keene, Smart, Grabbitt & Co
Mr. Oakley
Blood on the Rails and a Canyon of Intrigue
A wild eyed man boards a Chicago and Northwestern train in Perkins with a hand ax and a dirty pack, menaces a Chicago hardware salesman, and threatens to drink his blood before the conductor intervenes. The scene ends with a veteran guide named Jack Armstrong departing at Neganee after recalling a prior ride. Also noted, Disraeli and Rothschild discuss purchasing shares in the Suez Canal from the Khedive for four million pounds. Finally a note claims French hens earn owners eighty thousand dollars yearly under a supposed selfless labor illusion.
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Chicago and Northwestern
Perkins
Chicago
Grant
Neganee
Wausau
Stevens’ Point
Jack Armstrong
M. Disraeli
Baron Rothschild
Paris
Suez Canal
Jonah and the Whale Tale by Macduff
The piece humorously treats the biblical Jonah and his whale ordeal with satire. It notes debates over the fish's size and the means of Jonah's expulsion, joking that Jonah lacked a pilot and would have chosen Pauncheous Pilot, and ends by lampooning the Department of the Interior.
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Macduff
Detroit Free Press
Jonah
Department of the Interior
Delano
Snowfall Across Indiana Regions Reported
The Terre Haute Express notes no snow in its area last night while Vincennes records three inches of frozen angel's tears. Evansville reports all day snowfall with dampness and mud dominating the scene.
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The
Terre Haute Express
Angel
Vincennes
Evansville
Self Shaving Habits of Dignitaries and Notables
Diverse anecdotes on shaving habits from figures like the Duc de Brissac and John Wesley, plus humor about Mungo Park’s beard and Sir Thomas More. An Atlanta Constitution note adds a cartoon German bearded traveler voice, ending with a humorous police desk exchange about the Baker Street burglar.
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Duc de Brissac
Timoleon de Cosse
Wesley
Far East
Musselmans
Allah
John Mayo
Thomas More
Baker Street
de Adlandy Polices
Desperate Delaney Predicts Revenge Before Hangman
William Delaney alias Red Pirate alias Cast Iron Bill faces the gallows for Captain Lawrence murder. In his dying confession he vows revenge against his supposed enemies, boasts of four brutal brothers and plans to publish a dime novel about his crimes and religious reflections. He cites a bloody career and quotes a last poem pledging defiance before death.
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William Delaney
New York
Lawrence
Long Island
Delaney
Wm. E. Delaney
Red Pirate
Bill
Hempstead
Brooklyn Papers
How to Stop a Boy Wearing Out His Pants Knees
The piece notes a humorous catalog of three dubious remedies for a boy wearing out knees. It suggests killing the boy or making pants without knees or having another boy wear the knees out as alternate solutions, illustrating the absurdity of the question.
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Eve
Adam
Cain
Tight boot stereotype reflects narrow view
A pithy saying notes that someone who wears a tight boot is likely to possess a narrow understanding. It comments on how footwear choices can signal rigid thinking. The line uses sharp metaphor to critique closed mindedness.
Century‑long lives listed in Post during 1875
The New York Post details 58 deaths in the first nine months of 1875, including 30 women and 25 men with 3 unrecorded. Deaths span 17 states and several countries, noting centenarians such as Justiniano Roxas, Mrs. Anna Goss, Count de Waldeck and Father Nicephorus. The Brazil case Manuel Jose Alfonso claims a life of 150.
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New York Post
United States
England
France
Russia
Greece
Cuba
Brazil
Justiniano Roxas
Mission of
Santa Cruz
Anna Goss
Amherst
New Hampshire
Ephraim Goss
Count de Waldeck
Nicephorus
Zitzo
Mount Athos
Caloyer
Byron
Childe Harold
Manuel Jose Alfonso
Roman Steps Onto Sidewalk Amid Melting Snow Scene
After warm rain melted the spotless snow from glassy ice, a Roman steps from his front door and sits on the sidewalk, surveying the landscape between his elevated feet as hymns of praise bubble from his overflowing heart.
Advertising rates for legal and transient ads
The Che Clermont Courier lists rates: legal and transient advertisements are $1.00 per square (ten lines) for the first insertion, and $0.50 for each additional insertion. Business cards up to six lines can be inserted for $6.00 per year with a liberal reduction for longer runs.
The Ballad of a Gruesome Butcher
A dark verse describes a grim butcher luring children with candy to his shop. The sausage machine roars as the scene shifts to a chilling outcome with the children disappearing inside and reemerging billed at ten cents a pound.
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Saturnine
Shun Them The Scandal Mongers And Jestful Tales
A collage of satirical vignettes and quips from a 19th century newspaper page. It lampoons scandal mongers and social pretensions, cites Mrs Partington on conflict and inheritance, odd anecdotes from a printing house in Trenton, and humorous exchanges about aging, fire making, and a comical streetcar incident.
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Hammer
Trenton
New Jersey
Union Park
Treet
The Costly Idle Habit among Youths
A civic warning urges boys to replace after school lounging with study, noting that wasting one hour each evening totals 365 hours yearly. Spending ten cents on cigars compounds the loss, undermining future learning and forming lasting bad habits that hinder lifelong usefulness and happiness.
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Strawinski
Erie
Pennsylvania
York
Alabama Claims Court
Washington
Bristow
BY Emma North
Marquette Mining Journal
Atlanta Constitution
Bakerstrausse
Dot
Officer Smith
Che Clermont Courier
Pencil
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