Olive Locan named consul wife in Florence Italy
The President appoints Olive Locan’s husband Wirt Sykes as United States Consul at Florence while Olive remains charge d affaires. Fever devastates Americans in Rome with nine deaths in a week as Campus excavations are blamed. Arctic explorer James Lamont notes that a boat’s impact on ice can transmit vibrations over two miles, triggering seals to react.
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Olive Locan
Wirt Sykes
United States
Florence
Italy
Wirt
Olive
Rome
Leghorn
James Lamont
Cologne Cathedral progress and height milestones
The Cologne Cathedral construction continues with over 700 workers and more than 1,000,000 marks spent in 1875. Towers rise to 200 feet with 110 foot spires planned, reaching 500 feet total height surpassing Strasbourg and Vienna domes. Also notes a murder burial in Algeria, New Hampshire move to buy Independence Hall, and mid ocean telegraph station proposals for naval use.
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Cologne Cathedral
Strasburg Minster
St. Stephen’s
Vienna
Antwerp
International Archeologists Convene in Philadelphia Sept 4
General Brinkerhoff of the Ohio Archeological Association announces an international convention of archeologists to meet in Philadelphia on September 4. Notables from the United States and Canada sign the call, with invitations to European scientists. The meeting aims to unite experts in archeology and promote permanent scholarly communication amid the Exposition's prehistoric relics. The Smithsonian and Ohio State associations are contributing vast ethnological collections for review.
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R. Brinkerhoff
Ohio Archeological Association
Philadelphia
United States
Canadas
J. D. Baldwin
J. W. Dawson
Montreal
F. W. Pulman
American Association
Europe
Smithsonian Institute
Ohio State Archeological Association
America
Vases Bring 38000 At European Sale And Card Sharper
In Europe a sale of two vases drew 38000 dollars, as reported by the St. Louis Republic. A harsh description accompanies the item noting dire hunger in a land where death from starvation occurs daily. Charley Ross has been located again, this time in Sherman Texas.
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Europe
The
St. Louis Republican
Charley Ross
Sherman
Texas
Penitentes in Saguache loom of self inflicted agony
A Colorado dispatch details a brutal Penitente rite near Saguache with masked men scourging themselves, dragging inflicted pain across cactus beds, and even crucifixion. Two men reportedly died, and others injured, as onlookers warned locals fear retribution.
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Colorado Cor
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Saguache County
Saguache
Carneros
Barker
Denver
True worth lies in doing right not dreaming big
A reflective verse on value of kindness and truth over wealth or status. It argues true worth comes from honest action and doing as you would be done by, despite envy or hardship, and that courage and patience define nobility beyond fortune or birth.
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Victoria
Balmoral
Alexander
Tragic English Farmer in Roseville Linked to Family Tragedy
William Russell of Roseville after a long fall from grace succumbs to despair following a bitter feud with Horton Hurd and a scandal involving Lizzie Lockett. In a jealous confrontation on April 25 he killed himself after his daughter Hattie and Horton Hurd’s wife were fatally wounded in a gunfire incident. An English inheritance and a surprising will marked his final affairs.
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Washington
Morris
Methodist Episcopal Church
Simpson
Roseville
Cincinnati Gazette
William Russell
England
Hattie
Lizzie Lockett
Horton Hurd
Russell
Hurd
Miss Russell
Lackett
Sacketts
Conyne
John Coleman
Russell’s
Epitaphs for Various Trades in a Lyrical List
A poetic list from The Boston Bulletin imagines epitaphs for different professions. Each couplet links a trade to a final fate, from an angler awaiting a rise to a barber with scent ahead and a telegrapher dispatched, concluding with a scalemaker who balanced the world only to kick the beam.
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Boston Bulletin
Democrats Demand President Absence Record In House Requisition
The House Republicans, led by Mr Blackburn, filed a formal resolution seeking the President's times away from the Capital and a tally of acts done when not present. The motive appears debated, with speculation ranging from docking wages to invalidating acts, as the President submits a reply and questions the purpose of the inquiry.
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Baltimore
Senate
House
Cincinnati
Washington
Blackburn
Republicans win big in Indianapolis amid redistricting clash
Republicans claim a 4315 majority and two thirds in the Indianapolis Council despite an anti Republican redistricting measure. Reports describe a violent incident as Democrats attacked Black voters near closing time, with several arrests and no reported white casualties. Indiana-wide, GOP gains anticipated in the Centennial year and presidential election.
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Indianapolis
Mississippi
Indiana
Williams
Slender hopes for reform fade amid political feuds
The piece mocks Washington investigations as empty shows and claims Republican and Democratic factions only churn up noise. It cites Bristow Robeson Morton Conkling Blaine scandals, Springer’s retreat, Clymer’s faux pas, and real estate pool probes as failed efforts to damage the president or his household.
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Washington
Bristow
Robeson
Morton
Conkling
Representative Blaine
Springer
Illinois
Clymer
Belknap
Kilbourne
Kerr
Congress
Unconstitutional Expenditure Allegations Tangle Morton Record
The piece argues the General Government lacked right to pay and Governor Morton to receive 275000, recalling Copperhead criticism from the Civil War era. It predicts Confederate inquiries will expose unconstitutional disbursements equal to the national debt, while praising Morton's wartime leadership and highlighting political contention over war finances.
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Chicago Tribune
Morton
Congress
Widow Denies General Thomas Betrayal Allegations
Mrs. Thomas repudiates claims that General Thomas wavered in his Union loyalty at war start. She notes his Virginia Military Institute application was not treasonous and reflects that he believed the Union might disintegrate without fight. She says he never sought state favors and stands by his course.
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Indianapolis
Confederate Congress
Union
Virginia
Democratic
Bayard
Hancock
Hendricks
Charles Francis Adams
Judge Davis
Jefferson Davis
Georgia
Blaine
Morton
Washington
Indianapolis Journal
Capitol
South
J. Fawley
Stonewall Jackson
North
Richmond
Hawley
Cincinnati Gazette
Davenport
New York
Indiana
Sons of Liberty
General Thomas
Virginia Military Institute
Thomas
Advertising rate card for Clermont Gourier publication
The Clermont Gourier lists advertising rates: legal and transient ads at 1.00 per square for the first insertion and 0.50 for each additional insertion. Business cards up to six lines cost 6.00 per year with liberal yearly reductions offered.
Longing poem by James Russell Lowell
The poem explores longing as a shaping force on the soul and life. It argues longing creates ideal life from present limits and guides the spirit toward higher aims, urging persistent hopeful ascent from hope to hope and noting goodness in thought alongside imperfect deeds.
Quotations and Odds and Ends of a 19th Century Page
A mosaic of snippets includes jokes about Dio Lewis denials, wild asparagus origins, a child’s mischief with spelling, and reflections on marriage, sacrifice, forgiveness, and fear. The page also notes a Canada execution speech, Whittier poetry excerpt, Wentworth’s baldness, a Quilp anecdote about money, Iowa editors, and a long technical piece on Japanese damascening metal plates.
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Constantine
Algeria
New Hampshire
Independence Hall
London Standard
Midocean
Worcester
Robert Lincoln
President Lincoln
Blisses
Nets
Wren
Local Elections
Clermont Gourier
James Russell Lowell
Pencil
Dio Lewis
Great Britain
Canada
Whittier
Bengal
Joan Wentworth
Chicago
Clearin
Wentworth
Quilp
Buruington
Horace Greeley
Iowa
Miss Claggett
Keokuk
Lielegg
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