Peace prospects and notable 1874 world and national items
The article reports on Britain's Bourke saying Berlin assured peace in Europe, Silk Association of America 1874 output and 897,946 pounds of silk, Wood Cheney elected president, and various notes from London newspapers on Russo-German affairs. It covers Peru guano finds, Roman votive wall discoveries, wheat crop conditions across many states, and a wide sweep of brief items from the capital, West, and beyond including fires, elections, assassinations, and cultural notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silk Association of America
New York
Wood Cheney
Berlin
William
von Moltke
Manteuffel
Gortschakoff
Bismarck
Falk
London Standard
Ortschakoff
Germany
Paris
la Liberte
Czar
Cartagena
Buenos Ayres
Bourse Gazette
The
Gazette
Ledochowski
Mgr. Dunin
Vienna
Russia
Frankfort
Austria
Prussia
Konigshute
Silesia
France
Deutsche Allgemeine Correspondenz
Venice
Italy
Belgium
O’connor
Prince of Wales
Buckingham Palace
Hanwell Asylum
Europe
Prince Bismarck
Prince Gortschakoff
Eagle Line
Scilly
The Strength of Kings Spelling Duel in Rhode Island
A Rhode Island spelling match required the pronouncer to stand outside the state to announce the longest words, which had to be coiled as they were spelled. The piece links kings of trees to kings of men and notes the need for civil justice and martial discipline in supporting authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada County
Iowa
George K. Keekman
Keekman
Libanus
Rhode Island
Salvator
Durance -Vile
College of the
Padri Lomaschi
Naples
Scribner's
Pulaski
Tenn
Taliafero
Webster
Humorous Wordplay and Immigrant Figures Across Time
Tom Hood famous for puns in his poems and sketches, including lines from a Waterloo scene and a Brussels ball pun, plus a quip about a large lover and a double pun about bells. The note mentions 313,330 immigrants arriving in 1874 from 103 countries.
Wide Range of Notable Facts From Global News Summary
Various notes report coal discoveries in several states and territories, an escape of Kansas killer John Bender toward Mexico, and European travel spending totaling 47.73 million dollars in gold. Also cited are Iowa summer resort Sprinr Lake, abundant game, eucalyptus as a health and timber resource, a Pennsylvanian militia beer bill, a centuries-old walnut tree bearing nuts, a mutiny aboard the Jefferson Borden, and a chronology of Church of England growth in the 19th century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Court
United States Marshal
Grand Commandery of
Kentucky
Paducah
Hiram Bassett
Millersburg
G. C
Jacob Swigert
Frankfort
W. L. Thomas
Danville
G. G
William Ryan
Louisville
William Merrick
Lexington
G. P
W. J. Duncan
John O. Pearce
Maysville
D. P. Robb
Versailles
W. G. Stone
Covington
C. K. Miller
G. Standard R
J. W. Prewitt
Franklin
S. B. Apperson
Mount Sterling
G. W
A. B. Parrish
Georgetown
American Bible Society
New York
Bible House
Blatchford
Jay Cooke
Charlemagne Tower
Northern Pacific Railroad
Fisk
United States
White
John M. Harlan
Cincinnati
Broadford
Mount Pleasant
Georgia Railroad Company
Western Railroad of
Alabama
John P. Branch
Virginia
Savannah
Macon and
Brunswick
Georgia
Branch
St. Louis
Col
J. H. Britton
Henry Overstalz
Britton
Massachusetts
Utah
California
Oregon
Washington Territory
John Bender
Kansas
Florence
Arizona
Mexico
Europe
Sprinr Lake
Iowa
Tasmania
Pennsylvania
Bonvillers
Vaudois Jura
Jefferson Borden
Finland
Miller
Smith
Church of England
Remarkable winter stories and a horsemanship feat
A Bay City Chronicle report recalls a Port Dover ice fish tale and notes ducks starving due to extensive lake ice. It also recounts a Turf Field and Farm correspondent describing Major Rutledge’s 19th century horse jump over a moving ox cart, now aged 77.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay City
Mich
Port Dover
Lake Erie
Lake
Hurin
Charles O’malley
Deer Creek
Hartford County
Major Rutledge
Pig rescue tale amuses Townley household in Missouri
A somnambulist young lady at Mell Townley's home carried a pig from the rear quarters toward the house in an odd midnight episode. The pig squealed, Mell questioned the scene, and the girl explained Grandma told her to bring it in out of the rain. After awakening with laughter, all returned to bed until morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bachelor
Benedict
M. J. Townley
Mell
Chamois
Connecticut
Snow Spectacles for Arctic Regions Featured by Cooper
The London Daily News highlights a new snow spectacle by William White Cooper designed for Arctic travels. The device uses ebenite, a velvet cord, and a front slit with a sliding door to adjust light, plus tiny side holes for peripheral view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Daily News
Arctic
William White Cooper
Cooper
Clermont Courier Advertising Rates
Legal and all transient advertisements cost 1.00 per square ten lines for first insertion. Each additional insertion 0.50. Yearly ads receive liberal reductions. Business cards up to six lines are 6.00 per year.
Go Not There At Night A Haunted Place
A dark poem paints a haunted scene with mildew vines, a rotting gate, damp eves, and a cursed wood. A buried woman in burial clothes moans by a stagnant pond as ominous creatures dwell in the damp garden. The speaker warns travelers to avoid the place at night due to a murderous curse.
Satirical Fragments and Anecdotes Chronicle 19th Century Wit
A collage of quips, proverbs, and anecdotes covers manners medicine and morals from 19th century humorists. It includes warnings about magnets digestion and vanity, light verse on love and crime, and humorous tales from Detroit and Connecticut. It also notes a French dress nose theory, a spelling mishap at Pulaski, and tariff carpet statistics reflecting 1870s commerce.
National Convention of Bank Cashiers and Bankers
A National Convention of Bank Cashiers and Bankers is to be held on July 20 at Saratoga. The object is a free discussion of questions relating to banking and finance generally. The call is signed by bank officers from across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. King
Minnesota
Hinds
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Douglass
Pratt
Congress
United States
Saratoga
Miners Try to Wreck Pottsville Train at Big Mine Run
Striking miners attempted to block a Pottsville passenger train at Big Mine Run but the engineer spotted the obstruction in time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottsville
Big Mine Run
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House of Commons
Bourke
Charles Dilke
London Telegraph
London
South America
Peru
Iquique
Bay of Independence
Pisco
Raimondi
Chincha Islands
Esquiline
Rome
Jupiter
Dalmatia
Department of Agriculture
Ohio
Missouri
Finsas
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Maryland
Middle States
Fort Randal
Lieut
Armstrong
Andrews-Morton
Black Hills
Sioux City
Grover
Lado
Springfield
General C. B. Holland
Memphis
Cohen & Bro
John P. Hughes
Charleston Avenue
Liverpool
Globe
Queen’s
Hamburg
Bremen
Hebron
Hebronville
Mass
Jonathan Fuller
American Millennial Association
Rutland
Vermont
Dunn & Crompton, Stanley & Co
Mitchel
J. C. Tyson
D. R. Anthony
the Times
William Embry
Appeal
Opera House
Leavenworth
Embry
Colonel Anthony
Anthony
Boston Dispatch
John Best
Stoneham
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Grand Army of the Republic
Aaron Hill
Best
Mannannah
W. J. Porter
Woods
Porter
Indian Woods
Josh Frazer
Camden
South Carolina
Benjamin Cooper
Alfred Spear
Rock Island
Kirk
Cleveland
Terrell
Myers
Levi Scott
Perry Harnum
Crane Township
Sandusky River
Sandusky, Co
Scott
Fort Coningham
Frankling County
N. Y
Theodore Thomas
Otto Singer
Milwaukee
St. Peter
Paul Boyton
Channel
Penzance
Breacher Island
Scillies
Pall Mall Gazette
England
St. Petersburg
Dunin
Cracow
Lord Dufferin
Canada
Kingston
Jamaica
Hayti
Dominique
Monplaiser Piérre
Bryce
Caval
Montplaiser
Cayal
Mr. Basset
Stars and Stripes
Republic
Plymouth
Schiller
William Fraken
Davenport
Michael Hurlenean
Leonhardt Family
Augusta
Edward
Potomac
Charity
Albert Topp
Woman Suffrage Association
Post Office Department
Hood
Tom Hood
Waterloo
Brussels
Sally Lumpkin
John Day
General Intelligence
Salvator Rosa
Clermont
Toa
Pencil
Kidderminster
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