Vast inland seas and historic deluge legends emerge
The text recalls ancient sea bodies in Turkestan including Aral Caspian and Black Seas, linked to Bosphorus openings and Deucalion myths. It then reports remarkable Ore gon silver springs in Waco County with $9,000 per ton value, plus speculative western drift to Nevada and California El Dorado.
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Turkestan
Sea of
Aral
Caspiann Sea
Black Sea
Bosphorus
Deucalion
Oregon
Waco County
Nevada
California
New
el Dorado
Philadelphia carpet industry shows massive loom capacity
A census from a leading Philadelphia firm reports 651 power looms and 3309 hand looms in carpet manufacture. The mills can produce about 25 million yards annually of ingrain and Venetian carpets, exceeding all other US factories outside Philadelphia and rivaling imported goods in quality and price.
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Philadelphia
United States
India rubber shoes and a Mississippi hanging tale
A sea captain introduced India rubber shoes after making a boy's curiosity into a business. In Mississippi, juvenile darkies enjoy hanging tales with a real public execution briefly ending when a bystander cut the condemned man down. A doctor treated the injured youth in this startling account.
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Mississippi
Meridian Mercury
Greenlea
Mation
Burlington woman bequeaths major hospital gift
Miss Mary Fietcher of Burlin Vermont donates fifty thousand dollars to the city for a hospital to bear her name. The gift funds construction or endowment and will place her name on the new facility, marking a significant philanthropic contribution.
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Mary Fietcher
Burlin Vt
Steeple Folk Echoes In Bell Looms And Elfin Dreams
Augusta Larmed portrays steeple dwellers and goblin rope-dancers moving to bells and wind. The poem builds from earthy chimes to astral calm, ending with a universal psalm that all is well amid joy and pain.
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New York Evening Post
The Letter and the Widow of Kornhill
In Kornhill a widow Mrs Wadsworth stubbornly hides a letter meant for her son James from Nelly Barlow. Years later Jim dies in sorrow after a broken romance, and Nelly learns the truth as Mrs Wadsworth reveals the letter, keeping a village secret and the grave keeps its own.
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Wadsworth
Bristol
Kornhill
Mr. Bristol
Jim
James
Mrs. Wadsworth
Miranda
Nelly Barlow
Nelly
Mr. Wiseman
James Wadsworth
Sherg
Jim Wadsworth
Five Days of Standing Torture in Kingston Prison
John O Shaughnessy a 25 year old Kingston native was subjected to five days and nights chained in a standing posture with wrists and ankles manacled in a dark cell. He endured severe pain as frost damaged toes and he survived only on bread and water at intervals. The prison official Stedman refused relief despite pleas, saying let the die.
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Toronto Telegram
John O'Shaughnessy
Kingston
Stedman
Asthe
Fortune Lost in Litigation Ends In Lunatic Asylum
A New York letter recounts James H. Elmore once a wealthy Queens County Democratic leader, driven to ruin by protracted lawsuits with Aaron A. Degraw. Once wealthy with $200,000 bank balance and Richmond Hill property, Elmore now ends as an inmate of a lunatic asylum after family tragedy and mounting financial collapse.
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New York
James H. Elmore
Queens County
Long Island
Poughkeepsie
Elmore
Richmond Hill
Jamaica
Aaron A. Degraw
Degraw
Jersey City
Mr Tildens Roosters Warn of Fraud and Decline
A Burlington Hawk-Eye letter mocks political optimism and denounces fake bulletins and vanity projects. The writer complains of fraudulent specials, cites South Carolina and Louisiana political manipulation, and urges restraint and quiet in defeat.
Plan for Two Presidents Sparks Constitutional Alarm
A historic letter outlines a alleged scheme to have the House and Senate override the election by objecting to Florida and Louisiana electors, with South Carolina Vermont and Oregon possibly joining. It envisions Hayes and Tilden alternately declared elected while a chaotic sequence leads to dual inaugurations and a revolutionary outcome. The piece criticizes the plan as unconstitutional and impractical, arguing it would undermine the Constitution and democratic norms.
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Florida
Louisiana
Hayes
South Carolina
Tilden
Washington
Senate
Congress
House of Representatives
Vermont
Oregon
Landers
Sanders
Grant
Pennsylvania Avenue
Aml
Tammany Hall
Sinnott
Merineourt
South
Central America
House
Knave
Fool
Georgia Election Tactics Stem From Richmond County
A witness describes Georgia voting pressure in Richmond County where Augusta is the seat. He claims white residents were ferried to Augusta to vote for Tilden and reform, while most Black voters were too poor or deterred by threats to vote. He asserts Richmond County favored Tilden by over five thousand.
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Greeley
Kings
Tilden
Kings County
New York
Times, Tribune, Herald, Post, Mail, Express, and Commercial Advertiser
Tildén
Horace Greeley
William M. Tweed
Brooklyn
New York Sun
Cherry
South
Mississippi
Georgia
Richmond
Augusta
Virginia City
Nevada
Wilt
Easton Free Press
Kentucky Irregularities and Electoral Vote Obstacles
A Kentucky insider claims no electors were chosen by vote in the recent election and viva voce casting favors Tilden and Hendricks or Hayes and Wheeler. He warns that Democratic plans to challenge irregularities could throw out Kentucky’s twelve electoral votes, aided by a Returning Board accused of partisan certifying and miscount.
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Kentucky
Tilden
Hendricks
Democratic House
Louisiana
Senate
South Carolina
Florida
South
Buck soup and buckshot in election math from Brooklyn Eagle
The Brooklyn Eagle argues that Tilden leads in Texas and other states while Hayes could win via ten New York counties. The piece questions the method and suggests rural New York counties outperform other states in schooling and morality, challenging electoral math.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Tilden
Texas
New York State
Hayes
Indiana
Connecticut
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
New York
Democrats Carry North Carolina Dispatch Report
Raleigh dispatch reports Dr. A J Glover Hyde County Supervisor of Elections drowned November 6 as Republican tickets disappeared. His body found upright in water with coat over head and other evidence of violence. Election tickets never recovered.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
A. J. Glover
Swan Quarter
Hyde County
Origin of the word lady and purse traced in old customs
The discussion notes that lady comes from an Anglo-Saxon term meaning giver of faced wealth, tied to early English charity days called lady-days. It also explains purse originally meant a receptacle for arms and not merely a money safe, reflecting historic meanings.
Ex-Empress and Son Hold Nearly Eight Million in Resale Fortunes
An estimate shows 576 million francs moved through Louis Napoleon over 18 years leaving about 11.8 million in France and 29 million in other countries including England the United States Spain Switzerland Italy Algiers and Corsica. The ex-Empress and her son still possess nearly 8 million dollars for consolation.
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Louis Na Eon
France
England
United States
Spain
Switzerland
Italy
Algiers
Corsica
Sister of Mr Spurgeon Enters Pulpit
A sister of the noted preacher Mr Spurgeon has taken to the pulpit, described as a woman of notable intellect and presence in the religious service.
Advertising rates for Clermont Gowvier publication
Legal and transient advertisements priced at 100 per square ten lines for first insertion and 50 cents for each additional insertion. A liberal annual reduction offered. Business cards up to six lines priced at 96.00 per year.
Fragmented Reminiscence Poem From Scribner December
A dated reminiscence piece lists memories of past loves and travels, mentioning a West Point connection, a Rome trip, Chancellorsville, and various portraits. It reflects on lost letters, gifts, and a doctor signet, ending with a promise to reveal more next year.
Scattered Snapshots from a Mock-Up Daily
A collage of quips and anecdotes from humorous columns feature rural satire and urban absurdities. Jests on Augusts compliments, theater and doctor tropes mingle with weatheral wit and odd facts.
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Earth
Arquis
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Duchess of Edinburgh
Phinn
Col
Blood of Pike
John Hay
Gilgal
MR. Tilden
Roosters
Burlington
New York Post
Mr. Evarts
The
Evening Post
Evarts
Andrew Jackson
James Buchanan
Buchanan
Anderson
Fort Sumter
Pine Street
Bremen
Union
Sumter
John L. O’sullivan
Albany
Erastus Corning
Thurlow Weed
Charleston
Mr. Corning
Weed
Corning
Appleton
Major Anderson
Star of the West
Presit
Ple
James W. Beekman
Theorthern
Lincinnati Gazette
St. Lawrence
Chautauqua
Perret
Allegany
Wisk Gton
Madison Arren
Mary Ainge DE Vere
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May
Howard Clay
Rome
Fort Lee
Wash
Jack
Chancellorsville
Nice
Paris
Count de Twirl
Crosbie
Scribner
Odds and
Augustus
Angeles
Charlie
Boston
Siberia
DisRaeEwr
Bish
Bishop Temple
Dr. Temple
Reno
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