Vast Atlantic News Roundup From Paris To War Clouds
A wide collection of dispatches reports storms at sea with several fishing vessels lost near Fileshire England and deaths and accidents across regions. significant items include political moves in Paris and Madrid, alliances formed, and treason rumors about Count von Arnim. economic trouble hits Worth and a prominent banker as carlists bombard San Sebastian and the U.S. debates tariffs and Indian affairs.
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Turner
Paris
Worth
Kine Avpronso
Madrid
Market records and vice president Wilson death notice
The markets report cattle hogs flour and grain prices across New York and East Liberty with ranges for live stock, pork, lard and butter. Vice President Henry Wilson dies suddenly at 7:30 am in Washington after a brief illness. funeral details outline services in Washington Philadelphia Boston and beyond with large crowds and military honors.
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Chicago
Northwestern
Milwaukee
Washington
Henry Wilson
Senate Chamber
Congress
Supreme Court
Catafalque
Marine Corps
Senate
Curiosities and Quirks from Tales and Towns This Week
A jumble of small items from 19th century life including odd marriages, curious incidents with birds and balloons, a tax on governess training, a tale of a king and painter, and a humorous publisher encounter with a heavy reader. Notable names include Prince of Wales, Louis Philippe, M. Bouton, and Abimalech Bame in a collage of brief anecdotes and social observations.
Father and Mother Told in a Rural Romance
A family story frames a tale of a young man who saves a woman from a runaway horse driven wagon deepening a courtship. The narrator recalls the rescue, injuries, recovery, and a vow fulfilled as the couple marry with support from the wife’s mother. The piece shifts to a Mormon life account, ending with a call against recognizing polygamy.
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Mother
Ida
Nettie
Tom
New Yorker
The Boot Blacks Story Told by Street Newsboys
A vignette from Detroit Free Press recalls Cocoanut Jim narrating a tale of a girl named Mariel, her wealth, and a boot black who saves her after a runaway horse. They wed only for a counterfeit ten cent gift, teaching a lesson about valuing love over money.
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Sposen
Jima
Mariel
Savings Bank
Jim
Tom
Marel
Suspender Johnson
Cocoanut Jim
Detroit Free Press
The Paris Visit That Nodded To Daguerre's Era
A Boston Post Paris correspondent recalls painter Bouton famed for interiors and his role with Daguerre. While painting The Revolutionists in the Crypt at St Denis an unannounced visitor entered, examined the studio, and exchanged polite chatter as Bouton brushed pigments and wondered where the visitor had learned the greeting.
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Paris
Boston Post
Bouton
Daguerre
M. Bouton
St. Denis
Atelier
Contested House Seats Listed for 1880 Election
The piece lists contested U S House seats by state with contestant names, noting Republicans in small capitals and Democrats in Roman. It mentions Alabama Minnesota Pennsylvania and North and South Carolina as examples, with references to Mississippi seats also contested by Republicans. An anecdote about an English officer at a dinner party contrasts a German prince’s water-flipping with a britisher’s reply. A Mt Vernon street girl’s finger injury prompts a doctor run, with twenty-one doctors consulted.
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Alaska
Jedial
William Chew
Wau" B. Aston
Johatugob Astor
New York
Desal
Mr. Menay
South Bend
Jnl
Inter
Ter
Iir
Willian Palmer
Rlaml Murrey
Lamperi
Waluer
Murray
Chu Gevetier
Wellegeet
Elton Inne
Avonwreyce
Ivdevaseet Lappokt Wirth
Rob
Mt Riv Vo
Milwaukee
Emu
Count von Srla
Count Bismarck
Plymouth
Mann- Land Builders’ Bank
Southern Pacific Railroad
St. Louis
Southern Transcen
Mississippi
New Orleans
Oatrues
Vicksburg
Protoin
Ile
Supreme Court
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Ion
Joux Tunsust
Mauston
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Wiles
Fane Madison
Turner
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Ign der
Ishaga
Chicago Tribune
Natick
Mass
New Hampshire
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Texas
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Free-Soil Party
Boston
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Massachusetts
Know-Nothing
Gardner
Wilson
United States Senate
Edward Everett
House of Representatives
Alabama
Haratson
Fred
Bromberg
Williams
Janes T. Raren
James T. Jones
Rietarp
John V. L . Rosa
Ison J. Rice
Freeman Kelley
Harrison Cockrill
William B. Spencer
Lloyd Lowndes
Joxiah G. Abbott
E. St. Julien Cox
Minnesota
Sracr
Pennsylvania
Freeman
Rebert
Carolina
England
Mt. Vernon Street
John
Charles Street
Boston Journal
Ann Eliza Youngs Hard Story of Brigham Young
Ann Eliza Young recounts her life from New York roots to Nauvoo and Salt Lake City. She describes an arranged marriage to Brigham Young to save her brother from disgrace, a later sealing in the Endowment House, meager pin money, and a life of dairy work on a farm while enduring purported deception and financial swindles by Young.
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Louisiana
Grippin
Miss Clinch
Greenville
Tenn
New York
Caneror
Altoona
England
Huron
Wayne County
N.Y
Arizona
Saturday Review
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Mr. Young
Walker House
Brigham
Lecmuress
Amelia
Mr.’ Young
Miss van Cott
Congress
Ann Euxiza
Brigham Young
Chicago
Webb
Kirtland
Ohio
Nauvoo
Ill
James L. Dee
Sarah
Cottonwood
Salt Lake City
Dee
Heber C. Kimball
Endowment
Paris notes on Princess Natalie's lavish trousseau
A Paris dispatch details the Princess of Milan Natalie de Resche and the Duke of Medina Coeli's daughter’s extravagant outfits. The trousseau features sul phur faille reception dress, silver satin evening gown, Danube blue silk dress with marine lace, brown sicilienne traveling suit, and a Teese mourning gown. Numerous handkerchiefs priced high, ornate ducal arms in gold thread, cachemire shawls, Persian white shawl embroidered with gold and turquoises, reflecting immense expenditure.
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Trousseau
Milan
Ace Natalie de Resche
Malines
Duke of
Albe
Eugenie
Natalie
Duke de Medina-Coeli
Spain
Berwick
Medina- Coeli
Persia
A Boy's Experiment on the Farm Corn Plot
Mr M Conrad Wilson recounts a boyhood experiment on his father's farm testing extra manure and hoeing on a small central plot. The secret yielded higher corn per acre than the rest, prompting the father to apply the method to the whole crop with gain of seven bushels. Also notes Joaquin Miller’s claim that the "One Fair Woman" is long departed.
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M. Conrad Wilson
Joaquin Miller
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