End of fast and political shifts across nations
The article covers Dr. Tanner nearing the end of a fast, a bank in Leadville suspending operations after a cashier absconded with funds, Chicago considering burying telegraph lines, and various global and domestic events. It notes Edson's lamp developments, harvests, Indian treaties, and political statements surrounding governance and reform.
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Tanner
Bank of Colorado
Leadville
Chicago Council
Bogardus
Chicago
Weston
Haverly
Providence
Denver and
Rio Grande
Denver
South Park
Cornell
Balbo
Indian Territory
South
London
United States
Grierson
Victoria
Havana
St. Paul
Warrick County
Indiana
Col. Bodine
Ireland
Custom House
West Indian
George Washington
Evarts
Gregg
Dodge County
Old Bender
John
Kate
Fremont
Nomination Acceptance Letter on Union and Constitution
Governor's Island 1880 letter accepting National Democratic Convention nomination for President. Emphasizes the thirteenth to fifteenth amendments as war results, sovereignty of states, and the supremacy of the Constitution. Warns against fraud and force, insisting on free ballot and fair count for a true republic.
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Indianapolis
Joan W. Stevenson
John H. Stockton
United States
Cincinnati
Governor’s Island
New York City
Union
Washington
Washington Notes and Alaska News Summary
Secretary Evarts receives a list of 293 American exhibitors at Sydney N S W with 288 awards. Alaska reports mining idle due to deep snow and the Stewart mine pending sale. salmon late and season backward. Internal Revenue Agent Hale concludes Boone defalcation traceable to 1876 with a $32,922.40 shortfall offset by tobacco-stamp overages and the Brooklyn collector's estate. A singular case.
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Evarts
Augustus Morris
Sydney
Alaska
Beardslee
Stewart
Brooklyn
Pension Dispute Over Possible New York Marriage
Elizabeth C. Herseberger seeks a bill of review in equity court claiming arrears of pension since 1860 after divorcing Raabe. She alleges Raabe lived with a New York woman and acknowledged her as wife, arguing that constitutes marriage under New York law, potentially voiding her marriage and restoring pension rights.
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John G. Saxe
Brooklyn
Bridport
John E. Simpson
Vandalia
St Louis
New York
Verre Haute
Indianapolis
Equity Court
Elizabeth C. Herseberger
Chastande
Herseberger
Raabe
Afghan War Defeat and Turbulent Global News
General Burrows loses his brigade to Ayoob Khan in Afghanistan after a force estimate places the native army at about 12,000 while the British and Indian troops number 1,000 to 3,000. The event prompts British reinforcement but signals a shift in eastern Afghanistan policy and impending Parliament adjournment.
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Parsons
George Washington
United States
Ouray
Washington
Saratoga
Edison
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cyrus Thomas
Carbondale
United States Entomological Commission
Far
Northwest
West
Congress
Omaha
Fort Omaha
Department of the Platte
Chicago Times
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakota
Burrows
Afghanistan
Ayoob Khan
Nottinghamshire
Yorkshire
The
London Times
Gladstone
Ameer
Chicago Grain and Livestock Markets Mixed on Quiet Trading
Chicago closes with quiet tones in wheat and oats while corn and barley show activity. Cattle prices hold steady amid firming trend and hogs slip slightly, with typical range for shipping and packing grades and notable spread between light and heavy lots.
Cattle and Sheep Prices Slip in Mixed Market
Light cattle receipts mostly consignments and dull trade with prices down 10 to 15 cents. Fat cattle sold at 4.50 to 25.00 with Philadelphia and New York bases 3.75 to 5.00. hogs mostly Philadelphia 5.05 to 5.15 and Yorkers 4.65 to 4.75. Sheep show fair supply and slow sale with prime heavy weights for export weaker at 3.50 to 3.70 depending on quality.
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Looreer Ean Ae
Philadelphia
New York
Grain quotes show dull prices for flour and steady wheat
The snippet lists flour at 5.25 to 5.75 for family old and new ranges, wheat No 2 Red 93 94 cents, No 2 Amber 91 92 cents, corn 39 cents, oats No 2 Old Mixed 31 32 cents.
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Illinois
Wheat and grain prices inch down on futures market
Wheat cash prices slip 1 to 5 cents with No 1 at 1.01 and No 2 at 94 48 cents, August at 9, No 3 at 8lixe, No 4 at 7ic and Rejected at 6ic. Corn steadies at 35%c for No 2. Oats quiet at 2c for No 2 Rye firm at 16c for No 1 Barley firm at 73c for No 1.
Grain and commodity prices listed for markets
The record shows irregular wheat prices in Chicago and Milwaukee with bids around 1.07 to 1.10, Red Winter No 2 at 1.08, corn quiet with No 2 at 47 percent, oats prices for White No 1 424 cents, No 2 3 cents, No 3 353 cents, and mixed No 1 37 percent No 2 37.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Wheat and grains steady in Baltimore markets
Western wheat prices steady with No 2 Western winter red spot at 1.08. Corn shows Western mixed spot around 4.64, 46 1/2 cents. Oats firm with Western White around 40 in. and 39 cents average. Large ranges and nominal quotations noted.
Boston Wool Market Shows Active Yet Cautious Trade
The wool market remains fairly active and steady with a strong tone at current rates. Buyers, especially manufacturers, favor moderate parcels as they proceed cautiously, while about 30 million pounds of foreign wool remain bonded in Boston and New York. Prices vary by region and type.
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Washington
Republican Party
Boston
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Indiana
Welding Techniques From The Blacksmith and Wheelwright
The article outlines precise welding methods including scarf overlap, rounded joint surfaces, and controlled heating with sand quenching. It emphasizes rapid, careful hammering and thorough finishing while noting that perfect welds are rare in ordinary shops. It also reports on Archæological Explorations in Missouri detailing chambered mounds, finds of burnt skeletons, and rich flint and pottery in Clay county with uncertain cultural connections.
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Missouri
Boston Society of Natural History
F. W. Putnam
Atlantic
Pacific
North America
Peabody Museum
Clay County
Missouri River
Curtiss
The Allure of Country Life for Naturalists and Thinkers
The essay extols country life as ideal for naturalists and botanists. It highlights abundant subjects for study from forests to shrubs, birds, insects, and minerals, arguing country living fosters peaceful, untrammeled inquiry away from city life. It notes many aspires seek rural peace to preserve talent and energy.
The Cost of Carelessness Across Daily Dangers
A reflection on how small neglected faults in homes and roads lead to larger costs and harms. Missed repairs from lint to latches cause waste, injuries, and repeated work for tradespeople, doctors, and undertakers, illustrating a chain of preventable consequences.
Mind Your Own Business and Avoid Gossip
The article argues gos sip shows lack of ideas and culture. It contrasts gossiping about neighbors with discussing art, literature, or society and promotes refined hearts and minds. It notes that truly cultivated people speak of things, not persons, and warns against judging motives or spreading rumors.
Rail networks of London near Charing Cross spell vast mobility
A London paper details a metropolitan rail system within six miles of Charing Cross totaling 790 miles of tracks when counting all double and quadruple lines. It notes thirteen companies plus six short lines, with the Brighton Company and Great Eastern leading mileage, extensive running powers, plus tramways and river steamers, all contributing to a massive daily traffic and surprisingly few major injuries.
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London
Charing Cross
East London
Brighton
Metropolis
Great Eastern
London Southwestern
Chatham and Dover
Northwestern
London and Northwestern
Great Northern
New
Babylon
Hobbies Mirror Character in Noted Figures and Collectors
A reflection on how diverse interests from toy collections to fairy tales reveal personality traits of public figures. The piece notes a banker’s vast toy stock valued at millions, a Philadelphia jurist’s shelves of fairy tales, and others like James Fiske and Oliver Wendell Holmes.
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Europe
Philadelphia
Ilis
China
James Fiske
Canaries
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Boston
A Family Blessing for 23 cents Ointment
Early advertises a home remedy ointment claimed to heal skin diseases and sores with no scar. It touts 25 years of use, no failures, and superiority to other remedies. Product described as Arnica-based with extracts and balsams, sold by Druggists nationwide.
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Ainer
Craig
Bright
Warners Gate
Brights
Warner
Arner
H. Warner
Ecceester
N. Y
Moffat Life Pills and Phoenix Bitters Promote Health
Advert reads Moffat's Life Pills and Phenix Bitters as universal cures from 1835 origin, claiming benefits for liver, stomach, blood, and numerous ailments. Certificates purportedly support efficacy. products priced 25 cents to $1.60 per bottle. sold by J. P. Mills, 85 Liberty Street, New York.
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Moffat
Page
Woffat
J. P. Mills
Liberty Street
New York
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MR. English
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John P. Stockton
Washington Notes
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the Railways of London
Glimax
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CAL Ostheimer
Hs. C. ES
van Wert, Ohio
Berlin
T. S. Wkim & Son
van Wert County
Aultman & Taylor Threshers
America
Mansfield
Mendon, O
J. EF. Heppeard
Mendon, Ohio
van Wert
Webster Tion
van Wert County Bank
Webster & Wise. & Wise
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J. T. Ringgold
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Drs MoiNes
Iowa
State Leader CO. Publ
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Iroquis Co. Times
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Wis
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Torch of Liberty
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Price
Robert J. Culverwell
Gulverwell Medical 69
Ann St
N.Y
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John G. Farnam
Wall Street
Wm. T. Exline
James Knight
Albert J. Roller
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J. H. Nail
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Thomas Cully
John C. Blossom
Wm. Hartel
George A. Hartel
Joseph Klinger
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James M
Rosana A. Moser
Samuel S. Chilcote
Charlotte M. Chilcote
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Benton Township
Paulding County
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Union Township
Jackson Town
James Pettit
George Beamer
M. Stripe
Pleasant
P. M. DIX
R. M. Fowler
D. Price & Shissler
Oxford, C
Mt. Holyoke
Helen Peabody
Wah Wert County
Samuel McClure
Co. L. Wallis
Leibig
Messrs
Evans & Evans
Delphos
W. H. Pennell
Hill & Wilson
U. 38
Patent Office
CC. A. Snow & CO
Washington, D.C
McGuffy
M.H. Tuttle
L. F. Gackenheimer, van Wer
Michigan
Mississippi River
Mtehart
Grand Rapids
Charles Foster
State of
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Court of Common Pleas
Mary Stewart
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